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Introduction to David Hume's Treatise of Human Nature Book One
Peter Millican
Dr Peter Millican gives a series of lectures looking at Scottish 18th Century Philosopher David Hume and the first book of his Treatise of H…
Molly Make-Believe
Read by Nathalie J.
Eleanor Hallowell Abbott
Carl Stanton is an invalid suffering from an unusual bout of rheumatism. His fiancee is gone for the winter and though he begs her to write …
English Literature
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Geraldine Hodgson
This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thi…
Heroes Every Child Should Know
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Hamilton Wright Mabie
The endeavour has been made in this volume to bring together the heroic men of different races, periods and types; and in the selection of m…
Modern Essays
Read by David Wales
Christopher Morley
Thirty three essays by more or less well-known authors of Britain, the United States, and Canada, each fronted by an introductory paragraph.…
The Human Machine
Read by Ruth Golding
Arnold Bennett
Bennett asks us to consider our brains as the most wonderful machine, a machine which is the only thing in this world that we can control. A…
Joseph Andrews
Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)
Henry Fielding
"Joseph Andrews ... was the first published full-length novel of the English author and magistrate Henry Fielding, and indeed among the…
In the Wilderness (Version 2)
Read by Jessica Zdanowicz
Charles Dudley Warner
Warner’s main theme is how small and often-ridiculous the human being is when exploring in the wilderness. Warner’s love of nature and his c…
Frank Merriwell at Yale; Or, Freshman Against Freshman
Read by KevinS
Burt L. Standish
Gilbert Patten, writing under the pen name of Burt L. Standish, wrote innumerable novels that were very popular in their time. His Frank Mer…
A Treatise Of Human Nature, Volume 1
Read by George Yeager
David Hume
This book, published in two volumes called "books" by the author, is a treatment of everything from the origin of our ideas to how…
Electricity
Read by Myke Bartlett
Myke Bartlett
1999 - Aston Somerfield, casual smoker and part-time alcoholic, has come to London to find himself. He knows who he's looking for, he's seen…
Study Skills
Read by Sally LePage, Liz Timoney White, Inés Dawson and Luke Ogilvie-Thomson
Sally LePage, Liz Timoney White, Inés Dawson and Luke Ogilvie-Thomson
University of Oxford Podcasts
The Autobiography of an Electron
Read by Laura Victoria
Charles R. Gibson
"While many scientific men now understand our place in the universe, we electrons are anxious that every person should know the very im…
Companionable Books
Read by MaryAnn
Henry van Dyke
Many books are dry and dusty, there is no juice in them; and many are soon exhausted, you would no more go back to them than to a squeezed o…
That House I Bought; A Little Leaf From Life
Read by David Wales
Henry Edward Warner
This is a whimsical, entertaining, tongue in cheek narrative of the author’s purchase of a house, circa 1911. - Summary by david wales
Blindfolded
Read by Roger Melin
Earle Ashley Walcott
Giles Dudley is called upon by his cousin Henry Wilton to assist him in San Francisco, but the reason for the summons is not at all clear. D…
An Alphabet of History
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Wilbur D. Nesbit
An alphabet of historical characters presented in poetical form! In their original form, the contents of thisbook appeared in the Chicago Su…
The Pupil
Read by Nicholas Clifford (1930-2019)
Henry James
Pemberton, a young American with an Oxford education and out of money, takes a job tutoring Morgan Moreen, the 12-year old son of an America…
How to Write a Novel
Read by Brett W. Downey
William James Mcglothlin
I address myself to the man or woman of talent—those people who have writing ability, but who need instruction in the manipulation of charac…
Their Yesterdays
Read by Megan Kunkel
Harold Bell Wright
The story of a man and a woman, as they experience The Thirteen Truly Great Things of Life: Dreams, Occupation, Knowledge, Ignorance, Religi…