An illustrated collection of biographies of over 57,000 people who shaped the history of Britain, from the earliest times to the 21st century. [details]

The "accepted authority on the English language. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world. As a historical dictionary, the OED is very different from those of current English, in which the focus is on present-day meanings. You'll still find these in the OED, but you'll also find the history of individual words, and of the language—traced through 3 million quotations, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to films scripts and cookery books." [details]

A collection of five almanacs: Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia, The World Almanac and Book of Facts, The World Almanac of the U.S.A., The World Almanac of U.S. Politics, and the The World Almanac for Kids. Includes biographies, encyclopedia entries, facts, statistics. [details]