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Biographic Prince - Great Lives in Graphic Form by Liz Flavell
$19.99 AUD
Category: Entertainment | Series: Biographic Ser.
Most people know that Prince (1958--2016) was an iconic singer-songwriter whose creative brilliance transformed music for more than four decades. What, perhaps, they don't know is that his real name actually was Prince; that he once simultaneously held the number one spots in the US for film, single, an ...Show more
Biographic Tesla: Great Lives in Graphic Form by Brian CLEGG
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Category: Biography | Series: Biographic Ser.
Many people know that Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) was an engineer and inventor, instrumental in developing the alternating-current (AC) electrical system and wireless radio communications we still use today. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he was born during a lightning storm; that when he first arr ...Show more
Biographic The Beatles - Great Lives in Graphic Form by Viv Coot
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Category: Biography | Series: Biographic Ser.
Most people know that The Beatles (1960-1970) were the most famous pop group of all time, who were at the heart of 1960s counterculture and whose songs transformed the music world. What, perhaps, they don't know is that they have spent more than 1,300 weeks, or 25 years, on the Billboard chart; that the ...Show more
Churchill: Great Lives in Graphic Form by Richard Wiles
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Category: Biography | Series: Biographic
The Biographic series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creative. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey all of them in vivid snapshots. Many people know that Sir Wi ...Show more
Coco: Great Lives in Graphic Form by Sophie Collins
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Category: Biography | Series: Biographic Ser.
Many people know that Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) was a prolific French fashion designer and founder of the House of Chanel, who ruled over Parisian haute couture for almost six decades. What, perhaps, they don't know is that, she was taught to sew by nuns and started Chanel by making hats; that ...Show more
Dior: Great Lives in Graphic Form by Liz Flavell
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Category: Biography | Series: Biographic Ser.
Many people know that Christian Dior (1905-1957) was a French fashion designer, the founder of the world famous fashion house that carries his name. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he once owned a small art gallery selling work by artists including Pablo Picasso; that he employed a young Yves Sai ...Show more
Kahlo (Biographic) by Sophie Collins
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Category: Biography | Series: Biographic
Many people know that Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) was a Mexican artist, a feminist icon who lived in the famous Blue House and whose work includes The Two Fridas. What, perhaps, they don't know is that 55 of her 143 artworks are self-portraits; that her painting Roots holds the record for a Latin American a ...Show more
Klimt: Great Lives in Graphic Form by Viv Croot; Gustav Klimt
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Category: Biography | Series: Biographic Ser.
Many people know that Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was an Austrian painter and founding member of the Vienna Secession art group, whose gold-tinged paintings of the female nude include The Kiss. What, perhaps, they don't know is that The Kiss was sold before its completion for 25,000 crowns--over 50 times t ...Show more
Leonardo (Biographic) by Andrew Kirk
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Category: Design | Series: Biographic | Reading Level: Children's - Grade 3-4, Age 8-9
Many people know that Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was an Italian polymath, one of the great creative minds of the Italian Renaissance and the painter of the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper. What, perhaps, they don't know is that his original notebook Codex Leicester, was sold to Bill Gates for $30 milli ...Show more
Rembrandt: Great Lives in Graphic Form by Sophie Collins
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Category: Biography | Series: Biographic
The Biographic series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey all of them in vivid snapshots. Many people know that Rembr ...Show more
Shakespeare Biographic Great Lives in Graphic Form by Viv Croot
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Category: Design | Series: Biographic
The Biographies series presents an entirely new way of looking at the lives of the world's greatest thinkers and creatives. It takes the 50 defining facts, dates, thoughts, habits, and achievements of each subject, and uses infographics to convey each of them in vivid snapshots. The result is a quickfir ...Show more
Sherlock - Great Lives in Graphic Form by V. I. V. CROOT
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Category: Biography | Series: Biographic Ser.
Many people know that Sherlock Holmes was an enigmatic detective who, with his companion Dr. Watson, pursued criminals through Victorian and Edwardian England. What, perhaps, they don't know is that he investigated 60 fully documented cases, including 37 murders; that 46 of those cases began in his offi ...Show more