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Isaac Newton
A Giant of Modern Science
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life and career of Isaac Newton in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life and work of Isaac Newton. Although this English scientist and mathematician is best known for his theory of...
Winston Churchill
Britain’s Legendary Wartime Leader
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Winston Churchill in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life of Winston Churchill. In May 1940, with Europe under threat from Adolf Hitler’s Germany, Winston Churchill became...
Oliver Cromwell
The Man Who Refused to be King
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Oliver Cromwell in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life of Oliver Cromwell. In 1642, the established order in England was overturned when Parliament raised an army against...
Vasco da Gama
The Sea Route to India
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Vasco da Gama in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the maritime voyages of Vasco da Gama. In a daring voyage in the late 15th century, Vasco da Gama became the first European to...
Margaret Thatcher
The Iron Lady
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Margaret Thatcher in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Margaret Thatcher. In the 1970s, the United Kingdom was struggling economically in comparison with its stronger European...
Francisco Pizarro
Conquistador of the Attack on Peru
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Francisco Pizarro in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Francisco Pizarro. In the 16th century, much of the Americas was as of yet undiscovered by European explorers. After two...
Nixon
The Rise and Fall of the President at the Heart of the Watergate Scandal
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the career of Richard Nixon in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life and political career of Richard Nixon. In 1974, Nixon made history as the first ever US president to resign from office....
Gandhi
The Power of Nonviolence
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Mahatma Gandhi in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Gandhi’s life and achievements. In the 19th century, European countries had colonised large parts of Asia and Africa to increase...
The Watergate Scandal
The conspiracy that brought down Nixon
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the events of the Watergate scandal in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the Watergate scandal. What started out as an apparently ordinary break-in at the DNC headquarters soon turned into...
Tito
The Marshal of Yugoslavia
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2018
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life and career of Josip Broz Tito in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life of Josip Broz Tito, Marshal of Yugoslavia, who exercised a decisive influence on the country’s...
Nelson Mandela
The Fight Against Apartheid
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2018
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Nelson Mandela in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of Nelson Mandela’s lifelong fight against apartheid. This system of racial segregation was enshrined in law in South...
Martin Luther King
The Civil Rights Movement and the Fight against Segregation
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life and political activism of Martin Luther King, Jr. In the mid-20th century, black Americans continued to experience...
Coco Chanel
The Queen of Haute Couture
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2018
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life and career of Coco Chanel in next to no time with this concise guide.
50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the work of the iconic French fashion designer Coco Chanel. Chanel entered the fashion world at a time when...
Henry Ford
Mass Production and the Model T
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2017
Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Henry Ford in next to no time with this concise guide.50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life and career of Henry Ford. Prior to the early 20th century, a car was a luxury that only a privileged few could afford,...