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Provides in-depth insight into over 55 of the most popular manga graphic novels, ranging from metaseries to stand-alone books. A "first” in the field, this brand new Critical Survey focuses on all aspects of the graphic novels format, aiming to establish it as an important academic discipline and research topic in libraries.

Contains 215 essays covering graphic novels and core comics series, focusing on the independents and underground genre, that form today's "canon” for academic coursework and library collections. A "first” in the field, this focuses on all aspects of the graphic novels genre, aiming to establish it as an important academic discipline and research topic in libraries.

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Flappers, prohibition, jazz, and the Lost Generation, The Twenties in America examines the iconic personalities and moments of this uproarious decade. The encyclopaedia serves as a valuable source of reliable information and keen insights for today's students.

This academic, multi-author reference work serves as a general and non-technical resource for students and teachers to understand the importance of energy, to appreciate the influence of energy on societies around the world, to learn the history of energy, and to initiate educational discussion brought forth by the specific social and topical articles presented in the work.

Contains over 300 alphabetically arranged articles on a broad range of applied-science fields ranging from long-established engineering fields to cutting-edge fields such as micro- and nanotechnologies, addressing applied sciences in areas as diverse as aerospace, communications, energy, information, medical, military, transportation, forensic, and even food technologies.

This is a brilliant exploration of the fluids on the surface of the earth and the gases that surround us. The interaction among these key elements of the Earth's nature is fantastically complex and intriguing. The work explores the evolution of these interactions during the earth's history, theories regarding the future of the atmosphere and oceans and specific causes and effects that are at work.

Provides an encyclopaedic review of the material world in which we live and the uses to which those materials can be put. Everything from gold to hazardous waste is described and put in the context of humans' life on earth. Water, soil, minerals, radioactive substances, oil and gas, and an array of substances present on earth and mined from it are described in depth. In every case, the science behind the use of the resource is examined in full.

Magills Literary Annual, 2012 is the latest publication in a series that began in 1954. Each year the Annual seeks to critically evaluate 200 major examples of serious literature published during the previous calendar year. Now, the past editions of the

Explores the land masses and seas of the world. This two-volume set describes mountain ranges, the oceans, continental movement, and a wide variety of features that have influenced life on earth. Detailed explorations of the evolution of dinosaurs, fish, birds, plant life and humans, as they were influenced by the earth's surface, fill this set. Fantastic disruptions, from Mount St. Helens to the ice ages are woven into the story of how the ea...

Provides a detailed look at the dynamics of the earth's mass and how its chemistry produces change. This two-volume set's scope is broad. For instance, the set goes beyond the basics of climate change to explore many underlying factors surrounding the issue, including geothermometry and geobarometry, glacial events, and mass extinction theories. The set also explores earthquakes, their engineering, hazards, predictability, and the role of faul...

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From slave narrative to abolitionist tracts, from the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's to the Black Arts movement of the 1960's and 1970's, African American writers have always influenced literature in the United States. Notable African American Writers compiles 80 essays on great novelists, poets, playwrights, short-story writers, and writers of nonfiction from colonial America to today.

From slave narrative to abolitionist tracts, from the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's to the Black Arts movement of the 1960's and 1970's, African American writers have always influenced literature in the United States. Notable African American Writers compiles 80 essays on great novelists, poets, playwrights, short-story writers, and writers of nonfiction from colonial America to today.

Magill's Literary Annual, 2007 critically evaluates 200 major examples of serious literature, both fiction and nonfiction, published during 2006. The selection process is to cover works that are of general interest to readers, that reflect publishing trends, and that will stand the test of time. This edition includes Gore Vidal, Jacy McInerney and Thomas Pynchon.

The three volumes of Science and Scientists documents over 245 of the most important breakthroughs in the history of science, cross-referenced to link those that built on others. The scope is from ancient times to the present day. These essays are accompanied by sidebars that link scientists, experiments, and key concepts to virtually every milestone.

The three volumes of Science and Scientists documents over 245 of the most important breakthroughs in the history of science, cross-referenced to link those that built on others. The scope is from ancient times to the present day. These essays are accompanied by sidebars that link scientists, experiments, and key concepts to virtually every milestone.

The three volumes of Science and Scientists documents over 245 of the most important breakthroughs in the history of science, cross-referenced to link those that built on others. The scope is from ancient times to the present day. These essays are accompanied by sidebars that link scientists, experiments, and key concepts to virtually every milestone.

From slave narrative to abolitionist tracts, from the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's to the Black Arts movement of the 1960's and 1970's, African American writers have always influenced literature in the United States. Notable African American Writers compiles 80 essays on great novelists, poets, playwrights, short-story writers, and writers of nonfiction from colonial America to today.