Hurlbut’s Story of the Bible, volume 6

Star of Bethlehem detail by Edward Burne-Jones

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01 – The Angel by the Altar
02 – The Manger of Bethlehem

03 – The Star and the Wise Men

Star of Bethlehem by Edward Burne-Jones

04 – The Boy in his Father’s House

05 – The Prophet in the Wilderness

06 – Jesus in the Desert, and beside the River

The Wedding at Cana by Paolo Veronese

07 – The Water Jars at the Wedding Feast

08 – The Stranger at the Well

09 – The Story of a Boy in Capernaum and a Riot

10 – A Net Full of Fishes

11 – The Leper and the Man Let Down through the Roof

12 – The Cripple at the Pool and the Withered Hand
Sankt Matthaeus Kirke Copenhagen altar piece, Sermon on the Mount

13 – The Twelve Disciples and the Sermon on the Mount

14 – The Captain’s Servant, the Widow’s Son, and a Sinner

15 – Some Stories Jesus Told by the Sea

16 – Peace, Be Still

17 – The Little Girl Who Was Raised to Life

18 – A Dancing Girl and What Was Given Her

The miracle of the loaves and fishes by Lambert Lombard

19 – The Feast beside the Sea and What Followed It

20 – The Answer to a Mother’s Prayer

21 – The Glory of Jesus on the Mountain

22 – The Little Child in the Arms of Jesus

23 – At the Feast of Tabernacles

24 – The Man with Clay on His Face

25 – The Good Shepherd and the Good Samaritan

Lazarus by Geertgen tot Sint Jans, born 1480

26 – Lazarus Raised to Life

27 – Some Parables in Perea

28 – The Poor Rich Man and the Rich Poor Man
29 – Jesus at Jericho
30 – Palm Sunday

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31 – The Last Vistis of Jesus to the Temple

32 – The Parables on the Mount of Olives

33 – The Last Supper

34 – The Olive Orchard and the High Priests Hall

35 – The Crown of Thorns

Crucifixion of Christ by Jan Bruegel

36 – The Darkest Day of All the World

37 – The Brightest Day of All the World

38 – The Stranger on the Shore

Hurlbut’s story of the Bible volume 5

A closeup of the illuminated letter P in the 1407AD Latin Bible on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. It was hand written in Belgium, by Gerard Brils, for reading aloud in a monastery.

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01 – The First Four Kings

02 – The Little Boy Who Was Crowned King

03 – Three Kings and a Great Prophet

04 – The Good King Hezekiah

05 – The Lost Book Found in the Temple

Ezekiel on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican between 1508 to 1512, fresco, by Michelangelo

06 – The Last for Kings of Judah, and the Weeping Prophet

07 – What Ezekiel Saw in the Valley

08 – The Jewish Captives in the Court of the King

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09 – The Golden Image and the Fiery Furnace

10 – The Tree That Was Cut Down and Grew Again

11 – The Writing upon the Wall

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12 –  Daniel in the Den of Lions

13 – The Story of a Joyous Journey

14 – The New Temple on Mount Moriah

15 – The Beautiful Queen of Persia

16 – The Scribe Who Wrote the Old Testament

17 – The Nobleman who built the wall of Jerusalem

18 – Ezra’s Great Bible Class in Jerusalem

Hurlbut’s Story of the Bible volume 4

Daniele_da_Volterra The Prophet Elijah

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Elijah by Jose de Ribera

01 – The Breaking Up of a Great Kingdom

02 – The King Who Led Israel to Sin

03 – The Prophet Whose Prayer Raised a Boy To Life

04 – The Prayer That Was Answered In Fire

05 – The Voice that Spoke To Elijah in the Mount

06 – The Wounded Prophet and His Story

07 – What Ahab Paid For His Vinyard

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d 08 – The Arrow That Killea King

09 – Elijah’s Chariot of Fire

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10 – A Spring Sweetened by Salt

11 – The Pot of Oil and the Pot of Poison

Jonah and the Whale

12 – The Little Boy at Shunem

13 – How a Little Girl Helped to Cure a Leper

14 – The Chariots of Fire around Elisha

15 – What the Lepers Found in the Camp

16 – Jehu, The Furious Driver of His

17 – Elisha and the Bow; Jonah and Nineveh

18 – How the Ten Tribes Were Lost

Facts of Congress videos

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Three Branches

One Vote Matters

House of Representatives

The Senate

Representative Numbers



Federalism

Primary Documents

How a Bill Becomes Law



Checks and Balances

Amendments

The First Amendment




Filibusters

Key Congressional Leaders

Lobbyists

Hurlbut’s Bible Lessons for Boys and Girls by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

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Running time: 2 hours, 18 minutes

Summary: Questions and answers on The Old Testament and The New Testament comprising a complete course of study designed to carry on through the Old Testament in one year and through the New Testament in one year. (Summary from title page) This book is read in a question and answer format, back and forth between two people.

