encyclopedias

An alphabetical collection of articles about disgusting things, from acne, ants, and bacteria to worms, x-periments, and zits.

More than 400 alphabetically arranged entries provide information on jazz artists of the past and present.

Presents an overview of the game of soccer, providing a collection of entries that profile the world's greatest teams, players, and matches, from Alfredo di Stefano to Mia Hamm. Includes photographs.

Collection of fun facts, famous faces, and historic milestones in American popular culture, including who invented the dishwasher, why Paul Newman went into acting, and what Paul Revere shouted during his famous ride.

Alphabetical guide to UFO phenomena including sightings, the role of the military and government, persons involved in research, and sites of suspected encounters.

An A to Z encyclopedia of nature in North America. Includes plants, animals, landforms, and other natural features.

A reference containing information about the invasion of Europe and its colonies in Africa during World War II.

Contains brief histories, photographs, and illustrations of over one hundred makes of automobiles from around the world, arranged alphabetically throughout seven volumes from Abarth to Wolseley.

Encyclopedic entries focus on central developments in the process of change from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, defining major new machines, work processes, and many individuals and trade union groups directly involved.