Dictionaries of biography (Who's Who) books

Over the course of some 500 entries, expert contributors provide a complete and vivid picture of gay and lesbian...  Read More >>

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In this guide and sourcebook, author and scholar Michael Rice introduces us to the inhabitants of ancient Egypt,...  Read More >>

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Between 1450 and 1750, Europe underwent tremendous political, religious and cultural change - change which laid...  Read More >>

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During the early 1920s, an association of film publicists hit upon a strategy to promote their industry using junior...  Read More >>

Complementing texts that introduce students to the major theories of public administration, this biographical dictionary...  Read More >>

A directory of over 500 African American performers and theater people who have made a significant contribution...  Read More >>

Covering the Renaissance and Reformation, this volume offers information on contributors to the culture of Western...  Read More >>

Over the past two decades, the process of cultural development and, in particular, the role of reading has been...  Read More >>

A bibliographical survey and guide to figures from all walks of Roman life, from Emperors to generals, from politicians...  Read More >>

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In the tradition of ""An Incomplete Education"" comes this meticulously researched and authoritative guide to the...  Read More >>

Profiles American women writers of the period, highlighting their contributions to important literary movements...  Read More >>

They include artists, builders, mystics, political leaders, religious activists, diarists and dramatists, poets...  Read More >>

This encyclopedia contains the biographies of over 100 women, from Clara Barton to Oprah Winfrey, who come from...  Read More >>

Michael Barthorp's study of the key commanders that served Victoria.  Read More >>

Irreverent but never irrelevant, <i>Frank Pranks</i> at last makes the big leap to swanky book form. <i>FRANK</i>...  Read More >>

This new edition of The International Who's Who, lists biographical details of more than 18,000 of the world's most...  Read More >>

In this reference, Hugh Thomas lists everyone connected with the conquest of Mexico, explains the part they played...  Read More >>

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The last of four volumes comprising a biographical dictionary of state speakers from 1911 to 1994, this book covers...  Read More >>