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7 Being Beavers; or, The Young Explorers (Arctic or Otherwise)
Summary: This delightful novel begins when a family of five children moves from London to the English countryside. While playing in a gravel pit soon after the move, they discover an ancient and rather grumpy sand-fairy known as the Psammead, who agrees to grant one wish of theirs per day. The children’s wishes send them on adventure after adventure, but rarely turn out as expected. (Summary by Kara)
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Chapter 1: Beautiful As the Day
Chapter 6: A Castle and No Dinner
Chapter 8: Bigger Than the Baker’s Boy
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11 Finds Print of Man’s Foot on the Sand
16 Rescue of Prisoners from Cannibals
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Chapter 1 – Glen Notes and Other Matters
Chapter 5 – The Sound of a Going
Chapter 6 – Susan, Rilla, and Dog Monday Make a Resolution
Chapter 7 – A War-baby and a Soup Tureen
Chapter 9 – Doc Has a Misadventure
Chapter 10 – The Troubles of Rilla
Chapter 12 – In the Days of Langemark
Chapter 13 – A Slice of Humble Pie
Chapter 14 – The Valley of Decision
Chapter 15 – Until the Daybreak
Chapter 16 – Realism and Romance
Chapter 17 – The Weeks Wear By
Chapter 19 – They Shall Not Pass
Chapter 20 – Norman Douglas Speaks Out in Meeting
Chapter 21 – Love Affairs Are Horrible
Chapter 22 – Little Dog Monday Knows
Chapter 23 – And So, Goodnight
Chapter 24 – Mary Is Just in Time
Chapter 26 – Susan Has a Proposal of Marriage
Ch 28 – Black Sunday; Ch 29 – Wounded and Missing; Ch 30 – The Turning of the Tide
Chapter 31 – Mrs Matilda Pitman
Ch 33 – Victory!; Ch 34 – Mr Hyde Goes to His Own Place and Susan Takes a Honeymoon
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
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
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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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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13 The Adventures of Captain John Smith
14 More Adventures of Captain John Smith
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
21 The Story of the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe
There are currently 4 other parts to this book available.
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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
Lamb used Homer’s Odyssey as the basis for the re-telling of the story of Ulysses’s journey back from Troy to his own kingdom of Ithaca. Not a direct translation and deemed modern in its time, Lamb states in the preface that, “I have gained a rapidity to the narration which I hope will make it more attractive and give it more the air of a romance to young readers”. (Summary by Rebecca for Librivox)
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02 The House of Circe. Men changed into Beasts. The Voyage to Hell. The Banquet of the Dead.
04 The Island of Calypso. Immortality Refused.
05 The Tempest. The Sea-bird’s Gift. The Escape by Swimming. The Sleep in the Woods.
07 The Songs of Demodocus. The Convoy Home. The Manners. Transformed to Stone. The Young Shepherd.
08 The Change from a King to a Beggar. Eumaeus and the Herdsmen. Telemachus.
09 The Queen’s Suitors. The Battle of the Beggars. The Armour Taken Down. The Meeting with Penelope.
10 The Madness from Above. The Bow of Ulysses. The Slaughter. The Conclusion.
Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson
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To listen to The Declaration of Independence, as read by Bill Barker, who interprets Thomas Jefferson for Colonial Williamsburg, go to Monticello Podcasts. You’ll need to page most of the way down the page, to the podcast titled Jefferson’s Words: Two Declarations.
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To see a video of the reading of the Declaration of Independence from Colonial Williamsburg, go to the Colonial Williamsburg Video page. This video is titled We Hold These Truths. You’ll need to page down to find it. This video is archived on June 29, 2009.
For more excellent audio and video podcasts from Colonial Williamsburg, go to History.org.
Click here to see downloadable CurrClick materials which could be used in a study of Shakespeare. Clicking this link will take you away from My Audio School.
Hamlet part 1, presented by Columbia Workshop
Hamlet part 2, presented by Columbia Workshop
Orson Welles in the final scene from Romeo and Juliet
As You Like It presented by Columbia Workshop
Twelfth Night with Orson Welles
A Tale of Two Cities lux theater
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This exciting, dramatized version of John Bunyan’s allegory Pilgrim’s Progress comes from Grace Gems and is delightful for the entire family. Links are provided to stream the audio online or download to Mp3.
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The first half of this book is also available. Click here for Our Island Story Part 1.
