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The Christmas Tree and the Wedding

In Best Russian Short Stories

Read by Courtney Parker Sandhu


Fyodor Dostoyevsky


In this collection of Russian stories, editor and compiler Thomas Seltzer selects from a range of the best examples of 19th and early 20th c…

Tricks with Dominoes and Dice

In Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring

Read by Megan Clavie-Parker


Professor Louis Hoffman


This "how-to" book covers everything for the 1800's illusionist, from stage presence & dress, program and stage arrangement, t…

The Revelation - Read by MEC

In The Revelation

Read by Megan Clavie-Parker


Coventry Patmore


Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore was an English poet and critic best known for The Angel in the House, his narrative poem about an ideal happ…

OxPeace 2012: Law, Human Rights, Theology and Religion in Peacebuilding Part 3

In Building Peace

Read by Charlotte Bannister-Parker


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Third Planet

In Short Science Fiction Collection 092

Read by John D. Parker


Evan Hunter, Bascome Jones, Richard Magruder, Various,Et Al. and Murray Leinster


Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

Seyfferth's Pyrometer

In Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881

Read by John D. Parker


Various


The Scientific American may be the oldest continuously published periodical in the United States, havinge launched its first publication in …

Chapter XVI, Part 04

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 16)

Read by Richard Carpenter


Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is volume 3 chapter 16 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

Chapter 2 - Economic Motives

In The Principles of Economics with Applications to Practical Problems

Read by Richard Jackson


Frank Albert Fetter


Frank Albert Fetter was an American economist of the Austrian school, but referred to himself as a member of the “American Psychological Sch…

17 - The Literary Emperors and Their Time (A.D. 886-963)

In The Byzantine Empire

Read by Richard Carpenter


Charles William Chadwick Oman


Fifty years ago the word “Byzantine” was used as a synonym for all that was corrupt and decadent, and the tale of the East-Roman Empire was …

How Pantagruel became sick, and the manner how he was recovered

In Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book II

Read by Richard Carpenter


François Rabelais


The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in th…

01 - Chapter XX, Part 1

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 20)

Read by Richard Carpenter


Thomas Babington Macaulay


This is volume 4 chapter 20 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

24 - CHAPTER XXIV - AN OLD STAGE-COACHING HOUSE

In The Uncommercial Traveller

Read by Richard Carpenter


Charles Dickens


The Uncommercial Traveller is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens. In 1859 Dickens founded a new …

Light - Chapter XXVI. The Eye

In Nature's Miracles Volume 2: Energy and Vibration

Read by Richard Carpenter


Elisha Gray


Elisha Gray was an American electrical engineer who co-founded the Western Electric Manufacturing Company. Gray is best known for his develo…

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