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PublisherPearson Education

ISBN-100201619970

ISBN-139780201619973

eBay Product ID (ePID)1650968

Product Key Features

Number of Pages128 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameWhat Alife! Stories of Amazing People 2 (High Beginning)

SubjectEnglish As a Second Language, General

Publication Year2000

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorMilada Broukal

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight9.6 Oz

Item Length9.9 in

Item Width7.6 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

IllustratedYes

Volume NumberBk. 2

Table Of ContentIntroduction. 1. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Composer. 2. Dr. James Barry, Doctor. 3. Charles Dickens, Writer. 4. Alfred Nobel, Inventor and Philanthropist. 5. Sofia Kovalevsky, Mathematician. 6. Vincent van Gogh, Artist. 7. Maggie Walker, Bank Executive. 8. Helena Rubinstein, Entrepreneur. 9. Julia Morgan, Architect. 10. Princess Ka'iulani, Royalty. 11. Isdora Duncan, Dancer. 12. Diego Rivera, Artist. 13. Jim Thorpe, Athlete. 14. Agatha Christie, Writer. 15. Louis Armstrong, Musician. 16. Umm Kulthum, Singer. 17. Howard Hughes, Entrepreneur. 18. Soichiro Honda, Entrepreneur. 19. Mother Teresa, Humanitarian. 20. Sonja Henie, Ice Skater. 21. I.M. Pei, Architect. 22. Eva Perón, Political Leader. 23. Stephen Hawking, Physicist. 24. Arthur Ashe, Tennis Player. Answer Key. Bibliography.

SynopsisThese and other fascinating facts make up the biographies in What A Life! 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., What A Life! is an exciting introduction to some of history's most amazing people. Did you know that... William Shakespeare earned almost no money from his writing?... Leonard da Vinci wrote backwards in his notebooks so that nobody could read them?... Eva Peron's body was missing for 16 years?... Pablo Picasso never threw anything away, not even empty cereal boxes?... Agatha Christie wrote a book that actually saved someone's life? These and other fascinating biographical facts can be found in What A Life! This new 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. The What A Life! SeriesSubjects range from historical and political figures to athletes, artists, entertainers, and humanitarians, including: Marie Curie, Eva Peron, Muhammad Ali, Leonardo da Vinci, Alfred Nobel, Maria Montessori, I.M. Pei, Agatha Christie, Bruce Lee, William Shakespeare, Pablo Picasso, Mother Teresa., Did you know that Jean Paul Getty put pay phones in his guests bedrooms to save money on phone bills? Leonardo da Vinci wrote backwards in his notebooks so that nobody could read them? Peles first soccer ball was a grapefruit? Pablo Picasso never threw anything away, not even empty cereal boxes? Agatha Christie wrote a book that actually saved someones life? These and other fascinating facts make up the biographies in "What A Life! 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. Subjects range from historical and political figures to athletes, artists, entertainers, and humanitarians, including: Marie Curie I.M. Pei Eva Pern Agatha Christie Muhammad Ali Bruce Lee Leonardo da Vinci William Shakespeare Cesar Chavez Pablo Picasso Maria Montessori Mother Teresa In addition to the biographical reading, each short, easy-tofollow unit includes: Pre-reading questions and activities. Vocabulary exercises definition and usage. Main-idea and reading-skills exercises. Questions on detail and inference. Discussion, comprehension, and writing activities. Answers to exercises at the end of each book.

LC Classification NumberPE1128.B716 2001