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  • Ralph Ellison: Invisible Man

    Gerald Lyn Early

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Sept. 1, 2009)
    "A biography of writer Ralph Ellison that describes his era, his major work--Invisible Man--his life, and the legacy of his writing"--Provided by publisher.

  • Lorenzo De Medici and Renaissance Italy

    Miriam Greenblatt

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Oct. 1, 2002)
    Provides an overview of the lives of Lorenzo de' Medici and his subjects in late fourteenth-century Florence, a Renaissance-era city-state, and includes excerpts from poems, laws, and sermons of the time.
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  • Aldous Huxley: Brave New World

    Raychel Haugrud Reiff

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Sept. 1, 2009)
    A biography of writer Aldous Huxley that describes his era, his major work--Brave New World--his life, and the legacy of his writing.

  • Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises and Other Works

    Author Kevin Alexander Boon

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Sept. 1, 2007)
    Presents the life of the American author, discussing the time period in which he lived, his major works, and his influence on the novelists of future generations.

  • Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire

    Miriam Greenblatt

    Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2001)
    From Alexander the Great to Queen Victoria... their names fire the imagination with epic triumphs and influential reigns. The lives of their people forged and defined modern civilization. Writings and art left behind from their eras still inspire today. In this series, readers are introduced to these rulers and their times in an innovative approach to history.
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  • William Golding: Lord of the Flies

    Raychel Haugrud Reiff

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Sept. 1, 2009)
    A biography of writer William Golding that describes his era, his major work--Lord of the Flies--his life, and the legacy of his writing.

  • John Steinbeck: The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men

    Debra McArthur

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Oct. 1, 2008)
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  • Harper Lee: To Kill a Mockingbird

    Andrew Haggerty

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Sept. 1, 2009)
    Presents the career of writer Harper Lee, describing the composition of her major work, "To Kill a Mockingbird," her relationship with Truman Capote, and the legacy of her writing.

  • Elizabeth I and Tudor England

    Miriam Greenblatt

    Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2001)
    From Alexander the Great to Queen Victoria... their names fire the imagination with epic triumphs and influential reigns. The lives of their people forged and defined modern civilization. Writings and art left behind from their eras still inspire today. In this series, readers are introduced to these rulers and their times in an innovative approach to history.
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  • George Orwell: Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four

    Kevin Alexander Boon

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Oct. 1, 2008)
    A biography of writer George Orwell that describes his era, his major works--the novels "Animal Farm" and "Nineteen Eighty-Four"--his life, and the legacy of his writing.

  • Julius Caesar and the Roman Republic

    Miriam Greenblatt

    Library Binding (Cavendish Square Publishing, Sept. 1, 2005)
    Describes the rise of Julius Caesar to power and his accomplishments as dictator, as well as the daily life of the Roman people during this time.
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  • Toni Morrison

    Richard Andersen

    Library Binding (Benchmark Books, Jan. 30, 2006)
    Presents the life of the Nobel Prize-winning author and gives the plots and criticism of her works "The Bluest Eye" and "Sula."