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!
After launch, a piece of external-tank insulation breaks loose and strikes Columbia's left wing.
WWII broadcasts give C.S. Lewis the opportunity to share his writings and philosophy. He becomes very influential via those BBC broadcasts.
"Conductors" are people who lead the slaves to safety; some include runaway slaves such as Harriet Tubman.
During the afternoon of October 26th, 1881, a famous gunfight erupts in Tombstone between the lawmen and the Cowboys.
JFK's autopsy states that he died "from gunshot wounds at Dallas, Texas."
During the middle ages, when feudalism was prevalent in Europe, a commoner remained a commoner throughout his or her life.
Fire-fighting has advanced greatly since the bucket-and-mops days, but pre-20th-century "fire engines" are only as good as technological advances allo...
The largely forgotten fire in Peshtigo, Wisconsin is much-more deadly than the fire in Chicago.
Bessie Coleman, a pioneering aviator, was born 125 years ago on January 26, 1892. In 1921, she became the first African-American female pilot. To make...
Governments ration food and many other items during both world wars.
John Wilkes Booth, an actor, enters the Ford Theater Presidential box carrying his gun and a knife.
Louie receives permission to return to Japan to meet and forgive his old guards who are now in prison. Prior to the 1998 Olympic games in Japan, Zamp ...