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» Story Tale, Part 2: The Thunderstorm 2
By Adam Chamo | Published 04/12/2009 | DB | Unrated

The traffic light kept blinking and Maurer was about to blink back at it.


» Story Tale, Part 2: The Thunderstorm 1
By Adam Chamo | Published 04/12/2009 | DB | Unrated

Formerly Eero the poet (and his wife) had lived in a small room on the first floor of a private house in the suburbs.


» Story Tale, Part 1: Early Autumn 2
By Adam Chamo | Published 04/12/2009 | DB | Unrated

Architect Maurer was forty. He lived with his wife and had a permanent job.


» The Story Of All Cogia
By Sean Townes | Published 02/6/2009 | DB | Unrated

Once upon a time in the city of Bagdad there lived a man whose name was Ali Cogia.


» Running For The Train
By Sean Townes | Published 02/6/2009 | DB | Unrated

From my Uncle Podger's house to the railway station it was eight minutes' walk.


» The Little Troll
By Sean Townes | Published 02/6/2009 | DB | Unrated

Once upon a time a little troll lived in a little barn on a little farm.


» How My Friends Keep Me Going
By Sean Townes | Published 02/6/2009 | DB | Unrated

It is 10 a.m. and I have just finished a cup of black coffee with glucose.


» The Forty-Ninth Magician
By Sean Townes | Published 02/6/2009 | DB | Unrated

One magician is lots of fun. Even two or three at a time.


» Coffee
By Sean Townes | Published 02/6/2009 | DB | Unrated

Many men and women think that a day cannot start right without coffee for breakfast. Coffee is probably the best liked of all hot drinks.


» Alexandria
By Sean Townes | Published 02/6/2009 | DB | Unrated

Soon after Alexander the Great conquered Egypt he laid out a new city on the delta of the Nile.


» Alexander The Great
By Sean Townes | Published 02/6/2009 | DB | Unrated

As the dates show, Alexander the Great lived more than 2,000 years ago.


» Aristotle
By Sean Townes | Published 02/6/2009 | DB | Unrated

Ancient Greece had many learned men.


» Diogenes
By Sean Townes | Published 02/6/2009 | DB | Unrated

The philosopher Diogenes lived in Ancient Greece more than 2,000 years ago.


» Achilles
By Sean Townes | Published 02/6/2009 | DB | Unrated

The Greek warrior Achilles is one of the heroes of Homer's famous "Iliad".


» Damon And Pythias
By Sean Townes | Published 02/6/2009 | DB | Unrated

Many centuries ago two friends, Damon and Pythias, lived near the Greek city of Syracuse.


» Ancient Greek Myths
By Sean Townes | Published 02/5/2009 | DB | Rating:

Myths help us to study the history of Ancient Greece. These myths are stories about heroes and gods.


» Ancient Greek Culture
By Sean Townes | Published 02/5/2009 | DB | Unrated

Greek culture flourished in the 5th-4th centuries B.C. Its influence on other countries was very great.


» Babylonia
By Sean Townes | Published 02/4/2009 | DB | Unrated

In western Asia there are two big rivers that flow southward into the Persian Gulf.


» One Day, One Night
By Sean Townes | Published 02/4/2009 | DB | Unrated

Long, long ago, there was a kingdom of animals called Siminikum.


» Mandowin Of The Maize
By Sean Townes | Published 02/4/2009 | DB | Unrated

Long, long ago, there was a time when Indian corn or maize was unknown to Indians.


» American Indians
By Sean Townes | Published 02/4/2009 | DB | Rating:

Indians have lived in America a very, very long time, but how long, nobody can be quite sure.


» He Knew The World Was Round
By Sean Townes | Published 02/4/2009 | DB | Unrated

Christopher Columbus was a tall, good-looking, sharp-nosed man.


» Around Today's World With Jules Verne
By Sean Townes | Published 02/1/2009 | DB | Unrated

One day, more than 80 years ago, a good-looking man called on an official of the French government.


» Humbug
By Sean Townes | Published 02/1/2009 | DB | Unrated

Charles Darwin was friendly towards children. One day two boys decided to play a trick on him.


» The Voyage Of The Beagle
By Sean Townes | Published 02/1/2009 | DB | Unrated

Charles Darwin was born in Shrewbury, England, on February 12, 1809.


» Volodya Ulyanov's Childhood
By Sean Townes | Published 02/1/2009 | DB | Unrated

Our great leader Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov was born on April 22, 1870, in the Volga town of Simbirsk, later renamed Ulyanovsk.


