• The World Book Encyclopedia is an American encyclopedia. World Book was first published in 1917. Since 1925, a new edition of the encyclopedia has been...
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  • The World Book Dictionary is a two-volume English dictionary published as a supplement to the World Book Encyclopedia. It was originally published in...
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    were World Book and Funk and Wagnalls. As many as 90% were sold door to door. Jack Lynch says in his book You Could Look It Up that encyclopedia salespeople...
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    The New Book of Knowledge, The New Book of Popular Science, America the Beautiful, Grolier Multimedia Encyclopedia, Amazing Animals of the World, and Lands...
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  • with the first book published in 1963 and the last published posthumously in 2012. In addition to the main books, the Encyclopedia Brown series has...
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  • of well-known online encyclopedias that are accessible or formerly accessible on the Internet. The largest online encyclopedias are general reference...
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    Collier's Encyclopedia is a discontinued general encyclopedia first published in 1949 by P. F. Collier and Son in the United States. With Encyclopedia Americana...
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  • Source Book was the most common name for a family of US-American encyclopedias published from the 1910s through 1936. Work began on the original project...
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  • The World Sports Encyclopedia is a reference book of articles covering sports and sporting games throughout the world. The book was spearheaded by Polish...
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  • All the Knowledge in the World: The Extraordinary History of the Encyclopedia is a nonfiction book by Simon Garfield, a British journalist and nonfiction...
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  • The Ring Record Book and Boxing Encyclopedia is a book published yearly by The Ring magazine. Ring editor Nat Fleischer, noting that other sports had record...
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  • Corporation acquired the World Almanac. After failing to purchase rights to the text of the Encyclopædia Britannica and World Book Encyclopedia for its Encarta...
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  • An online encyclopedia, also called an Internet encyclopedia, is a digital encyclopedia accessible through the Internet. Examples include Encarta from...
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  • the encyclopedia. The book was well-received on publication, receiving the Hugo Award, World Fantasy Award, and Locus Award in 1998. The Encyclopedia was...
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    inspiration from the richly illustrated 1947 edition of the American World Book Encyclopedia, the plan for Focus as conceived by Sven Lidman (born 1921) was...
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    Academic Press (AP) is an academic book publisher founded in 1941. It was acquired by Harcourt, Brace & World in 1969. Reed Elsevier said in 2000 it would...
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    Encarta. Archived from the original on 2009-10-27. Kobasa, Paul A. "Encyclopedia." World Book Online Reference Center. 2008. [Place of access.] 13 Jan. 2008...
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  • general encyclopedias, including The Book of Knowledge (1910), The New Book of Knowledge (1966), The New Book of Popular Science (1972), Encyclopedia Americana...
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  • person in the world". The book is organized alphabetically in encyclopedia format and recounts both interesting facts from the encyclopedia and the author's...
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    RQ 25 (1985): 175. The World Almanac and Book of Facts, Mahwah, New Jersey: World Almanac Books, 1997. World Book Encyclopedia, 1997 ed., s.v. "Wedding...
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  • Book of Knowledge is a topical children's encyclopedia first published in 1912. Book of Knowledge may also refer to: Book of Knowledge of All Kingdoms...
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    Islands". World Book Encyclopedia. Vol. 3. Field Enterprises. pp. 133–134. "Canary Islands". The Columbia Encyclopedia (6th ed.). Encyclopedia.com. 2015...
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  • CRC Concise Encyclopedia of Mathematics is a book by American author Eric W. Weisstein. The book is presented in a dictionary format. The book is divided...
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  • the Arabic language. It is in part a translation of the American World Book Encyclopedia, edited and expanded to reflect an Arab–Muslim perspective. Its...
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    country. A comprehensive encyclopedia might be a source for state/province-level information. Directorate of Intelligence. "The World Factbook – Frequently...
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    enjoyed reading. When he was three, in 1968, his mother bought a World Book Encyclopedia from a door-to-door salesman. As he grew up and learned to read...
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  • Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia is a two-volume encyclopedia covering the military and political history of Islam...
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    Tangy, Tart, Hot & Sweet; an encyclopedia, The Encyclopedia of Spices & Herbs: An Essential Guide to the Flavors of the World; a memoir, Love, Loss, and...
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    Wikipedia is a free content online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and...
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  • Schuster and Pocket Books, broadcaster Field Communications, and the World Book Encyclopedia. It also operated a syndication service, Field Newspaper Syndicate...
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