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Signature Lives
Books in series
#8
Benjamin Banneker
2006
A biography profiling the life of scientist and mathematician Benjamin Banneker. Includes source notes and timeline.
#9
Annie Oakley
2007
\- Table of contents, glossary, and index \- World events timeline \- Personal timeline \- Source notes \- Bibliography \- Further reading \- National Standards for History \- Order the existing 66 titles. \- Choose individual titles. \- Standing order-Use a standing order to receive 12-24 Signature Lives books per season at 35% off the list price.
#10
Lord Baltimore
2006
\- Personal and world event timeline \- Maps \- Life at a Glance \- On the Web \- Historic Sites \- Source notes \- Index, Bibliography, Glossary \- In the Library \- Historic photos, illustrations and artwork \- Safe internet sites at www.FactHound.com
#11
Geronimo
2005
A biography profiling the life of Geronimo, the well-known Apache Native American leader. Includes source notes and timeline.
#12
John Hancock
2005
A biography profiling John Hancock, the man who is best known for his bold signature on the Declaration of Independence. Includes source notes and timeline.
#13
Benazir Bhutto
2006
Describes the life and accomplishments of the first woman ever to head an elected government in an Islamic nation.
#15
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
2005
\- World Events Timeline \- Personal Timeline \- Source Notes \- Select Bibliography \- Table of Contents, Glossary, and Index \- Further Reading \- Relevant Web sites at www.FactHound.com \- National Center for History in the Schools. National Standards for History. Los Angeles, CA: National Center for History in the Schools, 1996.
#18
Martin Luther
2006
A biography profiling the life of Martin Luther. Includes source notes and timeline.
#20
Frederick Douglass
2005
A biography profiling the life of Frederick Douglass, his escape from slavery, his career as an author and orator, and his quest for justice. Includes source notes and timeline.
#26
Clara Barton
2007
The Civil War (18611865) divided the people of the United States. Torn over the issues of slavery and states rights, the North and the South battled against each other in the deadliest American conflict ever fought. When the war ended, the country worked to unite and heal. Some of the people who lived and served during the Civil War era are among the nations most beloved heroes. From a young age, Clara Barton wanted to help people. Her kind nature led her to the battlefield to care for the wounded soldiers of the Civil War. After the war, she eventually traveled to Europe, where she encountered the International Red Cross. Seeing the impact it had providing aid in Europe, Barton worked to create a similar organization in the United States. Her persistence and determination were rewarded when she founded the American Red Cross.
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Myra Weatherly
Author · 6 books
Brenda Haugen
Author · 22 books
J. Dennis Robinson
Author · 5 books
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Somervill
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Mary Englar
Author · 7 books
Robin S. Doak
Author · 14 books
Barbara A. Somervill
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Natalie M. Rosinsky
Author · 10 books
Leslie Bow
Author · 4 books
Katie Van Sluys
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Pamela Jain Dell
Author · 14 books
Jennifer Blizin Gillis
Author · 4 books
Darlene R. Stille
Author · 13 books
Michael Burgan
Author · 80 books
Susan R. Gregson
Author · 1 book
Nancy Garhan Attebury
Author · 1 book
Pamela Hill Nettleton
Author · 7 books
Kevin Cunningham
Author · 10 books
Sandy Donovan
Author · 11 books
Susan Temple Kesselring
Author · 1 book
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#28
Amy Tan
2006
Amy Tans very first novel, The Joy Luck Club, made her name known around the world. Her successful novels, picture books, and essays captivate readers of all ages. Tans success has not come easily, however. She first had to learn to embrace her Chinese heritage. And she had to deal with her stormy and trouble-filled childhood. But the author lives her life with enthusiasm and zest, and continues to write award-winning fiction for her many readers.
#29
Jane Goodall
2006
A biography profiling the life of primatologist, Jane Goodall. Includes source notes and timeline.
#31
Yo-Yo Ma
2007
From the late 19th century into the 21st century, technological and cultural advancements transformed the world into a new and modern place. These advancements changed the way people lived, worked, and thought about themselves and the world. The combination of all these changes continues to produce what we know as the modern world. Yo-Yo Ma ranks among the worlds greatest and most popular cello players. He came to national attention at age 15 when he performed on television. After college, Ma began a career as a solo cellist performing with the worlds major orchestras. He has expanded his career to serve as a musical educator and ambassador, sharing the common language of music with others throughout the world.
#35
Benedict Arnold
2000
A biography profiling the life of Benedict Arnold, the man who betrayed his country and became known as a traitor. Includes source notes and timeline.
#38
Mercy Otis Warren
2004
A biography profiling the life of Mercy Otis Warren, a colonial patriot who used her writing skills to record history and support the independence of the American colonies from Great Britain. Includes source notes and timeline.
#39
Madam C.J. Walker
2007
From the late 19th century into the 21st century, technological and cultural advancements transformed the world into a new and modern place. These advancements changed the way people lived, worked, and thought about themselves and the world. The combination of all these changes continues to produce what we know as the modern world. Madam C.J. Walker dreamed of a place where African-Americans were given equal rights and the chance for a better life. Determined to succeed, she worked her way up from washing clothes to selling her own line of beauty products. Her hair-care products, made especially for black women, helped her become Americas first black female millionaire. A philanthropist and an equal rights advocate, her success and support gave hope to others.
