"Alphabetically arranged set presents profile of individual nations and other political/geographic units including overview of history, geography, economy, people, culture, and government for each. Includes cumulative index and web site resources"--Provided by publisher.
Organized within 1000 selected headwords, this encyclopedia is a collection of facts, figures, and statistics, covering the natural, historical, geographical, social, and cultural aspects of the world.
Presents facts and figures about the universe, planet earth, countries, animals, plants, the human body, science and technology, arts and entertainment, sports, and history.
Presents a collection of over 33,000 alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions for a wide range of words and terms, including illustrations, and featuring selected word histories, synonym studies, lists of words with prefixes or suffixes, and spelling tips.
