100 World Leaders Who Shaped World History [Paperback]

Kathy Paparchontis (Author), Kathleen Paparchontis (Author)

Book Description

Series: 100 Series | Publication Date: September 1, 2001

In this book readers will discover a wide range of men and women who have had dramatic effects upon the history of the world. This book includes various kinds of leaders, including: military (Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan); monarchs (Elizabeth I and Louis XVI); dictators (Joseph Stalin and Nikita Khrushchev); religious (Pope John XXIII and Siddhartha Gautama); U.S. Presidents (George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt); and much more! The world leaders are presented chronologically, providing the readers with a valuable perspective of world history. Each one-page biography is clearly written in a manner that makes it fun to read and easy to understand. As with the other titles in Bluewood`s popular 100 Series, 100 World Leaders Who Shaped World History is jam-packed with interesting facts and information. Also included are illustrations and photos, a timeline, locator maps, a trivia quiz, and a complete index.

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From the Publisher

Kathy Paparchontis is a California-based editor and writer. She is the co-author of "Sacramento Women Past and Present" (1998). She is also the editor of "The Golden Notes" a publication of the Sacramento County Historical Society and operates an editorial services company with her husband.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Bluewood Books (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0912517468
• ISBN-13: 978-0912517469
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #523,688 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #49 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Arts & Literature > Authors

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating to read, December 10, 2001

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This review is from: 100 World Leaders Who Shaped World History (Paperback)

Kathleen Paparchontis' 100 World Leaders Who Shaped World History is an informative collection of 100 one-page biographies of the men and women who stand out as the most powerful and influential leaders in the recorded history of the world from antiquity to the present day. Great statesmen and tyrannical dictators are listed side by side, from Hammurabi and Winston Churchill to Josef Stalin and Adolf Hitler himself. Each biographical entry is accompanied by a photograph if possible, or else an artist's image of the historical leader. A final page sports a 16-question trivia quiz with two suggested projects, and an index facilitates quick and easy reference. 100 World Leaders is fascinating to read by itself, as well as a superbly presented survey of the personalities, good, ill, and human, who etched the lessons of history itself into collective human memory.