Featured Titles

• Arts and Humanities Through the Eras
  Profiling milestones and movements in the arts, literature, music and religion from a specific period, each volume in this set helps students and researchers understand the various disciplines of the humanities in relation to each other, as well as to history and culture. An overview of the period and a chronology of major world events begin each volume.
• Novels for Students Vols. 1-27
  Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance.
• Poetry for Students Vols. 1-28
  Features discussion and analysis of poems of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Provides an overview of the poem and discussion of its principal themes, images, form and construction.
• The Middle Ages An Encyclopedia for Students
  Covers an array of topics on the Middle Ages including daily life, art and architecture, science, religion, politics, women's issues, and more.
• World Religions Reference Library
  A thorough, objective resource covering the history, traditions and worldviews of dominant and less prominent religions and their sects and offshoots.
• World War II Reference Library
  Includes information about the World War II period. The Almanac provides background and information on major topics about the period. Biographies profiles significant men and women involved in the war, with photographs and illustrations. Primary Sources presents full or excerpted speeches, diary entries, newspaper accounts and other original documents.