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Our digital story collection offers hundreds of inspirational stories about the world’s most amazing people, from Shakespeare to Curie and Michelangelo to Disney. Distributed globally by partners including Hachette Book Group (HBG), EBSCO, Global Grid for Learning, Txtr, Ebrary and Overdrive, our mission is to provide stories that will inspire, educate and entertain. Dr Charles Margerison, author and founder, brings readers face to face with many of the world’s most inspiring and influential characters from the fields of art, science, music, politics, medicine and business. His careful research helps reinvigorate the lives of these amazing individuals by relating their stories in the first person, as though they were giving personal interviews or BioViews®. In addition to the written text, there is an audio version of each story that is dramatized by professional voice actors. These amazing people take you on a personal historical journey, as you begin to explore their achievements, challenges and experiences in a uniquely personal way. Now available as a complete, searchable collection featuring hundreds of stories with new and updated characters added on an ongoing basis, The Amazing People Library is the perfect resource: For Schools... Learning Resources with a Difference Bring your classroom to life with the help of amazing people such as Marie Curie, Napoleon Bonaparte, Harriet Tubman and Michelangelo. Our flexible, easy-to-use resources are cross-curricular and consider differentiation in the classroom. We offer a unique digital library for teachers and students alike to enhance lessons, assemblies, coursework and activities, providing an innovative way of connecting topics with people.. Free classroom and institutional trials are available; for more information, click the Subscribe button on the home page. For Libraries... Critical Tools for Reluctant Readers Engage your patrons and students and invite collaboration through a new kind of storytelling. Short and accessible, our stories are easy to incorporate into new and existing library programs and services. As collectors and distributors of knowledge, librarians will find that this unique collection will assist in helping to meet the demands of patrons seeking access to information through digital devices, which in turn supports libraries in narrowing the digital divide. Free institutional trials are available for your institution or consortium; for more information, click the Subscribe button on the home page. For Homes... Inspirational Stories through Personal Connections A subscription makes the perfect gift for any family member or reader. Each story helps create a personal connection with school-taught subjects which ensures home-based learning is more accessible and ultimately more engaging. Our innovative resources are particularly useful for helping tweens and young adults understand their own psychology through comparison with the lives of others. Click on the Subscribe button on the home page for further information. 'Short and concise... easy reading and hard- working.' --Karen Sullivan, SecEd. 'Thorough, informative and fascinating... all in a neat little package.' --Cindy Taylor, All Books Review International ‘An invaluable stimulus to create dialogue and debate in schools.'—Dave Jones, Pearson Headteacher of the North - See more at:
