180 Hour Ultimate Audiobook Collection

In this seven hour mp3 audiobook, five thousand years of history have been condensed into a concise and easy to follow series of lectures.

Take a fascinating journey from the mists of prehistory to the fall of the Roman empire. Be introduced to the most notable men and minds of the ancient world. Explore the great currents of philosophy, art, science and economics that shaped our world. A brisk pace and an animated lecturing style make this audiobook a pleasure to listen to.

Each track is a titled section, no more than two to four minutes long, making the material easy to ingest, navigate and review.

Total playing time: 7 hrs.

Compiled, written and read by John Pruskin, Ph.D.

A precursor to Pruskin's A History of The Middle Ages.


Introduction
The Prehistoric Background

Geological Time
The Old Stone Age
Fossil Man
Modern Man
Prehistoric Implements
Technological advance
Cave Art
The Mesolithic Age
The New Stone Age

Ancient World (C. 3000-31 Bc)

Mesopotamia: The Land Of The Two Rivers

The Tigris Euphrates Valley
Summer And Akkad
Babylonia And Assyria
Writing
Literature And Science
Law And Government
Egypt: The Land Of The Nile
The Nile Valley
Pre Dynastic Egypt
The Old Kingdom
Religion
The Pyramids
Hieroglyphic Writing
The Middle Kingdom
The New Kingdom
Egyptian Culture
The Aegean, Asia Monor, Syria, And Palestine

Aegean Civilization
Hittites And Phoenicians
The Hebrews
Gebrew Religion
Persian Empire

Ancient Greece (C. 1000-338 B.C.)

The Formation Of Greece
The Homeric Age
Economic Growth
The Era Of Colonization
Growth Of Oligarchy
Tyranny
Athens And Sparta
Sparta
Athens
Athenian Democracy
Assembly
Justice
Exclusiveness
Archaic Culture

The Persian And Peloponnesian Wars

Persian Threat
Persian War
Athenian Empire
Peloponisian War
Political Weakness Of Greece

Greek Economy In The Fifth And Fourth Centuries Bc.4.
Agriculture
Industry
Commerce
Investment And Banking

The Civilization Of The Golden Age.

The Golden Age
Religion
Architecture
The Acropolis
Sculpture And Painting
Lyric Poetry
Tragedy
Comedy
History
Science And Medicine
Philosophy
Socrates
Plato
Aristotle
The Hellenistic Age

Macedonian Conquests And The Helleistic Kingdoms.
Rise Of Macedonia
Conquest Of Greece
AlexanderÕs Conquests
Spread Of Greek Culture
AlexanderÕs Government
Deification Of Alexander
Hellenistic Kingdoms
Greece
Hellenistic Institutions.
Absolutism
Royal Control In Egypt
Commerce And Industry
The Fortunes Of Greece
Hellenistic Culture

Cosmospolitanism And Individualism
Philosophy
Science
Scholarship
The New Comedy
History
Sculpture
The Roman Republic

The Early Republic And The First Perod Of Expansion.
The Italian Background
The Republic: Government
Social And Economic Life
Rise Of Plebian Power
Expansion In Italy
Results Of Expansion
First Punic War
The First Roman Province
Second Punic War

Expansion And Civil War
The Senate
Eastward Expansion
Economic And Social Developments
Agriculture
Gracchan Reforms
The Social War
Early Civil Wars
Rome And The Provinces
Julius Caesar
Antony And Octavian

Roman Culture In The Republican Age

Influence Of Greek Culture
Latin Drama
Poetry
Prose
Religion
Philosophy

The Roman Empire And Its Decline 31bc-Ad500

The Roman World In The First Two Centuries Of The Empire
Organization Of The Empire
The Principate
Growth Of Absolutism
The Senate
Imperial Administration
Municipal Government
Extension Of Citizenship
The Army
Emperor Worship
Roman Law

Society

Importance Of Cities
Luxury Of City Life
Liberality Of Citizens
Social Classes
Imperial Aristocracy

Economic Life

Communications
Foreign Commerce
Interporvicial Commerce
Industry
Agriculture

The Culture Of The Empire

The Augustan Age
Virgil
Horace
The Elegiac Poets
Livy
The Silver Age
Greek Literature
Roman Sculpture
Architechture

Decline Of The Roman Empire:

Beginning Of The Decline: The Third Century
Symptoms Of Decline
Economic Causes
Failure Of Government
Military Anarchy

Reforms Of Diocltian
Diocletian Establishes And Autocracy
Administration Centralized
Army Reorganized
Reform Of Taxation
Constantine Completes The Reforms


Economic And Social Decline

Workers Boung To Their Land
Tradesmen Bound To Their Trade
Curiales Ruined
Senatorial Aristocracy
Effect Of Taxation
Conclusion

Decline Of Roman Culture

Loss Of Nerve
Decy Of Official Religions
Eatern Mystery Religions
Common Characteristics
Neoplatonism

The Christian Church In The Roman Empire

Origin And Spread Of Christianity

Origin
The New Testament
Spread Of Christianity
Facores Favoring It
Persecution And Triumph

Early Persecutions
Reasons For Persecution
Persuctuion Under Decius
Last Persecution
Christianity Freed By Constantine
Edict Of Milan (313)
ContantineÕs Motives

Church And State: The Struggle Against Heresy And Paganism

The Fourth Century
Lowering Of Standards
Church And State
Growth Of Dogma
The Arian Heresy
Council Of Nicaea
The Nicene Creed
Arian Reaction Under Constantius
Pagan Revival Under Julian
Arianism Under Valens
Triumph Of Orthodoxy

The Latin Church: The Rise Of The Papacy

The Fifth Century
The Latin Church
The Latin Church Fathers
Ambrose
Jerome
Augustine
Organization Of The Latin Church
The Bishops Of Rome
Leo The Great
Theory Of Papal Supremacy
The Growth Of Monasticism

The Ascetic Impulse
Monasticism
In The East
In The West
St. Benedict
Life In A Benedictine Monastery

The Barbarian Invasions Of The Empire

The Early Germans

Origins
Souces Of Our Knowledge
Appearance And Characteristics
Manner Of Life
Social Organization
Political Organization
Law And Justice

The Migrations Before 376
Cause Of The Migrations
Germans Filter Into The Empire
The Nations And The Fourth Century
The Goths
Intoduction Of Christianity
The Huns
The Invasion Of The Visigoths

Invasion And War
Battle Of Adrianople
The Visigoths And Theodosius
Alaric And Stilicho
Alaric Invades Italy
Sack Of Rome (410)
Visigoths In Gaul And Spain

