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Genre: Reference. Subgenre: Dictionaries, Encyclopedias. Publisher: Brill Academic Pub. Pages: 1202. Language: English. Format: hardcover. Release Date: June 1, 2004. Date Published: June 1, 2004.

Find your sexual soulmate! You?re no idiot, of course. You know that old pick up line ?What?s your sign?? only tells half the story. You need to know if your mate is compatible with you both emotionally and physically to make your relationship last. Sextrology, the fine art of true romance through astrology is the answer. Find your ideal partner using the astrological principles and practical tips in The Complete Idiot?s Guide to Sextrology. In this Complete Idiot?s Guide, you get: A provocative...

Using dramatic photography, simple text and annotated diagrams, these books will fascinate and engage children as they learn about their favorite topics. With fun facts and a glossary of terms, children will enjoy exploring and discovering more about amazing animals, the human body, nature, weather - and life on our planet!

Pages: 32, Hardcover, Make Believe Ideas

Including topics such as Wikipedia's importance as a global phenomenon, this is a timely consideration of the roles of the guardians and editors of information throughout history Encyclopedias have traditionally claimed to provide absolute knowledge, yet with information now among the world's most valuable commodities, this Brief History is a sensible deliberation on how accurate that claim can ever be. While the omissions and distortions of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia may seem easy enough to spot...

1996 marked the 125th season of the oldest continuously operating professional sports franchise in America: the Atlanta Braves. This comprehensive reference begins with the team's birth in 1871 as the Boston Red Stockings, and follows them to Milwaukee in 1953 and to Atlanta in 1966, playing under such a variety of names as Beaneaters, Doves, Rustlers, Braves, Bees, and back to the Braves. Because of this transient past, much of the franchise's history has been misplaced over the years until now...

Using dramatic photography, simple text and annotated diagrams, these books will fascinate and engage children as they learn about their favorite topics. With fun facts and a glossary of terms, children will enjoy exploring and discovering more about amazing animals, the human body, nature, weather – and life on our planet!

This book fills a gap: India has had plenty of encyclopedias, but no 'encyclopedia of encyclopedias.' The eminent bibliographer, Henry Scholberg, has after all produced it. Bibliophile that he is, in the very classical tradition, he has found out, what we should ourselves have done, that India was producing encyclopedias in Sanskrit seven or eight centuries before Diderot did his Encyclopedie in France or the publication of Britannica in Britain!

Pages: 32, Hardcover, Make Believe Ideas

Using dramatic photography, simple text and annotated diagrams, these books will fascinate and engage children as they learn about their favorite topics. With fun facts and a glossary of terms, children will enjoy exploring and discovering more about amazing animals, the human body, nature, weather – and life on our planet!

Pages: 32, Hardcover, Make Believe Ideas

Pages: 700, Hardcover, MacMillan

Everything needed for hours of amusement is packed into this handy, portable collection of card games. There are over 200 games for readers to add to their repertoire. Each game is thoroughly explained using detailed two-color diagrams and illustrations, and an index makes it easy for players to find games by name, number of players, or genre. This is a great gift for anyone - young or old - and the ultimate source of entertainment!

Each volume in The Greenhaven Encyclopedia Of series provides an abundance of information on a particular historical era or topic. Compelling entries present definitions of important terms, biographies of central figures, and brief narratives of pivotal events that transformed civilizations and nations. Students will find quick and easily accessible answers to the difficult questions that arise while researching events, personalities, and issues of the past. Each book contains a table of contents...

Did You Know That…? is an uncommon compendium of knowledge that will astound, demystify, edify, and debunk. It is a book of ambitious design that is both vastly entertaining and eminently informative. Assiduously researched, it will be an arbiter of disagreements and will stand cherished misconceptions right on their heads. It will also expose factoids, present-day orthodoxy, identify misinformation, clarify the confusing, and present new information. Did You Know That…? is all you need to know…for...

An ultimate cat breeds encyclopedia provides complete, accurate, and authoritative information on hundreds of pictured breeds and discusses origins, personality, habits, and special concerns.

Using dramatic photography, simple text and annotated diagrams, these books will fascinate and engage children as they learn about their favorite topics. With fun facts and a glossary of terms, children will enjoy exploring and discovering more about amazing animals, the human body, nature, weather – and life on our planet!