Encyclopaedia Britannica


Book Description

This eleventh edition was developed during the encyclopaedia's transition from a British to an American publication. Some of its articles were written by the best-known scholars of the time and it is considered to be a landmark encyclopaedia for scholarship and literary style.




Britannica Concise Encyclopedia


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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia is the perfect resource for information on the people, places, and events of yesterday and today. Students, teachers, and librarians can find fast facts combined with the quality and accuracy that have made Britannica the brand to trust. A tool for both the classroom and the library, no other desk reference can compare.




AACR2-e


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Contains complete text of the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2d ed., 1998 rev., including all amendments, all appendices, a fully searchable table of contents and index, a tutorial, and Folio Views Infobase.







The World Book Encyclopedia


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An encyclopedia designed especially to meet the needs of elementary, junior high, and senior high school students.




Encyclopedia of World Religions


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A guide to the religions of the world and to the concepts, movements, people, and events that have shaped them. It includes features such as: entries on religious movements and concepts, historical and legendary figures, divinities, religious sites and ceremonies; images that show sacred places, vestments, rituals, objects, and texts; and more.




The Ideas that Made the Modern World


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This is a study of the philosophers, thinkers, and scientists whose thoughts and ideas formed the Enlightenment of the seventeenth century and laid the foundation for the modern world as we know it.




The Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria


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A thoroughly researched study on the history of both the Museum and the Alexandria Library, showing the important role they played in the transmission of Greco-roman civilization. The tragic fate of both institutions have long been of great fascination for both writers and readers.




On Illustrious Men (The Fathers of the Church, Volume 100)


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Often cited as a source of biographical information on ancient Christian authors, On Illustrious Men provides St. Jerome's personal evaluations of his forebears and contemporaries, as well as catalogs of patristic writings known to him




2004 Encyclopaedia Britannica Almanac


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Bursting with facts about people, current events, history, geography, sports, religion, science & technology, health & medicine, money & business, and statistics on almost every imaginable topic. Book jacket.