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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): Lucien Ellington • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Asia - JapanA valuable addition to ABC-CLIO's Global Studies series, this resource covers Japan in two main sections--a narrative history and an extensive ...

• 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): Ian Muehlenhaus • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyGeography Today provides a thoughtful and thorough introduction to the study of geography--from maps and technology to the study o...

• Author(s): Laura Windsor • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: ReferenceThe definitive compilation of the inspiring and educational stories of women in medicine through the ages and around the world.

• Author(s): Mark Crawford • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: ReferenceA fully illustrated compendium of pivotal figures, battles, and political strategies of the Mexican-American War. Between 1846 and 1848, the United S...

• Author(s): Denise Lowe • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Television - History & CriticismThis work presents more than 400 A-Z entries on the individuals, programs, media innovations, and broad topics that tell the...

• Author(s): James Minahan • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Human GeographyCovering countries ranging from Afghanistan and China to Kazakhstan and Russia, this encyclopedia supplies detailed information and informed pe...

• Author(s): Randy Moore • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Natural HistoryWinner, 2022 RUSA Outstanding Reference SourceThis encyclopedia provides readers with a comprehensive look at the Galápagos Islands, from the wi...

• 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 R. Lewis • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: ReferenceFrom religious beliefs and legends to movies and TV shows, from advertising and celebrities to Internet sites and photo ops, this illustrated A-Z en...

• Author(s): William E. Burns • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: HistoryThe first introductory A-Z resource on the dynamic achievements in science from the late 1600s to 1820, including the great minds behind the develop...

• 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): Patricia Netzley • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: ReferenceImpassioned social protest writers inspire readers to relive injustice, empathize with its victims, and take action. The more than 450 entries in ...

• Author(s): Carol Rose • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Popular CultureFrom the Back CoverSpirits, Fairies, Gnomes, and Goblins: An Encyclopedia of the Little People examines both the races of Little People, such as a...

• 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): Jacob Darwin Hamblin • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: HistoryThe first A-Z resource on the history of science from 1900 to 1950 examining the dynamic between science and the social, political, and cultural...

• 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): Lavanya Vemsani • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Hinduism - HistoryKrishna is a central figure in Hinduism, a religion that has been a fundamental force for thousands of years. This accessible encyclopedia...

• Author(s): David T. Zabecki • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - GeneralThis invaluable resource offers students a comprehensive overview of the German war machine that overran much ...

• Author(s): John R. Vile • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Genealogy & HeraldryAt a time when the U.S. flag is both a source of both pride and controversy, this volume provides the first encyclopedic A-to-Z treatme...

• Author(s): Reuel Hanks • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: Earth Sciences - GeographyThis text provides an essential reference handbook for students of geography and related social sciences. How did the Greek geographer...

• Author(s): David E. Newton • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: EnergyThis book provides an outstanding single-volume resource on the topic of solar energy for young adults and general audiences. While how much longer th...

• Author(s): Tim Murray • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: ArchaeologyThis engaging work uses key discoveries, events, people, techniques, and controversies to give the general reader a rich history of archaeology from i...

• Author(s): Russell M. Lawson • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: HistoryThe first A-Z resource to catalog the achievements and legacy of more than four millennia of scientific thought in the ancient world of the Mediter...

• Author(s): William E. Burns • Publisher: ABC-CLIO • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO • BISAC: HistoryAn encyclopedic collection of key scientists and the tools and concepts they developed that transformed our understanding of the physical world. Man...