A light wind blew through the garden and shook the trees. From one tree, an apple fell and hit the ground. Isaac heard the sound, and it disturbed his thoughts. At the time, he was walking in his mother’s garden, and the apple had fallen from a nearby tree. Isaac began to wonder. Why did [...]
January 17, 2012
Cinderella (Part 1)
There was once a rich man whose wife died. She left him with one little girl. After some years, he married again. He hoped to give his child a mother’s love and care. His second wife had lost her husband by death, and she had two grown-up daughters. The new wife was beautiful, but [...]
January 11, 2012
Lady Sings the Blues (Part 1)
Southern trees bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves and blood at the root Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees These sad words open the song “Strange Fruit.” The song was written by Abel Meeropol, and it was sung and made famous by Billie Holiday. The words [...]
January 10, 2012
Reading Power (Part 1)
When people ask about English language ability, what is their first question? Usually, they ask this. “Can you speak English?” The total number of native English speakers in the world today is around 375,000,000 people. And about a billion people are learning English. The Economist, a news magazine, said this amazing thing about the future [...]
January 5, 2012
Change in 59 Seconds
Change in 59 Seconds By Professor Richard Wiseman BeeOasis Step 3 59 Seconds is about the science of self-help. So one part of the book explodes commonly held myths. So for example, the idea that to motivate yourself, you have to visualize the perfect you. From a scientific perspective, that’s a disaster. What you want [...]
January 3, 2012
Get Your Goals!
Get Your Goals By Richard Wiseman BeeOasis Step 3 I tracked the lives of 5,000 people as they attempted to achieve their New Year’s resolutions. Now most of them failed, but ten percent did obtain their aims and ambitions. But what were they doing that was so different? Well it all came down to five [...]
January 1, 2012
Study Abroad with ER!
Study abroad is a great way to learn English. But you can learn a great deal through extensive reading (多読). Sign up for BeeOasis.com today, and study abroad by extensive reading! In this BeeOasis video, Dr. Hitoshi Nishizawa explains his research. He compared TOEIC scores for two kinds of students. Some studied for one year in [...]
December 31, 2011
3 Questions for Your New Year’s Resolution
At the start of every year, millions of people make new resolutions. This means that they promise themselves to do something differently, or to try something new. For example, many people want to lose weight, quit smoking, or change another bad habit. Others want to learn a new skill or get better at an old [...]
December 31, 2011
Sleeping Beauty (Part 1)
Once upon a time, there lived a King and Queen who had no children. Every day they prayed for a child. Finally, a daughter was born, and in their joy, they held a great celebration. For the celebration, the King invited all the fairies in his kingdom except one. There were thirteen fairies in the [...]
December 28, 2011
The Three Bears (Part 1)
Once upon a time, there were three bears. They lived together in a little house in the middle of the woods. One of them was a Little Bear. One was a Middle-Sized Bear, and the other was a Big Bear. Every morning the bears ate *porridge for breakfast, and they each had their own pot [...]
December 24, 2011
The Gift of the Magi (Part 1)
by O. Henry One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. These pennies were saved one and two at a time. To save this money, she had to fight with the vegetable man, the meat man, and all the sales people in every store. Three times Della [...]
December 21, 2011
Beauty and the Beast (Part 1)
There once was a man who worked as a Merchant at sea. He had many ships, and he was rich. He had three daughters. The youngest was so beautiful that everyone called her Beauty. This made the two older sisters jealous. They were mean and rough by nature. They didn’t love their younger sister, and [...]
December 8, 2011
The Best Things
The following is a summary of a famous quote from Steve Jobs. Usually, people remember the part “Great artists steal.” But this is really about how to make “the best things.” It also shows how Steve Jobs blended the arts and sciences. Simple Version BeeOasis Step 1 It comes down to this. Try to open [...]
December 2, 2011
A Coach for Life (Part 1)
The students stared at the lights on the scoreboard. Through their tears, the numbers were hard to see. They rubbed their eyes in disbelief. But the numbers still read Notre Dame – 71, UCLA – 70. It was impossible, even unbelievable. Between January 30, 1971, and January 17, 1974, UCLA did not lose one game. [...]
December 2, 2011
Meaning to Live (Part 1)
Viktor had just married Tilly. She was the love of his life. He was a young doctor in Vienna, Austria. And Viktor and Tilly should have expected a bright future together. But Nazi Germany was in control of Austria, and Viktor and Tilly were Jewish. In September of 1942, the Nazis took Viktor, his parents, [...]
December 2, 2011
Indian Princess: Pocahontas I
John watched the river flow. The water was green and blue and full of fish. He looked at the leaves on the trees and tall grass. They were moving softly in the quiet wind. This was a beautiful and wild place. But suddenly John heard a crack in the woods. When he turned to look, [...]
November 30, 2011
Next Generation Book
So for the past year and a half, my team at Push Pop Press and Charlie Melcher and Melcher Media have been working on creating the first feature-length interactive book. It’s called “Our Choice” and the author is Al Gore. It’s the sequel to “An Inconvenient Truth” and it explores all the solutions that will [...]
November 30, 2011
Library of Imagination
These rocks have been hitting our earth for about three billion years, and are responsible for much of what’s gone on on our planet. This is an example of a real meteorite, and you can see all the melting of the iron from the speed and the heat when a meteorite hits the earth, and [...]
November 29, 2011
Reality Distortion (Part 1)
Steve entered the room. The programmers looked up at him from their desks. Steve looked right back at them. His eyes were not blinking. Steve said, “We need to have this done by next month.” “No way! We can’t write that much code by next month,” one of the programmers complained. But Steve, still not [...]
November 23, 2011
The Rules of Elite Success (Part 1)
The computer sat in a funny little room at the Lakeside School in Seattle. It was a gift from the Mother’s Club. Costing $3,000, it was expensive at the time. But the mothers wanted the students to have a computer so they could have a computer club. At the time, this was an amazing gift. [...]
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Newton’s Apple (Part 1)
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Cinderella (Part 1)
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Lady Sings the Blues (Part 1)
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Reading Power (Part 1)
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Change in 59 Seconds
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Get Your Goals!
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Study Abroad with ER!
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3 Questions for Your New Year’s Resolution
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Sleeping Beauty (Part 1)
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The Three Bears (Part 1)
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The Gift of the Magi (Part 1)
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Fire and Ice
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Beauty and the Beast (Part 1)
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If by Rudyard Kipling
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The Best Things
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A Coach for Life (Part 1)
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Meaning to Live (Part 1)
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Indian Princess: Pocahontas I
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Next Generation Book
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Library of Imagination
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Reality Distortion (Part 1)
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The Rules of Elite Success (Part 1)
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The Reason to Know (Part 1)
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Marijuana Lies
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Reading for Speaking
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The Old Man and the Sea
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Beauty, Goodness, and Truth (Part 2)
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Knowledge and Freedom
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Babe – Pig in the City
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Great Waves of Art
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The Farmer’s Treasure
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The Life of Vincent van Gogh
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Anne of Green Gables
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Speak Better with Gestures
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The Future of Water (Step 4)
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The Wisdom of Socrates
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Jaws
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Idi Amin and Uganda
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Charles Dickens: Never Out of Print
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A Library in Your Bag: The Kindle
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Why Philosophy?
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The First National Park
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The Ice Cream Man
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The First Lady of Song
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Why Learn English?
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Rachel Carson, Nature Writer
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The Prince of Egypt-Brothers in Egypt
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Communication on a Date
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Money and Happiness
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The Future of Water
January 25, 2012
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