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4) Joan of Arc
Language
English
Description
The animated true story of the peasant girl who led the Dauphin's forces to victory over the English armies in France, only to be sold to the enemy, tried as a witch, and burned at the stake.
5) Galileo
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Galileo was the extraordinary astronomer and inventor who re-discovered that the Earth travels around the sun, at the risk of his reputation and freedom. For refusing to support a false view of the Universe, he spent the last eight years of his life under house arrest.
7) Helen Keller
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Animated biography of Helen Keller, the blind and deaf woman who with the help of teacher Anne Sullivan overcomes her obstacles and ends her isolation in a dark and silent world.
9) Marie Curie
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
v. 2.0.
Language
English
Description
The animated story of Marie Curie, the Polish-born scientist. Her shared research with her husband Pierre gave the world the theory of radioactivity, the discovery of plutonium, and the isolation of radium. She was the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes.
10) Marco Polo
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
v. 2.0.
Language
English
Description
An animated biography of Marco Polo. Shows a life of this Venetian explorer focusing on the highlights of his travels to India, China and other many exotic lands in the thirteenth-century.
11) Pocahontas
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
Animated biography of Pocahontas, the Native American princess whose brave intervention saved the settlers' lives and brought peace between two very different peoples.
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
v. 2.0.
Language
English
Description
Journey back in time to Palestine of the second century B.C., where Antiochus, a Syrian-Greek king, rules over the people of Israel. In a land where refusing to submit to the Greek gods resulted in the persecution and death of many Jews, a group known as the Maccabees struggled to hold true to the faith of their fathers. Learn of the spirit of the Maccabees in this adventurous story that details the origins of the Hanukkah celebration.
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