the century book of facts

The new Century book of facts : a handbook of ready reference / Carroll D. Wright editor-in chief. 1911 [Leather Bound]

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The New century book of facts. Volume 1911 (1911) [Leatherbound]

Leatherbound edition. Language: English Volume: 1911 Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Reprinted from 1911 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr d reprint.... more

Pre-Owned Twentieth-Century British Political Facts 1900-2000 9780312229474 Used

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Pre-Owned The Facts on File Encyclopedia of the Twentieth Century 9780816024612 /

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The Facts on File Dictionary of Cultural and Historical Allusions : From the Middle Ages Through the 20th Century 9780816040575 Used / Pre-owned

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Pre-Owned What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew : From Fox Hunting to Whist-The Facts of Daily Life in Nineteenth-Century England 9780671882365

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Worcestershire in the nineteenth century. A complete digest of facts occuring in the county since the commencement of the year 1800. By T. C. Turberville. 1852

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Facts and Observations on Wages and Prices in England during the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries....... Volume 24th 1861

{Size: 13.34 x 21.59 cms} Lang: - English Vol: - Volume 24th Pages 55 Print on Demand. Reprinted in 2017 with the help of original edition published long back [1861]. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt... more

Pre-Owned The New Corporate Facts of Life : Rethink Your Business to Transform Today s Challenges into Tomorrow s Profits 9780814433041 Used

We re in a new century with new technology and new obstacles--the old rules of business no longer work! CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal... more

Explore European Settlement In Australia : Explore The East Coast Of New Holland: Australian Aboriginal History Facts (Paperback)

If asked the question Who discovered New Zealand? many of us would answer without really thinking Captain James Cook and after centuries of a European-dominated view of history it s no wonder it has taken so long to shake this perspective. This book... more

Pre-Owned The Coffee Book: Anatomy of an Industry from Crop to the Last Drop Bazaar Book Paperback Nina Luttinger Gregory Dicum

Contains facts figures cartoons and commentary covering coffee from its first use in Ethiopia in the sixth century to the rise of Starbucks and the emergence of Fair Trade coffee in the twenty-first. This book explores the process of cultivation... more

To Nation by Revolution : Indonesia in the 20th Century (Paperback)

The twelve chapters of this book all derive from the reflections of a prominent historian on the nature of modern Indonesian history over a 40-year time span. A central thread running through the book is the importance of the fact that Indonesia... more

Extremely Violent Societies: Mass Violence in the Twentieth-Century World (Hardcover)

Violence is a fact of human life. This book trace the social roots of the extraordinary processes of human destruction involved in mass violence throughout the twentieth century. Christian Gerlach shows that terms such as genocide and ethnic cleansing... more

Pre-Owned The Patterns of War since the Eighteenth Century 9780253208606

Well written nicely organized remarkably comprehensive and laced with facts. --Military Affairs CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be included minimal wear to... more

When There Were Birds (Paperback)

A landmark book that charts humanity s changing relationship with birds - from the ancient Egyptians to the twenty-first century A marvellously original slice of social history Daily Mail The facts and folklore of birdlife are dissected in admirable... more

Pre-Owned Art and Architecture in Italy 1250-1400 (Paperback) 0300055854 9780300055856

The 14th century in Italian art is a very rich one and Professor White s book gives architecture equal weight with painting and sculpture. The story of the Gothic style and the prehistory of the Renaissance is given: all the facts are related but also... more

Pre-Owned The Illustrated Directory of Tractors 9780760313428

This fact-packed A-Z reference features extensive data (including dimensions performance and model variants) on more than 200 of the greatest farm and industrial tractors from the early 20th century to the present day. CONDITION – USED: Books sold... more

Shakespeare s London on Five Groats a Day 9780500287934 Used / Pre-owned

This fact-packed guide provides all the practical advice a tourist needs to travel back four centuries to explore the booming city of London. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover... more

A chronicle recording one hundred twenty-five years a compendium of historical facts & random reminiscences abridged to encompass in the form of a hand book the course of the century and a quar

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Half a Century with Tobacco : Facts Every Smoker Should Know! (Paperback)

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age it may contain imperfections such as marks notations marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important we have made it available as part... more

The Facts on File Companion to 20th-Century American Poetry 9780816046980 Used / Pre-owned

