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Books in In Profile series

  • Leaders of the Russian Revolution

    Fred Newman

    Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, Nov. 1, 1982)
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  • Founders of America

    Patrick Allitt

    Board book (Wayland, March 31, 1983)
    Profiles four American patriots: George Washington, Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson; discussing the events of the times in which they lived.
  • Shakespeare: An Introduction: Ideas in Profile

    Paul Edmondson

    Paperback (Profile Books, Sept. 15, 2015)
    Ideas in Profile: Small Introductions to Big TopicsShakespeare is the world's greatest writer. In this lively and authoritative introduction, Paul Edmondson presents Shakespeare afresh as a dramatist and poet, and encourages us to take ownership of the works for ourselves as words to be spoken as well as discussed. We get a wide sense of what his life was like, his rich language, and astonishing cultural legacy. We catch glimpses of Shakespeare himself, how he wrote and see what his works mean to readers and theatre practitioners. Above all, we see how Shakespeare tackled the biggest themes of humanity: power, history, war and love.Shakespeare scholar Paul Edmondson guides us through the most important questions around Shakespeare and in the process reminds us just why he is so celebrated in the first place.
  • Women Prime Ministers

    Richard Gibbs

    Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, Oct. 1, 1982)
    Briefly presents the career lives of Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Golda Meir, Indira Gandhi, and Margaret Thatcher, prime ministers of Sri Lanka, Israel, India, and Great Britain respectively.
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  • Women of the Air

    David Mondey

    Hardcover (Hodder Wayland, June 30, 1981)
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  • Tyrants of the Twentieth Century: Stalin, Hitler, Kerensky, Kornilov

    Philip Clark

    Library Binding (Silver Burdett Pr, March 1, 1983)
    Tyrants of the Twentieth Century: Stalin, Hitler, Kerensky. Hardcover book Philip Clark
  • Founders of religions

    Tony D Triggs

    Paperback (Silver Burdett, )
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  • Explorers on the Nile

    Andrew Langley

    Hardcover (Silver Burdett, )
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  • Harlem Renaissance Artists

    Denise M. Jordan

    Library Binding (Heinemann, Feb. 10, 2003)
    What is the Harlem Renaissance? Who were the Harlem Renaissance artists? What was the Federal Art Project? Do you know when the Harlem Renaissance artists lived? Which artists were active in the Harlem Renaissance movement? How did their artistic style change the way people thought about art? Artists in Profile: Harlem Renaissance Artists will answer your questions about this artistic revolution.
  • Leaders in Medicine

    Shaun Hunter

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Feb. 1, 1999)
    Chronicles the lives and achievements of pioneering women in medicine, including cardiologist Helen Brook Taussig, pathologist Alice Hamilton, psychoanalyst Anna Freud, and medical researcher Florence Sabin.
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  • Abstract Expressionists

    Rachel Barnes

    Library Binding (Heinemann, Feb. 7, 2003)
    What is Abstract Expressionism? Who were the Abstract Expressionist artists? Where did the Abstract Expressionist live? Do you know when the Abstract Expressionist artists lived? Which artists were active in the Abstract Expressionist movement? How did their artistic style change the way that people thought about art? Artists in Profile: Abstract Expressionists will answer your questions about this artistic revolution.
  • Humanitarians

    Carlotta Hacker

    Paperback (Crabtree Pub Co, Feb. 1, 1998)
    Traces the lives of six women who have devoted their lives to helping those in need, including Princess Diana, Dolores Huerta, Helen Keller, Graca Simbine Machel, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Mother Teresa.
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