Encyclopaedias and reference works

Many volunteer workers have questioned their efforts and wondered if their actions truly made a difference.

Die geballte Power an Allgemeinwissen in einem Buch!

First published in 1995.

Bridge is a famously challenging card game, one that's next to impossible to learn without a whole host of visual aids.

Since time immemorial, the response of the living to death has been to commemorate the life of the departed through ceremonies and rituals.

Step into a colorful pageantry of the powerful people who once ruled and still influence the great state of Texas.

Conflicts over homosexuality and gay rights threaten to break apart denominations, if not North American society.

The classic book that exposed the scandal of the dispossession of native land by American settlersAnd Still the Waters Run tells the tragic story of the liquidation of the independent Indian republics of the Choctaws, Chickasaws, Cherokees, Creeks, and Seminoles, known as the Five Civilized Tribes.

Across the Afrotropical and Malagasy regions, ants are one of the most conspicuous and ecologically dominant animal groups.

The understanding of warfare in ancient Mesoamerica has blossomed in recent years.

Education without ethics, without sentiments, without heart, is simply soulless, factual academics and nothing more.

The year's finest mathematical writing from around the worldThis annual anthology brings together the year's finest mathematics writing from around the world-and you don't need to be a mathematician to enjoy the pieces collected here.

Trends prevailing in the media suggest a seemingly disintegrating concept of media ethics.

Based on 40 years of experience, author, Raymond Lemley, provokes thinking in this guide that addresses the ground level, mundane issues that confound principals daily.

This is the gripping true story of 4 intense years in the life of a US Army Special Forces soldier, who joins the UN and then goes on to an assignment in Iraq at the time of the deadly jihadist bombing attack of the UN headquarters.

Johnny Salda-a outlines the basic elements of longitudinal qualitative data, focusing on micro-levels of change observed within individual cases and groups of participants.

The free exercise of conscience is under threat in the United States.

During its struggle for survival from 1954 to 1975, the region known as the Central Highlands was the strategically vital high ground for the South Vietnamese state.

The entrance of Native Americans into the world of cultural resource management is forcing a change in the traditional paradigms that have guided archaeologists, anthropologists, and other CRM professionals.

WINGBEATS II: EXERCISES & PRACTICE IN POETRY, the eagerly awaited follow-up to the original WINGBEATS, is an exciting collection from teaching poets–58 poets, 59 exercises.

New York City's Broadway district is by far the most prestigious and lucrative venue for American performers, playwrights, entertainers and technicians.

More than 140 entries in this book depict events which have had lasting national significance in opening opportunities in the struggle for equal civil rights and opportunities for women.

In the first modern biography of Red jacket, Christopher Densmore sheds light on the achievements of this formidable Iroquois diplomat who, as a representative of the Seneca and Six Nations, met and negotiated with American presidents from George Washington to Andrew Jackson.

Do trout sleep?

In this work, Sullivan analyzes the relationship between faith and reason in Kierkegaard's philosophy.

Substantially revised and enlarged, this new edition of the Dictionary of Pseudonyms includes more than 2,000 new entries, bringing the volume's total to approximately 13,000 assumed names, nicknames, stage names, and aliases.

When confronted with a persistent foreign policy problem that threatens U.

Foundations of Learning: Language, Cognition and Social RelationshipsThe Perkins Activity and Resource Guide is a handbook for teachers and parents of students with visual and multiple disabilities.

In a situation where survival is at stake, plants can provide crucial food and medicine.

The musical voice of Texas presents itself as vast and diverse as the Lone Star State's landscape.

In a culture where people easily and hastily cancel relationships rather than cultivate them, discover what the Bible has to say about how we need to keep showing up for one anothereven when we feel like walking away.

Richter examines a wide range of primary documents to survey the responses of the peoples of the Iroquois League - the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, Senecas, and Tuscaroras - to the challenges of the European colonialization of North America.

Mauritania is bordered by Senegal in the south, Mali in the east, Algeria in the far northeast, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara to the north.

This is a revision and an updating of the first edition, published in 2000.

Filmmakers need more than heart, talent and desire to realize their dreams: they need production capital.

For more than 200 years the United States and Russia have shared a multi-faceted relationship.

Librarian Jim Hahn has carefully culled the over 500,000 available apps down to the 100 that are the absolute best for day-in, day-out library services.

Located at the very heart of the Balkans, the Republic of Macedonia has a rich and turbulent history, which reflects all the complexities of the region's past and present-day politics.

With a focus on safety and the integrity of the outdoors, The Complete Book of Fire: Building Campfires for Cooking, Warmth, Light, and Survival initiates the novice as well as informs the experienced.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on April 4, 1949.

Skiing is one of the oldest modes of transportation known, predating the wheel with dated artifacts to prove its pedigree.

By living a normal, boring life like most people do, one has an excellent chance of becoming yet another statistic on the proverbial list of the leading causes of death.

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For foodies, wordsmiths, and anyone who loves to eat, an illustrated guide to authentic American fare, from the beloved Roadfood teamIn linguistics, the lexicon of a language is its vocabulary, including its words and expressions.

This book is for the teenager or young adult who is interested in enlisting in the United States Navy.

Illusions of Empire adopts a multinational view of North American borderlands, examining the ways in which Mexico's North overlapped with the U.

"What exists after death?

Passing the State Science Proficiency Tests presents essential content for elementary and middle school teachers who want to improve their science content background, enhance their classroom instruction, or pass the state science proficiency tests.

The defection of Igor Gouzenko in September 1945, more so than any other single event, alerted the West to the nature and scale of the Soviet espionage offensive being waged by the Kremlin.

On every continent and in every nation, animals unrecognized by modern science are reported on a daily basis.