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VOA Special English is a radio, TV and Internet service of the Voice of America. Programs are written with a limited vocabulary and are read at a slower speed. The purpose is to help people improve their American English as they learn about news and other subjects.

We take you to Niagara Falls, the Everglades, the Badlands, the Grand Canyon, Death Valley, Alaska’s glaciers and Hawaii’s volcanoes -- all in 15 minutes	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2006-03-07-voa5.cfm
Mark Twain: One of America's Best Known and Best Loved Writers	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2006-02-18-voa3.cfm
Janis Joplin: One of the Most Famous Voices in American Rock Music	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-12/2005-12-04-voa1.cfm
Rosa Parks: Mother of the American Civil Rights Movement	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-11/2005-11-20-voa1.cfm
Black History Month: Remembering Coretta Scott King	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/2006-02-10-voa1.cfm
Life Story of Jackie Robinson, the First Black Player in Major League Baseball	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-04/2005-04-02-voa3.cfm
The Internet: Linking People in a Way Once Thought Impossible	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-03/2005-03-29-voa6.cfm
The American Civil War: An Anti-War Movement in the North Turns Violent	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-04/2005-04-06-voa1.cfm
Death Sentences in U.S. at Their Lowest Level Since 1976	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-05/2005-05-08-voa1.cfm
Living a Simple Life: the Amish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-05/2005-05-01-voa3.cfm
Professor Wanted to Learn About Students, So She Became One	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-08/2005-08-17-voa1.cfm
Early Country Music: Cowboys Told About Their Lives in Song	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-08/2005-08-31-voa2.cfm
Camping in America’s National and State Parks	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-08/2005-08-16-voa3.cfm
Along the 'Big Muddy,' the Longest River in the United States	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-08/2005-08-09-voa3.cfm
How the Western United States Was Settled	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-09/2005-09-21-voa2.cfm
Country and Western Singer Roger Miller Had Many Hit Songs	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-10/2005-10-01-voa4.cfm
Hot Dogs and Apple Pie: Just Some of America's Favorite Foods	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-10/2005-10-16-voa2.cfm
Halloween Is a Good Time to Celebrate the Stories of Edgar Allan Poe	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-10/2005-10-30-voa1.cfm
Behind the Turkey: The Story of Thanksgiving	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-11/2005-11-20-voa5.cfm
Not Just Child's Play: The World of Video and Computer Games	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-12/2005-12-04-voa3.cfm
The History of English: How a Language Grew	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-12/2005-12-28-voa2.cfm
How the Western United States Was Settled	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-09/2005-09-21-voa2.cfm
Beethoven Died From Lead Poisoning	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2006-01/2006-01-03-voa3.cfm
Telecommuting: Going to Work Without Ever Leaving Home	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2006-01/2006-01-22-voa6.cfm
Isaac Newton: One of History’s Greatest Scientists	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-10/2005-10-18-voa3.cfm
Immigrants: America's Industrial Growth Depended on Them	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-10/2005-10-19-voa3.cfm
Bessie Coleman Was the First African-American Female Pilot	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-10/2005-10-22-voa2.cfm
A Soldier's Life: Women in the U.S. Military	http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2005-11/2005-11-07-voa1.cfm