The American Printing House for the Blind in Louisville began in 1959 a yearslong effort to compile the first encyclopedia ...

Generations have used encyclopedias to learn about various topics. The voluminous books carry information on subjects: they range from world leaders, important events, to ideas encapsulated in small ...

In an age before Google, parents pinned hopes for their children’s future onto promises made on their doorsteps by encyclopedia salesmen. Denis Boyles, the author of a history of the Encyclopaedia ...

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MINSK, 16 December (BelTA) – The exhibition “Encyclopedia. National Project” marking the 50th anniversary of the first Belarusian universal encyclopedia will open at the Book Museum of Belarus' ...

As the march of the iPad and Kindle continues unabated, the oldest manufacturer of encyclopedias has become one of the first major book publishing casualties of the digital age by cutting out its ...