The Vandals And Huns And The Fall Of The Western Empire

The Vandals Invade Africa
Vandal Kingdom In Africa
Italy And Gaul
The Huns Under Attila
Attila Ivades Gaul And Italy
Desapperance Of The Hns
The Vandals Sack Rome (455)
End Of The Western Empire

The Ostrogoth Kindom In Italy

Ostorgoths Invade Italy
Theodoic, King And Patrician
Romans And Goths In Italy
Revived Prosperity
Continued Decline Of Culture
Anglo Saxons In Britain
The Franks
Summary
Decline Of The Roman Empire

Beginning Of The Decline: The Third Century
Reforms Of Diocletian
Economic And Social Decline
Decline Of Roman Culture

The Christian Church In The Roman Empire

Origin And Spread Of Christianity
Persecution And Triumph
Church And State: The Struggle Against Heresy And Paganism
The Latin Church: The Rise Of The Papacy
The Growth Of Monasticism


The Barbarian Invasions Of The Empire

The Early Germans
The Migrations Before 376
The Invasion Of The Visigoths
The Vandals And Huns And The Fall Of The Wesern Empire
The Ostrogoth Kingdom In Italy

 

HISTORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES- 12 HRS playing time.

In this 12 hour mp3 audiobook, Pruskin takes us from the fall of the Roman Empire to the cusp of the Italian Renaissance.

You have a ringside seat as the remnants of the Roman Empire emerge from the tangled chaos of the barbarian conquests. The eastern empire becomes Byzantine, Mohamedanism transforms culture in large parts of the west, europe expands through the crusades, marauding vikings settle down in their permanent dwelling places and feudal society takes definate shape.

Meet the popes, peasants, lords and ladies of the middle ages.

Includes a one hour lecture Music of The Middle Ages.

Each track is a titled section, no more than two to four minutes long, making the material easy to ingest, navigate and review.

A continuation of Pruskin's A Survey of Ancient History.

Written and read by John Pruskin

The early middle ages (c 500- c. 1050

The eastern empire becomes byzantine
(Justinian 9527-65)

Theodora
JustinianÕs aims
Reconquest of the west
Diplomacy and defense
Administrative reform
Justinian and the church
Justinian code
Failure of justinianÕs dream
Loss of territory (568-700)
Survival of the empire
Elements of strength
Economic strength
The impregnable city
Elements of weakness
Social weakness
The greek orthodox church
Learning and literature
Art
Architechture
Mosaics
Influence on the slav nations
Influence on the west



The rise of islam and the expansion of the Mohammedan empire
Mohammed and the founding of islam
Arabia
Mohammed
The founding of islam
Hegira (622)
Islam conquers Arabia
The Koran
The doctrine of islam
The expansion of the mohamedan empire
Motives of expansion
First period of expansion
Civil war 9655-61)
Second peiod of expansion
Decline of umayyads
Rise of the Abbasids
Moslem civilization under the caliphate
Moslem civilization
Education and learning
Philosophy
Science
Literature
Art and architecture
Commerce and industry
Islam and the west


The franks, the lombards and the papacy

Franks in the fifth century
Clovis (481-511)
Conversion and further conquest
Conquests completed
Civil war
Decline of the merovingians
Pepin of heristal
Fusion of german and roman
Distribution of population
Merovingian kingship
Mayors of the palace
Counts and dukes
The church: bishops
Laws
The Lombards and the papacy
Lombard conquest
The papacy to 590
Gregory the great (590-604)
Mission to England
GregoryÕs writings
Popes emperors, and lombards
Charles martel
Missions in germany: Boniface
Pepin mayor and king
Donation of Pepin (756)
Reform of the Frankish church

The caronligian empire and the northmen

Charlemagne and his empire (768-814)
Character
Conquest of Lombardy
Conquest of the Saxons
Other wars
Charles crowned emperor
Carolingian administration
Capitularies
Economic conditions
Carolingian renascence
Disruptive factors
Louis the pious
Division of the empire
Dissolution of the empire
Formtion of kingdoms
The northmen
The Vikings
Viking routes
Raids
Settlements in Europe
Settlement in England
Alfred the great
Reconquered danelaw
The Swedes in Russia
Contribution of the northmen


The feudal system

Origins of feudalism- the failure of central government
Small land- owners lose freedom
Rise of a military aristocracy
Poers of states in private hands
The manor, economic unit
The typical manor
Open field system
Intermixed ownership
The peasants
The manorial contract
Self sufficiency of the manor
The military aristocracy
The fief
Homage and investiture
Military duties of the vassal
Relief and aids
Duties and privileges of the lord
Subinfeudation
Extent of church land
Ecclesiastical lords and vassals
Ecclesiastical nobles
Their dual character
The monarchy
Private jurisdictions
Private wars
Peace of god
Estimate


The founding of the feudal kingdoms and the revival of the empire

The tribal duchies
Conrad 1
Otto the great
Revival of the empire
Theory of empire
Otto 1st and otto 2nd
Henry 2nd
Conrand 2nd
Henry 3rd
robertians and Carolingians
first capetian kings
the great fiefs
England united
Government in saxon England
The second Danish conquest
Saxon restoration
The Norman conquest


The high middle ages

The struggle between the empire and the papacy
Minority of henry iv
Germany
Imperial italy
The Normans in italy
The cluniac reforms
HildebrandÕs reform program
Greory vii and lay investiture
Rival claims to supremacy
Gregory vii and herny iv
Defeat of Gregory vii
Henry v
Concorday of worms
Papal gains
Welf and hohenstufen
Frederick barbarossa
Frederick and the papacy
Question of supremacy
The Lombard communes
The Lombard league
Triumph of Lombard league
Last year of Frederick
Henry vi
Innocent iii
Philip of swabia and otto iv
InnocentÕs policy
Innocent and Frederick ii
Frederick ii
Government of sicily
The papacy and the lombards
The conflict revived
Great interregnum
results of the struggle

the growth of the monarchies in france and England


weakness of the capetian monarchy
Philip I
Louis the vi asserts royal authority
The anglo- Norman menace
Louis vii, early years
Rise of the angevin house
Growth of royal prestige
Royal administration
Norman feudalism in England
Administration
William I and the church
Royal administration under henry I
Anarchy under Stephen
Herny ii a great administrator
Royal courts
The jury
The quarrel with becket
Last years
Philip agustus
Philip takes angevin fiefs
Philip and innocent iii
Albigensian crusade
Louis viii
Louis ix
His crusades
Louis ix and the monarchy
Judicial reforms
Royal administration
Thirteenth century france
The English constitution develops despite weak kings (1189-1272)
Richard I
John and innocent iii
Magna carta
Louis invades England
Misgovernement under henry iii
Attempts ot check royal absolutism
Thirteenth century England

