Whiting, Jim

Offers a brief overview of the life and work of nineteenth-century Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi.

Chronicles the life of composer and pianist Franz Liszt in nineteenth-century Hungary, and contains sidebars that provide information about events taking place in other parts of the world during his lifetime.

Examines the life of nineteenth-century pianist and composer Frederic Chopin, discussing his youth in Poland, the blossoming of his career in Paris, his friendship with author George Sand, and his death at the age of thirty-nine.

Presents a short biography of eighteenth-century European composer, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, who began as a priest and went on to write hundreds of concertos, operas, and sacred works, including "The Four Seasons.".

Chronicles the troubled life of the nineteenth-century Russian composer. Includes sidebars about such topics as serfs, Leo Tolstoy, and the invention of the phonograph.

A biography of the engineer who designed and helped launch the first communications satellite, Telstar, and who developed new uses for satellite communications, paving the way for the cordless telephone, cell phone, wireless headset, and computer.

A biography of the nineteenth-century German composer of many works for individual instruments, voices, orchestras, and choirs, including "Wiegenlied, " or "Cradle Song, " popularly known as "Brahm's Lullaby.".

Presents a brief biography of submarine and steamboat engineer Robert Fulton.

Examines the life of Pericles, discussing his accomplishments as leader of Athens during the Golden Age of Greece, and includes facts and essays about the times in which he lived.

The history of the National Football League s New England Patriots, surveying the franchise s biggest stars and most memorable moments from its inaugural season in 1960 to today.