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From the indisputable logic of Tweedledum to the nonsensical riddles posed by the Mad Hatter, the witty rejoinders of the Red Queen to the strange wisdom of the Cheshire Cat, there is no denying that Lewis Carroll's most famous works, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, contain some of the most quotable lines ever written in the English language.

The Little Book of Alice houses the very best of these under one roof, showcasing not only the most recognizable bon mots of Wonderland, but the hidden depths and deeper meanings to be found within even the most innocuous turns of phrase.

'I could tell you my adventures – beginning from this morning,' said Alice a little timidly, 'but it's no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.' Alice, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

The greatest detective who never lived.

Since his first appearance in 1887, Sherlock Holmes continues to entertain and fascinate us. With his deerstalker hat, pipe and magnifying glass, not to mention his incredible powers of observation and deduction, he has pitted his wits against thieves, spies, murderers and enemies – and out-thought them all. As he explains to his loyal sidekick, Watson, 'When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.' Drawing on 60 stories, the 175 quotes in this little book capture the enduring appeal of Conan Doyle's thrilling adventures.>

'My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.' Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

'This fellow may be very clever,” I said to myself, ‘but he is certainly very conceited.' Dr Watson on Sherlock Holmes, A Study in Scarlet.

'Watson. Come at once if convenient. If inconvenient, come all the same.' Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Creeping Man.

'Crime is common. Logic is rare.' Sherlock Holmes, The Adventure of the Copper Beeches.

Kamala Harris: Quotes to Live By is a life-affirming collection of over 150 quotes from one of the world's most admired, relevant and exciting public figures today.

As the daughter of immigrant parents from India and Jamaica, she rose to become district attorney of San Francisco, attorney general of California, United States senator and finally to achieve the pinnacle of all her firsts: the first female Black and Asian-American Vice President of the United States.

Throughout her distinguished career, she has been recognized for speaking the truth, standing up to the powerful, fighting against injustice and inequality and advocating for those who could not defend themselves. Her support for Black Lives Matter and women’s rights, as well as healthcare and immigration, along with her courage and determination, has made her a powerful force in politics and on the world stage.

The Little Book of Man United is a collection of words of wit and wisdom by and about Manchester United's players, managers and officials past and present. Since the arrival of the Premier League, no club in England can match the Red Devils' 13 titles, two UEFA Champions League victories, the FIFA World Club Cup, six triumphs in the FA Cup, three in the League Cup and 11 in the FA Charity/Community Shield – and there was plenty more glory in the club's first 115 years too.

From Alan Hansen's falsely prophetic 'You'll never win anything with kids' to Eric Cantona's existentialist aphorism on the theme of seagulls, sardines and trawlers, the book contains more than 170 Red Devilish football quotes. Each quote is attributed to its source and, where appropriate, entries will be accompanied by explanatory asides and/or supporting statistics. Broken down into seven chapters, each one focuses on what makes being a supporter of Manchester United FC such a special experience.

A life-affirming collection of more than 170 quotes from one of the world’s most admired and respected public figures: Barack Obama.

“Where we are met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can’t, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes We Can.” —Barack Obama, victory speech, Chicago, 2008

From a law professorship, to a seat in the Illinois State Senate, to becoming the first African-American president of the United States, Barack Obama’s trajectory to the most powerful political position in the world is legendary. Quotes to Live By offers a beautifully presented collection of inspirational and moving statements by one of the most important figures of our time, a man as renowned for his eloquence as for his groundbreaking achievements.

The quotes include:

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” —Presidential nomination speech, February 2008 

“We did not come to fear the future. We came here to shape it.” —Joint session of Congress on health care, September 2009 

“Politicians have always lied, but it used to be if you caught them lying they’d be like, ‘Oh man.’ Now they just keep on lying.” —Nelson Mandela annual lecture, South Africa, July 2018

“When we measure our greatness as a nation by how far the stock market rises or falls, instead of how many opportunities we’ve opened up for America’s children, we’re displaying a preference for the childish.” —Northwestern University commencement, June 2006

“I am reminded every day of my life, if not by events, then by my wife, that I am not a perfect man.” —Campaign rally, June 2008

The iconic leader who 'mobilized the English language and sent it to battle'.

Churchill's life and political career were certainly long and colorful: he travelled the world, fought in the Boer War, and oversaw the disastrous Gallipoli campaign during the First World War. But it was during the Second World War that this natural leader's qualities of grit, dogged determination and perseverance truly came to the fore as he led the nation to victory.

Churchill's rallying speeches made him one of the world's greatest orators, while his acerbic wit was legendary. Readers will delight in finding the best of this illustrious Briton's words in one handy, pocket-sized volume.

'Never give in – never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.' Speech given at Harrow School for boys, London, October 1941.

'I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.' Said on his 75th birthday, 30th November 1949.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Jane Austen never goes out of style.

Jane Austen’s much-loved novels vividly describe 19th-century society. But they are also timeless classics that continue to enjoy wild popularity 200 years after the author’s death. Her delightfully quotable observations on love, men and women, society and class remain as relevant as they ever were. Packed full of intelligent insights, witty asides and wry observations, alongside fascinating facts about Austen’s remarkable life, this Little Book showcases some of the best lines ever crafted in the English language.

“It isn’t what we say or think that defines us, but what we do.” Sense and Sensibility, 1811

“For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbours and laugh at them in our turn?” Pride and Prejudice, 1813

“There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart.” Emma, 1815

Potted history, quirky facts, sayings, hints and tips about Ireland's celebration and the saint it commemorates.

The Little Book of St Patrick's Day tells the story of St Patrick and how the holiday began, shares the craic with a collection of sayings and describes how the festival is marked around the world (and in outer space).

Separate the myths from the facts, find out how to celebrate at home and be dazzled by quirky facts and stats. Why is the shamrock the symbol of the day, did St Patrick really drive snakes out of Ireland and what should you eat and drink on March 17th? Find out in this pocket-sized guide to this Irish celebration that has enchanted people of all backgrounds across the globe.

'For the whole world is Irish on the Seventeenth o' March!' The Irish-American poet Thomas Augustine Daly, as seen on Bustle.com.

From his humble roots and his struggle with a debilitating stutter to the tragic circumstances in which he lost his first wife and baby daughter – and later his son, Beau – Joe Biden’s life story has given him a unique ability to connect with the average person.

Homespun, caring and empathetic, if perhaps a little long-winded, “Uncle Joe” frequently dispenses heartfelt advice sprinkled with aphorisms and quaint Bidenisms.

