While popular music in all its varied forms is a source of common interest and an insatiable curiosity among readers of all ages, thorough biographical information about its stars and superstars can be difficult to find.

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This attractive visually interesting quarterly provides profiles of the people making todays headlines. A hardbound annual accumulation makes Newsmakers a permanent reference source on 200 newsmakers of the year. Four indexes help patrons locate entries by name, nationality, occupation and subject. Separate obituaries provide concise profiles of recently deceased newsmakers.

Encyclopedia Of World Biography Supplement, Volume 34, continues the augmentation of the second edition and its supplements, Volumes 18 through 34. Originally published in 1973 by McGraw Hill, Encyclopedia of World Biography (EWB) was entirely revised and updated in 1998 with the appearance of the 17-volume second edition seta the first complete revision in 25 years. Mother Theresa. Princess Diana. Tom Clancy. Johnnie Cochran. Betty Shabazz. These are just a few of the people covered in the almost 7, 000 entries on notables from every part of the world and from every time period, representing a 40 percent increase from the first edition. Also included in the revised edition: Approximately 500 new entries, with more multicultural coverage. Thousands of high-resolution photographs. Updated entries and bibliographies, including new developments since the last edition and newly discovered facts and interpretations of historical figures. Easy-to-use page format, with straightforward reference to satisfy students and patrons. Multi-access, consolidated index, easier to search than ever before. And much more. Each supplement volume adds 175 new individuals not covered in the 17-volume EWB and existing supplements. Like other volumes in the EWB series, Supplement 32 represents a unique, comprehensive source for biographical information on those people who, for their contr

Here is a convenient source of commentary on the careers and works of acclaimed poets, novelists, short story writers, dramatists and philosophers who died between 1800 and 1899. Each volume presents overviews of four to eight authors with chronologically arranged criticism representing the entire range of response to each author. Entries typically include an author portrait, an introduction to the author, a primary bibliography, annotated criticism and an annotated list of further reading sources. Approximately 90-95% of critical essays are full text. Every fourth volume is a Topics volume covering major literary movements, trends and other topics related to nineteenth-century literature. Volumes include author, nationality, topic and title indexes; a cumulative title index to the entire series is published separately.

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