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The Magic Mountain (Volume Two)

Read by Steve Gough


Thomas Mann


Thomas Mann’s epic novel depicts a decaying, corrupted European society on the eve of the First World War. Set in a luxurious sanatorium hig…

Stories Of Balloon Adventure

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell


In the following pages will be found brief narratives of some of the more famous incidents and exciting episodes which mark the history of b…

Stories of the Fire Brigade

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell


The stories presented here have been collected from reports of actual incidents responded to by various fire brigades with examples from bot…

Stories of the Royal Humane Society

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell


Established in 1774, the ‘Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned’ published information on how to save people from drowning,…

An Idler In The Wilds

Read by Steve C


Tickner Edwardes


Although he was well known around the South Downs in West Sussex as 'The Bee-man of Burpham', Tickner Edwardes also had a great affinity for…

The Burston Rebellion

Read by Steve C


Thomas George Higdon


The early 20th century in Great Britain saw a seismic shift in political awareness especially amongst the working classes. This led to a sig…

OII Internet and Society Awards: Raspberry Pi

In Oxford Internet Institute

Read by Victoria Nash and Pete Lomas


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Practices of Criminals i

In Criminal Investigation: a Practical Handbook for Magistrates, Police Officers a…

Read by Steve


Hans Gross


Reputedly inspired by the Sherlock Holmes stories, Austrian criminal jurist and examining magistrate Hans Gross wrote the first handbook on …

Stone and Wood Carving

In Arts and Crafts Essays

Read by Steve C


Various


A series of essays by Members of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society with a preface by William Morris who writes "It is this conscio…

What will buildings of the future look like?

In Big Questions For The Future

Read by Steve Rayner


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Chapter 9 - Disturbed

In The Elleshere (Elsewhere) Place

Read by Steve Simons


Steve Simons


The disappearance of a father and then his daughter, are of interest not only to the police, but to someone else nearby. But little does t…

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