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The Endeavour Journal of Sir Joseph Banks from 25 August 1768-12 July 1771

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


Joseph Banks


In this Journal, Joseph Banks records almost daily observations of the journey of the ship the Endeavour on the first of James Cook’s voyage…

The Story of a New Zealand River

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


Jane Mander


"This is the land of the lost, one of those happy spots where no questions are asked. Of course, the fact of a person's being here is u…

With the Empress Dowager of China

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


Katharine Carl


Through the eyes of an artist, With the Empress Dowager of China provides a glimpse of life in the Chinese Imperial Court, unseen by any oth…

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the…

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


Aimé Bonpland, Alexander von Humboldt and Alexander Von Humboldt


Volume 3, the final volume of the “Personal Narrative”, records the travels of Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland …

Travels in New Zealand with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, an…

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


Ernst Dieffenbach


“Let the reader imagine a deep lake of a blue colour, surrounded by verdant hills; in the lake several islets, some showing the bare rock, o…

Pioneer work in the Alps of New Zealand; a record of the first exploration of t…

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


Arthur Paul Harper


“Situated as we were at Camp 2, in fine rata bush, with a luxuriant undergrowth of tree-ferns and other plants - which in England would be c…

Station Amusements in New Zealand

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


Mary Anne Barker


Station Amusements in New Zealand is a collection of vignettes about life on a sheep station (high country farm) in colonial New Zealand dur…

A First Year in Canterbury Settlement

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


Samuel Butler


Samuel Butler travelled to the South Island of New Zealand in 1860, landing at Lyttleton, the main port for the Canterbury Settlement. Altho…

The KEA: a New Zealand problem

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


George Reginald Marriner


The kea (Nestor notabilis) is the world's only alpine parrot, and is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Although this large parrot …

The Malay Archipelago, Volume 1

Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan


Alfred Russel Wallace


The Malay Archipelago is a classical Victorian work combining natural history, biogeography and ethnology while describing Wallace's travels…

ΕΙΡΗΝΙΚΑ

Read by Christine Rottger


Ioannes Polemis


Η φύση, ο πόλεμος, η ειρήνη, η συγχώρεση και οι ανθρώπινες αδυναμίες και επιθυμίες είναι συνυφασμένες σε αυτήν τη συλλογή ποιημάτων. Ο Ιωάνν…

Chapter 3, Part 1

In Heart of Darkness (version 3)

Read by Christine


Joseph Conrad


Heart of Darkness tells the story of an English seaman, Charles Marlow, who embarks on a voyage up the Congo River and into the African wild…

The Damned Thing

In Short Ghost and Horror Collection 043

Read by Christine


Ambrose Bierce


A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-legged beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up yo…

Frivolities

In The "Mind The Paint" Girl

Read by Christine


Louis Tracy


"The "Mind The Paint" Girl, by Louis Tracy, is a delightful novelization of Sir Arthur Pinero's sparkling comedy now having a…

Chapter 11- Part 3

In The Rainbow (Version 3)

Read by Christine


D. H. Lawrence


The Rainbow is the story of three generations of the Brangwen family, a sexual and religious collection of incidents that eventually shows t…

The Lost Lenore

In The Castle of Twilight

Read by Christine


Margaret Horton Potter


"Wistfully I deliver up to you my simple story, knowing that the first suggestion of “historical novel” will bring before you an image …

Old Boats - Read by CAL

In Old Boats

Read by Christine Lehman


Theodosia Garrison


There is little information on Theodosia Garrison available. This poem is taken from The Dreamers and Other Poems, George H. Doran Company, …

The UN's obligation to investigate disappearances and killings in Kosovo: the wo…

In Public International Law Discussion Group

Read by Christine Chinkin


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