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 "Narrating and voicing all the characters, master storyteller
Jim Weiss turns historic icons of the sciences into real people, weaving the
thrill of discovery into a tapestry of enchantment with tales about great
thinkers who changed the world." -Parents' Choice
Parents' Choice Gold Award
Storytelling World Award
Includes: Archimedes and the Golden Crown, King Hieron's
Challenge, Soldier and Scientist, Ptolemy vs. Copernicus, Tycho Brahe Scans the
Skies, Kepler and Galileo, The Trial of Galileo, Isaac Newton, Epilogue. (Sicily
400 BC, England 1700)
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you can listen to the unabridged version of Carry On, Mr. Bowditch. Read
by Jim Weiss, this is the interesting story of Nathaniel Bowditch who wrote the
American Practical Navigator, a book that is still helping sailors.
In
true stories as vivid as the colors in which they painted, Jim Weiss brings to
life the astounding Leonardo da Vinci; the volcanic genius Michelangelo;
Brunelleschi, who changed the way we see the world; the lighthearted sculptor,
Donatello; and other captivating characters. You will watch fierce Pope Julius
II drive out invaders while supervising the painting of the Sistine Chapel, and
dine in the palace of Lorenzo de Medici, swordsman, statesman and patron of the
arts, as he faces treachery and turns war to peace. The Masters of the
Renaissance CD will inspire a lifelong fascination with the arts—and with the
riches and high aspirations of the Renaissance.
An exciting introduction to the Bible. Features
nondenominational portraits of biblical characters as caring, understandable
humans facing extraordinary situations. Included are Abraham and the Idols, The
Story of Ruth, Noah and the Ark, Queen Esther, David and Goliath, David's Dance,
and Wise King Solomon.
From daring sea voyages to glittering throne rooms to the
dreaded Tower of London, you will experience the pageantry of olde England with
two of history's most fascinating characters.