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Vice Chancellor's Welcome

Read by Andrew Hamilton


Andrew Hamilton


University of Oxford Podcasts

Pipefuls

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Christopher Morley


A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…

Reid's Critique of Hume

Read by Dan Robinson


Dan Robinson


University of Oxford Podcasts

Hume's Central Principles

Read by Peter Millican


Peter Millican


University of Oxford Podcasts

Lost Leaders

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Andrew Lang


Andrew Lang, best beloved for his series of fairy books, has collected here essays on wide ranging topics from golf and shaving to Thackeray…

Metaphor: Philosophical Issues

Read by James Grant


James Grant


University of Oxford Podcasts

Literary Taste: How to Form It

Read by Timothy Ferguson


Arnold Bennett


Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 descri…

Modern Essays

Read by David Wales


Christopher Morley


Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…

Of All Things

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Robert C. Benchley


A collection of amusing essays satirizing serious consideration of topics including natural history, social etiquette, or indeed, civilized …

The Splendid Wayfaring

Read by Phil Schempf


John Neihardt


Quote:"In the following pages I have told the story of that body of adventurers who, from 1822 to 1829, opened the way for the expansio…

Out from the Heart

Read by Audio Andrea


James Allen


James Allen teaches us how to purify our hearts through the fundamental lessons of virtue: physical discipline, mental discipline, doing you…

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (version 3)

Read by Phil Chenevert


Washington Irving


Everyone knows the story of the Headless Horseman but perhaps you, like me, did not remember what a marvelous story teller Washington Irving…

Poetics

Read by Robert Foster


Aristotle


Aristotle’s Poetics from the 4th century B.C. aims to give a short study of storytelling. It discusses things like unity of plot, reversal o…

Stories by English Authors: London

Read by Kirsten Wever


F. Anstey, J. M. Barrie, Marie Corelli, Beatrice Harraden, Arthur Morrison, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch and Israel Zangwill


This book collects seven short stories by some of England's best turn-of-the-(last)-century's writers. The collection begins with the humor …

A Treatise Of Human Nature, Volume 2

Read by George Yeager


David Hume


This book, published in two volumes called "books" by the author, is a treatment of everything from the origin of our ideas to how…

The Mystery of the Sycamore

Read by Sharon Kilmer


Carolyn Wells


Instead of prison time, former governor, Samuel Appleby, sentences his former rival, Daniel Wheeler to imprisonment on his homestead with a …

Anchorite

Read by Phil Chenevert


Randall Garrett


Randall Garrett sticks a sharp needle into our government and society in this wonderful story. He projects the current trends towards patern…

The Professor's House

Read by Amy Dunkleberger


Willa Sibert Cather and Willa Cather


A portrait of Americas many social groups with the chief interest centered on a university professor and his family - Summary by Publishers …

The Huguenot: A Tale of the French Protestants

Read by Lynne T


George Payne Rainsford James


The time of French king Louis XIV was a time of religious conflict. His father, Louis XIII had tried to suppress the teachings and followers…

Penrod and Sam

Read by Jonathan Burchard


Booth Tarkington


Follow more of the hilarious life of the boy Penrod Schofield, his friends Sam Williams, Herman, Verman, Georgie, Maurice, and the love of h…

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