Posted by admin | Posted in Bestsellers | Posted on 18-07-2008
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Does anyone know a good site for biographies of the authors?
I'm doing an essay of four pages and I definitely Kate Chopin can not find enough information to write four pages on it. thanks for your help. Please hurry because it is the Monday.
Wikipedia is a good website. I found a wealth of information for my reports there.
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John Viscount Morley Photo Mugs JOHN, viscount MORLEY Statesman and historian, author of several historical biographies, notably Gladstone. …. |
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Sir Sidney Lee 1859-1926 Photo Mugs SIR SIDNEY LEE An eminent English man of letters who edited the Dictionary of National biography and wrote the life of Shakespeare….. |
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Spymaker: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming [VHS] Plot Synopsis: The Secret Life of Ian Fleming follows the exciting life of a dashing young Ian Fleming, the mastermind behind the highly successful James Bond books and movies. As a womanizer and a hopeless romantic Fleming got himself expelled from Eton and other prestigious public schools before his mother, fed up, sent to work for Reuters,the news bureau. Whilst covering a show-trial of British… |
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The Famous Author series: William faulkner (A Concise Biography) [VHS] $3.99 Movie Description A intriguing glimpse into the life of the american author of such works as “The Sound and the Fury” and “Absalom, Absalom!” Includes rare documents, photographs, and film footage. Synopsis |
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Biography – John Steinbeck: An American writer [VHS] $14.95 A&E’s Biography takes a close look at the life and career of the legendary American writer whose name evokes dust bowl-era images of Salinas, Monterey, and migrant farm workers. John Steinbeck’s life story is revealed in personal photos and interviews with friends, family, and contemporaries, along with footage of the locations that inspired him. Also surveyed are the writer’s foray into filmmakin… |
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Miss Potter $4.41 Struggling to forge her own identity against 19th-century expectations and her mother’s increasing pressure to make a proper marriage for herself, Beatrix Potter (Renee Zellweger) manages to find a publisher for her children’s story “The Tale of Peter Rabbit.” Her success soon leads to a romance with editor Norman Warne (Ewan McGregor) that takes surprising turns. Lively biopic of the beloved auth… |
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly $4.85 Highlighted by Ennio Morricone’s haunting score, the final chapter in Sergio Leone’s groundbreaking “Man with No Name” trilogy follows Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach as they embark on a quest to find a stash of hidden gold. After forming an uneasy alliance, the trio find themselves facing greed, treachery and murder as they search for the loot. With John Bartha, Luigi Pistilli. 161 … |
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Henry & June $10.00 The steamy and sensual film that helped revamp Hollywood’s ratings system, Philip Kaufman’s biodrama looks at the artistic and romantic triangle that developed between “Tropic of Cancer” author Henry Miller, his wife June, and French writer Anais Nin in ’30s Paris. Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, Maria de Madeiros star. 137 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital Surround, French Dolby Digital… |
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Encyclopedia Britannica 9781615353170 2010 Deluxe $18.95 Encyclopedia britannica 2010 deluxe is designed for adults and students alike encyclopedia britannica deluxe dvd is a comprehensive reference resource that provides up-to-date in-depth and easy-to-use information. Learn from nobel laureates historians and noted experts in one single source. No other software can match the intelligence depth and accuracy of encyclopedia britannica…. |
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Sports-Write: Your Personal Multimedia Sports Journal and Scrapbook $4.99 … |
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Popular nonfiction Authors for Children $63 Introduce students to some of today's best nonfiction authors and their writing-and promote nonfiction reading to young learners! Engaging biographical sketches of 65 current nonfiction authors (some of them award winners) are accompanied by selective, annotated bibliographies for further reading. In addition, author photos and an author message to students enhance the experience. Biographies outline the childhoods of the authors, how they became writers, and how they go about their work. A detailed subject index allows you to plan thematic units of study and to assist students in finding reading material that matches their interests. A diversity of current authors and subjects are represented in this useful work. |
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100 More Popular Young Adult Authors $95 A companion title to 100 Most Popular Young Adult Authors, this book features another 100 biographical sketches and biographies of popular young adult authors. In addition to authors that did not appear in the first volume, dozens of fresh voices that have emerged in the field of young adult literature have been included. Carefully reviewed by a number of distinguished young adult literature experts, this book presents a treasure trove of information, a wealth of different genres, and is a one-stop guide to some of the best-loved authors in today's teen literature. Includes: David Almond, Maya Angelou, T. A. Barron, Joseph Bruchac, Sandra Cisneros, Linda Crew, Sarah Dessen, Carl Deuker, Nancy Farmer, Will Hobbs, Lensey Namioka, Naomi Shihab Nye, Philip Pullman, J. K. Rowling, Louis Sachar, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Paul Yee, and many more! Grades 6-12. |
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Authors $4.5 This book is in New – Excellent condition |
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The Biographies of Rechungpa $44.95 Rechung-pa (1084 to 1161) is a Tibetan folk-hero whose biography is one of the most well-known literary works in Tibet. Now, for the first time, an analysis is available that compares the biographies of this popular and important figure. |
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Biographies & Space $125 Highly original and thought provoking essays by a group of internationally recognized scholars consider issues of gender, childhood, sexuality and race in respect of the relationship between biographies and space. The result is a wide ranging exploration of the formation of identity. |