Philip's Illustrated Encyclopedia
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ISBN: 0540077186 / Publisher: Philips, June 2000
"This new entry into the concise single-volume encyclopedia market offers a handy, up-to-date resource for ready reference....consists of 6500 entries, 300 black-and-white illustrations, and a 16-page color map section....aims toward international coverage..."--Library Journal.
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Science and technology, the arts, history, geography, current affairs, religion, sports, and popular culture: this new, compact home reference has all the information you're looking for. Especially designed for use by students, and international in scope, it offers 16,500 fully cross-referenced A-to-Z entries on core subjects, accompanied by 300 illustrations, diagrams, cutaways, and artworks. Besides the wealth of data (compiled by 50 academic consultants), there's a 16-page full-color world atlas with separate maps for all the continents and the eastern and western hemispheres. A treasure trove for browsers, and an important resource for anyone attending school or college. 912 pages, 316 color illus., 300 b/w illus., 5 1/4 x 8 1/2.
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