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Reference Sources in History
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 85.00The second edition of "Reference Sources in History" catalogues atlases, encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks, sourcebooks, bibliographies and chronologies. Fully annotated and updated, it summarizes the content of thousands of reference works on every conceivable subject in history. more...
Die Biographie ? Zur Grundlegung ihrer Theorie
De Gruyter 2009; US$ 168.00The first volume uses case studies as exemplars to illuminate the historical development of the genre, while the second volume presents chapters on a theory of biography focussing on central aspects such as the connection between biography, archive and cultural memory, biography and mediality (writing, film, photography), biography and psychoanalysis,... more...
The Book of the Dead
Crown Publishing Group 2010; US$ 21.95The team behind the New York Times bestseller The Book of General Ignorance turns conventional biography on its head?and shakes out the good stuff. Following their Herculean?or is it Sisyphean??efforts to save the living from ignorance, the two wittiest Johns in the English language turn their attention to the dead. As the authors themselves... more...
Peter Mansbridge One on One
Random House of Canada 2009; US$ 19.50From one of Canada?s most respected and recognizable journalists comes a collection of the best interviews with the leading thinkers and cultural icons of our time, from the country?s most trusted interview show. An extraordinary selection from Newsworld?s Mansbridge One on One , including politicians, journalists, arts and sports figures and newsmakers... more...
American Historical Fiction
ABC-CLIO 1998; US$ 116.00This publication will fill a gap in the bibliographic reference shelf by identifying historical novels for both adult and young adult readers. ^IAmerican Historical Fiction^R contains over 3,000 titles set in states and historical regions of the United States. Entries are organized by time period. The newest titles, as well as old favorites, are covered.... more...
Books on Early American History and Culture, 1971-1980
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 155.00Books on Early American History and Culture, 1971-1980: An Annotated Bibliography continues a series of bibliographies listing book-length works on North America and the Caribbean prior to 1815. Essential for scholars, librarians, and students of early America, the book surveys nearly 1,200 monographs, essay collections, exhibition catalogues, and... more...
Comic Art in Africa, Asia, Australia, and Latin America through 2000
ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 185.00This work is the most comprehensive bibliography of the comic art of these regions and all its dimensions. It contains 10,200 easy to use citations, organized by region, country, and identifying characteristics. This volume brings together both mainstream and fugitive materials relating to animation, caricature, comic books, political cartoons, and... more...
Justice Denoted
ABC-CLIO 2003; US$ 165.00White provides the most comprehensive scholarly compilation of fictional work of legal suspense in existence. Primarily a bibliography of novels, it also annotates plays, scripts for film and television, novelizations, and short-story collections about lawyers and the law. The idea behind the principal of selection is to disdain labels that reduce... more...
A Bibliography of English Etymology
University of Minnesota Press 2009; US$ 200.00Distinguished linguistics scholar Anatoly Liberman set out the frame for this volume in An Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology. Here, Liberman's landmark scholarship lay the groundwork for his forthcoming multivolume analytic dictionary of the English language. A Bibliography of English Etymology is a broadly conceptualized reference tool... more...
The Museum
ABC-CLIO 1990; US$ 110.95This critical bibliography of museum studies comprises an organized collection of essays on the various types of museums--art, natural history, history, science and technology, and folk--and on general aspects--collections, education, exhibitions, etc.--that cut across the media. Most of the essays are cogent, substantial if not comprehensive, and... more...









