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June 10, 2009August 7, 2012

The Dragon and the Raven: In the Days of King Alfred by G. A. Henty

Summary: During the reign of King Alfred, Danish forces have invaded the English countryside. Although the English try to repulse these attacks, they are overrun by the savagery and sheer numbers of the Danes.

One of those deeply touched by these attacks is young Edmund. As a boy, he watched as his father was slain in battle fighting the Danes. Although young, he was intelligent, and noted the mistakes made on the battlefield. As he grew into a man, he put that knowledge into use and created a uniquely trained group of soldiers and built a new, stronger ship called the Dragon. Manning this ship with his special soldiers, Edmund joins the battle for freedom from Danish oppression. His adventures take him all throughout Europe and lead to glory, wealth, and eventually love.(Summary by M. Z. Spark for Librivox)

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Total running time: 7 hours, 22 minutes

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00 – Introduction

01 The Fugitives

02 – The Battle of Kesteven

03 – Massacre at Croyland

04 – The Invasion of Wessex

05 – A Disciplined Band

06 – The Saxon Fort

07 – The Dragon

08 – The Cruise of The Dragon

09 – A Prisoner

10 – The Combat

11 – The Isle of Athelney

12 – Four Years of Peace

13 – The Siege of Paris

14 – The Repulse of the Northmen

15 – Friends in Trouble

16 – Freda

17 – A Long Chase

18 – Freda Discovered

19 – United

June 10, 2009June 15, 2011

Journal of Lewis and Clark (1840) by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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Total running time: 8 hours, 52 minutes

Summary: “The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, for exploring the river Missouri, and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocean, has had all the success which could be expected. They have traced the Missouri nearly to its source; descended the Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, ascertained with accuracy the Geography, of that interesting communication across the continent; learned the character of the country, its commerce and inhabitants; and it is but justice to say that Messrs. Lewis and Clarke, and their brave companions, have, by this arduous service, deserved well of their country.” This volume is the 1840 edition with woodcut images and an Indian vocabulary. They may be viewed by clicking on the text URL. (Summary in quotes by President Thomas Jefferson)

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01 Jefferson’s Message

23 Chapter XXI Part 1

24 Chapter XXI Part 2

25 Chapter XXI Part 3

26 Chapter XXI Part 4

27 Dictionary of Indian

28 Appendix

June 10, 2009August 7, 2012

Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling

Summary: Real men don’t take guff from snotty kids. Neither does Disko Troop, skipper of the “We’re Here”, a fishing schooner out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, when his crew fishes Harvey Cheyne out of the Atlantic. There’s no place on the Grand Banks for bystanders, so Harvey is press-ganged into service as a replacement for a man lost overboard and drowned. Harvey is heir to a vast fortune, but his rescuers believe none of what he tells them of his background. Disko won’t take the boat to port until it is full of fish, so Harvey must settle in for a season at sea. Hard, dangerous work and performing it alongside a grab-bag of characters in close quarters is a life-changing experience.

And when Harvey at last is reunited with his parents, who have thought him dead for months, he must face the hard decisions of how he will allow his experience to change his life. (Summary by Mark F. Smith for Librivox)

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Total running time: 5 hours, 57 minues

June 10, 2009November 29, 2012

Beautiful Girlhood by Mabel Hale

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Running time: 4 hours, 47 minutes

00 – Forward and Preface

01 – Opening Flowers

02 – From the Child to the Woman

03 – Keeping Up Acquaintance

04 – Character Building

05 – The Strength of Obedience

06 – Making Herself Beautiful

07 – That Member, the Tongue

08 – A Sunny Disposition

09 – The Beauty of Truthfulness

10 – Sincerity

11 – Ideals

12 – Ambition

13 – The Power of Purpose

14 – Dreams

15 – Friendships

16 – An Accomplished Girl

17 – The Oils of Life

18 – Home Life

19 – A Girl’s Ornaments

20 – When a Girl Goes Out

21 – A New Awakening

22 – A Christian

23 – The Quiet Hour

24 – Making Friends of Books

25 – Waking of the Love Nature

26 – Boy Friends

27 – The Girl Who Can Be Trusted

28 – Getting Ready for the Great Responsibility

29 – Choosing a Lifework

30 – A Consecrated Life
31 – A Pure Heart

32 – A Few Faults Discussed

33 – The Girl of Today

34 – The Full-Blown Rose

June 10, 2009December 29, 2010

Attila the Hun

Attila the Hun is Defeated at Chalons

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June 10, 2009December 23, 2010

American History Stories, Volume 2 by Mara L. Pratt

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Running time: 3 hours, 18 minutes

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01 – Causes of the Revolution

