Biographies/Autobiographies
Biographies/Autobiographies
Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Leonardo da Vinci
*Includes over 30 pictures of Leonardo, his work, and important people and places in his life. *Discusses Leonardo's most famous works, including the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, the Vitruvian Man, and more. *Includes quotes from Leonardo's Notebooks. *Includes a...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Lucrezia Borgia
*Analyzes Lucrezia's legacy and how it endured over the centuries.*Examines the legends and rumors surrounding Lucrezia's life in an attempt to separate fact from fiction.*Includes pictures depicting Lucrezia and other important people and places in her life.*Includes a Bibliography for...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Michelangelo
*Includes pictures of Michelangelo and some of his most famous art.*Explains how Michelangelo made some of his most famous works, including the Pieta, David, and the Sistine Chapel.*Includes contemporaneous accounts of Michelangelo's life and his relationship with famous contemporaries like...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Life and Legacy of Raphael
*Includes pictures of Raphael's most famous art and portraits of famous people.*Explains Raphael's artistic rivalries with Leonardo and Michelangelo, as well as comparisons and contrasts between his art and their art.*Includes a Bibliography for further reading.*Includes a Table of Contents."Here...
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Legends of the Renaissance: The Lives and Legacies of Ferdinand & Isabella
Discusses all of the accomplishments of their reign, including the Reconquista against the Moors, the Spanish Inquisition, and Christopher Columbus's historic voyages. Includes pictures depicting the Catholic Monarchs and important people, places, and events in their lives. Includes a Bibliography...
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Legends of the Silver Screen: The Lives and Legacies of John Wayne and Marlon Brando
*Includes Wayne's and Brando's filmographies *Includes pictures of Wayne, Brando and important people in their lives. *Includes some of Wayne's and Brando's most colorful and controversial quotes. *Discusses the controversies surrounding the lives of both actors. *Includes a Table of...
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Legends of the West: The Life and Legacy of Wyatt Earp
*Includes 30 pictures of Wyatt Earp and important people, places, and events in his life. *Explains the background surrounding the Gunfight at the OK Corral and a detailed description of how the fight went down. *Discusses lesser known facts about...
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Leland Stanford: The Life and Legacy of the Railroad Executive Who Became California's Governor and the West's Most Famous Robber Baron
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further reading“The employee is regarded by the employer merely in the light of his value as an operative. His productive capacity alone is taken into account.” – StanfordFor many people, the Gilded Age and the...
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Lennon-McCartney: The Story of Music's Greatest Songwriting Duo
Beatlemania had struck North America, creating a musical and pop culture phenomenon unlike anything the world had ever seen. At the center of it all was John Lennon and Paul McCartney, the principal songwriting duo who were instrumental in creating...
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Leonor de Aquitania: La vida y legado de la más famosa reina de la Europa medieval
Junto a la efigie de la tumba del rey Enrique II en la abadía Fontevraud en Francia yace un curioso féretro cincelado en la forma de una joven mujer en reposo. La otrora vibrante pintura de la efigie se está...
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Light-Horse Harry Lee and Robert E. Lee: The Lives and Military Careers of the Revolutionary War Hero and His More Famous Son
Aside from George Washington, many Americans are likely able to name just as many foreign generals on the rebel side as American generals. While names like Lafayette, Pulaski, Kosciuszko, and Baron von Steuben are quickly associated with the Revolution, American...
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Light-Horse Harry Lee: The Life of the Revolutionary War General and Father of Robert E. Lee
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading“The rank of men, as established by the concurrent judgement of ages stands thus: heroes, legislators, orators, and poets. The most useful and, in my opinion, the most honourable is the legislator,...
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Little Phil: The Life and Career of General Philip Sheridan
"A brown, chunky little chap, with a long body, short legs, not enough neck to hang him, and such long arms that if his ankles itch he can scratch them without stooping." (Abraham Lincoln describing Phil Sheridan) In the most...
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Lord Byron: The Life and Legacy of the Most Famous Romantic Poet
*Includes pictures *Includes quotes *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “I am such a strange mélange of good and evil that it would be difficult to describe me.” – Lord Byron “Mad, bad, and dangerous to know.”...
