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Mid-Manhattan Library • 455 Fifth Avenue • New York, NY 10016
The Encyclopedias were organized well with everything labeled properly. Although some of the books were in decent condition such as the Directories or the Dictionaries, the encyclopedias seemed to be in good condition. I asked one of the librarians who works there to see if any of them have been updated within the last 6 months or any new books have been put into the reference section within the last 6 months and she replied no. She also stated the newest book received was from 2013 and it was a World Book Encyclopedia. Some were bizarre like the Aromatherapy Encyclopedia, while others were of normal topics. All the books reviewed here are useful and offer information difficult to find elsewhere.
The Aromatherapy Encyclopedia: A Concise Guide to over 395 Plant Oils. Schiller, Carol (Book -- 2012) was a very interesting book to browese through. Some of the information about lavender and mint was quite useful. An example being that mint can manage stress levels and also cure sunburn. This is a great aromatherapy book. It offers a wide array of information on plant oils such as: how to prepare oils, why they are used, and what ailments they can help relieve. This one is the latest edition.
Homosexuality and Religion An Encyclopedia (Book...
It is an excellent source of knowledge about the hot-button debate. From the discussion over legality of gay marriage to the controverisla place of gays and lesbians within faith communities, religious leaders and lay members have to identify within themselves which side to pick in this heated debate. This book was in great condition even though it has been the library for several yeara. It quite honestly the most comprehensive volume to date on the intersections between religion and homosexuality. Extremely useful if one had to do a ressearch paper on this topic.
Gender and Education An Encyclopedia (Book -- 2007) this book was also in good condition with its topic and execution of information expressed to be very concise and up-to-date for its publication date. I tried to look for another edition but this is the most current one I found. It is a two volume set about intersection of gender and education. The entries consist of educational theories, research, curricula, practices, personnel, and policies, but differentiations in the gendering of education throughout historical and cultural contexts. The various contributors examine gender as a social construction.
The Crusades…
This last book is unique and something someone would only find while browsing the reference section. It is the Encyclopedia of Reggae: The Golden Age of Roots Reggae. Alleyne, Mike (Book -- 2012) It is a well illustrated guide that contains in-depth history on a popular genre of music. The Encyclopedia of Reggae has information specific to the music's golden age. This time period is from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s heyday of dancehall. The illustration and pictures include rare album art and ephemera. It is a great study aid in understanding Reggae.
The dictonaries again were in decent use with the newer ones having less wear to them. Some were very useful like the Mosby's Medical Dictionary (Book -- 2013) and appeared to be in good condition. There were some pages that had writing on it, but other than that it looked fine. It is an excellent source for research with a plethora of illustrations. It is an excellent source of reference to help understand health care. It features over 56,000 authoritative definitions, quick-reference appendixes, a color atlas of the human body, and more than 2,450 full-color illustrations.
Shakespeare's Religious Language: A Dictionary by Hassel, R. Chris, 1939-(Book -- 2005) is one of the books that was in fair condition with notes on pages and
The Battle of Hattin, as it has come to be known, was a very decisive event in the history of the Crusades. After destroying the Christian army, Saladin and his Muslim brothers quickly conquered almost every Frankish city and on October 2, 1187, the Holy City of Jerusalem fell which signaled the beginning of the Third Crusade, "a reaction to the fall of the Holy City of Jerusalem to the
The Second Crusade, 1147-1149, was led by Louis 7th of France and the Holy Roman Emperor and proved to be a failure (Crusades 1 pp). The purpose of the Third Crusade, 1189-1192, was to reclaim Jerusalem, which had been lost in 1187 to Saladin, the Islamic army's greatest general (Crusades 1 pp). This effort was undermined by the personal rivalry between Philip II of France and Richard I of England
One thing not even Madden can excuse is that cultural and social exchanges between Christians did not lead to compassion towards members of other faiths, particularly Jews. In fact, the crusading impulse invariably, more so with every successive crusade, brought examples of the persecution of Jews in the region. The first crusade almost immediately spawned mass killings of Jews down the Rhine en route to Jerusalem, supposedly because Jews' wealth
Crusades The First Crusade took place from 1096 -- 1099. The First Crusade was a great surprise to both the Christians and the Muslims, the two opposing parties of the Crusades. The victory of the First Crusade went to the Christians. The Crusades were a series of nine wars waged during the Middle Ages between Christians and Muslims. The wars were waged between the 11th and 13th centuries specifically. In 1071, the
Crusades An overview of the book, specifically its focus on the bloody aftermath of the Fourth Crusade to take Jerusalem, as chronicled and assembled by Regine Pernoud in pages 201-216 of his text The text The Crusades by Regine Pernoud presents, in its overview of the events, two contemporary chronicled versions of the pivotal events that took place in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade to take Jerusalem by the Christian world.
He successfully asked the Christian countrymen to volunteer as penance. (4) in a period of flux the faith of the church became a unifying force, where one was greatly needed and men of arms swore allegence to the church and followed many calls for piece within France and other nations, especially freedom from violence against the poor and the faithful. (5) Riley-Smith also makes clear that the conditions of Islam