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Johannes Gutenberg: Inventor of the Printing Press
Fran Rees
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life of Johannes Gutenberg, a man from the Renaissance era who is best known for developing the printing press along with the printing of a bible. Includes source notes and timeline.
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William Shakespeare: Playwright and Poet
Pamela Hill Nettleton
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life and the work of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Christopher Columbus: Explorer of the New World
Robin Doak
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life of the fifteenth-century explorer Christopher Columbus, who opened up the Americas to the Europeans. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Elizabeth I: Queen of Tudor England
Myra Weatherly
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life of Queen Elizabeth I, the queen of England during the peak of the Renaissance era. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Michelangelo: Sculptor and Painter
Barbara Somervill
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life of Italian artist Michelangelo, who carved beautiful sculptures including the statue of David, and is also remembered for painting the ceiling fresco of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, Italy. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Johannes Gutenberg: Inventor of the Printing Press
Fran Rees
Paperback (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life of Johannes Gutenberg, a man from the Renaissance era who is best known for developing the printing press along with the printing of a bible. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Francisco Pizarro: Conqueror of the Incas
Barbara Somervill
Hardcover (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life and career of the Spanish explorer and conqueror Francisco Pizarro, who marched into the Inca empire, held the Inca king for ransom, stuffed his pockets with gold and became governor of present-day Peru. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Miguel de Cervantes: Novelist, Poet, and Playwright
Don Nardo
Library Binding (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2008)Born in Spain in 1547, Miguel de Cervantes is considered one of Spain’s 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 author’s 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.
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Elizabeth I: Queen of Tudor England
Myra Weatherly
Paperback (Compass Point Books, Sept. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life of Queen Elizabeth I, the queen of England during the peak of the Renaissance era. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Francisco Pizarro: Conqueror of the Incas
Barbara A. Somervill
Paperback (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life and career of the Spanish explorer and conqueror Francisco Pizarro, who marched into the Inca empire, held the Inca king for ransom, stuffed his pockets with gold and became governor of present-day Peru. Includes source notes and timeline.
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William Shakespeare: Playwright and Poet
Pamela Hill Nettleton
Paperback (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life and the work of the playwright and poet William Shakespeare. Includes source notes and timeline.
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Michelangelo: Sculptor and Painter
Barbara Somervill
Paperback (Compass Point Books, Jan. 1, 2005)A biography profiling the life of Italian artist Michelangelo, who carved beautiful sculptures including the statue of David, and is also remembered for painting the ceiling fresco of the Sistine Chapel in Rome, Italy. Includes source notes and timeline.