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Pressed for Time: The Acceleration of Life in Digital Capitalism

In Oxford Internet Institute

Read by Judy Wajcman and John Naughton


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Emerald City of Oz

Read by Judy Bieber


L. Frank Baum


The Emerald City of Oz (1910) was the sixth Oz book written by L. Frank Baum, a title he hoped would be the last. In this book, Dorothy and …

Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz

Read by Judy Bieber


L. Frank Baum


Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz was the fourth of 14 Oz books written by L. Frank Baum (1856-1919). Published in 1908, while Baum was resident …

Rinkitink in Oz

Read by Judy Bieber


L. Frank Baum


Rinkitink in Oz is the tenth book in the Oz series written by L. Frank Baum, first published in 1916. It was originally written in 1905 as a…

Ozma of Oz

Read by Judy Bieber


L. Frank Baum


Ozma of Oz was the third title in the Oz series by L. Frank Baum. In this book Dorothy is shipwrecked and lands on the shores of a fairy cou…

The Sea Fairies

Read by Judy Bieber


L. Frank Baum


In 1910, Baum hoped to end the Oz series and follow with a new series about a little girl named Trot and her sailor companion, Cap'n Bill. T…

Sky Island

Read by Judy Bieber


L. Frank Baum


Sky Island (1912) was the second of three titles written by Baum featuring a spunky girl from California, Trot, and her companion, the old s…

The Master Key

Read by Judy Bieber


L. Frank Baum


The Master Key was one of Baum's earliest full length fantasy books for children, published in 1901 just one year after The Wonderful Wizard…

Persuasion (version 7)

Read by Judy Guinan


Jane Austen


Anne Elliot, a young Englishwoman of 27 years, whose family is moving to get out of debt, rents their home to an Admiral. The brother of the…

The Romance of Rubber

Read by Judy Bieber


United States Rubber Company


This pamphlet was published in the early 20th century by the United States Rubber Company so that "coming generations of our country ..…

Oriel College

Read by John Stevenson and Moira Wallace


John Stevenson and Moira Wallace


University of Oxford Podcasts

The House by the Churchyard

Read by John


Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu


Murder, mystery, mayhem, romance and relationships. Our classic who-done-it takes place in olde Dublin, Ireland in the village of Chapelizod…

The Gold of Fairnilee

Read by John


Andrew Lang


A fairy story set in Scotland about Jean and Randal and what happens when Randal disappears into fairyland. This is Lang's second fairy tal…

The Submarine Boys and the Smugglers

Read by John


Victor G. Durham


Three American naval officers are assigned to a newly commissioned submarine, the Grant. The US navy wants commander Jack, ensigns Hal and E…

The Spy Company, a Story of the Mexican War

Read by John


Archibald Clavering Gunter


The Exciting adventures of a beautiful Texan debutante. She was raised in New York City high society and attended the best schools. When her…

Purgatory

Read by John


Rev. Francois Xavier Schouppe


Purgatory by FX Schouppe, SJ, a french Catholic theologian who died in November, 1904 details the place where saved souls go before Heaven. …

The Art of Dying Well

Read by John


St. Robert Bellarmine


The Art of Dying Well is a guide book for people who want to go to heaven. It was written over 400 years ago by Saint Robert Bellarmine in l…

Secret history revealed by Lady Peggy O'Malley

Read by John


Charles Norris Williamson and Alice Muriel Williamson


"If, two years ago, when I was sixteen, I hadn’t wanted money to buy a white frock with roses on it, which I saw in Selfridge’s window,…

The Wild Irishman

Read by John


T. W. H. Crosland


History and customs of the Irish and Ireland. A word of warning to the listener: The Wild Irishman contains the biased, uncomplimentary opin…