Christmas is a holiday with a tremendously rich tradition. But you'd have to be a Santa Claus brainiac to be familiar with all the history, myths, legends, customs and religious observances of the season. It's nice to see someone has gotten around to compiling a handy guide to Christmastime arcana. The book dutifully and reverently addresses all the religious and ethnic variations attached to the year-end holiday. One thing is for certain: After reading this hefty Christmas dissertation, you'll be one smart elf. – Arizona Republic. Ho Ho Ho. Officially, the phenomenon of Christmas now begins shortly after Labor Day. Apart from shop till you drop and credit cards on the max, Christmas is a holiday with a long history of twists and turns. The Encyclopedia of Christmas provides readers of all ages with a convenient, easy-to-use source of information on virtually every aspect of this sprawling celebration. From Advent to Zagmug, an ancient Sumerian festival of annual renewal, and with entries on related days and celebrations (such as the Annunciation, Candlemas, and Ephiphany), the Encyclopedia has Christmas covered.

Encyclopedia of Christmas

History

Gulevich, Tanya

World

VISIBLE INK PRESS+

Explains how to use the many forms of divination, explores events and predictions, and includes entries on such people as Aleister Crowley and Jeane Dixon.

The Fortune-Telling Book: The Encyclopedia of Divination and Soothsaying

BUCKLAND, RAYMOND

Reference

The Dream Encyclopedia

This encyclopedia examines 250 dream-related topics from art to night terrors, including dream control, healing and dreams, nightmares, ESP and dreams, falling dreams, Shakespeare and dreams, sex and dreams, Thomas Aquinas and dreams, creative visualization, problem solving in dreams, the collective unconscious, Native American dream interpretations, day residues in dream content, memory and sleep, and nondreamers. More than 700 dream symbols are defined in a separate 100-page section.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

LEWIS, James R.

Psychology & Counseling

Reveals the reasons behind 35 astounding technological fails that made headlines and history.

Breakdown: Deadly Technological Disasters

Schlager, Neil

Visible Ink

Self-Help

Cemeteries hold a special significance in African American culture because they provide an important and elusive link in tracing African heritage - a practice made even more difficult by the institution of slavery. Borrowing its name from a traditional spiritual, "Lay Down Body" provides a unique glimpse into some of the oldest and most fundamental values of African American culture, many of which are preserved only in cemeteries.

Lay Down Body: Living History in African American Cemeteries

Politics & Social Sciences

Hughes Wilbur B. III & Roberta Hughes Wright

Social Sciences

The alternative life raft in a sea of similarity, VideoHound competes on content, categories, and indexing, but the dramatic difference is the attitude. Irreverent, slightly tongue-in-cheek, the Hound never takes himself too seriously. The 1997 edition, fully expanded and updated with 1,000 new entries, provides information and opinions on 22,000-plus videos--more than any other guide on the market--including documentaties, made-for-TV movies, and animated features. Includes Web site entertainment directory.

Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever 1997 (Annual)

Humor & Entertainment

Craddock, James

Movies

Videohound's Golden Movie Retriever, 1996

Gale Group

Gale Research, Inc

Offers summaries of each NHL season, highlights of Stanley Cup history, profiles and career statistics of hundreds of players, a complete NHL player register, a list of all-time single season leaders in points, goals, and assists, and more. Original. IP.

Inside Sports Magazine Hockey 1997 (Hockey News Hockey Almanac)

Hollander, Zander

Well written at a level that is enjoyable to everyone. I highly recommend this book to any lay reader, weather watcher or atmospheric professional. – The Weather Doctor. Everyone has something to say about the weather. Former NASA researcher and professional meteorologist Dr. Walter A. Lyons and his Handy Weather Answer Book® just have more to say than most. As one reader nearly exclaimed, Weather has never been more exciting. Where else can you find the answer to the existential question: Do mobile homes attract tornadoes? Find the answer in the chapter aptly named, Tornadoes, 25 pages on hot and bothered air. From cloud formations to rainbow development, Handy Weather takes on the controversial climate issues of the day and provides the weather aficionado as well as the more casual enthusiast with a cornucopia of weather facts and trivia, a good thing given the title and intent. More than 1,000 questions are expertly and clearly answered by Dr. Walt as he covers the greenhouse effect and global warming, smog and acid rain, earthquakes and volcanoes, thunder and lightning, forecasting and careers in meteorology, thunderstorms and winter blasts, weather's effect on the human body, droughts and flash floods, hurricanes and tropical storms, and much, much more, plus fascinating weather-related phenomena like El Niño, Aurora Borealis, and St. Elmo's Fire. A great book for a rainy day.

The Handy Weather Answer Book (The Handy Answer Book Series)

Science & Math

Lyons, Walter A.

Earth Sciences

A guide to rock music provides reviews and tells what to buy, what to buy next, what to avoid, and what is worth searching for

Musichound Rock: The Essential Album Guide

Arts & Photography

Graff, Gary

Music

See the best price to sell, buy or rent books by the VISIBLE INK PRESS+ publisher. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by VISIBLE INK PRESS+