Great Lives from History


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Features 800 essays covering people from the eighteenth century through to the early twenty-first century. The majority of the individuals included in this set have never been covered in this series before. Many individuals are household names, famous for their work in such fields as entertainment, sports, civil rights, politics, and literature.




Mobituaries


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From popular TV correspondent and writer Rocca comes a charmingly irreverent and rigorously researched book that celebrates the dead people who made life worth living.




Great Lives from History


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A two-volume set of biographical sketches of 356 notable people from the Middle Ages.




Great Lives from History


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A five-volume set of biographical sketches, arranged alphabetically, of 459 individuals whose contributions influenced world culture and the social development of societies flourishing in earlier centuries.




Great Lives from History


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A five-volume set of biographical sketches, arranged alphabetically, of some 400 Americans, presenting their contributions and impact on United States history and development and including individual bibliographies.




The 19th Century, 1801-1900


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100 Great Lives


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Short biography of one hundred eminent Indian personalities.




American Heroes


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The Ancient World (2700 B.C.E.--c.500 C.E.)


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Covering topics from Gilgamesh to Ancient Egypt to the Fall of Rome, this volume provides easy-to-use tools to engage, enlighten, and give students a new frame of reference to study and analyze the most important documents from Ancient History.