Concise Columbia Encyclopedia

by Columbia University, Levey Judith S. Avon

Includes thousands of biographies and articles on science, technology, agriculture, business, medicine, history, and art

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction

960 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 1983

Reviews

[Robert · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was our MAIN encyclopedia as a kid.

So many thing I first learned about while flipping through this, like: Nobel Prize winners, Shakespeare plays, Dostoyevsky (described as "A Towering figure in world literature", a phrase which stuck in my head) and so on.

I even remember that "Aachen" and "Abdul-Jabbar, Kareem" were both on the very first page :D

So interesting to think that kids these days will never grow up flipping through paper encyclopedias.

I wonder what is lost?

[Timothy Sharkey]

From Columbia University. Available practically everywhere. This one-volume encyclopedia provides concise explanations of the most important events in history. It is easy to use and indispensable. Find it used somewhere at a low price.

[Carolee · Rating 4 out of 5]

This WAS a bookshelf necessity before the Internet ... still a good coffee table book (bathroom reading sounds sooo tacky).

[Jimmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not as detailed as the World Book set but it still has more information than a dictionary, for the most part. A few topics were covered in only two or three lines.

[Eric Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good source if you need to quickly look something up.