Renowned for forging partnerships across the aisle in the Senate, Joe’s optimism, compassion and sense of fair play have never wavered. And when it comes down to his love for the United States, he is at his most eloquent and inspiring, passionately endorsing American values and democracy to the nation and the world at large.

“Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.”

Democratic National Convention, August 27, 2008

“I’m a gaffe machine. But, my God, what a wonderful thing compared to a guy who can’t tell the truth.”

CNN, December 4, 2018

“Love is more powerful than hate. Hope is more powerful than fear. Light is more powerful than dark.”

Twitter, August 22, 2020

Find Hope Even in the Darkest Times with This Collection of Poems, Prayers, and Inspirational Quotes

“Have Hope is an essential companion to turn despair into hope, and put belief into action toward creating a better future.” —Becca Anderson, author of The Book of Awesome Women

#1 New Release in Spiritual Meditations

A life-affirming collection of 365 poems, prayers, and meditations that can support you through any trial and that you can carry with you wherever you go.

Inspirational words to help you navigate life's challenges. Reverend Maggie Oman Shannon, M.A., spiritual leader of Unity Spiritual Center of San Francisco, is the author of nine previous books that explore cross-cultural forms of prayer and spiritual practice. Now, for those of us dealing with events such as the global pandemic and with personal battles of life comes her latest book, Have Hope.

Daily affirmations for every need. Have Hope offers you daily affirmations and a hope-filled moment from history for each day. Now more than ever, we need inspirational words that can help create moments of peace. Through the everyday stress of your life, Have Hope is the perfect collection of prayers, meditations, and inspirational quotes that you can turn.

In Have Hope, Reverend Maggie Oman Shannon provides:

• A collection of 365 daily affirmations for every occasion
• Wisdom from every era and every major faith tradition
• Ways to find hope through daily inspirational words and insightful meditations

If you enjoyed books like Prayers for Calm, I Really Needed This Today, or This Just Speaks to Me, then you’ll love Have Hope. Also, you will want to read and own Maggie Oman Shannon’s Prayers for Healing.

Affirmations, Quotes, and Proverbs for Positive Thinking

“I love how this book is broken down into sections and that you can start anywhere in the book... If you're looking for a gift for the women on your gift-giving list or for teachers, then Hey! It’s Your Day is the perfect gift.” ―TheMommiesReviews.com

Ready to change your life today? Best-selling anthologist June Cotner returns with Hey, It’s Your Day, a life-long collection of her favorite quotes to start the day and delight any friend, relative, or literary aficionado.

Inspiration at your fingertips in minutes. June Cotner has been gathering her favorite quotes for more than two decades. Now, she shares these specially curated words of wisdom to guide you on your personal journey of positive thinking. Featuring an eclectic selection of figures like Edward Abbey, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and Oprah Winfrey, this positive thinking book captivates readers with fresh, insightful, and engaging motivational quotes.

For fans of motivational books with a quotable twist. Whether in need of a daily boost or brushing up on quote trivia, open Hey, It's Your Day and find positive affirmations and inspirational quotes on every page. Packed with nearly fifty topics─like love, family, choices, growth, happiness, creativity, and success─you’ll find uplifting quotes to start the day such as:

• “This was love: a string of coincidences that gathered significance and became miracles.” ─ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• “Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor.” ─ Rumi
• “No one likes crying, but tears water our souls.” ─ Xue Xinran

If you’re looking for graduation gifts, literary gifts, or personal development books─and enjoyed titles like A Year of Positive Thinking, Whatever You Are Be a Good One, or Greatest Inspirational Quotes─then you'll love Hey, It’s Your Day!

Appreciate your True Friends with Friendship Quotes and Stories

“BJ Gallagher ... motivates and teaches with empathy, understanding, and more than a little humor.”—Debba Haupert, of the Girlfriendology Podcast

True friends are hard to find and even harder to describe. But with real life stories, friendship quotes, inspirational quotes, and anecdotes about the ups and downs and ins and outs of friendships, Friends are Everything has everything you ever need for friendship empowerment.

Beautiful friendships of all shapes and sizes. To bestselling author B.J. Gallagher, there are so many types of friends. There are friends who tell you what you don’t want to hear, friends who help you be your best self, friends who forgive you when you hurt them, friends who respect your boundaries. There are neighbors, best friends, childhood friends, spiritual friends, friends who are family, friends who are lovers, friends at work, and the list goes on. Get ready to dive into what it really means to love a friend and what it means to be one.

Inspirational quotes for your girlfriends. With more than three dozen inspiring stories from girlfriends across the country, affirmative acronyms, and female empowerment quotes, Friends are Everything is a heartfelt celebration of friendships across all generations and a perfect gift to share with your bestie.

Inside Friends are Everything, find friendship quotes, inspirational quotes, and words of empowerment in heartwarming and entertaining stories such as:

• “Please, Help Me Stop Shooting Myself in the Foot!”
• “Finding Mr. Probably Right”
• “A Woman’s Wheels”
  

If you enjoyed books like That's What She Said; Tell Me More; or Hey Friend, I Wrote a Book About You, then you’ll love Friends are Everything.

Words of Wisdom from Wild Women

In Wild Words from Wild Women, author and feminist August Stephens compiles words of wisdom from much loved famous feminists. Hilarious, inspiring, and empowering, this pocket book of quotes is the perfect gift for all the nasty women with something to say.

Some tongues just can’t be tamed. This ribald compilation of powerful women quotes everything from bras to babies, menopause to men, and politics to parties. Featuring historically nasty women like Jane Austen and Billie Jean King, these famous feminists knew how to read between the lines─and now you can too.

Strong women have something to say. These words of wisdom─from strippers, CEOs, poets, senators, and every woman in between─make delectable reading for sassy, untamable, and fabulous ladies everywhere.

Inside, find powerful women quotes from famous feminists like:

• Billie Holiday
• Virginia Wolfe
• Coco Chanel
• And more!

If you enjoyed books like Badass Affirmations, That's What She Said, or Great Quotes from Great Women, then you’ll love Wild Words from Wild Women.

Homage to Mothers Everywhere

The work that mothers do and the love they give cannot be praised enough. This powerful book of motherhood quotes is dedicated to the loving role that moms play in their children’s lives.

Inspiring quotes for moms. While it’s difficult to truly capture the weight and power of a mother’s love, this book by author Mina Parker comes close. Filled with a diverse pool of quotes, many from incredible women such as Oprah Winfrey, Erma Bombeck, and Erica Jong, as well as African proverbs, Parker crafted a book that beautifully details a mother’s heart. In addition, each quote is masterfully paired with a single sentence that expresses what a mother’s love is.

