Hitler and Stalin : parallel lives / by Bullock, Alan, 1914-2004

Giants : the parallel lives of Frederick Douglass & Abraham Lincoln / by Stauffer, John, 1965-

The trader, the owner, the slave : parallel lives in the age of slavery / by Walvin, James

Lincoln and Whitman : parallel lives in Civil War Washington / by Epstein, Daniel Mark

The president and the provocateur : the parallel lives of JFK and Lee Harvey Oswald / by Cox, Alex, 1954-

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Crazy Horse and Custer : the parallel lives of two American warriors / by Ambrose, Stephen E.

Plutarch's pragmatic biographies : lessons for statesmen and generals in the Parallel Lives / by Jacobs, Susan G.

Table of Contents: “…Training the Politikos under Rome -- Plutarch and His Audience -- Plutarch's Concept of the Politikos -- Plutarch's Audience as Politikoi -- Political Careers Open to the Educated Elite -- Conclusion: Implications for Interpreting the Parallel Lives -- Pragmatic Literature for Statesmen and Generals -- Advice Literature -- Pragmatic History -- Individual Lives of Statesmen and Generals: Nepos and Plutarch -- Conclusion: Implications for the Purpose of the Parallel Lives -- Didactic Agenda of the Parallel Lives: Insights from the Prologues and Synkriseis -- Statesmanship and Generalship in the Prologues -- Statesmanship in the Synkriseis -- Techniques for Reinforcing Pragmatic Lessons Across the Parallel Lives -- Conclusion: Didactic Agenda of the Parallel Lives as Pragmatic Biography -- Political and Military Leadership -- Pericles-Fabius Maximus -- Introduction -- Life of Pericles -- Life of Fabius Maximus -- Insights from the Synkrisis -- Coriolanus-Aleibiades -- Introduction -- Life of Coriolanus -- Life of Alcibiades -- Insights from the Synkrisis -- Agesilaus-Pompey -- Introduction -- Life of Agesilaus -- Life of Pompey -- Insights from the Synkrisis -- Ruling and Being Ruled -- Aemilius-Timoleon -- Introduction -- Life of Aemilius Paullus -- Life of Timoleon -- Insights from the Synkrisis -- Demetrius-Antony -- Introduction -- Life of Demetrius -- Life of Antony -- Insights from the Synkrisis -- Phocion-Cato Minor -- Introduction -- Life of Phocion -- Life of Cato Minor -- Insights from Analyzing Differences -- Conclusion -- Plutarch's Project in the Parallel Lives -- Applying the Exempla -- Reception of the Lives as Pragmatic Biography in the Western Classical Tradition -- "Pragmatic Biography" versus "Explorations of Issues of Virtue and Vice."…”

Plutarch's pragmatic biographies : lessons for statesmen and generals in The parallel lives /

Table of Contents: “…2.4 Conclusion: Implications for the Purpose of the Parallel LivesChapter 3 Didactic Agenda of the Parallel Lives: Insights from the Prologues and Synkriseis; 3.1 Statesmanship and Generalship in the Prologues; 3.2 Statesmanship in the Synkriseis; 3.3 Techniques for Reinforcing Pragmatic Lessons Across the Parallel Lives; 3.4 Conclusion: Didactic Agenda of the Parallel Lives as Pragmatic Biography; Part 2 Political and Military Leadership; Chapter 4 Pericles-Fabius Maximus; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Life of Pericles; 4.3 Life of Fabius Maximus; 4.4 Insights from the Synkrisis…”
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Christopher Gadsden and Henry Laurens : the parallel lives of two American patriots / by McDonough, Daniel J., 1961-

Plutarch's lives / by Plutarch

“…Plutarch's parallel lives…”
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A child of the revolution : William Henry Harrison and his world, 1773-1798 / by Booraem, Hendrik, 1939-2017

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Writing history in Renaissance Italy : Leonardo Bruni and the uses of the past / by Ianziti, Gary

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Dear Dr. Bell-- your friend, Helen Keller / by St. George, Judith, 1931-

Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass : the story behind an American friendship / by Freedman, Russell, 1929-2018

The house at the end of the road : the story of three generations of an interracial family in the American South / by Eubanks, W. Ralph, 1957-

Table of Contents: “…A beautiful, needful thing ; Parallel lives, separate legacies ; A world lost -- Transcendence. …”

Bright star, green light : the beautiful works and damned lives of John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald / by Bate, Jonathan

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Angela Merkel : the Chancellor and Her World. by Kornelius, Stefan

Table of Contents: “…; Necessary Evils: The Chancellor and Her Coalitions; Pacific Dreams: Yearning for the USA; On the Defensive: Angela Merkel and War; The Light of Zion: The Fascination of Israel; Russia and Putin: Parallel Lives: A Much Loved Country, a Difficult President; Business or Conviction: A Conflict of Systems with China; The Great Crisis: Angela Merkel's Battle for Europe; The British Problem: Keep Them in.…”
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Rivers of light : the life of Claire Myers Owens / by Friedman, Miriam Kalman

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the wind -- Smug harbor: 1896-1912 -- A bundle of contradictions: 1909-1913 -- Rote Hill: 1913-1916 -- Be wise: 1916-1917 -- Nithking: 1917-1919 -- New chimera: 1919-1920 -- Rivers of light: 1921-1931 -- If it's predictable: 1928-1935 -- Parallel letters/parallel lives: 1930-1935 -- "The wolfe" at the door: 1935-1937 -- Expiedway ten: 1937-1949 -- Awakening: discovery of the self: 1949-1963 -- The lady and her court: 1963-1969 -- The end is the beginning: 1970-1976 -- "Grande amoureuse": 1976-1983.…”
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Rivers of light : the life of Claire Myers Owens / by Friedman, Miriam Kalman

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the wind -- Smug harbor: 1896-1912 -- A bundle of contradictions: 1909-1913 -- Rote Hill: 1913-1916 -- Be wise: 1916-1917 -- Nithking: 1917-1919 -- New chimera: 1919-1920 -- Rivers of light: 1921-1931 -- If it's predictable: 1928-1935 -- Parallel letters/parallel lives: 1930-1935 -- "The wolfe" at the door: 1935-1937 -- Expiedway ten: 1937-1949 -- Awakening: discovery of the self: 1949-1963 -- The lady and her court: 1963-1969 -- The end is the beginning: 1970-1976 -- "Grande amoureuse": 1976-1983.…”
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