» Story Tale, Part 1: Early Autumn 1
By Adam Chamo | Published 01/23/2009 | DB | Unrated

That year, as every other year, there were lots of signs and omens to influence those prepared to be influenced by them.


» They Wanted To Desert Paradise, Part 2
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/30/2008 | DB | Unrated

Up till then they had not been treated by the Soviet authorities with undue severity, but visualizing life and working conditions for the rest of their lives in the same crazy atmosphere as they saw all around them sent cold shivers down their spines.


» They Wanted To Desert Paradise, Part 1
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/30/2008 | DB | Unrated

The boundary between the Independent Republic of Estonia and the communist USSR...


» My Personal Koterman
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/29/2008 | DB | Unrated

A koterman is a fairy, a sort of leprechaun, that is associated with ships and inhabits them.


» Escape To Freedom
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/28/2008 | DB | Unrated

The "Raugi" did not sail on Wednesday evening, as her passengers had been anxiously hoping.


» Triangular Voyage
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/28/2008 | DB | Unrated

This is a tale of a small and old coastal vessel, the 516 ton capacity steamer "Vohi".


» When My Tanker Broke In Two
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/28/2008 | DB | Unrated

A tanker, in the minds of most people, suggests a carrier of a sticky, smelly substance that defaces and pollutes shores.


» Escape By A Hair's Breadth
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/28/2008 | DB | Unrated

Within the first two months of the Russo-German war (1941), part of the hitlerite armies had, by the first momentum of their assault, crossed northward from Poland, through Lithuania...


» Seafaring In World War Two
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/28/2008 | DB | Unrated

The steamship "Helios" was lying in a dry-dock at her home port, Tallinn, in Estonia.


» Man Overboard
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/28/2008 | DB | Unrated

This sad incident occured during the early sea career of a young man, who was preparing for the exciting profession of an officer on a merchant ship.


» Under Aurora Borealis
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/28/2008 | DB | Unrated

It was the summer of 1942, and the Russian steamer "Ob" was pushing her way eastward across the Arctic Ocean.


» Voyages To North-Central Siberia
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/27/2008 | DB | Unrated

Shipping was painfully hit during the depression period of the late 1920's and early 1930's.


» Typhoon Rita
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/27/2008 | DB | Unrated

The motor-vessel "Citos", one of the fleet of the Australian West Pacific Company...


» Chronicles Of A Sailor
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/27/2008 | DB | Unrated

In the final days of August, 1939, we reached our destination at London, England.


» The Ship Had Four Masts
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/27/2008 | DB | Unrated

It was the latter part of 1951, and the small coal-burning steamer Baltkon was plodding eastward through the gray north Atlantic.


» Tragedy At Sea
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/27/2008 | DB | Rating:

During the second World War (1939-1945), merchant seamen under many flags and from all corners of the world had to go through untold hardships and face many dangers.


» My Last Merchantman
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/26/2008 | DB | Unrated

Finding employment on sea-going ships in the latter part of the 1920's at Rotterdam...


» Sea Stories
By Stephanie Bergman | Published 12/26/2008 | DB | Unrated

Here, in Canada, one is frequently amazed at the superabundance of promotional material popularizing travel and tourism.


» Story Tale, Southern Cross
By David Marquis | Published 12/25/2008 | DB | Unrated

Charles Christopher O'Shaughnessy, an Irish migrant from Londonderry...


» Story Tale, Notes On Perspective
By David Marquis | Published 12/25/2008 | DB | Unrated

After one of my public addresses I received the following anonymous letter.


» Story Tale, Shaving Soup
By David Marquis | Published 12/25/2008 | DB | Unrated

"Soup pliss!" he said to the girl behind the counter.


» Story Tale, Justice Of The Peace
By David Marquis | Published 12/25/2008 | DB | Unrated

Maksim Kovsh, a simple, modest man from Ruthenia, was very happy in his new homeland.


» Story Tale, Three Great Speeches
By David Marquis | Published 12/25/2008 | DB | Unrated

One of those speeches was held on one of the anniversaries of mass deportations of 1941 which the Baltic people in the free world commemorate every year.


» Story Tale, Three Fishing Stories
By David Marquis | Published 12/25/2008 | DB | Unrated

It happened in Adelaide in those memorable days when all newcomers, who took refuge in Australia after the Second World War, had to pay the price for their freedom by working in factories or doing labouring work elsewhere no matter what their abilities or qualifications were.




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