People on People: The Oxford Dictionary of Biographical Quotations
This is the ultimate collection of quotations from famous people about famous people. From Martin Amis on Jimmy Connors and Jane Austen on Henry VIII, to Liz Hurley on Marilyn Monroe, there are over 4,000
quotations about both historical and contemporary figures from all over the world. The speakers are often as well known as the people they are talking about, and come from a broad range of disciplines rnd professions, including actors, architects, dancers, historians, mathematicians, literary figures, politicians, academics, sports
personalities, and scientists. All the quotations about each individual are brought together in an entry headed by a brief description, making it possible to compare what different people have said about one particular person. A detailed author index gives a context line from each quotation, biographical information on authors, and an overview of their comments, often revealing their personalities. Entertaining and perfect for browsing, it is also a valuable biographical resource. astounding, yet everything is accomplished with the air of someone sauntering through the park on a spring morning Margot Fonteyn on Fred
This anthology of biographical quotations is the best of a thin field. It contains about 400 pages of quotes, distributed among the great, the notorious, and current celebrities. Most of the subjects are English and American, with a smattering of European worthies added in. The tone of the collection tends to wisecrackery. A fun collection for dipping, but more solid reference tomes of biographical quotations have been compiled.
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Accountability for Learning
Accountability for Learning equips teachers and leaders with the ability to transform educational accountability policies from destructive and demoralizing accounting drills into meaningful and constructive decision making in the classroom, school, and district. This book is about what you can do right now to improve learning, teaching, and leadership.
• In 2006, the World Wide Web became a tool for bringing together the small contributions of millions of people and making them matter • The Real War - Thomas Ricks is telling his colleagues about the skepticism he encountered when writing his Iraq war book • People who mattered - Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Andy Was Right - an essey about Andy Warhol
TIME Magazine December 11, 2006 Vol. 168 No. 24
Articles:
· Can Bush Find An Exit? - Calls for a staged withdrawal from Iraq
· Iraq: The War Without Honors - U.S. troops are fighting and dying with valor
· What I Did On My Travels - Two weeks of globetrotting gives the President a chance to see the world
· What are all those Russians up to? - The poisoning of an ex-spy sows doubt about the city's mysterious émigré élite
· Losing Lebanon - The U.S. once saw it as a hope for democracy in the Middle East. Now the country is veering toward civil war
· The Hospital Wars - Surgery and imaging centers owned by doctors are swiping patients from traditional hospitals
· Extra: Newspapers Aren't Dead - Some predict their imminent demise, but the dailies remain profitable, popular and powerful
· What's Toxic In Toyland - San Francisco's ban on toys like these has sparked a sharp debate about the dangers of plastic contaminants
· The Next Crime Wave - Violent offenses are rising in midsize U.S. cities for the first time in 10 years
· Bring Back the T. Rex - Michael Crichton's 15th novel - scientific nightmare full ofout-of-control geneticists and their mutant creations · The Maya Are Us - Mel Gibson's latest film has a lot on its mind
· Yeah, I'm Talkin' To You - Robert De Niro on spies, acting and Matt Damon
Published in 2003, it has been on the New York Times bestseller list for over one hundred weeks and has been translated into thirty-two languages. Perhaps Azar Nafisi's greatest act of defiance was gathering seven women in her living room to talk about books. On its face, this may not sound so remarkable. But Nafisi held her book group in Tehran, during the post-revolutionary days of the Islamic Republic, when people caught reading the works on her list, novels by Henry James, Jane Austen, and Nabokov, could be tossed in jail.
