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20th Century Lives

4 books in this series

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  At-a-glance introduction to the leading campaigners, medical pioneers, sporting heroes and adventurers of the 20th Century.

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  Each book features 15 biographies.

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  A cv panel gives biographical detail and the information on each person is illustrated with source material such as quotes and photographs.

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  Adventurers

  Contents:
  

  • Introduction
  • Captain Robert Scott
  • Amelia Earhart
  • Sir Francis Chichester
  • Jacques Cousteau
  • Thor Heyerdahl
  • Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
  • Yuri Gagarin and Valentina Tereshkova
  • Neil Armstrong
  • Sir Ranulf Fiennes
  • Matthew Henson
  • Sir Ernest Shackleton
  • Antoine de Saint-Exupery
  • Amy Johnson
  • Miles Hilton Barber
  • Benedict Allen
  • Timeline
  • Glossary
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 6769 4

  
  

  270x219mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £8.99 PB

  
  
   

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  Campaigners

  Contents:
  

  • What is a campaigner?
  • Mohandas K Ghandi
  • Helen Keller
  • Rachel Carson
  • Abbe Pierre
  • Nelson Mandela
  • Peter Benenson
  • Martin Luther King
  • Chico Mendes
  • Aung San Suu Kyi
  • Emmeline Pankhurst
  • Bertrand Russell
  • Azucena Villaflor
  • Wangari Maathai
  • Bob Geldof
  • Arundhati Roy
  • Timeline
  • Glossary
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 6771 7

  
  

  270x219mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £8.99 PB

  
  
   

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  Medical Pioneers

  Contents:
  

  • Introduction
  • Alexander Fleming
  • Harold Delf Gillies
  • Frederick Banting
  • Jonas Salk
  • Francis Crick and James Watson
  • Gertrude Elion
  • Christiaan Barnard
  • Benjamin Carson
  • Eleanor Davies-Colley
  • Karl Landsteiner
  • Ernst Ruska
  • Virginia Apgar
  • Alice Hamilton
  • Robert A Good
  • Paul Lauterbur
  • Timeline
  • Glossary
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 5823 4

  
  

  270x219mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £11.99 HB

  
  
   

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  Sporting Heroes

  Contents:
  

  • Introduction
  • Babe Ruth
  • Donald Bradman
  • Jesse Owens
  • Pelé
  • Muhammad Ali
  • Steffi Graf
  • Ayrton Senna
  • Tanni Grey-Thompson
  • Jonah Lomu
  • Jack Nicklaus
  • Eddy Merckx
  • Mark Spitz
  • Yasuhiro Yamashita
  • Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean
  • Michael Jordan
  • Timeline
  • Glossary
  • Index

  
  

  ISBN 978 0 7502 6770 0

  
  

  270x219mm - 32 pages

  
  

  £8.99 PB