Fred Astaire, Dancer Extraordinaire

ReadOasis Step 3 "Some people seem to think that good dancers are born, but all the good dancers I have [...]

Diego Velázquez, Painter of Painters

By David Bello ReadOasis Step 2 Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez Diego Velázquez (June 6, 1599 – to August 6, [...]

Isaac Albéniz, Genius of Spanish Music

By Maria SonoraReadOasis Step 2 Isaac Albéniz (May 29, 1860 - May 18, 1909) was a genius of Spanish music. [...]

Babe: A Good Mannered Pig

ReadOasis Step 2 Babe is a young pig who wants to become a sheep dog. He is separated from his [...]

Violent Games and Young Minds

ReadOasis Step 3 Millions of gamers were waiting for the day. On November 10, 2009, the game "Call of Duty: [...]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

ReadOasis Step 3 We are far into "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" when Albus Dumbledore says, "Dark and [...]

Newspeak and 1984

ReadOasis Step 3 Censorship and 1984 Winston is an editor. Every day he works with words. His hands are soft, [...]

Inception: Dreams Inside Dreams

ReadOasis Step 3(Part 1) The great movie critic Roger Ebert called Inception “a movie immune to spoilers.” A spoiler gives [...]

Why is Christmas on December 25th?

ReadOasis Step 2 Would you celebrate someone’s birthday even if no one knew the day when he or she was [...]

Themes of A Christmas Carol

ReadOasis Step 5 "Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, [...]