Why You Should Read Biographies

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There are many benefits you will get from reading biographies. Here are four:

1. It teaches you about the pitfalls to avoid

2. It teaches you about how to respond to failure

3. It opens your mind about what is possible

4. It teaches you about the great principles to live by

Behind extraordinary people are extraordinary principles.

And that’s why I love this product:

Gale’s Biography in Context

http://www.gale.cengage.com/InContext/bio.htm

Virtually every course of study — from history to science to literature — is ultimately tied to the study of people. Biography in Context delivers outstanding research support with nearly a million biographical entries spanning history and geography. Just like all the new revolutionary In Context products, it’s a curriculum-aligned resource that offers media-rich content in context that’s updated daily to meet the needs of today’s user. In it you’ll find:

• 600,000+ biographies covering more than 525,000 individuals
• 170+ award-winning Gale reference titles
• 50,000 new or updated bios added annually in addition to daily updates to account for awards and events
• Integrated reference material, periodical information and multimedia content
• Hundreds of hand-crafted topic pages covering the highest-interest features

Newly Included Collection

The included Lives & Perspectives Collection supports high-school curricula and university coursework by providing multidisciplinary content on notable figures and the societal forces that have shaped their lives. The integration of this collection provides first-time-ever access to 160,000 bios drawn from:

• American Men & Women of Science
• Encyclopaedia Judaica
• Governments of the World
• Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History
• And nearly 40 other respected titles from Macmillan Reference USA, Charles Scribner’s Sons and Gale

Stephen