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# 75 – An American singer-songwriter from 2022-06-22T03:08:46

# 75 – An American singer-songwriter

Neil Leslie Diamond- is an American singer-songwriter, born in 1941, he is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he received the Gra...

# 74 - CICERO from 2022-06-16T22:55:03

Marcus Tullius Cicero was born in 106 BC in a small municipality of Arpinum, 100 kilometers from Rome – He was assassinated in 43 BC, in Rome, at the age of 63. His mother was a housewife, and h...

# 73 - PARKISONS from 2022-06-16T20:20:40

PARKISONS  DISEASE

Parkinson’s is a progressive, degenerative disease that affects nervous system function, according to the Mayo Clinic. The nerve cells in the brain, ca...

# 72 - HINDUISM from 2022-03-09T00:59:11

Unlike other religions, Hinduism has no one founder but is instead a fusion of various beliefs.

It is believed that Hinduism started between 2300 B.C. and 1500 B.C., but many ...

# 71- Don McLean- American Pie ll from 2022-01-21T00:35:54

A long, long time ago

I can still remember how that music used to make me smile

And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance

And maybe they'd be happy ...

# 70- Don McLean- American Pie l from 2022-01-21T00:26:58

Don McLean was Born October 2, 1945. He is an American singer-songwriter, best known for his 1971 hit song "American Pie"

McLean's original recording was selected for preservation in the ...

# 69- The story of Ruth part 4 (Old Testament) from 2022-01-11T00:33:47

When she got back to the town, she came to her mother-in-law, who asked, “How is it you my daughter ?” She told her all that the man had done for her; and she added, “He gave me thes...

# 68- The story of Ruth part 3 (Old Testament) from 2022-01-11T00:32:06

She gleaned in the field until evening. Then she beat out what she had gleaned and carry it back with her to the town. When her mother-in-law saw what she had gleaned, and when she a...

# 67- The story of Ruth part 2 (Old Testament) from 2022-01-11T00:30:20

When they arrived in Bethlehem, the whole city buzzed with excitement over them. The women said, “can this be Naomi?” “Do not call me Naomi,” she replied. call me Mara, (Mara means b...

# 66- The story of Ruth part 1 (Old Testament) from 2022-01-11T00:27:44

# 66- The story of Ruth part 1 (Old Testament)

Ruth is a story from the Old Testament

In the days when the Chieftains ruled . Chieftains ( were the heads of the tribes of an area &...

# 65 - Saint Thomas Aquinas from 2021-12-06T06:46:09

Thomas Aquinas was born in 1225 and died in 1274, he was canonized by Pope John XXII in 1323 and became Saint Thomas Aquinas.

Saint Thomas was from Roccasecca near Naples-Italy. He was th...

#64- Jack London from 2021-06-29T01:58:17

Jack London

Jack London is known as a writer, journalist and a proud socialist.

He was born - John Griffith Chaney, on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco California, in the United S...

#63- Paul Frederic Simon, You can call me Al from 2021-02-25T05:30:02

Paul Frederic Simon was born on October 13, 1941.He is a Singer-songwriter and an iconic figure in American rock music. As a singer-songwriter known for his cerebral composition, it is not a sur...

#62- News Year's Celebrations,Robert Burns from 2020-12-29T00:14:59

Auld Lang Syne by Robert Burns

Most English-speakers on New Year’s Eve sing a song called "Auld Lang Syne" which is an old Scottish song that was first published by the poet Robert Burns ...

#61- The Twelve Days of Christmas 2 from 2020-12-09T00:49:24

1- On the first day of Christmas

my true love sent to me:

A Partridge in a Pear Tree

2- On the second day of Christ...

#60- The Twelve Days of Christmas 1 from 2020-12-09T00:42:22

The Twelve Days of Christmas is a song that was written during the Puritan Movement in England. During the years 1558-1829 Catholics were not allowed to practice their faith. The song has two me...

#59- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo-part 5 from 2020-11-02T01:50:12

Musical adaptation les Meserables by Vitor Hugo

DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING

Do you hear the people sing

Sing the song of angry men

It is the music of a pe...

#58- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo-part 4 Cosette+Marius from 2020-11-02T01:48:19

COSETTE-  becomes a beautiful young woman and she meets Marius they  fall in love , however, Eponine, who is one of the daughters of the Thernardiers , also loves Marius, in the end Ma...

#57- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo-part 3 from 2020-11-02T01:30:59

THE THÉNARDIERS

THE THÉNARDIERS- represent the lawless subculture of society. they own an Inn and cheat their customers. The novel portrays them as brutal and abusive figures; some adapta...

#56- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo- part 2 Cosette from 2020-11-02T01:03:27

Cosette- The daughter of Fantine. After Fantine dies, from approximately the age of three to the age of eight, Cosette is beaten and forced to work for the Thénardiers.  Mrs.Thénardier spoi...

#55- Les Misérables, Victor Hugo part 1 from 2020-11-02T01:00:57

Les Misérables, is an epic and historical fiction novel by Victor Hugo, published in French in 1862.

Les Misérables is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In 5 volu...

#54- The Little Red Hen, part 3 - American fable from 2020-10-27T21:21:09

Still confident that they would surely help her some day she sang out, "Who will make the bread?"

