Edmund Bloxam
Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress
The full title of the novel is Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress Or, a History of the Life and Vast Variety of Fortunes of Mademoiselle de Bele…
The Case of Wagner / Nietzsche Contra Wagner / Selected Aphorisms
A collection of three of Nietzsche's writings concerning the music of Wagner. In particular, he relates Wagner's music as degenerate, unrefi…
A Tale of a Tub
A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, composed between 1694 and 1697, that was eventually published in 1704. I…
Drugging a Nation
Drugging a Nation is a journalistic reveal of the extent to which the British Empire was culpable in the dissemination and subsequent near t…
The Singing Bone or The Adventures of Dr. Thorndyke
In its original form, this book was published with the title, "The Singing Bone." It was later republished as "The Adventures…
The Black-Bearded Barbarian
The Black-Bearded Barbarian offers a vivid portrayal of George Mackay, a Presbyterian missionary whose life and work left a lasting impact o…
Great Explorers in Space (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. I)
‘The Pioneer’ by Irving E. Cox The greatest explorer of them all returns to Earth and finds the world upside down!‘Flight Perilous’ by Ray C…
Battles for the Stars (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. III)
I: ‘The Sling and the Stone’ by Michael ShaaraAn obsessed Soviet commander has come up with the most devastating weapon the world has ever s…
Nine Sci-fi Stories by Poul Anderson
'Industrial Revolution': Workers in a distant miner's facility plot emancipation from Earth. The military might have some say in the matter.…
Catherine De' Medici
The Philosophical Studies from The Human Comedy (La Comedie Humaine) are a series of works that are intended as a reflection on history in p…
Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works
Descriptive Analyses of Piano Works invites listeners to explore the poetic dimensions of piano music, focusing on the emotional and artisti…
Wired Love: A Romance of Dots and Dashes
A telegraph operator meets a mysterious stranger 'on the wire'. Throw in the most clumsy gent in literature, a stern matron, an actress with…
Fevers and Physicians in Space (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. II)
I: ‘Pandemic’ by Jesse F. BoneA deadly pandemic consumes the world (blah blah blah - you know the rest). If only THAT was the cure to the re…
Dastardly Criminals in Space (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. IV)
Conspiracy on Callisto - Frederik PohlRevolt was flaring on Callisto, and Peter Duane held the secret that would make the uprising a success…
Stupendous Spectacles of the Solar System in Space (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. IX)
'The Frogs of Mars' by Roger D AycockThe little guy comes into the bar just as the first Marscast is about to start. He scoffs at scientific…
Lover or Friend
An epic tale of romantic and societal confrontation, as two families become far more intimately entangled than they could have previously im…
Retief: Intergalactic Diplomat in Space, (Ed Reads Short Sci-fi, vol. V)
'Retief of the Red-Tape Mountain'Retief knew the importance of sealedorders—and the need to keep them that way!'The Desert and the Stars'The…
In Colonial Days
A collection of British aristocrats, soldiers, gentlemen and ladies gather at the Province House inn, as the American imperial possessions c…
Bizarre (version 2)
A series of humorous musings, short-length jokes, often concerning words and manners. - Summary by Edmund Bloxam
The Heart of Hyacinth
An abandoned young white woman dies with a baby in her arms in rural Japan. The child is raised by a Japanese woman. This child sees herself…