Pocket Bios: Vincent van Gogh

Pocket Bios: Vincent van Gogh
Author: Al Berenger
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1250168864

A colorfully illustrated, pocket-size picture book biography of famed artist Vincent van Gogh. Vincent van Gogh, one of the most important figures in Western art, is renowned for his Post-Impressionist paintings. Though he was extraordinarily prolific, producing 2,100 artworks in his lifetime, he was only posthumously recognized as an artistic genius. Many people saw him as a madman, and he is famous for having severed part of his own left ear. His tortured life is just as captivating as his artworks, which went on to achieve widespread success. Pocket Bios are full of personality, introducing readers to fascinating figures from history with simple storytelling and cheerful illustrations. Titles include men and women from history, exploration, the sciences, the arts, the ancient world, and more.

Pocket Bios: Isaac Newton

Pocket Bios: Isaac Newton
Author: Al Berenger
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2018-07-17
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1250213843

A colorfully illustrated, pocket-size picture book biography of mathematician and physicist Isaac Newton. Best known for "discovering gravity" and formulating the laws of motion, Isaac Newton is often hailed as one of the most influential physicists of all time. From the apple incident that lead to his famous mathematical description of gravity, to the invention of the first reflecting telescope, and beyond, follow this extraordinary man's life and accomplishments. Pocket Bios are full of personality, introducing readers to fascinating figures from history with simple storytelling and cheerful illustrations. Titles include men and women from history, exploration, the sciences, the arts, the ancient world, and more.

Pocket Bios: Anne Frank

Pocket Bios: Anne Frank
Author: Al Berenger
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2018-10-16
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1250229391

Born into a Jewish family in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1929, Anne Frank was only thirteen years old when her family went into hiding to escape persecution during the Holocaust. Anne kept a diary detailing their years spent living in a concealed room behind a bookcase prior to their arrest—a diary so widely published following her death that it is one of the period's most influential books. Pocket Bios are full of personality, introducing readers to fascinating figures from history with simple storytelling and cheerful illustrations. Titles include men and women from history, exploration, the sciences, the arts, the ancient world, and more.

Pocket Bios: Buddha

Pocket Bios: Buddha
Author: Al Berenger
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1250168880

A colorfully illustrated, pocket-size picture book biography of the Buddha. Gautama Buddha lived and taught in ancient India between the 6th and 4th centuries B.C.E. It is said that he was a prince before he renounced his former life in order to search for the cycle of rebirth and an end to suffering. He founded the religion of Buddhism, which has hundreds of millions of followers to this day and is the world's fourth largest religion. Pocket Bios are full of personality, introducing readers to fascinating figures from history with simple storytelling and cheerful illustrations. Titles include men and women from history, exploration, the sciences, the arts, the ancient world, and more.

Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway
Author: Mary V. Dearborn
Publisher: Knopf
Total Pages: 753
Release: 2017
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 030759467X

A full biography of Ernest Hemingway draws on a wide range of previously untapped material and offers particular insight into the private demons that both inspired and tormented him.

Pocket Bios: Marie Antoinette

Pocket Bios: Marie Antoinette
Author: Al Berenger
Publisher: Roaring Brook Press
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2019-03-19
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1250168821

A colorfully illustrated, pocket-size picture book biography of the last queen of France, Marie Antoinette. Marie Antoinette was born Archduchess of Austria and married Louis-Auguste, future King Louis XVI, when she was only 14 years old. At the age of 19, she became the last queen of France before the French Revolution in 1789. She was notorious for lavish spending, parties and gambling. Famously thought to have said "Let them eat cake!" Marie's actions fueled the fury that brought about the French Revolution, and she remains an intriguing figure to this day. Pocket Bios are full of personality, introducing readers to fascinating figures from history with simple storytelling and cheerful illustrations. Titles include men and women from history, exploration, the sciences, the arts, the ancient world, and more.

Pocket Bios: Charlie Chaplin

Pocket Bios: Charlie Chaplin
Author: Al Berenger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2018-07-17
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1250166233

"Learn how Charlie Chaplin rose from poverty to fame as a silent film actor, filmmaker, and composer."--Back cover.

Out Of Control

Out Of Control
Author: Kevin Kelly
Publisher: Basic Books
Total Pages: 666
Release: 2009-04-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 078674703X

Out of Control chronicles the dawn of a new era in which the machines and systems that drive our economy are so complex and autonomous as to be indistinguishable from living things.

Pocket Bios: Marie Curie

Pocket Bios: Marie Curie
Author: Patricia Crété
Publisher:
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2018-07-17
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1250166152

"Learn how two-time Nobel Prize-winning physicist and chemist Marie Curie pioneered research on radiation."--Back cover.

Indies Unlimited: Authors' Snarkopaedia

Indies Unlimited: Authors' Snarkopaedia
Author: K. S. Brooks
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2013-01-17
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9781480213425

In Volume One of the Authors' Snarkopaedia, sentences have been painstakingly crafted together using nouns, verbs and other words, bringing you paragraphs of text. These paragraphs flow into pages of expert tips, advice and insight for authors at all levels of the publication food chain. Any book can claim to offer this type of information, but they can't give you what sets the Indies Unlimited Authors' Snarkopaedia above the rest: the "je ne sais squat" of the high decorated staff of the Snarkology Department at the Indies Unlimited Online Academy. Their groundbreaking and empirical research over the years sheds new and snarkified light on subjects ranging from book publishing and marketing to the nuts and bolts of writing and technology. If you like information to grab you by the throat and smack you in the face, the Indies Unlimited Authors' Snarkopaedia is the reference book for you.