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• Author(s): John B. Allcock • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Eastern Europe - GeneralThe demise of Yugoslavia resulted in a savage internal conflict that confounded European efforts to prevent it. Intense and often in...

• Author(s): Louis Perez • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Military - GeneralThis compelling reference focuses on the events, individuals, organizations, and ideas that shaped Japanese warfare from early times to the pr...

• Author(s): James R. Lewis • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Sociology of ReligionThis authoritative reference work presents a full image of the Prince of Darkness as he appears throughout traditional theology, mytholo...

• Author(s): Ronald Fritze • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: ReferenceFully annotated and completely updated--the most comprehensive guide to reference books in the field of history. Reference Sources in History catalog...

• Author(s): Christine Garnaut • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: ReferenceEncyclopedia of Architectural and Engineering Feats presents more than 200 achievements in architecture and structural engineering in all the inh...

• Author(s): David E. Newton • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Translating & InterpretingFrom the Back CoverSince the beginning of recorded history, secrecy has been essential to the exercise of power, and secret me...

• Author(s): Geoffrey Ashe • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Divination - GeneralA definitive, factual, A-Z reference guide offering a global perspective on the role of prophecy in world history, religion, folklore, and...

• Author(s): Eric G. Swedin • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: ReferenceAn authoritative reference survey of the modern age of scientific discovery, Science in the Contemporary World is a scholarly yet accessible chronic...

• Author(s): Spencer Tucker • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - Persian Gulf War (1991)Ideal for high school and college-level readers as well as students attending military academies and general au...

• Author(s): Howard Padwa • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Psychopathology - AddictionA reference guide that answers the questions people have about addiction and addictive behaviors of all kinds, including drugs, alco...

• Author(s): Stephen Green • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: ReferenceA thoroughly revised and updated new edition of the world's leading comprehensive bibliography of American and international politics. The eagerly an...

• Author(s): James D. Huck • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Regional StudiesAn authoritative yet accessible introduction to the history, politics, and society of one of Latin America's most enigmatic and culturally div...

• Author(s): David F. Marley • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: GeneralThis engaging encyclopedia profiles the lives and times of the most colorful buccaneers from the mid-17th to early 18th centuries. This unique A-Z re...

• Author(s): John Shoup • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Human GeographyThis encyclopedia is an essential guide to the different ethno-linguistic groups in Africa and today's complicated Middle East region. Ethnic Grou...

• Author(s): Martha J. Bailey • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Women's StudiesThis fascinating biographical dictionary surveys the American women who have made significant contributions to major fields of scientific en...

• Author(s): Mike Dixon-Kennedy • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Folklore & MythologyEncyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology presents over 1,400 comprehensive A-Z entries of the myths and legends of ancient Greece an...

• Author(s): John R. Vile • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: United States - State & Local - GeneralThis A-Z encyclopedia surveys the history, meaning, and enduring impact of the Liberty Bell in American culture. Thi...

• Author(s): L. Shelton Woods • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Asia - Southeast AsiaThe only handbook on Vietnam that combines colorful, discursive chapters and supporting reference materials. Beginning with a lengthy ...

• Author(s): Dorothy Auchter • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: ReferenceJezebel is an example of an eponym, a person whose name has evolved into a common noun or verb. In addition to eponyms, the English language is pep...

• Author(s): Bill Ong Hing • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Emigration & ImmigrationThis quick-reference work cuts through the legal and procedural complexities of immigration law and explains key provisions and re...

• Author(s): Elliott Robert Barkan • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: ReferenceThis collection of over 400 biographies of eminent ethnic Americans celebrates a wide array of inspiring individuals and their contributions ...

• Author(s): John R. Vile • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Political Ideologies - Nationalism & PatriotismThis A-Z encyclopedia is a one-stop resource for understanding the history and evolution of the national ant...

• Author(s): Richard C. Hall • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Europe - Baltic StatesThis authoritative reference follows the history of conflicts in the Balkan Peninsula from the 19th century through the present day. T...

• Author(s): Helen Sheumaker • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Popular CultureThe first encyclopedia to look at the study of material culture (objects, images, spaces technology, production, and consumption), and what i...

• Author(s): H. E. Mellersh • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: ReferenceFrom the Back CoverWhen first published in the 1960s and 1970s, the Chronologies of World History immediately became standard reference works. Follo...

• Author(s): Junius P. Rodriguez • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: ReferenceFrom the Back CoverAncient, yet modern: that is the sobering truth of slavery. Author Junius P. Rodriguez describes slavery as a "dark mirror r...

• Author(s): Jaclyn Schildkraut • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Murder - GeneralThis work examines mass shootings in the United States, focusing on events from 1966 to 2016. In addition to providing essential informat...

• Author(s): Thomas A. Green | Joseph R. Svinth • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Martial Arts & Self-DefenseABC-CLIO's Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation is the most authoritative ...

• Author(s): Linda S. Watts • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: ReferenceWhether because of its necessity, pleasure, or ubiquity, the world of food (and its lore) proves endlessly fascinating to most people. The story of ...