The Who's Who of Nobel Prize Winners is a one-stop source of detailed information on the men and women who earned the Nobel Prize during the 20th century.
This second supplement to DALB, the Dictionary of American Library Biography (1978), adds 77 notable, deceased members of the library and archival communities to the 302 entries in the main volume and the 51 entries in the first supplement (1990).
Winston Churchill's 'Churchill: Historical Books, Memoirs, Essays, Speeches & Letters' is a comprehensive collection that provides readers with a deep insight into the mind of one of the most influential figures of the 20th century.
In a journey spanning 50 books, hundreds of ideas and over a century, 50 Psychology Classics looks at some of the most intriguing questions relating to the human mind.
In "e;The Education of Henry Adams"e;, Henry Adams reflects on his personal journey of self-discovery and intellectual growth in the rapidly changing world of the late 19th century.
Beginning in 500 with the fusion of classical, Christian, and Germanic cultures and ending in 1300 with a Europe united by a desire for growth, knowledge, and change, this volume provides basic information on the significant cultural figures of the Middle Ages.
As part of a unique series covering the grand sweep of Western civilization from ancient to present times, this biographical dictionary provides introductory information on 315 leading cultural figures of late medieval and early modern Europe.
A meticulously researched book, which celebrates the achievements of prolific musicians who have inspired generations with their melodious music and record-breaking albums.
An extensive and fascinating collection of stories featuring both famous and everyday women, giving a well-rounded view of the lives of women in the ancient world.
El Diccionario de ideas sueltas y pensamientos mundanos toma la estructura de los diccionarios clásicos para utilizarla como basamento de una obra de creación contemporánea, donde conviven por igual la disertación, la crónica, el ensayo, la fábula, el aforismo, el diario, la poesía en prosa, la autobiografía y la ficción pura.
This A-Z biographical dictionary profiles Britain's prime ministers, foreign secretaries, home secretaries, and Chancellors of the Exchequer, from 1730 through the present-all in clear, concise language.
En admirant le rosier rouge a fleur d'eglantier qu'elle lui avait offert, Philippe eut une pensee pour sa petite mere disparue recemment d'usure et d'epuisement a l'age de quatre-vingt-quatorze ans.
Women writers have been traditionally excluded from literary canons and not until recently have scholars begun to rediscover or discover for the first time neglected women writers and their works.
Disney's animated trailblazing, Dostoyevsky's philosophical neuroses, Hendrix's electric haze, Hitchcock's masterful manipulation, Frida Kahlo's scarifying portraits, Van Gogh's vigorous color, and Virginia Woolf's modern feminism: this multicultural reference tool examines 200 artists, writers, and musicians from around the world.
The last of four volumes comprising a biographical dictionary of state speakers from 1911 to 1994, this book covers Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.