The crusades and the expansion of catholic Europe

Moslem and Christians
Urban ii preaches the crusade
Motives of the pope
Motives of the crusaders
The leaders
The first crusade
The kingdom of jerusalem
The second crusade
Saladin takes Jerusalem
The third crusade
The fourth crusade
Latin empire
Later crusades
End of the latin states in syria
Waning of the crusading spirit
Effect of the crusades on Europe
The expansion of catholic Europe
Bohemia, Poland and hungary
Conversion of Scandinavia
Expansion to the northeast
Christian conquests in spain

Feudal society- the peasants and the nobles

General conditions of medieval life
Lack of security
Hazards from war
Flood and famine
Disease
Superstition
Progress
The peasants- an inferior social class
Attitudes of the nobles
Exploitation of the peasants
The church and the peasants
The peasantÕs work
Tools
Houses and clothing
Food
Diversions
Morals and religion
Gradual improvement
Warlike character of the nobles
The nobleÕs castle
Description of a castle
Life in the castle
Diversions
The nobleÕs finances
The noble lady
Meaning of chivalry
Education of the knight
Ceremony of knighting
Tournaments
Armor and weapons
Knightly virtues
Chivalric love
The troubadors
Chansons and romances


The cities and the middle class- commerce and industry

The medieval city
The streets
Houses
Churches
The city at night
The city by day
Size of cities
Trade in the early middle ages
Revival of international trade
Trade spreads inland
Traveling merchants
Roads and tolls
Fairs
Merchant law
Commerce creates cities
City origins
The burghers
Struggle for self government
City government
Markets
Control of trade
Medieval economic theory
Corporate exclusiveness
The merchant guilds
Relation to city government
Craft guilds
Apprentices
Journeymen
Masters
Prupose of the craft guilds
Advantages and disadvantages
Beginnings of capitalism
Money economy
The peasants
The nobles
The monarchy
Culture


The church, religion and culture

The papacy
The curia and the cardinals
The bishops
The canons
Parish priests
Character of the priests
Ecclesiastical courts
Papal revenue
Heaven and hell
Sacraments
Power of the clergy
Popular religion
Saints and devils
Relics and pilgrimages
Heretics
Albigenses and waldenses
Albigensian crusade
Monks and nuns
Monastic reforms
The friars
St. francis
St. dominic
Influence of the friars
The revival of learning
Rise of the universities
Organization
Priviledges
Student life
Method of instruction
The arts faculty
Theology
Reason and revelation
Realism and nominalism
Natural science
Medicine
Law
Religious art and music
The gothic cathedrals
Sculpture and painting
Liturgy
Church music
Rise of polyphony

THE HISTORY OF THE RENAISSANCE- 7HRS playing time.

In this 7 hour mp3 audiobook, John Pruskin Ph.D. explores the grand age of the renaissance.

Starting from a general view of the economic, cultural and political climate of western Europe, Pruskin then takes us south to where the ideal of the renaissance holds the most sway over our collective imaginations: Italy.

Explore the world of the great banking dynasty of the Medici family; patrons of the arts responsible for the commissioning of some of the greatest works in the history of western art.

Read through the notebooks of the great renaissance painter, sculpture and scientist Leonardo Davinci.

Thrill to the new direction music takes in a one hour lecture Music of The Renaissance. (See details and listing of musical examples below).

Carve marble and spend five years painting the ceiling of Sistine chapel with Michelangelo.

Catch a glimpse into the inner workings and politics of the Vatican, and the popes who controlled it.

Finally, take a gondola ride through the streets of Venice and explore the thriving and exciting sea borne commercial heart of the renaissance era.

An addendum to PruskinÕs Survey of Ancient History and History of The Middle Ages. Please see our other listings for details.

CONTENTS

Medieval Economy In Transition

The Growth Of Capitalism In Italian Commerce, Industry, And Banking
Growth Of Capital
The Sedentary Merchant
Partnerships And Firms
Credit, Banking, And Exchange
Bookkeeping
Capital In Industry
The Wollen Industry In Florence
Social Effects Of Capitalism

The Growth Of Capitalism In Northern Commerce And Industry

The Netherlands: Commerce and
Industry
Enland: The Wool Trade
The Cloth Industry
The London Companies
Hanseatic Commerce
South German Capitalists
The Fuggers
Capital And Government

The Break Up Of The Manorial System

Demesne Farming Abandoned
Labor Services Commuted
Serfs Emancipated
Peasant Conditions
Landlords Impoverished

The Age Of The Renaissance In Italy

Renaissance Society
Urban Society
The Secular Spirit
Individualism
The Ideal Of The Complete Personality
Violent Contrasts

Evolution Of The Italian States To 1494

Italy In The Fourteenth Century
Character Of The Despots
Condottiere
Expansion Of The States
Milan
Venice
Florence
The States Of The Church
Naples
Italy On The Eve Of The Invasions

The Literary Renaissance

Beginnings Of Italian Literature
Dante, Petrach, Boccaccio
The Revival Of Antiquity
Humanists
Restoration Of Classical Latin
Search For Manuscripts
The Revival Of Greek
The Critical Spirit
The Revival Of Italian Poetry
Italian Prose

The Artistic Renaissance

The Status Of The Artist
Painting
The Great Masters
Sculpture
Architecture
Music

The Waning Of The Middle Ages And The Renaissance In The North

Decay Of Medieval Institutions
Decay Of Feudalism
Nobles Lose Monopoly Of Fighting
Economic Decline Of The Nobles
The Decline Of Chivalry
Tournaments And Orders Of Chivalry
Decay Of The Universal Church

Rise Of Centralized Territorial States

Centralization And Consolidation
Economic Control
National Culture
National Sentiment
Break Up Of The Unity Of Christendom

The New Piety In The North

Germany And The Netherlands
The Mystics
Mysticism In Germany
The Dutch Mystics

The Renaissance Crosses The Alps

Invention Of Printing
ItÕs Effects
Second Generation Of Humanists
Christian Humanism
Reuchlin
Lefevre DÕEtaples
Colet And More
Erasmus
Greek New Testament
Erasmian Reform

The Fine Arts And Music

Illumination In Northern France
Flemish Painting
German Painting
Sculpture
Music


Florence Of The Medici

The World Of Leonardo Davinci

The World Of Michelangelo

The Popes

The Merchants Of Venice

12 hour mp3 cd.

The study of literature is the cornerstone of any liberal arts education.

Literature is the history of ideas. It is a reflection of thoughts, feelings and culture of a time and a place. What better place to start when learning about the world we live in?

In this 12 HOUR audiobook, Charles Lamarck, Ph.D. introduces us to the great currents in literature from the early anglo saxon period (ca.500) to the end of the Victorian era (ca. 1906).

