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Facts on File Dictionary of the Theater

Identifies important playwrights, actors, actresses, directors, designers, producers, plays, schools, and genres, and explains the meaning of theater terms

By William Packard, David Pickering and Charlotte Savidge (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780816018413 | Facts on File, December 1, 1988, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Identifies important playwrights, actors, actresses, directors, designers, producers, plays, schools, and genres, and explains the meaning of theater terms

Encyclopedia of Pantomime

By David Pickering (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781873477458 | St James Pr, September 1, 1993, cover price $55.00

Brewer's Twentieth-Century Music

By David Pickering

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Hardcover:

9780304320493 | Cassell, March 1, 1995, cover price $24.95

1001 Questions and Answers

Providing interesting facts about nature, science and technology, history, and the surrounding world, a treasury of tidbits is accompanied by discovery quizzes, colorful picture puzzles, and general knowledge tests.

By David Pickering and Helena Spiteri (editor)

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9780789402059 | Dk Pub, October 1, 1995, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: A wide-ranging collection of questions and answers covers science, technology, history, sports, and the arts

International Dictionary of Theatre: Actors, Directors, Designers

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By Mark Hawkins-Dady (editor), David Pickering (editor) and Leanda Shrimpton (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781558620971 | St James Pr, November 1, 1995, cover price $155.00 | About this edition: Book by

Dictionary of Abbreviations

Product Description: Finally, a handy reference that explains the meanings behind all the abbreviations that fill television, newspapers, books, and magazines. In an age when virtually every organization, invention, and cultural, technological or social concept is immediately shortened to its initialized form, a good dictionary of abbreviations is an essential aid...read more

By David Pickering

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9780304346127 | Cassell, April 1, 1996, cover price $21.95 | About this edition: Finally, a handy reference that explains the meanings behind all the abbreviations that fill television, newspapers, books, and magazines.

Cassell Dictionary of Witchcraft

Product Description: This dictionary is a guide to the subject of witchcraft which has exerted its influence on the popular imagination for centuries. It looks at the history of witchcraft, traces its development in countries such as Britain, Germany and the US, and explains the rituals and objects associated with it, from black sabbaths to covens, and from hands of glory to pentagrams...read more

By David Pickering

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Hardcover:

9780304346073 | Cassell, March 1, 1997, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: This valuable guide traces witchcraft from its roots in ancient cultures, through periods of terror in which thousands lost their lives, to the current fascination with witches in fairy tales, gothic: horror stories, Halloween customs, Hollywood films, and computer games.

Paperback:

9780304350988 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, October 1, 1998, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: This dictionary is a guide to the subject of witchcraft which has exerted its influence on the popular imagination for centuries.

Cassell Dictionary of Proverbs

Product Description: "...more than 3,000 entries, covering familiar and unfamiliar proverbs from the English-speaking world as well as a wide representative selection from other cultures....entertaining and informative writing style makes this easy-to-use dictionary a pleasant experience for students of language and folklore as well as general readers seeking elucidation of an unusual or sometimes familiar proverb encountered in reading or conversation...read more

By David Pickering

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Hardcover:

9780304349111 | Cassell, October 1, 1997, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: ".

Cassell Companion to 20Th-Century Music

Product Description: "...one-volume ready-reference...comprising brief entries....follow a broad definition of 20th-century music, with coverage encompassing classical, rock, pop, blues, jazz, and country....especially useful in answering the odd reference question, with entries such as "Fifth Beatle" and "donkey music" and cross references from The Boss, Slow Hand, or King of Swing...read more

By David Pickering

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9780304349371 | Rev upd edition (Cassell, January 1, 1998), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: From the many-stranded forms of modern classical music, to blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll, rap and film music, this companion brings together facts and anecdotes about the people and events that have shaped the contrasting sounds of the contemporary world.

Paperback:

9780304350995 | Cassell, October 1, 1998, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: ".

The Cassell Dictionary of Abbreviations

Product Description: Abbreviations and acronyms are a part of life, yet they can often seem obscure or confusing. This volume is a guide to a range of abbreviations in contemporary use, explaining what they stand for and what they mean. It includes everyday abbreviations and acronyms, and those used in business, computing and science, incorporating key abbreviations used in languages such as French and German...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By David Pickering

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9780304350339 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, August 1, 1998, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Abbreviations and acronyms are a part of life, yet they can often seem obscure or confusing.

