Encyclopaedias and reference works

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Why does the Torah begin with the letter beit, the second letter of the Hebrew alphabet?

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As an influential and well-connected composer, Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) had encountered, befriended, and collaborated with hundreds of people over his significant career.

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Most people have heard of Lady Godiva and her horseback tax protest in the 11th century and Joan of Arc who in the 15th century fought against the English for the French gaining sainthood in 1920.

Denmark is the oldest monarchy in Europe.

African American and American Indian artist Richard Mayhew was a pivotal member of the movement, headed by Romare Bearden, of the most important black artists of the Abstract Expressionist era.

For more than a century, people have been drawn to sites of tragedy involving the rich, beautiful and notorious of Hollywood.

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BASIC ILLUSTRATED MAP AND COMPASSWilderness guide Cliff Jacobson created the map and compass curriculum for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, and here he shows easy-to-follow steps on choosing a compass, reading contour lines and other map features, using them in concert with a GPS receiver, plotting a course in the wilderness, navigating at night by the stars, and much more.

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More than 700 uncredited scriptwriters who created the memorable characters and thrilling stories of radio's Golden Age receive due recognition in this reference work.

This fourth comprehensive study of international terrorist attacks covers 2017, during which the Islamic State suffered continued reversals yet retained its status as the most active, well-financed and well-armed terrorist group worldwide.

This introduction to Greek tragedy, the origin of much of our modern drama, is the work of a remarkable scholar who is also a practical man of theater.

The Battle of the Little Big Horn was the decisive engagement of the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877.

This is a comprehensive encyclopedia to the more than 100 radio programs portraying the American West, in fact and fiction, heard by generations of listeners from the Great Depression through the Cold War era.

Michael Novak's work is challenging.

This book discloses the humorous and the sometimes controversial, if not curious, circumstances surrounding the naming of more than 700 Texas towns.

This book, one of the first ever written on its subject, focuses on Russian America and American Alaska and their impact on the native population.

With tightened library budgets the norm, librarians run the risk of cutting back so much that they isolate themselves from their patrons and their communities.

After the Americans withdrew from the Vietnam War, their Indochinese allies faced imprisonment, torture and death under communist regimes.

The effects of the War outside present-day Vietnam are ongoing.

This book presents a comprehensive history of the seven Apache tribes, tracing them from their genetic origins in Asia and their migration through the continent to the Southwest.

Covering the years 1945-2018, this alphabetical listing provides details about 2,923 unaired television series pilots, including those that never went into production, and those that became series but with a different cast, such as The Green Hornet, The Middle and Superman.

With the arrival of Europeans in North America, the Cherokee were profoundly affected.

Created around the world and available only on the web, Internet "e;television"e; series are independently produced, mostly low budget shows that often feature talented but unknown performers.

American military advisors in South Vietnam came to know their allies personally--as few American soldiers could.

The early years of television relied in part on successful narratives of another medium, as studios adapted radio programs like Boston Blackie and Defense Attorney to the small screen.

The position of catcher in baseball requires a broad set of physical and mental skills.

Football is a game of numbers--fourth and inches, the three-man rush, a two point conversion, first down.

The three decades following WWII are considered the golden age of the British thriller film.

This comprehensive visitor's guide to the teams of baseball's South Atlantic League lays out the methods needed to plan efficient, cost-effective and rewarding road trips to see home games at ballparks throughout the league.

The death penalty landscape has changed considerably since the 1998 first edition of this book.

This work presents 369 British films produced between 1937 and 1964 that embody many of the same filmic qualities as those "e;black films"e; made in the United States during the classic film noir era.

The presidential election of 1912 was the only one whose candidates included an incumbent president, a former president and a future president.

The Executioner's Toll, 2010 is a meticulous examination of every execution (and the details surrounding the execution) carried out in a single year--and a thought-provoking exploration into the minds of 46 killers as each plays the role of predator, quarry and condemned.

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From Sean Connery to Roy Rogers, from comedy to political satire, films that include espionage as a plot device run the gamut of actors and styles.

In the five state region of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky and Missouri, 1027 men and women are known to have been legally hanged, gassed or electrocuted for capital crimes during the century after the Civil War.

One of the powerful icons of 1930s Hollywood film, Jean Harlow died a tragically early death in 1937 at age 26.

Only now can we see Paul Cezanne as the invisible genius at the very inception of modern art.

Curious about the chains that bound Fenriswulf in Norse mythology?

Created around the world and available only on the Web, internet "e;television"e; series are independently produced, mostly low budget shows that often feature talented but unknown performers.

In 2001 Graves' Disease: A Practical Guide described the causes, diagnosis, treatment and disease course of Graves' disease and other hyperthyroid disorders, such as toxic multinodular goiter, thyroiditis, resistance to thyroid hormone, and hyperthyroidism caused by medications and genetic mutations.

Fictional war narratives often employ haunted battlefields, super-soldiers, time travel, the undead and other imaginative elements of science fiction and fantasy.

A must-read for anyone involved in school business management, this comprehensive textbook addresses a broad range of topics-from the basics of accounting principles to strategic planning, legal liability, taxation, purchasing, budgeting, and management information systems.

British author and essayist George Orwell shot to fame with two iconic novels: the anti-Stalinist satire Animal Farm and the dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four.