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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
The Britannica Concise Encyclopedia, a condensed version of the Encyclopædia Britannica, offers short, concise, easy-to-read entries on everything from art and zoology to current events and history. Includes statistics, charts, maps and flags.
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Pequot (tribe, North America)
Perahia, Murray (Classical Musician)
perception (in psychology)
Perceval (Religion)
Perceval, Spencer (English statesman/stateswoman)
perch (fish)
Percheron (horse)
Percy, John (Technology)
Percy, Walker (American novelist)
Pereira (city, Colombia)
Perelman, S(idney) J(oseph) (Writer / Humorist)
perennial (in botany)
Peres, Shimon (Political Figure)
perestroika (economics, politics, Russia)
Peretz, I(saac) L(eib) (Polish Jewish poet, novelist, dramatist & jurist)
Pérez de Cuéllar, Javier (Peruvian statesman)
Pérez Galdós, Benito (Spanish novelist & dramatist)
Pérez Jiménez, Marcos (Venezuelan president)
perfect gas (Physics)
performance art (in art, music, theater)
perfume (material)
Pergamum (ancient city, Asia Minor/Turkey)
Pergolesi, Giovanni Battista (Italian composer)
Periander (Ancient Greek philosopher & statesman/stateswoman)
Pericles (Ancient Greek statesman/stateswoman)
Périer, Casimir (-Pierre) (French statesman/stateswoman)
Périgord (region, France)
period (in geologic time)
periodic motion (Physics)
periodic table (in chemistry)
periodical (in publishing, journalism)
periscope (mechanical device)
peritonitis (disease)
periwinkle (Botany)
perjury (in law)
Perkins, Anthony (Actor, Director, Writer, Drama/Thriller)
Perkins, Frances (American statesman/stateswoman & labor leader)