Real Lives Series
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Clint Eastwood L3 & L7*

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Iris Howden, narrated by Ramsay McLean.
 
Speed levels 3 (70wpm) & 7 (120-130wpm) 1CD  ISBN: 0 86457 576 9    PP. 20
 

‘In the 1960’s, a new kind of hero rode onto the cinema screen. He was The Man With No Name.  No-one knew who he was, or where he came from. He didn’t say much, but he was quick on the draw. Clint Eastwood was the new star of spaghetti westerns.’

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Ian Botham L3 & L7*

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Julia Holt, narrated by Ramsay McLean
 
Speed Levels 3 (70 wpm) & 7 (120-130 wpm) 1 CD
ISBN: 0 86457 579 3    PP. 16

When Ian Botham retired in July 1993 at the age of 37, England lost its greatest all-round cricketer.  He was a match-winner but people also went to see him because of his show-biz personality.

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John F. Kennedy L3 & L7

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Mike Wilson, narrated by John Trewin.
 
Speed levels 3 (70 wpm) & 7 (120-130 wpm) 1CD  ISBN: 0 86457 578 5     PP. 16

 

President John F. Kennedy was still young and handsome when he died.  He was the best-loved President in America since Abraham Lincoln.  Now, over 30 years on, America remembers the President as a hero.  They see his murder as the murder of the American Dream.

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Mahatma Gandhi L3 & L7

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Mike Wilson, narrated by John Watts.
 
Speed level 3 (70wpm) & 7 (120-130wpm) 1CD  ISBN: 0 86457 580 7        PP. 16
 

"He was just a thin old man dressed in a cotton cloth.  When he died one and a half million people went to his funeral.  He was not a king, or a prime minister.  He was a holy man, a saint.  He was called a Mahatma, which means 'Great Soul'."  Well spaced out text with minimal words.

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Marilyn Monroe L2 & L5*

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Iris Howden, narrated by Colin Corten & Polly Low.
 
Speed levels 2 (60wpm) & 5 (90wpm) 1 CD ISBN: 0 86457 361 8    PP. 16
 
 

Marilyn Monroe is more famous than film stars alive today, yet she died over forty years ago.  Her beginnings and tragic end are told in this biography.

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Sir Winston Churchill L2 & L6

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Mike Wilson, narrated by Edgar Metcalfe
 
Speed levels 2 (60wpm) & 6 (100-110wpm) 1CD  ISBN: 0 86457 582 3       PP. 16
 

‘Late in his life, Sir Winston Churchill looked back on his long career.  He said: “I am not sure that I have done very well.” He had not always been popular, and he had not always been right. But he led Britain to victory in World War Two.’

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