reader:"Leigh Fletcher and Chris Lintott"

This volume continues Miss Mitford's reflections on the changes to village life and characters when she returns two years after the end of V…

Bosom Friends: A Seaside Story

Read by Anne Fletcher

Angela Brazil

Two girls with the same name and completely different characteristics visit the seaside and become friends. (Summary by Victoria)Note: Pleas…

Frostiana: or a history of the River Thames in a frozen state

Read by Lewis Fletcher

George Davis

The frost fair of 1814 began on 1 February, and lasted four days. A printer named George Davis published a 124-page book, "Frostiana; o…

The Magic Nuts

Read by Anne Fletcher

Mary Louisa Molesworth

A delightful children’s story about Leonore, a little English girl, taken by her governess to Fraulein Elsa’s home town in an (unnamed) coun…

Letters from Mrs Palmerstone to Her Daughter, Volume One

Read by Anne Fletcher

Rachel Hunter

The extended title of these volumes is 'Inculcating Morality by Entertaining Narratives”, and in the preface the Author indicates she offere…

The Raven

Read by Chris Goringe

Edgar Allan Poe

Perhaps Edgar Allen Poe's most famous poem, the "Raven" is a macabre exploration of a man, his memories of Lenore, and the black b…

The Book of Lieh-Tzu

Read by Chris Masterson

Liezi

Although Lieh Tzu's work has evidently passed through the hands of many editors and gathered numerous accretions, there remains a considerab…

Walking

Read by Chris Masterson

Henry David Thoreau

This was originally a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum titled "The Wild" . He revised it before his death an…

Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 2)

Read by Chris Hughes

William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal wit…

She-rab Dong-bu (The Tree of Wisdom)

Read by Chris Masterson

Nagarjuna

The She-rab Dong-bu (Tree of Wisdom) is a metrical translation in Tibetan of a Sanscrit ethical work entitled Prajnya Danda, written by Naga…

Yang Chu's Garden of Pleasure

Read by Chris Masterson

Liezi

At the Court of Liang at the period of Yang Chu, about 300 B.C., the philosophers were treated as guests of the reigning king, who reserved …

Youth, a Narrative

Read by Chris Hughes

Joseph Conrad

An autobiographical short story written in 1898 and included as the first story in the 1902 volume Youth, a Narrative, and Two Other Stories…

The Glugs of Gosh

Read by Chris Goringe

C. J. Dennis

First published in 1917, The Glugs of Gosh satirizes Australian life at the start of the twentieth century - but the absurdities it catalogs…

A System of Logic

Read by Chris Greaves

John Stuart Mill

"In this work, he formulated the five principles of inductive reasoning that are known as Mill's Methods. This work is important in the…

The Blue Behemoth

Read by Chris Fong

Leigh Douglass Brackett

Shannon's Imperial Circus was a jinxed space-carny leased for a mysterious tour of the inner worlds. It made a one-night pitch on a Venusian…

Mornings at Bow Street

Read by Chris Caron

John Wight

This is a collection of various articles found in Morning Herald columns. Some are found interesting, some may be hilarious! The 84 pieces o…

Short Stories in Prose and Verse

Read by Chris Greaves

Henry Lawson

Short Stories in Prose and Verse” is Henry Lawson’s first published book (1894); his first published poem appeared in 1887. The volume is a …

The Powers That Prey

Read by Chris Pyle

Josiah Flynt

True stories of criminals (the powers that prey) and the system (the powers that rule) by journalists who went among the criminal classes to…

Rogue planet

In Oxford Martin School: Public Lectures and Seminars

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