The Cassell Thesaurus

Product Description: A completely new thesaurus, reflecting the state of the language in the 1990s The only thesaurus to attach definitions to numbered lists of synonyms Synonyms listed in easy-to-use A-Z format Contains over 300,000 synonyms Dictionary definitions included to pinpoint shades of meaning for each group of synonyms Full coverage of general, colloquial and regional English, including idiomatic expressions Generous labelling shows how to use synonyms correctly Antonyms liste...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By E. M. Kirkpatrick (editor), Martin H. Manser (editor) and David Pickering (editor)

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9780304349289 | Cassell, October 1, 1998, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: A completely new thesaurus, reflecting the state of the language in the 1990s The only thesaurus to attach definitions to numbered lists of synonyms Synonyms listed in easy-to-use A-Z format Contains over 300,000 synonyms Dictionary definitions included to pinpoint shades of meaning for each group of synonyms Full coverage of general, colloquial and regional English, including idiomatic expressions Generous labelling shows how to use synonyms correctly Antonyms listed

The Cassell Dictionary & Thesaurus

Product Description: It's two books in one, with over 200,000 entries -- and that saves time and trouble! This combination of dictionary and thesaurus brings you right to the word you need. Because the synonyms are linked to definitions, it's less likely you'll choose one that doesn't convey exactly the right meaning...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By E. M. Kirkpatrick (editor), Martin Manser (editor) and David Pickering (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780304350049 | Hardcover with CD edition (Sterling Pub Co Inc, March 1, 1999), cover price $41.95 | About this edition: It's two books in one, with over 200,000 entries -- and that saves time and trouble!

Cassell Soccer Companion: History, Facts, Anectodes

Product Description: An A-Z guide to soccer, this updated edition includes coverage of the 1997 season. It provides information such as club histories, grounds, competitions and players' careers, together with miscellaneous topics such as nicknames, dogs, superstitions, riots and disasters.

By David Pickering

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9780304350971 | Cassell, June 1, 1999, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: An A-Z guide to soccer, this updated edition includes coverage of the 1997 season.

Bible Questions & Answers

Product Description: Bible Questions & Answers is an exciting way for children to learn about the Bible. This absorbing question-and-answer book broadens kids' knowledge, tests their memory skills, and teaches them new facts. Organized thematically, the questions enlighten as they test varying levels of knowledge...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By David Pickering

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9780842335348 | Tyndale House Pub, February 1, 2001, cover price $10.99 | About this edition: Bible Questions & Answers is an exciting way for children to learn about the Bible.

9780789418999 | Dk Pub, September 1, 1999, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: An illustrated reference to the Bible presents more than one hundred questions and answers about the stories and individuals of both the Old and New Testaments

The Dictionary of Folklore

Alphabetically-arranged entries cover such topics as folktales, folk remedies, customs, legendary heroes, the folklore origins of nursery rhymes and proverbs, and fabulous creatures.

By David Pickering

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Hardcover:

9780304347865 | Cassell, March 1, 2001, cover price $29.95 | also contains Holy Bible: English Standard Version, Brown, Window Design, Single Column Journaling Bible

9780816042500, titled "A Dictionary of Folklore" | Facts on File, January 1, 2000, cover price $44.00 | About this edition: Alphabetically-arranged entries cover such topics as folktales, folk remedies, customs, legendary heroes, the folklore origins of nursery rhymes and proverbs, and fabulous creatures.

Brush Men and Vigilantes: Civil War Dissent in Texas

Product Description: As Charles Frazier's novel Cold Mountain dramatized, dissenters from the Confederacy lived in mortal danger throughout the South. In scattered pockets from the Carolinas to the frontier in Texas, some men who clung to a belief in the Union or an unwillingness to preserve the slaveholding Confederacy died at the hands of their own neighbors...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Judy Falls, Richard B. McCaslin (foreword by) and David Pickering

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Hardcover:

9780890969236 | Texas A & M Univ Pr, April 1, 2000, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: As Charles Frazier's novel Cold Mountain dramatized, dissenters from the Confederacy lived in mortal danger throughout the South.

