New Series - October 2010
THE AMAZING PEOPLE CLUB
Written by Dr Charles Margerison
Amazing People - Inspirational Stories…
“I was impressed with the speeches Abraham Lincoln made as he had such strong ideas and visions. Likewise, I was interested in how Shakespeare wrote his plays. It was truly fascinating to interview them and other amazing people.”
Dr Charles Margerison
Ever wanted to ask William Shakespeare what he did to become famous in London? Or find out how Coco Chanel’s life took her from rags to riches? What inspired Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi and other great musicians? Meet them, and many others, in this new and unique series from The Amazing People Club!
The series has been developed by psychologist, Dr Charles Margerison, and gives readers a ‘virtual opportunity’ to meet amazing people. The books and audios bring readers ‘face to face’ with many of the world’s most inspiring and influential characters in science, medicine, business, music, engineering, aviation and the arts. Their stories are revealed through BioViews ®, a newly-developed concept in storytelling that combines a biography with a virtual interview – where people tell you their life stories on a personal and confidential basis.
A full range of important historical characters from different ages are featured in the series, including Michelangelo, Pasteur, Curie and Brunel. More modern figures include entertainers like Elvis Presley, Edith Piaf and Louis Armstrong. They ‘come back to life’ to tell their own stories through concise and accessible interviews. In that sense, the reader travels through time to meet them, in order to better understand what motivated them to succeed.
In Amazing Women discover the story of Elizabeth Blackwell, the world’s first female doctor. In Amazing Entrepreneurs find out who developed the McDonald chain of restaurants, the history of Boots the Chemist and Georges de Mestral’s amazing invention. In Amazing Love Stories find out why Madame de Pompadour remained King Louis XV’s long term mistress, but did not marry him. Learn where Charles Dickens got his ideas and how Sir Christopher Wren came to design St Paul’s Cathedral and other great churches in Amazing People of London.
Each title also includes a final section that summarises each subject’s achievements and how these achievements have been recognised. The Amazing People Club titles are available in book, downloadable audio and eBook formats.
For a full range of titles available, and to experience BioViews® for yourself, go to:
www.amazingpeopleclub.com.
THE AMAZING PEOPLE CLUB SERIES INCLUDES:
- Amazing Women
- Amazing Americans
- Amazing Careers
- Amazing Entrepreneurs
- Amazing Love Stories
- Amazing People of London
- Amazing People of New York
The above titles are all available in book, audio and eBook format. The Amazing People collection also includes individual audio stories from The Amazing People Club portfolio, as well as short audio collections including Amazing Women in Business, Amazing Inventors, Amazing American Musicians and Amazing Explorers. Meet Coco Chanel. Meet Abraham Lincoln. Meet Amelia Earhart. Meet Charles Darwin and meet Louis Armstrong.
COMING SOON…!
A brand new list of titles publishes in March 2011:
- Short Audio collections: Amazing Spies, Amazing Millionaires, Amazing Aviators, Amazing Mistresses, Amazing Psychologists, Amazing Artists, Amazing Writers, Amazing Educators, Amazing Entrepreneurs.
- Full Audiobooks and Print on Demand paperbacks: Amazing People of Paris, Amazing People of Sydney, Amazing Scientists, Amazing Doctors and Nurses
- Short Ebooks: Amazing Women Leaders, Amazing Women - Careers, Amazing Americans - Scientists, Amazing American Achievers, Amazing Scientists, Amazing Careers, Amazing Engineers, Amazing Millionaires, Amazing Spies, Amazing Aviators, Amazing Mistresses, Amazing Artists, Amazing Writers
- Full eBooks: Amazing People of Paris, Amazing People of Sydney
AMAZING FACTS ABOUT AMAZING PEOPLE
Elizabeth Arden’s parents were so impressed by the work of Florence Nightingale that they gave her Florence’s surname as her middle name. Her birth certificate reads ‘Florence Nightingale Graham’. Elizabeth Arden actually went on to train as a nurse before deciding to change both her career direction and her name. She took her surname from Tennyson’s poem ‘Enoch Arden’ and the name Elizabeth because she liked it.
Elizabeth Blackwell became the first qualified female doctor in the USA, and the first woman to be registered as a doctor in England.
Marie Curie was born Marya Salomee Sklodowska. She married her, husband Pierre Curie, in 1895. There first child was born in 1897 – the same year she gained her Physics Doctorate.
Charles Dickens was sent to work in a rat-infested factory aged 12, to earn money to help pay off his father’s debts. Whilst Charles had a menial job at Warren’s Blacking House, his father, John Dickens, was languishing in a debtor’s prison.
Benjamin Franklin had left school and was working for his father’s business by the age of 10. His father was a tallow chandler and soap boiler, and Benjamin’s job was to cut the wicks for the candles he made.
Abraham Lincoln only had 18 months formal education. He therefore resolved to educate himself by reading The Life of George Washington, The Bible and the works of Shakespeare - three major influences on his thinking. Although committed to the abolition of slavery, his wife, Mary Todd, was the daughter of a prominent slave-owning family.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart could play the harpsichord by the age of four, and gave his first public concert aged 6.
Florence Nightingale’s well-endowed English family were very disappointed when she chose to be a nurse – an occupation seen by her parents as a menial type of work.
Edith Piaf spent her early years living in a brothel, living with her grandmother, who was in charge of the working girls. As a child, she was in poor health, and at the age of three began to lose her sight, which didn’t return until she was seven years old. She started singing on the streets to start her outstanding career.
Mother Theresa decided to be a missionary at the age of 12. Aged 18, she said goodbye to her mother and sister and set off to join the Sisters of Loreto at Rathfarnham, Ireland. She never saw them again.
