New Reference E-Books

Greenwood.
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2007 volume contains 100 alphabetically-arranged entries, each one offering an extensive explanation of the composition, molecular formula, and chemical properties of the compound, as well as a review of the relevant chemistry, history, and uses of the compound, with discussions of the origin of the compound's name, the discovery or first synthesis of the compound, production statistics, and uses of the compound.
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Greenwood.
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This 2007 volume comprises 24 signed "in-depth essays on the most famous ideas, artifacts, people and places of evolutionary biology -- dinosaurs, Neanderthals, Charles Darwin, peppered moths, carbon dating, the fossil record, and more.
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Greenwood.
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2008 volume contains alphabetically-arranged entries covering the history of American poverty from historical, social, cultural, political, spiritual, and literary perspectives, from the colonial period to the 21st century.
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Greenwood.
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2008 volume examines the topic from two perspectives: recurrent themes, which reach across all media -- politics, censorship, race and religion, sex and morals; and individual industries in detail -- book publishing, newspapers and magazines, radio and television, and the Internet.
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Sage / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
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Two-volume work (2008) "highlights the most important topics, issues, questions, and debates any student obtaining a degree in the field of psychology ought to have mastered for effectiveness in the 21st century.
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Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online.
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Second edition (2008) contains 4,000 entries offering respected advice on current use of the English language.
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Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online.
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The 2008 edition contains over 5,000 entries covering "the vocabulary used in banking, money markets, foreign exchanges, public and government finance, and private investment and borrowing, and much more."
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Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online.
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Second edition (2008) by Timothy Darvill contains 4,000 entries covering "the essential vocabulary for everyday archaeological work in the English language," including principles, theories, techniques, artefacts, materials, people, places, monuments, equipment, and descriptive terms. Focuses on Europe, the Old World, and the Americas.
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Greenwood.
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Four-volume set (2008) is divided into ten historical periods, placed in context by brief historical overviews of each period, covering styles of domestic architecture, home design, building materials, landscaping, furniture and decoration, and more.
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Salem Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library.
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Edited by Carole Barrett and Harvey Markowitz, this three-volume set (2004)contains dozens of signed entries covering "the range of culture from lifeways, religious rituals, and material culture to art forms and modern social phenomena."
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