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Panel discussion: tackling corruption in the context of international developmen…

In Oxford Centre for the Study of Corruption and Transparency

Read by Tricia Feeney, Phil Mason, Laurence Cockcroft, Christine Cheng, Dominik Zaum and Elizabeth David-Barrett


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Selling the peace? Problems of corruption in peace building

In Centre for the Study of Governance and Tranparency

Read by Dominik Zaum


Various


Podcasts from the Centre for the Study of Governance and Tranparency,

The Lady of the Basement Flat

Read by Judi Mason


Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


A naive young girl strikes out on her own and ends up leading a double life in this engaging tale of love lost and found. Summary by Judi M…

Pixie O'Shaughnessy

Read by Judi Mason


Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


The first of a trilogy for girls which introduces Pixie O'Shaughnessy. She is sent to boarding school in England from her native Ireland, fu…

The Camera Fiend

Read by Judi Mason


E. W. Hornung


A London schoolboy playing hooky is drawn in to the clutches of a creature evil beyond imagining.(summary by Judi Mason)

More About Pixie

Read by Judi Mason


Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


Pixie is older, her world becomes wider. The stories of her sister Bridgie and her brother Jack emerge, and also that of an intriguing neigh…

The Love Affairs of Pixie

Read by Judi Mason


Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


This is the third book of the Pixie O’Shaughnessy trilogy. In a story of love lost and found, Pixie matures from an inexperienced young lass…

Tom and Some Other Girls: A Public School Story

Read by Judi Mason


Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


Impetuous, self-centered Rhoda goes to boarding school and learns hard lessons. This is a story of recklessness and forgiveness. (Summary b…

Flaming June

Read by Judi Mason


Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


The immensity of the gulf between England and the United States manifests itself on several levels in this story of a young girl’s innocent …

Children of the Tenements

Read by Judi Mason


Jacob A. Riis


This is a collection of vignettes about poverty in New York City in the early 1900s. Jacob Riis was a police reporter and a sociologist. He …

The Evacuation of England: The Twist in the Gulf Stream

Read by Judi Mason


Louis Pope Gratacap


This book is ostensibly about a theoretical catastrophic geologic event. It turns into a meditation on what it means to be an English person…

Teddy Talks

Read by Lionel Barber and David Waring


Lionel Barber and David Waring


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Grell Mystery

Read by Christine Blachford


Frank Froest


Mr Robert Grell, millionaire and socialite, is found murdered in his study on a stormy evening. It's up to Heldon Foyle, the detective, to u…

The Price of Love

Read by Christine Blachford


Arnold Bennett


Rachel Louise Fleckring works for the elderly Mrs Maldon, and although with the woman for only a short time, she is taken into the heart of …

The Fun of Getting Thin

Read by Christine Lehman


Samuel G. Blythe


In this short, amusing book, subtitled "How to Be Thin and Reduce The Waist Line," Samuel G. Blythe explains how he was able to lo…

The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness

Read by Christine Lamberton


Florence Hartley


A guide for ladies, written in 1860, on what is accepted as correct behavior in polite society. The advice covers dress, travelling, staying…