Sometimes it's nice just to hear a story. Like the "golden age of radio," Awesome Stories features dramatizations of classics, narrated chapters of our own stories, radio interviews and radio plays. This collection benefits ESL, adult literacy and those who just want to close their eyes and listen to a good story!
On the 16th of October, 1938, Winston Churchill broadcast a speech urging both his country, and America, to arm themselves.
On the 4th of June, 1940, Winston Churchill addressed Parliament.
Although C.S. Lewis was frequently "on the air" during World War II, the BBC has very few surviving broadcasts.
William Wordsworth, an English poet who served as Britain's Poet Laureate between 1843-1850, was greatly inspired by nature.
Not long after she received her diary, as a birthday present, Anne Frank and her father took a walk together near their Amsterdam home.
Three days after Anne Frank told "Kitty" about an unsettling conversation with her father - that the Frank family may have to go into hiding somewhere...
Three days after Anne Frank told "Kitty" about an unsettling conversation with her father - that the Frank family may have to go into hiding somewhere...
Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living with her family in Amsterdam, was thirteen years old during the summer of 1942. At the time, German forces were...
Anne Frank, a Jewish girl living with her family in Amsterdam, was thirteen years old during the summer of 1942. At the time, German forces were...
Seamus Heaneywas long known as "Famous Seamus" in his homeland.
Dylan Thomas was distraught, in 1951, as his father - David John Thomas - was gravely ill.
Not normally a writer of poetry - or anything else as a published author - Mary Elizabeth Frye (an American who lived in Baltimore) was moved by the s...
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