A testament to the power of love. This book demonstrates that a mother’s love is truly so many things. A mother’s love is both powerful and gentle, all knowing and yet all forgiving. It never fails to find us when we need it, and it lifts us up when we’re down. These quotes celebrate motherhood, and the joy, comfort, courage, inspiration, and most of all, love that moms bring into our lives. Each word offered in this book is in praise of mothers everywhere and honors the love they carry.

Open up this inspirational book and find:

• A beautiful and thoughtful curation of quotes
• An insight into what it means to be a mother
• The perfect gift for new moms, seasoned moms, and soon-to-be moms!

Readers of books like Great Quotes from Great Women, I Really Needed This Today, Beautifully Said, Words to Live By, or Badass Affirmations will love Mina Parker’s Mother’s Love Is….

Bible Quotes and Canine Companions

“If you love your animals, you are going to love this book. It will remind you that the bond we share with our pets is an expression of divine love.” —Louise Hamon, author of Happiness A to Z

Godly Words of Wisdom. Join some pups for a dose of truth straight from the Good Book. These iconic Bible verses provide meaningful guidance in times of need.

Verses for Daily Meditation. This selection of inspiring, holy words will help you gain a greater understanding of life, compassion, and faith. Becca Anderson, author of The Women’s Book of Prayer and Prayers for Hard Times, knows you’ll find the truth and hope you need guided by the Lord―and everyone’s best friend in this Christian dog book.

Good Dogs is the perfect Christian inspirational gift. In this book, you’ll find:

• Thought-provoking verses for encouragement and meditation
• Clarifying explanations on every page
• Beautiful, heartwarming images of all of your favorite dog breeds

If you like interactive self-care works and dog books like What’s True about You, Zen Dogs, Color the Words of Jesus, or The Psalms in Color, you’ll love Good Dogs: Scripture and Bible Verses from Your Best Friend.

Find Joy in the Simple Things

Simplify your life with the gentle guidance in The Joy of Simplicity and find your path to peace of mind.

A wonderful gift for those looking for a breath of calm in the midst of a hectic life. Allen Klein, bestselling author with over half a million happy readers, offers a cogent reminder that joy is simply a matter of choice. And it’s yours to make. Relax, release, refocus, and renew. Keep what you need in your life and let go of everything else including “stuff.”

Relax, refocus, renew, and find joy. Learn to slow down, relax, smell the roses, and simplify your life with the latest collection of insightful quotations and inspired ideas by the popular “Jollytologist” Allen Klein. The calming quotes, tranquil wisdom, and power thoughts in this book come from notable authors, celebrities, philosophers, and others who recognize the virtues of a simple, stress-free life. Grouped around basic themes like “Go with the Flow,” “Focus on What’s Important,” and “Slow Down,” these sayings are reminders that it is still possible to achieve peace and harmony in today’s fast-paced world. Bliss is just around the corner.

Discover the significance of simplicity in Allen Klein’s newest book, The Joy of Simplicity, as well as...

• A reminder that it is possible to achieve a state of peace and harmony in today’s fast-paced world
• A collection of quotes to make you smile, laugh, and reflect on what you really need in your life
• A wonderful gift for those looking for serenity and focus in the midst of a fast-paced world

Readers of books such as You Can’t Ruin My Day, Beautifully Said, and Badass Affirmations will love The Joy of Simplicity: Insights to Unclutter and Uncomplicate Your Life by Allen Klein.

Inspirational Bunnies

Readers of Start With Why, You Are Here and Whatever You Are, Be A Good One will love the quotes and teachings of Zen Bunnies

Advice from Zen Leaders: Join some cuddly bunnies for encouragement from Buddhist teachers like Thich Nhat Hahn and the Buddha himself in Zen Bunnies. Don’t let the adorable bunnies fool you—they have plenty of mindfulness wisdom to share in the form of quotes and verses. These timeless verses will continue to be helpful and relevant to your life for years to come.

Daily Mindfulness: Meditate along with these verses daily. Learn from the bountiful bunny to be true in body and mind. If you appreciated the mindfulness encouragement from Peace Is Every Step, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching and Together Is Better, you will love the quotes in Zen Bunnies.

Let your inner Zen Bunny guide you to enlightenment.

Inspirational Words to Meditate On

If you liked Healing After Loss by Martha W. Hickman and Together is Better by Simon Sinek, you’ll love The Lighten Up Book

An Upbeat Guide to Positivity in the Midst of Chaos:  Allen Klein is the world's only "Jollytologist". As a keynote speaker and bestselling author, he has mastered the art of choosing the right quote at the right time. In The Lighten Up Book, he has gathered his favorite wise words to help readers power their lives with the positive. We have all weathered a lot of storms in recent times, literally with hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and what seems like unrelenting strife in our daily discourse. We all need reminders of what we truly value in our life – family, friendship, community, leadership, service, helping others.

An Inspirational Book for the Ages: As inspirational as it is instructive, The Lighten Up Book is a treasury of moving and meaningful sayings that spurs readers to live life to the fullest. Readers can take this encouraging book on the go to get a quick shot of inspiration at any time, or they can select one quote every day for in-depth thought and meditation. However readers choose to use these uplifting and inspiring quotes, they all have the potential to be life-changing.

The Lighten Up Book offers endless encouragement. The quotes in this book will help you to:

• Feel inspired
• Recover from loss
• Get back up after a hard day knocks you down
• And much more!

Trivia Book Filled with Fun Facts and Trivia Questions and Answers

Answers to Questions You've Never Asked will entertain you for hours.

Fun facts for kids of all ages. When you take the most absurd parts of history, science, economics and geography, you end up with a pretty confusing picture of humanity. Why do we have borders, what’s the furthest you can get from the ocean, how do you qualify as a country and why did Vikings wear those silly helmets? These are just a few of the strange questions that bounce around the head of YouTube sensation Joseph Pisenti, aka RealLifeLore.

Answering the ridiculous. In his channel, Pisenti presents illogical truths in a logical manner. In his debut book, Pisenti builds on this nonsensical humor of the universe with in-depth analysis of empires, economies, and ecosystems as he helps answer the ridiculous. Why, you ask? Because someone has to. Using line drawings, graphs and charts, Pisenti not only details the absurd, but he also provides explanations on why things are…and why they aren’t. Answers to:

• Where can I move to so that I’m never tempted by McDonalds again?
• How far into the Pacific does Trump’s wall stretch?
• If Plato came back to life, what would he think of modern democracy?
• Why do all empires fail?
• Who decides what countries are allowed to participate in the Olympics?
• What makes Finland so great?

