Presents the lives of the presidents, focusing on their roles as parents, husbands, pet owners, and neighbors, while also including humorous anecdotes about hairstyles, attitudes, diets, fears, and sleep patterns.

From Vivaldi to Guthrie, each of these 20 composers is respectfully exposed for their idiosyncracies as well as their contributions to the history of music. What they ate, what they wore, who they loved and who their friends were - it's all here.

MUSICIANS INCLUDED:

• Vivaldi
• Bach
• Mozart
• Beethoven
• Chopin
• Verdi
• Schumann
• Foster
• Brahms
• Tchaikovsky
• Gilbert & Sullivan
• Satie
• Joplin
• Ives
• Stravinsky
• Boulanger
• Prokofiev
• Gershwin
• Guthrie

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A biography of one of America's greatest presidents, focusing on his use of wit and humor, and his love of language.

From Cervantes to Langston Hughes, each of these 19 writers is respectfully exposed for their idiosyncracies as well as their contributions to the world of literature. What they ate, what they wore, who they loved and who their friends were - it's all here.

WRITERS INCLUDED:

• Shikibu
• Cervantes
• Shakespeare
• Austen
• Anderson
• Poe
• Dickens
• Brontë
• Dickinson
• Alcott
• Twain
• Burnett
• Stevenson
• London
• Sandburg
• White
• Hurston
• Hughes
• Singer

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Here was a man with an imagination so large that, just "by thinking on it," he invented a new branch of math, calculus, and figured out the scientific explanation of gravity. Yet Newton was so small-minded that he tried to destroy other scientists who dared question his findings. He spent much of his time trying to predict the future from passages in the Bible and to unlock the secret of turning base metals into gold in an alchemy lab, showing again...

Profiles twenty notable pirates throughout history and describes their adventures, the battles they fought, and the riches and cultural legacies they left behind.

"Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show" introduced Jim Henson's Muppets to the world. A visionary, Henson always believed that puppets could reach a wider audience. Henson's story celebrates and encourages creative thinking, determination, and courage. Full color.

Marie Curie, the woman who coined the term radioactivity, won not just one Nobel Prize but two?in physics and chemistry, both supposedly girl-phobic sciences.