The Encyclopedia of Animals.The Encyclopedia encyclopedia, compendium of knowledge, either general (attempting to cover all fields) or specialized (aiming to be comprehensive in a particular field). Encyclopedias and Other Reference Books Of Animals George McKay, et al. University of California Press "UC Press" redirects here, but this is also an abbreviation for University of Chicago Press University of California Press, also known as UC Press, is a publishing house associated with the University of California that engages in academic publishing. 2120 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94720 0520244060 $39.95 www.ucpress.edu If only one animal reference book were intended for a college-level or public library collection, The Encyclopedia Of Animals: A Complete Visual Guide should certainly be a strong contender. Its price tag is astonishingly a·ston·ish tr.v. as·ton·ished, as·ton·ish·ing, as·ton·ish·es To fill with sudden wonder or amazement. See Synonyms at surprise. affordable seeing that it packs in over 600 pages of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color illustrations to accompany in-depth discussions of animal evolution, classification and biology, and it provides an encyclopedic en·cy·clo·pe·dic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of an encyclopedia. 2. Embracing many subjects; comprehensive: "an ignorance almost as encyclopedic as his erudition" format to make quick its survey of all animal groups--over 2,000 species. The collaborative effort of George McKay, Richard Vogt, Hugh Dingle, Fred Cooke, Stephen Hutchinson, Richard Schodde, and Noel Tait, the exceptional quality and information-packed details in The Encyclopedia Of Animals is unsurpassed and should not be missed. This is a very highly recommended top reference pick for school and community library collections. |
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