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Idle Days in Patagonia

Read by Kevin W. Davidson


William Henry Hudson


Hudson traveled to Patagonia to study the birds, but shortly upon arrival accidentally shot himself in the knee, requiring a lengthy period …

Kriloff's Fables

Read by Kevin W. Davidson


Ivan Krylov


Herein is a collection of 86 fables translated into English from the 201 written by Kriloff. Some of Kriloff's fables are translations from …

How a British Subject Became President of the United States

Read by Kevin W. Davidson


Arthur P. Hinman


In 1880, the New York Times reported a curious story from St. Albans, Vermont, about a mysterious figure, an attorney and Democratic operati…

Genomic Medicine - hype or hope?

In Medical Sciences

Read by Hugh Watkins


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

An advert for the lecture series "Love and other things"

In Oxford Abridged Short Talks

Read by Ed Watkins


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Research into Stuttering using Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

In Research Topics in Biomedical Sciences

Read by Kate Watkins


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Sunrise Serenade

In Birds and Nature, Vol. VIII, No 5, December 1900

Read by Tim Watkins


Various


"Birds and Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems, stories a…

Chapter 1.XXXVIII.—How Gargantua did eat up six pilgrims in a salad

In Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book I

Read by Daniel Watkins


Francois Rabelais and François Rabelais


The Life of Gargantua and of Pantagruel (in French, La vie de Gargantua et de Pantagruel) is a connected series of five novels written in th…

A Deer Hunt

In Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads

Read by Tim Watkins


John Lomax


John Avery Lomax is a towering figure in the field of early American musicology and folklore. Through intensive field work, Lomax built up …

2-11-The Different Systems of legislation

In The Social Contract

Read by Daniel Watkins


Jean-Jacques Rousseau


The Social Contract outlines Rousseau's views on political justice, explaining how a just and legitimate state is to be founded, organized a…

Chapter 15: The Bloody Angle

In Football Days: Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball

Read by Daniel Watkins


William H. Edwards and William Hanford Edwards


A book reminiscent of the days when football was gaining popularity in America. (summary by Ian Hatley)

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