02 – The Stamp Act

03 – Behavior of the Colonists

04 – Daughters of Liberty

05 – The Boston Boys

06 – A Brave Little Girl

07 – The Boston Massacre

08 – The Boston Tea-Party

09 – Revolutionary Tea

10 – The Patriotic Barber

11 – Battle of Lexington
12 – Paul Revere’s Ride

13 – The Origin of Yankee Doodle

14 – The Women at Lexington

15 – Capture of Ticonderoga

16 – Battle of Bunker Hill

17 – General Warren

18 – The March to Quebec

19 – Washington and His Army

20 – The Red-coats Leave Boston

21 – Declaration of Independence

22 – The History of Our Flag

23 – The Star Bangled Banner

24 – Our Flag is There

25 – A Petty Tyrant

26 – The Leaden Statue

27 – Free and Equal

28 – An Anecdote of Washington

29 – Lydia Darrah Saves General Washington

30 – Washington’s Christmas Surprise

31 – Washington’s Christmas Gift to the American Army

32 – Valley Forge

33 – Emily Geiger

34 – Massacre of Wyoming

35 – The Surrender of Burgoyne

36 – Saratoga

37 – The Half-Witted Tory Boy

38 – The Fox of the Southern Swamp

39 – Song of Marion’s Men

40 – The Women of South Carolina

41 – Israel Putnam

42 – Benjamin Franklin

43 – Poor Richard’s Almanac

44 – Arnold the Traitor and Andre the Spy

45 – Surrender of Cornwallis

46 – Anecdote of Burgoyne

47 – Nancy Hart

48 – Lafayette

49 – The Punning Parson

50 – Provost Cunningham

51 – America: or, My Country ‘Tis of Thee

52 – General Joseph Warren’s Address

53 – My Country
54 – Memory Gems

June 10, 2009June 8, 2012

Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

There are 5 volumes in Les Miserables. The length of this book makes it impractical to build the links for all 5 volumes. I am including links to the pages where you can download each of the volumes as a zipped file (to burn on CD or transfer to mp3), as well links for subscribing in iTunes and links to each volume’s Internet Archive page, where you can stream each chapter individually from Librivox, if that is your preference.

Les Miserables, Volume 1, Fantine, Translated by Isabel F. Hapgood.

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Running Time for Volume One: 13 hours, 46 minutes

Les Miserables, Volume 2, Cosette, by Victor Hugo, translated by Isabel F. Hapgood.

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Total running time of Volume 2: 12 hours, 55 minutes

Les Miserables, Volume 3, Marius, by Victor Hugo, translated by Isabel F. Hapgood.

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Total running time of Volume 3: 10 hours, 52 minutes

Les Miserables, Volume 4, Saint-Denis, by Victor Hugo, translated by Isabel F. Hapgood

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Total running time of Volume 4: 15 hours, 35 minutes

Les Miserables, Volume 5, Jean Valjean, by Victor Hugo, translated by Isabel F. Hapgood

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Total running time of this volume: 13 hours, 15 minutes

June 10, 2009June 11, 2011

You are There! The Stamp Act Revolt at Williamsburg, 1765

O! The fatal stamp. An Emblem of the effects of the STAMP

You are There! The Stamp Act Revolt at Williamsburg

June 9, 2009May 24, 2010

Common Sense by Thomas Paine

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June 9, 2009April 27, 2011

Franz Joseph Haydn

Classics for Kids has many excellent podcasts about composers.

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Titles in this series include:
About Franz Joseph Haydn

Father of the Symphony

The Farewell Symphony

Minuets

Firsts

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June 9, 2009June 11, 2011

You are there! The Sailing of the Mayflower

You are There! The Sailing of the Mayflower

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June 9, 2009December 29, 2010

You are there! The Trial of Ann Hutchinson

You are There! Ann Hutchinson’s Trial

June 9, 2009February 9, 2010

Dangerous Journey video

Answers in Genesis has made the Dangerous Journey video available for free on their site. Dangerous Journey is a children’s book based on Pilgrim’s Progress. This video has a narrator reading the book, and shows images from the drawings in the book.

To view the video of Dangerous Journey, click on this link. This will take you away from My Audio School. Kids, please get permission before leaving My Audio School.

When you get to the Answers in Genesis site, page down and click “Dangerous Journey, part 1”. There are 9 parts to this video series, and you can access them all for free at the above link. They won’t stream continuously, however. After watching each section, you’ll need to click on the next section to view it.

June 9, 2009September 15, 2014

This Country of Ours, Part 1: Stories of Explorers and Pioneers, by H. E. Marshall

There are currently 6 parts of this book available on audio. This is Part 1: Stories of Explorers and Pioneers, from Leif Ericson to Sir Walter Raleigh. Page down to the bottom of this post for links to the other parts of this book.

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01 How the Vikings of Old Sought And Found New Lands

02 The Sea of Darkness and the Great Faith of Columbus

03 How Columbus Fared Forth upon the Sea of Darkness and Came to Pleasant Lands Beyond

04 How Columbus Returned in Triumph

05 How America Was Named

06 How the Flag of England Was Planted on the Shores of the New World

07 How the Flag of France was Planted in Florida

08 How the French Founded a Colony in Florida

09 How the Spaniards Drove the French Out of Florida

10 How a Frenchman Avenged the Death of His Countrymen

11 The Adventures of Sir Humphrey Gilbert

12 About Sir Walter Raleigh’s Adventures in the Golden West

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June 9, 2009September 15, 2014

This Country of Ours, Part 2: Stories of Virginia, by H. E. Marshall

This is Part 2: Stories of Virginia, from chapter 13 (Captain John Smith) to chapter 21 (The Knights of the Golden Horseshoe).

