Books in Genre: 'Reference work'

Taking the reader back to the horror and devastation of September 11, 2001, the 9/11 Commission Report by the 9/11 Commission, is the official report...

A book on improving eloquence, proficiency and grammar in everyday communication. ‘How to Speak and Write Correctly’ is not a manual of the styles to...

Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases is a practical handbook written by Grenville Kleiser. Grenville is known for his writings on humor, positive thinking...

Virginia Woolf is one of the most influential and controversial feminine figures in the literary life of the London society. Night and Day is one of h...

Plato's Republic is a Socratic dialogue which deals mainly with the definition of justice, the characteristics of a just city state and the just man....

Save for his raucous, rhapsodical autobiography, Ecce Homo, The Antichrist is the last thing that Nietzsche ever wrote, and so it may be accepted as a...

Wilde’s literary reputation has survived so much that I think it proof against any exhumation of articles which he or his admirers would have preferre...

Written in 1910, this “cyclopedia” is full of information that was quite useful at the time. A hundred years later, its text is more humorous than pra...

The Awakening is a novel by Kate Chopin, first published in 1899. Set in New Orleans and on the Louisiana Gulf coast at the end of the 19th century, t...

First published in 1908, A Short History of The United States by Edward Channing aims to provide a compact and concise account of the events that went...

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. This founding document, originally comprising seven articles...

The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical dictionary written by American Civil War soldier, journalist, and writer Ambrose Bierce consisting of common wor...

This is the official report, published nearly 11 months after the first and only atomic bombings in history (to date), of a group of military physicia...

Delve into the intricacies of the human body like never before as you embark on an awe-inspiring journey through the pages of "Gray's Anatomy: Anatomy...

Showing Curious ways in which the English Language may be made to convey Ideas or obscure them. A collection of unintentionally humorous uses of the E...

English Synonyms and Antonyms is basically a vocabulary builder that students might use as they prepare for entrance or exit exams. Each entry gives a...

A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous or Parallel Expressions, Designed as a Practical Guide to Aptness and Variety of Phraseology is a pro...

The Decoration of Houses, a manual of interior design written by Edith Wharton with architect Ogden Codman, was first published in 1897. In the book,...

An adorable picture book with 29 little lessons in German. Learn many simple phrases, such as "How big the sea is!" and "Have you ever been to the far...

The book best known as Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management, also published as Mrs Beeton's Cookery Book, is an extensive guide to running a hous...

In this charming 1877 book of grammar instruction for children, we are introduced to the nine parts of speech and learn about the rules that govern th...

Until relatively recently, music students at all levels of study—from the conservatories to public schools—had few resources available for the formal...

Travel with Little Lucy around the globe and learn a little geography and small bits about other cultures.

The published dictionary was a huge book: with pages nearly 1½ feet tall and 20 inches wide, it contained 42,773 words; it also sold for the huge pric...