1000 Years of Famous People

1000 Years of Famous People
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 255
Release: 2002
Genre: Actors
ISBN: 9780753407691

This is a comprehensive look at the famous and the notorious, their achievements and the legacies they have left humankind. Organized by theme - explorers, inventors, leaders, artists, sportspeople, musicians, politicians, scientists, writers, reformers etc - each chapter looks at the famous figures pre-1000 AD to put the rest of the chapter in its historical context.

1,000 Years, 1,000 People

1,000 Years, 1,000 People
Author: Agnes Hooper Gottlieb
Publisher: Kodansha
Total Pages: 356
Release: 1998
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

This fascinating compilation of the 1,000 most important, influential, and intriguing figures of this past millennium ranks the top ones and profiles each with a brief biography and a discussion of his or her importance in history.

Famous People Factfile

Famous People Factfile
Author: Clive Gifford
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2006
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780753412954

Split into subject and arranged chronologically, this fact-filled celebration of famous people presents familiar and unexpected information about people who have contributed to the last 1000 years.

1000 Years, 1000 People--Ranking the Men and Women who Shaped the Millennium

1000 Years, 1000 People--Ranking the Men and Women who Shaped the Millennium
Author: Agnes Hooper Gottleib
Publisher:
Total Pages: 352
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Celebrities
ISBN: 9788190277679

Who are the real frontrunners of the last 1000 years? Who had the greatest impact? The 1000 people in this book have been graded according to key criteria: lasting impact, contribution to wisdom and/or beauty, influence on contemporaries, singularity of c

The Oxford Children's Book of Famous People

The Oxford Children's Book of Famous People
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 388
Release: 1999
Genre: Biography
ISBN: 9780199105991

This volume is a guide to the people who matter. It contains the stories of 1000 women and men whose lives have influenced the course of history. Learn about the famous and the infamous - leaders from Genghis Khan to Bill Clinton.

1,000 Years, 1,000 People

1,000 Years, 1,000 People
Author: Agnes Gottleib
Publisher: Turtleback
Total Pages:
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780613164023

Ranks individual in the arts, the sciences, government, religion, business, and other fields according to their positive or negative contributions, contemporary and lasting influences, uniqueness, and fame

Concise Encyclopedia of the History of Energy

Concise Encyclopedia of the History of Energy
Author: Cutler J. Cleveland
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2009-10-05
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0123751187

The Concise Encyclopedia of the History of Energy draws together in a single volume a comprehensive account of the field from the prestigious and award-winning Encyclopedia of Energy (2004). This volume covers all aspects of energy history with authoritative articles authoritatively contributed and edited by an interdisciplinary team of experts. Extensively revised since the original publication of they Encylopedia of Energy, this work describes the most interesting historical developments of the past five years in the energy sector. A concise desk reference for researchers and interested in any aspect of the history of energy science Provides eminently cost-effective access to some of the most interesting articles in Encyclopedia of Energy Significantly revised to accommodate the latest trends in each field of enquiry