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Great Britain, Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc., 2004.
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| Description |
112pPurple Spine
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| Series |
My First Britannica
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| Summary/Abstract |
A lower level encyclopedia from the Britannica Publishing House. Includes 12 volumes on subjects that are well researchd. Beautifully illustrated and cross referenced, this makes an excellent introduction to research and inquiry. Read about the men and women who have changed our lives by creating history.
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| Contents |
Creators
Isabel Allende: The Letter writer's stories
Count Basie: An Aristocrat of Jazz
Charles Dickens: Writer of life-changing stories
Fanny Elssler: Theatrical Ballerina
Francisco de Goya: Painter of the king and to the people
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: A life filled with music
I.M. Pei: Grand Architect
Pablo Picasso: Exploring with an artist
William Shakespeare: Plays that never grow old
Socrates: Teaching people to think
Joan Sutherland: Australia's gollden voice
Mark Twain: The writer and the Mississippi river
Leaders and Conquerors
Yasir Arafat: Leader of the Palestinians
Ashoka: The emperor and the right way of living
Menachem Begin: Struggling for Israel
Julius Caesar: Rome's remarkable General and Statesman
Fidel Castro: The man who changed Cuba
Charlemagne: The Father of Europe
Cleopatra: Queen of Egypt
Elizabeth I: A clever, courageous queen
Empress of China: The Dragon Lady
Hirohito: Emperor of Japan
Mohammed Ali Jinnah: Founder of Pakistan
Nelson Mandela: Fighter for Rights
Mao Zedong: Architect of Modern China
Golda Meir: Israel's first woman Prime Minister
Anwar el-Sadat: Egypt's Man of Peace
U Thant: World Peacemaker
Vikings: Men in Dragon ships
Scientists and Doctors
Elizabeth Blackwell: First modern woman Doctor
Luther Burbank: Inventing new plants
Nicolaus Copernicus: Student of the sky
Marie Curie: Discovering a new kind of Science
Charles Darwin: Theory of Evolution
Albert Einstein: A Brilliant Wonderer
Galileo Galilei: Man who discovered Outer Space
Jane Goodall: Woman who lived with Chimpanzees
Johannes Kepler: Stargazer
Sir Isaac Newton: An Apple, an Idea
Louis Pasteur: Man who conquered diseases
Extraordinary Lives
American Indians: First native North Americans
Simon Bolivar: Hero of many nations
Anne Frank: A young girl and her diary
Cathy Freeman: Gold medalist in Athletics
Mahatma Gandhi: Salt and Empires
Helen Keller: Woman of Courage
Martin Luther King Jr: Civil rights leader
Ferdinand Magellan: Around-the-World Voyager
Mayan Civilization: Writers, mathematicians, and architects
Pele: Football star
Mother Teresa: Mother of the poor and the dying
Tenzing Norgay: On top of the world
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| Standard Number |
1593390521 Hb.
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