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'Some Kind of Monster?' The Benefits and Burdens of Human Rights For Business - …

In RightsUp - Global perspectives on human rights law

Read by Laura Hilly, Kira Allmann, Max Harris, David Bilchitz and Karl Laird


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Certified - The True Story of David Harris

Read by David Harris


David Harris


Certified is the pacey, true life account of David Harris; how he went from typical Aussie kid to mentally deranged criminal, then experienc…

Odd Jobs - A Comic Novel

Read by Karl Meade


Karl Meade


Odd Jobs is a comic caper love story about Mountie women and layabout men, house and family, script-writers and cat-burglars. A modern tale …

E-Learning Podcasts

Read by Karl Harrison and Orla De Burca


Karl Harrison and Orla De Burca


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Coming People

Read by Max Cusimano


Charles F. Dole


Dole briefly sketches the history of life, and shows how it has a definite direction - toward the survival of the kind and gentle people. It…

Eastern Stories and Legends

Read by Max Hollway


Marie Louise Shedlock


A collection of ancient myths, legends and fairy-tales. Each story is a timeless adventure featuring a hero who is sometimes a man, animal o…

Selected Short Stories

Read by Mike Harris


P. G. Wodehouse


A miscellaneous collection of short stories, not featuring any of Wodehouse's regular characters, most concern love and romance and, being W…

The Dragon and the Raven: Or The Days of King Alfred

Read by Mike Harris


G. A. Henty


During the reign of King Alfred, Danish forces have invaded the English countryside. Although the English try to repulse these attacks, they…

The Tiger of Mysore

Read by Mike Harris


G. A. Henty


During the Indian war with Tippoo Saib, 15 year old Dick Holland and his mother set out from England to find and rescue his father, shipwrec…

One of the 28th - a Tale of Waterloo

Read by Mike Harris


G. A. Henty


A tale of Victorian-style romance, maritime battles and even the penultimate Napoleonic battle - Waterloo. (Introduction by Mike Harris)

At Agincourt - White Hoods of Paris

Read by Mike Harris


G. A. Henty


The story begins in a grim feudal castle in Normandie. The times were troublous, and soon the king compelled Lady Margaret de Villeroy, with…

Plain Tales from the Hills

Read by Mike Harris


Rudyard Kipling


Named a "prophet of British imperialism" by the young George Orwell, and born in Bombay, India, Rudyard Kipling had perhaps the cl…

On the Irrawaddy, A Story of the First Burmese War

Read by Mike Harris


G. A. Henty


With the exception of the terrible retreat from Afghanistan, none of England's many little wars have been so fatal--in proportion to the num…

Teddy Talks

Read by Lionel Barber and David Waring


Lionel Barber and David Waring


University of Oxford Podcasts

Is a Business and Human Rights Treaty Necessary?

In Oxford Human Rights Hub Seminars

Read by David Bilchitz


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Indian Heroes and Great Chieftans

Read by Laura Caldwell


Charles Alexander Eastman


EVERY age, every race, has its leaders and heroes. There were over sixty distinct tribes of Indians on this continent, each of which boasted…

Fifty Famous Stories Retold

Read by Laura Caldwell


James Baldwin


Fifty Famous Stories Retold by James Baldwin is a collection of short stories that give a snapshot into the life of a legendary hero or an e…

A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains

Read by Laura Caldwell


Isabella L. Bird


Isabella Bird began travelling while in her early twenties to help alleviate illness that had plagued her since childhood. She was a single …

The World I Live In

Read by Laura Caldwell


Helen Keller


The World I Live In by Helen Keller is a collection of essays that poignantly tells of her impressions of the world, through her sense of to…

The Life of Kit Carson

Read by Laura Victoria


Edward S. Ellis


Christopher Carson, or as he was familiarly called, Kit Carson, was a man whose real worth was understood only by those with whom he was ass…

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