Alamosa Public Library

Contains 12,500 entries on composers, performing artists, musical terms, instruments, and titles and descriptions of individual works.

"A Compilation of more than 500 beliefs, legends, superstitions, proverbs, riddles, poems, songs, dances, games, plays, pageants, fairs, foods, and processions associated with over 120 American calendar customs and festivals."

Color Illustrated Dictionary

This volume contains essential information on more than 30,000 deceased men and women from all parts of the world, all eras, and all fields of endeavor.

Before formal science enabled a systematic approach to medicine, healers used plants to alleviate pain, ease the symptoms of diseases, and treat complaints of every kind. Today, people still use medicinal plants, in traditional roles or as building blocks for new research and innovative drugs. Featuring 350 full-color photographs, botanical drawings, and maps, this book is based on the work of botanical experts and presents alphabetically arranged,...

Includes index

A guide to the rituals and celebrations of the major religions and denominations in the United States and Canada helps the well-meaning guest feel at ease when visiting other people's religious ceremonies.

All entries are listed alphabetically with dictionary style definitions. All synonyms are grouped by meaning.

Provides a running account of the origin of the most common American family names, with special attention to the social conditions and customs surrounding the adoption of surnames in England and in Europe in general. Names are treated in four main groups: patronymics, occupational names, nicknames, and place names. Also includes a list of 2,000 most common surnames in the U.S.

Describes the care requirements of dogs, cats, horses, and a variety of other pets, points out symptoms of common illnesses, and discusses other aspects of pet ownership