Great Lives from History is available from Salem Press both as a back order (past sets) and as a standing order (future sets). Below you will find a description of the entire series: The 8 sets (27 volumes) in Great Lives from History document significant lives from the ancient world through the 20th century: The Ancient World - Apr. 2004 The Middle Ages - Nov. 2004 The Renaissance & Early Modern Era - Apr. 2005 The 17th Century - Nov. 2005 The 18th Century - May 2006 The 19th Century - Nov. 2006 Notorious Lives - Jan. 2007 The 20th Century - Sept. 2008 Inventors & Inventions - November 2009 Those with a signficant number of Great Lives from History titles on their shelves will discover an instant database with the purchase of The 20th Century. It entitles a school or library to a free subscription to Salem History, including all the content in this set PLUS all the content in any of the other Great Lives titles a library owns. Free through 12/31/2011. For more info, just click Salem History. For info call (800) 221-1592. Great Lives from History: NOTORIOUS LIVES More than 600 biographies of notorious personages, from merely controversial to extremely negative. Ranging from ancient times to the present and worldwide, with emphasis on their roles in historical events, and their impact on law enforcement or popular culture. For more information, click here.

Salem Press' Great Lives series is a far-reaching view of history, organized around important lives. It offers worldwide coverage of important men and women in all areas of achievement. It is ideal for public libraries and undergraduate colleges. What's more, biography is a central element in today's high school curriculum and so this series is widely used there. THE FREE DATABASE The purchase of Great Lives from History: The 20th Century entitles a school or library to a free subscription to Salem History, our online historical database, including all the content in this set PLUS all the content in any of the other Great Lives titles a library owns. Free through 12/31/2011. For more information on the free database, click Salem History. Librarians and reviewers alike praise this series for its breadth of content and extended essays. Articles are typically 1,500 to 3,000 words, bridging the gap between full-length, scholarly studies and the shortened forms found in encyclopedias. Within each set biographies are arranged alphabetically, with lives in Asia, Africa, Europe, and the Americas, co-mingled. Appendixes include a time line, rulers and heads of state, a chronological list of entries, and four indexes: geographical, categorized, personage, and subject. In addition, each essay is cross-referenced to other essays within the set as well as to relevant essays in the companion series, Great Events from History. Great Lives from History: THE ANCIENT WORLD Edited by Christina A. Salowey Two volumes; 998 pages List Price: $175 Lives covered are from prehistory to 476 C.E.. Represented here are figures as ancient as the Egyptian king Zoser (fl. twenty-seventh century B.C.E.) and as late as the Jute chief Hengist (410-488 C.E.). Great Lives from History: THE MIDDLE AGES Edited by Shelley Wolbrink Two volumes; 1,198 pages List Price: $175 Major world leaders appear here--emperors, conquerors, kings, and khans--as well as the giants of religious faith who were central to the medieval world: popes, monks, and saints who left their imprint on political as well as spiritual institutions. Great Lives from History: THE RENAISSANCE & EARLY MODERN ERA Edited by Christina J. Moose Two volumes; 1,200 pages List Price: $175 The editor has sought to provide coverage that is broad in areas of achievement as well as geography, including individuals from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America. The set includes the standard figures - kings, queens, generals, artists, and scientists - and much more. Great Lives from History: THE 17TH CENTURY Edited by Larissa Juliet Taylor Two volumes; 1,200 pages List Price: $175 Provides world coverage of key figures in the era that bridged the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. Includes the recognized shapers of history essential in any liberal arts curriculum. Great Lives from History: THE 18TH CENTURY Edited by John Powell Two volumes; 1,200 pages List Price: $175 Major world leaders during the age that introduced the modern era: philosophers, educators, theologians, artists, inventors, scientists, and the core figures of nationalism and democracy. Great Lives from History: THE 19TH CENTURY Edited by John Powell Four volumes; 2,200 pages List Price: $395 Major world leaders as well as movers and shapers of the Industrial Age, from engineers to entrepreneurs. Great Lives from History: The 20th Century Edited by Robert F. Gorman Ten volumes; 3,500 pages List Price: $795 Great Lives from History: The 20th Century, 1901-2000 is the culminating set in Salem's Great Lives series. It is also a key element in the launch of Salem History, the new online database available free to purchasers of the print edition. Great Lives from History: NOTORIOUS LIVES Edited by Carl L. Bankston III Three volumes; 1,575 pages List Price: $295 More than 600 biographies of notorious personages, from the merely controversial to extremely negative. Ranging from ancient times to the present and worldwide, with emphasis on their roles in historical events, their impact on law enforcement or popular culture. Great Lives from History: INVENTORS & INVENTIONS Editor: Alvin K. Benson 4 volumes 2,048 pages List Price: $395 In-depth critical essays on important men and women inventors of all time, from around the world. Features 409 essays covering 413 individual inventors (including 27 women).

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