Reference / Dictionaries

Political and Economic Dictionary of Africa

by David Seddon

This invaluable Dictionary provides an essential guide to the politics and economics of the African continent. Each individual entry provides clear and concise information, and entries are fully cross-referenced...

Historical Dictionary of British Women

by Cathy Hartley

This reference book, containing the biographies of more than 1,100 notable British women from Boudicca to Barbara Castle, is an absorbing record of female achievement spanning some 2,000 years of British life....

Gaelic-English Dictionary

by Colin B.D. Mark

This book fulfils a keenly-felt need for a modern, comprehensive dictionary of Scottish Gaelic into English. The numerous examples of usage and idiom in this work have been modelled on examples culled from modern...

Dinosaurs: From A to Z

by Blago Kirof

This picture book is a great teaching tool for vocabulary building. A set of wonderful pictures show exactly what a dinosaurs looks like. It is like a dictionary of dinosaurs for toddlers. The pictures are clear,...

Let's Bring Back: The Lost Language Edition: A Compendium of Forgotten-Yet-Delightful Words, Phrases, Praises, Insults, Idioms, and Literary Flourishe

by Lesley M. M. Blume

Too often, when struggling to find just the right turn of phrase, exclamation of joy, or witty barb, it's easy to forget that history is positively brimming with rich words deserving of rejuvenation. Lesley...

Historical Dictionary of United States Intelligence

by Michael A. Turner

This compendium of over 500 entries on the most important and relevant personalities, programs, activities, and agencies of U.S. intelligence, beginning with the Sons of Liberty before the onset of the Revolutionary...

Historical Dictionary of Israeli Intelligence

by Ephraim Kahana

For Israel_more so than for any other state_an effective Intelligence Community has been a matter of life and death. Over the past half-century or so, Israel has created and refined what is broadly regarded...

Historical Dictionary of the World Health Organization

by Kelley Lee & Jennifer Fang

The Historical Dictionary of the World Health Organization covers the history of the WHO through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over...

The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects

by Barbara G. Walker

This fascinating guide to the history and mythology of woman-related symbols features:

• Unique organization by shape of symbol or type of sacred object

• 21 different sections including Round and Oval Motifs,...

Historical Dictionary of International Intelligence

by Nigel West

Once dubbed espionage, the practice of intelligence has never been more important nor more sophisticated than it is today. Its coming-of-age began during World War II, which saw the birth of the Office of Strategic...

Similes Dictionary

by Elyse Sommer

Packed with more than 16,000 imaginative, colorful phrases—from “abandoned as a used Kleenex” to “quiet as an eel swimming in oil”—this reference will help any politician, writer, or lover of language...

Webster's New World Robert's Rules of Order Simplified and Applied, 2nd Edition

by RM Productions

This is the clearest, most useful guide to parliamentary procedure, now with new information on effective and reliable procedures for nominations, elections, ballots, balloting, and ballot counting.

Routledge German Dictionary of Construction Worterbuch Bauwesen: German-English/English-German

by Hans Junge Dieter

This dictionary consists of some 25,000 entries in both German and English, drawn from all the major, as well as newly-developed areas in the fields of Construction including:

Architecture & Building Design...

The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia: The Near East from the Early Bronze Age to the fall of the Persian Empire

by Trevor Bryce

This 500,000 word reference work provides the most comprehensive general treatment available of the peoples and places of the regions commonly referred to as the ancient Near and Middle East - extending from...

Historical Dictionary of the Sudan

by Robert S. Kramer, Richard A. Lobban Jr. & Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban

This fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Sudan covers the history of Sudan through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over...

Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements

by George D. Chryssides

In this newly updated second edition of the Historical Dictionary of New Religious Movements, George D. Chryssides traces the rise and development of new religious movements throughout the world. An updated...

Historical Dictionary of Malawi

by Owen J. M. Kalinga

Malawi, established as the British protectorate of Nyasaland in 1891, gained its independence in 1964 and moved immediately into three decades of one-party rule. Since the mid-1990s, however, the country has...

Dictionary of Psychology

by J.P. Chaplin

Written in clear, precise, jargon-free language, this complete, up-to-date dictionary includes definitions of psychology terms and those from related disciplines including psychoanlysis, psychiatry and biology...

Historical Dictionary of Benin

by Mathurin C. Houngnikpo & Samuel Decalo

The fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Benin covers the history of Benin through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 900 cross-referenced...

Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema

by Tan Ye & Yun Zhu

The Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema covers the history of Chinese Cinema through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section contains several...