biography

Provides profiles of the people making today's headlines in business, education, technology, law, politics, religion, entertainment, labor, sports, medicine, and other fields.

Combining facts, informative opinion, and insights, this book includes more than 2000 chronolog entries, 2500 illustrations, decade-by-decade infographics, datalines, and essays on the events that shaped the twentieth century.

Contains profiles of over 150 people who made headlines in 2006, each with vital personal statistics, career information, major awards, and mailing addresses, and includes nearly fifty obituaries, as well as nationality, occupation, and subject indexes.

Contains profiles, ranked in order of significance, of the world's most influential heroes of all time.

Examines th elife and basketball career of the high-scoring player with the Chicago Bulls, who made a brief attempt to play minor-league baseball in 1994.

Presents alphabetized biographies of 750 people from around the world who have made their mark in literature, science, math, arts and entertainment, the social sciences, and American and world history. Each profile includes a further-reading list.

Legends, autobiographical writings, and historical narratives provide insights into the literary traditions and customs of the Plains Indians.

Biographies of 1000 leaders, thinkers, scientists, inventors, artists, and writers who have had an impact on our world. Includes a timeline.

Shares the sometimes gruesome details of the deaths of nineteen famous historical figures, including King Tut, Pocahontas, George Washington, Edgar Allan Poe, and Marie Curie.

Presents biographical articles about living leaders in all fields of human accomplishment throughout the world; arranged alphabetically with a cumulative index to the January 2001-November 2001 issues, as well as an index of professions.