BARNES, J.: History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (A) (Unabridged)

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BARNES: History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (A) (more info)
Bob Zimmerman, harmonium
Alex Jennings, reader


1. Chapter 1: The Stowaway: They put the behemoths … - 4:40
2. In the beginning, the Ark consisted of eight vessels … - 3:20
3. As far as we were concerned … - 5:52
4. As the flotilla neared completion … - 5:11
5. I would occasionally find the situation funny … - 5:07
6. The rest of us, understandably enough, were far more concerned … - 5:37
7. In fact, when we came to look back on it after the event … - 6:43
8. There were other dangers on the voyage … - 6:14
9. I suppose it wasn't altogether Noah's fault … - 4:57
10. Which reminds me of that business with Ham's wife … - 5:24
11. When the Ark landed on the mountain top … - 6:47
12. Getting of the Ark, I think I told you … - 6:54
13. Chapter 2: The Visitors: Franklin Hughes had come on board … - 7:54
14. The first leg of the trip … - 4:32

BARNES: History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (A) (more info)
Bob Zimmerman, harmonium
Alex Jennings, reader


1. The atmosphere seemed a little torpid to Tricia … - 3:47
2. The visitors were late for Franklin Hughes's lecture … - 7:11
3. They waited for half an hour in a silence … - 4:28
4. When they were all present … - 5:34
5. Late that afternoon they heard a plane fly over … - 5:37
6. Franklin was put for the night in a stateroom … - 7:13
7. Back in the stateroom with the Swedes and the Japanese … - 5:44
8. I had been hoping,' he began … - 5:40
9. At this moment a large, unathletic American … - 3:45
10. Chapter 3: The Wars of Religion (Source: The Archives Municipales de Besancon …) - 4:53
11. Know, gentlemen, what was already been put before you … - 5:38
12. Plaidoyer des insectes - 4:31
13. In the fourth place … - 5:03
14. Replique des habitans - 4:07
15. In the third place … - 4:18

BARNES: History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (A) (more info)
Bob Zimmerman, harmonium
Alex Jennings, reader


1. And in the fourth place … - 3:26
2. Replique des insectes - 3:44
3. In the third place… - 4:32
4. Conclusions du procureur Episcopal - 5:31
5. Chapter 4: The Survivor: In fourteen hundred and ninety-two … - 4:48
6. People couldn't understand why she got so upset … - 4:50
7. I wonder what's happened to Greg. - 6:52
8. She left the world behind … - 5:05
9. I couldn't tell last night … - 4:25
10. She thought she saw another boat on the horizon … - 6:45
11. It's laughable. Listen to this dream.
12. I'll give you an example. - 6:25
13. The one I had the argument with about the gloves … - 5:08
14. I knew he'd be back. - 5:56
15. It was cunning of him not to contradict me entirely. - 6:23

BARNES: History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (A) (more info)
Bob Zimmerman, harmonium
Alex Jennings, reader


1. Chapter 5: Shipwreck I: It began with a portent. - 5:06
2. It had been intended that one of the naval officers … - 6:06
3. The third day was calm and fine. - 5:50
4. On the tenth day several of the men … - 5:24
5. Shipwreck II: How do you turn catastrophe into art? - 4:31
6. Notes 1. The Medusa was a shipwreck … - 6:41
7. What did he paint then? - 6:26
8. Whatever we decide that the old man is thinking … - 6:25
9. Truth to life, at the start, to be sure … - 6:31
10. And what of that earlier catastrophe, the Flood? - 5:27
11. Chapter 6: The Mountain: Tick, tick, tick, tick. - 6:34
12. Amanda did not reply … - 7:50
13. It was in the autumn of 1839 … - 5:26

BARNES: History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (A) (more info)
Bob Zimmerman, harmonium
Alex Jennings, reader


