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The Tale of a Tank, and Other Yarns

Read by Steve C


Harold Ashton


Harold Ashton was the War Correspondent of The Daily News during the First World War and reported extensively on the British army’s involvem…

First From the Front

Read by Steve C


Harold Ashton


In this brief book I have lifted a very small corner of the curtain of war, to tell of my adventures — a week in the North Sea, and a breath…

Stories Of Alpine Adventure

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell


Mont Blanc is the Monarch of the Mountains: They crown'd him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow. (Byr…

Stories Of Balloon Adventure

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell


In the following pages will be found brief narratives of some of the more famous incidents and exciting episodes which mark the history of b…

Stories of the Fire Brigade

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell


The stories presented here have been collected from reports of actual incidents responded to by various fire brigades with examples from bot…

Stories of the Royal Humane Society

Read by Steve C


Frank Mundell


Established in 1774, the ‘Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned’ published information on how to save people from drowning,…

An Idler In The Wilds

Read by Steve C


Tickner Edwardes


Although he was well known around the South Downs in West Sussex as 'The Bee-man of Burpham', Tickner Edwardes also had a great affinity for…

The Burston Rebellion

Read by Steve C


Thomas George Higdon


The early 20th century in Great Britain saw a seismic shift in political awareness especially amongst the working classes. This led to a sig…

The World of Unicellular

Read by Oleg Seriy and MaRiCaBo


Oleg Seriy and MaRiCaBo


It is the next book of an author of apocalyptic books. It may be said that this book is an adapted version of “Book of Rescue from the Dooms…

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Read by Alex C. Telander


Jules Verne


Join three intrepid explorers as they seek to cross and explore the continent of Africa from Indian Ocean to Atlantic Ocean, except they’re …

Dick Sands the Boy Captain

Read by Alex C. Telander


Jules Verne


Dick Sands, a youth of fifteen, must assume command of a ship after the disappearance of its captain. Nature’s forces combined with evil doi…

The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth

Read by Alex C. Telander


H. G. Wells


Two stuffy English scientists, always looking to further their scientific knowledge, create a substance called Herakleophorbia, which in its…

Remarkable Incidents and Modern Miracles Through Prayer and Faith

Read by G. C. Bevington


G. C. Bevington


G.C. Bevington was a holiness Methodist itinerant preacher who was based in Kentucky but traveled far and wide across America in the 1920s. …

Caging Schrödinger's Cat - Quantum Nanotechnology

Read by Simon C. Benjamin


Simon C. Benjamin


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph

Read by Alex C. Telander


Henry M. Field


Cyrus W. Field had a dream: to link the Old World of Britain and Europe to that of the New World of North America by a telegraph cable stret…

Experimental Psychology Department

Read by Larry Weiskrantz and Oliver Braddick


Larry Weiskrantz and Oliver Braddick


University of Oxford Podcasts

Implant

Read by Michael Wallace and Jefferey Anderson


Michael Wallace and Jefferey Anderson


Neurosurgeon Julia Nolan places cortical implants into the brains of field operatives to record data from their auditory and visual cortices…

What is Tragedy?

Read by Oliver Taplin and Joshua Billings


Oliver Taplin and Joshua Billings


University of Oxford Podcasts

Ancient Egypt

Read by Richard Parkinson and Barbara Ewing


Richard Parkinson and Barbara Ewing


University of Oxford Podcasts

The World of Art

Read by Donna Kurtz and Sebastian Rahtz


Donna Kurtz and Sebastian Rahtz


University of Oxford Podcasts

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