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Inventors & Inventions (Great Lives from History)

Inventors & Inventions (Great Lives from History)


Alvin K. Benson



From This addition to the Great Lives series offers 409 essays covering significant inventors (27 of them female) worldw...
A to Z of American Women in the Visual Arts (Facts on File Library of American History)

A to Z of American Women in the Visual Arts (Facts on File Library of American History)


Carol Kort, Liz Sonneborn



From Library Journal This current A-Z title is a selective biographical encyclopedia of women artists from the United Sta...
A to Z of American Women Writers (A to Z of Women)

A to Z of American Women Writers (A to Z of Women)


Carol Kort



From School Library Journal YA-Kort provides concise biographical and critical summaries of more than 150 writers and the...
New Dictionary of Scientific Biography (Dictionary of Scientific Biography (8 Vols))

New Dictionary of Scientific Biography (Dictionary of Scientific Biography (8 Vols))


Noretta Koertge



From School Library Journal Grade 10 Up—These approximately 740 articles update information found in the Dictionary...
A to Z of American Women Leaders and Activists (A to Z of Women)

A to Z of American Women Leaders and Activists (A to Z of Women)




A to Z of American Women Leaders and Activists (A to Z of Women)...
Ernest Gruening: Alaska's Greatest Governor

Ernest Gruening: Alaska's Greatest Governor


Claus Naske



About the Author Claus-M. Naske is professor emeritus of history at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He was born in Germ...
Whales, They Give Themselves: Conversations with Harry Brower, Sr. (Oral Biography Series)

Whales, They Give Themselves: Conversations with Harry Brower, Sr. (Oral Biography Series)


Karen Brewster



About the Author Karen Brewster is a research associate in the Oral History Program, Rasmuson Library, University of Alas...
Tom Merton: A Personal Biography

Tom Merton: A Personal Biography


Joan C. Mcdonald



Tom Merton: A Personal Biography...
British Writers, Retrospective Supplement 3 (British Writers Retrospective Supplement)

British Writers, Retrospective Supplement 3 (British Writers Retrospective Supplement)


Jay Parini



British Writers, Retrospective Supplement 3 (British Writers Retrospective Supplement)...
The Russian Century: A Hundred Years of Russian Lives

The Russian Century: A Hundred Years of Russian Lives


George Pahomov



Review The editors undertook the ambitious task of presenting over a hundred years of Russia's history. . . . The chronol...
Plutarch Lives, VII, Demosthenes and Cicero. Alexander and Caesar (Loeb Classical Library No. 99)

Plutarch Lives, VII, Demosthenes and Cicero. Alexander and Caesar (Loeb Classical Library No. 99)


Bernadotte Perrin, Plutarch



Plutarch Lives, VII, Demosthenes and Cicero. Alexander and Caesar (Loeb Classical Library No. 99)...
Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music: Volume 2

Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music: Volume 2


Michael Lablanc



Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music: Volume 2...
Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt

Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt


Arthur Goldschmidt



Biographical Dictionary of Modern Egypt...
Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music: Volume 7

Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music: Volume 7


Michael Lablanc



Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music: Volume 7...
Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music: Volume 11

Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music: Volume 11


Julia Rubiner



Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music: Volume 11...
Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire

Who's Who in the Age of Alexander the Great: Prosopography of Alexander's Empire


Waldemar Heckel



Review "Stupendously detailed and documented, the fruit of over three decades of research, Waldemar Heckel’s Who&#...
William Sloane Coffin, Jr.: A Holy Impatience

William Sloane Coffin, Jr.: A Holy Impatience


Professor Warren Goldstein



From Publishers Weekly From the mid-20th century until now, Coffin has served as the prophetic conscience of a nation div...
Plutarch's Lives, Volume X: Agis and Cleomenes. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. Philopoemen and Flamininus (Loeb Classical Library No. 102)