Meet the first great heroes of modern story telling in the anglo saxon masterpiece Beowulf.

Hear the songs of courtly love whoÕs grandeur is yet to be surpassed sang to the lords and ladies of medieval days.

Trod the boards with Shakespeare as the grandest tradition in theatre since the ancient greeks flourishes in renaissance London.

Turn a clever phrase with Spenser, Pope and Bacon- and reap the rewards his majestyÕs court is capable of bestowing.

Be there as the great newspapers and periodicals are first published and work their way into the coffee houses of the enlightenment.

Take a mystic country stroll with Wordsworth.

Explore turn of the century industrial revolution England with Dickens and Carlyle.

Experience the fantastic opium induced waking visions of Coleridge and De Quincey.

Rush headlong into the battles and romances that were the pleasure of the Romantic era with Austen, Arnold and Scott.

Woo, laugh, live, love and ponder the mysteries of the universe with the greatest thinkers and minds the western world has ever produced.


Charles Lamarck earned his ph.d. at Queens College, Cambridge and was the associate director of the English department of the University of British Columbia. He is the author of Dancing Poets: Chansons de Gestes of The Medieval Era and numerous discourses and articles on English literature. He is now retired and lives in cottage country outside of Toronto, Canada.




Contents


Old English, or Anglo Saxon Period 500-1066
Caedmon
Bede
Alfred the Great

Middle English, or Formative Period, 1066-1400
Wyclifee
Langland
Gower
Chaucer

First Creative Period, 1558-1625
Sir Thomas More
Surrey and Wyatt
Sir Philip Sydney
Sir Walter Raleigh
Edmund Spenser
Francis Bacon
William Shakespeare

Civil War, or Puritan Period, 1625-1660
John Bunyan
Isaac Walton
Waller and cowley
John Milton

First Critical Period, 1660-1745
Jonathan Swift
Daneil Defoe
Henry Fielding
Edward Young
John Dryden
Joseph Addison
Alexander Pope

Age of Johnson, 1745-1800
Samuel Johnson
Oliver Goldsmith
Robert Burns

Age of Scott, 1800-1832
John Keats
Robert Southey
Thomas Moore
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Sir Walter Scott
Lord Byron
William Wordsworth
Thomas De Quincey

The Victorian Age, 1832-1906
Charlotte Bronte
George Elliot
William Makepeace Thackeray
Charles Dickens
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Mathew Arnold
John Ruskin
Thomas Babington Macaulay
Robert Browning
Thomas Carlyle
Alfred Tennyson






Track Listing:

