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The Sinai Joke, Nice Burglar, Out of the Past, A New Label

In Captain Billy's Whiz Bang, Vol. 2, No. 22, July, 1921

Read by Sean Short


W. H. Fawcett


"Captain Billy's Whiz Bang" was an iconic magazine of wit and humor launched by W.H. Fawcett in 1919. Each 64-page issue was packe…

Editorial

In The Crisis: A Record of the Darker Races, Vol. I, No. 1

Read by Sean Short


W. E. B. Du Bois


The Crisis is the official publication of the NAACP first published in 1910 with W. E. B. Du Bois, one of the founders, as editor. He exerc…

Collected Works of Saint Patrick

Read by Sean McKinley


Saint Patrick


St. Patrick's Breastplate - This prayer is attributed to St. Patrick and his disciples. It is written with some Celtic pagan elements, but i…

Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Judith

Read by Sean McKinley


Douay-Rheims Version


Judith is the 18th book of the Bible and one of the historical books in the Old Testament. The overall theme is the power of prayer. The Isr…

Bible (DRV) Apocrypha/Deuterocanon: Tobias

Read by Sean McKinley


Douay-Rheims Version


Tobias is the 17th book of the Bible and one of the historical books in the Old Testament. In the text, Raphael, after revealing his angelic…

God's Troubadour, The Story of St. Francis of Assisi

Read by Sean McKinley


Sophie Jewett


Francis, a young Italian boy, is a merchant's son who is enthralled by the troubadour songs and tales of knights that his father brings back…

The Free Press

Read by Sean McClain


Hilaire Belloc


I propose to discuss in what follows the evil of the great modern Capitalist Press, its function in vitiating and misinforming opinion and i…

Magic Words: A Tale for Christmas Time

Read by Sean McGaughey


Emilie Maceroni


Magic Words is a Victorian tale of a community and how a few women bring a special kind of Christmas magic to the community-- Magic that can…

The Irish Land Question

Read by Sean Dalton


Henry George


"What I want to impress upon those who may read this paper is this: The Irish land question is not a mere local question; it is a unive…

Your Bridge To Money

Read by Michael Sean Finley


Michael Sean Finley


Your Bridge To Money is a life guide for your personal finances. The Author is an average guy who simply has a passion for personal finance…

Canadian Wonder Tales

Read by Sean Michael Hogan


Cyrus Macmillan


This is a collection of folk tales originating in Canada, some from aboriginal oral tradition and others due to early French, Scottish, Iris…

The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice

Read by Sean Michael Hogan


Stephen Leacock


This lengthy political essay by noted Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock was written while he was professor of political economy at McGill U…

Adrift on an Ice-Pan

Read by Sean Michael Hogan


Sir Wilfred Grenfell


This autobiographical work describes the author's harrowing experience caught on a small drifting piece of ice, while crossing a frozen bay …

Le Petit Nord

Read by Sean Michael Hogan


Anne Maclanahan Grenfell


A collection of letters from Anne (MacLanahan) Grenfell, future wife of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, regarding her year of missionary service at th…

Ballads of Lost Haven: A Book of the Sea

Read by Sean Michael Hogan


Bliss Carman


This collection of lyric poems evokes the sea in every line, from birth (A Son of the Sea) to death (Outbound). The smells, sights and sound…

Australia: A Continuing Genocide?

In Oxford Transitional Justice Research Seminars

Read by Damien Short


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Old Tom

In Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe

Read by Mike Short


David Cory


David Cory is the author of more than 40 childrens books. This is the one in his series of Puss in Boots, Jr. The roots fo the legend of Pus…

Angela, an Inverted Love Story

In Coffee Break Collection 005 - Love and Relationships

Read by Andrew Short


William Schwenk Gilbert and W. S. Gilbert


This is a collection of 20 short works (between 3 and 15 minutes long) that are great for work/study breaks, commutes, workouts, or any time…