This new three-book series takes a fresh approach to making reading both pleasurable and motivating! High-interest biographies focus on less-known facts about famous figures, rather than the chronology of events typical of most biographies. Biographies: A Reading Series is available for beginning, low intermediate and intermediate readers. Each book takes a multicultural approach, featuring 24 short biographies on inspirational figures from all over the world. Subjects range from historical and political figures to athletes, artists, entertainers, and humanitarians, including: - Gandhi - Eva Peron - Muhammad Ali - Billie Holiday - Menelik II - Thomas Edison In addition to the biographical reading, each unit includes: - Pre-reading questions and activities. - Vocabulary exercises - definition and usage. - Main-idea exercises. - Questions on detail and inference. - Discussion and writing activities. - Answers to exercises at the end of each book. Key Benefit: What A Life! takes a truly fresh approach to making reading pleasurable and motivating. ESL students develop reading skills such as skimming and scanning, learn new vocabulary and enjoy reading about the lives of some of them most inspiration figures of all time. Key Topics: The biographies match all interest and cover subjects as diverse as history, politics, art and entertainment, athletics, and humanities. Some famous figures include Billie Holiday, Muhammad Ali, Gandhi, Princess Diana, and Shakespeare. Market: the first book in the series is for beginning ESL students.