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Winston Churchill

a biographical companion
2002
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various aspects of the life and career of British military and political leader Sir Winston Churchill, and includes illustrations, a chronology, and a bibliography.

The encyclopedia of Stanley Kubrick

2002
Contains over two hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the life and career of filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, discussing each of his films, people who influenced his work, themes, locations, and other topics, and including photographs and illustrations.

The encyclopedia of Alfred Hitchcock

2002
Contains over 1,200 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock, and details about over fifty of his films, as well as the television shows he directed.

The encyclopedia of Orson Welles

2003
Presents hundreds of alphabetized entries on films, projects, figures, and topics related to the career of American actor-director Orson Welles.

Encyclopedia of Cesar Chavez

the farm workers' fight for rights and justice
2013
Discusses the life and achievements of Cesar Chavez as a workers' rights activist.

Arthurian myth and legend

an A-Z of people and places
1995

All things Austen

an encyclopedia of Austen's world
2005
Contains entries that provide information on people, places, events, and objects mentioned in the works of eighteenth-century English novelist Jane Austen; arranged alphabetically from A to L, with an introduction and list of works.

Shakespeare's world and work

an encyclopedia for students
2001
Presents alphabetized, cross-referenced, illustrated entries on Shakespeare's life and texts, and Renaissance England; and includes time lines, sidebars, definitions in page margins, and other features designed especially for younger readers. Covers "Acting Companies, Elizabethan" through "History in Shakespeare's Plays.".

Chaucer A to Z

the essential reference to his life and works
1999
Contains alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various aspects of the life and work of fourteenth-century poet Geoffery Chaucer; and includes cross-references, appendices, a map of the Canterbury pilgrims' route, a bibliography, and an index.

Susan B. Anthony

a biographical companion
1998
Contains over one hundred alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about the significant events, people, publications, movements, and amendments associated with nineteenth-century activist Susan B. Anthony.

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