#40
Catherine De Medici
2006
A biography profiling the life of Catherine de Medici. Includes source notes and timeline.
#41
Samuel Adams
2005
A biography profiling the life of Samuel Adams and explores his role in the tax rebellion and the Boston Tea Party. Includes source notes and timeline.
#43
Sam Houston
2005
Presents the life and accomplishments of the hero of the Texas Revolution who became the republic's first president.
#48
Thomas Paine
2005
A biography profiling Thomas Paine, whose writings had tremendous influence on the political leaders of the Revolutionary War. Includes source notes and timeline.
#50
Gloria Steinem
2006
A biography profiling the life of feminist Gloria Steinem. Includes source notes and timeline.
#51
Jesse James
2006
From his beginnings as a guerrilla fighter for the Confederates during the Civil War, Jesse James turned to robbery, becoming one of the most famous bank and train robbers in the history of the United States. With his band of outlaws, James led dozens of robberies and killed a number of people in Missouri and other states. Though legends have painted a sympathetic portrait of James, in reality he was a dangerous criminal who used violence to achieve his ends.
#53
Langston Hughes
2005
A biography profiling the life of Langston Hughes, an African American writer known for his poetry and other writing describing the black experience in the United States. Includes source notes and timeline.
#54
Wilma Mankiller
2006
A biography profiling the life of Wilma Mankiller, the first women elected to lead the Cherokee Nation. Includes source notes and timeline.
#55
William Shakespeare
2005
A biography profiling the life and the work of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare. Includes source notes and timeline.
#56
Zebulon Pike
2005
A biography profiling the life of explorer Zebulon Pike, describing his adventures and treks of the land west of the Mississippi River, known as the American West. Includes source notes and timeline.
#57
J. Edgar Hoover
2005
Presents the life and accomplishments of the law enforcement leader who transformed the Federal Bureau of Investigation, became a celebrity for tracking down well-known gangsters, and was notorious for keeping secret files on many public figures.
#58
George Washington Carver
2007
From the late 19th century into the 21st century, technological and cultural advancements transformed the world into a new and modern place. These advancements changed the way people lived, worked, and thought about themselves and the world. The combination of all these changes continues to produce what we know as the modern world. Born into slavery in 1864, George Washington Carver was determined to educate himself despite the lack of opportunities for African-Americans. He was a talented painter, but he eventually decided to dedicate his life to the study of plants. Carver rose to prominence at the Tuskegee Institute, where he was a popular teacher and esteemed researcher. Carver is best known for his work with peanuts, inventing more than 300 products from the humble ""goober.
#59
Harriet Beecher Stowe
2005
A biography profiling the life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, the American author who, in writing Uncle Tom's cabin, revealed the cruelties of slavery and further split an already divided country. Includes source notes and timeline.
#60
Madame Chiang Kai-shek
2006
\- Table of contents, glossary, and index \- World events timeline \- Personal timeline \- Source notes \- Bibliography \- Further reading \- National Standards for History \- Order the existing 66 titles. \- Choose individual titles. \- Standing order-Use a standing order to receive 12-24 Signature Lives books per season at 35% off the list price.
#61
Ulysses S. Grant
2005
A biography profiling and examining the life and times of the eighteenth president of the United States, Ulyses S. Grant, discussing his personal life as well as his military and political careers. Includes source notes and timeline.
#62
Pope Leo X
2006
A biography profiling the life of Pope Leo X, the leader of the Catholic Church during the beginning of the Protestant Reformation. Includes source notes and timeline.
#63
Robert E. Lee
2005
A biography profiling the life and military career of Robert E. Lee, who after years of service in the U.S. Army, resigned to serve as general of the Confederate army during the U.S. Civil War. Includes source notes and timeline.
#64
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
2005
A biography profiling the life of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a staunch supporter of women's rights who helped plan the historic woman's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848. Includes source notes and timeline.
#65
Thucydides
2006
Growing up wealthy in ancient Greece, Thucydides future was filled with promise. His prominent family ties led him into the respected position of an Athenian general. His life took an unfortunate turn after he lost in battle to a Spartan army and was forced to leave Athens. Thucydides used his unique situation to interview soldiers on both sides of the war and to write detailed accounts of battles as they happened. Thucydides dedication to accurately record the Peloponnesian War forever changed the way history is written.
#66
بنیتو موسولینی
2007
دیکتاتور فاشیست ایتالیا ایتالیاییها از موسولینی نفرت داشتند یا به او عشق میورزیدند؟ موسولینی دیکتاتور بیرحم و بیاعتنا به کسانی که بر آنها حکومت میکرد، در ۲۸ آوریل ۱۹۴۵ به دست هموطنانش اعدام شد. یکی از زنان بسیاری که عاشق او بود همراه او مرد. این زن که تحت تأثیر قدرت یا جذبهٔ موسولینی بدون او نمیتوانست به زندگی تن در دهد در کنار او اعدام شد. جسد موسولینی را همراه معشوقهاش و دوازده تن از رهبران بیآبروی ایتالیا را که اعدام شده بودند، به میلان بردند و در آنجا در میدان شهر آویزان کردند. مرگ این رهبر دیکتاتور فاشیست به اندازه زندگیاش خشونتآمیز بود. او از جایگاهی بسیار معمولی به قدرت رسیده بود. موسولینی که از جوانی آشفته بود، از سن کم با زندگی دست و پنجه نرم کرد ولی هیچگاه بر سر عقیدهای محکم نایستاد. او هر جا که به نفعش بود نظرات و عقاید خود را عوض میکرد.
