Biography

Giants of Science: Leonardo Da Vinci (Unabridged)

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As the illegitimate son of a notary from Vinci, Leonardo is banned from Italian universities and trade guilds. But he soon becomes the shining star in the studio of the acclaimed Florentine artist Verrocchio. After being investigated for alleged homosexual activities, Leonardo leaves Florence in 1482 to make weapons for the prince of Milan.

Author: 
Kathleen Krull
Grade Level: 
Middle
Lexile: 
1010L
Length: 
01:11
Giants of Science: Leonardo Da Vinci (Unabridged)

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Unabridged)

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For 25 years, middle-grade readers have been moved by this telling of Sadako Sasaki's spirited battle with leukemia.

Author: 
Eleanor Coerr
Grade Level: 
Elementary
Lexile: 
630L
Length: 
01:32
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes (Unabridged)

Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog (Abridged Nonfiction)

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John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. They were young and in love, with a perfect little house and not a care in the world. Then they brought home Marley, a wriggly yellow furball of a puppy. Life would never be the same.

Author: 
John Grogan
Grade Level: 
High
Lexile: 
1050L
Length: 
06:04
Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog (Abridged Nonfiction)

Night (Unabridged)

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It is 1944. The Jews of Sighet, Hungary are rounded up and driven into Nazi concentration camps. For the next terrible year, young Elie Wiesel experiences the loss of everything he loves — home, friends, family — in an agonizing journey through Birkenau, Auschwitz, Buna, and Buchenwald. The greatest tragedy of our time, told through the eyes of a 15-year old boy.

Author: 
Elie Wiesel
Grade Level: 
High
Lexile: 
590L
Length: 
04:18
Night (Unabridged)

John, Paul, George and Ben

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According to the author, John (Hancock), Paul (Revere), George (Washington), Ben (Franklin), and Independent Tom (Jefferson) were always getting into trouble together as boys before getting into bi

Author: 
Lane Smith
Grade Level: 
Primary
Elementary
Length: 
00:12
John, Paul, George and Ben

Coach Carter

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COACH CARTER tells the inspiring true story of controversial high school basketball coach Ken Carter (Jackson). Making headlines for his emphasis on the importance of academics over athletics, Carter requests all the members of the team to sign contracts, promising to maintain a certain grade point average. When the players fail to live up to this agreement, Carter benches the entire team, locking the gym and forfeiting games to prove his point. This infuriates the community who sees this as a hindrance to the future professional athletic careers of the players.

Director: 
Thomas Carter
Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
02:16
Coach Carter

Calvin Klein: A Stylish Obsession (1997)

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His name adorns everything from underwear to perfume. His stylish designs and business acumen built a fashion empire. When Brooke Shields went on national TV and cooed "nothing comes between me and my Calvins," a young designer from New York became a fashion icon. Calvin Klein went from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology to stardom in a few short years.

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Middle
High
Length: 
00:50
Calvin Klein: A Stylish Obsession

Colonel Sanders: America's Chicken King (1998)

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Colonel Sanders: America's Chicken King. Here's your chance to know the real Colonel Harlan Sanders. He spent most of his life bouncing from job to job and collected his first Social Security check before becoming a success. He also never made it past private in the Army. But his chicken recipe hit it big after he was 65.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:50
Colonel Sanders: America's Chicken King

Ray Kroc: Fast Food Millionaire (1998)

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U.S. restaurateur, a pioneer of the fast-food industry. He was working as a blender salesman when he discovered a restaurant in San Bernardino, Calif., owned by Maurice and Richard McDonald, who used an assembly-line format to prepare and sell a large volume of hamburgers, french fries, and milk shakes.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:50
Ray Kroc: Fast Food Millionaire

Dave Thomas: Made to Order (1998)

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Dave Thomas: Made to Order. Story of the lovable guy behind the Wendy's fast-food empire. He began with Kentucky Fried Chicken and invented the famous bucket of chicken with Colonel Sander's face on it. After leaving KFC, he started in Wendy's commercials in 1989--the first of 500 thus far.

Grade Level: 
Middle
High
Length: 
00:50
Dave Thomas: Made to Order

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