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In Oxford Comparative Criticism and Translation (OCCT)

Read by Hanan al-Shaykh, Marina Warner, Claire Gallien and Mohamed-Salah Omri


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Labour Movement and the Culture of Protest: A Long View of Close Ties

In The Tunisian Revolution: Origins, Course and Aftermath

Read by Mohamed-Salah Omri


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Eight Cousins (Version 3)

Read by Marina


Louisa May Alcott


Eight Cousins, or The Aunt-Hill was published in 1875 by American novelist Louisa May Alcott. It is the story of Rose Campbell, a lonely and…

Around the Wicket Gate (Version 2)

Read by Steven Warner


Charles H. Spurgeon


Millions of men are in the outlying regions, far off from God and peace; for these we pray, and to these we give warning. But just now we ha…

La fabricanta

Read by Marina Tomás


Dolors Monserdà


Aquesta novel·la narra la història de l'Antonieta, una dona d'origen menestral que lluita per obrir-se pas comandant una f&agr…

Among the Farmyard People

Read by Claire Schreuder


Clara Dillingham Pierson


A wonderful children's book filled with engaging stories about various farmyard animals. Each book ending with a moral which gently encourag…

Pollyanna of the Orange Blossoms

Read by Claire Schreuder


Harriet Lummis Smith


Pollyanna marries sweetheart Jimmy Pendleton, and together they move to start their married life in Boston. The book follows their many adve…

Wonderwings and other Fairy Stories

Read by Claire Goget


Edith Howes


A collection of three short stories about fairies, complete with good moral lessons (as every fairy tale should be). (Summary by Claire Goge…

War and Civilization Series Lecture 3: War and Pity

In Wolfson College Podcasts

Read by Marina Warner


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Thinking with Stories: Listening in to Women’s Voices

In Mansfield College

Read by Marina Warner


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

מדינת היהודים (The Jewish State)

Read by Omri Lernau


Theodor Herzl


Der Judenstaat (German, The Jewish State) is a book written by Theodor Herzl and published in 1896 in Leipzig and Vienna by M. Breitenstein'…

סיפורים קצרים Short Stories

Read by Omri Lernau


שלום עליכם Sholem Aleichem


This recording is in Hebrew.Stories included:רבי דב (Rabbi Dov)שני תרנגולים (Two Cocks)פסח שנשבת (Pesach Celebration Spoiled)יוסל הגנן (Yose…

על פרשת דרכים At the Crossroads (Selected Essays)

Read by Omri Lernau


אחד העם Ahad Ha'Am


Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg (1856 - 1927), primarily known by his Hebrew name and pen name Ahad Ha'am (literally "one of the people"…

בעמק הבכא The Wishing-Ring

Read by Omri Lernau


מנדלה מוכר ספרים Mendele Mocher Sforim


Mendele Mocher Sforim (Mendele Book seller, literary name for Shalom Jacob Abramovitsch) (1835 - 1917, b. Kapulye, Belorussia), one of the f…

ספר הקבצנים Fishke the Lame (The Book of Beggars)

Read by Omri Lernau


מנדלה מוכר ספרים Mendele Mocher Sforim


Mendele Mocher Sforim (Literary name for Shalom Jacob Abramovitsch) (1835 - 1917, b. Kapulye, Belorussia), one of the first modern Jewish wr…

אהבת ציון Love of Zion

Read by Omri Lernau


אברהם מאפו Abraham Mapu


Abraham Mapu was born in 1808 near Kaunas, today in Lithuania. He worked as a teacher and later joined the Jewish enlightenment movement. In…

מסעות בנימין השלישי The Wanderings of Benjamin III

Read by Omri Lernau


מנדלה מוכר ספרים Mendele Mocher Sforim


Mendele Mocher Sforim (Literary name for Shalom Jacob Abramovitsch) (1835 - 1917, b. Kapulye, Belorussia), one of the first modern Jewish wr…

אסופת מסות ומאמרים Selection of Essays and Articles

Read by Omri Lernau


אליעזר בן־יהודה Eliezer Ben-Yehuda


Eliezer Izhak Perlman (1858-1922) signed his articles as E. Ben Yehuda. He was a key figure in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language. H…

עולה (Injustice), with excerpt from The Escaping Club

Read by Omri Lernau


יוסף חיים ברנר Yosef Haim Brenner


This is a bilingual project. The first part, in Hebrew, is the story "Injustice" by Yosef Haim Brenner, written following the conq…