Reference works

The first multivolume encyclopedia to document the history of one of the most influential religious movements of the Middle Ages-the Crusades.

Foreword by bestselling and award-winning author Smriti Halls.

The most comprehensive and user-friendly photographic field guide to the world's wildcats and hyenasFrom the Leopard Cat of Asia, the Black-footed Cat of Africa, and the Amur Tiger of Siberia to South America's Ocelots and North America's Bobcats, the wildcats known as felids are among the most fascinating and spectacular of all animals.

Your complete guide to Ruger firearms!

Cherokee Removal excited the passions of Americans across the country.

The Companion to Public Space draws together an outstanding multidisciplinary collection of specially commissioned chapters that offer the state of the art in the intellectual discourse, scholarship, research, and principles of understanding in the construction of public space.

Geography studies the relationship of humans and the natural environment, and these 40 essays examine those geographical events that have most profoundly shaped global society in the opening decades of the 21st century.

Ohiyesa, a Dakota Indian also known as Charles Alexander Eastman, is one of America's most fascinating and overlooked individuals.

Eleven authors are included in this final part of Volume III of the Index, beginning with Laurence Sterne and
concluding with Edward Young.

Members of the Church of England until the mid-16th century, the Puritans thought the Church had become too political and needed to be "e;purified.

The Military Balance 2013 is the annual assessment of the military capabilities and defence economics of 171 countries world-wide.

Essays on Philosophical Method by R.

Visuelle Medien – Bildillustrierte, Fotografien, Plakate oder Filme – waren nicht nur Ausdruck der tiefgreifenden gesellschaftlichen, politischen und kulturellen Umbrüche und Konflikte nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg, sondern agierten auch als deren Multiplikatorinnen.

Get the pocket guide to paper piecing that everyone's talking about-a forty-eight-page mini book that's perfect to take on the go!

First Published in 2002.

The year 1956 marked a point when British drama and theater fell into the hands of a group of young playwrights who revolutionized the stage.

As a meeting point for world cultures, the USA is characterized by its breadth and diversity.

The handbook is composed of chapters by authors who discuss the important features of particular types of toys, provide information related to the developmental importance of this type of toy, discuss social and cultural issues engendered by play with such toys, and review the available research on the characteristics and potential impact on children's developmental progress of toys of that type.

Criminological Skills and Research for Beginners is a comprehensive and engaging guide to research methods in Criminology, and the skills required for academic success.

Now in its third edition, this standard text meets the need for a single source of detailed information on the drugs in use in English-speaking countries.

Here is a timely response to the research findings of the last decade.

A dictionary of the key concepts and terminology of modern law and economics, for professionals, students and scholars.

Encyclopedia of Meat Sciences, Third Edition, Three Volume Set is the most up-to-date reference work on topics central to agricultural and food science researchers at all levels.

The British Army's campaigns in Egypt and the Sudan from 1882 to 1899 were among the most dramatic and hard-fought in British military history.

An illuminating and entertaining collection of dinosaur facts, from A to ZDinopedia is an illustrated, pocket-friendly encyclopedia of all things dinosaurian.

English is now a global phenomenon no longer defined by fixed territorial, cultural and social functions.

Actors' Yearbook is an established and respected directory that enables actors to find work in stage, screen and radio.

The 50 Greatest Players in Philadelphia Eagles History examines the careers of the 50 men who made the greatest impact on one of the NFLs most iconic and successful franchises.

The U.

In this book, originally published in 1929, Lammens is primarily concerned with the problem of Mohammad's personality and prophetic career - one of the central issues of Islamic history.

Edward Carpenter: In Appreciation, first published in 1931, presents a collection of tributes to and reminiscences about the renowned socialist poet, pioneering gay rights activist, environmentalist and political thinker.

THE BIBLE THAT FEELS LIKE HOME.

A lively debate is currently being conducted in the social sciences around the concepts of "e;tribe"e;, "e;segmentary societies"e; and "e;Islam in society"e;.

This Encyclopedia brings together the most recent scientific information on a collection of subjects that are too often - and inconveniently - treated in separate publications.

A timeless collection of prayers, quotes, poems and speeches for every occasion.

The first famous transgender person in the United States, Christine Jorgensen, traveled to Denmark for gender reassignment surgery in 1952.

The Europa Directory of International Organizations 2024 serves as an unequalled one-volume guide to the contemporary international system.

This lavishly illustrated guide will enable you to identify the caterpillars of nearly 700 butterflies and moths found east of the Mississippi.

This first volume includes scientific sources that were foundational in the professionalization of science and in the development and dissemination of scientific thinking as it moved towards evolutionary thought, including emerging ideas in biology, botany, zoology, anatomy, natural theology, and geology.

Progress in Medicinal Chemistry provides a review of eclectic developments in medicinal chemistry.

The Pequot Indian intellectual, author, and itinerant preacher William Apess (17981839) was one the most important voices of the nineteenth century.