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Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and pearson owns 47%. Bursting with astonishing 3d images, knowledge encyclopedia science. Knowledge encyclopedia updated and enlarged edition dk us. The encyclopedia was a successor to the book of knowledge, published from 1912 to 1965. The new childrens encyclopedia, which has sold almost 500,000 copies worldwide since 2009, has now been fully updated in line with the latest knowledge and research. This brilliant childrens encyclopedia is the brainiest book around. By reading the various narrations, it is hoped that the reader will benefit and reflect on the merits and virtues of seeking, acquiring and teaching knowledge. Encyclopaedia, also spelled encyclopedia, reference work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or that treats a particular branch of knowledge in a comprehensive manner for more than 2,000 years encyclopaedias have existed as summaries of extant scholarship in forms comprehensible to their readers. A visual encyclopedia reveals the wonders of the animal kingdom to a younger readership structured by animal group with separate entries for every notable type of animal, from ants and aardvarks to wasps and wallabies. Knowledge encyclopedia by dk overdrive rakuten overdrive.
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