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A&C Black
Black's Medical Dictionary
Black's Veterinary Dictionary
BUSINESS: The Ultimate Resource - Dictionary of Business and Management
Dictionary of Accounting
Dictionary of Business
Dictionary of Computing
Dictionary of Contemporary Slang
Dictionary of Food: International Food and Cooking Terms from A to Z
Dictionary of Human Resources and Personnel Management
Dictionary of Information and Library Management
Dictionary of Languages
Dictionary of Law
Dictionary of Leisure, Travel and Tourism
Dictionary of Media Studies
Dictionary of Medical Terms
Dictionary of Politics and Government
Dictionary of Publishing and Printing
Good Word Guide
Word Origins

ABC-CLIO
Africa and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History
African-American Writers: A Dictionary
Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia
Animals and Science: A Guide to the Debates
Britain and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History
Canada's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook
Consciousness: A Guide to the Debates
Conspiracy Theories in American History
Encyclopedia of Archaeology: History and Discoveries
Encyclopedia of Urban America: The Cities and Suburbs
Encyclopedia of Urban Legends
Encyclopedia of Women Social Reformers
France and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History
Germany and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History
Guns in American Society: An Encyclopedia of History, Politics, Culture and the Law
Homosexuality and Science: A Guide to the Debates
Human Evolution: A Guide to the Debates
Iberia and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History
Immigration and Asylum from 1900 to Present
Iran's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook
Ireland and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History
Martial Arts of the World
Mexico: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Culture and History
Nigeria's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook
Pop Culture Arab World! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle
Pop Culture China! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle
Pop Culture Germany! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle
Pop Culture India! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle
Pop Culture Latin America! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle
Pop Culture Russia! Media, Arts, and Lifestyle
Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present
Public Opinion and Polling Around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia
Science in the Ancient World: An Encyclopedia
Science in the Contemporary World: An Encyclopedia
Science in the Early Twentieth Century: An Encyclopedia
Science in the Enlightenment: An Encyclopedia
South Africa's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook
The American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia
The Evolution Wars: A Guide to the Debates
The Former Soviet Union's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook
The Former Yugoslavia's Diverse Peoples: A Reference Sourcebook
The Great Dinosaur Controversy: A Guide to the Debates
Women's History as Scientists: A Guide to the Debates

Ambrose Bierce
The Devil's Dictionary

Andromeda  
A Biographical Dictionary of Artists
Andromeda Encyclopedic Dictionary of World History
Atlas of the Bible, Andromeda
Concise Atlas of World History
Illustrated Dictionary of Science

Barron's Educational Series
Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms
The New Food Lover's Companion
The New Wine Lover's Companion

Blackwell Publishers
A Dictionary of Contemporary History - 1945 to the present
Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
The Blackwell Dictionary of Political Science
The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology
The Dictionary of Human Geography
The Dictionary of Physical Geography
The Encyclopedia of Ecology and Environmental Management, Blackwell Science

Bloomsbury Publishing Ltd.
Bloomsbury Biographical Dictionary of Quotations
Bloomsbury Dictionary of Myth
Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought
Bloomsbury Thematic Dictionary of Quotations
Bloomsbury Thesaurus
Oddbins Dictionary of Wine
The Bloomsbury Dictionary of English Literature
The Bloomsbury Guide to Art
The Royal Society of Medicine Health Encyclopedia
The Royal Society of Medicine: Medicines

Bridgeman
The Bridgeman Art Library Archive
The Bridgeman History of Science

Cambridge University Press
A Dictionary of Literary Symbols
Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution
Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology
Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development
Cambridge World History of Food
The Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy
The Cambridge Dictionary of Scientists
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers
The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books in English
The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English
The Cambridge Guide to Theatre
The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English
The Cambridge Historical Dictionary of Disease
The Holy Bible, King James Version

Cassell
Brewer's Britain and Ireland
Brewer's Curious Titles
Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (17th ed)
Cassell's Peoples, Nations and Cultures