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Louis Pasteur: The Life and Legacy of the Legendary French Scientist Recognized as the Father of Microbiology
*Includes pictures *Includes quotes about Pasteur's life and work *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “Do not let yourself be tainted with a barren skepticism.” – Louis Pasteur While it would be impossible to name every individual...
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Ludwig van Beethoven: The Life and Music of the Great Composer
*Analyzes the themes and progression of Beethoven's most famous works, comparing and contrasting them to each other and other composers' great works.*Includes pictures of important people and places in Beethoven's life.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a list of Beethoven's...
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Mad Anthony Wayne: The Life and Legacy of the Famous Revolutionary War General
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Issue the orders Sir, and I will storm Hell.” – Mad Anthony WayneThe American Revolution is replete with seminal moments that every American learns in school,...
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Madame de Pompadour: The Life and Legacy of French King Louis XV's Chief Mistress
*Includes pictures*Includes contemporary accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“After us, the deluge. I care not what happens when I am dead and gone.” – Madame de PompadourJean Antoinette Poussin, the woman who would become known as Madame...
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Maimonides and St. Thomas Aquinas: The Lives and Works of the Middle Ages' Most Influential Religious Philosophers
One should accept the truth from whatever source it proceeds.” (Maimonides) Moses Ben Maimon, frequently called Maimonides, was a medieval philosopher who revolutionized thinking about ethics, reason, and the Jewish Torah through his emphasis on reason and evidence. His works...
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Mansa Musa and Timbuktu: The History of the West African Emperor and Medieval Africa's Most Fabled City
“From the far reaches of the Mediterranean Sea to the Indus River, the faithful approached the city of Mecca. All had the same objective: to worship together at the most sacred shrine of Islam, the Kaaba in Mecca. One such...
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Marcus Garvey: The Life and Legacy of the Jamaican Political Leader Who Championed Pan-Africanism
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Marcus Garvey: The Life and Legacy of the Jamaican Political Leader Who Championed Pan-Africanism
After the Civil War, the fight for civil rights spawned a multitude of heroic African American activists, but it is remembered in large part for the work of a few iconic African American men of stature. Much like their later...
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Marie Curie: The Life and Legacy of the Legendary Scientist Who Became the First Woman to Win a Nobel Prize
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”...
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Marquis de Lafayette and Baron de Kalb: The Lives of the Legendary Foreign Soldiers Who Sailed to America Together to Fight in the Revolutionary War
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading By the time the Revolutionary War started, military confrontations between the world powers had become so common that combat was raised to the status of a...
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Marshal Tito and Nicolae Ceauș,escu: The Lives and Legacies of the Eastern Bloc's Most Notorious Non-Soviet Leaders
*Includes pictures*Includes quotes*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingThe World War II era produced many leaders of titanic determination, men whose strengths and weaknesses left an extraordinary imprint on historical affairs. The struggle between massively divergent ideologies, exacerbated...
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Mary Magdalene: The Life and Legacy of the Woman Who Witnessed the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus
“After that, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another. The Twelve were with him, and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Mary Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come...
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Mary, Queen of Scots: The History and Legacy of Mary Stuart of Scotland
*Includes pictures*Includes Mary's own quotes about her life*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents"Did I not tell you this would happen? I knew they would never allow me to live, I was too great...
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Max Planck: The Life and Legacy of the Influential German Physicist Who Pioneered Quantum Theory
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Max Planck: The Life and Legacy of the Influential German Physicist Who Pioneered Quantum Theory
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are...
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Maximiliano de Habsburgo: La Vida del Emperador Europeo de Mexico
Había una vez, cuando la guerra civil amenazaba separar a Estados Unidos, una monarquía al sur del Río Bravo. El reino se llamaba México. Había un castillo, una princesa y un joven príncipe alto y barbado; era noble e idealista,...
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Meeting at Waterloo: The Lives and Legacies of Napoleon Bonaparte and Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington
*Includes pictures of Napoleon, Wellington and important people, places and events in their lives.*Includes maps of famous battles, including Austerlitz and Waterloo.*Answers common myths about Napoleon, including whether he was short, whether his men shot off the Sphinx's nose, whether...
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Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat: The Lives and Careers of the Leaders Who Made Peace Between Israel and Egypt
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians is over 70 years old and counting but has its roots in over 2,000 years of history. With so much time and history, the Middle East peace...
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