Biografiska uppslagsverk (Vem är det)

A list of the one hundred most influential people in history features descriptions of the careers, contributions, and accomplishments of the political and religious leaders, inventors, writers, artists, and others who changed the course of history.

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De var hängivna nationalsocialister och tjänade regimen med entusiasm och fanatism. Ibland också med sitt eget liv som insats. Anna Maria Sigmund skildrar på ett fängslande sätt med färgrika detaljer och stor historisk exakthet de dramatiska öden ...

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Författaren. Ewa Hellström-Boström, har varit redaktör för Svenska Klätterförbundets tidskrift, Bergsport, i två omgångar. Hon började klättra som 16-åring 1962. I boken berättas om de första bestigningarna av Kebnekaise. Här har Axel Munthe fått ...

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April 2020 marks 500 years since Raphael's death, who is featured in this book.

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Delve into the world of WWE with the most expansive all-encompassing guide ever produced on sports entertainment! Get all the history, facts, and stats on the Superstars you love in the updated WWE Encyclopedia of Sports Entertainment. This bumper...

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Beredskap, ransoneringskort, gengas, cellullstyg och mörkläggningsgardiner hörde till den svenska vardagen under krigsåren. I Skåne var man också hotfullt nära krigets verklighet. Nattliga överflygningar av bombarmador, störtande flygplan, sprängd...

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There is no greater authority on the saints than Alban Butler, and his enormous research has been the standard reference on the subject for the last two and a half centuries. This new adaptation of Butler's multi-volume Lives of the Saints present...

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One hundred colourful portraits of the cricketing characters whom Ian Botham has come into contact with during his eventful career and who have influenced the game for good during this time: from top players, umpires and coaches to pop stars, writ...

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The Times for over 150 years has been providing the most respected and perceptive verdicts on the lives of outstanding individuals. The Times Great Military Lives is an authoritative and fascinating collection of obituaries depicting the great mil...

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One hundred colourful portraits of the cricketing characters whom Ian Botham has come across in his eventful career and who have influenced the game for good in his time: from top players, umpires and coaches to pop stars, writers and philanthropi...

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The Times obituaries have given readers throughout the world an instant picture of a life for over 150 years. The Times Great Lives is a selection of 124 of these pieces, each obituary has been updated and reproduced in their entirety, by Anna Tem...

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From sports to innovation, art to politics - meet the incredible women who got there first.Ever heard the saying "e;It's a man's world"e;? Clearly, the speaker had never met Amelia Earhart or Harriet Tubman. Those feisty females, and many ...

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This pocket edition of Richard McBrien's "Lives of the Saints" is the perfect concise, handy reference for scholars, students, and general readers.

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This pocket edition of Richard McBrien's Lives of the Saints is the perfect concise, handy reference for scholars, students, and general readers.

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Offers 365 birthday profiles of key people throughout history - one for each day of the year. From historical icons to fine artists to contemporary world leaders, this work profiles each subject's historical significance and lasting impact. It has...

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Neurology abounds with eponyms--Babinski's sign, Guillain-Barre' syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, etc. Neurologists and neuroscientists, however, are often hazy about the origin of these terms. This book brings together 55 of the most common eponyms...

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This resource offers biographical entries on nearly 500 individuals from ancient Greece and Rome, including writers, thinkers, artists, scientists, statesmen, kings, queens, and other historical figures; mythological figures are excluded.

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Based on an extensive survey of historical, sociological, and legal sources, American Lawyers traces the development of the legal profession during the past century. The most comprehensive work on the subject in over thirty years, this seminal stu...

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Neurology abounds with eponymsBabinski's sign, Guillian-Barre' syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, etc. Neurologists, however, are often hazy about hte origin of these terms. This book brings together 55 of the most common eponyms related to the neurol...

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The first supplement of the American National Biography, which was originally published in twenty-four volumes at the end of 1998, will put into print new articles added to the ANB'S online edition since June 2000. As part of what is now a standar...

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This title digs deep into forgotten corners of the dictionary, gathering both the most spectacular old and the most impressive new words. The result is more than 400 prime specimens with pronunciations, defined in a conversational style.

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This second supplement to the American National Biography will offer in print format approximately 500 new biographical entries that originally appeared as online updates.

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From the Pharaohs to Fanon, Dictionary of African Biography provides a comprehensive overview of the lives of the men and women who shaped Africa's history. Unprecedented in scale, DAB covers the whole continent from Tunisia to South Africa, from ...

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This detailed portrait of American lawyers traces their efforts to professionalize during the last 100 years by erecting barriers to control the quality and quantity of entrants. Abel describes the rise and fall of restrictive practices that dampe...

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Neurology abounds with eponyms--Babinski's sign, Guillain-Barre' syndrome, Alzheimer's disease, etc. Neurologists and neuroscientists, however, are often hazy about the origin of these terms. This book brings together 55 of the most common eponyms...

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This acclaimed papal Who's Who contains updated biographical accounts of all the popes from St Peter to Pope Benedict XVI. Arranged chronologically it provides a continuous history of the papacy as well as their irregularly elected rivals (the so-...

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The latest from the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography-authoritative and accessible biographies of more than 800 people who shaped national life and who died from 2001 onwards, with over 250 portrait images. This volume extends the coverage o...

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