DescriptionBadgers in My Vest is a new, darkly funny play by an acclaimed contemporary playwright, based on a true incident in Dylan Thomas' life.
DescriptionThis episode of The Shadow was originally broadcast on April 10, 1938. "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men? The Shadow knows!" From 1930-1954, the wealthy Lamont Cranston was one of the best-known characters on radio, using his mystical powers to fight crime. The only person who knew The Shadow's true identity was his "friend and companion, the lovely Margot Lane". Through the years, The Shadow was portrayed by Frank Readick, Orson Welles, Bill Johnstone, Bret Morrison, and others. As listeners were reminded at the end of every episode, "The weed of crime bears bitter fruit. Crime does not pay! The Shadow knows!"…
DescriptionNow daily Bible time for children is even easier with this fully dramatized audio version of the NIrV Little Kids' Adventure Bible . Read by kids, for kids, it's the perfect introduction to the Bible for even the littlest Bible explorer! Features include: Selections from the best-selling New International Reader's Version (NIrV - the NIV for kids!) A fully dramatized recording of the NIrV Little Kids' Adventure Bible using multiple kids' voices Spiritually and developmentally appropriate for ages four to 10 One-minute memory songs for Scripture in the NIV, the most memorized translation High interest drama with music and sound effects This NIrV Little Kids' Adventure Bible: Old Testament Volume 1, includes Genesis to II Samuel.
DescriptionFirst published in 1908, and widely regraded as his masterpiece, Penguin Island is Anatole France's most searching and satirical novel. A humorous critique of customs and laws, rituals and rites, its subject is human nature, but its characters are penguins in the mythical land of Penguinia. The story of the strutting penguins and their virtues and vices is not merely a burlesque allegory of French history, it is a satire of the history of mankind. With gentle yet biting irony, France challenges the Spencerian belief in the ultimate perfectibility of man, though his irony reveals his sympathy for man's weaknesses and his need for social institutions.
DescriptionThere has never been a history of America like Harold Evans's long-awaited They Made America . With the verve and cogency that made his American Century an acclaimed best seller, Evans tells the epic story of the men and women who made Americ…
DescriptionThis is the remarkable story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language. The Adventure of English is not only an enthralling story of power, religion, and trade, but also the story of people, and how their lives continue to change the extraordinary language that is English.