Witty, thought-provoking and occasionally snarky, Answers to Questions You’ve Never Asked is for anyone who beams with curiosity and has a belly-button.

Trivia Book Filled with Fun Facts and Trivia Questions and Answers

Answers to Questions You've Never Asked will entertain you for hours.

Fun facts for kids of all ages. When you take the most absurd parts of history, science, economics and geography, you end up with a pretty confusing picture of humanity. Why do we have borders, what’s the furthest you can get from the ocean, how do you qualify as a country and why did Vikings wear those silly helmets? These are just a few of the strange questions that bounce around the head of YouTube sensation Joseph Pisenti, aka RealLifeLore.

Answering the ridiculous. In his channel, Pisenti presents illogical truths in a logical manner. In his debut book, Pisenti builds on this nonsensical humor of the universe with in-depth analysis of empires, economies, and ecosystems as he helps answer the ridiculous. Why, you ask? Because someone has to. Using line drawings, graphs and charts, Pisenti not only details the absurd, but he also provides explanations on why things are…and why they aren’t. Answers to:

• Where can I move to so that I’m never tempted by McDonalds again?
• How far into the Pacific does Trump’s wall stretch?
• If Plato came back to life, what would he think of modern democracy?
• Why do all empires fail?
• Who decides what countries are allowed to participate in the Olympics?
• What makes Finland so great?

Witty, thought-provoking and occasionally snarky, Answers to Questions You’ve Never Asked is for anyone who beams with curiosity and has a belly-button.

Mindfulness Mutts and Dharma Dogs

Readers of Start With Why, You Are Here and Whatever You Are, Be A Good One will love the quotes and teachings of Zen Dogs.

Advice from Zen Leaders. Join some cuddly puppies for the timeless teachings of Buddhism along with key lessons our canine companions are here to remind us of—such as how to live in the now—in Zen Dogs. Don’t let the adorable dogs fool you—they have plenty of mindfulness wisdom to share in the form of quotes and verses. These timeless verses will continue to be helpful and relevant to your life for years to come.

Daily Mindfulness. Meditate along with these verses daily. Every dog is a living example of loving kindness, a central tenet of the Buddha, which they reteach us with every affectionate lick and joy-filled wag of the tail. Learn from the dutiful dog to be true in body and mind. If you appreciated the mindfulness encouragement from Peace Is Every Step, The Heart of the Buddha’s Teaching and Together Is Better, get yourself a copy of Zen Dogs.

Let your inner Zen Dog guide you to enlightenment.

Ranging over the globe and over the centuries, here is a sparkling collection of over 6,000 remarks and witticisms, judgements and observations on all the topics you are likely to want a quotation on. The Concise Columbia Dictionary of Quotations contains surprises of pithy wit, asides of originality and insight, as well as phrases chosen simply for the elegance and evocativeness of their expression.

Love and marriage, death and religion, food and drunkenness: all the eternal concerns are here- as well as a host of issues more particular to our time. As varied as the topics they comment on are the people the editor has found as his sources- from Aristotle to Mae West, from St. Augustine to Oscar Wilde, from Budha to Virginia Woolf.

Entertaining and easy to use, The Columbia Dictionary of Quotations brings together more than 18,000 fresh and intriguing remarks, witticisms, judgments, and observations on 1,500 alphabetically arranged subjects. More than 11,000 of these quotations have never before appeared in a quotation book. Full of the world's most apt sentences and less familiar quotations from Shakespeare to Malcolm X, from Lenin to Salman Rushdie, from Emily Dickinson to Camille Paglia, here is the best new large quotation book in decades—and the liveliest one available.

These funny, profound, touching, provocative, and memorable quotations, chosen not for their familiarity but for their quality and their relevance, cover subjects from adolescence and adoption to yuppies and zoos. Each quotation has a detailed, accurate citation. Read:

* Henry Kissinger and Desmond Tutu on leadership;

* John F. Kennedy and Alexander Solzhenitsyn on the press;

* Tallulah Bankhead and Andrea Dworkin on sex;

*Marlon Brando and Paul Gauguin on obesity;

* Emerson, Wilde, and Twain on just about anything.

Japan's transformation from an isolated society to a military empire and, after a crushing defeat in World War II, into one of the world's foremost economic powers is one of the most fascinating stories of modern history. Although much has been written about modern Japan, no reference book has analyzed its political, economic, social, and cultural history to render a holistic account of the sweeping changes Japan has undergone since 1850. Now, with The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History, Gary D. Allinson presents this much-needed learning resource for students of Japanese society and for lay readers seeking to better understand the economic powerhouse of East Asia during the 150 years that have catapulted it to international preeminence.

The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History is a unique work in which readers will find:

• a balanced narrative treating each facet of Japanese history—political, social, economic, and cultural—across four periods covering the years from 1850 to the present;

• an encyclopedia-style topical compendium including more than 150 entries on such key subjects as Japan's emperors, political leaders, business enterprises, social organizations, and leading writers;

• excerpts from important historical documents;

• a chronology and list of prime ministers, providing easy reference to important historical dates, periods, and people;

• an annotated guide to further research, including print, film, and electronic resources.

Readily accessible to all readers, Allinson's reference will be one that citizens, teachers, students, and academicians will consult often as they seek information on scores of topics. The Columbia Guide to Modern Japanese History will endure as a valuable reference and learning tool for many years to come.

While anthologized poems by African Americans have always been indexed by Granger's®, the great increase in interest by the general public and the growing number of African American Studies courses have led to the creation of a Granger's® index devoted exclusively to poetry by African Americans.

To compile this Index to African-American Poetry, a team of consultants sought to identify the best, most widely available volumes of poetry by African Americans. The results of their search: 33 anthologies and 32 volumes of collected and selected works.

Like all Granger's® indexes, this newest index is easy to use. The Title, First Line, and Last Line index is arranged alphabetically. The Author Index is arranged alphabetically by poet and, under each name, by poem title. In the Subject Index, authors and their works are listed alphabetically under each subject heading.

It is the fastest, most reliable way to answer such questions as:

•What are the best anthologies of African-American poetry?

•What have African-American poets written about such highly charged issues as religion? politics? patriotism? slavery? racism? money? sex? What have they written about Harlem? the civil-rights movement? Martin Luther King Jr.?

•What did Audre Lorde write about grief? How often?

