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Product Identifiers

PublisherPearson Education

ISBN-100201619989

ISBN-139780201619980

eBay Product ID (ePID)1810419

Product Key Features

Number of Pages168 Pages

Publication NameWhat Alife! Stories of Amazing People 3 (Intermediate)

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2000

SubjectEnglish As a Second Language, Foreign Language Study / English As a Second Language, General, Readers

FeaturesStudent Edition

TypeTextbook

AuthorMilada Broukal

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines, Juvenile Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight11.5 Oz

Item Length9.9 in

Item Width8 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN99-059443

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal428.6/4

Table Of ContentUnit 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 García Márquez 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 Menchú Activist Unit 20 Diana Golden Skier Answer Key Bibliography

SynopsisThis 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 Picassos 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! Series Subjects 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., 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.

LC Classification NumberPE1128.B716 2001