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 U.S. creates an ad campaignurging people to stay in their cities and fight, in case an enemy drops a nuclear bomb.
Archduke Ferdinand's assassination by Gavrilo Princip, a Serb, ignites a chain of events leading to World War I.
Jefferson hates giving speeches due to his high-pitched voice and his lisp.
Old photographs of the B-24 in action.
Though African Americans were free, after the Civil War, the U.S. federal government (including the federal courts) allows the practice of racial segr...
Baby spiders travel by "ballooning," which means they send out a strand of spider silk and ride it on the wind. Millions of spiderlings "rained" on a ...
Even though teams are playing baseball in the northern U.S., there is no evidence it is popular in the south until the Civil War.
Rune Stones are standing stones in Scandinavia and Britain which tell the stories of kings and warriors like Beowulf.
How do we find and credit photos, drawings, paintings and illustrations to enhance our research and writing projects?
Colonists are upset with Britain for enforcing unpopular trade regulations against them.
Unafraid of Grendel, the warrior Beowulf helps the Danes by killing the monster.
The fall of Berlin provokes the end of the war, but there are still troubles ahead for the city.