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Famous People in History
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Famous People in History

Author : Nicholas Soames
Performed By : Various
Published By - Select Music & Distribution
Duration : 2 hours 30 minutes
Type : Biographical
Historical
Download Price : $11.99
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Here are the stories of nine people whose energy, imagination, courage and determination changed the world.

From Christopher Columbus who set off into unknown seas in a small ship in the 15th century, to a young girl, Anne Frank, caught in the turmoil of the 20th, who wrote a remarkable diary while in hiding in Amsterdam during the Second World War. Their personalities and their achievements make them heroes and heroines for our time also.

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New Understanding of the Atom, A

New Understanding of the Atom, A

Author : Professor John T. Sanders
Performed By : Edwin Newman
Published By - Blackstone Audio Inc
Duration : 3 hours
Type : Ancient
Pre 1900
20th Century
Biographical
Knowledge & Learning
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The concept of the atom—the smallest physical building block of nature—has been around at least since ancient Greece. Leucippus and Democritus conceived of a mechanical or physical atom... More info...
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Life and Works of Chopin, The

Author : Jeremy Siepmann
Performed By : Jeremy Siepmann
Published By - Select Music & Distribution
Duration : 5 hours
Type : Arts & Drama
Biographical
Music Related
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Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I, The

Life and Times of Queen Elizabeth I, The

Author : Elizabeth Jenkins
Performed By : Karen Archer
Published By - Select Music & Distribution
Duration : 3 hours 40 minutes
Type : British
Pre 1900
Biographical
Classics
Royalty and Heads of State
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Author : Kelly Tyler-Lewis
Performed By : Graeme Malcolm
Published By - Simon & Schuster
Duration : 6 hours
Type : Adventurers & Explorers
Historical
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