Alas for the Little Red Hen! Once more her hopes were dashed! For the Pig sai...

#53- The Little Red Hen, part 2 - American fable from 2020-10-27T21:20:05

She got the sickle from among the farmer's tools in the barn and proceeded to cut off all of the big plant of Wheat.

On the ground lay the nicely cut Wheat, ready to be gather...

#52- The Little Red Hen,part 1 - American fable from 2020-10-27T21:18:46

A Little Red Hen lived in a barnyard. She spent almost all of her time walking about the barnyard in her picketty-picketty fashion, scratching everywhere for worms.

She dearly...

#51- The Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln from 2020-10-01T04:50:56

Abraham Lincoln was an American statesman and lawyer who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, the country's...

#50- Two Nights at Neempani, Arnaba Saha from 2020-09-17T21:10:57

I drove all night and did not stop till I reached Neempani. I know the name is strange but the place was too familiar to me. First time I came here was with Sonal. The night was surr...

#49- The Great Feast, Laura E. Richards from 2020-09-16T22:14:09

ONCE the Play Angel came into a nursery where four
little children sat on the floor with sad and troubled faces.

“What is the matter, dears?” asked the Play Angel.

“We wanted t...

#48- Androclus and the Lion, James Baldwin from 2020-09-15T23:31:52

In Rome there was once a poor slave whose name was Androclus. His master was a cruel man, and so unkind to him that at last Androclus ran away.

He hid himself in a wild wood for many days...

#47- What A Wonderful World, Louis Armstrong from 2020-09-12T01:51:28

I see trees of green

Red roses too

I see them bloom

For me and you

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

I see skies of blue

And clouds of...

#46- Who was, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov from 2020-09-05T23:51:34

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was born on Jan 29, 1860, he was a Russian physician and supreme short story writer and playwright. He was the third of six children. His father was a grocer,...

#45- A Story Without A Title, Anton Chekhov-part 3 from 2020-08-28T04:09:39

At last he came out. Gathering all the monks around him, with a tear-stained face and with an expression of grief and indignation, he began telling them of what had befallen him duri...

#44- A Story Without A Title, Anton Chekhov-part 2 from 2020-08-28T04:06:31

Dozens of years passed by, and every day was like every other day, every night was like every other night. Except the birds and the wild beasts, not one soul appeared near the monast...

#43- A Story Without A Title, Anton Chekhov-part 1 from 2020-08-28T04:05:16

IN the fifth century, just as now, the sun rose every morning and every evening retired to rest. In the morning, when the first rays kissed the dew, the earth revived, the air was fi...

#42-Aubrey, David Gates - Bread from 2020-08-27T04:47:56

And Aubrey was her name,

A not so very ordinary girl or name

But who's to blame?

For a love that wouldn't bloom

For the hearts that never played in tune

Like a...

#041- Five Little Pigs, Joseph Martin Kronheim - part 2 from 2020-08-27T00:29:04

The Little Pig who had Roast Beef.

This little pig was a very good and careful fellow. He gave his mother scarcely any trouble, and always took a pleasure in doing all she bad...

#040- Five Little Pigs, Joseph Martin Kronheim - part 1 from 2020-08-27T00:27:50

This little piggy went to market,

This little piggy stayed home,

This little piggy had roast beef

This little piggy had none,

And this little piggy cried ...

#039- The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter - part 2 from 2020-08-26T02:57:45

He went back towards the tool-shed, but suddenly, quite close to him, he heard the noise of a hoe— scratch, scratch, scratch, Peter scattered underneath the bushes. But presently, as nothing hap...

#038- The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Beatrix Potter part 1 from 2020-08-26T02:56:22

ONCE upon a time there were four little Rabbits, and their names were— Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail, and Peter.

They lived with their Mother in a sandbank, underneath the root of a big fir ...

#037- I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr. part 3 from 2020-08-18T23:27:06

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice (Yeah), sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of free...

#036- I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr. part 2 from 2020-08-18T23:21:29

1963 is not an end, but a beginning. And those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. The...

#035- I Have a Dream, Martin Luther King, Jr. part 1 from 2020-08-18T23:19:55

Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his iconic speech, titled I Have a Dream, on August 28, 1963- from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. at the event of the March on...

#034- Jack and the Beanstalk, English Fairy Tales from 2020-08-17T23:01:55

Jack and the Beanstalk

English Fairy Tales

Once upon a time there lived a poor widow and her son Jack. One day, Jack’s mother told him to sell their only cow. Jack went to the mark...

#033- The Town Mouse And The Country Mouse, Aesop from 2020-08-12T19:24:20

A Town Mouse once visited a relative who lived in the country. For lunch, the Country Mouse served wheat stalks, roots, and acorns, with a dash of cold water for drink. The Town Mous...

#032-The Declaration of Independence of the USA, Thomas Jefferson Cont. from 2020-08-06T04:26:47

He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.

He has combined with others to subject us to a Jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution, and unackno...

#031-The Declaration of Independence of the USA,Thomas Jefferson from 2020-08-06T04:19:23

 Thomas Jefferson was its primary author, finalizing all revisions that were adopted by the 2nd Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776. It took almost a month for all 56 delegates to si...