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Ms. Sun is a charming, cash-strapped teaching artist put in charge of a rambunctious group of 10th graders at a public school in the Bronx. While directing her students in a play, Ms. Sun must lift them up while everything around them is falling apart. Written and performed by acclaimed playwright Nilaja Sun and based on her eight-year experience with arts education in New York City, No Child is an inspiring, multi-character solo show that examines America’s broken school system - and reveals the life and love that fill every classroom.

Captain Marryat's The Children of the New Forest is a wonderful tale in narrative, historically rich and quite fascinating. This story of adventure, treachery, and love takes place during the English Civil War, when fellow countrymen are found enemies, and are set against each other, Roundhead and Cavalier, Parliament and the King. Many hoped for the same thing: justice. But, for a long time, neither could find it. In the midst of all were the Beverlies, the family of a faithful Cavalier, who died in service of the king.

Julie Harris stars in this one-woman play by William Luce based on the life and writings of Isak Dinesen, author of Out of Africa.

“A beautifully observed and thrillingly honest novel about the dark corners of family life and the long, complicated search for understanding and grace.” —Jenny Offill, author of Dept. of Speculation and Weather “The Fourth Child is keen and beautiful and heartbreaking—an exploration...

The brilliant conclusion to the Palliser novels, this touching story follows the elderly Duke of Omnium, the former prime minister of England, as he struggles to overcome his grief at the loss of his beloved wife, Lady Glencora. To complicate matters, he must also deal with the willfulness of his three adult children as he tries to guide and support them - his plans for them are quite different from their own. While his two sons, sent down from university in disgrace, rack up gambling debts, the duke’s only daughter yearns to marry the poor son of a country squire.

From the ashes of a shattered world to the dawn of a restored Earth, Children of Light, Children of Shadow unveils the hidden war behind human history. In sweeping allegorical chronicles, Trey Knowles lifts truth beyond galaxies, kingdoms, and ages, revealing the cosmic struggle that has shaped humanity since the beginning of time. Long before Earth was formed, a distant realm known as Rehab gave rise to beings of brilliance and pride—the Anunnaki. Their rebellion consumed their world, tore open the Phantom Zone, and cast them toward the newborn Earth. Their arrival ignited a deception so ...

Master storyteller Jim Weiss brings young listeners the glorious richness of two of Shakespeare's best loved plays, on a level children can grasp. Renowned storyteller Jim Weiss brings us the magic and mistaken identities of A Midsummer Night's Dream, and the comedy of The Taming of the Shrew.

It's a curious homecoming for Vince, the son nobody seems to remember. Violence is never far from the surface as his unexpected return uncovers a deep, dark secret that triggers catastrophe in Sam Shepard's Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Hale Appleman as Vince; Tom Bower as Dodge; John Getz as Father Dewis; Amy Madigan as Halie; Robert Parsons as Tilden; Jeff Perry as Bradley; and Madeline Zima as Shelly. Directed by Peter Levin.

P'esa Deti solnca pisalas' v janvare - fevrale 1905 g. v Petropavlovskoj kreposti, v kamere nomer 39 Trubeckogo bastiona, kuda M. Gor'kij byl zakljuchjon 12 janvarja 1905 g. posle aresta po delu o 9 janvarja. Na pervoj stranice rukopisi p'esy, hranjashhejsja v Arhive A. M. Gor'kogo, est' nadpis': Pisalos' v Petropavlovskoj kreposti 16 janvarja - 20 fevralja 1905 goda. Pervaja tetrad'. A. Peshkov. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

Winner of the Susan Smith Backburn Prize honoring women writers worldwide, Emma’s Child explores the idea of commitment in a marriage as a parent. Told gently, lovingly, and with unexpected humor, this is the story of a childless couple struggling to decide whether to continue the adoption process when the baby they had hoped for is born severely disabled.

Nearly two hundred and fifty years after the storms of The Tide receded, humanity is still struggling to contend with the strange, deadly wilderness that arose in the spaces between villages. Now, whispers have begun to spread of individuals emerging from the wilds changed, stripped of their humanity, and given great power.The Children of Ash is a real-play RPG podcast following a group of travelers as they navigate the world after the world. We use Dungeons & Dragons, Fate, and other RPG systems to collaboratively improvise and tell these stories.––Support the show on Patreon and ...

The Railway Children by E. Nesbit. When their father mysteriously goes away, three children and their story-writing mother leave their comfortable life in London and move to a little house, Three Chimneys, in the country. Free to roam the countryside, Peter, Bobbie, and Phil make friends and enjoy adventures in and around the nearby railway station, and wave to the passing train each day, asking it to send their love to Father. There are no magical adventures in this Nesbit story, but as usual her child characters are so realistic that you feel they are your friends!Become a supporter of ...

Anne of Green Gables, one of the most widely read and best-loved stories in the world, is brought to life on this abridged, downloadable audiobook edition by actress Kate Harper. The Cuthberts are in for a shock. They are expecting an orphan boy to help with the work at Green Gables - but a...

"October’s Children" is an episodic full-cast paranormal mystery/horror audio drama set in a small college town in New England. "October’s Children" focuses on a small, diverse group of 20- and 30-somethings trying to survive the trials and tribulations of ‘everyday’ life in Wolfbrook, New Hampshire. Unbeknownst to them at series start, the group will face increasingly strange and dangerous situations as the boundaries between our world and another fade, and monstrous creatures begin to infiltrate and invade Wolfbrook. October's Children is written by Jacob Mandell and produced by ...

Getting swept up in diverse, fictional worlds has proven immersive, empowering, and insightful. Looking to engage with more of them? Look no further than Lost Children of Andromeda, the Podcast.  The world of the Lost Children is one where Evolutionaries, humans with inexplicable genetic anomalies, fight their way to ancient alien artifacts that promise humanity’s salvation. We join Allister Adams, a young man of color, as he searches for his place and his power in a world about to end. Plus a diverse cast of characters like Dr. Florence Belladonna, the high riding political injected to ...

I tell bedtime stories to my 9-year-old daughter: an eagle-eyed, emotionally invested audience of one. Unfiltered and hilarious, and the stories are okay too. Season 3 is here with new episodes throughout 2023. If you like this podcast, please subscribe, rate and review us. And let us know what you think! We’re on Facebook and Twitter @saskiastories and Instagram @saskiasbedtimestories

This is a story of fiction based on personal events where a sociopath was able to manipulate the criminal and civil law system, social services, school systems, psychologists, and lawyers to purposefully place blame on others to distract attention from herself. The story takes place in a rural southern setting where the good ole boy network is the currency of legal justice, and sleeping with law enforcement, district attorneys, and lawyers guarantees immunity.

A series of three short radio plays curated by Dr. Bonnie Pang of the School of Sport – Leeds Beckett University.

Povest' «Detstvo» - jeto avtobiograficheskoe proizvedenie Maksima Gor'kogo, glavnyj geroj kotoroj - Alesha Peshkov. Posle togo kak u mal'chika umer otec, on stal zhit' s dedom i babushkoj. V dome deda carila mrachnaja atmosfera, v kotoroj i formirovalsja harakter Aleshi.

Immersive audio stories for children featuring professional narration, sound effects, and magical tales. Perfect for bedtime, car rides, and imagination time. Parents and kids love listening together to these enchanting audio adventures organized by story themes.