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The Book of Lies

Read by P. J. Taylor


Aleister Crowley


The Book of Lies, or Liber 333, is a holy book in the Western occult tradition of Thelema, consisting of 91 short chapters of poems, aphoris…

Labor and Freedom

Read by P. J. Taylor


Eugene V. Debs


"While there is a lower class I am in it; While there is a criminal class I am of it; While there is a soul in prison I am not free.&qu…

Some Problems of Philosophy

Read by P. J. Taylor


William James


For several years before his death Professor William James cherished the purpose of stating his views on certain problems of metaphysics in …

The I.W.W. - Its History, Structure, and Method

Read by P. J. Taylor


Vincent St. John


“We must inscribe on our banner the revolutionary watchword, ‘Abolition of the wage system’”The Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), membe…

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell (version 2)

Read by P. J. Taylor


William Blake


"The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom."The Marriage of Heaven & Hell is William Blake’s masterpiece – a piously bl…

The Confederacy of Heaven

Read by Margaret R. Taylor


Margaret R. Taylor


Nasan Rattlingbones was supposed to die. That’s what exile means in a post-apocalyptic Canada that hasn’t seen rain in almost two hundred y…

American Philosophy Collection Vol. 1

Read by P. J. Taylor


Various


Fairy Fingers

Read by Kelly S. Taylor


Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie


Madelaine is the poor cousin of the aristocratic de Gramont family in France of the 1850’s. She is cherished by the beautiful young Bertha a…

Grizelda

Read by Margaret R. Taylor


Margaret R. Taylor


In the Republic of Corvain, anybody who has a hint of magical power is rounded up and thrown into prison. They’re doing it to defend the ne…

American Philosophy Collection Vol. 2

Read by P. J. Taylor


Various


This recording is the second in an ongoing series of collections highlighting foundational articles in early 20th Century American philosoph…

The Fortune Hunter: A Novel of New York Society

Read by Kelly S. Taylor


Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie


Mowatt wrote The Fortune Hunter to be submitted to a contest held by the New World newspaper. (The novel won the $100 prize.) Contest rules…

Italian Life and Legends

Read by Kelly S. Taylor


Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie


A mix of short works written by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie during her residence in Florence from 1864-65, this collection was edited and prepa…

Evelyn; or A Heart Unmasked

Read by Kelly S. Taylor


Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie


Evelyn is a two-volume novel told in an epistolary style – alternating between letters from the point of view of a trusted, unmarried female…

The Mute Singer, a Novel

Read by Kelly S. Taylor


Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie


Sylvie de la Roche is the daughter of a destitute former nobleman and his wife living in the slums of Paris circa 1847. Her magnificent sing…

Autobiography of an Actress; or Eight Years on the Stage

Read by Kelly S. Taylor


Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie


Anna Cora Mowatt was the author of the first Broadway comedy hit written by a woman. Her 1845 play “Fashion” is still performed today. She w…

Mimic Life; or Before and Behind the Curtain

Read by Kelly S. Taylor


Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie


Mimic Life; or Before and Behind the Curtain is a collection of three narratives about life in the theater based on Mowatt’s career on stage…

The Little Robinson of Paris, or, Industry's Triumph

Read by Kelly S. Taylor


Eugénie Foa


In this Victorian era children’s novel, haughty Breton aristocrats unjustly reject and cruelly abandon the young orphan Cecil after the deat…

Pelayo: or Cavern of Covadonga, A Romance

Read by Kelly S. Taylor


Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie


This epic poem tells the dramatic story of King Pelayo, an Asturian ruler in Northern Spain who lead his people to a hard-fought victory ove…

Reviewers Reviewed

Read by Kelly S. Taylor


Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie


This satirical text was a response to the drubbing the fledgling poet received at the hands of the critics to her debut work, “Pelayo, or th…

Social Media and Faith

Read by Robin Dunbar, Jenny Rutherford, Graham Ward and Joel Harrison


Robin Dunbar, Jenny Rutherford, Graham Ward and Joel Harrison


University of Oxford Podcasts

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