SOAMES, N.: Famous People in History, Vol. 2 (Unabridged)

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Naxos AudioBooks
Release Date
March 22, 2000
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SOAMES NICHOLAS
    • PERFORMER
      Philpott/Brattan/Hagon
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 22, 2000
    • UPC
      9789626341971
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NA219712
    • LABEL
      Naxos AudioBooks
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Junior History
    Works ⌄

    1. Alexander, Bucephalus And The Macedonian Army

    2. Alexander's Early History

    3. Alexander Becomes King Of Macedonia In 336 BC

    4. Darius, The Persian King, And Alexander Finally Meet At The Battle Of Issus

    5. Alexander, King Of Asia

    6. Jeannette - A Poor French Peasent Girl

    7. Jeanette Starts Hearing Voices And Seeing Visions

    8. The Long Trip To Chinon To Meet The Dauphin Of France

    9. Joan - La Pucelle

    10. The Crowning Of The Dauphin At Rheims In 1429

    11. Captured By The Burgundians And Handed Over To The English

    12. The Painter Of The Mona Lisa

    13. Leonardo Was Born In Vinci, 1452

    14. In 1473, Admitted Into The Guild Of Painters In Florence

    15. Back In Florence - And Then On The Move Again

    16. Leonardo Meets The French King Francis I And Moves To France

    17. Centrifugal Force - And The Fall Of An Apple

    18. Newton Seemed An Ordinary Boy...

    19. The Laws Of Motion, Mathematics And The Study Of Light

    20. The Master Of The Mint

    21. The Most Famous Man In American History

    22. Into An Ambush At Fort Duquesne

    23. The Rebellion Against British Rule Begins

    24. Victories And Defeats - The War Of Independence

    25. The War Of Independence Is Won

    26. Symphony No. 5, The Most Famous Theme In Classical Music

    27. Beethoven Was Born In Bonn, Germay, 1770

    28. Beethoven Notices His Hearing Is Getting Weaker

    29. A New Beginning

    30. His Last Concert

    31. Rabies!

    32. Louis Pasteur Was Born In 1822

    33. Pasteur's Study Of Microbes In Wine

    34. Pasteur Studies Silk Worms

    35. His Work Spreads - Lister And Antiseptic Methods

    36. The Study Of Infectious Diseases - Anthrax And Chicken Cholera

    37. Rabies Cured

    38. An Important Woman Scientist

    39. Born Manya Sklodovska, In Poland In 1867

    40. Marie Sklodovska Arrives In Paris, 1891

    41. Marie Marries Pierre Curie - The Husband And Wife Team Begins

    42. In 1903, They Were Jointly Awarded The Nobel Prize For Physics

    43. A Small, Thin Man With A Spinning Wheel

    44. The 4 Castes - And The Untouchables

    45. The Young Lawer Moves To South Africa

    46. Gandhi Returns To India

    47. Strife Between Hindus And Muslims


There is a need for accessible short biographies of key people for younger listeners. Following the success of Famous People, Volume I, Nicolas Soames presents another varied group of men and women who have changed the course of history.