Plutarch's Lives, Volume X: Agis and Cleomenes. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. Philopoemen and Flamininus (Loeb Classical Library No. 102)


Bernadotte Perrin, Plutarch



Plutarch's Lives, Volume X: Agis and Cleomenes. Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus. Philopoemen and Flamininus (Loeb Classical Library No. 102)...
Leaders of Russia and the Soviet Union: From the Romanov Dynasty to Vladimir Putin

Leaders of Russia and the Soviet Union: From the Romanov Dynasty to Vladimir Putin


John Paxton



Leaders of Russia and the Soviet Union: From the Romanov Dynasty to Vladimir Putin...
French Historians 1900-2000: New Historical Writing in Twentieth-Century France

French Historians 1900-2000: New Historical Writing in Twentieth-Century France


Philip Daileader, Philip Whalen



Review "This book on French historians in the twentieth century with contributions by mostly Anglophone scholars is a del...
Who's Who in Naval History (Who's Who Series,)

Who's Who in Naval History (Who's Who Series,)


Joseph F. Callo



Review 'A timely memorial to what used to be ... it encompasses the grand sweep of more than four centuries of classical na...
American Writers, Supplement XX

American Writers, Supplement XX


Jay Parini



American Writers, Supplement XX...
Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Antiquity Through SUI, 1600 B.C.E.--618 C.E. (University of Hong Kong Libraries Publications)

Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Antiquity Through SUI, 1600 B.C.E.--618 C.E. (University of Hong Kong Libraries Publications)


Lily Xiao Hong Lee, Sue Wiles, A. D. Stefanowska



Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: Antiquity Through SUI, 1600 B.C.E.--618 C.E. (University of Hong Kong Libraries Publications)...
Daniel Webster: A Bibliography (Bibliographies of American Notables)

Daniel Webster: A Bibliography (Bibliographies of American Notables)


Harold D. Moser



Review "This exhaustive compilation will probably be the standard Webster bibliography for some time to come. It should b...
A To Z 0f Marine Scientists (Notable Scientists)

A To Z 0f Marine Scientists (Notable Scientists)


Barbara Charton



From Two inviting volumes "designed for high school students, researchers, teachers, and general readers." As is typical...
Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Volume 3

Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Volume 3


Ashyia Henderson



Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Volume 3...
Plutarch's Lives, Volume IX: Demetrius and Antony. Pyrrhus and Gaius Marius (Loeb Classical Library No. 101)

Plutarch's Lives, Volume IX: Demetrius and Antony. Pyrrhus and Gaius Marius (Loeb Classical Library No. 101)


Bernadotte Perrin, Plutarch



Plutarch's Lives, Volume IX: Demetrius and Antony. Pyrrhus and Gaius Marius (Loeb Classical Library No. 101)...
From Someplace Else: A Memoir

From Someplace Else: A Memoir


Ralph Osborne



About the Author Ralph Osborne's first novel, Just For Comfort (Insomniac Press), was nominated for the first annual nati...
Aim High (Quick Reads)

Aim High (Quick Reads)


Thompson



Aim High (Quick Reads)...
Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Volume 2

Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Volume 2


Ashyia Henderson



Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Volume 2...
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Fiction: From C.S. Lewis to Left Behind

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Fiction: From C.S. Lewis to Left Behind


Nancy M. Tischler



From The increasing popularity of Christian fiction may well have to do with its enormous range, from kitsch to the crit...
Marie de France: An analytical bibliography, Supplement No. 3 (Research Bibliographies and Checklists: new series)

Marie de France: An analytical bibliography, Supplement No. 3 (Research Bibliographies and Checklists: new series)


Glyn S. Burgess



Review Simply put, these volumes belong on the shelf of the serious scholar of Marie de France, and they should be includ...
The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography: Fourth Edition

The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography: Fourth Edition


Jenny Uglow, Maggy Hendry



Review Praise for Third Edition:"Recommended for public and academic libraries"--Library Journal Book Description ...
The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century

The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: Pioneering Lives From Ancient Times to the Mid-20th Century


M. Ogilvie



From Library Journal Well known for her Women in Science: Antiquity Through the Nineteenth Century, Ogilvie has joined wi...
Heartbreak and Heroism: Canadian Search and Rescue Stories

Heartbreak and Heroism: Canadian Search and Rescue Stories


John Melady



Review "I hate to use clichés, but this little book was difficult to put down ... this book deserves the widest read...
The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395

The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395


A. H. M. Jones, J. Morris, J. R. Martindale



The Prosopography of the Later Roman Empire: Volume 1, AD 260-395...
A to Z of American Women in Sports (A to Z of Women)

A to Z of American Women in Sports (A to Z of Women)


Paula Edelson



From Library Journal This biographical encyclopedia covers athletes as far back as tennis pioneer Mary Outerbridge (b. 18...
The Letters of George Santayana, Book 2: 1910-1920 (The Works of George Santayana, Vol. 5)

The Letters of George Santayana, Book 2: 1910-1920 (The Works of George Santayana, Vol. 5)


George Santayana



Review This final volume of Santayana's letters spans the last five years of the philosopher's life. Despit...
Celebrity Tantrums!: The Official Dirt

Celebrity Tantrums!: The Official Dirt


Lisa Brandt



About the Author Lisa Brandt is a veteran broadcaster, celebrity interviewer, and entertainment writer. She has contribut...
The Philosopher's ''I'': Autobiography And the Search for the Self

The Philosopher's ''I'': Autobiography And the Search for the Self


J. Lenore Wright



From the Back Cover This book examines philosophers' autobiographies as a genre of philosophical writing. Author J. Len...
The Letters of George Santayana, Book 3: 1921-1927 (The Works of George Santayana, Vol. 5)

The Letters of George Santayana, Book 3: 1921-1927 (The Works of George Santayana, Vol. 5)


George Santayana



Review This final volume of Santayana's letters spans the last five years of the philosopher's life. Despit...
Talking Hawai'i's Story: Oral Histories of an Island People (Biography Monograph)

Talking Hawai'i's Story: Oral Histories of an Island People (Biography Monograph)




Talking Hawai'i's Story: Oral Histories of an Island People (Biography Monograph)...
Liberators, Patriots and Leaders of Latin America: 32 Biographies, 2nd edition

Liberators, Patriots and Leaders of Latin America: 32 Biographies, 2nd edition


Jerome R. Adams



From In this new edition, 20 chapters containing 23 biographies are taken from the 1991 edition, and 9 new biographies o...
Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide Featuring Performers, Directors, Writers, Producers, Designers, Managers, Choreographiers, Technicians, Composers, Executives, Volume 29

Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide Featuring Performers, Directors, Writers, Producers, Designers, Managers, Choreographiers, Technicians, Composers, Executives, Volume 29


Michael J. Tykus



Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television: A Biographical Guide Featuring Performers, Directors, Writers, Producers, Designers, Managers, Choreographiers, Technicians, Composers, Executives, Volume 29...
Who's Who of British Jazz: 2nd Edition (Bayou)

Who's Who of British Jazz: 2nd Edition (Bayou)


John Chilton



Review “John Chilton has done a fine service for jazz readers everywhere with his well-written reference guide to ...
Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre (Who's Who) (Who's Who Series)

Who's Who in Contemporary World Theatre (Who's Who) (Who's Who Series)




Review Meyer-Dingrafe's volume is a valuabe, reasonably priced addition to any drama collection; information on many of t...
The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes

The Little, Brown Book of Anecdotes


Clifton Fadiman



From School Library Journal YA Fadiman may do for the anecdote what Bartlett did for the quotation. There are over 4000 b...
Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music, Vol.12

Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music, Vol.12


Suzanne Bourgoin



Contemporary Musicians: Profiles of the People in Music, Vol.12...