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Mr. Henderson is a research fellow with Stanford University’s Hoover Institution and editor of the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025
According to the Holocaust Encyclopedia, Hirschfeld worked to educate and advocate for the rights of gender-nonconforming people.
From Salon • Mar. 15, 2024
But to its credit, the final third of “Great Forest” sheds the Encyclopedia Brown-goes-to-Tbilisi dynamic and finds a more lyrical and heartbreaking register.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2024
“Let’s hide it together,” Dad said and suggested we stash it in the 1933 World Book Encyclopedia Mom got free from the library—under currency.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
Mr. Weasley had a cut lip and Mr. Malfoy had been hit in the eye by an Encyclopedia of Toadstools.
From "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J. K. Rowling
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