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Product Description:       We followed the ups and downs of their lives in the media. We know about their mistakes, their struggles, and their joys. But have you ever wondered how celebrities and public figures would reflect on their lives since they passed? In an unprecedented reading experience, Conversations with History sheds some light...read more

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9781401945374 | Hay House Inc, August 11, 2014, cover price $16.95 | About this edition:       We followed the ups and downs of their lives in the media.

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Product Description: When it comes to bastards, you can't beat the good old days of the Egyptian pharaohs, the Roman Empire, or Europe during the Dark Ages. The bastards of old abound--and they come in every color, creed, gender, and sexual preference...read more

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9781440524882 | Adams Media Corp, June 18, 2011, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: When it comes to bastards, you can't beat the good old days of the Egyptian pharaohs, the Roman Empire, or Europe during the Dark Ages.

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Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Introduces 100 women who have made significant contributions to society throughout history.

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9780912517063 | Bluewood Books, April 1, 1994, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Introduces 100 women who have made significant contributions to society throughout history

Prebinding:

9781442006065 | Reprint edition (Paw Prints, April 9, 2009), cover price $16.95 | About this edition: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY.
9780785771890 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.40 | About this edition: Introduces 100 women who have made significant contributions to society throughout history

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Product Description: Almost every journalist asks the subjects of profiles to tell the truth.Only Mary Rogers requires them to “dance naked.”To Rogers, an award-winning columnist for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, that term signifies a pact between the writer, the subject and the reader: only when stories eliminate artifice and express honest beliefs and emotions can they merit attention and trust...read more

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9780875653839 | Texas Christian Univ Pr, September 30, 2008, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Almost every journalist asks the subjects of profiles to tell the truth.

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9780875653747 | Texas Christian Univ Pr, September 30, 2008, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Almost every journalist asks the subjects of profiles to tell the truth.

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9780446699112, titled "Hard Call: The Art of Great Decisions" | Twelve, February 29, 2008, cover price $24.99 | also contains Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them

Miscellaneous:

9780446198714 | Twelve, August 14, 2007, cover price $11.99 | also contains Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them

CD/Spoken Word:

9781600242274 | Abridged edition (Hachette Audio, February 29, 2008), cover price $14.98 | also contains Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them

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Pays tribute to men and women who were important examples of composure, wisdom, and intellect in the face of tough decisions, in a volume that cites the examples of such figures as Henry Ford, Branch Rickey, and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.

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9780446580403 | 1 edition (Twelve, August 14, 2007), cover price $25.99 | About this edition: Pays tribute to men and women who were important examples of composure, wisdom, and intellect in the face of tough decisions, in a volume that cites the examples of such figures as Henry Ford, Branch Rickey, and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.
9780446581424 | Large print edition (Twelve, August 14, 2007), cover price $27.99 | About this edition: Pays tribute to men and women who were important examples of composure, wisdom, and intellect in the face of tough decisions, in a volume that cites the examples of such figures as Henry Ford, Branch Rickey, and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.

Paperback:

9780446699112, titled "Hard Call: The Art of Great Decisions" | Twelve, February 29, 2008, cover price $24.99 | also contains Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them

Miscellaneous:

9780446198714 | Twelve, August 14, 2007, cover price $11.99 | also contains Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them

CD/Spoken Word:

9781600242274 | Abridged edition (Hachette Audio, February 29, 2008), cover price $14.98 | also contains Hard Call: Great Decisions and the Extraordinary People Who Made Them
9781594839436 | Abridged edition (Hachette Audio, August 14, 2007), cover price $39.98 | About this edition: Pays tribute to men and women who were important examples of composure, wisdom, and intellect in the face of tough decisions, in a volume that cites the examples of such figures as Henry Ford, Branch Rickey, and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf.

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Product Description: Just graduated with no prospects whatsoever? Been fired from your job? Rejected from a snazzy college? Looking for that next big break but coming up empty handed? Fear not, you’re in excellent company . . .  • Albert Einstein failed the entrance exams to the Swiss Polytechnic Institute...read more

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9780977259021 | Lunatic Pr, April 1, 2007, cover price $10.95 | About this edition: Just graduated with no prospects whatsoever?

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Product Description: Did Lewis and Clark really matter? What does it take to become a dictator's son, or a MacArthur Genius Grant awardee? Why is baseball always dying? Answers abound in Backstabbers, Crazed Geniuses, and Animals We Hate: fifty razor-sharp, contrarian looks at today's cultural landscape...read more
By David Plotz (editor)

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9780977743315 | 1 edition (Atlas Books, October 11, 2006), cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Did Lewis and Clark really matter?