01. Anglo Saxon Period 500-1066 1:11
02. Roman Conquests 1:33
03. Teutonic Invasion 1:25
04. Racial Character 2:43
05. Anglo Saxon Language 0:44
06. The Gleeman 1:14
07. Alliterative Character 1:03
08. Style And Tone 1:58
09. Caedmon 1:39
10. Paraphrase Of Scripture 1:16
11. Beowulf 1:29
12. Interesting Details 1:28
13. Other Poems 1:22
14. Father Of English Prose 2:09
15. Alfred The Great 1:12
16. Literary Labors 1:26
17. Middle English 0:39
18. The Normans 1:52
19. The Norman Conquest 1:24
20. Linguistic Changes 1:00
21. Social Conditions 1:18
22. Literary Expansion 1:31
23. Anglo Saxon Chronicle 1:06
24. Lyrical Poems 0:53
25. Religion And Literature 0:57
26. Wycliff 1:00
27. Langland 2:11
28. Gower 1:59
29. Sources Of Modern English 0:40
30. Geoffrey Chaucer 1:39
31. Early Life 1:18
32. Various Offices 1:19
33. Misfortune 1:54
34. A Pen Portrait 1:18
35. Character And Attainments 1:35
36. Love Of Nature 1:22
37. Literary Equipment 1:17
38. Cantebury Tales 1:25
39. The Prologue 1:15
40. Typical Characters 1:56
41. Various Tales 0:53
42. 1st Creative Period 1558-1625 1:03
43. Intellectual Awakening 2:11
44. Inventions And Discoveries 1:43
45. The Reformation 1:12
46. Relation To Literature 1:32
47. Old English Ballads 1:31
48. Chevy Chase 0:52
49. Robin Hood 1:12
50. Sir Thomas Moore 1:17
51. Surrey And Wyatt 1:34
52. The Elizabethan Age 1:59
53. Sir Philip Sydney 1:44
54. Sir Walter Raleigh 1:18
55. His History Of The World 1:59
56. Poetic Profusion 0:48
57. Elizabethan Lyrics 1:12
58. Origin Of The Drama 1:21
59. The Moralities 1:08
60. First Comedy And Tragedy 1:37
61. Early Theaters 2:40
62. Rare Ben Johnson 2:21
63. Lyrical Gifts 1:07
64. Edmund Spenser 1:14
65. Few Biographical Details 0:56
66. At Cambridge 1:04
67. The Shepherds Calendar 1:09
68. Residence In Ireland 1:35
69. Visit Of Raleigh 0:56
70. Disapointment At Court 1:16
71. Beggining Of The Faery Queene 1:12
72. Marriage 1:16
73. Disaster And Death 1:10
74. Nobility Of Character 1:10
75. His Masterpiece 1:08
76. The Spenserian Stanza 1:24
77. The Poem An Allegory 1:43
78. Struggle For Holiness 1:47
79. Results Of Deception 1:22
80. Lack Of Reality 1:04
81. Characteristics As A Poet 1:19
82. Francis Bacon 0:47
83. Parentage 0:58
84. Characteristics Of The Age 0:51
85. Youthfull Precocity 0:58
86. University Life 0:55
87. Travels 0:52
88. Student Of Law 1:07
89. In Politics 0:59
90. An Orator 0:59
91. Dissapointments 1:34
92. Ingratitude 0:56
93. Essays 0:57
94. Rapid Advancement 0:50
95. Venality And Fall 1:32
96. Baconian Philosophy 1:46
97. Instauratio Magna 1:57
98. Intellectual Greatness 1:23
99. William Shakespeare 1:08
100. Saxon Norman Descent 1:18
101. Education 0:47
102. Marriage 1:05
103. In London 1:37
104. His Ability Recognized 1:18
105. Business Acumen 0:51
106. Glimpses Of Social Life 1:10
107. Social Aspirations 0:56
108. Retirement To Stratford 1:26
109. Inner Life 1:13
110. Range Of Intellect 1:37
111. Rare Sanity 1:07
112. Development Of His Genius 1:27
113. Maturity Of His Powers 0:57
114. Hidden Personality 1:08
115. Mastery Of Dramatic Art 1:34
116. Borrowed Materials 0:51
117. Types Of Character 1:49
118. Incomparable Style 1:05
119. Storehouse Of Riches 2:11
120. His Influence 1:37
121. Imperishable Interest 0:49
122. Civil War/ Puritan Period1625-1660 1:24
123. Civil And Religious Conflict 0:53
124. Charles 1 1:17
125. Arbitrary Rule 1:15
126. The Royalist Party 1:25
127. The Puritan Party 1:32
128. Defenders Of Liberty 0:53
129. Civil War 0:45
130. The Great Protector 1:12
131. Puritanism 1:13
132. Decline Of The Drama 0:53
133. John Bunyan 1:03
134. The Pilgrim's Progress 1:10
135. Isaac Walton 0:49
136. Fantastic Poets 2:04
137. Happy Trifles 1:00
138. Waller And Cowley 2:45
139. John Milton 0:46
140. Early Years 1:07
141. Five Years Of Study 1:19
142. Famous Poems 0:59
143. The High Water Mark 1:18
144. Lycidas 0:55
145. Tour On The Continent 1:20
146. Premonitions Of Greatness 1:12
147. A Private School 1:56
148. Ecclesiastical Controversy 1:13
149. Marriage 0:56
150. Reconcilliation 1:24
151. Tractate On Education 1:47
152. A Turning Point 1:09
153. Political Controversy 1:18
154. Blindness 0:42
155. Solitude And Dejection 1:20
156. Paradise Lost 2:15
157. Other Poems 0:41
158. Character 1:28
159. Fist Critical Period 1660-1745 1:38
160. Reing Of The Flesh 1:32
161. French Influence 1:18
162. Literary Criticism 1:04
163. Natural Science 1:05
164. Period Of Transition 1:29
165. Augustan Age 0:53
166. Constitutional Government 2:03
167. State Of Society 1:47
168. Dress And Gossip 0:49
169. Belief In Witchcraft 1:04
170. Rise Of Methodism 1:02
171. Clubs And Periodicals 1:10
172. Sir Richard Steele 1:10
173. Jonathn Swift 2:21
174. Two Famous Diarists 1:17
175. A Great Philosopher 1:24
176. Founder Of The Novel 1:41
177. Robinson Crusoe 0:57
178. First Great Novelist 1:32
179. Henry Fielding 1:08
180. Tom Jones 1:21
181. A Satire In The Puritans 2:10
182. The Poet Of The Seasons 1:31
183. Edward Young 0:44
184. The Night Thoughts 2:20
185. John Dryden 1:18
186. Absence Of High Aims 1:02
187. Early Years 0:54
188. Education 0:56
189. Two Eulogistic Poems 1:10
190. Writing For The Stage 1:34
191. Heroic Style Of Tragedy 1:00
192. Intellectual Traits 1:12
193. A Famous Satire 2:33
194. Religion Of A Laymen 0:54
195. Art Of Poetry 1:21
196. Conversion Of Catholocism 1:25
197. Hind And Panther 1:21
198. Mac Flecknoe 1:20
199. Translations 1:18
200. Admiration Of Chaucer 1:12
201. Alexander's Feast 0:54
202. Excellent Prose 1:00
203. Poetic Shortcomings 0:59
204. Mode Of Writing 0:55
205. Joseph Addison 1:18
206. Range Of Topics 0:56
207. Social Reform 0:38
208. Education 1:19
209. Attempts At Poetry 1:12
210. Prepares For Public Service 0:36
211. On The Continent 1:10
212. Fruits Of Travel 0:59
213. A Fine Hymn 0:43
214. The Campaign 2:14
215. State Service 0:54
216. The Tatler 0:47
217. The Spectator 1:56
218. Spirit And Style 1:33
219. Cato 0:56
220. Pope's Defense 0:55
221. Marriage 0:49
222. Secretary Of State 1:17
223. Thackeray's Estimate 1:14
224. Alexander Pope 1:22
225. Childhood 1:09
226. Miscellaneous Reading 1:09
227. Poetic Apprenticeship 1:34
228. Wise Counselors 1:17
229. First Great Work 1:11
230. Defects 0:45
231. Literary Feuds 1:05
232. A Brilliant Mock Hero 1:36
233. Translation Of The Iliad 1:51
234. Satire On Addison 2:47
235. At Twickenham 1:44
236. The Dunciad 1:24
237. The Essay On Man 1:18
238. Last Illness 1:16
239. Personal Appearance 1:06
240. Traits Of Character 1:41
241. Estimate Of His Genius 1:30
242. The Age Of Johnson 1745-1800 0:59
243. Period Of Transition 0:57
244. Social Advancement 0:47
245. Democratic Tendencies 1:26
246. Growing Intelligence 1:12
247. Improved Moral Tone 1:32
248. England A World Power 1:01
249. Effects On Literature 1:42
250. Edmund Burke 1:16
251. His Authorship 1:16
252. Three Great Historians 0:24
253. David Hume 1:53
254. Willan Roberson 2:07
255. Edward Gibbon 2:12
256. Romantic Movement 2:45
257. Interest In Man 1:11
258. Love Of Nature 1:34
259. Samuel Johnson 2:44
260. In Conversation 0:57
261. Early Years 0:57
262. At The University 1:15
263. Marriage 0:59
264. Days Of Trial 1:32
265. Parlimentary Reports 1:10
266. A Satire 1:07
267. A Biography 0:48
268. Dictionary 1:49
269. Vanity Of Human Wishes 1:18
270. Drama Of Irene 0:51
271. The Rambler 1:42
272. Rasselas 1:06
273. Pension 1:04
