"New Mexico Historical Encyclopedia is an encyclopedia of the history of New Mexico--the 47th State in the Union. It is a cross-section of history and people who have had an influence on life--and sometimes death--in the Land of Enchantment, from the time before the first Europeans arrived around 1540 until today. There are entries for over 500 important people and events in New Mexico's history. Possibly the most important book on New Mexico history...

Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, Fifth Edition is a health reference product designed to inform and educate readers about a wide variety of health topics, including diseases, disorders, conditions, treatments and diagnostic tests, diets, alternative treatments, and prevention. Gale, Cengage Learning believes the product to be comprehensive, but not necessarily definitive. It is intended to supplement, not replace, consultation with a physician or other...

"The Encyclopedia of Christianity is the first of a five-volume English translation of the third revised edition of Evangelisches Kirchenlexikon. Its German articles have been tailored to suit an English readership, and articles of special interest to English readers have been added. The encyclopedia describes Christianity through its 2000-year history within a global context, taking into account other religions and philosophies. A special feature...

Covers the physical characteristics and possible behaviors of dinosaurs, categorized by when they lived, and also provides information on the prehistoric animals that lived with the dinosaurs, how fossils are formed and excavated, and why they may have beome extinct.--

A full-color, illustrated introduction to the origins, festivals, and beliefs of six major world religions including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism, along with other East Asian and modern religious beliefs.

A fully updated and revised edition of FOF's 1999 Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes, Revised Edition with 60 new entries, covers more than 200 American Indian tribes of North America. Includes 259 color illustrations (12 new to this edition), 11 color maps, cross-references, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index.

From the Publisher: Did you know that the tale of Cinderella is over 1,000 years old, and similar versions of this singular story exist in hundreds of cultures around the globe? Have you heard of "deathlore," a subgenre of folklore involving tombstones, coffins, cemeteries, and roadside memorial shrines? Did you realize that UFO sightings and cyber cultures constitute modern folklore? The broad field of folklore studies, developed over the past two...

The discovery of cheese is a narrative at least 8,000 years old, dating back to the Neolithic era. Yet, after all of these thousands of years we are still finding new ways to combine the same four basic ingredients--milk, bacteria, salt, and enzymes--into new and exciting products with vastly different shapes, sizes, and colors, and equally complex and varied tastes, textures, and, yes, aromas. In fact, after a long period of industrialized, processed,...