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Summary from Librivox:
Our Island Story was first published in 1905 and became an instant classic. Beginning with the Romans and following the triumphs and foibles of the good, not so good and the downright despicable figures of history; we are treated to a dazzling montage of kings, queens, barons, knights, explorers, movers and shakers that have played a key role in the history of England.
Marshall freely mixes folk tale with historical fact and in so doing paints a very vivid picture of the past in a style reminiscent of all that is finest in the children’s story-telling tradition. This is the second section of that work and will carry you from the convoluted and bloody Wars of the Roses up to the death of Queen Victoria and the resolution of the Boer War.
Please be advised that this book was written in the early years of the 20th century and there will be words and phrases used then, in all innocence, that are considered politically incorrect in this age. It’s perfectly fine for children to listen to but please ensure there is someone on hand who can explain these terms in a mature fashion.(Summary by Jim, for Librivox.org)
56 Queen Margaret and the Robbers
58 Edward V – The King Who was Never Crowned
59 The Two Little Princes in the Tower
60 Henry VII – Story of the Make-Believe Prince
61 Another Make-Believe Prince
62 Henry VIII and The Field of the Cloth of Gold
63 How the King Became the Defender of the Faith
64 Henry VIII: The Story of the King’s Six Wives
66 The Story of Lady Jane Grey
67 How the Princess Elizabeth Became a Prisoner
68 Mary I – How a Candle Was Lit in England
69 How the Imprisoned Princess Became a Queen
70 Elizabeth – The Story of a Most Unhappy Queen
71 How England was saved from the Spaniards
72 Elizabeth–The story of Sir Walter Raleigh
76 How a Woman Struck a Blow for Freedom
77 How the King and the Parliament Quarrelled
78 The Story of How the King was Brought to His Death
80 The Commonwealth – The Lord Protector
81 How Death Walked in the Streets of London
82 The Story of How London was Burned
85 The Story of the Seven Bishops
87 The Story of Brave Londonderry
88 The Story of a Sad Day in a Highland Glen
89 How the Union Jack was Made
90 The Story of the Earl of Mar’s Hunting Party
91 The Story of Bonnie Prince Charlie
92 The Story of Flora MacDonald
93 The Story of The Black Hole of Calcutta
94 The Story of How Canada Was Won
96 A Story of a Spinning Wheel
97 England Expects that Every Man will do his Duty
98 George III – The Battle of Waterloo
99 The First Gentleman in Europe
102 Victoria – When Bread was Dear
106 Victoria – The Siege of Delhi
108 Victoria – Under the Southern Cross
109 From Cannibal to Christian
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03 – Chapter 6
04 – Chapters 7-8
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The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen
The Tinder-box by Hans Christian Andersen
The Constant Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen
The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen
The Flying Trunk by Hans Christian Andersen
The Darning Needle by Hans Christian Andersen
Pen and Inkstand by Hans Christian Andersen
These Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen were selected from the Junior Classics volume 1 by William Patten. The Junior Classics, Volume 1 by William Patten has over 14 hours of recorded material. To download the entire book to MP3, click here.
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Running time: 8 hours, 15 minutes
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Total running time: 16 hours, 31 minutes
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1-01: A Runaway Reef
1-02: The Pros and Cons
1-07: A Whale of Unknown Species
1-09: The Tantrums of Ned Land
1-12: Everything through Electricity
1-15: An Invitation in Writing
1-18: Four Thousand Leagues Under the Pacific
1-22: The Lightning Bolts of Captain Nemo
1-23: Aegri Somnia
1-24: The Coral Realm
2-01: The Indian Ocean
2-02: A New Proposition from Captain Nemo
2-03: A Pearl Worth Ten Million
2-07: The Mediterranean in Forty-Eight Hours
2-10: The Underwater Coalfields
2-12: Sperm Whales and Baleen Whales
2-15: Accident or Incident?
2-16: Shortage of Air
2-17: From Cape Horn to the Amazon
2-20: In Latitude 47 degrees 24′ and Longitude 17 degrees 28′
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Click here to see a downloadable selection of literature guides, lapbooks and unit studies from CurrClick which could be used with A Christmas Carol. This link will take you away from My Audio School.
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A Christmas Carol – Preface and Stave 1
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Running time: 17 hours, 3 minutes
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Oliver Twist – Chapter 07
Oliver Twist – Chapter 08
Oliver Twist – Chapter 14
Oliver Twist – Chapter 15
Oliver Twist – Chapter 40
Oliver Twist – Chapter 41
Oliver Twist – Chapter 42
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