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For many, philosophy is a difficult, almost unapproachable field--just understanding it seems to require more knowledge than most students and general readers could possible have. That's how "Masterpieces of World Philosophy" can help you to truly grasp the ideas of Aristotle and Aquinas, Confucius and Camus: it examines and summarizes nearly one hundred influential works through critical essays that focus on their themes and major points. Bas...

Masterplots was the first book published by Salem Press in 1949 and is the original work of literary reference offering plot summaries. From a collection of 500 plot summaries of world-famous novels, plays, poems and works of non-fiction, Masterplots has grown to cover plot synopses, critical commentary, character profiles, literary settings and biographical profiles in more than 12, 000 reference articles. Masterplots articles are designed to...

This reference work on world authors has been revised to include 523 new articles, 1534 revised articles, plus updated and expanded secondary bibliographies.

U.S. Government Leaders surveys 124 of the most important government and political leaders in U.S. history, the most often taught and most often studied in the American library. All U.S. presidents through Bill Clinton are represented as are such great colonial leaders as William Bradford, John Winthrop, and William Penn. Framers of the Constitution and leaders of the early republic appear along with some who did not hold formal office but who...

377 essays on works of fiction and nonfiction appear in this important supplement that updates both Masterplots II JYA Fiction (1991) and Biography (1993). Additional categories that had not previously appeared include: Drama, History Texts, Science Texts, Social Science Texts, and Poetry and Short Story Collections.

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This reference presents a survey of the wars, battles, people and civilizations that have played important roles in worldwide military history. With photographs, charts and maps, the set provides perspective to wars and conflicts from ancient times to the 21st century.

The 567 entries in Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition cover a broad range of writers and works. Classics by such canonical U.S. writers as Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner are given thorough treatment, as are the masterworks of such Latin American giants as Gabriel Garc?a M?rquez and Carlos Fuentes and such Canadian notables as Robertson Davies and Margaret Atwood. The increasing prominence of ethnic voices in U.S. f...

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Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, Revised Edition examines more than 29, 000 major characters from 3, 294 important works of literature. It includes the major characters from over 1, 400 titles appearing in Masterplots, Revised Second Edition (1996). This comprehensive edition combines the characters profiled in Cyclopedia of Literary Characters (1963) and Cyclopedia of Literary Characters II (1990). It also includes all characters that appea...

Masterplots was the first book published by Salem Press in 1949 and is the original work of literary reference offering plot summaries. From a collection of 500 plot summaries of world-famous novels, plays, poems and works of non-fiction, Masterplots has grown to cover plot synopses, critical commentary, character profiles, literary settings and biographical profiles in more than 12, 000 reference articles. Masterplots articles are designed to...

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