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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz

Read by Kevin W. Davidson


Hafiz and Hafez


Hafiz was a Persian poet. His collected works (Divan) are regarded as a pinnacle of Persian literature. While influenced by Islam, his mysti…

Modern Russian Poetry: An Anthology

Read by Kevin W. Davidson


Varioustranslated Bybabette Deutsch


This volume...aims to present the lyrical poetry of Russian for the last hundred years by a selection of poems translated by the editors...T…

Idle Days in Patagonia

Read by Kevin W. Davidson


William Henry Hudson


Hudson traveled to Patagonia to study the birds, but shortly upon arrival accidentally shot himself in the knee, requiring a lengthy period …

Kriloff's Fables

Read by Kevin W. Davidson


Ivan Krylov


Herein is a collection of 86 fables translated into English from the 201 written by Kriloff. Some of Kriloff's fables are translations from …

How a British Subject Became President of the United States

Read by Kevin W. Davidson


Arthur P. Hinman


In 1880, the New York Times reported a curious story from St. Albans, Vermont, about a mysterious figure, an attorney and Democratic operati…

String Theory on the Sky

In Theoretical Physics - From Outer Space to Plasma

Read by David Marsh


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

String Theory on the Sky

In Oxford Physics Alumni

Read by David Marsh


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Student Evaluations of University Teaching: Recommendations for Policy and Pract…

In Department of Education Public Seminars

Read by Herb Marsh


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Chapter 10 Another Successful Speculation, Part 1

In Struggles and Triumphs, or Forty Years' of Recollections of P.T. Barnum, writte…

Read by Stephen Marsh


P. T. Barnum


The 1873 edition of the autobiography of the founding genius of the "Greatest Show on Earth," P.T. (Phineas Taylor) Barnum. It d…

09 - Book 2, Ch 01-03

In The Antiquities of the Jews, Volume 1

Read by Stephen Marsh


Flavius Josephus


Antiquities of the Jews was a work published by the important Jewish historian Flavius Josephus about the year 93 or 94. It is a history of …

1.1.II. Realised Ideals.

In The French Revolution Volume 1 the Bastille

Read by Stephen Marsh


Thomas Carlyle


The French Revolution: A History was written by the Scottish essayist, philosopher, and historian Thomas Carlyle. The three-volume work, fir…

Part 29

In The Life of Samuel Johnson, Vol. I

Read by Nick Marsh


James Boswell


Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson is widely considered to be the greatest English-language biography ever written. It was revolutionary in it…

On Dr. Spurzheim's Theory, part 1

In The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things

Read by Stephen Marsh


William Hazlitt


The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things is a posthumous collection of essays by William Hazlitt, organized by his grandson, Wi…

Hannibal

In Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 1

Read by Stephen Marsh


Charles F. Horne


Great Men and Famous Women is an 8-volume work by various authors containing “A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than …

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