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An encyclopedia or encyclopaedia british english is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge either from all branches or from a particular field or discipline. The world book encyclopedia, volume 14 of 19, qr 1937 edition by silas edgar farquhar ed. The citation style isnt difficult, but it does differ somewhat from mla, the chicago manual. Enhanced by more than one thousand full color illustrations, a concise guide features thousands of references to literature, art, history, famous figures, and philosophy with respect to religion, covering the beliefs, doctrines, practices, teachings, rites of passage, and specific rituals of the worlds major religions. The 2010 version of the 15th edition, which spans 32 volumes and 32,640 pages, was. In 22 hardcover volumes full of accurate and trustworthy facts, the encyclopedia set provides the most uptodate information in.
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Along the x axis is time, and on the y axis is the count of editions published. Jul 01, 2017 the world book encyclopedia, 2018, is a general az lookup source in 22 hardcover volumes full of accurate and trustworthy facts. Publishing history this is a chart to show the when this publisher published books. Publisher of the world book encyclopedia in print, cd, and online forms, the world book student discovery encyclopedia in english and spanish, childcraftthe how why library in english and spanish, and related reference. The world book was first published in 1917 and revised annually from 1925. There are hundreds of authors of the 2006 world book encyclopedia.
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