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Richard Bone

In Spoon River Anthology

Read by Joshua Young


Edgar Lee Masters


This is a collection of poems, in the form of an entire community speaking from beyond the grave about their lives, and, in some cases, goss…

Min-Young Kwon

In Ruskin Art Show

Read by Min-Young Kwon


Various


Recent graduates of the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford talk about their Final Year Projects.

Min-Young Kwon

In Ruskin School of Art

Read by Min-Young Kwon


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Chapter 18 - Bank Credits vs Government Currency

In U.S. Money vs. Corporation Currency, "Aldrich plan."

Read by Melanie D. Young


Alfred Owen Crozier


In 1908, the National Monetary Commission was established by Congress to study financial boom-and-bust cycles. Senator Nelson Aldrich (Repub…

The Cove of the Seven Swans

In The Ladder of Rickety Rungs

Read by David Granville Young


T. C. O'Donnell


Bedtime is the time for strange and wonderful stories as we drift into slumber. This children's book is full of them and the adventures of …

Lilian Bell

In Little Pilgrimages Among the Women Who Have Written Famous Books

Read by Melanie D. Young


Edward Francis Harkins


The purpose of this book is to renew an intimate acquaintance with the women whom the American reading public regards as favorites, and to …

Chapter XLIV – Of Spiritual Darkness from Misinterpretation of Scripture, Part 1

In Leviathan (Books III and IV)

Read by Jamie Ash Young


Thomas Hobbes


In Books 3 and 4 of Leviathan, Thomas Hobbes elaborates on the political philosophy set forth in the first two books, by considering the nat…

Ethics of Human Subjects Research: A Historical Perspective, Chapter 2, Part 1

In Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments

Read by Melanie D. Young


Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments and Advisory Committee On Human Radiation Experiments


Researchers in the United States have performed thousands of human radiation experiments to determine the effects of atomic radiation and ra…

The Infamous Volstead Act Part 1

In The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

Read by Melanie D. Young


Charles Hanson Towne


Subtitle: "The Human Side of What the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act Have Done to the United States" From Chapter 1: &…

Hibernation of the Canals

In Mars and Its Canals

Read by Melanie D. Young


Percival Lowell


In the days before telescope photography, astronomers had to draw what they thought they saw through the eyepiece throughout the long dark n…

Chapter Three

In The Princess and the Ploughman

Read by David Granville Young


Florence Morse Kingsley


On the surface, Mary is the typical literary heroine: Beautiful, animated, and accomplished. She will be rich, too, when she inherits her au…

The Big Southwest Strike

In Fifty Years a Detective: 35 Real Detective Stories

Read by Melanie D. Young


Thomas Furlong


Hitherto unpublished facts connected with some of Mr. Furlong's greatest cases—Other interesting incidents of his long and strenuous career …

The Earthquake

In The Story of the Greeks

Read by E. A. Young


H. A. Guerber


This book is a collection of stories and histories about the Ancient Greeks, including many of their famous myths! - Summary by Ann Boulais

Zoology - Development and Distribution

In The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 6: Zoology & Botany

Read by Melanie D. Young


Francis Rolt-Wheeler


Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The sixth volume is on Zoology written by Dr. WM. D. Matthew and on Botany writ…

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