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Provides more than six thousand entries covering such topics as marketing, banking, management, and taxation.

Comprehensively revised every year, “ The Macmillan Encyclopedia” reflects the most recent events and developments, making this a useful one-volume encyclopedia. New entries in the 2002 edition include: political developments around the world; new people of significance, including the new US President, the Nobel Prize winners, musicians Yevgeni Kissin and Maxim Vengerov and architects Frank Gehry and Daniel Libeskind; innovations in science and technology; and sport, including outstanding results of the Sydney Olympic Games.

More than 4,500 entries cover all aspects of history, from prehistory to the present day, including biographies of key figures, religious and political movents, international organizations, and key battles and places.

Nevídaný soubor více než 2000 citátů zkoumá v padesáti tématech záležitosti sexu, od cizoložství a incestu přes orgie a promiskuitu až po panenství a svatební noc.

Authoritative and up-to-date, this popular dictionary is an ideal reference for both students and non-scientists. Now fully revised and substantially expanded for this new edition, the Concise Science Dictionary provides comprehensive coverage of biology (including human biology), chemistry,physics, the earth sciences, and astronomy, as well as common terms from mathematics and computing. With 9,500 clear and concise entries, the dictionary also incorporates the latest developments in fields such as genetics, molecular biology, cosmology, particle physics, and fullerene chemistry. Newmaterial includes biographical entries, box features, chronologies, and tables; and appendices cover the periodic table, tables of SI units, and classifications of the plant and animal kingdoms.

Book Five includes: World History, Europe and the Middle East, the Americas, Asia and Oceania, Africa, the World in the Twentieth Century and a Chronology of World History. Book Six includes: People and Society, Social Ideas and Social Organizations, with information on Linguistics, Sociology, Psychology, and Business

Would you buy from a stag or a stale bull ? Does a blue chip company issue a naked debenture ? From dawn raid to liquidity trap , from FOOTSIE to the Nikkei , this guide's comprehensive coverage of financial matters will make it an invaluable resource for anyone working in finance. Authoritativeand up-to-date, it contains over 3,000 entries on every aspect of the financial banking, insurance, stocks and shares, commodities, takeovers and mergers, international trade, and government finance. The dictionary also provides international coverage of the world's most important financialcenters, including New York, London, Frankfurt, London, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, and offers straightforward definitions of the latest financial jargon. The lucid entries and its in-depth coverage of personal finance--including investments, pensions, and taxes--also make A Dictionary of Finance idealfor investors, homeowners, students, and those generally interested in business and finance.

Written in a clear, explanatory style, the new Third Edition of the "Concise Science Dictionary" contains more than 8,500 entries relating to physics, chemistry, biology (including human biology), the earth sciences, and astronomy, as well as terms that are commonly encountered in mathematics and computer science. The new edition has been expanded to reflect recent advances in molecular biology, genetics and genetic engineering, particle physics, cosmology, and fullerene chemistry, immunology, and the techniques and material new to all the sciences. Providing both straightforward definitions and invaluable background information on a wide range of scientific words, concepts, and topics, the entries also offer line-drawings whenever the meaning is best conveyed by way of a diagram. Charts and tables of essential scientific information are also integrated throughout.With an extensive cross-referencing system that allows readers to place each entry in a broader scientific context, periodic tables, tables of SI units, and classifications of the plant and animal kingdoms, the "Concise Science Dictionary" is invaluable for non-specialists and students, and an essential resource for professionals seeking an accessible guide to all scientific disciplines.