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Eyewitness history series Facts on File library of American history Facts on File library of American literature Facts on File library of language and literature Facts on File science library Fate of the oceans History of invention Living earth Rome, Rise and Fall of an Empire Science and society (Facts on File, Inc.)Rosen, Fred.
Summary: Emphasizing cases that were the first of their kind, new types of crime, and crimes peculiar to certain regions, a geographic overview of crime in America demonstrates how geography, shifting populations, Western expansion, and technology have shaped crime and the development of American society. The Historical Atlas of American Crime presents a geographic overview of the development of crime...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364 ROSBell, Suzanne.
Summary: Bell (forensic chemistry, West Virginia University) explains traditional and emerging concepts and technologies in forensic science in this 600-entry encyclopedia. In addition to entries, the encyclopedia also includes 14 essays on how forensic science relates to areas such as terrorist attacks, privacy concerns, and drug testing in sports. Some 200 b&w photos and illustrations, plus a section...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25 BELBell, Suzanne.
Summary: Provides 1,800 cross-referenced entries found in interdisciplinary science for use in forensics, and includes information on blood studies, fingerprints, pathology, pharmacology, and writing analysis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.25 BELManser, Martin H.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkmark Books 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 422.403 MANManser, Martin H.
Summary: Lists the meaning and origin of more than 1,700 traditional and contemporary English proverbs.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts On File 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 082 MANThorburn, John E.
Contents: Plays attributed to the eight classical playwrights with surviving works -- List of classical playwrights -- List of all titles attributed to classical playwrights -- Chronology -- Selected books on classical drama.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts On File 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 880 THOContents: v.1. Country entries A to K -- v. 2. Country entries L to Z -- v. 3. Overview entries A to Z.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 2006
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3 available in Reference, Call number: R 394.26 ENC V1Call number: R 394.26 ENC V2
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Keoke, Emory Dean.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.004 KEOWaldman, Carl.
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 970.1 WALQuinn, Edward
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts On File 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 803 QUIErickson, Jon
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File, Inc. 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 560 ERIErickson, Jon
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.84 ERIErickson, Jon
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.41 ERIErickson, Jon
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 550 ERIErickson, Jon
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 551.136 ERIAmmer, Christine.
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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 423.1 AMMHendrickson, Robert
Summary: An alphabetically arranged reference contains the definitions and origins of more than 15,000 words and expressions, including slang words, proverbs, nicknames, and phrases from literature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkmark Books 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 422.03 HENSchneider, Dorothy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts on File 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.0496 SCHAmmer, Christine.
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 423.1 AMMVan Wicklen, Janet.
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.0666 VANWoodford, Chris.
Summary: Introduces the development of submarine and ship technology, from the dawn of civilization to the present, including Egyptian plank boats, ocean liners, and sports boats.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Facts On File, Inc. 2003
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Summary: Since prehistoric times, humans have used the plant life around them to help cure ailments. In more recent times, researchers and scientists have started to reexamine these early folk remedies in hopes of creating more available forms of treatment. Today, more and more people are attracted to pure forms of these folk medicines, while others hope to gain knowledge from them so that new drugs may...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chelsea House 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 615.321 KIDSummary: This program focuses on General Stilicho, who, as guardian of the young Emperor Honorius, became the de facto commander-in-chief of the Roman armies in the West.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Almost without exception, fishing grounds all over the world are being recklessly exploited. This program brings the global problem to light, making clear that our planet is approaching an environmental crisis. It examines methods that are widespread in India's fisheries, including the use of nets so finely meshed that even seawater only trickles out; it also explores the waters of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2007