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Austerity and Adversity

In Oriel College Chapel Services

Read by Justine Allain Chapman


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Africa, O Africa

Read by Louise Robinson Chapman


Louise Robinson Chapman


This is the story of Louise Robinson Chapman, a missionary in Africa. From 1920 until 1940 she ministered to the dark continent, coming to t…

Lecture 4: "The Greatest Mechanick of this Present Age": Dr Robert Hooke and the…

In Department of Engineering Science Centenary Lectures

Read by Allan Chapman


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Chapter 4

In With Fire and Sword (Byers)

Read by Chris Chapman


Samuel H.M. Byers and Samuel H. M. Byers


Samuel H. M. Byers was an American poet, diplomat, and soldier in the Civil War. "In war some persons seek adventures; others have them…

Chapter I: Part 1

In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. I

Read by Chris Chapman


Edward Gibbon


The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

The Colonial Press

In History of the United States, Vol. I

Read by Chris Chapman


Charles and Mary Beard and Charles Austin Beard


Charles Austin Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks a…

Chapter XI, Part 5

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 11)

Read by Chris Chapman


Thomas Babington Macaulay


In chapter 11 William and Mary have been crowned and settle down to the task of ruling England. An endless succession of British noblemen jo…

01 - Preface + Chapter 1

In Robert O'Hara Burke and the Australian Exploring Expedition of 1860

Read by Chris Chapman


Andrew Jackson


A non-fictional account of Burke and Wills's 1860 expedition to cross the Australian continent from south to north and then return. Containi…

Chapter 2 Winter Storms and Spring Floods

In The Yosemite

Read by Chris Chapman


John Muir


John Muir's adventure guide for the Yosemite Valley.

18-2 - Tahiti and New Zealand

In The Voyage of the Beagle

Read by Chris Chapman


Charles Darwin


The book, also known as Darwin's Journal of Researches, is a vivid and exciting travel memoir as well as a detailed scientific field journal…

A Wind-Storm in the Forests

In The Mountains of California

Read by Chris Chapman


John Muir


John Muir (1838–1914) was one of the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and …

02 - A Visit to the Moon

In Life in a Thousand Worlds

Read by Chris Chapman


William Shuler Harris


A jolly romp, which could be perhaps be described as Gulliver’s Travels Through Our Solar System and Beyond, as written by a great admirer o…

Chapter V, Part 20

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 05)

Read by Chris Chapman


Thomas Babington Macaulay


This chapter of Macaulay’s History of England is concerned, for a large part, with insurrection against James II and his manoeuverings to su…