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Zane: Issac Asimov: Astronomy	Zane: Issac Asimov: The Universe
Why did ancient peoples look to the stars for guidance and an explanation of earthly occurrences? Why did they create stories out of the images they saw in the sky? A 40-minute multimedia presentation andmore than 350 stunning images reveal the history of the study of stars. Learn how Galileo's use of the telescope revolutionized astronomy and why today's scientists now use radio telescopes to study distant stars.Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac Price: 6.99	Begin your trek through our universe with an explanation of how the universe was born. Examine the big bang and the expanding universe theories. You'll learn about our own galaxy, the Milky Way, and exploredistant galaxies to unravel the secrets of how they were formed and whether they have black holes in their centers. Search the universe to uncover the differences between quasars and pulsars through a 40-minute presentation and more than 400 striking images.Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac Price: 6.99
Zane: Issac Asimov: Space Exploration	Zane: Issac Asimov: Space Speculation
Journey through the galaxy to uncover the secrets of outer space. Begin your exploration with an explanation of rockets, probes, and satellites - and how they have catapulted our quest for knowledge about space. Then discover the world of piloted space flights, walks in space,and space shuttle missions. Consider the possibilities of colonizing other planets and star systems. Includes an exciting 40-minute multimedia presentation and more than 350 images.Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac Price: 6.99	Is there life on other planets? Did comets kill the dinosaurs? Is the Oort cloud a companion to our sun? Explore the mysteries of the universe in a fascinating study of space as seen through the eyes of interstellar explorers and scientists. Follow the latest news about unidentified flying objects and the quest to communicate with other lifeforms. Includes a 40-minute multimedia presentation and more than 300 illustrations.Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac Price: 6.99
Zane: Issac Asimov: The Inner Planets	Zane: Issac Asimov: The Outer Planets
Take a journey to our solar system's 'rocky planets' - Mercury, Venus,Earth, and Mars. Discover why Venus is known both as an evening star and a morning star and explore why, until recently, scientists have had trouble studying the surface of Mercury, the 'quick planet.' Learn more about our home planet, Earth, and its moon. Uncover the secrets of our mysterious neighbor, Mars. Includes a 50-minute presentation and more than 450 vivid images.Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac Price: 6.99	Why are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune called the 'gas giants'? What celestial body orbits alongside Pluto? Unravel the unique characteristics of each of the five planets farthest from the sun as you listen to the 50-minute multimedia presentation and view more than 400 images. Discover why Jupiter is called the Spotted Giant and learn why Galileo thought Saturn's beautiful rings were 'ears' around the planet.Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac Price: 6.99
Zane: Afr Amer His: A Cultural Heritage (African American History)	Zane: Leading Black Amer 1 (African American History)
Survey the cultural contributions of black Americans from the turn of the century to the present day. Discover how jazz, first given a voice by leading African American musicians and singers, gained the worldwide popularity it still enjoys today. Explore the world of black literatureand enjoy a special look at the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s. Includes a 70-minute multimedia presentation and more than 750 photos.Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac Price: 6.99	Follow Benjamin Banneker, Mary McLeod, Bethune, and George Washington Carver in their struggle against, and eventual triumphs over, racism. Learn how these African Americans of vision, determination, and dedication defied the odds to become great achievers, changing the livesand attitudes of many - both black and white - in the process. Includesa 35-minute multimedia presentation and more than 350 photos.Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac Price: 6.99
Zane: Leading Black Amer 2 (African American History)	Zane: Struggle for Equal Rights (African American History)
Travel back to the time of slavery in America, and trace the stories of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, and Robert Smalls in their risky butsuccessful escapes from bondage and their selfless and dangerous work to free others. Learn how they worked to the end of oppression that attempted to rob blacks of their dignity, labor, culture, and future. Includes a 40-minute multimedia presentation and more than 375 photos.Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac Price: 6.99	Follow the plight of African Americans in the years following the Civil War, from the poverty and discrimination that befell them in the South to the climate of inequality and racial violence that pervaded American society well into the 1960s. Learn how the peaceful strategies of the civil rights movement were often countered with savage attacks by white supremacists. Includes a 65-minute multimedia presentation and more than 625 photos.Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac Price: 6.99
Zane: Struggle for Freedom (African American History)	Zane: Art Hist: Native Amer & Colonial Art
Discover the hardships endured by African Americans in their fight forfreedom, from the horrors of bondage aboard slave ships through the racism and greed that grew following the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Uncover the brutal conditions in which slaves lived and the roles played by free blacks in the North in securing white allies inthe protest against slavery. Includes a 45-minute multimedia presentation and more than 600 photos.Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac Price: 6.99	Discover the beginnings of art in America through a study of artworks created by Native Americans, with special emphasis on the nomadic tribesof the Great Plains and the Pueblo and Navajo cultures of the Southwest.Learn the different ways that art mirrors the values and beliefs of a society as you examine the portraits created by colonial American artists. Includes a 45-minute multimedia presentation and more than 550photos. Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac Price: 6.99
Zane: Writing Series: Kidnapped Imaginative/Narrative Writing	Zane: Writing Series: Robinson Crusoe Analytical/Expository Writing
This instructive CD-ROM not only offers excerpts from Robert Louis Stevenson's popular novel, 'Kidnapped,' in its study of the imaginative/narrative mode of writing, but also beautiful illustrations by the renowned artist N.C. Wyeth, which originally appeared in the 'Illustrated Classics' series of the early twentieth century. Includes a 15-minute multimedia presentation and more than 250 photos.Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac Price: 6.99	This instructive CD-ROM not only offers excerpts from Daniel Defoe's classic, 'Robinson Crusoe,' in its study of the analytical / expository mode of writing, but also beautiful illustrations by the renowned artist N.C. Wyeth, which originally appeared in the 'Illustrated Classics' series of the early twentieth century. includes a 15-minute multimedia presentation and more than 250 photos.Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista and Mac Price: 6.99
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