Recordings of Books on the Ambleside List 5: Difference between revisions

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Many recordings available including [http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?reader=&mc=&bc=&cat=&genre=&language=&type=&author=&title=bible&status=all&reader_exact=&mc_exact=&bc_exact=&date=&group=&engroup=&ingroup=&ingroup=150 ''American Standard Version''] and [http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?reader=&mc=&bc=&cat=&genre=&language=&type=&author=&title=bible&status=all&reader_exact=&mc_exact=&bc_exact=&date=&group=&engroup=&ingroup=&ingroup=157 ''King James Version'']. For recordings of all versions, please see [http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search_advanced.php?title=bible&author=&cat=&genre=&status=complete&type=&language=&date=&reader=&bc=&mc=&action=Search this search].<br />
Many recordings available including [http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?reader=&mc=&bc=&cat=&genre=&language=&type=&author=&title=bible&status=all&reader_exact=&mc_exact=&bc_exact=&date=&group=&engroup=&ingroup=&ingroup=150 ''American Standard Version''] and [http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search.php?reader=&mc=&bc=&cat=&genre=&language=&type=&author=&title=bible&status=all&reader_exact=&mc_exact=&bc_exact=&date=&group=&engroup=&ingroup=&ingroup=157 ''King James Version'']. For recordings of all versions, please see [http://librivox.org/newcatalog/search_advanced.php?title=bible&author=&cat=&genre=&status=complete&type=&language=&date=&reader=&bc=&mc=&action=Search this search].<br />
==== History ====
[http://librivox.org/napoleon-of-notting-hill-by-chesterton/ ''The Napoleon of Notting Hill''] by G. K. Chesterton.<br />
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[http://librivox.org/uk-commons-speeches-vol3/ Speech on Prosecuting the War with Germany, 1940] (''Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat'') speech of Winston Churchill, May 13, 1940 (Section 7).<br />
[http://librivox.org/selected-house-of-commons-speeches-by-winston-churchill/ ''Their Finest Hour''] speech of Winston Churchill, June 18, 1940 (Section 15).<br />




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''Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible'' [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/henry/mhc.i.html Text] at ccel.org. Warning: this is huge.<br />
''Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible'' [http://www.ccel.org/ccel/henry/mhc.i.html Text] at ccel.org. Warning: this is huge.<br />
Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children by Roosevelt, ed. Joseph Bucklin Bishop. [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6467 Text ] on Project Gutenberg.<br />
Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children by Roosevelt, ed. Joseph Bucklin Bishop. [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/6467 Text] on Project Gutenberg.<br />
''Now It Can Be Told'' by Philip Gibbs. [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/3317 Text] on Project Gutenberg. (Not PD for Europe)<br />
''The Man with the Muck Rake'' speech by Teddy Roosevelt - April 15, 1906. [http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/teddyrooseveltmuckrake.htm Text] at americanrhetoric.com.<br />
''War Message'' speech by Woodrow Wilson 2 April 1917. [http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/wilsonwarmessage.htm Text] at americanrhetoric.com.<br />
 


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''A Basic History of the United States'' by Clarence B. Carson.<br />
''A Basic History of the United States'' by Clarence B. Carson.<br />
''A Short History of Western Civilization'' by Sullivan et al.<br />
''A Short History of Western Civilization'' by Sullivan et al.<br />
''Testament of Youth'' by Vera Brittain.<br />
''Guns of August'' by Barbara W. Tuchman.<br />
''Only Yesterday'' by Frederick Allen.<br />
''Some of Us Survived'' by Kerop Bedoukian.<br />
''Ethiopia Through Russian Eyes: Country in Transition, 1896-1898'' by A. K. Bulatovich, translated by Richard Seltzer.<br />
''The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.'' Franklin Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address March 4, 1933.<br />
Edward VIII's Abdication Speech - December 11, 1936.<br />
Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig's farewell to baseball speech July 4, 1939.<br />
''The Men Behind Hitler A German warning to the world'' by Bernhard Schreiber.<br />
''Mein Kampf (My Struggle)'' by Adolf Hitler.<br />
''The Greatest Generation'' by Tom Brokaw.<br />
   
   
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Revision as of 15:39, 9 July 2013

Under way 9 July 2013, but very few books on the Year 11 list are in the Public Domain.

Introduction

Listeners have requested a list of LibriVox recordings of books recommended by Ambleside Online for use with homeschooling. Anyone looking for audio books for children will find plenty of ideas on this page.

This is the fifth part, covering year 11. The first part, covering years 0 - 4, may be found here. The second part, covering Years 5 - 8, may be found here. The third part, covering Year 9, is here. The fourth part, covering Year 10 is here.

The lists here only include books on the main booklists on Ambleside Online, not the various personal recommendations. If you would like to browse all LibriVox recordings of books, stories and poems for children, please follow this link.

Please note that many books on the Ambleside list are not in the Public Domain, and are therefore not available to record for LibriVox.

Booklist for Year 11

LibriVox recordings

Note: Very few books on the Ambleside list apart from a few novels and some short stories are in the Public Domain.


The Bible

Many recordings available including American Standard Version and King James Version. For recordings of all versions, please see this search.

History

The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G. K. Chesterton.

Speeches

Speech on Prosecuting the War with Germany, 1940 (Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat) speech of Winston Churchill, May 13, 1940 (Section 7).
Their Finest Hour speech of Winston Churchill, June 18, 1940 (Section 15).






Foreign language recordings:

Recordings in Dutch
Recordings in French
Recordings in German
Recordings in Italian
Recordings in Japanese
Recordings in Latin
Recordings in Spanish

Search for recordings in other languages, by substituting the language in the search URL.

In the Public Domain, but not yet recorded

Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible Text at ccel.org. Warning: this is huge.
Theodore Roosevelt's Letters to His Children by Roosevelt, ed. Joseph Bucklin Bishop. Text on Project Gutenberg.
Now It Can Be Told by Philip Gibbs. Text on Project Gutenberg. (Not PD for Europe)
The Man with the Muck Rake speech by Teddy Roosevelt - April 15, 1906. Text at americanrhetoric.com.
War Message speech by Woodrow Wilson 2 April 1917. Text at americanrhetoric.com.


Not in the Public Domain

The Holiness of God by R. C. Sproul.
The Cost of Discipleship by Dietrich Bonhoeffer.
The Pleasures of God by John Piper.
Streams in the Desert by Mrs. Charles Cowman (pub. 1925 and copyright renewed).
A History of the Twentieth Century The Concise Edition of the Acclaimed World History by Martin Gilbert.
Modern Times Revised Edition: World from the Twenties to the Nineties by Paul Johnson.
Oxford History of the American People by Samuel Eliot Morison.
A Basic History of the United States by Clarence B. Carson.
A Short History of Western Civilization by Sullivan et al.
Testament of Youth by Vera Brittain.
Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman.
Only Yesterday by Frederick Allen.
Some of Us Survived by Kerop Bedoukian.
Ethiopia Through Russian Eyes: Country in Transition, 1896-1898 by A. K. Bulatovich, translated by Richard Seltzer.
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Franklin Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address March 4, 1933.
Edward VIII's Abdication Speech - December 11, 1936.
Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig's farewell to baseball speech July 4, 1939.
The Men Behind Hitler A German warning to the world by Bernhard Schreiber.
Mein Kampf (My Struggle) by Adolf Hitler.
The Greatest Generation by Tom Brokaw.


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