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George Bernard Shaw

Read by Ray Clare


G. K. Chesterton


Chesterton and Shaw were famous friends and enjoyed their arguments and discussions. Although rarely in agreement, they both maintained good…

The Journal of a Disappointed Man

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W. N. P. Barbellion


The journal of British naturalist Bruce Frederick Cummings, spanning from his early childhood through to his early death from complications …

Ingersoll on THOMAS PAINE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1, Lec…

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Robert G. Ingersoll


Col. Ingersoll begins his lectures on famous people as follows: [i]"It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of ge…

Confessions of an English Opium-Eater

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Thomas De Quincey


“Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty Opium!”Though apparently presenting the reader with a collage of poignant memori…

Tremendous Trifles

Read by Ray Clare


G. K. Chesterton


“None of us think enough of these things on which the eye rests. But don't let us let the eye rest. Why should the eye be so lazy? Let us ex…

An Amiable Charlatan

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E. Phillips Oppenheim


An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating h…

The History of the Life of the Late Mr. Jonathan Wild the Great

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Henry Fielding


This novel is sometimes thought of as [Fielding's] first because he almost certainly began composing it before he wrote Shamela and Joseph A…

Hume's Central Principles

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Peter Millican


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Tale Of Tommy Fox

Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)


Arthur Scott Bailey


Bailey's writing has been described thusly by the Newark Evening News: "Mr. Bailey centered all his plots in the animal, bird and insec…

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…

Bill Nye's Cordwood

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Bill Nye


From Galileo to Grover Cleveland, from wasps to cattle, from dinosaurs to the railroad, Bill Nye's wide ranging wit pokes gentle fun at ever…

Deephaven

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Sarah Orne Jewett


Sarah Orne Jewett is best known for her clean and clear descriptive powers that at once elevate common-place daily events to something remar…

Kleine Dorrit

Read by Marcel Coenders


Charles Dickens


De familie Dorrit verblijft door schulden belast meer dan 20 jaar in de schuldengevangenis de Marshalsea in Londen. Zullen zij ontlast worde…

Gevoel en Verstand

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Jane Austen


Nederlandse vertaling (uit 1922) van "Sense and Sensibility" door Gonne Loman-van Uildriks (1863-1921). Dit is Jane Austen's eers…

Forty-One Letters on Religious Subjects

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John Newton


Among the excellences which appear in all the published letters of Newton, we may mention:In the first place, the grand design — the high an…

Fresh Every Hour

Read by Lee Smalley


John Peter Toohey


This book is best described by its subtitle: “DETAILING the Adventures, Comic and Pathetic of one Jimmy Martin, Purveyor of Publicity, a You…

G.K. Chesterton in The Century Illustrated Magazine

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G. K. Chesterton


A collection of 5 articles/essays and 2 letters written by G.K. Chesterton in "The Century Illustrated Magazine". The pubilcation …

Aus Prager Gassen und Nächten

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Egon Erwin Kisch


Egon Erwin Kisch, auch bekannt als „der rasende Reporter“, erzählt hier in kleinen Reportagen Begebenheiten aus Prag. Informationen aus…

Be a Cheerful Giver - 2 Cor 9:6-11


Father Patrick Jackson


Sermon given on October 8, 2017 at St. Stephen Antiochian Orthodox Church, Campbell, CA

G.K. Chesterton in The British Review

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G. K. Chesterton


Four articles/essays written by G.K. Chesterton for "The British Review". These were published in 1913 and 1914. (Summary by Maria…

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