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Arab American encyclopedia / by Lee, Michelle.(CARDINAL)627642; Ameri, Anan.(CARDINAL)658282; Ramey, Dawn.(CARDINAL)658283; Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services.(CARDINAL)658284;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Who are the Arab Americans? -- Early history -- Modern history -- Immigration to the United States -- Community profiles -- Language -- Religion -- Work and money -- Education -- Family and gender roles -- Holidays and celebrations -- Health and environmental issues -- Civil rights and social justice -- Organizations and political activism -- Music -- Fine arts -- Theater, storytelling, and traditional arts -- Literature -- Media.Chapters arranged by subject present information about the history, immigration, economics, languages, religion, holidays, literature, education, jobs, politics, and other aspects of Arab Americans.

Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Arab Americans; Arab Americans;

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Encyclopedia of Arab American artists / by Oweis, Fayeq.(CARDINAL)302608;

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-282) and indexes.Etel Adnan -- Yasser Aggour -- Jocelyn M. Ajami -- Abe Ajay -- Sabah Al-Dhaher -- Andrea Ali -- Rheim Alkadhi -- Hend Al-Mansour -- Mohammed Al-Sadoun -- Sama Alshaibi -- Hashim Al-Tawil -- Abderrahim Ambari -- Ghada Amer -- Heba Amin -- George Halim Awde -- Halla Ayla -- Nahda Alsalah Balaa -- Lily Bandak -- Khalil Bendib -- Haifa Bint-Kadi -- Doris Bittar -- Kamal Boullata -- Huguette Caland -- Adnan Charara -- Wasmaa Khalid Chorbachi -- Carole Choucair-Oueijan -- Rajie "Roger" Cook -- Abdelali Dahrouch -- Joyce Dallal -- Aissa Deebi -- Hanah Diab -- Saliba Douaihy -- Nihad Dukhan -- Mona A. El-Bayoumi -- Dahlia Elsayed -- Layla Zarour Elshair -- Lalla A. Essaydi -- Hala Faisal -- Simone Fattal -- Dalah (Dalaa') El-Jundi Faytrouni -- Chawky Frenn -- Mariam Ghani -- Rajaa A. Gharbi -- Gibran Khalil (Kahlil) Gibran -- Kahlil George Gibran -- Samia Halaby -- John Halaka -- Nabila Hilmi -- Hasan Hourani -- House of Lebanon (HOL) Artists Group -- Alya Abdul Razzak Husseini -- Happy/L.A. Hyder -- Annemarie Jacir -- Emily Jacir -- Fay Afaf Kanafani -- Mohammad Omer Khalil -- Zahi Khamis -- Sari Ibrahim Khoury -- Khalid Kodi -- Leila Kubba -- Ilham Badreddine Mahfouz -- Sam Maloof -- Amina Mansour -- Samar Megdadi -- Aisha Mershani -- Nabil Nahas -- Said Nuseibeh -- OTHER: Arab Artists Collective-Detroit -- Walid Raad -- Naziha Rashid -- Fawzia A. Reda -- Mamoun Sakkal -- Jacqueline (Jackie) Salloum -- Adelia Malouf Samaha -- Sumayyah Samaha -- Linda Dalal Sawaya -- Adnan Shati -- Nida Sinnokrot -- Katherine Toukhy -- Mary Tuma -- Madiha Umar -- Faisal Yousef -- Emna Zghal -- Helen Zughaib -- Afaf Zurayk.

Subjects: Dictionaries.; Biographies.; Arab American artists;

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Arab American reference library : cumulative index / by Nagel, Carol DeKane.(CARDINAL)420990;

Subjects: Indexes.; Arab American biography; Arab American encyclopedia; Arab American voices; Arab Americans;

