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Story of the Bible (24 lectures, 30 minutes/lecture)
Taught by Luke Timothy Johnson
In The Story of the Bible, renowned scholar Luke Timothy Johnson can illuminate for you the remarkable and complicated process by which this great book came into being. Tracing the development of biblical texts across millennia, Professor Johnson takes you on a journey from the farthest reaches of ancient history through antiquity and the Middle Ages up to the present. You'll learn about the many forms the Bible has taken and the ways history, scholarship, and technology have helped shape this great tradition, as well as the Bible's powerful influence on human history and culture.
This is a BBC Radio 4 full-cast production of Homer's epic seafaring adventure, dramatised by award-winning poet Simon Armitage, and starring Tim McInnerny and Amanda Redman 'My fame is written in the heavens, and my fate too...' So speaks Odysseus as he starts to recount his struggles to sail home to Ithaca, in one of the greatest pieces of storytelling in Western literature. It is his incredible traveller's tale - and also the story of his faithful wife, Penelope who waits for him, besieged by suitors, and their son, Telemachus who has a quest of his own.
“Shrove Tuesday” by Anton P. Chekhov
Äëÿ òåõ, êòî ñîáëþäàåò Âåëèêèé Ïîñò.
As you can see, it was the custom both in East and West to eat up the stuff before Lent that you couldn’t eat during, and to confess your sins before Lent began. (But Orthodox Lent really begins on “Clean Monday” (Feb. 19 this year), so really this is a story about the Sunday before Lent begins. Eat your pancakes and paczki, and go bug the dead translators.)
One of Russia's greatest writers, Chekhov began his career writing jokes and anecdotes for popular magazines to support himself while he studied to become a doctor. Between 1888 and his death he single-handedly revolutionized both the drama and the short story. Near the end of his life he married an actress, Olga Knipper. He died from tuberculosis in 1904, age 44.
Although best known in the West for his plays (The Cherry Orchard, etc.), Chekhov also wrote over 200 short stories as well as longer works. Public domain translations of them all are available on the Net; here’s a prime site for them - . 201 Stories by Anton Chekhov - http://chekhov2.tripod.com/
this translation by Marian Fell at Eldritch Press - http://www.eldritchpress.org/ac/shrovetu.htm
History greatest love affairs Äëÿ òåõ, êòî ïðàçäíóåò 8 ìàðòà. Ïðî ëþáîâü.
Abelard & Heloise
Ulysses On The Ocean
Penelope Waiting
The Return Of The King
Thy Lips To Kiss
Conqueror
Victoria and Albert
Alexander and Hephaestion
Pierre and Marie
The Song of Solomon
The Washingtons: George and Martha
The Myrtle Is Hidden: Esther and Ahasueras
Through the Storm: Ansel and Addie Easton
Bess and Harry Houdini
Compelling story of one of history's many star-crossed pairs of lovers. Produced with period music and professional narrators, this program is a small jewel to share with someone you love (or would like to).
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Actor Charlton Heston reads "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," a short story by Ernest Hemingway originally published in 1938. The story takes place in Africa, which Hemingway knew and enjoyed visiting as a big game hunter. As the scene opens, Harry, a writer, is stranded with his wife and their safari party in the African bush. Their truck has broken down and Harry's leg has developed gangrene which grows progressively worse.
Throughout the story, Harry recalls scenes from his past. The scenes Hemingway describes clearly stem from his own life; he spent summers as a child in the wilderness of upper Michigan, was wounded and decorated for bravery during the First World War, and lived in Paris between the wars. The story's theme of a writer struggling with his talent resembles Hemingway's own struggles and self-questionings.
Charlton Heston won an Academy Award in 1959 for his performance in the title role of "Ben-Hur." The story is presented in four segments and has been edited for length.
“Shrove Tuesday” by Anton P. Chekhov
Àìåðèêàíñêàÿ êëàññè÷åñêàÿ ïðîçà 20 âåêà
