Catalog Search Results
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The American Heritage® Children's Dictionary has been completely revised, updated, and redesigned for a brand-new edition, ensuring that this title remains fresh and current while providing the visual appeal needed to captivate young readers. For this brand-new edition, every definition has been reviewed, and hundreds of new senses and new words and definitions ranging from android to vegan have been added. This edition includes a brand-new feature,...
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A brand-new edition for 2019 of the award-winning First Dictionary for children in grades K-2, with more than 2,000 age-appropriate words. This edition is completely redesigned in a two-column format and features hundreds of new words, photographs, and drawings, as well as colored note boxes to help beginning readers build vocabulary, identify synonyms and antonyms, and recognize sound-alikes"--
Author
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Language
English
Description
In nearly 1500 entries, many of them illustrated, the author has documented the history and evolution of symbols from prehistory to our own day. With over 200 illustrations and informative and often ironic texts, she discusses and explains an enormous variety of symbols extending from the Arctic to Dahomey, from the Iroquois to Oceania, and coming from systems as diverse as Tao, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, Tantra, the cult of Cybele and...
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
©1990
Language
English
Description
Background information on the historical, literary, and theological dimensions of the Scriptures. Comprehensive Bible study system, including nearly 600 Reading Guide pages. Charts, outlines, and reading lists encouraging in-depth study. Complete Sunday and weekday lectionary readings and 36 pages of full-color maps with index
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
The Handbook provides a wide variety of information arranged in alphabetical order. There are entries on authors, scholars, and critics, literary movements and schools, and leading journals, almanacs, and publishing houses. Also included are articles dealing with genres (drama, novel, and short story), styles, themes, and types. Moreover, there are entries on significant literary and poetic terms, on some key historical terms, and on specific eras...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The second of Immanuel Kant's three critiques, "Critique of Practical Reason", published in 1788, is considered by many to be one of the most important works on the subject of moral philosophy ever written. Written several years after his first critique, "Critique of Pure Reason", this work addresses Kant's views on moral philosophy and what it means to be good and ethical. In this work, Kant explores his philosophy of the categorical imperative,...
Publisher
Guinness World Records Limited
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"3... 2... 1... We have lift off on another fully revised and updated Guinness World Records annual. The 2023 edition takes readers on a journey that's out of this world, revealing the latest and greatest record-breaking achievements here on Planet Earth and across the vast distances of space."--Amazon.com
Publisher
Kingfisher Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"History leaps from the page in this completely revised and updated edition of the critically acclaimed Kingfisher History Encyclopedia. From humankind's earliest history right through to the technological and social revolutions of the current day--including the fight for equality, the threat of climate change, the COVID-19 crisis, and the latest space exploration--this trusted reference provides a one-stop source for research, and is the perfect...
Publisher
World Almanac Books
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"The World Almanac® is America's bestselling reference book of all time, with more than 83 million copies sold. For more than 150 years, this compendium of information has been the authoritative source for school, library, business, and home. The 2023 edition of The World Almanac reviews the biggest events of 2022 and will be your go-to source for questions on any topic in the upcoming year. Praised as a "treasure trove of political, economic, scientific...
Publisher
World Almanac Books
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
The World Almanac® is America's bestselling reference book of all time, with more than 83 million copies sold. For more than 150 years, this compendium of information has been the authoritative source for school, library, business, and home. The 2024 edition of The World Almanac reviews the biggest events of 2023 and will be your go-to source for questions on any topic in the upcoming year. Praised as a "treasure trove of political, economic, scientific...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The Big Book of Buds Volume 2 continues in the tradition of its predecessor by combining stunning, full-color photography with fun and clear descriptions of the characteristics that any gardener or connoisseur wants to know. With no strains repeated from Volume 1, this second volume supplements the first Big Book of Buds with another 100 of the latest and greatest marijuana strains commercially available in the world today. No other book brings together...
In Find More Illinois
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Helen Plum Library can be requested from other Find More Illinois libraries to be delivered to your local library for pickup.
Didn't find it?
We are constantly adding to our collection! Make a request and we'll consider the submission along with the needs of the community. Submit Request