Based on a remarkable true story, an unforgettable Somali girl risks her life on the migrant journey to Europe to run in the Olympic Games At eight years of age, Samia lives to run. She shares her dream with her best friend and neighbor, Ali, who appoints himself her "professional coach." Eight-year-old Ali trains her, times her, and pushes her to achieve her goals. For both children, Samia's r…
Roald Dahl got all of his wonderful ideas for stories from his own life. He told the story of his childhood in Boy. Now More about Boy features behind-the-scenes material, plus some secrets he left out
Background information about Shakespeare, Elizabethan theater, and the text accompany his play about unrequited love and mistaken identity
A romantic comedy which offers a challenging mixture of tragic and violent events, lyrical love-speeches, farcical comedy, pastoral song and dance, and, eventually, dramatic revelations and reunions.
A fully dramatized recording featuring performances by the cast of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival's 2017 stage production, directed by Shana Cooper. Julius Caesar is a marked man. Adoring commoners celebrate his battlefield victories, but those higher up the Roman political ladder worry that his ambition has grown too large. On a stormy night, Cassius persuades Caesar's friend Brutus to help h…
The Taming of the Shrew is one of the most famous and controversial of Shakespeare's comedies.
A historical novel based on the story of Phillis Wheatley - the first African American female poet. It presents an intriguing and moving story of a young girl kidnapped from her home in Senegal and sold, in 1761, as a slave to the wealthy Wheatley family of Boston.
Presents the story of Roald Dahl's early years at school and with his family.
The book continues the story Roald Dahl began in Boy, the first part of his memoir. As a young man working in East Africa for the Shell Company, he recounts his adventures living in the jungle and later flying a fighter plane in World War