•Who wrote the poem "Madam and the Rent Man," and where can it be found?

Based on the celebrated three-volume Columbia Gazetteer of the World, this volume offers 50,000 entries on places in North America, arranged in alphabetical order. Designed for ease of use and maximum access to the widest amount of information, the Columbia Gazetteer of North America is a core reference work for any library, public or private, governmental or educational. Whether it is an entry of a few lines on China, Texas, or hundreds of lines on New York City, the entries are packed with information, such as:

• descriptions of physical geography

• political boundaries

• historical, political, cultural, and economic descriptions

• natural, agricultural, and other resources

• principal trade, business, and industrial activities

• highways, railroads, canals, and pipelines

• points of interest

• population from the most recent national censuses

• latitude, longitude, and elevation

• official place-names

• changed or variant names and spellings

• pronunciations

• and much more.

What is metadata? When do you need to archive digital content? How does electronic publication affect copyrights? How can XML and PDF improve your workflow and your publications? There is a digital dimension to virtually all publishing today. Beyond the obvious electronic media—the music and movies we take for granted, the increasingly indispensable Web, the eBooks that most of us will take for granted in a few years—almost everything we read, even on paper, was produced digitally. This new digital world offers a steadily increasing number of choices. It is this rich and rapidly changing publishing environment for which The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing was created. Although there is a vast amount of information on a host of topics relevant to digital production and publishing available—some in print, more on the Web—there has been, until now, no single resource to which those involved in any dimension of publishing could turn for guidance. The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing fills that need.

The Guide is definitive: written by experts in the broad array of subjects it covers, it provides reliable, authoritative, user-friendly information about a vast number of topics. Designed to be the first place to go to learn about any of the numerous interrelated issues that define the digital publishing landscape, it offers readers a multilevel approach, from a brief glossary definition of a technical term or acronym (sometimes all a user needs), to a concise discussion of a topic (comprehensible to the lay person, yet useful for the technical expert). It puts a subject in the context of other topics and broader issues, with real-world examples, liberal cross-references, and pointers to sources of further information in print or electronic form.

What is metadata? When do you need to archive digital content? How does electronic publication affect copyrights? How can XML and PDF improve your workflow and your publications? There is a digital dimension to virtually all publishing today. Beyond the obvious electronic media—the music and movies we take for granted, the increasingly indispensable Web, the eBooks that most of us will take for granted in a few years—almost everything we read, even on paper, was produced digitally. This new digital world offers a steadily increasing number of choices. It is this rich and rapidly changing publishing environment for which The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing was created. Although there is a vast amount of information on a host of topics relevant to digital production and publishing available—some in print, more on the Web—there has been, until now, no single resource to which those involved in any dimension of publishing could turn for guidance. The Columbia Guide to Digital Publishing fills that need.

The Guide is definitive: written by experts in the broad array of subjects it covers, it provides reliable, authoritative, user-friendly information about a vast number of topics. Designed to be the first place to go to learn about any of the numerous interrelated issues that define the digital publishing landscape, it offers readers a multilevel approach, from a brief glossary definition of a technical term or acronym (sometimes all a user needs), to a concise discussion of a topic (comprehensible to the lay person, yet useful for the technical expert). It puts a subject in the context of other topics and broader issues, with real-world examples, liberal cross-references, and pointers to sources of further information in print or electronic form.

On the most important occasions of our lives, we often find ourselves at a loss for words; when we want to console, celebrate, explain, inspire, or thank, we end up repeating such uninspiring, uninformative phrases as "Words cannot express how I feel." To help us find the right words, Catherine Frank has compiled this handy compendium of quotations that capture the mundane and the magnificent, the everyday and extraordinary moments of our lives.

The three sections of the book cover 150 occasions. "Every Year" offers quotations on all the special dates in the calendar from New Year's Day to New Year's Eve, including Martin Luther King Day, Valentine's Day, Ramadan, Mother's Day, Thanksgiving, Kwanzaa, and Christmas. "Occasionally" presents quotations on such occasions as giving a speech, having an interview, becoming a parent, getting engaged, welcoming someone, and saying goodbye. "Once in a Lifetime" provides quotations on such momentous events as confirmation, coming out, turning 16, graduation, and retirement.

A sampling:

• Plato, John Donne, and Woody Allen give their words of wisdom on death.

• Betty Ford writes eloquently on recovery.

• Martina Navratilova ruminates on her first sexual encounter... and Holden Caufield on his.

• Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mark Twain, and Frederick Douglass ponder Independence Day.

• Amy Tan reflects on the meaning of the Chinese New Year.

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Susan Sontag offer poignant descriptions of pain and illness.

Whether you are offering consolation or congratulations, condolences or confessions, Quotations for All Occasions has the perfect words for every occasion.

On the most important occasions of our lives, we often find ourselves at a loss for words; when we want to console, celebrate, explain, inspire, or thank, we end up repeating such uninspiring, uninformative phrases as "Words cannot express how I feel." To help us find the right words, Catherine Frank has compiled this handy compendium of quotations that capture the mundane and the magnificent, the everyday and extraordinary moments of our lives.

The three sections of the book cover 150 occasions. "Every Year" offers quotations on all the special dates in the calendar from New Year's Day to New Year's Eve, including Martin Luther King Day, Valentine's Day, Ramadan, Mother's Day, Thanksgiving, Kwanzaa, and Christmas. "Occasionally" presents quotations on such occasions as giving a speech, having an interview, becoming a parent, getting engaged, welcoming someone, and saying goodbye. "Once in a Lifetime" provides quotations on such momentous events as confirmation, coming out, turning 16, graduation, and retirement.

A sampling:

• Plato, John Donne, and Woody Allen give their words of wisdom on death.

• Betty Ford writes eloquently on recovery.

• Martina Navratilova ruminates on her first sexual encounter... and Holden Caufield on his.

• Ralph Waldo Emerson, Mark Twain, and Frederick Douglass ponder Independence Day.

• Amy Tan reflects on the meaning of the Chinese New Year.

• Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Susan Sontag offer poignant descriptions of pain and illness.

Whether you are offering consolation or congratulations, condolences or confessions, Quotations for All Occasions has the perfect words for every occasion.

