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The New York Public Library Business Desk Reference Image

This single-volume compendium brings together vital information and hard-to-find data from a vast array of helpful sources -- business almanacs, secretarial guides, resource directories, and practical guides -- to provide a comprehensive resource for starting, growing, and running a business. Authoritative, up-to-date, and easy use, it offers information on day-to-day issues as well as tips on handling thorny legal, human resource, and accounting issues.

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512 pages. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1997.

Paperback. $19.95.

A History, a Biography, and a Guide Image

Stephen Wagner and Doucet Devin Fischer

The New York Public Library's Collection of Shelley and His Circle is one of the world's leading repositories for the study of English Romanticism. This illustrated volume includes a brief narrative on the life and works of Shelley, and biographical sketches of the people in his circle, as well as an account of the collection's origins and an informal inventory of its holdings.

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128 pages, illustrated. Published by The New York Public Library, 1996.

The New York Public Library Incredible Earth Image

Ann-Jeanette Campbell

Dinosaurs, volcanoes, meteors, earthquakes: many children might be surprised to learn that the subjects of some of their favorite recent movies have an important, and fascinating, basis in reality. Authors Ann-Jeanette Campbell and Ronald Rood offer a brief history of time and journey to the center of the Earth to explain the forces behind evolution, weather, and the formation of bodies of land and water. A pull-out 3-D globe accompanies the usual host of helpful pictures and drawings.

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186 pages, illustrated. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1996.

Edited by Melissa Buckingham

The proceedings of a six-day Institute featuring presentations by practitioners and agency directors, scholars, and adult education students and tutors.

Available from the Office of The Branch Libraries

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87 pages. Published by New York Public Library, 1996.

The New York Public Library Science Desk Reference Image

This comprehensive single-volume reference offers frequently sought information on science. Up to date and easy to use, it spans ten disciplines and related fields and includes 350 tables, charts, graphs, and line illustrations.

"Highly recommended for all ages"
—Library Journal. A main selection of The Book-of-the-Month Club.

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758 pages, index, bibliography, appendix. Published by Macmillan USA, 1996.

Edited by Elizabeth Diefendorf

The following is a complete list of the titles included in the exhibition Books of the Century at The New York Public Library's Center for the Humanities, May 20, 1995-July 13, 1996, and in The New York Public Library's Books of the Century, published by Oxford University Press.

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240 pages. Published by Oxford University Press, 1996.

The New York Public Library Book of Answers Image

Jay Pearsall

Part of The New York Public Library's popular question-and-answer reference series, Mystery and Crime provides hundreds of questions (and answers) on everything from Amateur Detectives to Sherlock Holmes to Private Eyes, Grifters, and Dames. Includes a list of the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award winners.

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175 pages, includes bibliography, index. Published by Macmillan USA, 1995.

Rollene Saal

Drawing upon the experience of NYPL librarians as well as her own, the author offers a multitude of practical tips for organizing and running a successful reading group. The 38 annotated booklists offer suggestions that will appeal to a wide variety of readers.

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192 pages. Published by Crown Publishers, 1995.

Paperback. $11.00.

Tad Tuleja

This unique and definitive guide to American popular culture provides an entertaining and concise look at all aspects of our national culture - our history and folklore, slang and diversions, heroes and villains - all the terms, events, and people that have made us what we are. Alphabetically arranged and extensively cross-referenced, this indispensable resource contains nearly 4,ooo entries.

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451 pages. Published by Macmillan USA, 1994.

An invaluable guide to people, terms, and works in music, theatre, and dance. Current and comprehensive, it includes concise biographies of playwrights, composers, and dancers; synopses of major plays; descriptions of American popular music in the 20th century; information on dance on the stage and screen; listings of international music and dance festivals; and much, much more.

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424 pages, illustrations, index, glossaries. Published by Macmillan USA, 1994.

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