What a life! : stories of amazing people
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What a life! : stories of amazing people
Longman, 2000-
- v. 1
- v. 3
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Contents of Works
- [1] Beginning
- [3] Intermediate
Description and Table of Contents
- Volume
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v. 1 ISBN 9780201619966
Description
This three-book series takes a fresh approach to making reading both pleasurable and motivating! High-interest biographies focus on less-known facts about famous figures, rather than the chronology of events typical of most biographies.
Each book in the What A Life! Series takes a multicultural approach, featuring 24 short biographies on inspirational figures from all over the world.
Table of Contents
Unit 1 William Shakespeare - Writer
Unit 2 Louis XIV - Royalty
Unit 3 Florence Nightingale - Nurse
Unit 4 Emily Dickinson - Poet
Unit 5 Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky - Composer
Unit 6 Marie Curie - Scientist
Unit 7 Madam C.J. Walker - Entrepreneur
Unit 8 Albert Einstein - Scientist
Unit 9 Pablo Picasso - Artist
Unit 10 Jean Paul Getty - Oil Executive
Unit 11 Oseola McCarty - Philanthropist
Unit 12 Babe Didrikson Zaharias - Athlete
Unit 13 Minoru Yamasaki - Architect
Unit 14 Aiko Morita - Entrepreneur
Unit 15 Maria Callas Opera - Singer
Unit 16 Cesar Chavez - Activist
Unit 17 Anne Frank - Diarist
Unit 18 Roberto Clemente - Baseball Player
Unit 19 Jane Goodall - Scientist
Unit 20 Pele - Soccer Player
Unit 21 Muhammad Ali - Boxer
Unit 22 Anita Roddick - Entrepreneur
Unit 23 Maya Lin - Architect
Unit 24 Princess Diana - Royalty
Unit 25 Wang Yani - Artist
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v. 3 ISBN 9780201619980
Description
This three-book series takes a fresh approach to making reading both pleasurable and motivating! High-interest biographies focus on less-known facts about famous figures, rather than the chronology of events typical of most biographies.
Each book in the What A Life! Series takes a multicultural approach, featuring 24 short biographies on inspirational figures from all over the world.
Table of Contents
Unit 1 Leonardo da Vinci Artist
Unit 2 Peter the Great Royalty
Unit 3 Ludwig van Beethoven Composer
Unit 4 Fyodor Dostoyevsky Writer
Unit 5 Sarah Bernhardt Actress
Unit 6 Nickola Tesla Scientist
Unit 7 Sigmund Freud Psychiatrist
Unit 8 Pandita Ramabai Humanitarian
Unit 9 Matthew Henson Explorer
Unit 10 Nellie Bly Journalist
Unit 11 Maria Mantessori Educator
Unit 12 Jacqueline Cochran Pilot
Unit 13 Althea Gibson Tennis player
Unit 14 Gabriel Garcia Marquez Writer
Unit 15 Dian Fossey Zoologist
Unit 16 Bruce Lee Athlete and actor
Unit 17 Wilma Mankiller Political Leader
Unit 18 Richard Branson Entrepreneur
Unit 19 Rigoberta Menchu Activist
Unit 20 Diana Golden Skier
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