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Includes information on abortion, abuse, adolescent girls, aging, alcoholism, black women, breast cancer, breast feeding, breasts, cancer, cervix, cesarean sections, clitoris, clitoridectomy, complementary health practies, condoms, cramps, depression, diabetes, diets, women with disabilities, drugs, eating disorders, environmental and occupational health, estrogen, food, hormones, hormone therapy, hysterectomy, infertility, IUDs, labor, lesbians,...
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"This encyclopedia is unique for its comprehensive coverage of the military, social, and political aspects of the Vietnam War. There are clear articles on military tactics and weapon systems, detailed biographies with particularly thorough coverage of the Communist leaders analytical articles describing the contributions of various nations, antiwar movement, and military strategy. Each entry has a substantial bibliography, as well as see-also references....
44) Famous first facts: A record of first happenings, discoveries and inventions in American history
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Presents more than 9,000 firsts in American history alphabetically by topic.
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"This new edition contains more than 600 entirely new entries, to reflect the new figures and issues of English literature in the new millennium, and the existing entries have been extensively revised and updated to incorporate the latest scholarhip. But it remains faithful to Sir Paul Harvey's original vision of an authoritative work placing English literature in its widest context: no other volume offers such extensive exploration of the classical...
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The human body is made up of more than one trillion cells. They are the tiny building blocks out of which the body's tissues and organs are formed, and together these parts make up a marvelously synchronized, living community. This exciting book uses spectacular medical drawings, plus images derived from new technologies, as an inspiring aid to understanding the anatomy and function of the body, and many of its common disorders. Images work together...
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This work condenses Racinet's classic six-volume set, History of World Costume (1876-1888), and translates it into English for the first time. Its text and 2,000 illustrations, most in full color, cover worldwide costumes from ancient Egypt to nineteenth-century Europe--royalty, the working class, soldiers, and the poor. High school libraries should consider acquiring this volume.
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Contains over seventy-five political and physical maps, including countries created by the breakup of the U.S.S.R., and a space-related section that charts the solar system; and includes an encyclopedic index of more than 140,000 entries, country summaries, thematic essays, and other information.
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The 4th edition combines the best of the American Heritage tradition of linguistic scholarship with creative innovations in the art of dictionary making. This dictionary offers the most information about the language in the most accessible way. With full-color illustrations, usage advice, and varied, extensive notes
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Focusing on the making of African American society from the 1896 "separate but equal" ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson up to the contemporary period, this encyclopedia traces the transition from the Reconstruction Era to the age of Jim Crow, the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Migration, the Brown ruling that overturned Plessy , the Civil Rights Movement, and the ascendant influence of African-American culture on the American cultural landscape. --publisher...