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The Soul of an Immigrant

Read by Sue Anderson


Constantine Panunzio


Constantine Panunzio (1884-1964) begins his autobiography by describing his childhood in Molfetta, Italy. At age 13, he left home as a sailo…

My Days and Dreams

Read by Sue Anderson


Edward Carpenter


Hard to imagine now, but there have been times and places where just wearing sandals could get you labeled as being in rebellion against est…

Spiders

Read by Sue Anderson


Cecil Warburton


The mental capacity of spiders; web architecture; spiders that live under water, even though they need air to breath; spiders that mimic ant…

Our Search for a Wilderness, An Account of Two Ornithological Expeditions to Ve…

Read by Sue Anderson


William Beebe and Blair Niles


In 1908-1909, Mary Blair Beebe and her husband, C. William Beebe made two private expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana, exploring and…

Migration of Birds

Read by Sue Anderson


U.S. Fish And Wildlife Service and U. S. Fish And Wildlife Service


Snow Geese which left James Bay, Canada, arrived at the Louisiana Gulf coast "60 hours later after a continuous flight of over 1,700 mi…

Towards Democracy

Read by Sue Anderson


Edward Carpenter


“Civilization sinks and swims, but the old facts remain—the sun smiles, knowing well its strength.” Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) wrote his …

The Deportation Cases of 1919-1920

Read by Sue Anderson


Constantine Panunzio


"The study here presented embodies the findings of an investigation into the recent [1919-1920] deportations of persons deemed to be un…

Joanna Traill, Spinster

Read by Ashley Sue Murphy


Annie E. Holdsworth


Timid Joanna Traill’s every move is dictated by her overbearing sisters. Then she meets Mr. Boas, a man who works to give “fallen” women a …

The Fraud of Forgiveness without Reconciliation in Economic Life.

In Alumni Weekend

Read by Michael Black


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Ambition for Leadership

In Women in Science

Read by Carol Black


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Pictures of Philostratus - Part 13

In Essays on Art

Read by Elizabeth Black


Johann Wolfgang von Goethe


Essays on art, letters, thoughts, aphorisms - Goethe's thoughts were dealing with artworks of every branch of arts. He addressed many aspect…

The Common Milkweed

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 067

Read by Sue Anderson


Harriet Louise Keeler


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. Two U.S. Presidents are remembered in "A Colored Man's Reminiscences of James Madi…

Trees in Landscape Painting, Considerations of Balance

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 080

Read by Sue Anderson


Rex Vicat Cole


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Not one of us actually thinks for himself, or in any orderly and scientific manne…

Nibble Rabbit’s Storm Party

In Mostly About Nibble the Bunny

Read by Sue Gill


John Breck


Follow, “A Very Small Bunny Has a Very Big Adventure” as Nibble Rabbit romps through the clover patch and into the woods where he founds the…

Cochineal

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 058

Read by Sue Anderson


Charles Aubrey Ealand


Sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain, independently chosen by the readers. The human condition is variously explored in Chest…

Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States (Excerpt)

In Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 076

Read by Sue Anderson


US Dept of Agriculture & US Food Administration and United States Department of Agriculture


Twenty short nonfiction works chosen by the readers. "Our constitution is color-blind... the law regards man as man and takes no accoun…

A Blacksmith by Trade

In A Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound

Read by Sue Anderson


John R. Jewitt


John Jewitt (1783-1821), a blacksmith by trade, spent the years 1803-1806 as a slave among the Nuu-chah-nulth people of Nootka Sound, off t…

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