274. Dominant In The Club 1:00
275. Journey To The Hebrides 1:29
276. Lives Of The Poets 1:25
277. Various Incidents 2:07
278. Oliver Goldsmith 1:07
279. Gift Of Blundering 1:26
280. Childhood Home 1:14
281. Schooling 1:43
282. Desultory Life 1:09
283. Series Of Failures 0:48
284. Law And Medicine 0:53
285. On The Continent 1:51
286. Return To England 1:08
287. Literary Success 1:40
288. Improvidence 1:19
289. The Vicar Of Wakefield 0:46
290. The Traveller 0:56
291. First Comedy 1:07
292. Hack Work 0:51
293. The Deserted Village 1:17
294. She Stoops To Conquer 0:49
295. Thackeray's Estimate 1:38
296. Robert Burns 0:57
297. A Tragic Life 1:04
298. Youthful Years 1:13
299. Love's Spell 1:30
300. Cupid's Captive 1:16
301. A Great Ambition 1:10
302. Downward Course 1:12
303. Efforts To Reform 1:28
304. Poetic Activity 0:58
305. First Volume 1:28
306. In Edinburgh 1:10
307. Independance 1:30
308. Excise Man And Farmer 1:14
309. Solace In Poetry 1:38
310. Highland Mary 1:21
311. The Sublime Of Life 1:01
312. Sympathy With France 0:51
313. Closing Days 1:09
314. Death 1:06
315. Devoutness At Heart 1:11
316. Exquisite Sensibility 1:28
317. The Age Of Scott 1800-1832 1:41
318. Growth Of Democratic Spirit 0:54
319. Literary Bloom 1:20
320. Progressive And Conservative Tendancies 1:28
321. Intellectual Advancement 1:16
322. Critics And Essayists 1:45
323. Two Noteworthy Historians 1:12
324. Women In Literature 1:27
325. Revival Of Poetry 2:15
326. John Keats 2:11
327. Robert Southey 0:45
328. Ambitious Poems 1:38
329. Prose Writings 0:54
330. Thomas Moore 2:03
331. Irish Melodies 0:46
332. Lalla Rookh 1:43
333. Percy Bysshe Shelley 1:01
334. As A Reformer 0:40
335. Various Poems 1:43
336. Samuel Taylor Coleridge 0:54
337. The Ancient Marinier 1:08
338. Three Periods 1:20
339. A Fascinating Talker 1:10
340. Aims And Work 1:14
341. Sir Walter Scott 1:13
342. Ancestry 1:22
343. Childhood 1:00
344. Romantic Tastes 1:02
345. As A Lawyer 1:35
346. Mistrelsy Of The Scottish Border 1:34
347. The Last Minstrel 1:41
348. Poetic Characteristics 0:40
349. Lyric Faculty 0:57
350. Method Of Work 0:50
351. Baronial Residence 0:49
352. Bad Business Ventures 0:57
353. Heroic Courage 0:53
354. Waverly 2:23
355. Scope Of His Power 1:58
356. The Magic Wand Broken 1:40
357. The Closing Scene 1:10
358. Lord Byron 1:38
359. Parentage 0:52
360. Early Romance 1:16
361. At University 1:03
362. English Bard And Scotch Reviewers 0:46
363. Childe Harold's Pilgrimage 1:11
364. Poetical Romances 0:50
365. Life In London 1:25
366. Marriage And Separation 1:33
367. Voluntary Exile 0:39
368. New Era Of Authorship 1:39
369. Prisoner Of Chillon 1:00
370. Various Works 2:03
371. Critique 2:03
372. The Greek Revolution 1:43
373. Sense Of Failure 0:59
374. William Wordsworth 2:00
375. Childhood 1:30
376. Period Of Indecision 1:09
377. Revolutionary Sympathies 1:21
378. First Volume 1:11
379. Ridicule And Satire 1:00
380. In Germany 1:19
381. Poetical Canons 1:18
382. Elements Of Truth 0:55
383. Life In The Lake District 0:39
384. Plain Living And High Thinking 1:42
385. The Happy Warrior 1:34
386. Notable Poems 1:53
387. Ode On Immortality 1:37
388. At Rydell Mount 1:08
389. Confidence In His Genius 1:22
390. Recognition And Honor 0:52
391. His Natural Gifts 1:02
392. Keen Observation 1:07
393. Spiritual Side Of Nature 1:07
394. Thomas De Quincey 1:16
395. Parentage 0:47
396. At School 0:50
397. Entry Into The World 1:24
398. At The University 1:07
399. The Victim Of Opium 0:45
400. At Grassmere 0:56
401. Life In The Lake District 0:53
402. Confession Of And Opium Eater 1:11
403. De Quincey And Carlyle 1:31
404. Murder As A Fine Art 0:48
405. Suffering And Struggle 1:23
406. Qualities Of Style 1:09
407. Range Of Subjects 1:04
408. Literature Of Knowledge And Power 1:10
409. Frequent Digressions 1:09
410. An Intellectual Life 1:27
411. Closing Scene 0:39
412. The Victorian Age 1832-1906 1:10
413. An Age Of Invention 1:09
414. Scientific Investigation 0:57
415. The Theory Of Evolution 1:38
416. Educational Advancement 0:56
417. Periodical Press 0:43
418. International Relations 0:57
419. Political Progress 1:00
420. Social Progress 0:54
421. Religious Advancement 1:18
422. Practical Benevolence 0:48
423. Creative And Diffusive Literature 0:53
424. Essay Writing 0:55
425. Historical Writing 0:49
426. Prominence Of Fiction 0:59
427. Realistic Reaction 0:52
428. Critique Of Realism 1:08
429. New Romanticism 0:45
430. Variety And Depth Of Poetry 1:13
431. New Poetic Forms 1:18
432. Charlotte Bronte 1:32
433. A Sad Life 1:06
434. Critique 1:15
435. George Elliot 0:55
436. Distinguished Friends 1:18
437. Scenes From Clerical Life 1:19
438. Adam Bede 1:10
439. 2 Notable Books 1:09
440. Other Works 1:37
441. Nobleness Of Aim 0:53
442. William Makepeace Thackeray 1:26
443. Prince Of Realists 1:23
444. Poetic Skill 1:39
445. Charles Dickens 0:55
446. Parentage 2:00
447. Pickwick 1:17
448. Critique 1:44
449. Elizabeth Barrett Browning 0:52
450. Indomitable Energy 0:57
451. Her Fame Established 1:54
452. Sonnets From The Portuguese 1:02
453. Aurora Leigh 1:43
454. Characteristics 1:09
455. Mathew Arnold 1:37
456. Rank As A Poet 0:45
457. Tone Of Sadness 1:07
458. Function Of Critisicm 1:06
459. Secrets Of His Popularity 1:32
460. John Ruskin 0:42
461. Resemblance To Carlyle 2:17
462. Art Critic 1:32
463. The Seven Lamps 0:58
464. Sesame And Lilies 1:13
465. Estimate Of His Work 1:29
466. Thomas Babington Macaulay 1:01
467. Fortunate Parentage 0:57
468. Childish Precocity 1:05
469. At The University 2:03
470. In Parliment 1:17
471. An Insatiable Reader 1:13
472. Work In India 0:56
473. Tour In Italy 1:10
474. The Essays 2:15
475. Qualities Of Style 1:38
476. Partisan Attitude 0:40
477. Facts Rather Than Principles 0:42
478. Lays Of Ancient Rome 1:09
479. Method As A Historian 1:08
480. History Of England 1:11
481. Closing Years 0:38
482. Stirling Worth 1:07
483. Robert Browning 1:22
484. Parentage 1:08
485. Period Of Unrest 1:14
486. Pauline 0:57
487. Paracelsus 1:22
488. Sardello 1:16
489. Bells And Pomegranates 1:15
490. My Last Duchess 2:01
491. Fundamental Ideas 1:08
492. Marriage 0:46
493. Men And Women 1:36
494. Dramatis Personae 1:07
495. The Ring And The Book 1:00
496. Fondness For Greek 0:47
497. A Peculiarity Of Method 1:17
498. Closing Years 1:32
499. A Great Teacher 0:45
500. Thomas Carlyle 1:17
501. At The University 1:19
502. Dislike Of Teaching 1:04
503. Doubt And Unbelief 1:01
504. The Everlasting Yea 0:54
505. Literary Career 1:28
506. Marriage 2:00
507. Great Essays 1:31
508. Sartor Resartus 1:18
509. Change Of Popular Sentiment 1:21
510. Style 1:32
511. French Revolution 2:12
512. Courses Of Lectures 1:22
513. Past And Present 1:41
514. Cromwell's Letters And Speeches 1:24
515. Frederick The Great 1:14
516. University Rector 1:07
517. Deepening Gloom 1:52
518. Love Of Truth 0:50
519. His Message 0:50
520. Alfred Tennyson 2:19
521. Youthfull Period 1:59
522. Opening Of His Literary Career 1:38
523. The Volume Of 1832 1:39
524. Blessedness Of Love 1:23
525. Silence And Study 1:20
526. Visits To London 0:51
527. A New Volume 2:15
528. Secret Of It's Charm 1:11
529. The Princess 1:36
530. Conservative Sympathies 1:11
531. In Memoriam 0:55
532. Love Of Nature 1:11
533. Maude And Other Poems 1:08
534. Idyls Of The King 1:19
535. Enoch Arden 0:35
536. The Closing Scene 1:26
537. Enduring Fame 1:07