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Product Description: From the genealogy of the Bach family to a complete listing of team mascots, here are some of the most surprising and quirky facts about people ever. Find out who topped the music charts most, which U.S. president liked to swim nude, and who the world's greatest philosophers are...read more

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9781402725692 | Sterling Pub Co Inc, November 1, 2005, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: From the genealogy of the Bach family to a complete listing of team mascots, here are some of the most surprising and quirky facts about people ever.

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Product Description: Philo T. Farnsworth is not a household word despite the fact that he invented something found in most every household: television. Farnsworth is just one of hundreds of subjects in this hefty comic compendium that plumbs the depths in a survey of great lives...read more

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9781592230204 | Portable Pr, May 1, 2003, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Philo T.

Introduces 100 women who have made significant contributions to society throughout history

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9780606205283 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $17.71 | About this edition: Introduces 100 women who have made significant contributions to society throughout history

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Presents a brief biographical profile and portrait of mostly American and European men known for their contributions in such areas as politics, religion, the arts, and science (view table of contents)

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9780912517056 | Bluewood Books, April 1, 1994, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Presents a brief biographical profile and portrait of mostly American and European men known for their contributions in such areas as politics, religion, the arts, and science

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9780606205252 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $17.75 | About this edition: Presents a brief biographical profile and portrait of mostly American and European men known for their contributions in such areas as politics, religion, the arts, and science

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9780785771883 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $18.45 | About this edition: Presents a brief biographical profile and portrait of mostly American and European men known for their contributions in such areas as politics, religion, the arts, and science

Provides a brief history of one hundred families that have shaped world history, from the Hapsburg dynasty to the Kennedy's. (view table of contents)

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9780912517346 | Ill edition (Bluewood Books, October 1, 1999), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Provides a brief history of one hundred families that have shaped world history, from the Hapsburg dynasty to the Kennedy's.

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9780606205221 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $16.71 | About this edition: Provides a brief history of one hundred families that have shaped world history, from the Hapsburg dynasty to the Kennedy's.

Provides a brief history of one hundred relationships that have shaped world history, including Marc Antony and Cleopatra, William Clark and Meriwether Lewis, and John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

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9780912517407 | Bluewood Books, December 1, 2000, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Provides a brief history of one hundred relationships that have shaped world history, including Marc Antony and Cleopatra, William Clark and Meriwether Lewis, and John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Reinforced:

9780606205269 | Demco Media, February 1, 2002, cover price $17.75 | About this edition: Provides a brief history of one hundred relationships that have shaped world history, including Marc Antony and Cleopatra, William Clark and Meriwether Lewis, and John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

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Challenges readers to guess the identity of famous people throughout history, based on brief first-person descriptions
By Kurt Rieschick (editor)

Hardcover:

9780517162279 | Random House Value Pub, January 1, 2001, cover price $7.99

Paperback:

9780836278736 | Andrews McMeel Pub, May 1, 1999, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Challenges readers to guess the identity of famous people throughout history, based on brief first-person descriptions

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Product Description: Based on The Biography Magazine Column by David Goldman, 'Who Am I? II' is culled from Biography magazine's popular monthly column of the same name. 150 profiles have been collected to test true Biography fans and history buffs alike.
By David Goldman (editor)

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9780740709852 | Andrews McMeel Pub, November 1, 2000, cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Based on The Biography Magazine Column by David Goldman, 'Who Am I?

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Counting year by year, from 1 to 104, a fascinating collection of human feats and follies is written and illustrated to awe, calm, encourage, and prove that people do amazing things at every age. Original.
By Nick Galifianakis (illustrator) and Andrew Postman

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9780688169114 | Quill, June 1, 1999, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: Counting year by year, from 1 to 104, a fascinating collection of human feats and follies is written and illustrated to awe, calm, encourage, and prove that people do amazing things at every age.

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Profiles people who have appeared on 'Real People' and similar television programs, or have become briefly famous for other reasons, including pet owners, heroes, people with disabilities or unusual occupations, entertainers, and eccentrics (view table of contents)

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9781881649977 | General Pub Group, November 1, 1996, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Profiles people who have appeared on 'Real People' and similar television programs, or have become briefly famous for other reasons, including pet owners, heroes, people with disabilities or unusual occupations, entertainers, and eccentrics

Features more than one thousand facts about celebrities and well-known figures from a wide variety of categories

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9780821715208 | Kensington Pub Corp, August 1, 1984, cover price $2.50 | About this edition: Features more than one thousand facts about celebrities and well-known figures from a wide variety of categories

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