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John Smith taking the King of Pamunkey prisoner

13 The Adventures of Captain John Smith

14 More Adventures of Captain John Smith

15 How The Colony Was Saved

16 How Pocahontas Took a Journey Over the Seas

17 How the Redmen Fought Against Their White Brothers

18 How Englishmen Fought a Duel with Tyranny

19 The Coming of the Cavaliers

20 Bacon’s Rebellion

21 The Story of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe

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June 9, 2009December 31, 2010

Hurlbut’s Story of the Bible volume 3

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01 – How Saul Saved the Eyes of the Men of Jabesh

02 – The Brave Young Prince

03 – Saul’s Great Sin and His Great Loss

04 – The Shepherd Boy of Bethlehem
05 – The Shepherd Boy’s Fight with the Giant

06 – The Little Boy Looking for the Arrows

07 – Where David Found the Giant’s Sword

08 – How David Spared Sauls Life

09 – The Last Days of King Saul

10 – The Shepherd Boy Becomes a King

11 – The Sound in the Treetops

12 – The Cripple at the King’s Table

13 – The Cripple at the King’s Table

14 – David’s Handsome Son and How He Stole the Kingdom

15 – Absalom in the Wood; David on the Throne

16 – The Angel with the Drawn Sword on Mount Moriah

17 – Solomon on David’s Throne

18 – The Wise Young King

19 – The House of God on Mount Moriah

20 – The Last Days of Solomons Reign

June 9, 2009December 31, 2010

Hurlbut’s Story of the Bible volume 2

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01 – The Story of a Scarlet Cord

02 – How the River Jordan Became Dry

03 – The Story of a Wedge of Gold

04 – How Joshua Conquered the Land of Canaan

05 – The Old Man Who Fought Against the Giants

06 – The Avenger of Blood and the Cities of Refuge

07 – The Story of an Altar Beside the River

08 – The Present That Ehud Brought to King Eglon

09 – How a Woman Won a Great Victory

10 – Gideon and His Brave Three Hundred

11 – Jephthah’s Rash Promise and What Came from It

12 – The Strong Man: How He Lived and How He Died

13 – The Idol Temple at Dan and Its Priest

14 – How Ruth Gleaned in the Field of Boaz

15 – The Little Boy with a Linen Coat

16 – How the Idol Fell Down Before the Ark

17 – The Last of the Judges

18 – The Tall Man Who Was Chosen King

June 9, 2009July 5, 2016

Paradise Lost by John Milton

Summary: Paradise Lost is the first epic of English literature written in the classical style. John Milton saw himself as the intellectual heir of Homer, Virgil, and Dante, and sought to create a work of art which fully represented the most basic tenets of the Protestant faith. His work, which was dictated from memory and transcribed by his daughter, remains as one of the most powerful English poems. (Summary by Caeristhiona for Librivox)

This is a recording of the text of Milton’s first edition of 1667, which had ten books, unlike the second edition (1674) which was redivided into twelve books in the manner of Virgil’s Aeneid.

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Total running time: 9 hours, 42 minutes

Paradise Lost: 01 – Book One, Part 1

Paradise Lost: 02 – Book One, Part 2

Paradise Lost: 03 – Book Two, Part 1

Paradise Lost: 04 – Book Two, Part 2

Paradise Lost: 05 – Book Three, Part 1

Paradise Lost: 06 – Book Three, Part 2

Paradise Lost: 07 – Book Four, Part 1

Paradise Lost: 08 – Book Four, Part 2

Paradise Lost: 09 – Book Five, Part 1

Paradise Lost: 10 – Book Five, Part 2

Paradise Lost: 11 – Book Six, Part 1

Paradise Lost: 12 – Book Six, Part 2

Paradise Lost: 13 – Book Seven, Part 1

Paradise Lost: 14 – Book Seven, Part 2

Paradise Lost: 15 – Book Eight, Part 1

Paradise Lost: 16 – Book Eight, Part 2

Paradise Lost: 17 – Book Nine, Part 1

Paradise Lost: 18 – Book Nine, Part 2

Paradise Lost: 19 – Book Ten, Part 1

Paradise Lost: 20 – Book Ten, Part 2

June 9, 2009June 15, 2011

Paradise Regained by John Milton

Summary: Paradise Regained is a poem by the 17th century English poet John Milton, published in 1671. It is connected by name to his earlier and more famous epic poem Paradise Lost, with which it shares similar theological themes. Based on the Gospel of Luke?s version of the Temptation of Christ, Paradise Regained is more thoughtful in writing style, and thrives upon the imagery of Jesus? perfection in contrast to the shame of Satan. (Summary from Wikipedia)