Publisher Description
America has long been regarded as the land of opportunity, but not all succeeded. What can we learn from those that did? This audio provides and insight into Americans who achieved a great deal in their lives.
Each story comes alive through BioViews®. A BioView® is a short biographical story, similar to an interview. These unique stories provide an easy way of learning about amazing people who made major contributions to our world and can help you achieve your ambitions in your journey through life.
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About Charles Margerison
Charles Margerison is a chartered psychologist and a member of the Royal Institution and the Royal Literature Society. He is chairman of Viewpoint Resources Ltd and was previously professor of management at the Universities of Cranfield and Queensland. He was also a cofounder of Emerald, the world’s leading publisher of management journals and databases. The author of more than ten books on management issues, he has written a major continuing professional development system, used in business organizations, called The Communication and Problem Solving Resource. He is the cofounder of Team Management Systems and the Chairman of Bell Hughes Music Group. He lives in Queensland, Australia, when not travelling on business.
About the Narrators
J. S. Gilbert has spent the better part of his life working in advertising and marketing. He has written radio and tv spots and voice-overs as a sound alike and in his own voice for Clorox, Phillips 66, McDonald’s, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Chevy Trucks of Texas and Kentucky, Dodge, PBS and tons of other things big and small. J. S. is the voice for five champions in the video game League of Legends and over three hundred other video games, pinball machines and slot machines. He was a former stand-up and gag writer.
J. S. Gilbert has spent the better part of his life working in advertising and marketing. He has written radio and tv spots and voice-overs as a sound alike and in his own voice for Clorox, Phillips 66, McDonald’s, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Chevy Trucks of Texas and Kentucky, Dodge, PBS and tons of other things big and small. J. S. is the voice for five champions in the video game League of Legends and over three hundred other video games, pinball machines and slot machines. He was a former stand-up and gag writer.
J. S. Gilbert has spent the better part of his life working in advertising and marketing. He has written radio and tv spots and voice-overs as a sound alike and in his own voice for Clorox, Phillips 66, McDonald’s, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Chevy Trucks of Texas and Kentucky, Dodge, PBS and tons of other things big and small. J. S. is the voice for five champions in the video game League of Legends and over three hundred other video games, pinball machines and slot machines. He was a former stand-up and gag writer.
James Langton, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and later as a musician at the Guildhall School in London. He has worked in radio, film, and television, also appearing in theater in England and on Broadway. He is also a professional musician who led the internationally renowned Pasadena Roof Orchestra from 1996 to 2002.