DOWNLOAD MP3 AUDIO In honor of the great people of Japan during a terrible crisis, I re-post this beautiful tale. This is the story of young Momotaro, whose name literally means Peach Boy. The story is one of the most popular from Japanese folklore. Its theme of the unification of a people separated by hostility [...]

DOWNLOAD ROBINSON CRUSOE – PART 17 Robinson Crusoe and Friday finally have a ship and a way off the island. Crusoe relates his journey home and how he resolves the outstanding issues he left behind in his life. He meets with one final harrowing adventure on his journey home and uses it to lead into [...]

DOWNLOAD ROBINSON CRUSOE – PART 16 Crusoe and Friday see what looks like an English ship. But what does this ship bring? This is an action-packed section of the book. Crusoe uses every bit of his cunning and skill to defend himself and Friday while never ceasing to maintain his hope of rescue. Get all [...]

DOWNLOAD ROBINSON CRUSOE – PART 15 Robinson Crusoe and Friday get many surprises as they battle cannibals. The action explodes as they are forced to think and act quickly to save lives. Crusoe continues to be amazed at the strength of Friday’s character and his incredible loyalty. Subscribe to audio podcast Subscribe to audio with [...]

DOWNLOAD ROBINSON CRUSOE – PART 14 Crusoe builds his friendship with Friday, teaching him English, Christianity, hunting with a gun, and working with tools. The two men develop a deep and trusting bond once Crusoe gets over his struggles with suspicion and doubts about Friday’s intentions. We find ourselves at that part of the novel [...]

DOWNLOAD ROBINSON CRUSOE – PART 13 Cannibals come to Crusoe’s island and make him believe there is a possibility of confrontation. But in this section of the book Crusoe meets his companion, Friday. He considers this man to be his servant and slave. An odd assumption since it is actually he, Robinson Crusoe, who is [...]

DOWNLOAD ROBINSON CRUSOE – PART 12 Crusoe worries about being attacked if his presence is discovered by cannibals who visit the island. He finds a spectacular cave and then, during a night storm, hears a cannon shot. Get all the previous parts here Subscribe to audio podcast Subscribe to audio with iTunes Read by Alessandro [...]

DOWNLOAD ROBINSON CRUSOE – PART 11 Crusoe makes another shocking discovery and sets himself on a course of action that leads him to one of the book’s most interesting passages. It is here, in Crusoe’s struggle with his own outrage and his ideas about what makes for civilized behavior, that Defoe begins to turn the [...]

DOWNLOAD ROBINSON CRUSOE – PART 10 Our lone character, Robinson Crusoe, succeeds in raising his herd of goats and learns to use them for meat, milk and cheese. But his shocking discovery on a beach shakes his foundation and fills him with dread. Subscribe to audio podcast Subscribe to audio with iTunes Read by Alessandro [...]

DOWNLOAD ROBINSON CRUSOE – PART 9 Let’s get on with our story, shall we? It’s a good story and reading it is a lot of fun. Difficult, but fun. Defoe’s language is up and down and backward and forward. It makes you think fast. Try picking up the book and reading any part of it [...]