The World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine, credited to Eva March Tappan, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of The World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine by Eva March Tappan. Read in English by Sonia; Monika M. C.; April6090; Nemo; DrPGould; RajVO; Tomas Peter; Kevin Stewart; ToddHW; Sandra Schmit; Eva Davis; TJ Burns; lorda; Jim Locke; alanmapstone; Chris Fields; Farnood; J. M. Smallheer; Kara Shallenberg; yaelh; Devorah Allen; Ellen Murphy; realisticspeakers; Talie Hass; Larry Wilson This is the second volume of the 15-volume series of The World’s Story: a history of the World in story, song and art, edited by Eva March Tappan. Each book is a compilation of selections from prose literature, poetry and pictures and offers a comprehensive presentation of the world's history, art and culture, from the early times till the beginning of the 20th century. Topics in Part II include India, Siam, Afghanistan, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine. - Summary by Sonia Cast list for Sakoontala, or the lost ring: King: Tomas Peter First Attendant: Eva Davis Second Attendant: TJ Burns Child: lorda Sakoontala: Monika M.C. Matali: DrPGould Kasyapa: ToddHW Aditi: Sandra Schmit Pupil: Nemo Narrator: Sonia

Recording facts

• Recording title: The World’s Story Volume II: India, Persia, Mesopotamia and Palestine
• Author credits: Eva March Tappan
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 114
• Listed recording duration: 17:57:22

Catalogue topics

• crusades
• India
• Afghanistan
• buddhism
• Palestine
• Persia
• bible stories
• siam

Opening tracks: first 24 of 114

1. 001 - The pastimes of an Assyrian King, Painting, Frontispiece — 2:25
2. 002 - India Part I: The coming of the Aryans: historical note — 1:57
3. 003 - Hymn to Indra and Soma, from the Rig-Veda — 2:27
4. 004 - The people whom the Aryans found in India, by Sir William Wilson Hunter — 10:40
5. 005 - Savitri's choice, from the Mahabharata, rewritten by Elizabeth A. Reed — 28:56
6. 006 - India Part II: Buddha and his teachings: historical note — 1:40
7. 007 - The life of Buddha, by Sir William Wilson Hunter — 9:50
8. 008 - Stories of Buddha, by Sir Edwin Arnold — 20:51
9. 009 - Karma: a story of Buddhist ethics, by Paul Carus — 31:48
10. 010 - India Part III: A group of folklore stories: historical note — 1:14
11. 011 - Right and might, by Katherine Neville Fleeson — 3:43
12. 012 - The man in the Moon, by Katherine Neville Fleeson — 2:50
13. 013 - The legend of the rice, by Katherine Neville Fleeson — 1:32
14. 014 - The lord Krishna and the lapwing's nest, by Margaret E. Noble — 1:29
15. 015 - The peacock and the tortoise, by John Christian — 2:48
16. 016 - Let's see on which side the camel sits, by John Christian — 1:13
17. 017 - The washerman and the donkey, by John Christian — 4:19
18. 018 - The seven weavers and the field of flax, by John Christian — 1:26
19. 019 - Some Indian proverbs — 0:58
20. 020 - India Part IV: India in days of yore: historical note — 1:38
21. 021 - Alexander the Great in India, by Plutarch — 15:14
22. 022 - Interior of the temple of Vimala Sah, Photograph p. 90 — 3:03
23. 023 - The rock edicts of Asoka, by Vincent A. Smith — 12:55
24. 024 - Poems by King Bhartrihari — 1:27

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