An entire year of Current Biography—in one convenient clothbound volume!

Each year in December, the monthly issues of Current Biography are updated and arranged alphabetically in a single hardcover volume that contains the entire year’s biographies—about 220 in all.

The annual volume also includes a complete cumulation of the year’s obituaries, a cumulated index of articles and obituaries published in the current decade, and a classification of the subjects of articles by their professions. A sturdy library binding and acid-free paper make this investment last.

◘ 701 pp.
◘ January 2006
◘ Illustrated
◘ ISBN 0-8242-10565
◘ $170
◘ $195 (outside U.S. and Canada)  

Here’s a sampling of just some of the fascinating people covered in Current Biography Yearbook 2005 (complete list): 

Art & Literature
Michael Ray Charles, artist
Anne Rivers Siddons, writer
Luis Alberto Urrea, writer
Steve McCurry, photojournalist
Rick Reilly, sportswriter

Business
Rocki Aoki, restaurateur, sportsman, and philanthropist
Daniel Boloud, chef and restaurant owner
Duane Chapman, bounty hunter
Amy Domini, investment manager
Gary D. Forsee, President and CEO of Sprint Nextel

Music & Entertainment
AC/DC, music group
James Cromwell, actor
Cameron Diaz, actress
Sidney Lumet, film director
Green Day, music group

Politics & Society
Michael Chertoff, Secretary of he U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Benedict XVI, Supreme Pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church
Barak Obama, Senator from Illinois
Mike Huckabee, Governor of Arkansas
Kevin J. Martin, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission

Sports
LeBron James, basketball player
Peter Forsberg, hockey player
Danica Patrick, racecar driver
Kerry Wood, baseball player
Rachael Scdoris, dogsled racer

Science & Mathematics
Louis de Branges, mathematician
Jennifer Doudna, biochemist
David Spergel, astrophysicist
Cynthia Kenyon, geneticist and biotechnology executive
Richard Fortey, paleontologist and science writer
 

Also of Interest

Current Biography
Monthly Magazine
Published monthly except in December (11 issues per year), this classic magazine presents from 18 to 20 profiles per issue.

Current Biography Cumulated Index: 1940-2005
Your guide to 66 years worth of biographies: indexes all the profiles and obituaries published from 1940 through 2005 in a single alphabet.

Current Biography is Also Available Online!

Current Biography Illustrated
All the in-depth coverage of the Current Biography monthly, in a searchable database! More than 25,000 articles on figures 1940 to the present, plus over 20,000 photos.

Current Biography 1940–Present
Offers convenient online searching of more than 25,000 profiles and obituaries.