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Author: Giovanni Boccaccio
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780674011304
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGiovanni Boccaccio devoted the last decades of his life to compiling encyclopedic works in Latin. Among them is this text, the first collection of biographies in Western literature devoted to women.
Author: Jessie Carney Smith
Publisher: VNR AG
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 842
ISBN-13: 9780810391772
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArranged alphabetically from "Alice of Dunk's Ferry" to "Jean Childs Young," this volume profiles 312 Black American women who have achieved national or international prominence.
Author: Megan Mayhew Bergman
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2015-01-06
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 1476786569
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNearly every story in this collection is based on a woman who attained some celebrity, from Lord Byron's illegitimate daughter, Allegra, to Oscar Wilde's troubled niece, Dolly.
Author: Susan E. Edgar
Publisher:
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9781561569793
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles Francis Horne
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781022616073
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPart of a larger biographical series, this book examines the lives and legacies of some of the world's most famous artists and authors. Featuring well-known figures such as Leonardo da Vinci, William Shakespeare, and Michelangelo, as well as lesser-known artists and authors, this book offers an engaging and informative glimpse into the lives of these creative geniuses. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Marlene Wagman-Geller
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2015-03-03
Total Pages: 366
ISBN-13: 1492603074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWho Said Men Get to Monopolize the Glory? Discover the Little Known Women Who Have Put the World's Alpha Males on the Map. From ancient times to the present, men have gotten most of the good ink. Yet standing just outside the spotlight are the extraordinary, and overlooked, wives and companions who are just as instrumental in shaping the destinies of their famous—and infamous—men. This witty, illuminating book reveals the remarkable stories of forty captivating females, from Constance Lloyd (Mrs. Oscar Wilde) to Carolyn Adams (Mrs. Jerry Garcia), who have stood behind their legendary partners and helped to humanize them, often at the cost of their own careers, reputations, and happiness. Through fame and its attendant ills—alcoholism, infidelity, mental illness, divorce, and even attempted murder—these powerful women quietly propelled their men to the top and changed the course of history. Meet the Untold Half of History, Including: •Alma Reville (Mrs. Alfred Hitchcock) •Elena Diakonova (Mrs. Salvador Dali) •Winifred Madikizela (Mrs. Nelson Mandela) •Ann Charteris (Mrs. Ian Fleming, a.k.a. Mrs. James Bond) •Ruth Alpern (Mrs. Bernie Maddoff) And 35 more!
Author: Pamela Proffitt
Publisher: Gale Research International, Limited
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 704
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBiographical profiles of 500 women around the world who have made significant contributions to the field of science, from antiquity to the present.
Author: Paolo Giovio
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780674055056
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPaolo Giovio's dialogue provides an informed perspective on the sack of Rome in 1527, from a friend of Pope Clement VII. The work discusses literary style and whether the vernacular could surpass Latin as a vehicle for literary expression. This volume includes a fresh edition of the Latin text and the first translation into English.
Author: Benjamin F. Shearer
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 1997-04-30
Total Pages: 504
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKEach entry provides a fact box outlining major life events and career milestones and concludes with sources for further reading. Forty-seven photographs complement the text. Disciplines covered include astronomy, astrophysics, bacteriology, biochemistry, biophysics, cancer researh, chemistry, nuclear physics, and physics.
Author: Lucy Barry Robe
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Published: 1986
Total Pages: 568
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA special collection book about the celebrity alcoholics.
