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  2. World Book Encyclopedia - Wikipedia

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    The World Book Encyclopedia is an American encyclopedia. [1] World Book was first published in 1917. Since 1925, a new edition of the encyclopedia has been published annually. [1] Although published online in digital form for a number of years, World Book is currently the only American encyclopedia which also still provides a print edition. [2]

  3. World Book Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    The World Book Dictionary is a two-volume English dictionary published as a supplement to the World Book Encyclopedia.It was originally published in 1963 under the editorship of Clarence Barnhart, who wrote definitions for the Thorndike-Barnhart graded dictionary series for children, based on the educational works of Edward Thorndike whom Clarence Barnhart had known and worked with decades before.

  4. Encyclopædia Britannica - Wikipedia

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    Website. britannica.com. The Encyclopædia Britannica (Latin for 'British Encyclopaedia') is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia. It has been published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. since 1768, although the company has changed ownership seven times. The encyclopaedia is maintained by about 100 full-time editors and more than ...

  5. On the World Book Encyclopedia (and a little bit of ... - AOL

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    I thought about them early Sunday morning, the 55 th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. The 1965 World Book had such a complete article on what the Apollo mission that landed on the moon would ...

  6. Great Books of the Western World - Wikipedia

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    The Great Books (second edition) Great Books of the Western World is a series of books originally published in the United States in 1952, by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., to present the great books in 54 volumes. The original editors had three criteria for including a book in the series drawn from Western Civilization: the book must be ...

  7. Childcraft - Wikipedia

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    The Childcraft series was originally created in 1934 by W. F. Quarrie & Company, then publishers of the World Book encyclopedia. The series' title was Childcraft – The How and Why Library. Childcraft was created as a sort of encyclopedia for young children. With simple texts and illustrations, the volumes were designed to make learning fun.

  8. History of the Encyclopædia Britannica - Wikipedia

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    Advertisement for Encyclopædia Britannica, 1913. The Encyclopædia Britannica has been published continuously since 1768, appearing in fifteen official editions. Several editions have been amended with multi-volume "supplements" (third, fifth/sixth), consisted of previous editions with added supplements (10th, and 12th/13th) or gone drastic re-organizations (15th).

  9. History of encyclopedias - Wikipedia

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    Marcus Terentius Varro (/ ˈmɑːrkəs təˈrɛnʃəs ˈværoʊ /; 116 BC – 27 BC) was an ancient Roman scholar and writer. His Nine Books of Disciplines became a model for later encyclopedists, especially Pliny the Elder. The most noteworthy portion of the Nine Books of Disciplines is its use of the liberal arts as organizing principles. [1]

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