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In The Purple Cloud

Read by Matthew Walker


Matthew Phipps Shiel and M. P. Shiel


The story, a recording of a medium's meditation over the future writing of the text, details the narrator's (Adam Jeffson's) expedition to t…

Two Quarrels

In The Curse of Carne's Hold

Read by Matthew Walker


G. A. Henty


When Ronald Mervyn from Devonshire is falsely accused of murder he emigrates to South Africa. He takes part in the Kaffir war and during thi…

Core Course: Space: Approaches to Architecture

In History of Art

Read by Matthew Walker


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Blue Ghost Mystery

Read by John Walker


Harold L. Goodwin


When the ghost of a Civil War soldier, killed visiting his sweetheart across enemy lines, comes back to haunt the Virginian locals at an old…

The Grand Cañon of the Colorado

Read by Rebecca Eden Walker


John Muir


Nothing is ordinary in the world of John Muir, naturalist and author known as the Father of the US National Parks. In this short work, writ…

Selections from Josephus

Read by Rebecca Eden Walker


Flavius Josephus


Jewish historian, military leader and Roman citizen, Titus Flavius Josephus, provides the most thorough history of the 1st century Roman Emp…

American Fairy Tales

Read by Matthew Reece


L. Frank Baum


This collection of fantasy stories was originally serialized in regional newspapers, prior to being published as a complete volume. The stor…

Tarzan and the Ant Men

Read by Matthew Reece


Edgar Rice Burroughs


Lord Greystoke, Tarzan of the Apes, is embroiled in thrilling adventures among the tiny, warlike Minunians. (Summary by Matthew Reece)

The Autobiography of Methuselah

Read by Matthew Reece


John Kendrick Bangs


A satirical look at early biblical events from the point of view of someone who was there to witness most of them: the oldest man in recorde…

Elves and Heroes

Read by Matthew Reece


Donald Alexander Mackenzie


This volume describes, in verse, the mythical creatures and people of ancient Scotland. It also includes explanatory notes about about the c…

The Enoch Pill

Read by Matthew William


Matthew William


The world was changed forever when scientists developed a pill that extended the human life span indefinitely. It was distributed free of ch…

Winnie-the-Pooh (Version 2)

Read by Matthew Soanes


A. A. Milne


A charming collection of 10 relaxing tales, come along into the Forest as Winnie-the-Pooh tries to get some honey, the search is on for Eeyo…

Land of the Burnt Thigh

Read by Matthew McNaughton


Edith Eudora Kohl


"It will be all right," Ida Mary told her father cheerfully. "It is only for eight months. Nothing can happen in eight months…

The Fable of the Bees

Read by Matthew Muñoz


Bernard Mandeville


Bernard Mandeville's didactic poem praising the virtues that personal vices bestow on society as a whole, along with several treatises and d…

When We Were Very Young (Version 3)

Read by Matthew Soanes


A. A. Milne


A timeless collection of poems for the whole family to enjoy, including "Buckingham Palace", "Disobedience", "Halfw…

The Flown Sky

Read by Matthew Olshan


Matthew Olshan


Allele Island is a beachcomber's paradise for a charming little primate named Eena Beena, who tends her stretch of beach—and the hapless cas…

Kidnapped in London

Read by Matthew McNaughton


Sun Yat-sen and Sun Yat-Sen


Sun Yat-Sen was the first president of the Republic of China after the brutal Qing government collapsed in 1911. Over a decade earlier, he h…

The House At Pooh Corner (version 3)

Read by Matthew Soanes


A. A. Milne


Pooh, Piglet, Eeyore and all your other favourite friends from the Forest return in this final collection of 10 whimsical stories! - Summary…