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The 100 most significant events in American business : an encyclopedia / by Skrabec, Quentin R.(CARDINAL)705582;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Privatization of the Plymouth Colony (1623) -- Navigation Acts (1651) -- Wealth of Nations (1776) -- Patent and copyright statutes (1790) -- "Report on manufacturing" (1791) -- Whiskey rebellion (1794) -- Jefferson embargo (1807) -- First steamboat to New Orleans (1811) -- National road (1811) -- Erie Canal (1825) -- Tariff of Abominations (1828) -- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (1828) -- Whig Party evolves (1834) -- Panic of 1837 -- Automated sewing machine (1846) -- Revolution, famine, and immigration (1848) -- Clipper ships (1849) -- Western Union Telegraph Company (1851) -- Great Exhibition of 1851 -- Transatlantic Cable (1857) -- Panic of 1857 -- Overland travel and mail services (1859) -- Abraham Lincoln establishes protectionism (1860) -- World's largest cannon/Civil War technology (1864) -- Transcontinental Railroad completed (1869) -- Westinghouse air brake (1869) -- Panic of 1873 -- Andrew Carnegie's first steel mill (1875) -- Centennial exposition (1876) -- First commercial telephone (1877) -- Great Railroad Strike of 1877 -- World's first skyscraper (1884) -- War of the Currents (1885) -- Sears mail order business (1886) -- Haymarket Riot (1886) -- ALCOA aluminum formed (1888) -- McKinley Tariff of 1890 -- Homestead strike of 1892 -- Panic of 1893 -- Chicago World's Fair (1893) -- Pullman Strike (18940 -- Niagara Falls power plant (1896) -- Paternal capitalism-Homestead and Wilmerding, Pennsylvania (1896) -- First electric sign (product branding and advertising)-H.J. Heinz (1900) -- First billion-dollar corporation-United States Steel (1901) -- Henry Ford wins race of the century (1901) -- Owens automated glass bottle-making machine (1904) -- Upton Sinclair's Jungle (1905) -- Panic of 1907 -- Highland Park Ford assembly line (1910) -- Scientific Management (1911) -- Standard Oil antitrust lawsuit (19110 -- Income tax (1913) -- Federal Reserve Act 91913) -- Commercial flight (1914) -- Panama Canal opens (1914) -- General Motors Corporation formed (1916) -- Great Steel Strike of 1919 -- First commercial radio (1921) -- Hawthorne studies begin (1924) -- Talking movies-The Jazz Singer 91927) -- Stock market crash/Great Depression (1929) -- Hoover Dam (1931) -- National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) (1935) -- Social Security Act (1935) -- Television at the 1939 world's fair -- Maslow's theory of needs (1946) -- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) (1947) -- First credit card (1950) -- UNIVAC I (1951) -- Shippingport Atomic Power Station (1956) -- Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 -- First mass-produced transistor radio (1957) -- First Japanese auto sold in the United States (1958) -- Steel Strike of 1959 -- America targets the moon (1961) -- McDonald's launches golden arches (1962) -- Telstar Communications Satellites (1962) -- First Wal-Mart (and Kmart) open (1962) -- IBM 360 Computer (1964) -- Unsafe at Any Speed (1965) -- ARPAnet (earliest internet) formed (1969) -- Wage and price controls (1971) -- Arab oil embargo (1973) -- First customer scan of a bar code (1974) -- The year of the PC (1977) -- Three Mile Island nuclear failure (1979) -- IBM personal computer (1982) -- FCC approves advanced mobile phone system (IG) (1982) -- Deindustrialization of America-General Tire Akron closes (1982) -- CD-ROM (1985) -- Savings and loan crisis (1986) -- W. Edwards Deming publishes Out of the Crisis (1986) -- Amazon.com (1994) -- Bill Gates internet memo (1995) -- Google Incorporated (1998) -- First 3G networks and the smartphone (2003) -- RFID at Wal-Mart (2005) -- Banking crisis and Great Recession (2008) -- General Motors bankruptcy (2009).Throughout history, important commercial developments in the United States have made it possible for American companies to leverage tough economic conditions to survive--even thrive in a volatile marketplace. This reference book examines the top 100 groundbreaking events in the history of American business and illustrates their influence on the labor laws, business practices, and management methodologies of corporate America today. The 100 Most Significant Events in American Business: An Encyclopedia depicts the chronological order of events contributing to the evolution of American business, with an emphasis on the commercial innovations of each period. The book explores the origins of successful brands, including Apple, Wal-Mart, and Heinz; demonstrates the successful collaboration between public and private sectors illustrated by the Erie Canal, Hoover Dam, and the interstate highway system; and depicts the commercial impact of major economic events from the Panic of 1857 to the Great Recession of 2009.

Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Business; Industries;

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The Kingfisher illustrated horse & pony encyclopedia / by Ransford, Sandy.(CARDINAL)380521; Langrish, Bob,illustrator.(CARDINAL)359533;

Introducing the horse: neutral world of horses -- Life cycle of the horse -- Domestication of the horse -- Types of horses -- Colors -- Markings -- What is a breed? -- Hotblood horses: Arabian -- Thoroughbred -- Anglo-Arab, Barb, Akhal-Teke -- Coldblood horses: Ardennais, k Boulonnais -- Percheron, Suffolk -- Shire, Clydesdale -- Belgian draft, Noriker, Friesian, Dutch Draught -- Warmblood horses: Swedish Warmblood, Selle Francais -- Competition breeds -- Oldenburg, Gelderlander, French Trotter, Camargue -- Przewalski's Horse, Tarpan -- Irish Draught, Hackney Horse, Cleveland Bay -- Andalusian, Lusitano, Lippizzaner -- Morgan, Criollo, Quarter Horse -- Pinto, Palomino, Appaloosa -- Tennessee Walking Horse, American Saddlebred, Missouri Foxtrotter, Standardbred- Mustang, Waler -- Pony breeds: Dartmoor, Exmoor, Connemara, New Forest -- Welsh Sections A, B, C, and D -- Fell, Dales, Highland -- Fjord, Icelandic, Haflinger -- New breeds of the U.S. -- Caspian, Chincoteague and Assateague, Basuto, Boer -- Australian, Falabella, Shetland, Hackney Pony -- Keeping a pony: Providing company -- What a pony need -- Ways to keep a pony -- Where to keep a pony -- A barn of your own -- Stable management -- Choosing a pasture -- Caring for the pasture -- Turning out and catching -- Feeding a pony: Rules of feeding -- Different kinds of feed -- Diet for your pony -- grooming a pony: Grooming equipment -- grooming routines -- Hoof and foot care -- Washing a pony -- Clipping a pony -- Choosing a blanket -- Other care routines: Care after exercise -- Shoeing a pony -- Traveling safely -- Summer and winter care -- Health care: Signs of good health -- Health routines -- First aid -- Common aliments -- Caring for a sick pony -- Before you start: Why take riding lessons? -- Where to take riding lessons -- Clothes to wear for riding -- Types of ponies -- A ponies tack: Saddles and girths -- Bridles and bits -- Western tack -- Fitting and caring for tack -- Saddling up -- Putting on a bridle -- First lessons: Meeting your pony -- Getting to know a pony -- Mounting -- Dismounting -- How to sit in the saddle -- Aids -- On the lunge or lead line -- On your own -- Turning left and right -- Learning to trot -- Cantering -- Riding at top speed -- Western riding -- In the arena: Riding in a group -- Exercises in the arena -- Without stirrups and reins -- Exercises in the saddle -- Looking forward: Road safety -- Trail riding -- Your first jumping lessons -- Jumping higher -- Simple dressage -- Advanced riding -- Taking part in events: getting ready for a show -- Going to a show -- Fun and games -- Show jumping classes -- Showing and dressage tests -- Cross country -- Training and driving: Breaking in a horse -- How to drive a horse -- Harnesses and vehicles -- Specially trained horses -- Glossary -- Index -- Web sites and acknowledgements.Breeding identification, riding techniques, and the proper care for tending to horses are elements of a comprehensive guide about horses and ponies, complete with sidebars, full color photos, helpful tips, and more. The Kingfisher Illustrated Horse and Pony Encyclopedia is a fantastic gift for children who dream of having a horse or pony of their own. There is a clear introduction to the horse followed by chapters explaining horse and pony care, riding lessons, and breeds. The encyclopedia is packed full of gorgeous photographs of horses and ponies showing how they look, what they do, and where in the world they are found. And of course every horse lover wants to ride, and The Kingfisher Illustrated Horse & Pony Encyclopedia takes the novice rider from first mount to cantering and galloping.

Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Horses; Horsemanship; Ponies; Horses; Horsemanship; Ponies;

Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 21

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The Kingfisher illustrated horse & pony encyclopedia / by Ransford, Sandy.(CARDINAL)380521;

Includes index.

Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Horsemanship; Horses; Ponies;

Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 10

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Encyclopedia of Jewish history : events and eras of the Jewish people / by Alpher, Joseph.(CARDINAL)180785;

Ancient Hebrew script / Ittai Tamari -- From Hebrew manuscripts to Hebrew printing / Ittai Tamari -- Modern Hebrew letter printing / Ittai Tamari -- Symbols in Jewish art : myths of creation / Ida Huberman -- Symbols in Jewish art : exile and redemption / Ida Huberman -- Symbols in Jewish art : the meeting of cultures / Ida Huberman -- Distinctive features of Jewish costume / Aviva Muller-Lancet -- Ritual and ceremonial aspects of Jewish dress / Aviva Muller-Lancet -- Costumes of Moroccan Jews / Aviva Muller-Lancet -- Costumes of Yemenite Jews / Aviva Muller-Lancet -- Costumes of Jews in the Middle East and Central Asia / Aviva Muller-Lancet -- Jewish paper-cuts / Giza Frankel -- Chronological chart of Jewish and world history.Major themes in the history of the Jewish people / Shmuel Ettinger -- Ereẓ Israel in prehistoric times / Shlomo Bunimovitz -- Pre-Israelite Caanan / Shlomo Bunimovitz -- From the patriarchs to the Exodus / Shlomo Bunimovitz -- The period of settlement and of the judges / Shlomo Bunimovitz -- The kingdom : united and divided / Hava Katz, Shlomo Bunimovitz -- The Kingdom of Israel / Hava Katz, Shlomo Bunimovitz -- The Kingdom of Judah / Hava Katz, Shlomo Bunimovitz -- Desrtuction and exile / Hava Katz, Shlomo Bunimovitz -- The return to Zion / Menachem Mor, Israel Ronen -- Ereẓ Israel in the fourth and third centuries BCE / Menachem Mor, Israel Ronen -- Seleucid rule and the edicts of Antiochus / Menachem Mor, Israel Ronen -- The Hasmonean revolt and political independence / Menachem Mor, Israel Ronen -- The Hasmonean state / Menachem Mor, Israel Ronen -- Herod and his successors / Menachem Mor, Israel Ronen -- Leadership in Hasmonean and Roman times / Menachem Mor, Israel Ronen -- The great revolt / Menachem Mor, Israel Ronen -- The nation rallies after the destruction / Menachem Mor, Israel Ronen -- The Bar Kokhba Revolt / Menachem Mor, Israel Ronen -- Judah ha-Nasi and his era / Isaiah Gafni -- The Egyptian Jewish community in ancient times / Ada Aharoni -- The Jewish community in Babylonia / Isaiah Gafni -- Ereẓ Israel under Byzantine rule / Isaiah Gafni -- Ereẓ Israel under Arab rule / Editors -- Babylonia as a national center / Avraham Grossman.Origins of the American Jewish community / Ruth Peleg -- Shaping the American Jewish community / Ruth Peleg -- 19th century Ereẓ Israel / Edna Elazari -- Foundations of Zionism in Ereẓ Israel / Edna Elazari -- Yemenite Jews and Ereẓ Israel / Yehuda Nini -- The British mandate and the Zionsits / Edna Elazari -- Aliyah during the 1920s / Edna Elazari -- Arab nationalism / Edna Elazari -- Jewish defense organizations / Edna Elazari -- Nazi anti-Semetic policy / Dan Michman -- Immigration and settlement in the 1930s / Edna Elazari -- The Arab uprising / Edna Elazari -- The Jewish