100 series

Presents biographical profiles of one hundred spiritual leaders significant to world history, arranged chronologically according to birth year, including Akhenaten, Moses, Jesus Christ, Socrates, Lao-tzu, the Buddha, Confucius, Muhammad, Mohandas Gandhi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr., Desmond Tutu, Pope John Paul II, and the Fourteenth Dalai Lama.

Provides sketches of notable explorers who have affected the course of history.

Provides descriptions of one hundred books that have influenced world history, arranged chronologically from the "Epic of Gilgamesh," c. 2700-1500 B.C., to "A Brief History of Time," revised in 1998.

Presents chronologically arranged biographical profiles of one hundred significant world leaders from throughout history, from Khufu to Lech Walesa.

Presents brief biographies of one hundred men and women of Hispanic heritage whose actions helped shape the course of American history. Arranged chronologically.

Contains biographical sketches that relate the lives and achievements of 100 women who lived in many parts of the globe throughout history from 1500 B.C. to the present.

Provides sketches of notable men who have affected the course of history.

Provides brief, chronologically arranged profiles of one hundred baseball players who helped shape sports history.

Contains chronologically arranged biographies of one hundred heroes, heroines, strategists, dictators, and politicians who helped shape world history.

Provides an overview of world history through capsulized descriptions of major turning points that have profoundly affected the world.