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Learn more about 100 Most Influential People of all times - from. Buddha and Hammurabi to Thomas Edison and Brothers Wright. Their lifes, views,. and careers illustrated with drawings, photographs, and maps. Features.:.; Fully illustrated with drawings, photographs, and maps.; Navigate from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases.; Written in clear and concise English.; Designed for optimal navigation on PDA, Smartphone, Tablet, and desktop devices.; Formatted to display on all electronic devices including Smartphones and Mobile Devices with a small display. Table of Contents.:.; Kings, Emperors and Politicians.; Religious Leaders.; Humanitarians.; Thinkers and Philosophers.; Scientists.; Inventors.; Explorers and Pioneers.; Musicians and Composers.; Writers.; Painters, Sculptors and Architects.; Stage, Screen and Photography. Kings, Emperors and Politicians. Menes (ca. 3100-3000 BC) - united Upper and Lower Egypt into one kingdom. Hammurabi (c.1792-1750 BC) - first king of the Babylonian Empire. Cyrus the Great (ca.576-530 BC) - founder of the Persian Empire. Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) - king of Macedon; he conquered most of the. world known to the ancient Greeks, never losing a battle. Asoka (304-232 BC) - emperor of India who converted to and spread Buddhism. Qin Shi Huang (260-210 BC) - Chinese Emperor; unified China, initiated construction. of the Great Wall of China. Hannibal (247-183 BC) Carthaginian military commander and politician. Julius Caesar (c.100-44 BC) - Roman military and political leader; key role. in the transformation of the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. ... Religious Leaders. Zoroaster (c.1200 BC) - ancient Iranian prophet and the founder of Zoroastrianism. Buddha (c.563-c.483 BC) - founder of Buddhism. Jesus Christ (c.6 BC-c.30 AD) - founder of Christianity. St. Paul (b. c. 10-d. c. 67 AD) - proselytizer of Christianity. Muhammad (c.570-632 AD) - Prophet of Islam; conqueror of Arabia. Martin Luther (1483-1546) - a ch more...

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"I had never planned to become a savanna baboon when I grew up; instead, I had always assumed I would become a mountain gorilla," writes Robert Sapolsky in this witty and riveting chronicle of a scientist's coming-of-age in remote Africa. An exhilarating account of Sapolsky's twenty-one-year study of a troop of rambunctious baboons in Kenya, A Primate's Memoir interweaves serious scientific observations with wry commentary about the challenges and pleasures of living in the wilds of the Serengeti -- for man and beast alike. Over two decades, Sapolsky survives culinary atrocities, gunpoint encounters, and a surreal kidnapping, while witnessing the encroachment of the tourist mentality on the farthest vestiges of unspoiled Africa. As he conducts unprecedented physiological research on wild primates, he becomes evermore enamored of his subjects -- unique and compelling characters in their own right -- and he returns to them summer after summer, until tragedy finally prevents him. By turns hilarious and poignant, A Primate's Memoir is a magnum opus from one of our foremost science writers. more...

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Unlocking the Sky tells the extraordinary tale of the race to design, refine, and manufacture a manned flying machine, a race that took place in the air, on the ground, and in the courtrooms of America. While the Wright brothers threw a veil of secrecy over their flying machine, Glenn Hammond Curtiss -- perhaps the greatest aviator and aeronautical inventor of all time -- freely exchanged information with engineers in America and abroad, resulting in his famous airplane, the June Bug , which made the first ever public flight in America. Fiercely jealous, the Wright brothers took to the courts to keep Curtiss and his airplane out of the sky and off the market. Ultimately, however, it was Curtiss's innovations and designs, not the Wright brothers', that served as the model for the modern airplane. more...

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Learn more about 100 Richest People in the World - Top 100 Billionaires of. 2007. Illustrated history of their life and wealth. Features.:.; Illustrated with photographs.; Navigate from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases.; Written in clear and concise English.; Designed for optimal navigation on PDA, Smartphone, Tablet, and desktop devices.; Formatted to display on all electronic devices including Smartphones and Mobile Devices with a small display. Top 100 Billionaires of 2007. 1. Bill Gates $56 billion, US (Microsoft). 2. Warren Buffett $52 billion, US (Berkshire Hathaway). 3. Carlos Slim Helú $49 billion, Mexico, Lebanon (Telmex, Telcel, América. Móvil). 4. Ingvar Kamprad $33 billion, Sweden (IKEA). 5. Lakshmi Mittal $32 billion, UK, India (Mittal Steel Company). 6. Sheldon Adelson $26.5 billion, US (Las Vegas Sands). 7. Bernard Arnault $26 billion, France (Louis Vuitton). 8. Amancio Ortega $24 billion, Spain (Inditex Group). 9. Li Ka-shing $23 billion, Hong Kong (Cheung Kong Holdings, Hutchison Whampoa). 10. David Thomson & family $22 billion, Canada (Thomson Corporation). 11. Lawrence Ellison $21.5 billion, US (Oracle Corporation). 12. Liliane Bettencourt $20.7 billion, France (L'Oréal). 13. Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud $20.3 billion, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon (Kingdom. Holding Company). 14. Mukesh Ambani $20.1 billion, India (Reliance Industries). 15. Karl Albrecht $20 billion, Germany (ALDI). 16. Roman Abramovich $18.7 billion, Russia (Millhouse Capital). 17. Stefan Persson $18.4 billion, Sweden (Hennes & Mauritz). 18. Anil Ambani $18.2 billion, India (Reliance Communications). 19. Paul Allen $18 billion, US (Microsoft). 20. Theo Albrecht $17.5 billion, Germany (ALDI). 21. Azim Premji $17.1 billion, India (Wipro Technologies). 22. Lee Shau Kee $17 billion, Hong Kong (Henderson Land Development). 23. Jim Walton $16.8 billion, US (Wal-Mart). 24. Christy Walton & family $16.7 billion, US (Wal-Mart). 24. S. Robson Walton $16.7 billion, US (Wal-M more...

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From humble beginnings as the son of a working-class family in suburban Washington state to one of the world’s richest men, Paul Allen’s life story reads like the American dream come true. But if Allen’s story is as familiar to us as any rags-to-riches tale, Allen himself has remained a curious enigma. more...

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