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The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture
The University of North Carolina Press 2013; US$ 24.95There is no denying that race is a critical issue in understanding the South. However, this concluding volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture challenges previous understandings, revealing the region's rich, ever-expanding diversity and providing new explorations of race relations. In 36 thematic and 29 topical essays, contributors examine... more...
Horologicon
Penguin Group US 2013; US$ 9.99Do you wake up feeling rough? Then you?re philogrobolized . Find yourself pretending to work? That?s fudgelling . And this could lead to rizzling , if you feel sleepy after lunch. Though you are sure to become a sparkling deipnosopbist by dinner. Just don?t get too vinomadefied ; a drunk dinner companion is never appreciated. ... more...
They Got It Wrong: History
Reader's Digest 2013; US$ 9.99They Got It Wrong: History exposes historical fallacies around the globe from the Roman Empire to World War II. There are countless twisted, sanitized tales that have become entrenched in popular belief but are really now more than warped reflections of the truth?or flat out lies. Author Emma Marriot shines a light on these murky corners of history... more...
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2013
World Almanac 2012; US$ 10.46Get thousands of facts right at your fingertips with this updated resource. The World Almanac® and Book of Facts is America's top-selling reference book of all time, with more than 82 million copies sold. Published annually since 1868, this compendium of information is the authoritative source for all your entertainment, reference, and learning... more...
The Social Science Encyclopedia
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 65.00The Social Science Encyclopedia , first published in 1985 to acclaim from social scientists, librarians and students, was thoroughly revised in 1996, when reviewers began to describe it as a classic. This third edition has been radically recast. Over half the entries are new or have been entirely rewritten, and most of the balance have been substantially... more...
Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 71.95The Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing offers an innovative approach to one of Britain's oldest sports. While it considers the traditional themes of gambling and breeding, and contains biographies of human personalities and equine stars, it also devotes significant space to neglected areas. Entries include: social, economic and political forces... more...
Social Science Encyclopedia
Taylor and Francis 2004; US$ 61.95The third edition of this already classic reference work, the leading single-voume social science encyclopedia. more...
The Encyclopedia of Magickal Ingredients
Pocket Books 2005; US$ 15.99Bringing the art and magick of casting spells to the masses, Lexa Rosean is the new face of Wicca. In The Encyclopedia of Magickal Ingredients she provides beginner and experienced practitioners of spellcasting with a quick, easy, and accurate guide to the magickal powers and properties of herbs, spices, flowers, vegetables, fruits, metals, and... more...
mental floss presents Forbidden Knowledge
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 13.99Think of anything bad, from art heists to Genghis Kahn, and it's likely to be included in this wickedly smart and humorous guide to the seedy underbelly of basically everything. The brainiac team at "mental_floss", creators of the hit magazine and last year's Condensed Knowledge , have scoured the darkest, dirtiest corners of history and the globe... more...
Baseball
Oxford University Press 2006; US$ 17.99These two critically-acclaimed volumes mark the beginning of a monumental multi-volume study of baseball by the man whom Sports Illustrated has called "the Edward Gibbon of baseball history." Now available in paperback, Harold Seymour's The Early Years and The Golden Age together recount the true story of how baseball came into being and how it developed... more...









