Biesinger, professor emeritus from Eastern Kentucky University, has written a useful guide to nearly 600 years of German history. Germany is one volume of an eight-volume series,Facts On File European Nations. Other volumes cover Austria-Hungary and the Successor States, France, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Russia, and Spain and Portugal. The target audience is high-school and undergraduate students in need of a history series that focuses on the evolution of the major European countries in a concise, accessible style.
France: A Reference Guide from the Renaissance to the Present
This accessibly written reference for students and general readers contains alphabetically arranged entries on important people, events, and places in French history from the Renaissance to the present. A sampling of topics includes Leon Blum, the Crimean War, the French Resistance, Huguenots, mile Zola, and the Treaty of Aix-la- Chapelle. The volume also features a short historical narrative by Roberts (history, Fairleigh Dickinson U.), maps, and a chronology of events.
Italy: A Reference Guide From The Renaissance To The Present
This guide to Italy past and present uses narrative history, a chronology of major events, and a historical dictionary of people, places and ideas to give the reader an overview of Italian history and Italy's contributions to art, music and literature. The essays include discussions of contemporary Italian politics and Italy's relationship with the U.S. The appendices include maps and a list of Italy's rulers.
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The Firearms Dictionary
Primarily designed for the shooter, hunter, firearms hobbyist, The Firearms Dictionary offers a single source of reference or many of the terms that are either hard to understand or which have never been completely explained in any of the popular texts. The Firearms Dictionary differs from the usual dictionary in that it goes beyond the mere defining of a term or word. Wherever possible the textual matter, as well as the photographs and the drawings, further explain the term itself and its relationship with other terms of our gun language.
