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Talks about the lives of important men and women in various areas of achievement, who flourished between 1801 and 1900, and profiles them in extended biographical essays. This four-volume set of the ""Great Lives from History"" series provides annotated bibliographic resources with worldwide focus, along with coverage of non-Europeans and women.

This new addition to the Great Lives from History series features over 500 essays on the most notable figures in 21st century politics, literature, education, journalism, science, business, and sports. Coverage is extensive and spans the globe.

Covers 654 individuals from colonial times through to the present, offering a fascinating perspective on Jewish history, both cultural and religious, in the United States.

Features 409 essays covering 413 individual inventors (including 27 women) from all time, worldwide. This work takes into account their fame as inventors, the significance of their inventions, the amount of time they spent inventing, their representation of world inventors, and their relevance to class curricula.

Features individuals who are musically classified in categories, including Arrangers (Burt Bacharach and Marvin Hamlisch), Bandleaders (Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller), Hip-Hop Musicians (LL Cool J and Tupac Shakur), Jazz Musicians (Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie), and Rock Musicians (Kurt Cobain and Jimi Hendrix).

Presents critical essays on important women and men in various areas of achievement, and from around the world, who flourished between 1901 and 2000. This set offers more than 1,300 biographies of major personages in world history from 1901-2000.

Covering a range of areas of achievement, this title features a worldwide focus that includes coverage of non-Europeans and women. It talks about major world leaders, as well as the giants of religious faith: philosophers, educators, heads of state and religious leaders who left their imprint on political, as well as spiritual institutions.

Revised edition of ""Dictionary of World Biography: The Middle Ages"" with 59 new biographies. Worldwide coverage of important men and women in all areas of achievement who flourished from 477 to 1453.

Biographies of 325 important personages who flourished in ancient times. Coverage is worldwide, with the largest numbers of personages associated with Rome and Greece, but also including many from Asia, northern Europe, Egypt and other parts of Africa, Asia Minor and the Middle East.