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The Bobbsey Twins or Merry Days Indoors and Out by Laura Lee Hope

Bobbsey Twins, cover of 1904 book, authored by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, public domain

Summary: The Bobbsey Twins are the principal characters of what was, for many years, the Stratemeyer Syndicate’s longest-running series of children’s novels, penned under the pseudonym Laura Lee Hope. The first of 72 books was published in 1904, the last in 1979. The books related the adventures of the children of the middle-class Bobbsey family, which included two sets of fraternal twins: Bert and Nan, who were 12 years old, and Flossie and Freddie, who were six. (Summary by Wikipedia)

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Total running time:  3 hours, 40 minutes

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01 – The Bobbsey Twins at Home

02 – Rope Jumping, and What Followed

03 – The First Snow Storm

Childe Hassam, Snowstorm Madison Square, public domain

04 – The Broken Window

05 – Bert’s Ghost

06 – Coasting, and What Came of It

07 – Freddie and Flossie’s Snow House

08 – Fun on the Ice

Axel Ender, Sledekjøring på isen, public domain

09 – Freddie Loses Himself

10 – Lost and Found

11 – The Cruise of the Ice Bird

12 – Tige–Playing Theater

13 – Nan’s First Cake-Baking

14 – Christmas

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15 – The Children’s Party

16 – A Grand Sleigh Ride

17 – The Race and the Runaway

18 – A Quarrel in the Schoolyard

19 – Nan’s Plea

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20 – St. Valentine’s Day

21 – The Rescue of Snoop, the Kitten

22 – The Last of the Ghost–Good Night

The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald

Princess Goblin title page illustration by Jessie Willcox Smith
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01 – Chapters 1-3

02 – Chapters 4-5

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03 – Chapter 6

04 – Chapters 7-8

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05 – Chapter 9

06 – Chapter 10-11

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07 – Chapters 12-14

08 – Chapter 15

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09 – Chapters 16-17

10 – Chapter 18

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11 – Chapters 19-20

12 – Chapter 21

13 – Chapter 22

14 – Chapter 23

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15 – Chapters 24-25

16 – Chapters 26-27

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17 – Chapters 28-30

18 – Chapters 31-31

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selected Fairy Tales from The Junior Classics by Patten

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

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The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods by Charles Perrault

Puss in Boots

Little Red Riding Hood by Charles Perrault

Cinderella

Cinderella, retold by Miss Mulock

The Story of the Three Bears retold by Robert
Southey

Goldilocks

Jack the Giant Killer

Tom Thumb retold by Joseph Jacobs

Tom Thumb


Blue Beard by Charles Perrault

The Brave Little Tailor by Anonymous


The Fair One with the Golden Locks retold by Miss Mulock

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

Jack and the Beanstalk by Anonymous

Jack and the Beanstalk

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selected Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen

The Flying Trunk

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The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen

The Ugly Duckling


The Tinder-box by Hans Christian Andersen

The Constant Tin Soldier by Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales

The Fir Tree by Hans Christian Andersen

The Flying Trunk by Hans Christian Andersen

The Fir Tree

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.

Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm

Hansel and Gretel

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Hansel and Gretel by the Brothers Grimm

Hansel and Gretel
Thumbling by The Brothers Grimm

The Six Swans by The Brothers Grimm

Singschwan (Cygnus cygnus), image by J. Moeschler (Plumper), licensed under GNU Free Documentation License

Snow White and Rose Red by The Brothers Grimm

Snow White

These Grimm’s Fairy Tales were selected from William Patten’s book The Junior Classics, Volume 1.

The Junior Classics, volume 1
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My Crazy Life Spanish

Here is a video trailer of the BBC’s new beginner’s Spanish language program, My Vida Loca (My Crazy Life). This series incorporates excellent video, immersion language techniques, grammar notes and a mystery all into one. It is also free!

