A wealth of resources puts the language of nursing, medicine and the healthcare professions at your fingertips.

Over 4,000 entries including: 2,000 biographical sketches; major campaigns; major battles; weapons; military terms; literature; politics; and eighty-six maps.

Looks at the making of the Oxford English dictionary.

"More than 400 living and extinct languages are detailed in this information-packed reference. Each article covers the political, social, and historical background of the language by stating the number of speakers; the countries where it is spoken; how many dialects it spawned; its origins, characteristics, and examples of both words and the alphabet; and pronunciations. Anecdotes, literary quotations, and charts of script and numerals appear in sidebars...

A concise version of Adams' Dictionary of Am History.

Authoritative articles on poets, playwrights, mythology, literary movements, artists, musicians, etc

"The Encyclopedia of Christianity is the first of a five-volume English translation of the third revised edition of Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon. Its German articles have been tailored to suit an English readership, and articles of special interest to English readers have been added. The encyclopedia describes Christianity through its 2000-year history within a global context, taking into account other religions and philosophies. A special feature...