title: The World Book Encyclopedia 2003 (21 Volumes)
author: World Book editors
description: World Book (WB) continues to be a first choice for libraries, schools, and homes. The 2003 print edition has 114 new articles. They include <i>Blood doping, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals</i> , <i>Hot spot</i> , and<i> Intellectual property.</i> John Ashcroft, Hugh Masekela, Marcia Muller, and Sara Paretsky are a few the people covered in new biographical entries. Some 184 articles have been extensively revised or rewritten, among them <i>Cancer (disease), Basques, Element--chemical, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Khyber Pass,</i> and<i> Food additive.</i> More than 190 maps have been revised, and 350 new photographs have been added. The editors have revised 294 bibliographies. This year's special volume is <i>World Book Focus on Terrorism,</i> which contains encyclopedia articles and special reports on topics such as "The Attacks of September 11" and "Homeland Security: Fighting Terrorism at Home."
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  The World's Greatest Books, Vol VII
  
  
  [THOMAS LOVE
  PEACOCK](The%20World%27s%20Greatest%20Books%2c%20Vol_split_001.html#filepos5890)
  
  [Nightmare
  Abbey](The%20World%27s%20Greatest%20Books%2c%20Vol_split_001.html#filepos34645)
  
  [JANE
  PORTER](The%20World%27s%20Greatest%20Books%2c%20Vol_split_001.html#filepos61149)
  
  [ALEXANDER SERGEYEVITCH
  PUSHKIN](The%20World%27s%20Greatest%20Books%2c%20Vol_split_001.html#filepos90223)
  
  [FRANCOIS
  RABELAIS](The%20World%27s%20Greatest%20Books%2c%20Vol_split_001.html#filepos115605)
  
  [CHARLES
  READE](The%20World%27s%20Greatest%20Books%2c%20Vol_split_002.html#filepos143814)
  
  [It Is Never Too Late to
  Mend](The%20World%27s%20Greatest%20Books%2c%20Vol_split_002.html#filepos169483)
  
  [The Cloister and the
  Hearth](The%20World%27s%20Greatest%20Books%2c%20Vol_split_002.html#filepos195123)
  
  [SAMUEL
  RICHARDSON](The%20World%27s%20Greatest%20Books%2c%20Vol_split_002.html#filepos223176)
  
  [Clarissa
  Harlowe](The%20World%27s%20Greatest%20Books%2c%2