Since it was first published more than forty years ago, Sources of Japanese Tradition, Volume 2, has been considered the authoritative sourcebook for readers and scholars interested in Japan from the eighteenth century to the post-World War II period. Now greatly expanded to include the entire twentieth century, and beginning in 1600, Sources of Japanese Tradition presents writings by modern Japan's most important philosophers, religious figures, writers and political leaders. The volume also offers extensive introductory essays and commentary to assist in understanding the documents' historical settings and significance. Wonderfully varied in its selections, this eagerly anticipated expanded edition has revised many of the texts from the original edition and added a great many not included or translated before. New additions include documents on the postwar era, the importance of education in the process of modernization, and women's issues.

Beginning with documents from the founding of the Tokugawa shogunate, the collection's essays, manifestos, religious tracts, political documents, and memoirs reflect major Japanese religious, philosophical, social and political movements. Subjects covered include the spread of neo-Confucian and Buddhist teachings, Japanese poetry and aesthetics, and the Meiji Restoration. Other documents reflect the major political trends and events of the period: the abolition of feudalism, agrarian reform, the emergence of poltical parties and liberalism, and the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars. The collection also includes Western and Japanese impressions of each other through Western religious missions and commercial and cultural exchanges. These selections underscore Japanese and Western apprehension of and fascination with each other.

As Japan entered the twentieth century, new political and social movements -- Marxism, anarchism, socialism, nationalism, and feminism -- entered the national consciousness. Later readings in the collection look at the buildup to war with the United States, military defeat and American occupation. Documents from the postwar period echo Japan's struggle with its own history and its development as a capitalist democracy.

The Columbia Guide to Online Style is the standard resource for citing electronic and electronically accessed sources. It is also a critical style guide for creating documents electronically for submission for print or electronic publication.

Updated and expanded, this guide now explains how to cite technologies such as Web logs and pod casts; provides more guidance on translating the elements of Columbia Online Style (COS) citations for use with existing print-based formats (such as MLA, APA, and Chicago); and features additional guidelines for producing online and print documents based on new standards of markup language and publication technologies.

This edition also includes new bibliographic styles for humanities and scientific projects; examples of footnotes and endnotes for Chicago-style papers; greater detail regarding in-text and parenthetic reference and footnote styles; an added chapter on how to locate and evaluate sources for research in the electronic age; and new examples for citing full-text or full-image articles from online library databases, along with information on how to credit the source of graphics and multimedia files.

Staying ahead of rapidly evolving technologies, The Columbia Guide to Online Style continues to be a vital tool for online researchers.

The Columbia Guide to Online Style is the standard resource for citing electronic and electronically accessed sources. It is also a critical style guide for creating documents electronically for submission for print or electronic publication.

Updated and expanded, this guide now explains how to cite technologies such as Web logs and pod casts; provides more guidance on translating the elements of Columbia Online Style (COS) citations for use with existing print-based formats (such as MLA, APA, and Chicago); and features additional guidelines for producing online and print documents based on new standards of markup language and publication technologies.

This edition also includes new bibliographic styles for humanities and scientific projects; examples of footnotes and endnotes for Chicago-style papers; greater detail regarding in-text and parenthetic reference and footnote styles; an added chapter on how to locate and evaluate sources for research in the electronic age; and new examples for citing full-text or full-image articles from online library databases, along with information on how to credit the source of graphics and multimedia files.

Staying ahead of rapidly evolving technologies, The Columbia Guide to Online Style continues to be a vital tool for online researchers.

From the triumphs of nationalism and political and cultural independence to the continuing problems of internal strife and poverty, postcolonial nations have grappled with a range of political, intellectual, and economic issues. This comprehensive volume introduces the major events, figures, and movements that have shaped the postcolonial history of the Anglophone world. With entries from more than fifty leading scholars arranged alphabetically by topic, the Companion brings together the postcolonial histories of Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, the Caribbean, and Canada. Each entry provides a summary of a historical event or topic and suggestions for further readings. The volume also includes substantive essays on historiography and women's histories.

By outlining the cultural, social, and political contexts of postcolonialism as well as examining elements of colonial history, the Companion illuminates complex contemporary debates about globalization, AIDS prevention, immigration, race, politics, economics, culture, and language.

From the triumphs of nationalism and political and cultural independence to the continuing problems of internal strife and poverty, postcolonial nations have grappled with a range of political, intellectual, and economic issues. This comprehensive volume introduces the major events, figures, and movements that have shaped the postcolonial history of the Anglophone world. With entries from more than fifty leading scholars arranged alphabetically by topic, the Companion brings together the postcolonial histories of Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand, the Pacific, the Caribbean, and Canada. Each entry provides a summary of a historical event or topic and suggestions for further readings. The volume also includes substantive essays on historiography and women's histories.

By outlining the cultural, social, and political contexts of postcolonialism as well as examining elements of colonial history, the Companion illuminates complex contemporary debates about globalization, AIDS prevention, immigration, race, politics, economics, culture, and language.

Buono (Bentley College) collects material on changes in the management consultant industry, current trends and techniques in management consulting, and concepts of consulting theory building and intervention. Contributors in business administration, strategic management, and organizational change offer perspectives on the various ways in which consultants and their firms are attempting to position and reposition themselves as leading professionals, and address topics in linkage research, global virtual teams, and executive coaching.

Buono (Bentley College) collects material on changes in the management consultant industry, current trends and techniques in management consulting, and concepts of consulting theory building and intervention. Contributors in business administration, strategic management, and organizational change offer perspectives on the various ways in which consultants and their firms are attempting to position and reposition themselves as leading professionals, and address topics in linkage research, global virtual teams, and executive coaching.

Das Bayerische Jahrbuch verzeichnet Behörden, Ministerien, Körperschaften und mit ihnen verbundene Einrichtungen des öffentlichen Lebens im Freistaat Bayern:

• Behörden und Dienststellen der staatlichen und kommunalen Verwaltung
• die Gerichtsbarkeit
• Interessenverbände und andere Organisationen aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Kunst usw.
• Notare, Kirchenbehörden, Schulen, Hochschulen, Museen, Bibliotheken, Krankenhäuser, Kreditinstitute
• über 12.000 Bürgermeister, Landräte, Vorsitzende, Geschäftsführer, Präsidenten, Direktoren und andere Personen in leitender Funktion

Particularly in the humanities and social sciences, festschrifts are a popular forum for discussion. The IJBF provides quick and easy general access to these important resources for scholars and students. The festschrifts are located in state and regional libraries and their bibliographic details are recorded.

Since 1983, more than 639,000 articles from more than 29,500 festschrifts, published between 1977 and 2010, have been catalogued.

