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Doctor Johnson: A Play

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A. Edward Newton


The life of Doctor Johnson, told in his own words and (mostly) those of others around him. "Anyone with a teaspoonful of imagination ca…

Plan and Preface to a Dictionary of the English Language

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)


Samuel Johnson


The published dictionary was a huge book: with pages nearly 1½ feet tall and 20 inches wide, it contained 42,773 words; it also sold …

Selected Essays of Samuel Johnson

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Samuel Johnson


This is a volume of selected essays by "the great master of reason" Samuel Johnson. The most famous exerpts from The Rambler, The …

Samuel Johnson

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Lynda Mugglestone


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. II

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James Boswell


Boswell's famous work on the life of his admired friend Johnson, the formidable poet, essayist, moralist, literary critic, biographer, edito…

Prayers and Meditations

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Samuel Johnson


The prayers and meditations of Samuel Johnson, published posthumously by George Strahan to whom Johnson had entrusted the manuscripts. Johns…

Canon In D


Rev Austin Fleming


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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 …

1 & 2 Peter (KJV) Read by James Earl Jones


Ferox Aeternum


1 & 2 Peter (KJV) Read by James Earl Jones

Discoveries: Essays in Literary Criticism

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John Middleton Murry


Introductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the titl…

The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I

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James Boswell


Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson is widely considered to be the greatest English-language biography ever written. It was revolutionary in it…

Putting the Most Into Life

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Booker T. Washington


The chapters in this little book were originally part of a series of Sunday Evening Talks given by the Principal to the students of the Tusk…

011 Twelve Great Books With Paul Turner


Kenneth Ortiz


Reading good books is an essential discipline for any leader, both for the feeding of our own souls as well as for the development of our le…

Trader Tales 3: Full Share

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Nathan Lowell


The Lois McKendrick runs headlong into trouble when a routine in-system transit goes bad. Ishmael and the rest of the crew must scramble to …

How to Write a Novel

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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…

Hume's Central Principles

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Peter Millican


University of Oxford Podcasts

Fame and Fortune Weekly No. 7: Winning His Way

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Frank Tousey


The recent death of Frank Morris' father, Owner and Editor of the Green River Argus, has left his 18 year-old son, Frank to take up the chal…

Trader Tales 3: Full Share

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Nathan Lowell


The Lois McKendrick runs headlong into trouble when a routine in-system transit goes bad. Ishmael and the rest of the crew must scramble to …

Take, O Take Me As I Am


Rev Austin Fleming


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The Divine Companion (Version 2)

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James Allen


It cannot be said of this book that James Allen wrote it at any particular time or in any one year, for he was engaged in it over many years…

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