Experience a Renaissance

ReadOasis Step 3 The word renaissance means "rebirth." In history, the Renaissance refers to the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries [...]

The Storytelling Animal

Book Trailer by Jonathan Gottschall ReadOasis Step 5 Statisticians believe they could get a monkey to type Hamlet if they [...]

International Etiquette

ReadOasis Step 3 Note: The author, David Woodward, is a well-known expert in cross-cultural communication and education. This story comes [...]

Reading Makes Words Stick in Your Brain

ReadOasis: So here we are with Dr. Paul Nation, Professor Emeritus at the University of Wellington, Victoria (New Zealand).  And of [...]

Your Cross-Cultural Purpose

ReadOasis Step 2 Viktor listened to the sound of hard coughing. He looked at the man in the bed next [...]

The Hills of Hay

By Robert Louis StevensonReadOasis Step 4 Through all the pleasant meadow-sideThe grass grew shoulder-high,Till the shining blades went far and [...]

Culture of Innovation (Step 3)

ReadOasis Step 3(Part 1) It was 5 o?clock on a warm summer evening in July 2008. In a busy part [...]

Johnny Cash: The Man in Black (Step 3)

ReadOasis Step 3 Johnny Cash was a man of great presence, as if born from an ancient legend that reveals [...]

Hawaiian Treasure

ReadOasis Step 3 Far into the middle of the Pacific Ocean rest the Hawaiian Islands. They are a paradise of [...]

Saint Paul: The Most Influential Christian

ReadOasis Step 3 Saint Paul (AD 3-62) is the first major Christian missionary and theologian. He was educated as a [...]