Pears Cyclopaedia 2008 - 2009

by Chris Cook (Author), Chris Cook (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2008

  $3.25

  What is Pears ? First published in 1897, Pears Shilling Cyclopaedia contained topics ranging from questions of etiquette to 'curious and useful information everyone ought to know in commerce, history, science, religion and literature'. Now 111 years later, Pears is still informing, intriguing and surprising new generations of readers with its mixture of up-to-the-minute facts and figures and little-known curiosities and it is the only book of its kind to be annually updated by over 30 experts. From Bow Bells to Byzantine art, from Komodo dragons to kamikaze pilots, from literary pseudonyms to a chronicle of global history, Pears condenses a world of information into one concise volume. It is the Swiss army knife of reference books, one that should be found on every family bookshelf.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1998

  $3.25

  PEARS CYCLOPAEDIA is a unique one-volume reference book containing a broad range of background information, alphabetical reference and articles on topics of special interest. It is revised extensively every year to include the most up-to-date information. The 107th edition has special essays on the problems of the 'tiger economies' of the Far East, the world of wine and the genius of Hitchcock; as well as the annual update of all the regular sections. A uniquely portable encyclopaedia that covers almost every subject under the sun ... Not just a great reference book but also ideal material for data-browsers everywhere (Books Magazine) It is a wealth of knowledge in compact form at a very competitive price.