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!
The guillotine brings death to thousands of people during the French Revolution's "Reign of Terror."
The Hindenburg, built in 1931, is almost as long as the Titanic. Its function is to carry passengers across the Atlantic Ocean in less time than a shi...
After Union soldiers leave, the South resumes racial discrimination and segregation as a way of life.
The debris is foam insulation that possibly damages the Columbia's left wheel well.
One of the early amateur teams playing in New York, the Knickerbocker Base Ball Club, adopts rules for the game.
As he journeys with the "Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come," Scrooge sees the body of a man who dies alone, unwanted and unloved. He begins to worry: I...
Read a poem about the Lorax, written in a style similar to Dr. Seuss' writing style.
The Missouri Compromise allows a part of the former Louisiana Territory - admitted into the Union as a state called Missouri - to be a slave-holding s...
Everyone in and around Dallas knows the motorcade's widely publicized route.
The Great Famine of Ireland follows a set of "Penal Laws" governing the conduct of Irish Catholics.
Both Loeb and Leopold are smart, cunning, and the best of friends; Leopold does whatever Loeb asks of him.
In a rare weather event, three separate weather systems are on a "perfectly" aligned collision course.
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