economy in Palestine until 1939 / Edna Elazari -- The emergence of Hebrew culture in Ereẓ Israel / Edna Elazari -- Britain retreats from its support of Zionism / Edna Elazari -- The underground movements / Edna Elazari -- The Jews in the trap of Nazi rule / Dan Michman -- Life in the ghetto / Dan Michman -- The Holocaust / Dan Michman -- Rescue operations during the Holocaust / Dan Michman -- Jewish resistance in the Holocaust / Dan Michman -- Zionism and Aliyah from Muslim countries / Nissim Yosha -- Palestine during World War II / Edna Elazari -- The national institutions of the "state-in-the-making" / Edna Elazari -- The Yishuv takes up the struggle / Edna Elazari -- American Jewry's political activities / Ruth Peleg -- Establishing the state of Israel / Yossef Eshkol -- The Israeli war of independence (A) / Yossef Eshkol -- The Israeli war of independence (B) / Yossef Eshkol -- Building the new state / Yossef Eshkol -- Israel's first decade / Yossef Eshkol -- Defense in the first decade / Yossef Eshkol -- Economics and society in Israel's second decade / Yossef Eshkol -- From the Sinai Campaign to the Six-Day War / Yossef Eshkol -- Economics and society in Greater Israel (1967-1973) / Yossef Eshkol -- From the Six-Day War to the Yom Kippur War / Yossef Eshkol -- Peace with Egypt : war in Lebanon / Yossef Eshkol -- A decade of change (1974-1984) / Yossef Eshkol -- Arabs and other minorities in Israel / David Hacham -- Education and culture in Israel / Dan Ronen -- The Histadrut (General Federation of Labor) / Eli Avrahami -- The kibbutz / Eli Avrahami -- American Jewry in the mid-1980s / Ruth Peleg -- Jews in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe / Raphael Vago -- The Jewish people in the contemporary period / Simon Herman -- Jerusalem throughout the ages / Shlomo Shavit.The encounter with Islam in Spain / Yom-Tov Assis -- Medieval European attitudes to the Jews / Itzhak Handelsman -- Ashkenaz in the 10th-13th centuries / Itzhak Handelsman -- Jews and Crusaders in Ereẓ Israel / Yael Katzir -- The Jews in Christian Spain / Yom-Tov Assis -- The expulsion of the Jews from Western Europe / Itzhak Handelsman -- The Jewish community of Poland up to the 18th century / Itzhak Handelsman -- Eastern Jewery after the expulsion from Spain / Nissim Yosha -- The Anusim / Itzhak Handelsman -- Anusim and Iberian Jews in the West / Abraham Gross -- 16th century Ereẓ Israel / Editors -- Messianism in Jewery / Itzhak Bezalel -- Shabbateanism / Itzhak Bezalel -- The community as the framework of Jewish life / Itzhak Handelsman -- The insular community and Jewish art / Ida Huberman -- How to merit the status of citizen / Dan Michman -- "Liberté, egalité, fraternité" : for Jews as well / Dan Michman -- Jewish art and the emancipation / Ida Huberman -- Hasidim and Mitnaggedim / Itzhak Handelsman -- The Jewish community in Russia : 1772-1881 / Itzhak Handelsman -- The legal status of Jews in Muslim lands / Nissim Yosha -- Jewish economic life in Muslim lands / Nissim Yosha -- Jewish community and culture in Muslim lands / Nissim Yosha -- The pogroms of Eastern Europe / Itzhak Handelsman -- The reawakening of Jerwish nationalism / Edna Elazari -- Modern anti-Semitism / Dan Michman -- Zionism becomes a political movement / Edna Elazari -- Jewish culture in Eastern Europe until World War II / Israel Bartal -- Jewish ethnic communities / Editors -- The wandering Jew / Shlomo Shavit.

Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Dictionaries.; Jews;

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The World Book encyclopedia of people and places. by World Book, Inc.(CARDINAL)170438;

Includes bibliographical references and index.Volume 1: A-B: Afghanistan To Burundi: -- How to use this series -- Political World Map -- Physical World Map -- Afghanistan -- Albania -- Algeria -- American Samoa -- Andorra -- Angola -- Antarctica -- Antigua and Barbuda -- Argentina -- Armenia -- Australia -- Austria -- Azerbaijan -- Azores and Madeiras, The -- Bahamas, The -- Bahrain -- Bangladesh -- Barbados -- Belarus -- Belgium -- Belize -- Benin -- Bermuda -- Bhutan -- Bolivia -- Bosnia-Herzegovina -- Botswana -- Brazil -- Brunei -- Bulgaria -- Burkina Faso -- Burundi.Volume 2: C-F: Cambodia To French Polynesia: -- Political World Map -- Physical World Map -- Cambodia -- Cameroon -- Canada -- Cape Verde -- Central Africa Republic -- Chad -- Chile -- China -- Colombia -- Comoros -- Congo, Democratic Republic of the -- Congo, Republic of the -- Cook Islands -- Costa Rica -- Cote d'Ivoire -- Croatia -- Cuba -- Cyprus -- Czech Republic -- Denmark -- Djibouti -- Dominica -- Dominican Republic -- East Timor -- Easter Island -- Ecuador -- Egypt -- El Salvador -- Equatorial Guinea -- Eritrea -- Estonia -- Ethiopia -- Falkland Islands -- Faroe Islands -- Federated States of Micronesia -- Fiji -- Finland -- France -- French Guiana -- French Polynesia.Volume 3: G-J: Gabon To Jordan: -- Political World Map -- Physical World Map -- Gabon -- Gambia -- Georgia -- Germany -- Ghana -- Gibraltar -- Greater Antilles, The -- Greece -- Greenland -- Grenada -- Guadeloupe -- Guam and the Northern Marianas -- Guatemala -- Guinea -- Guinea-Bissau -- Guyana -- Haiti -- Honduras -- Hungary -- Iceland -- India -- Indonesia -- Iran -- Iraq -- Ireland -- Israel -- Italy -- Jamaica -- Japan -- Jordan.Volume 4: K-N: Kazakhstan To Norway: -- Political World Map -- Physical World Map -- Kazakhstan -- Kenya -- Kiribati -- Korea, North -- Korea, South -- Kosovo -- Kuwait -- Kyrgyzstan -- Laos -- Latvia -- Lebanon -- Lesotho -- Lesser Antilles, The -- Liberia -- Libya -- Liechtenstein -- Lithuania -- Luxembourg -- Macedonia -- Madagascar -- Malawi -- Malaysia -- Maldives -- Mali -- Malta -- Marshall Islands -- Martinique -- Mauritania -- Mauritius -- Mexico -- Moldova -- Monaco -- Mongolia -- Montenegro -- Morocco -- Mozambique -- Myanmar -- Namibia -- Nauru -- Nepal -- Netherland, The -- Netherlands Antilles, The and Aruba -- New Caledonia -- New Zealand -- Nicaragua -- Niger -- Nigeria -- Norway.Volume 5: O-S: Oman To Syria: -- Political World Map -- Physical World Map -- Oman -- Pacific Islands, The -- Pakistan -- Palau -- Panama -- Papua New Guinea -- Paraguay -- Peru -- Philippines -- Poland -- Portugal -- Puerto Rico -- Qatar -- Reunion -- Romania -- Russia -- Rwanda -- Saint Kitts and Nevis -- Saint Lucia -- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines -- Samoa -- San Marino -- Sao Tome and Principe -- Saudi Arabia -- Senegal -- Serbia -- Seychelles -- Sierra Leone -- Singapore -- Slovakia -- Slovenia -- Solomon Islands -- Somalia -- South Africa -- Spain -- Sri Lanka -- Sudan -- Sudan, South -- Suriname -- Swaziland -- Sweden -- Switzerland -- Syria.Volume 6: T-Z: Tahiti To Zimbabwe: -- Political World Map -- Physical World Map -- Tahiti -- Taiwan -- Tajikistan -- Tanzania -- Thailand -- Togo -- Tonga -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Tunisia -- Turkey -- Turkmenistan -- Tuvalu -- Uganda -- Ukraine -- United Arab Emirates, The -- United Kingdom, The -- United States, The -- Uruguay -- Uzbekistan -- Vanuatu -- Vatican City -- Venezuela -- Vietnam -- Virgin Islands, British -- Virgin Islands, US -- Western Sahara -- Yemen -- Zambia -- Zimbabwe.Volume 7: People On The Move/Index: -- Introduction -- Out of Africa -- Into South Asia, New Guineas, and Australia -- Migrations to the Middle East -- Expansion into Europe -- Settlement of China and Northern Asia -- Advancing into Upper North America -- Moving into Mesoamerica and South America -- Populating the Pacific Islands -- Migrations in Historic Times -- Index -- World on the Web -- Acknowledgments.People and Places World Book's encyclopedia of People and Places provides accurate and up-to-date information of the geography, economies, histories, and people of the world's 194 independent nations in a colorful, lavishly illustrated format.