#68
Jim Bridger
2006
Jim Bridger was one of the greatest explorers, traders, and trappers of the American West. At the age of 18, he left Missouri on a journey to the Great Salt Lake in Utah. Later he blazed the trail for what would become the route of the Overland Stage, the Pony Express, and the Union Pacific Railroad. Bridger also established a popular outpost for settlers on their trek to the West and became an important part of an expanding nation.
#69
Roger Williams
2006
A biography profiling the life of Roger Williams, the founder of Rhode Island and the first American leader to support the separation of church and state. Includes source notes and timeline.
#70
Elizabeth Dole
2007
Elizabeth Dole has spent most of her life serving the public. She held U.S. Cabinet positions as secretary of transportation and secretary of labor, and served as president of the American Red Cross. Her husband, Bob Dole, was a U.S. senator and was the Republican Party nominee for the presidency in 1996. While her husband lost his race, Elizabeth Dole won many admirers traveling the United States on the campaign trail. In 2002, she was elected U.S. senator, representing her home state of North Carolina.
#72
Jefferson Davis
2005
A biography profiling the life of Jefferson Davis, who following the secession of eleven southern states, gave up his U.S. citizenship to accept the presidency of the Confederate States of America and led the South in the Civil War. Includes source notes and timeline.
#73
Booker T. Washington
2005
By the time he was 9 years old, Booker T. Washington had already witnessed the horrors of slavery, civil war, and racism. At the age of 16, Washingtons lifelong passion for learning was ignited, and when he turned 25, he established the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama. The school was open to African-American students who wanted to learn vocational skills as a part of their education. Washington also became a leading spokesman for the African-American community.
#74
Abraham Lincoln
2005
Covering important people from the American Civil War era, each title in this series includes fascinating sidebars, the subject's life at a glance, historical photopgraphs and paintings, engaging text based on primary sources, suggestions for further reading, pertinent Web sites, glossary, and more.
#75
Sarah Winnemucca
2005
Presents the life and accomplishments of the writer and spokesperson for the Northern Paiute tribe, who met with President Hayes and lectured about her people's needs and way of life.
#78
Martha Washington
2005
A biography profiling the life of Martha Washington, the first women to hold the position of first lady of the United States. Includes source notes and timeline.
#79
Miguel de Cervantes
1391
Born in Spain in 1547, Miguel de Cervantes is considered one of Spains outstanding writers, and his most important work, Don Quixote, is believed by many to be one of the greatest novels ever written. Many of the events in Don Quixote were inspired by the authors own adventurous life. Cervantes experiences as a soldier, prisoner, tax collector, and supplier for the Spanish Armada gave him a wealth of subject matter on which to draw in creating his novels, poems, and plays.
#80
J. Pierpont Morgan
2006
At the turn of the 20th century, J. Pierpont Morgan was one of the wealthiest and most powerful people in the United States. He reorganized and controlled major banks and railroads and merged companies to establish giant corporations like U.S. Steel and General Electric. Many people trusted Morgan, whose efforts often rescued a weakening U.S. economy. Morgan helped expand and strengthen the nations growing financial system and established some of the worlds largest banks and industries.
#81
William Penn
2006
A biography profiling the life of William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania. Includes source notes and timeline.
#85
Hillary Rodham Clinton
2008
Burgan, Michael
#86
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2006
A biography profiling the life Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the thirty-second president of the United States. Includes source notes and timeline.
#90
Scientific Revolution
2007
Through engaging narratives, handsome imagery, and primary-source documents, readers will understand the important cultural, religious, and scientific impact of the astronomical, mathematical, biological, and physical discoveries of the Scientific Revolution.
#94
Signature Lives
2005
The Civil War divided our nation over issues of slavery and states rights. Biographies of key figures such as Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and Harriet Beecher Stowe share some of the various challenges and perspectives of this chaotic time."
#97
Signature Lives Reader Favorites
2009
#99
Signature Lives
2009
Combining lively, approachable text, extensive back matter, and high-quality photographs, readers are introduced to lives that helped shape the modern society in which we live today.
#101
Gerardus Mercator
2007
Sixteenth-century geographer Gerardus Mercator was born in 1512 in Rupelmonde, Flanders. He lived during a time of religious strife and for a time was imprisoned for heresy. Mercator began his career as a maker of mathematical instruments, but he won lasting renown with his world map of 1569, which introduced a new way of showing the spherical earth on a flat sheet of paper. This method, called the Mercator projection, is still used today. His 1585 book, titled Atlas, was the first to use that word to describe a collection of maps.
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