A HISTORY OF ROME- 5 hours playing time

Explore ancient Rome in this 4 hour audiobook!

Part 1 presents the personalities that dominated the struggle for power in ancient rome. Figures that have become legendary come alive: From Julius Caesar, to Brutus, Seneca, Mark Antony, Cleopatra, Caesar Augustus, Nero and Caligula.

Part 2 gives us a glimpse into the lives of everyday romans, from slaves to aristocrats. Meets the poets, statesman, slaves and craftsmen of antiquity.

Part 3 explores what life was like in the most famous and powerful army of all time: the roman legion.

Part 4 is an exacting glimpse into the leisure activities of patricians and plebians alike. The listener is swept off to chariot races in the circus maximus, gladiatorial bouts in the coliseum, and cleverly crafted spectacles of the stage.

A HISTORY OF EGYPT- 5 hours playing time

Explore the longest lived and grandest civilisation the world has ever produced.

Each track is a titled section, no more than two to four minutes long, making the material easy to ingest, navigate and review.

Total Playing Time 5 Hours

Read by John Pruskin written by Karen Molthva

The Land
God Kings In Stone
Power And Politics
Wars And Armies
Pharohs And People
The Rich
Art
Building Of The Pyramids
Intellectual Legacy
Hieroglyphics
The Decline
TutankhamenÕs Tomb

THE HISTORY OF WESTERN MUSIC- 11HRS playing time.

New Arts For Old
Medieval music 1100-1480

Lecture 1:
Christopher Page explains the early domination of Gregorian Chant, and takes us from the flowering of love poetry in France, to the development of polyphonic music in the 13th century. The music examples are:
La Bassa Castiglya
Hildergard Of Bingen
Bernart De Ventadorn: Can Can Vei La Lauzeta Mover
Anon: A LÕentrada Del Tens Clar
Anaon: Les Catigas De Santa Maria
Anaon: Edi Beo Thu
Anon: O Biblbil Sakta, Sakat
Perotin: Vederunt Omnes
Anon: In Mari Miserie
Anon: A Paris Soir Et Matin
Machaut: Lasse! Comment Oublieray Je
Machaut: Lay De La Fonteinne

Lecture 1 part 2: From the ars nova, of france, we turn to LandidniÕs Italy, and the England of John Dunstable. Liberal use of musical examples helps to convey the extrovert boldness and excitement of medieval music. The musical examples are:

Landidni: Guiunta Vaga Blilta
Landini: Musica Son
Anon: In Por Musica Reservata
Landidi: Questa FanciullÕamor
Anon: Questa FanciullÕamor
Anon: Dolea Super Te
Power: Gloria
Dunstable: O Roosa Bella
Dufay: Se La Face Ay Pale
Hildegard Of Bingen: Columba Aspexit

Lecture 2: MusickÕs Feaste

Music of the Renaissance 1480-160
Part 1:
Anthony Roolley talks about the musical renaissance in Europe and traces the spread of the Flemish School through France to Italy. The musical examples are as follows:

Regina Coeli Laetare- Josquin Despres Flemish Polyphonic Motete C. 1500
Le Souvenir De Vous- Robert Morton. Frenc Chanson In Rondeau Form C. 1470
La, La, La, LÕoysillon Du Bois- Jean Mouton. French Chanson In Free Form C. 1505
SeÕben Nor Non Scopro Il Foco- Bartolomeo Tromboncino. Italian Frottola C.1500 Soprano Solo And Lute.
Danza Alta- Francisco De La Toree. Instrumental Basse Danse. C. 1485. Lute, 2 Vls. Piva- Goivanni Ambrosio Dalza. Drone Dance 1508. Lute Duet.
Sentomi La Formicula- Filippo Azzailolo. Italian Villotta 1557 ATTB Voices, Complete.
Mille Volte Il Di Moro- Carlo Gesualdo. Italian Madrigal C. 1595 SATTB Voices Complete.
Sanctus- Giovanni Palestrian Mass Section 1585. Ssattb Voices.

part two: the discussion concentrates on the English renaissance, and shows how the Flemish style was absorbed by English composers. The musical examples are as follows:

Loquebantur Variis Linguis- Thomas Tallis. Cantus Firmus Respond. Complete
Blame Not My Lute- Wyatt/Anon. English Poem Described As A Song, Set To An Italian Popular Tune. Soprano And Lute.
Fantasi A6- William Byrd. Viol Consort Song 1558 Tenor, 4 Viols,
Sleep Wayward Thoughts- John Dowland English Lute Song 1597, Tenor, Lute And Bass Viol.
Rest Awhile You And Cares- John Dowland. English Four Part Ayre. 1597. SATB Voices, Lute.
Can She Excuse- Hohn Dowland. Galliard Song Arranged For Mixed Consort 1599
WatkinÕs Ale   Anon. Broadside Ballad 1595.
Out From The Vale- John Ward. English Madrigal SSSATB Voices.
All People That On Earth- John Dowland. Psalm A4 C.1590, SATB Voices.
Lecture 4:A Pearl Distorted