Chopin

Chopin


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Chopin’s Polonaise in A Major, No. 1, “Military” click “Hear the Music”

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Titles in this series:

About Frederic Chopin

The next few podcasts relate to Chopin, but tell about other composers, as well.

The Polonaise

Military Music

Famous Pianist-Composers

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Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Chapter 01

Chapter 02

Chapter 03

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Chapter 04

Chapter 05

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Chapter 06

Chapter 07

Chapter 08

Chapter 09

Chapter 10

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Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

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A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

Christmas Carol, Scrooge's Third Visitor, John Leach, 1843


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Marley's Ghost by John Leach

A Christmas Carol – Preface and Stave 1

Mr. Fezziwig's Ball

A Christmas Carol – Stave 2

Scrooge Extinguishes the First of the Three Spirits

A Christmas Carol – Stave 3

Tiny Tim

A Christmas Carol – Stave 4

Last of the Spirits by John Leach, 1843

A Christmas Carol – Stave 5

Scrooge and Bob Cratchit

Heidi by Johanna Spyri

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Heidi and her grandfather by Jessie Willcox Smith

Chapter 1 – Up the Mountain to Alm-Uncle

Chapter 2 – At Home with Grandfather

Heidi with goat by Jessie Willcox Smith

Chapter 3 – Out With The Goats


Chapter 4 – The Visit to Grandmother


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Chapter 5 – Two Visits and What Came of Them

Chapter 6 – A New Chapter About New Things

Chapter 7 – Fraulein Rottenmeier Spends an Uncomfortable Day

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Chapter 8 – There is Great Commotion in the Large House

Chapter 9 – Herr Sesemann Hears of Things Which are New to Him

Chapter 10 – Another Grandmother

Chapter 11 – Heidi Gains in One Way and Loses in Another

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Chapter 12 – A Ghost in the House

Chapter 13 – A Summer Evening on the Mountain

Chapter 14 – Sunday Bells

Chapter 15 – Preparations for a Journey

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Chapter 16 – A Visitor

Chapter 17 – A Compensation

Chapter 18 – Winter in Dorfli

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Chapter 19 – The Winter Continues

Chapter 20 – News from Distant Friends

Chapter 21 – How Life Went on at Grandfather’s

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Chapter 22 – Something Unexpected Happens

Chapter 23 – Goodbye Til We Meet Again

Call of the Wild by Jack London

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Freckles by Gene Stratton Porter

Waldarbeiter by Jean Francois Millet
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Running time: 8 hours, 43 minutes

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01 – Wherein Great Risks Are Taken and the Limberlost Guard Is Hired

02 – Wherein Freckles Proves His Mettle and Finds Friends

03 – Wherein A Feather Falls and A Soul Is Born

04 – Wherein Freckles Faces Trouble Bravely and Opens the Way for New Experiences

05 – Wherein An Angel Materializes and A Man Worships

06 – Wherein a Fight Occurs and Women Shoot Straight

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07 – Wherein Freckles Wins Honor and Finds a Footprint on the Trail

08 – Wherein Freckles Meets a Man of Affairs and Loses Nothing by the Encounter

09 – Wherein the Limberlost Falls upon Mrs. Duncan and Freckles Comes to the Rescue

10 – Wherein Freckles Strives Mightily and the Swamp Angel Rewards Him

11 – Wherein the Butterflies Go on a Spree and Freckles Informs the Bird Woman

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12 – Wherein Black Jack Captures Freckles and the Angel Captures Jack

13 – Wherein the Angel Releases Freckles, and the Curse of Black Jack Falls upon Her

14 – Wherein Freckles Nurses A Heartache And Black Jack Drops Out

15 – Wherein Freckles and the Angel Try Taking a Picture, and Little Chicken Furnishes the Subject

16 – Wherein the Angel Locates a Rare Tree and Dines with the Gang

17 – Wherein Freckles Offers His Life for His Love and Gets a Broken Body

18 – Wherein Freckles Refuses Love Without Knowledge of Honorable Birth, and the Angel Goes in Quest of it

19 – Wherein Freckles Finds His Birthright and the Angel Loses Her Heart

20 – Wherein Freckles Returns to the Limberlost, and Lord O’More Sails for Ireland Without Him