Developed for a high school quinmester unit on comparative biography, this guide provides the teacher with strategies to aid students in examining biography from "Plutarch's Lives" and Cellini's "Autobiography" to Nabokoc's "Speak, Memory." Special emphasis is placed on comparison of biographies of the same person and…

Given in this book are 23 brief biographies of outstanding Spanish speaking athletes, businessmen, government employees, educators, politicians, a labor leader, singer, actor, and musician. Their struggles, sacrifices, courage, educational background, and accomplishments are described. Among those discussed are Cesar Chavez; Senator Joseph M.…

One of a series of works aimed at presenting contemporary critical opinion on major authors, this collection includes essays by Sergey Tretiakov, Hearings of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, Hannah Arendt, Eric Bentley, Oscar Budel, Ernst Schumacher, I. Fradkin, Hans Egon Holthusen, Gunter Rohrmoser, Walter H. Sokol, Franz Norbert…

One of a series of works aimed at presenting contemporary critical opinion on major authors, this collection includes essays by Paul Valery, Henri Peyre, Fracois Mauriac, Charles du Bos, Etienne Gilson, P.M. Pasinetti, John Middleton Murry, Marcel Proust, Georges Poulet, Erich Auerbach, and Jean Prevost--all dealing with the biography and literary…

Six of the special reports contained in this volume of articles concerned with trends in the sciences are related to problems of human population, pollution, and drug and insecticide regulation; two are on astronomy; three report on aspects of psychology and behavior; and there is one report each on marine ecology, atomic physics, Japanese…

Listed in this American Indian bibliography are 310 books and pamphlets dating from 1894 to 1971. Entries are arranged under the following headings: Art and Music, Bibliography, Culture, Fiction, Government Relations, History, Language, and Religion and Mythology. Also included is a list of publishers and addresses, containing 111 entries. (HBC)

Rudolf Laban has influenced the introduction and development of modern educational dance as well as general education. Much of the available material concerning Laban is arts oriented; it is concerned with dance as an art form and is not focused towards the educational uses of Laban's ideas. This volume attempts to present materials relevant to…

Lists and annotates eight new adult books of interest to high school readers. (GT)

The papers of Thomas A. Edison will be compiled and published in a 20-year project under the sponsorship of the National Park Service, the New Jersey Historical Commission, the Smithsonian Institution, and Rutgers University. This effort, the Thomas A. Edison Papers Project, and its background are described. (JMD)

Women have played an active role in the development of modern American physical education since its emergence in the mid-nineteenth century. Factors which have influenced the course of women's physical education are discussed in this article. Recent biographical, institutional, and social research on the subject is reviewed. (Author/GC)

Lists works by and about Ishmael Reed, grouped according to the following categories: editions and reviews of novels, books of poetry, non-fiction, and anthologies; short fiction; poetry; essays; book reviews; printed remarks; miscellaneous publications; and biography and criticism. (GW)

Notes that these four British women all know that the school is no longer just an institution where children are taught simple literacy and the ability to add and subtract. They believe that social conditions of our times demand that the schoolhouse be an integral part of life. (Author/AM)

This article was written in part to celebrate the anniversaries of landmark mathematical works by Newton and Descartes. It's other purpose is to dispel some myths about Sir Isaac Newton and to encourage readers to read Newton's works. (PK)

Interview with Alice Childress (born 1920), an actress, playwright, novelist, editor, and lecturer. Her "Gold through the Forest" (1952) was the first play by a Black woman to be produced professionally on the American stage. Her latest play, "Moms," was produced in New York City in 1987. (BJV)

Describes ways in which indigenous authors and publishers are trying to provide a Nigerian literature that preserves cultural history while meeting modern literacy needs. Lists several biographies.(FL)