Subjects: Encyclopedias.; Encyclopedias and dictionaries.; Geography;

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War : from ancient Egypt to Iraq / by David, Saul,1966-(CARDINAL)633820; DK Publishing, Inc.(CARDINAL)317714;

The age of revolution, 1750-1830. French and Indian War ; The Seven Years War ; Britain's wars in India ; The American Revolution ; The wars of Catherine the Great ; French revolutionary wars ; The rise of Napoleon ; Triumph of the Royal Navy ; Napoleon's imperial triumphs in Europe ; The Peninsular War ; Napoleon's downfall ; The War of 1812 ; South America's wars of liberation ; The Greek War of Independence -- The dawn of mechanized warfare, 1830-1914. The Crimean War ; Wars of Italian unification ; The rise of Prussia ; Franco-Prussian War ; Mexican wars ; Start of the US Civil War ; End of the US Civil War ; Imperial wars in Africa ; Wars in China ; Plains Indians wars ; The Zulu wars ; The second Boer War ; Spanish-American War ; The Russo-Japanese War ; War in the Balkans -- Era of the World Wars, 1914-1945. Outbreak of World War I ; World War I : stalemate on the Western front ; World War I : the wider war ; World War I : air and sea battles ; World War I : the defeat of Germany ; The Russian civil war ; The Sino-Japanese War ; The Spanish Civil War ; World War II begins ; World War II : the turning tide ; World War II : the Battle of the Atlantic ; World War II : the war in the air ; World War II : the fall of Hitler ; World War II : the war with Japan ; World War II : the defeat of Japan -- Conflicts after World War II, 1945-present. The Cold War ; The Chinese civil war ; The Korean War ; Decolonization in Southeast Asia ; The Vietnam War ; Revolutionary wars in Latin America ; African wars of independence ; Post-colonial Africa ; South Asian wars ; The Arab-Israeli Conflict ; The Falklands War ; Wars in Afghanistan ; Gulf wars ; Post-Communist wars ; The occupation of Iraq -- Directory: A comprehensive directory of wars, battles, and military statistics from ancient to modern times.War in the ancient world, 3000 BCE--500 CE. Wars in Sumer and Egypt ; Assyrian conquests ; The Greco-Persian wars ; The Peloponnesian War ; Conquests of Alexander ; Alexander's successors ; The rise of Rome ; The Punic Wars ; The Gallic Wars ; Roman civil war ; The Roman Empire ; The late Roman Empire ; The Warring States period ; The Three Kingdoms ; The Mauryan Empire -- War in the medieval world, 500-1500. The rise of Byzantium ; The ascent of Islam ; Frankish expansion ; Viking raids and the Norman Conquest ; The rise of the Turks ; The First Crusades ; Expulsion of the Crusaders from the Holy Land ; Japan's Gempei Wars ; Mongol invasions ; The wars of Kublai Khan ; The conquests of Timur ; Guelphs and Ghibellines ; Crusades in Europe ; Anglo-Scottish wars ; The Spanish Reconquista ; The Hundred Years War ; The end of the Byzantine Empire -- Early modern warfare, 1500-1750. The Italian wars ; Spanish conquests in the New York ; Mogul conquests ; Ottoman expansion ; Wars of the Sengoku Era ; Korea resists invasion ; Manchu conquests ; French wars of religion ; The Dutch revolt ; The Anglo-Spanish War ; The Thirty Years War ; The British civil wars ; The Anglo-Dutch wars ; The early wars of Louis XIV ; The wars of the Spanish Succession ; The Great Northern War ; The war of the Austrian Succession --"War" combines a coherent and compelling historical narrative with a wealth of supporting features on weapons and technology, strategy and tactics, the experience of war, and history's fighting elites to recount the epic 5,000-year story of warfare and combat through the ages.

Subjects: Chronologies.; Encyclopedias.; Illustrated works.; Battles; Battles; Military art and science; Military art and science; Military history; Military history; War; War;

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