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The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism

Read by Landon D. C. Elkind


Bertrand Russell


This book records Bertrand Russell's impressions of the new regime after a 1920 visit to Russia following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, inc…

On Propositions: What They Are and How They Mean

Read by Landon D. C. Elkind


Bertrand Russell


In this piece, Bertrand Russell offers an account of propositions. This essay has been widely regarded as a turning point in Russell's thoug…

Philosophical Essays

Read by Landon D. C. Elkind


Bertrand Russell


Six out of seven essays appearing here were reprinted from other publications; indeed, this 1910 collection went out of print, so that two o…

01 - A Discussion Somewhat in the Air

In The Ball and the Cross

Read by Matthew C. Heckel


G. K. Chesterton


The Ball and the Cross is G. K. Chesterton's third novel. In the introduction Martin Gardner notes that it is a "mixture of fantasy, fa…

Rigour and Openness in 21st Century Science: Panel 3 Part 3

In Open Science

Read by Richard Price


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Zero chance? Aiming for zero in weapons control

In Getting to Zero: Michaelmas Term Seminar Series 2009

Read by Richard Price


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Ascent of Mt. Ararat

In Across Asia on a Bicycle

Read by Jim Price


Thomas Gaskell Allen


In 1890, two Americans newly graduated from college set out to travel around the world on a then-new invention, the modern bicycle. In 1893 …

The Boy who Overcame the Giants

In Canadian Fairy Tales

Read by Jim Price


Cyrus Macmillan


Professor Macmillan has placed all lovers of fairy tales under a deep debt of obligation to him. The fairy tale makes a universal appeal bot…

Picciola (Adapted) by St. Saintine

In The Emerald Story Book

Read by Cindy Price


Various


There is no richer theme for children’s stories than the miracle of Spring. The selections in “The Emerald Story Book” aim to serve the youn…

Hasheesh

In Here and Hereafter

Read by M.B. Price


Barry Pain


This is a collection of stories by Barry Pain. While not all of these fall squarely into the genre of ghost and horror story, for which the …

Thomas Jefferson, December 8, 1801

In State of the Union Addresses by United States Presidents (1790 - 1816)

Read by Rob Price


Thomas Jefferson


The State of the Union address is a speech presented by the President of the United States to a joint session of the United States Congress,…

From One Who Stays

In American Women's Literature, 1847 to 1922

Read by Brenda Price


Amy Lowell


This is a collection of 20 short stories and long-form poetry by American women writers. (Summary by BellonaTimes)

Chapter 56

In Ask Mamma: or The Richest Commoner In England

Read by Jamie Price


Robert Smith Surtees


Considering that Billy Pringle, or Fine Billy, as his good-natured friends called him, was only an underbred chap, he was as good an imitati…

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