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 September 22, 1943, the Italian soldiers on Cephalonia believe the war is over; the Germans organize and bomb the Italians.
China has beautiful mountains once covered by trees, but many forest areas are being destroyed.
Mt Rushmore is dedicated on March 3, 1933. Why would anyone carve the heads of 4 presidents on the side of a mountain?
Debate still rages over whether Oswald killed JFK but few doubt that he killed Officer J.D. Tippit.
The Japanese know that Zamperini is an Olympic hero. He makes a radio broadcast, but will not speak against US policies. He moves to Naoetsu. Rumors b...
The Nazca Lines are a series of ancient geoglyphs in the Nazca Desert in Peru.
The Titanic sank only 300 miles away from the last-known location of the Andrea Gail.
The silent film Nosferatu is brilliant, but dies quickly due to copyright problems. The executor of Bram Stoker's Estate was extremely displeased that...
Splitting atoms, called nuclear fission, creates energy (in the form of heat) called nuclear energy.
Expertsbelievethe Olmec civilization is thefirst societyin Mesoamerica and that they have awritten formof language.
Read and listen to Dr. Armnad D'Angour's Olympic poem for the London 2012 games.
Small ceramic tiles on the surface of space shuttles protect against high temperatures on reentry to earth.
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