Story of the World, Volume 4: The Modern Age: From Victoria's Empire to the End of the USSR (11 CDs)

by Susan Wise Bauer, Jim Weiss (Narrated by)

Overview

History will never be the same again!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781933339030
Publisher:	The Well-Trained Mind Press
Publication date:	09/04/2006
Series:	Story of the World Series
Edition description:	Unabridged
Pages:	1
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 6.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Susan Wise Bauer is an educator and academic who has worked with parents and students for more than twenty years. She taught at the College of William & Mary in Virginia for fifteen years. Her previous best-selling titles for Norton include The Well-Trained Mind, The Well-Educated Mind, The Story of Western Science, and the History of the World series.

Jim Weiss's story recordings and books offer a welcoming doorway into the world’s greatest stories from literature and history. His vivid retellings of the classics have received more than one hundred major awards from organizations such as the American Library Association, Parents' Choice Foundation, Oppenheim Toy Portfolio, and Film Advisory Board. More importantly, the stories form the heart of daily learning and meaningful entertainment in households and schools around the world.To hear Jim tell a story is to become swept up in the tale. He includes information about people and events behind the stories, and encourages children to read the original classics, on their own or with the help of more experienced readers. So listeners leave the storyteller's circle inspired to learn even more and to develop their own creative gifts. Jim Weiss believes the joy of reading, writing and creative activity begins in the presence of the storyteller.For performance availability, distribution information, or additional titles, please visit www.welltrainedmind.com or www.jimweiss.com.