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Founders of Modern Nations: A Biographical Dictionary
by Neil Hamilton  Book News Annotation A biographical dictionary of military, political, and intellectual leaders of many countries, concentrating on 18th- through 20th-century leaders of currently existing nations, and including leaders from earlier centuries. Entries contain b&w photos...
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The Riverside Dictionary of Biography
by American Heritage Di Publisher Comments The Riverside Dictionary of Biography includes more than 10,000 people from around the globe and from all periods of history. All continents, fields of endeavor, and historical eras are richly represented: the likes of Plato, Sappho, and Michelangelo rub...
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Hutchinson Encyclopedia of Modern Political Biog
by Westview Publisher Comments Elected politicians and activists, trade unionists and spies, human rights campaigners and Nazi leaders, environmentalists and dictators, pioneers of women’s rights and civil servants—you’ll find them all in this indispensable guide to...
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Brief Lives: Twentieth Century Pen Portraits from the Dictionary of National Biography
by Colin Matthew Publisher Comments Drawn from the archives of the Dictionary of National Biography, this collection of sharply drawn portraits offers a rich cross-section of the men and women who shaped Britain's identity in the twentieth century. The DNB is an unrivalled record of modern...
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The Cambridge biographical encyclopedia
by Cambridge Publisher Comments An innovation in biographical reference. It is the only book of its kind to combine the ease-of-use of a dictionary with the thematic overview of an encyclopedia. The result is unrivalled coverage of the world's most influential people past and present....
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Cambridge Biographical Encyclopedia 2ND Edition
by David Crystal Publisher Comments The authoritative single-volume reference work on people, both living and dead....
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American National Biography 24 Volumes
by John Arthur Garraty Publisher Comments American National Biography is the first new comprehensive biographical dicionary focused on American history to be published in seventy years. Produced under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies, the ANB contains over 17,500...
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The Cambridge Biographical Dictionary
by Cambridge Publisher Comments A new, accurate and up-to-date paperback reference guide to the world's noted personalities, living and dead....
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Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, Set
by Matthew Bruccoli Publisher Comments Provides thorough coverage of major British literary figures of all eras. Each volume covers 20 to 30 writers from all genres who were active during a single historical period....
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The Encyclopedia of Mistresses
by Dawn Sova Synopsis This text is a record of the famous women throughout history who have been branded mistresses, many of whom used their sexual talents in the bedroom to wield heady power in the boardroom, the throne room, the battlefield and even the pulpit....
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Who's Who 2004 an Annual Biographical Dictionary One Hundred and Fifty-Sixth Year of Issue
by A & C Black Publishers Ltd Publisher Comments Since 1849, Who's Who has offered an international listing of the most prominent and important people in politics, the arts, business, the sciences, sports--in short, virtually every field of endeavor. Who's Who 2004, with its 2000 pages packed with more...
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People in the News, 1996
by David Brownstone Book News Annotation Published annually since 1991, each volume containing about 75 percent new material. The current issue covers some 500 living people who have been in the news during the year, and includes some 200 obituaries. Entries stress 1995 activities, giving a...
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Religious Leaders of America 2ND Edition
by J Gordon Melton Synopsis This reference by noted scholar J. Gordon Melton provides more than 1,200 detailed biographical profiles of the contemporary and historical men and women responsible for influencing American religion. Features a comprehensive index and a religious...
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World Authors, 1980-1985: Authoritative Biographies of 320 Contemporary Writers
by Vineta Colby Book News Annotation Biographical/critical sketches of 320 contemporary writers who have come to prominence among readers of English in the early 1980s. Although most of the authors profiled are imaginative writers, sketches of biographers, scientists, historians...
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British Writers Supplement 1
by Ian Scott Kilvert Synopsis Covers hundreds of writers who have made contributions to British, Irish and Commonwealth literature from the 14th century to the present day. Introductory essays and chronological tables open each volume and provide historical background. Each...
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Who Was Who in America 1943 1950 Volume 2
by Publisher Comments Who Was Who in America preserves the lifetime accomplishments of many world history-makers. Extending a tradition of excellence in recording and publishing essential data, Who Was Who in America has proved its unqiueness and usefulness in countless...
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Larousse Dictionary of Women
by Mel Parry Publisher Comments This major new dictionary surveys the achievements and influence of women throughout the world and across recorded human history. Over 3,000 biographical profiles ranging from Isabel Allende to Benazir Bhutto to the Queen of Sheba are presented in an...
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Dictionary of Literary Biography Volume 103: American Literary Biographers, First Series
by Steve Serafin Book News Annotation Continuing Gale Research's critically acclaimed series, volume 103, American literary biographers, brings together 34 essays about writers who not only explored the lives of other writers, but examined the intricacies of the creative process as well...
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Benezit Dictionary of Artists 2006 14 Volumes
by Benezit Book News Annotation The first edition was published in 1911, and the most recent, the first to be computerized, in 1999. This sixth edition, the first in English, contains over 170,000 entries in 14 volumes. A team of 150 editors, art historians, and translators updated...
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The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography
by John Stewart Bowman Publisher Comments Biography is an endlessly fascinating subject for a wide variety of readers. The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography is the most up-to-date and comprehensive, single-volume, biographical reference of living and dead Americans available. The book...
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