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From the Earth to the Moon, Version 2

Read by Mark F. Smith


Jules Verne


Jules Verne takes aim at some amusing stereotypes of Americans in this story of a pre-rocketry attempt to shoot a cannonball to the Moon. Th…

New Discoveries at Jamestown

Read by Mark F. Smith


John L. Cotter


Chances are, you are reading this because you are aware that Jamestown, Virginia, celebrated its 400th birthday in 2007. It was the first &q…

The Burial of the Guns

Read by Mark F. Smith


Thomas Nelson Page


This is a book of short stories centered around the Civil War and its aftermath. The author was a prominent Virginian in his day, and his wr…

Round the Moon (Version 2)

Read by Mark F. Smith


Jules Verne


Jules Verne’s sequel to his “From the Earth to the Moon” begins with a short chapter to catch you up, if you missed the first book.Then we j…

More Goops and How Not to Be Them

Read by Mark F. Smith


Frank Gelett Burgess


Deep in the heart of every parent is the wish, the desire, to have other adults tell us, in an unsolicited way, just how very polite one’s c…

The Federalist Papers (version 2)

Read by Mark F. Smith


Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison


“The Federalist Papers” are a collection of 85 linked essays that explain the construction of the U.S. government and why it was built that …

Pushing Leaves Towards the Sun

Read by Mark L Berry


Mark L Berry


When Oso gets yanked off his motorcycle and killed by a closed parking lot chain, Billy feels guilty for having taught him to hop curbs and …

Blake of the "Rattlesnake"

Read by Mark F. Smith


Frederick Thomas Jane


Fred Jane, who later went on to publish his famous "Jane's Fighting Ships", doubtless was noting the success of other books that f…

The Red Badge of Courage (Version 3)

Read by Mark F. Smith


Stephen Crane


A youth, caught up in patriotic fervor and dreams of glory, enlists in the Union Army. In his first battle, though, he runs away. Deeply ash…

Marvellous Hairy - a novel in five fractals

Read by Mark A. Rayner


Mark A. Rayner


So hair is sprouting in unspeakable places and you can no longer carry a tune, but if you’re a surrealistic artiste with an addiction to Fre…

Americans All, Immigrants All

Read by Mark F. Smith


U. S. Department Of The Interior Office Of Education


The United States Department of the Interior, Office of Education partnered with the Columbia Broadcasting System to present a series of 26 …

Judgement and Justice: The Life and Diary of William Godwin

Read by Mark Philp, David O’Shaughnessy and Ellen Sandford O'Neill


Mark Philp, David O’Shaughnessy and Ellen Sandford O'Neill


University of Oxford Podcasts

Letter XII

In Letters from Hell

Read by Mark R. Stevens


Valdemar Adolph Thisted


"Letters from Hell" is a didactic Christian fantasy novel, with a faint resemblance to C.S. Lewis' "The Screwtape Letters.&qu…

Book 1, Chapter I. A Dance on Staten Island in 1890

In The Unlit Lamp

Read by Mark R. Stevens


Elisabeth Sanxay Holding


An emotionally charged social drama from 1922, filled with the issues that burned so bright during the Roaring 20s as changing morals began …

Chapter 11

In A Modern Mephistopheles

Read by Mark R. Stevens


Louisa May Alcott


One of our favorite authors give us this book of lies, greed and lust. Originally published under a pen name. However, the author considered…

Chapter 01

In Nature And Art

Read by R. R. Oldja


Elizabeth Inchbald


This is a novel by the author of the play Lover's Vows which was mentioned in Mansfield Park by Jane Austen. William and Henry come to Londo…

'And Now Good Morning'

In A Little Queen of Hearts

Read by R. R. Oldja


Ruth Ogden


A charming children's story following the trials and tribulations of the simple life of Marie-Celeste as she endears herself to everyone who…

The Cunning of the Church

In Demon Draw

Read by R. Moses


R. Moses


A city old in prestige and hate... A woman torn between duty and love... And a plague of demons with no end to the horror in sight... Valena…

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