Part One: What does baroque mean? The speakers discuss the different types of music which this complex period embraces, and show how in geographical terms the era covers a very large area. The musical examples are:

Vivaldi: Concerto In C Major For 2 Trumpets.
Couperin. Trois Lecons De Tenebres.
Corelli: Sonata Op. 5 No. 12 For Violin And Continuo ÒLa FolliaÓ.
Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli- Gloria
Monteverdi: Gloria In Excelsis Deo
Purcell: Ode On St. CeciliaÕs Day (1692)
J.S. Bach: Chorale ÒWie Soll Ich Dich EmpfangenÓ From Christmas Oratorio.
Handel: Utrecht Te Deum

part two: Opera is considered as the great dramatic spectacle of baroque entertainment, and the current interest in authenticity in musical performace is examined. The musical examples are:

Monteverdi: Toccata From ÒOrfeoÓ
Monteverdi: Aria ÒPossenti SpiritoÓ From ÒOrfeoÓ
Handle: Rinaldo Malgloire
Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 5
Scarlatti: Sonata In A Minor
Handle: Messiah
Music now.

Since the war there has been in music a wealth of innovations, may of them strikingly original. Some exceedingly complex. The speaker brings us right up to date with the appraisal f the whole post war period, with illustrations from the music of such composers as Stockhausen and Peter Maxwell Davies.

part one: the musical examples are:
Stravinsky: Symphony In Three Movements
Schoenberg: A Survivor From Warsaw
Schoenberg: String Trio
Messiaen: Turangalila Syymphonie
Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maitre
Stockhausen: Gruppen
Stravinsky: Agon
Ligeti: Melodien
Shostakovich: Symphony No.14
Babbitt: Philomel
Glass: glassworks rubric

part two: the musical examples are:
Vaughan Williams: Symphony No.6 In E Minor.
Walton: Second Symphony
Britten: Spring Symphony
Tippet: Ritual Dances From Midsummer Marriage
Maxwell Davies: Second Taverner Fantsia
Goehr: Third String Quarter
Birtwistle: Tragoedia
Knussen: Symphony No. Three
Bainbridge: Viola Concerto

Lecture 8
Approaches to popular music

Lecture 9
From Cave to Cavern
Part one: James Blades beings by showing the importance of rhythm to all cultures. The remarkable history of percussion instruments is then traced through the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to the Classical Period.

Part two: the speaker shows how the 19th century demanded marked changes of colour in the percussion section, including the emergence of tuned percussion. He then brings us up to date with a consideration of the increased technical requirements which the 20th century has made on old, and new percussion instruments.

Musical examples:
Varese: ionization
Tchaikovsky: fantasy overature romeo and juliet
Britten: noyeÕs fludde
Bach: Christmas oratorio
Beethoven: symphony no. 9 in d minor
Mahler: symphony no. 7 in e. minor
Verdi: requiem (dies irae)
Walton: firest symphony in bb minor
El serranito: America libre
Britten: young personÕs guide to the orchestra

Lecture 10
Islands in the Sun: the story of reggae and calypso
The progression of music in the Caribbean from Rhythm and blues to reggae.

Growling tiger; money is king
The big drum dance of cariacou
Caribbean folk music
The music of Trinidad
The caresser: Edward the viii
Mighty sparrow: the slave
Alphonsus cassel: hot hot hot

Lecture 11
A Jug of This: An Introduction to English Folk Music
Part one: the history of English folk music as well as its functions in ritual, work and recreation.

Part 2: Folk songs as an illustration and illumination of social history, dealing for example with love, marriage and affairs. He also recognizes our debt to the folk song collectors of the early 20th century.

The vocal and instrumental examples of both sides of the tape range from Elizabethan times up to the modern period. The songs are:

part one
Hal An Tow
May Song
Paddy Doyle
Goodby, Fare Ye Well
Georgie
John Blunt
Newlyn Town

Part two
The Cropper Lads
O, No John
Tavistock Goosey Fair
A Jug Of This
Bushes And Briars
Poverty Knock
Shoals Of Herring

Lecture 12

Instruments From Around The World
On this recording, a collection of examples of musical instruments from around the world. Part one:

Quena- flute from the andes
Koto- zither from japan
Atumpan- talking drum from Ghana
Duda- bagpipe from hungary
Didjeridu- trumpet from Australia
Sitar- lute from north India

Part two:
Gender- metal xylphone from idnonesia
Mbira- liguarphone from zimabawe
Sheng- mouth organ from china
Peyote water drum kettle drum from north America
Hardanger- fiddle fold violin from Norway

The musical examples:
La flute indienne par le disque, the soul of the koto, hana: musica ceremoniale e celebrativea, la hongire musique et danses, hongrie le drnier passage, les aborigines, ragas on the sitar, music of bali, the sould of mbira, sheng music from china, musica dei Sioux and Navajo, folk music of Norway, kookabura

Anthology of Mythology

Explore the mythlogy of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece and Rome. Discover the stories that have shaped the religious collective conciousness of the modern western world.

Examine Mesopotamia And the epic Of Gilgamesh; Egypt and its God kings; Greek mythlogy- The Odyssey And The Illiad and the myths behind The founding of Rome.

Written and read by: Paul Sanderson earned his M.A. at McGill unversity in Montreal, Quebec and completed his doctorate in classics at the university of Toronto. He is the author of two works of fiction and currently teaches classics and archeology at John Abbot College.



Detailed Contents:

Introduction: The Meaning Of Myth

Egypt's Divine Kingship

Order Out Of Chaos
Ptah The Creator God
The Ogdoad And Amun
Khnum And The Origins Of Mankind
Apophis And The Forces Of Darkness
The Birth Of The Year
Sources Of Egyptian Myth
The Wandering Eye
Sacred Hills
Serpents

The Sun God
ReÕs Ascension To The Sky
The Journey Through Night And Day
The Meeting Between Re And Osiris
The Many Aspects Of Re
The Destruction Of Humankind
Isis And The Name Of The Sun God
The Sacred Scarab
The Fiery Phoenix
The Servant Of The Sun
AkhenatenÕs Art
A Divine Menagerie

The Celestial Domain
Observing The Night Sky
The Many Faces Of Hours
Gods Of Fertility And War
The Evolution Of The Egyptian Calendar
Khonsu And The Princess Of Hatti
Thoth And The Eye Of Hours

The Diving Protectress
Hathor Goddess Of Love And Fertility
Hathor In The Underworld
Goddesses Of Fertility
The Cat Goddess
Other Goddesses
The Festival