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Where next for citizen science? Innovative uses for crowd sourcing

In Blurring the lines: the changing dynamics between man and machine

Read by Chris Lintott and Brooke Simmons


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Up the River

Read by Stevan Simmons


Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams


Up the River is the sixth and last of "The Great Western Series." The events of the story occur on the coast of Florida, in the Gu…

Down South or Yacht Adventure in Florida

Read by Stevan Simmons


Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams


"Down South" is the fifth and last volume but one of the "Great Western Series." The action of the story is confined ent…

Bible (YLT) NT 27: Revelation

Read by Brooke Favorat


Young'S Literal Translation


An English translation that holds as closely as was possible to the original languages and idioms. (Summary by KevinS)

Uncovering Black Holes and Hunting for Planets

In Stargazing

Read by Brooke Simmons


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Raven

Read by Chris Goringe


Edgar Allan Poe


Perhaps Edgar Allen Poe's most famous poem, the "Raven" is a macabre exploration of a man, his memories of Lenore, and the black b…

Walking

Read by Chris Masterson


Henry David Thoreau


This was originally a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum titled "The Wild" . He revised it before his death an…

The Book of Lieh-Tzu

Read by Chris Masterson


Liezi


Although Lieh Tzu's work has evidently passed through the hands of many editors and gathered numerous accretions, there remains a considerab…

Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 2)

Read by Chris Hughes


William Shakespeare


Shakespeare's Sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal wit…

She-rab Dong-bu (The Tree of Wisdom)

Read by Chris Masterson


Nagarjuna


The She-rab Dong-bu (Tree of Wisdom) is a metrical translation in Tibetan of a Sanscrit ethical work entitled Prajnya Danda, written by Naga…

Yang Chu's Garden of Pleasure

Read by Chris Masterson


Liezi


At the Court of Liang at the period of Yang Chu, about 300 B.C., the philosophers were treated as guests of the reigning king, who reserved …

Youth, a Narrative

Read by Chris Hughes


Joseph Conrad


An autobiographical short story written in 1898 and included as the first story in the 1902 volume Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories…

The Glugs of Gosh

Read by Chris Goringe


C. J. Dennis


First published in 1917, The Glugs of Gosh satirizes Australian life at the start of the twentieth century - but the absurdities it catalogs…

A System of Logic

Read by Chris Greaves


John Stuart Mill


"In this work, he formulated the five principles of inductive reasoning that are known as Mill's Methods. This work is important in the…

The Blue Behemoth

Read by Chris Fong


Leigh Douglass Brackett


Shannon's Imperial Circus was a jinxed space-carny leased for a mysterious tour of the inner worlds. It made a one-night pitch on a Venusian…

Mornings at Bow Street

Read by Chris Caron


John Wight


This is a collection of various articles found in Morning Herald columns. Some are found interesting, some may be hilarious! The 84 pieces o…

Short Stories in Prose and Verse

Read by Chris Greaves


Henry Lawson


Short Stories in Prose and Verse” is Henry Lawson’s first published book (1894); his first published poem appeared in 1887. The volume is a …