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Analecta Husserliana: Phenomenology and Existentialism in the Twenthieth Century: Book III. Heralding the New Enlightenment (Hardcover)

The discussion on the phenomenology of life will continue to be crucial to the general outlook and direction of phenomenological investigations. The imp- tance of it is not only the fact that it is an innovation in the philosophical circle but it is... more

As I Was Going Down Sackville Street: A Phantasy In Fact (Hardcover)

As I Was Going Down Sackville Street: A Phantasy In Fact is a book written by Oliver St. J. Gogarty. The book is a memoir of Gogarty s time in Dublin during the early 20th century. The book is a blend of fact and fiction with Gogarty using his... more

Australian Facts and Prospects : To Which is Prefixed the Author s Australian Biography (Paperback)

This book provides a comprehensive look at the history culture and geography of Australia. It explores the country s unique wildlife and landscapes as well as its rich indigenous heritage and colonial past. Written in the mid-19th century this book... more

Why Do Donuts Have Holes? : Fascinating Facts about What We Eat and Drink 9780806525518 Used / Pre-owned

Cn blueberries make you younger? What is an electric pickle? For centuries a healhty obsession with eating has fuelled human curiosity (and filled our stomachs). This book offers hundreds of witty and entertaining food facts from the origins of popular... more

Executed Women of 20th and 21st Centuries (Paperback)

This book provides a look into the lives crimes and executions of women during the 20th and 21st centuries. The purpose is not to condone the actions of these women but to suggest that those we executed are in fact humans_rather than monsters as they... more

The Assegai and the Bayonet : the History of the Zulus during the 19th Century-The Story of the Zulus by J. Y. Gibson With Two Zulu Accounts of the Battle of Isandhlwana by Bertram Mitford

A collision of cultures in South Africa The principal work in this book was originally published under the title The Story of the Zulus which might lead the reader to believe it was a work of ethnology. In fact although the history of the birth and the... more

Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century Literature: Exploring Magic Realism in Salman Rushdie s Fiction (Hardcover)

Kluwick breaks new ground in this book moving away from Rushdie studies that focus on his status as postcolonial or postmodern and instead considering the significance of magic realism in his fiction. Rushdie s magic realism in fact lies at the heart... more

Science Book : Everything You Need to Know About the World and How It Works

The Science Book: Everything You Need to Know About the World and How It Works encapsulates centuries of scientific thought in one volume. Natural phenomena revolutionary inventions scientific facts and the most up-to-date questions are all explained... more

The Speedicut Memoirs : Some Like It Shot (Paperback)

In Book 3 of The Speedicut Memoirs in addition to meeting many of the early movie stars of Hollywood readers will discover the true facts about a number of previously unexplained events in the second quarter of the twentieth-century including the... more

Routledge Global Security Studies: Nuclear Proliferation and International Order: Challenges to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (Hardcover)

This book examines the state of the nuclear non-proliferation regime and the issues it faces in the early 21st century. Despite the fact that most countries in the world have signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) there is growing concern that the... more

This is . . .: This Is Munich : A Children s Classic (Hardcover)

Like the other Sasek classics This is Munich is a facsimile edition of his original book which was first published in 1969. The brilliant illustrations have been meticulously preserved and facts updated for the twenty-first century. The charming... more

Special Relativity (Paperback)

Special Relativity is a superb text for students to begin or continue a serious study of physics. Describing the most accessible of the 20th-century revolutions it also illustrates the fact that nature is stranger than one imagines. The book evolved... more

Chaucer Studies: Chaucer and Petrarch (Hardcover)

Despite the fact that Chaucer introduced Petrarch s work into England in the late fourteenth century Petrarch s influence has been very little studied. This book the first full-length study of Chaucer s reading and translation of Petrarch examines... more

The Century book of facts a library of ready reference embracing history biography government law language literature invention science domestic economy industry finance art religion

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The century book of facts : a handbook of government reference embracing history biography government law ... and useful miscellany / collated and edited by Henry W. Ruoff. 190

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Pre-Owned The Facts On File Companion To 20th-century American Poetry to Literature Paperback Kimmelman Burt

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What Jane Austen Ate and Charles Dickens Knew : From Fox Hunting to Whist - the Facts of Daily Life in 19th Century British Life 9780671793371 Used / Pre-owned

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