Ocean State Libraries

Oliver Twist. A Christmas Carol. David Copperfield. Bleak House. A Tale of Two Cities. Great Expectations. The novels of Charles Dickens (1812-1870) read like a Who's Who of canonical works. Yet, less well known is the fact that Dickens himself was something of a created character, a larger-than-life figure who lived through his art and pursued his many passions with a theatrical zeal that could have belonged to one of his famous protagonists. Largely...

Brief life stories of twenty-seven persons whose inventions or discoveries have altered the environment to a marked degree. Includes a list of important dates in the history of invention and technology.

Presents biographical sketches of 29 sports stars, representing football, baseball, basketball, soccer, hockey, golf, tennis, boxing, sking, ice skating, gymatics and track. Alphabetically arranged from Muhammad Ali to Ted Williams.

Follows the life and career of the English playwright and poet, from his youth in Stratford to his success in London's theater world and recognition as a great writer.

Presents biographical profiles of twenty-eight anthropologists and archaeologists, including Jane Goodall, Zora Neale Hurston, and Richard Leakey.

A brief account of the life of that complex personality, King Henry VIII of England.

A biography of the English seaman and explorer who was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I for helping to make England a world power by circumnavigating the globe and raiding Spanish ships.

A biography of the nineteenth-century British monarch whose sixty-three year reign over one-quarter of the world's population covered a period of great industrial and social change.