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    Amazing Entrepreneurs and Business People: A2
    Amazing Entrepreneurs and Business People: A2
    Amazing Entrepreneurs and Business People: A2
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    Amazing Entrepreneurs and Business People: A2

    Published by HarperCollins Publishers

    Narrated by Collins

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    About this audiobook

    The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.

    Contents:
    Mayer Amschel Rothschild who started a bank which made his family rich
    Cornelius Vanderbilt who became one of the richest people in the USA
    W. K. Kellogg who started the world’s biggest cereal company
    Elizabeth Arden who built the Elizabeth Arden cosmetics company
    Walt Disney who started the famous entertainment company
    Soichiro Honda who started the Honda motorbike and car company

    BRITISH ENGLISH
    Word count: 6,901
    Headword count: 623

    PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials.

    This book is Level 1 in the Collins ELT Readers series.
    Level 1 is equivalent to CEF level A2.

    About the Amazing People series:
    A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen.

    Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character’s life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure.

    After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research.

    Created in association with The Amazing People Club.

    About Collins ELT Readers:
    Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels:
    Level 1 - elementary (A2)
    Level 2 - pre-intermediate (A2–B1)
    Level 3 - intermediate (B1)
    Level 4 - upper intermediate (B2)
    Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins Publishers
    Release dateJul 13, 2017
    ISBN9780008268619
    Amazing Entrepreneurs and Business People: A2

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