Biographical Sources at UCBA

From painters and photographers to sculptors and performance artists, fifty of the most influential contemporary artists are profiled in this colorful and engaging book that traces the various artistic movements and radical changes of the second half of the twentieth and early twentyfirst centuries.

Highlighting America's most accomplished women in sports, this A-Z guide provides some 600 entries on individuals and sports as well as numerous related topics. It illustrates how women have overcome odds time after time and excelled in a surprising variety of sports and pursuits.

Showcases the cabinets of all 44 presidential administrations, from George Washington to Barack Obama. Provides detailed information on all 573 cabinet members (plus 16 Confederate Cabinet members).

Betty Boyd Caroli's engrossing and informative First Ladies is both a captivating read and an essential resource for anyone interested in the role of America's First Ladies.

A guide to the thousands of characters, who people the history of music, this volume brings together all the biographical information about composers, performers, music theorists and instrument makers from the days of praise chants to the bop and pop of today. A companion to The New Harvard Dictionary of Music, this biographical dictionary emphasizes classical and art music, but also gives attention to jazz and blues, rock and pop, and hymns and showtunes across the ages - with care devoted to coverage of the 20th century.

Declan Fahy traces the career trajectories of Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking, Steven Pinker, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, Stephen Jay Gould, Susan Greenfield, and James Lovelock.

Biographies of mathematicians and natural scientists from all regions and historical periods

Covers the most important writers outside of the U.S., Britain, and Ireland since 1800. More than 330 entries profile novelists, poets, dramatists, and short-story writers.