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The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child: The Modern Age: Audiobook (Vol. 4) (Story of the World) (v. 4)

by Susan Wise Bauer Author

(From Amazon): History will never be the same again!This spirited reading of the first in Susan Wise Bauer's Story of the World history series brings to life the stories and records of the peoples of ancient times. Now more than ever, other countries and customs affect our everyday lives-and our children need to learn about the people who live all around the globe. Susan Wise Bauer has provided a captivating guide to the history of the ancient world. Written in an engaging, straightforward manner, The Story of the World weaves world history into a storybook format. This volume covers the major historical events of the years 1850 to the late 1990s, from the reign of England's Queen Victoria to the collapse of the Berlin Wall. This Story of the World audiobook is a collaboration between Jim Weiss, whose voice has been described as “liquid gold” (CNN-TV), and Susan Wise Bauer, whose writing has been described as “timeless and intelligent” (Publishers Weekly). It may be used along with the print books (The Story of the World Volume 4 Text Book, Activity Book, and Tests; each sold separately), as a supplement to a traditional history curriculum, or independently. Approximately 12 hours on 11 CDs.

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Resource Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-933339-03
Print Status: In Print
Tracks: 86
Publisher: Peace Hill Press
Edition: Unabridged
Copyright: 2006

Tracks

1 1/1 Foreward 6:33
2 1/2 Ch1. Victoria's England 7:47
3 1/3The Sepoy Mutiny 7:17
4 1/4 Ch2. Japan Re-Opens 7:14
5 1/5 The Crimean War 7:47
6 1/6 Ch3. The Great Game 9:50
7 1/7 Wandering Through Africa 7:55
8 1/8 Ch4. Italy's "Resurrection" 9:18
9 1/9 The Taiping Rebellion 8:57
10 2/1 Ch5. South Against North 8:27
11 2/2 After the Civil War 7:45
12 2/3 Ch6. Paraguay and the Triple Aliance 9:15
13 2/4 The Dominion of Canada 8:39
14 2/5 Ch7. TwoEmpires and Three Republics 9:44
15 2/6 The Second Reich 8:11
16 2/7 Ch8. Rails, Zones, and Bulbs 7:47
17 2/8 Japan's Meiji Restoration 6:52
18 2/9 Ch9. The Dutch East Indies 7:30
19 3/1 The Sick Man of Europe 9:17
20 3/2 Ch10. The War of the Pacific 8:24
21 3/3 The Suez Canal 7:14
22 3/4 Ch11. The Iron Outlaw 9:10
23 3/5 Carving Up Africa 7:59
24 3/6 Ch12. Ireland's Troubles 9:13
25 3/7 The Boers and the British 11:31
26 4/1 Ch13. brazil's Republic 9:39
27 4/2 Abdulhamid the Red 8:37
28 4/3 Ch14. The Next to Last Czar of Russia 7:57
29 4/4 Ethiopia and Italy 8:32
30 4/5 Ch15. The Korean Battleground 8:09
31 4/6 The Spanish American War 9:59
32 5/1 Ch16. Moving West 9:09
33 5/2 Stocks, Philanthropists, and Outlaws 9:15
34 5/3 Ch17. The Boxer Rebellion 10:38
35 5/4 The Czar and the Admiral 9:11
36 5/5 Ch18. Persia, Its Enemies, and Its "Friends" 11:28
37 5/6 The Balkan Mess 10:20
38 5/7 Ch19. The Last Emperor 6:44
39 5/8 The Vietnamese Restoration Society 6:02
40 6/1 Ch20. The Mexican Revolution 10:07
41 6/2 World War I 11:08
42 6/3 Ch21. The Russian Revolution 11:14
43 6/4 The End of World War I 7:48
44 6/5 Ch22. The Easter Uprising 9:49
45 6/6 Indian Nationalism 7:59
46 6/7 Ch23. The Peace of Versailles 10:35
47 6/8 The Rise of Joseph Stalin 9:03
48 7/1Ch24. The First King of Egypt 7:53
49 7/2 Fascism in Italy 10:33
50 7/3 Ch25 Japan, China, and a Pretend Emperor 9:01
51 7/4 the Long March 9:30
52 7/5 Ch26. Black Tuesday and a New Deal 10:24
53 7/6 Hitler's Rise to Power 6:53
54 7/7 Ch27. Red Spain, Black Spain, a King and a General 10:51
55 7/8 Rebuilding the "Fatherland" 9:32
56 8/1 Ch28. The Three War War 9:51
57 8/2 The Holocaust 7:56
58 8/3 Ch29. The War that Stretched Across the World 14:01
59 8/4 The Atom Bomb 8:19
60 8/5 Ch30. Muslims and Hindus in India 7:26
61 8/6 The Partitioning of Palestine 6:41
62 8/7 Ch31. The Suez Crisis 10:22
63 8/8 The Marshall Plan 9:53
64 9/1 Ch32. One Country, Two Different Worlds 9:03
65 9/2 Two Republics of China 6:55
66 9/3 Ch33. Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh 8:42
67 9/4 The Korean War 7:36
68 9/5 Ch34. Argentina's President and His Wife 11:09
69 9/6 Freedom in the Belgian Congo 8:49
70 9/7 Ch35. The Space Race 8:09
71 9/8 Thirteen Days in October 14:03
72 10/1 Ch36. The Death of John F. Kennedy 10:32
73 10/2 Civil Rights 12:24
74 10/3 Ch37. The Vietnam War 9:40
75 10/4 Trouble in the Middle East 10:06
76 10/5 Ch38. Soviet Invasion 7:50
77 10/6 Terrorism 8:32
78 10/7 Ch39. India After Partition 8:56
79 10/8 Iran and Iraq 10:22
80 11/1 Ch40. Chernobyl and Nuclear Power 10:09
81 11/2 The End of the Cold War 6:19
82 11/3 Ch41. Democracy in China? 8:43
83 11/4 Communism Crumbles 5:56
84 11/5 Ch42. The First Persian Gulf War 7:33
85 11/6 Africa, Independent 9:04
86 11/7 Afterword

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