The period from the Renaissance onward has seen several nations and their citizens explore areas beyond their own borders in attempts to discover and colonize new territory, thereby expanding their sphere of influence for economic reasons or, for some, to escape persecution in their own land. Whatever the reason, colonialism still has its effects on the modern world, whether it led to the birth of a new nation (as in the case of the U.S.) or helps to explain simmering tensions that remain in Africa and India.

This convenient and exhaustive print reference source is designed to provide entrepreneurs with how-to information that they can apply to their own business.

This addition to the Great Lives series offers 409 essays covering significant inventors (27 of them female) worldwide and throughout history.

This dictionary contains over 6,000 entries providing up-to-date coverage of British, American and international military vocabulary, including training, personnel, logistics, manoeuvres, vehicles, tactics, commands, weapons and equipment.Supplements include the phonetic alphabet, ranks, formal orders and military grouping symbols

This guide enables readers to reveal their life paths and hidden abilities by understanding the power of crystals. Readers will discover which of the 360 crystal elements is associated with the position of the sun at the time of their birth; learn about the relationship between birth charts, crystals, and planets; and find out how personal crystal elements are connected to numerology.

The Concise New Partridge presents, for the first time, all the slang terms from The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in a single volume. With over 60,000 entries from around the English-speaking world, the Concise gives you the language of beats, hipsters, Teddy Boys, mods and rockers, hippies, pimps, druggies, whores, punks, skinheads, ravers, surfers, Valley girls, dudes, pill-popping truck drivers, hackers, rappers and more.

Historical Dictionary of Brussels covers the leading places, personalities, events, and institutions that have shaped civic life in the Belgian capital. The first comprehensive English-language history of Brussels in reference form, this book includes a narrative of the city's history, more than 600 dictionary entries, and an extensive bibliography. Students, academics, professionals in the public and private sectors, residents, and visitors will find this an essential reference.