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Short World Biographies
de Christ, Henry I
- Usado
- fair
- Tapa blanda
- First
- Estado
- Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0870652605
- ISBN 13
- 9780870652608
- Librería
-
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
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New York: Globe Book Company, Inc. Previous Owner Markings/Ex-Library; 1st Page of Front Matter Missing; Light Creasing on Front Cover, Spine; Front, Rear Covers, Spine Lightly Chipped; Edges Lightly Soiled; Slight Yellowing Due to Age. EDITOR: Tom Maksym. PHOTO EDITOR: Adelaide Garvin Ungerland, assisted by Suzanne Volkman. CONTENTS: About This Book; UNIT 1: Meeting the Challenge; Bobby Fischer: World Chess Champion; Roberto Clemente: Baseball Star from Puerto Rico; Peggy Fleming: American Figure Skater; Evonne Goolagong: Australian Tennis Star; Tenzing Norgay: Conqueror of Mount Everest; Another Look; Careers Ahead; UNIT 2: A Time for Greatness; Winston Churchill: English Statesman; Charles de Gaulle: French President; Pope John XXIII: Religious Leader; Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Tse-tung: Rival Leaders; Eleanor Roosevelt: American First Lady; Another Look; Careers Ahead; UNIT 3: The Stage and the Screen; Akira Kurosawa: Japanese Film Director; Alfred Hitchcock: English Film Director; Eva Gabor: Film Star from Hungary; Anthony Quayle: English Actor; Peter Falk: American Actor; Another Look; Careers Ahead; UNIT 4: Leaders of Their People; Indira Gandhi: Prime Minister of India; Willy Brandt: Chancellor of West Germany; Pierre Trudeau: Prime Minister of Canada; Golda Meir: Prime Minister of Israel; Jomo Kenyatta: President of Kenya; Another Look; Careers Ahead; UNIT 5: The Creative Spirit; The Beatles: Modern English Musicians; Miriam Makeba: African Singer; Sean O'Casey: Irish Playwright; Margot Fonteyn: English Dancer; Pablo Picasso: Artist from Spain; Another Look; Careers Ahead; UNIT 6: For the Earth and All Its People; Thor Heyerdahl: Norwegian Anthropologist; Buckminster Fuller: American Environmentalist; Joy Adamson: Naturalist for Africa; Ralph Nader: American Crusader; Marie Curie: Scientist from Poland; Another Look; Careers Ahead; Looking Back: People in Pairs; Words Taught and Tested; ANECDOTES ABOUT OTHERS James McCracken; Angie Brooks; Vida Blue; Rita Moreno; Akio Morita; Orson Welles; Edward Vilella; Jose Limon; Jean-Paul Sartre; Jackie Robinson; Patrick Macnee; Omar Sharif; Yevgeny Yevtushenko; Ruby Dee; Christy Brown; Lauritz Melchior; Dick Cavett; Barbara Walters; Melina Mercouri; Luis Echeverria Alvarez; Eve Queler. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Henry I. Christ, author or co-author of more than forty books in the fields of language, literature, and composition, has had a long and varied career as writer, editor, teacher, and supervisor of teachers. He has been Secretary of the Association of Chairmen in New York City Schools, Vice-President of the New York State English Council, and Director of the National Council of Teachers of English. He has been a speaker in conventions and workshops throughout the United States, a lecturer on educational television, and a frequent participant in curriculum development and evaluation. For the New York State Education Department he has been a test consultant and a member of various committees on examinations. Frequently represented in national education periodicals, he was also editor of the magazine High Points for nearly ten years. Marie E. Christ has worked closely with her husband throughout his career as writer and teacher. She has provided needed research and has played a major role in the preparation and production of the various texts. She contributed significantly to the creation of Short World Biographies.. First Edition 7th Printing. Trade Paperback. Fair. Illus. by Harry Schaare. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Librería
- Fully Booked
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 003853
- Título
- Short World Biographies
- Autor
- Christ, Henry I
- Ilustrador
- Harry Schaare
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa blanda
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fair
- Edición
- First Edition 7th Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0870652605
- ISBN 13
- 9780870652608
- Editorial
- Globe Book Company, Inc.
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Primera fecha de publicación de esta edición
- June 1980
- Palabras clave
- Young Adult (13+),Biography
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Young Adult (13+) - Biography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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But times, people, places, and lives change and after several years in our storefront we made a change of our own - in 2004 we relocated to the internet. Now a home-based business in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, we are gradually bringing our inventory online here.
We carry used paperbacks, hardbacks, and magazines for both adults and children. We have thousands upon thousands of books that are not yet listed for sale on the internet, but are gradually making their way there.Fully Booked sells on Biblio.com, as well as on other online venues: abebooks.com (as Past Pages), alibris.com (under Lisa Van Munster), amazon.ca (as resurrectedreads), Etsy.com (as OutOfOurHands), and from time to time on ebay.ca (as littleredreadinghood or thebigbadbookseller).
We thought to combine under one roof many different things that would appeal to readers and book lovers. Not only used books, but some new items as well. Bookmarks (to ward off dog-eared pages), bookends (to keep those out-of-control collections under control), bookplates (to label books on the "Can I borrow that?" circuit to ensure that they always found their way home), book repair tape (to lend a helping hand to collectors with tattered favourites in their collections), and so on. With an interest in book-themed knick knacks as well, we had two sides to our would-be business: books and knick-knacks. Hence the business was born.
In the early part of 1998 we bought a commercial property, and in the summer we first opened our doors in a storefront in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada. With start-up stock consisting of a garage full of books hand-picked for just such a venture that we purchased from someone who changed their plans, we were in business.
For several years we operated in this storefront, growing our business and learning about the industry and the backbone of it - the customers. It was very satisfying to be present at the end of someone's book quest, as we were quite often. Many a time we heard shouts of joy from somewhere in the shop as customers happened upon just what they'd been looking for (oftentimes for quite a while). At other times, people would approach us with bits and pieces of information that they remembered from long ago favourites in hopes that we could at least help them come up with an author or title to help in their search, which we often times did, with the book in hand. And when we couldn't come up with anything on our own, we would pick the brains of other customers in conversation, or turn to the internet for help for them. For us, quality and selection of stock go hand-in-hand with customer service. One isn't much good without the other.
But times, people, places, and lives change and after several years in our storefront we made a change of our own - in 2004 we relocated to the internet. Now a home-based business in Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, we are gradually bringing our inventory online here.
We carry used paperbacks, hardbacks, and magazines for both adults and children. We have thousands upon thousands of books that are not yet listed for sale on the internet, but are gradually making their way there.Fully Booked sells on Biblio.com, as well as on other online venues: abebooks.com (as Past Pages), alibris.com (under Lisa Van Munster), amazon.ca (as resurrectedreads), Etsy.com (as OutOfOurHands), and from time to time on ebay.ca (as littleredreadinghood or thebigbadbookseller).
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