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.

◘ 731 pp.
◘ January 2009
◘ Illustrated
◘ ISBN 978-0-8242-1095-3
◘ $180
◘ $215 (outside U.S. and Canada)  

Here’s a sampling of just some of the fascinating people covered in Current Biography Yearbook 2008 (complete list): 

Sports

• Trevor Immelman, Golfer

• Eli Manning, Football player

• Marta, Soccer player

• Tony Parker, Basketball player

• Susan Polgar, Chess grandmaster

• Lauryn Williams, Track and field athlete

Music & Arts

• Akon, Musician

• Josh Brolin, Actor, writer, and director

• PJ Harvey, Singer and songwriter

• My Morning Jacket, Music group

• Kori Newkirk, Artist

Politics, Society & Government

• Ann E. Dunwoody, U.S. Army four-star general

• Sheila Jackson Lee, U.S. representative from Texas

• Dennis J. Kucinich, U.S. representative from Ohio

• Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia

• Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Ruler of Dubai

• Michelle Obama, First Lady and former lawyer and hospital administrator

Business

• Robert Bigelow, Aerospace entrepreneur and real-estate magnate

• Safra A. Catz, Co-president of Oracle Corp.

• Suhas Gopinath, Internet entrepreneur

• Garrett Oliver, Beer expert, brewmaster, and writer

• Sheryl Sandberg, Chief operating officer of Facebook

• Tim and Nina Zagat, Survey and guidebook publishers

Science

• Diana Beresford-Kroeger, Botanist, biochemist, gardener, and writer

• Tyrone B. Hayes, Biologist, endocrinologist, and educator

• Janna Levin, Astrophysicist, cosmologist, writer, and educator

• Pepper Schwartz, Sociologist, educator, and writer

• Luca Turin, Biophysicist and scent creator and critic

• Spencer Wells, Population geneticist and head of the Genographic Project

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.