61 items
Updated:
2018In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby James “Jimmy” Gatz becomes Jay Gatsby. Gatz creates a false identity for himself to enter the...
Updated:
2018A Wrinkle in Time is the hit novel that author Madeleine L’Engle is best known for, but the first dozen people who read it hated it. No publisher...
Updated:
2018Two famous authors, CS Lewis and JRR Tolkein, had a deep friendship. CS Lewis helped JRR Tolkien get published, but Tolkien admitted he didn’t even...
Updated:
2018In 1992 a civil war in Afghanistan turned the country upside down. It also littered the country with landmines. In this public radio story we hear...
Updated:
2018We owe a lot to Ancient Greek civilization. Everything from architecture to medicine to music, is based on Greek culture. This public radio story...
Updated:
2018From Shiloh to Lassie and Old Yeller, young adult literature is full of stories about friendship between people and man’s best friend - dogs. People...
Updated:
2020A rising tide of anti-Jewish sentiment has the German government chastising Germans for their prejudice. Anti-Semitism is a particularly volatile...
Updated:
2018On September 11, 2001 nineteen terrorists checked in for flights, boarded four planes and then hijacked them. The use of our own air travel system to...
Updated:
2018Flowers have many ways of attracting bees for the purpose of pollination. These include various colors, patterns and shapes. Recently scientists have...
Updated:
2018While humans need food and water to survive, plants are able to get their energy from the sun through a process known as photosynthesis. Engineers...