This Encyclopedia is the first to compile some 500,000 pseudonyms of roughly 270,000 people from all over the world, from all ages and occupations. Besides pseudonyms in the narrower sense, initials, nick names, order names, birth and married names etc. are included. The volumes 1 to 9 list persons by their real names in alphabetical order, in volumes 10 to 16, the pseudonyms are listed alphabetically and the real names provided. To make identification of a person easier, year and place of birth and death are provided where available, as are profession, nationality and more personal data.

Das Lexikon deutsch-jüdischer Autoren erschließt den jüdischen Beitrag zur deutschsprachigen Kulturgeschichte in ca. 1.300 biographisch-bibliographischen Artikeln. Der biographische Teil der Artikel enthält Personenangaben, Auskünfte zum politischen und zionistischen Engagement, zum Freundeskreis sowie zur Stellung zum Judentum. Im bibliographischen Teil werden die Werke soweit möglich in Autopsie bibliographiert und annotiert. Band 17 verzeichnet z. B. Moses Mendelssohn, Richard M. Meyer, Alfred Mombert, Lina Morgenstern, Paul Nathan, Max Nordau, José Orabuena, Bertha Pappenheim, Hugo Wolfgang Philipp.

In der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel sind 350.000 Bücher aus der Zeit vor 1830 überliefert. Die Sammlung von Porträtstichen umfasst ca. 25.000 Blätter. In der Reihe A des Katalogs erschienen zunächst 28 Bildbände. Die neun Textbände liefern Angaben zu den abgebildeten Personen, Bildbeschreibungen sowie Angaben zum Künstler und zur angewendeten Technik. Das Supplement ergänzt in sechs Bänden 3.000 nach Erscheinungsbeginn des Katalogs neu erworbene Porträts sowie über 600 weitere Porträts. Das Werk wird in sieben Registerbänden mit 15 Einzelregistern erschlossen.

Band 20 verzeichnet u.a. Margarete Susman, Max Tau, Felix Aron Theilhaber, Ernst Toller, Kurt Tucholsky, Regina Ullmann, Hermann Ungar, Berthold Viertel, Jakob Wassermann, Felix Weltsch, Carl Zuckmayer und Stefan Zweig.

This Encyclopedia is the first to compile some 500,000 pseudonyms of roughly 270,000 people. Besides pseudonyms in the narrower sense, initials, nick names, oder names, birth and married names etc. are included. The volumes 1 to 9 list persons by their real names in alphabetical order, in volumes 10 to 16, the pseudonyms are listed alphabetically and the real names provided. To make identification easier, year and place of birth and death are provided where available, as are profession, nationality and more personal data.

In der Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel sind 350.000 Bücher aus der Zeit vor 1830 überliefert. Die Sammlung von Porträtstichen umfasst ca. 25.000 Blätter. In der Reihe A des Katalogs erschienen zunächst 28 Bildbände. Die neun Textbände liefern Angaben zu den abgebildeten Personen, Bildbeschreibungen sowie Angaben zum Künstler und zur angewendeten Technik. Das Supplement ergänzt in sechs Bänden 3.000 nach Erscheinungsbeginn des Katalogs neu erworbene Porträts sowie über 600 weitere Porträts. Das Werk wird in sieben Registerbänden mit 15 Einzelregistern erschlossen.

Das Lexikon deutsch-jüdischer Autoren erschließt den jüdischen Beitrag zur deutschsprachigen Kulturgeschichte in ca. 1.300 biographisch-bibliographischen Artikeln. Der biographische Teil der Artikel enthält Personenangaben, Auskünfte zum politischen und zionistischen Engagement, zum Freundeskreis sowie zur Stellung zum Judentum. Im bibliographischen Teil werden die Werke soweit möglich in Autopsie bibliographiert und annotiert. Band 19 verzeichnet u.a. Daniel Sanders, Max Scheler, Arthur Schnitzler, Hans-Joachim Schoeps, Anna Seghers, Georg Simmel, Heinrich Spiero, Leo Spitzer, Edith Stein, Moritz Steinschneider, Leo Sternberg, Fritz Strich.

Das Bayerische Jahrbuch verzeichnet Behörden, Ministerien, Körperschaften und mit ihnen verbundene Einrichtungen des öffentlichen Lebens im Freistaat Bayern:

• Behörden und Dienststellen der staatlichen und kommunalen Verwaltung
• die Gerichtsbarkeit
• Interessenverbände und andere Organisationen aus Politik, Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Kunst usw.
• Notar/-innen, Kirchenbehörden, Hochschulen, Museen, Bibliotheken, Kreditinstitute
• über 12.000 Bürgermeister/-innen, Landrät/-innen, Vorsitzende, Geschäftsführer/-innen, Präsident/-innen, Direktor/-innen und andere Personen in leitender Funktion
• statistischer Überblick zu ausgewählten Themen
• Personenregister, Sach- und Institutionenregister

This cumulated Index encompasses the four Biographical Archives for Spain, Portugal and the Iberoamerican countries with 770,000 biographical entries.

(Gleichzeitig Theil 15. Abth. 2. Buch 3. West-Asien, des Gesamtwerkes)

(Gleichzeitig Band 2 des Vergleichende Erdkunde der Sinai-Halbinsel, von Palästina und Syrien)

Manuel de rédaction à l'usage des militaires est un manuel de rédaction conçu pour aider le personnel militaire à rédiger des travaux savants dans un style clair et efficace. Fruit de la collaboration entre un professeur d’écriture chevronné et un officier militaire à la retraite, le manuel s’adresse aux membres des forces armées qui rejoignent le monde universitaire et qui ont déjà rédigé dans un contexte professionnel militaire ou qui n’ont aucune expérience de la rédaction.

En plus d’enseigner aux officiers comment rédiger efficacement, cet ouvrage explique en quoi la maîtrise des techniques de rédaction est utile au personnel des forces armées dans leurs tâches régulières, en particulier aux échelons supérieurs.

L’ouvrage traite de l’importance de savoir communiquer par écrit, de ce qui distingue la rédaction savante de la rédaction professionnelle, des processus de recherche et de rédaction proprement dite, du professionnalisme dans la sphère universitaire ainsi que des problèmes et défis fréquemment rencontrés par les rédactrices et les rédacteurs. Un dernier chapitre novateur traite de la manière dont les officiers peuvent mettre à profit les connaissances qu’ils ont acquises par leurs expériences professionnelles dans le contexte universitaire. Des exemples concrets — à l’usage particulier des militaires — sont présentés tout au long du texte pour guider la lectrice et le lecteur de manière pratique et pertinente.

