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Body Clocks, Sleep and Light

In Museum of the History of Science

Read by Russell Foster


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: The Book of the Spiritual Man (version 3)

Read by Maggie Russell


Patanjali


This is Charles Johnston's translation of and commentary on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. Johnston's interpretation of this seminal yogic te…

The Story Of A Needle

Read by Susan Russell


Charlotte Maria Tucker (A. L. O. E.) and Charlotte Maria Tucker


A story told, through the viewpoint of a sewing needle, about family life and siblings. The narration from the needle tells how he was made …

The Invisible Man

Read by Alex Foster


H. G. Wells


The Invisible Man (1897) is one of the most famous science fiction novels of all time. Written by H.G. Wells (1866-1946), it tells the story…

Poetics

Read by Robert Foster


Aristotle


Aristotle’s Poetics from the 4th century B.C. aims to give a short study of storytelling. It discusses things like unity of plot, reversal o…

The Rainbow (Version 2)

Read by Tony Foster


D. H. Lawrence


Briefly appearing in 1915, then banned and taken out of circulation for its adult treatment of sexuality, Lawrence's visionary novel The Rai…

Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life (Version 2)

Read by Tony Foster


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


"Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life" was Mrs Gaskell's first full-length novel. It was published anonymously in that tumultuou…

Sons and Lovers (Version 2)

Read by Tony Foster


D. H. Lawrence


Lawrence summarised the plot of Sons and Lovers in a letter to Edward Garnett in 1912:“It follows this idea: a woman of character and refine…

The Lost Girl

Read by Tony Foster


D. H. Lawrence


"There is no mistake about it, Alvina was a lost girl. She was cut off from everything she belonged to."In this most under-valued …

Havelok the Dane: A Legend of Old Grimsby and Lincoln

Read by Tony Foster


Charles Watts Whistler


Troy, Athens, Rome... each has its founding legend. So too does the Lincolnshire town of Grimsby, once the largest fishing port in the world…

Come, Let Me Whisper

Read by Russell L. Burt


Russell L. Burt


Macabre fiction. Horror fiction. Dark fiction. Whatever you choose to call it, that is what is contained within this collection of short sto…

Milton: a Poem

Read by Brian Russell Graham


William Blake


Milton: a Poem is an epic poem by William Blake, written and illustrated between 1804 and 1810. Its hero is John Milton, who returns from he…

A Brief Conversation with My Hair

Read by Russell Bradbury-Carlin


Russell Bradbury-Carlin


A Brief Conversation with My Hair is a collection of short literary humor pieces that have been previously featured on such websites at McSw…

Revelations

Read by Russell L. Burt


Russell L. Burt


Bridging the gap between psychological and supernatural horror, Revelations is the story of Jamie Shetter, a psychiatrist on the brink of ex…

A New Comparative Psychology

In New Thinking: Advances in the Study of Human Cognitive Evolution

Read by Russell Gray


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Microscope

In Bees, Shown to the Children

Read by Susan Russell


Ellison Hawks


A very good introduction to the bee, including its physical and behavioral characteristics. Most appropriate for children. - Summary by Kevi…