Chambers Harrap
Chambers 21st Century Dictionary
Chambers Biographical Dictionary
Chambers Classic Speeches
Chambers Dictionary of Eponyms
Chambers Dictionary of Literary Characters
Chambers Dictionary of the Unexplained
Chambers Dictionary of World History
Chambers Film Factfinder
Harrap's Polish Dictionary
Harrap's-Dalloz French-English Law Dictionary

CIA
CIA World Factbook

Collins
Collins Concise Dictionary of Quotations
Collins Dictionary of  Astronomy
Collins Dictionary of Biology
Collins Dictionary of Business
Collins Dictionary of Computing
Collins Dictionary of Economics
Collins Dictionary of Law
Collins Dictionary of Medicine
Collins Dictionary of Sociology
Collins English Dictionary
Collins French Dictionary Plus
Collins German Dictionary
Collins Irish Dictionary
Collins Italian Dictionary
Collins Latin Dictionary
Collins Portuguese Dictionary
Collins Spanish Dictionary
Collins Spurrell Welsh Dictionary
Macmillan Dictionary of the Bible
Need to Know? Islam
The Collins World Atlas Gazetteer

Columbia University Press
The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story
The Columbia Encyclopedia

Continuum
Biographical Dictionary of British Economists
Continuum Companion to Twentieth Century Theatre
Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature
Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature
Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World:  Media, Industry and Society
Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World:  Performance and Production
Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers
Encyclopedia of the History of American Management
Shakespeare's Theatre: A Dictionary of His Stage Context

Crystal Reference
The Crystal Reference Encyclopedia

Debrett's Peerage Limited
Debrett's Peerage & Baronetage 2008
Debrett's People of Today 2009

Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc.
Geography of the World
The Human Body Book: An Illustrated Guide to Its Structure, Function and Disorders

Edinburgh University Press
The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia of Modern Criticism and Theory
The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy

Edward Elgar Publishing
A Biographical Dictionary of Dissenting Economists
A Biographical Dictionary of Women Economists
A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy
An Encyclopedia of Keynesian Economics
An Encyclopedia of Macroeconomics
Handbook of Global Environmental Politics
The Elgar Companion to Consumer Research and Economic Psychology
The Elgar Companion to Feminist Economics
The Elgar Dictionary of Economic Quotations
The Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics
Who's Who In Economics

Elsevier Health Sciences
Bailliere's Midwives' Dictionary
Churchill Livingstone's Dictionary of Nursing
Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science
Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary
International Dictionary of Homeopathy
Jablonski's Dictionary of Medical Acronyms & Abbreviations
Mosby's Dental Dictionary
Mosby's Dictionary of Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, & Health Professions
Mosby's Emergency Dictionary
Mosby's Handbook of Herbs & Natural Supplements
Natural Medicine Instructions for Patients
Pharmaceutical Medicine Dictionary
Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary

Elsevier Science & Technology
Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics
Condensed Encyclopedia of Polymer Engineering Terms
Dictionary of Engineering Terms, Butterworth-Heinemann
Elsevier's Dictionary of Psychological Theories
Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology
Encyclopedia of Dinosaurs
Encyclopedia of Insects
Encyclopedia of Nationalism: Fundamental Themes
Encyclopedia of Nationalism: Leaders, Movements, and Concepts
Encyclopedia of the Solar System
Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict
Encyclopedia of Volcanoes
Encyclopedia of Women and Gender: Sex Similarities and Differences and the Impact of Society on Gender
Focal Dictionary of Telecommunications
Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences
Handbook of Forensic Psychology: Resource for Mental Health and Legal Professionals
Handbook of Vegetable Pests
International Encyclopedia of Hospitality Management
International Handbook of Giftedness and Talent
Newnes Dictionary of Electronics
Rivers of North America

European Information Association
Eurojargon

F.A. Davis Company
Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary

Faber and Faber Ltd.
The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music

