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Two New Yearbooks for Current Biography Family
of References
New
York, New York, March 15th, 2004
Two new annuals have been published in the Current
Biography family of references, H.W. Wilson today
announced, featuring between them almost 400 in-depth profiles of
prominent people from 2003.
Current
Biography Yearbook 2003 and Current
Biography International Yearbook 2003 offer
objective, well-documented biographical profiles of living leaders
in a wide range of fields of human accomplishment. Current
Biography Yearbook 2003 delivers the complete content of
all 2003 issues of the popular Current
Biography monthly magazine, with updated information. Current
Biography International Yearbook 2003 focuses exclusively
on people making history and headlines outside the U.S., with
original profiles written specifically for this resource, none of
them previously published in the monthly issues of Current
Biography or in the regular Current
Biography yearbooks.
Current
Biography Yearbook 2003 features 192 profiles in
total—rich, engaging exploration of the lives of such notables as Sia
Michel, Editor in Chief of Spin
magazine; ethnobotanist and anthropologist Wade
Davis; Mattel Inc. President and CEO Robert
A. Eckert; athlete Marshall
Faulk; comedian Will
Ferrel; the rock band Counting
Crows; U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania Chaka
Fattah; choreographer and dancer William
Forsythe; basketball player Becky
Hammon; harpist Ann
Hobson Pilot; Kraft Foods Co-CEO Betsy
Holden; chemist Isabella
Karle; St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony
La Russa; actress and activist Vanessa
Redgrave; performance artist Jim
Rose, and many others. The volume also features a 50-page
section of obituaries, a list of profiles by profession, and an
index to profiles in the Current
Biography monthly back to 2001.
Current
Biography International Yearbook 2003 features 201
profiles, among them Italian artist Giovanni
Anselmo; Japanese Aum Shinrikyo cult leader Shoko
Asahara; Australian actor Eric
Bana; British soccer player David
Beckham; U.N. Former Chief Weapons Inspector Hans
Blix; Chinese president Hu
Jintao; International Atomic Energy Agency Director
General Mohamed ElBaradei;
South African golfer Ernie Els;
Brazilian singer and songwriter Gilberto
Gil; French astronaut and cabinet minister Claudie
Haigneré; Kenyan president Mwai
Kibaki; Japanese competitive eater Takeru
Kobayashi; U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud
Lubbers; French music duo Les
Nubians; Indian-American political scientist and editor
of Newsweek International Fareed Zakaria; and
many others. The volume also features lists of profiles classified
by profession and by country, as well as an index of profiles from
this volume and the 2002 edition.
The Current
Biography family of references also includes the
WilsonWeb database Current
Biography Illustrated.
Current
Biography has been described as "the most
reliable source for biographical information on a wide range of
current celebrities" by American
Studies International. WilsonWeb's Current
Biography Illustrated was named a Library
Journal Best Reference Source for 2002.
Review copies of Current
Biography Yearbook 2003 and Current
Biography International Yearbook 2003 are available to
members of the working press.
Contact:
Roseward Sky
Phone (800) 367-6770, x2272
Email: rsky@hwwilson.com
Eileen Sutter
Phone (800) 367-6770, x2312
Email: esutter@hwwilson.com
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