Search results for “[Subject: biographical-general]”

• Author(s): Carl Rollyson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General Some critics rank biographers just above serial murderers. The author of this book, a self-described member of the Samue...

• Author(s): Claire Berlinski • Publisher: Basic Books • Publisher Imprint: Basic Books • BISAC: Historical - GeneralGreat Britain in the 1970s appeared to be in terminal decline -- ungovernable, an economic train wreck, and rapidly headed for gl...

• Author(s): George B. Clark • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Wars & Conflicts - World War II - General This biographical dictionary profiles each of the 98 men who served as generals ...

• Author(s): John Van Balen • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Subjects & Themes - General Library catalog records often do not adequately describe the contents of books or of the illust...

• Author(s): Joseph Martin Hernon • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: American Government - GeneralA take-off of Kennedy's "Profiles in Courage", which argues that the best-known US senators don't deserve their renown a...

• Author(s): William Tecumseh Sherman • Publisher: Penguin Books • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Books • BISAC: MilitaryBefore his spectacular career as General of the Union forces, William Tecumseh Sherman experienced decades of failure and depress...

• Author(s): Gayle J. Hardy • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General Ranging from such pioneers as Elizabeth Blackwell, Mary L. Bonney, Kate Barnard, Mariana Bracetti, and Amelia Stone Qui...

• Author(s): Annette D'Agostino • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: Film - General First published on March 9, 1907, The Moving Picture World was the first trade paper of the film industry. I...

• Author(s): Bernard J. Verkamp • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General The religious affiliations and beliefs of 152 prominent philosophers are presented here, in A-Z entries. Biographic...

• Author(s): Thomas Gaiton Marullo • Publisher: Northern Illinois University Press • Publisher Imprint: Northern Illinois University Press • BISAC: Literary FiguresMore than a century after his death in 1881, Fyodor Dostoevsky continues to fascin...

• Author(s): Harold J. Abrahams | Marion B. Savin • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: HistoryElihu Thomson (1853-1937) was one of the most inventive scientists of his time and one of the few truly scientific inventors. ...

• Author(s): Ihor Pidhainy | Roger Des Forges | Grace S. Fong • Publisher: Cornell East Asia Series • Publisher Imprint: Cornell East Asia Series • BISAC: Asia - ChinaThe chapters in this ground-breaking volume examine the complex practices of bi...

• Author(s): James S. Pula • Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc. • Publisher Imprint: McFarland and Company, Inc. • BISAC: Cultural & Ethnic Studies - GeneralAt least nine million Americans trace their roots to Poland, and Polish Americans...