Gale Cengage
Encyclopedia of the United States in the Nineteenth Century
Great American Court Cases, Gale
World of Criminal Justice, Gale
World of Sociology, Gale

Greenwood
Contemporary Youth Culture: An International Encyclopedia
Dictionary of Existentialism
Dictionary of Italian Literature
Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy
Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature
Handbook of Environmental Sociology
Handbook of United States Economic and Financial Indicators

Harvard University Press
Keywords and Concepts in Evolutionary Developmental Biology
Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World
New Americans: A Guide to Immigration Since 1965
New Harvard Guide to Women's Health, The
Notable American Women: 1607-1950
Notable American Women: Completing the Twentieth Century
Notable American Women: The Modern Period
The Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music
The Harvard Dictionary of Music

Helicon
The Hutchinson Chronology of World History
The Hutchinson Dictionary of Scientific Biography
The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather guide

Houghton Mifflin
Divided by a Common Language
Encyclopedia of North American Indians, Houghton Mifflin
High Definition: A-Z Guide to Personal Technology
How We Talk: American Regional English Today
Roget's II The New Thesaurus
Ships of the World, Houghton Mifflin
Simpson's Contemporary Quotations
The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style
The American Heritage Medical Dictionary
The American Heritage Science Dictionary
The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms, The
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language
The Chronology of American Literature
The Encyclopedia of World History
The Great American History Fact-Finder
The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Geography
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Houghton Mifflin
The Reader's Companion to American History
The Reader's Companion to Military History
The Reader's Companion to the American Presidency
The Reader's Companion to U.S. Women's History
Wall Street Words
Word Histories and Mysteries

Hugh Rawson
Rawson's Dictionary of American Quotations
Rawson's Dictionary of Euphemisms and Other Doubletalk
Rawson's Wicked Words

John Wisden & Co. Ltd.
The Wisden Archive of Cricketers' Lives 2009

Library of Congress
Respectfully Quoted

Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc
Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt
Encyclopedia of the European Union

M.E. Sharpe
A Financial History of the United States

MacMillan Publishers Ltd
A Dictionary of Diplomacy
A Dictionary of Philosophy, Macmillan
Key Concepts in Postcolonial Literature
Macmillan Dictionary of Toxicology
The Macmillan Encyclopedia
The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography

Manser
Book of Bible Quotations

Market House Books Ltd
Dictionary of British History
The Encyclopaedia of the Renaissance

Marquis Who's Who LLC
Marquis Who Was Who in America 1607-1984
Marquis Who Was Who in America 1985-present
Marquis Who's Who in America
Marquis Who's Who in the World

McGraw-Hill
An Illustrated Dictionary of Aviation
Harris, Dictionary of Architecture and Construction
Manufacturing Engineering Handbook
McGraw-Hill Concise Encyclopedia of Science and Technology
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms
Time Saver Standards for Architectural Design: Technical Data for Professional Practice

Merriam-Webster
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate(R) Dictionary
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law
Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary
Merriam-Webster's Medical Desk Dictionary, Revised Edition

Mitchell Beazley
Miller's Antiques Encyclopedia

New York University Press
The New Encyclopedia of Judaism

Omnigraphics, Inc.
Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary

Pearson Education
Who Was Who at Waterloo:  A Biography of the Battle

Penguin
Penguin Dictionary of Biology
Penguin Encyclopedia of Places
Ripples of Hope: Great American Civil Rights Speeches
The New Penguin Business Dictionary
The New Penguin Dictionary of Music
The New Penguin Dictionary of Science
The Penguin Biographical Dictionary of Women
The Penguin Dictionary of Economics
The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics
The Penguin Dictionary of Physics
The Penguin Dictionary of Psychology
The Penguin Dictionary of Sociology
The Penguin English Dictionary
The Penguin International Dictionary of Finance
The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary

