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020 _a0140282327 (hbk.):
_c16.99 UK
100 1 _aCOOK C (ed.)
245 0 _aPears cyclopedia 1999-2000:
_ba book of reference and background information for all the family.
250 _a108th ed.
260 _aLondon:
_bPenguin,
_c1999
300 _ac. 970p.
520 3 _aCOVERAGE:A general knowledge reference source which is revised and published annually and which includes detailed essays on some topics. Arranged in 22 Sections; Events - historical and contemporary; Prominant people; Background to world affairs; Political compendium; The world of Music; The world of Science; Background to Economic events; Money matters (personal finance); Myths and legends; Ideas and beliefs; Gazetteer of the World; General information; Literary companion; Medical matters; Sporting companion; Biblical glossary; Dictionary of Computing; The Cinema; The World of Wine ; General Compendium - a collection of useful tables and data on a variety of unrelated subjects, for example, tables of English monarchs, British Prime Ministers, US Presidents, foreign phrases, the Commonwealth; Atlas of the World (36 plates). Some Sections e.g. Political compendium, are limited to coverage of the UK only. ARRANGEMENT:Each Section outlined above is assigned a letter. Within each section entries are arranged alphabetically or, in the case of Events for example, chronologically. Some sections also have a table of contents. The sections on Medical Matters and the World of Music also have their own index and glossary. The common subject index refers to selective entries by Section, page and column numbers, but does not comprehensively index all subjects.
650 _aCINEMA
650 _aCLASSICS
650 _aCOMPUTERS
650 _aCURRENT AFFAIRS
650 _aDIRECTORIES
650 _aECONOMICS
650 _aENCYCLOPEDIAS
650 _aGAZETTEERS
650 _aGENERAL KNOWLEDGE
650 _aHISTORY
650 _aINTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
650 _aLITERATURE
650 _aMAPS
650 _aMEDICINE
650 _aMUSIC
650 _aMYTHS
650 _aPOLITICS
650 _aRELIGION
650 _aSCIENCE
650 _aSPORTS
650 _aYEARBOOKS
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