Profiles 150 authors and artists whose works have been published in the US. Thirty-five entries are new to this edition; the others have been updated.

The first half of the book relates Dohnányi's public life through 1937 as a great musician who brought international prominence to Hungarian music through his own unparalleled success as a virtuoso pianist, composer, conductor, and ...

60 creators of favorite children's books talk about their work.

This comprehensive guide, edited and written by an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars, provides an authoritative account of the most recent surge of immigrants in twenty thematic essays and comprehensive articles on immigration ...