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Observing by Hand: Sketching the Nebulae in the Nineteenth Century

In TORCH | The Oxford Research in the Humanities

Read by Omar Nasim, Stephen Johnston, Martin Kemp and Chris Lintott


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

La Bella Principessa: A Leonardo Discovered

Read by Martin Kemp, Kathryn Barush and Maya Corry


Martin Kemp, Kathryn Barush and Maya Corry


University of Oxford Podcasts

Oxford Physics Research

Read by Chris Lintott, Roger Davies, Jo Dunkley and katherine blundell


Chris Lintott, Roger Davies, Jo Dunkley and katherine blundell


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Wealth of Nations, Book 1

Read by Stephen Escalera


Adam Smith


An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9…

The Wealth of Nations, Book 2 and 3

Read by Stephen Escalera


Adam Smith


An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9…

The Wealth of Nations, Book 4

Read by Stephen Escalera


Adam Smith


An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9…

The Wealth of Nations, Book 5

Read by Stephen Escalera


Adam Smith


An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9…

The Mortification of Sin in Believers

Read by Stephen Escalera


John Owen


John Owen, in this Puritan classic, writes succinctly of the matters of the heart in dealing with sin in the life of the Christian. In a way…

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

Read by Stephen Escalera


John Bunyan


Grace Abounding is the spiritual autobiography of John Bunyan, who also penned Pilgrim’s Progress, perhaps one of the most significant piece…

Butterflies Are Free To Fly

Read by Stephen Davis


Stephen Davis


When Nicolaus Copernicus discovered the Earth wasn’t the center of the Universe, everything changed. When Isaac Newton figured out the law o…

The Elements of Drawing

Read by Stephen Farthing


Stephen Farthing


University of Oxford Podcasts

It's a Good Old World

Read by Stephen Escalera


Bruce Barton


In this collection of essays, Bruce Barton, considered to be among the most influential advertising men of the 20th century, uses history, r…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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