Cette édition révisée comprend de nouveaux exemples provenant d’une plus grande variété d’auteurs. Elle prend en compte l’évolution récente des technologies de communication et reflète les nouvelles avancées dans les domaines de l’enseignement et de l’apprentissage.

Cet ouvrage, qui est le seul guide exhaustif sur la rédaction à l’usage du personnel militaire, est un ajout incontournable à la bibliothèque de tout officier militaire où qu’il se trouve et quel que soit son rang.

Ce livre est publié en français.

Formats disponibles : couverture souple, PDF accessible et ePub accessible

¿Quieres convertirte en un sabio de la noche a la mañana? ¿Te tienes que enfrentar en breve a un cuestionario de cultura general y no te da tiempo de estudiar la Enciclopedia Británica? ¿Estás cansado de que tus amigos tengan más temas de conversación y tú no puedas estar a la altura? No te agobies: empápate de cultura general en poco más de doscientas páginas a través de 1001 preguntas y respuestas que abarcan la síntesis fundamental de las humanidades y las ciencias.
¿Quieres saber (y que sepan otros que sabes) por qué brillan las estrellas? ¿Cuál es el tamaño del universo conocido? ¿Por qué vuelan los aviones? ¿Qué significa el «Pienso, luego existo» de Descartes? ¿Cuál es el tema principal de Hamlet? ¿Quiénes son los mormones? ¿Cuáles fueron las siete maravillas de la Antigüedad? ¿Cuál es el número de oro...?
Carlos Blanco, el niño prodigio que asombró al mundo por su capacidad intelectual y que saltó a la fama en el programa español de televisión Crónicas Marcianas, te conduce con un lenguaje ameno y sencillo por este apasionante viaje a través del conocimiento.

Das frühneuzeitliche Reich zeichnete sich durch eine spezifische Vielschichtigkeit und Polyzentralität aus. Während die ältere Geschichtsschreibung dies mit Blick auf die späte Entwicklung zum Nationalstaat als Defizit ansah, haben neuere Forschungen die produktiven Wirkungen der Vielfalt und Konkurrenz der zahlreichen Zentren des Alten Reiches hervorgehoben.
Das Handbuch trägt diesen Gegebenheiten erstmals Rechnung, indem es mehr als 50 Orte aus dem deutschen Sprachraum der Frühen Neuzeit in ihren kulturellen Zentralitätsfunktionen vorstellt. In einem einheitlichen Artikelaufbau werden die strukturellen Faktoren, die Institutionen des kulturellen Lebens, wichtige Personen, Gruppen oder Sozietäten sowie Medien und Korrespondenznetze dargelegt. Des Weiteren wird die Selbst- und Außenwahrnehmung durch Zeitgenossen sowie die Rezeption durch die Nachwelt berücksichtigt. Abgeschlossen wird jeder Eintrag mit knappen Informationen zur örtlichen Überlieferungs- und Archivsituation sowie mit einer Auswahlbibliographie.
Mit dem Handbuch wird ein neuartiges, der historischen Kulturraumforschung verpflichtetes Nachschlagewerk zur Kulturgeschichte des Alten Reichs in der Frühen Neuzeit vorgelegt.

In der Auseinandersetzung mit den modernen Digitalmedien ist das Buch als Medium mit seinen spezifischen Leistungen und kommunikativen Angeboten in den letzten Jahren in den Blick einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit geraten. Der vorliegende Sammelband stellt Ergebnisse buchwissenschaftlicher Forschung, Institutionen und Gesellschaften der Fachkommunikation, Konzepte buchwissenschaftlicher Lehre, bibliophile Gesellschaften und Forschungsbibliotheken vor. In über vierzig Beiträgen namhafter Wissenschaftler ist ein Handbuch entstanden, das über das engere Fachpublikum hinaus den historischen Nachbardisziplinen, den Kultur- und Medienwissenschaften einen Überblick über die Buchforschung in Deutschland bietet.

"Outstanding. Its combination of historical material, maps, photos, and travelogue brings the fur trade era alive. Seldom has the past and the present been brought together so successfully."

An invaluable resource for paddlers preparing to face the challenges of Canada’s old fur trade highway, Canoeing the Churchill is also an exhilarating trek into the past for the "armchair voyageur." With routes for both beginners and experts, Canoeing the Churchill provides practical "on the water advice" for the entire 1,100 km route--from Methy Portage to Cumberland House.

Here is a list of three dozen of the top literary locales in the country. The selection of sites is necessarily subjective, yet it attempts to represent geographical, historical, social, and cultural concerns as well as strictly literary interests. Had this list been prepared by the editors of Michelin Guide, they would have added asterisks or stars to the entries:

It is the opinion of the author of Canadian Literary Landmarks that all thirty-six sites are "Worth a journey." It is recognized that the average person is unlikely to visit No. 1, not to mention No. 36, but as these sites happen to be the first and last entries in the book, they mark a convenient and symbolic beginning and ending. (No. 1 being L’Anse aux Meadows, Epaves Bay, Nfld. and No. 36 being the North Pole, NWT).

Sherlock Holmes Handbook sums up a Canadian scholar's lifetime expertise about Sherlock Holmes -- the characters and themes, the publishers and readers, Victorian London and the Houdini connection, radio actors and cartoonists, the fans who cling to Holmes's reality and the professors who tease out motifs from the fifty-six short stories and four novels.

The first edition of Sherlock Holmes Handbook appeared in 1993. This edition catches up on new films, new books (a few with a hint of the supernatural) and the advent of the Internet, which has spread Holmes's fame and Sherlockian fun even further worldwide. The intervening years have brought three multi-volume editions of the Sherlock Holmes stories, with hundreds of footnotes providing new insights and new amusement. They have also seen Holmes repeatedly on the amateur and professional stages, including a few Canadian productions. And there have been changes to everything from copyright rules to libraries, booksellers and audio recordings.

500 Years of New Words takes you on an exciting journey through the English language from the days before Shakespeare to the first decade of the 21st century. All the main entries are arranged not alphabetically by in chronological order based on the earliest known year that each word was printed or written down.

Beginning with "America" in 1507 and spanning the centuries to "Marsiphobiphiliac" in 2004 (a person who would love to go to Mars but is afraid of being marooned there), this book can be opened at any page and the reader will discover a dazzling array of linguistic delights. In other words, this book is unputdownable (the main entry for 1947). If Shakespeare were alive today, he would buy this book.

The home wine market has grown by leaps and bounds in the last decade. The clear and well-ordered explanations in The Encyclopedia of Home Winemaking make it easy reading for the home winemaker and an essential reference guide that will be used for years.