Kunnskapsforlaget is a Norwegian publishing company based in Oslo that concentrates on encyclopedias, encyclopedic books, textbooks, and dictonaries.

David F. Greenberg's careful, encyclopedic and important new book argues that homosexuality is only deviant because society has constructed, or defined, it as deviant.

His encyclopedic book in spectral graph theory, Spectra of Graphs.

Thakkar Pheru was a 14th-century author of encyclopedic books on coins and gems in Delhi.

Oriol told me, "I'll be equally thrilled if the student writes a 200-page, dry, clear encyclopedic book or if he writes a beautiful piece."

Currently, the encyclopedic books are edited by Steve Farhood.

Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy also publishes a popular series of biographies of famous individuals, as well as various encyclopedic books.

But no book this encyclopedic can be expected to read like a romp.

Larousse Pratique (Hamlyn, £25) is an encyclopedic book which contains more than 750 clearly explained recipes together with helpful descriptions of various cooking techniques.

He wrote an encyclopedic book on continued fractions Die Lehre von den Kettenbrüchen.