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!
Although baseball's real beginnings are unknown, the first recorded game (in 1838) took place in Canada. Boys playing games with balls and sticks can ...
April 24, 2016 marks the 100th anniversary of Ireland's Easter Rising when the people of Ireland took definitive action to rid the country of British ...
In the 1600s, the East India Company becomes one of the most powerful businesses in the world.
The original Emancipation Proclamation resides at the National Archives; Lincoln's copy burns in the Great Fire of Chicago in 1871.
After Ebenezer Scrooge takes a trip with the Three Spirits, he decides to make changes in his life. He determines not to end-up like his partner, Jac...
Etruscans are the civilization of ancient Italy inhibiting Tuscany, western Umbria, and northern Latium.
Marley promises that Scrooge Three Spirits will visit his old partner. The first Spirit - the Ghost of Christmas Past - is his first visitor.
Key is remembered for honoring the Fort McHenry flag which now is cared-for at the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.
The flag still flies at dawn, after the British give up on Baltimore.
The Armada moves slowly towards the English Channel in a crescent formation, while the British "race" ships harass the Spanish ships.
After the 1929 stock market crash, the Great Depression is the worst economic disaster in history.
Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin envisions and creates rigid airships that are used for transportation and war.
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