Cassell's Sports Quotations

Product Description: "There's no skill involved. Just go up there and swing at the ball." That's what Joe DiMaggio said--and it's just one of thousands of quotations on every sport from fishing, boxing, and soccer to tennis and aerobics. Arranged thematically and spanning the globe, the citations come from classic and contemporary greats...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By David Pickering

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Hardcover:

9780304353842 | Cassell, October 1, 2000, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: "There's no skill involved.

Paperback:

9780304362134 | Cassell, May 1, 2002, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: "There's no skill involved.

Cassell's Dictionary of Proverbs: A Complete A-Z Guide to Thousands of Proverbs from All over

Presents a collection of five thousand proverbs from a variety of cultures throughout history. (view table of contents)

By David Pickering

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Hardcover:

9780304357383 | Cassell, October 1, 2001, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Presents a collection of five thousand proverbs from a variety of cultures throughout history.

The New Penguin Dictionary of the Theatre

By Richard Helfer (editor), Jonathan Law (editor), Market House Books Ltd (corporate author) and David Pickering (editor)

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Paperback:

9780140514544 | Rev exp edition (Penguin USA, November 1, 2001), cover price $16.00

Cassell's Dictionary of Witchcraft

By David Pickering

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9780304365623 | Cassell, March 1, 2003, cover price $14.95

Cassell's Dictionary of Superstitions

Alphabetically arranged entries provide coverage of a wide range of ancient and modern fears, beliefs, and taboos, explaining the rituals, charms, and talismans invoked by the superstitions.

By David Pickering

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9780304365616 | Cassell, May 1, 2003, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Alphabetically arranged entries provide coverage of a wide range of ancient and modern fears, beliefs, and taboos, explaining the rituals, charms, and talismans invoked by the superstitions.

Facts on File Dictionary of Classical and Biblical Allusions

Alphabetically arranged entries explain approximately two thousand words and expressions from the Bible and from the mythology of the Greek, Roman, and Norse cultures among others.

By Martin H. Manser (editor) and David Pickering (editor)

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9780816048687 | Facts on File, November 1, 2003, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: Alphabetically arranged entries explain approximately two thousand words and expressions from the Bible and from the mythology of the Greek, Roman, and Norse cultures among others.

Paperback:

9780816048694, titled "The Facts on File Dictionary of Classical and Biblical Allusions" | Checkmark Books, November 1, 2003, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Alphabetically arranged entries explain approximately two thousand words and expressions from the Bible and from the mythology of the Greek, Roman, and Norse cultures among others.

Brush Men And Vigilantes

Product Description: As Charles Frazier's novel Cold Mountain dramatized, dissenters from the Confederacy lived in mortal danger across the South. In scattered pockets from the Carolinas to the frontier in Texas, some men clung to a belief in the Union or an unwillingness to preserve the slaveholding Confederacy, and they died at the hands of their own neighbors...read more

By Judy Falls and David Pickering

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9781585443956 | Texas A & M Univ Pr, August 1, 2004, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: As Charles Frazier's novel Cold Mountain dramatized, dissenters from the Confederacy lived in mortal danger across the South.

Pirates

Product Description: Yarr Matey! Pirates covers everything from peg legs to parrots, including:Profiles of real pirates from John Paul Jones and Blackbeard to Sir Francis DrakeWhat life was like on board a pirate shipPirates from ancient times to the modern age

By David Pickering

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Paperback:

9780061241727 | Harpercollins, October 1, 2006, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Yarr Matey!

9780007230075 | Harpercollins Pub Ltd, July 3, 2006, cover price $8.25 | About this edition: An introduction to the world of piracy, this work explains and illustrates the development of piracy from ancient times.

9780061137129 | Harpercollins, July 1, 2006, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Yarr Matey!

Star Wars Ultimate Sticker Collection

By Simon Beecroft, David Pickering, Heather Scott and Rebecca Smith

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9780756629052 | Stk edition (Dk Pub, April 1, 2007), cover price $12.99

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