Peter Collin Publishing
Business French Dictionary
Business German Dictionary
Business Spanish Dictionary
Dictionary of Astronomy
Dictionary of Shakespeare
Dictionary of Spanish Law

Philip's
Astronomy Encyclopedia
Atlas of the Universe
Guide to Gems
Guide to Global Hazards
Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils
Guide to Seashells of the World
Guide to Stars and Planets
Guide to the Oceans
Philip's Encyclopedia 2008
Philip's World Factbook 2008-2009

Routledge
An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930
Biographical Dictionary of 20th Century Philosophers
Biographical Dictionary of Psychology
Biographical Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Companion Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy
Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
Concise Encyclopedia of Plant Pathology
Dictionary of World Philosophy
Encyclopedia of 20th Century Technology
Encyclopedia of African History
Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century
Encyclopedia of Empiricism
Encyclopedia of Ethics
Encyclopedia of German Literature
Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003
Encyclopedia of Life Writing:  Autobiographical and Biographical Forms
Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society & Culture
Encyclopedia of Paleontology
Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
Encyclopedia of Postmodernism
Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology
Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850
Handbook of Research on Teaching the English Language Arts
Handbook of Research on the Education of Young Children
Holocaust Literature: An Encyclopedia of Writers and Their Work
International Encyclopedia of Environmental Politics
Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia
Reader's Guide to British History
Reader's Guide to the History of Science
Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences
The Companion to British History
The Encyclopedia of American Folk Art
Who's Who in Ancient Egypt
Who's Who in Christianity
Who's Who in Classical Mythology
Who's Who in Gay and Lesbian History
Who's Who in the New Testament
Who's Who in the Old Testament
Who's Who in The Roman World

SAGE Publications
50 Key Concepts in Gender Studies
Dictionary of Race, Ethnicity & Culture
Key Concepts in Critical Social Theory
Key Concepts in Early Childhood Education and Care
Key Concepts in Feminist Theory and Research
Key Concepts in Medical Sociology
Key Concepts in Political Communication
Key Concepts in Urban Studies
Key Concepts in Work
Key Contemporary Concepts
Key Thinkers in Psychology
The A-Z of Social Research, Sage
The Cambridge Handbook of Sociocultural Psychology

Tahrike Tarsile Qur'an Inc.
The Qur'an

Thames & Hudson
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Architecture
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art Terms
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Art and Artists
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of British Art
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Design Since 1900
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers
The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers
The Thames & Hudson Encyclopaedia of Impressionism
Thames & Hudson Dictionary of the Italian Renaissance, The
Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend
Dictionary of Jewish Lore and Legend

The H.W. Wilson Company
A Guide to the Ancient World
Dictionary of Foreign Phrases and Abbreviations

The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd.
Macquarie Dictionary of Australian Politics
The Macquarie Dictionary
The Macquarie Dictionary of Trees & Shrubs
The Macquarie Encyclopedia of Australian Events

The University of Chicago Press
Critical Terms for Art History
Critical Terms for Literary Study
Critical Terms for Religious Studies
Critical Terms for the Study of Buddhism

U.S. Census Bureau
U.S. Census 2000 State & County Statistical QuickFacts

Visible Ink Press
Black Firsts

Wiley
Capstone Encyclopaedia of Business
Computer Graphics Companion
Dictionary of Communications Technology: Terms, Definitions and Abbreviations Dictionary of Conflict Resolution, Wiley
Dictionary of Developmental Biology and Embryology, Wiley
Dictionary of E-Business
Dictionary of Economics, Wiley
Dictionary of Financial Engineering
Dictionary of Multimedia and Internet Applications: A Guide for Developers and Users
Encyclopedia of Computer Science
Hargrave's Communications Dictionary, Wiley
The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases
The Concise Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science
The Ultimate Business Library, Wiley
Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary
Webster's New World™ Computer Dictionary
Webster's New World™ Medical Dictionary


Woodhead Publishing Ltd
Benders' Dictionary of Nutrition and Food Technology