1. They remained a week in the Ottoman capital … - 7:12
2. That day they encountered an American priest … - 5:25
3. As they approached Arghuri … - 6:11
4. That evening in their room … - 5:16
5. At the first steep slope of Great Ararat … - 4:21
6. They rested that night and continued climbing … - 5:03
7. Miss Logan and the Kurd took turns … - 5:33
8. Chapter 7: Three Simple Stories I: I was a normal … - 4:58
9. Fifty-two years before I met him … - 5:14
10. Three Simple Stories II: What was Jonah doing inside the whale … - 5:28
11. What is it about Jonah's escapade … - 3:35
12. On 25th August 1891, James Bartley … - 4:59
13. Three Simple Stories III: At 8pm on Saturday 13th May … - 4:53
14. Immigration, like emigration, is a process … - 5:01
15. How much are refugees? - 5:11

BARNES: History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (A) (more info)
Bob Zimmerman, harmonium
Alex Jennings, reader


1. As the ship began its return voyage … - 4:20
2. Chapter Eight: Upstream!: Postcard c/o the Jungle - 4:07
3. Letter 2. Darling - If you look in your photo album … - 4:15
4. Letter 3. Hey Good Looking! - 8:07
5. Letter 4. Dear Pips … - 6:15
6. Letter 5. Darling - This priest outfit … - 6:19
7. Letter 6. Pippa love … - 8:07
8. Letter 7. Dearest Pippa … - 5:58
9. Letter 8. Jesus Pippa. Jesus. - 5:58
10. Letter 12: Caracus 21st July … - 6:12
11. It was a bloody long wait for the copter … - 5:37
12. Letter 13: Christ don't you do that to me … - 4:02

BARNES: History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (A) (more info)
Bob Zimmerman, harmonium
Alex Jennings, reader


1. Parenthesis: Let me tell you something about her. - 5:06
2. I love you,' I whisper into that sleeping nape … - 5:25
3. I love you.' For a start, we'd better put these words … - 5:51
4. Let's start at the beginning. - 6:18
5. This is difficult territory. - 5:32
6. Is this how we should think of love? - 6:19
7. Do you remember that paradox of love … - 5:57
8. Love and truth, that's the vital connection … - 4:59
9. There's one thing I'll say for history … - 5:05
10. Love is anti-mechanical, anti-materialist … - 5:56
11. Chapter 9: Project Ararat: It is a fine afternoon - 6:31
12. Spike Tiggler had not always been as popular … - 5:57
13. Along with his father's car and a resentful Mary-Beth … - 4:22
14. At this exact moment a voice said to him … - 4:18

BARNES: History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (A) (more info)
Bob Zimmerman, harmonium
Alex Jennings, reader


1. Appropriate words were pronounced … - 6:36
2. The NASA psychiatrist that Betty consulted … - 5:29
3. The Moondust Diner was full that April evening … - 5:57
4. A few inches in the Fayetteville Observer … - 4:50
5. Some of the journalists with book-learning behind them … - 5:57
6. They flew to Ankara where they had to rent tuxedos … - 5:39
7. They were alone on the mountain … - 4:27
8. It was during their third spell on the mountain … - 5:21
9. Things were getting less clear to Jimmy now. - 4:27
10. A long silence ensued … - 3:57

BARNES: History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (A) (more info)
Bob Zimmerman, harmonium
Alex Jennings, reader


1. Chapter 10: I dreamt that I woke up. - 5:48
2. After breakfast, I put the tray down … - 4:57
3. As for the drinks counter …I had no idea … - 5:48
4. What else did I do that first week? - 6:03
5. And so life continued, as the saying goes. - 4:48
6. It was about this time that I took to meeting … - 6:07
7. I think it was the golf that finally made me turn to Margaret … - 4:58
8. None of this meant that I stopped doing what I'd always done … - 6:31
9. I slept badly that night. - 5:13
10. I wasn't sure I was taking all this in. - 5:20
11. For the next few centuries … - 7:01

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