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Career eBook Collection
Customized collection of more than 250 electronic books for vocational needs. The Career eBook collection has been made available through the South Carolina State Library and DISCUS. Select “eBooks” from the right-hand menu on the initial screen.
Contemporary Fashion
Provides students and scholars with useful information on more than 400 fashion leaders from the 1940s to today. Fashion, Costume, and Culture: Clothing, Head wear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages - A broad overview of costume traditions of diverse cultures from prehistoric times to the present day. Examines more than 430 items of human decoration and adornment, ranging from togas to turbans, necklaces to tennis shoes. Explores how and why items were created, the people who made them, and their uses. This set shows how clothing, head wear, body decorations, and footwear reflect the different cultural, religious, and societal beliefs.
Contemporary Novelists 7th ed., 2001
Biographical/critical essays on the most important living novelists writing in English worldwide.
Contemporary Poets 7th ed., 2001
Biographical and bibliographical information on 789 of the world's most important contemporary English-language poets, including 120 new to this edition. Entries include personal and career information, addresses, a detailed bibliography, a list of further reading sources, and more. Each entry also includes a signed critical essay covering each poet's career and works, written by an expert in the field.