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A Mathematician's Holiday
Read by Thomas Woolley and William Binzi
Thomas Woolley and William Binzi
University of Oxford Podcasts
From the Woolworth Tower
Read by Brian Darby
Sara Teasdale
In Rivers to the Sea
This is Sara Teasdale's third published collection of poetry. The collection was published in 1915, and contains the famous poem "I Sha…
Binker
Read by Winnifred Assmann
A. A. Milne
In Now We Are Six
Milne's second book of children's poetry: “We have been nearly three years writing this book. We began it when we were very young ... and no…
Fox of Derby, Murray of Leeds, Roberts and Whitworth of Manchester
Read by Clive Catterall
Samuel Smiles
In Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers
Short Biographies of some of the most influential engineers who developed the modern manufacturing methods behind the Industrial Revolution.…
Bill Bailey
Read by David Wales
John Hay Beith
In The Times' Red Cross Story Book By Famous Novelists Serving In His Majesty's Fo…
These eighteen stories were published in 1915, in the midst of World War I. "Published For The Times' Fund For The Sick And Wounded&qu…
Life
Read by Woolly Bee
Edgar A. Guest
In All That Matters
A collection of poems about life. Written in an easy and interesting style this book includes poems about many parts of family life, motherh…
Constable M‘Carthy’s Investigations
Read by Ellies
Henry Lawson
In Verses Popular and Humorous
This is a volume of humorous poems by Australian poet Henry Lawson. - Summary by Carolin
Preface
Read by Jessie Percival
Charles Lewis Meryon
In Travels of Lady Hester Stanhope
Lady Hester Stanhope was a woman ahead of her time. She traveled alone, lived among "savages" and was comfortable dressing in man…
Reading: An Essay
Read by David Wales
Hugh Walpole
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
II. The Anglo-Saxons
Read by Ryan Cherrick
Jacob Abbott
In King Alfred of England
The life and accomplishments of England's sole title holder of "The Great." King Alfred defended England from Viking invasions an…
07 - Chapter VII. Reception in England
Read by Cate Barratt
Jacob Abbott
In Margaret of Anjou
Margaret of Anjou, wife of England’s Henry VI, played a key role in launching the storied War of the Roses – the 30-year civil conflict fuel…
Abraham Cowley
Read by Rita Boutros
Thomas Raynesford Lounsbury
In Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, volume 10
The Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, is a work of enormous proportions. Setting out with the simple goal of offer…
Chapter 19 - Isadore Hamel is asked to lunch
Read by tabithat
Anthony Trollope
In Ayala's Angel
Lucy and Ayala Dormer are left penniless by the death of their parents. Ayala is taken in by their rich aunt Lady Tringle and Lucy by their …
Franklin and Woolman, by Chester Noyes Greenough
Read by Robert Dipboye
Charles William Eliot
In Lectures on the Harvard Classics
The Lecture Series on the contents of The Harvard Classics ought to do much to open that collection of literary materials to many ambitious …
Chapter 3: Herr Albin
Read by Steve Gough
Thomas Mann
In The Magic Mountain (Volume One)
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…
Bramley Maying
Read by Anne Fletcher
Mary Russell Mitford
In Our Village, Volume 1
This book is a compilation of short stories originally published in several series in The Lady's Magazine. Volume 1 covers a period of about…
Chapter XII, Part 10
Read by Peter Yearsley
Thomas Babington Macaulay
In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 12)
Much of this chapter is taken up with the affairs of Ireland during the reign of James II. The Protestants and Catholics are having their us…
The Adventure Of The Foundling
Read by David Wales
William John Locke
In The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol
This 1912 collection of short stories is of lighthearted adventures of an irresponsible -- and irrepressible -- Frenchman in England and Par…
THE LOSS OF THE "BIRKENHEAD." SIR FRANCIS HASTINGS DOYLE
Read by czandra
Various
In Successful Recitations
A compilation of poetry designed for performance. This compilation focuses on the art of recitation, highlighting the importance of clarity,…
The Booby Squire
Read by Greg Giordano
Washington Irving
In Tales of a Traveller
Writing under the pseudonym, Geoffrey Crayon, Washington Irving chronicled his travels through Europe in the early 1820’s. He wrote of peopl…