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Chapter 5 - The Scattering of the People

In The Bible in Its Making

Read by Jamie Allen


Mildred Duff and Noel Hope and Mildred Duff


One great universal law runs through the realm of nature. Our Saviour gave it in a sentence: 'First the blade, then the ear, after that the …

Fried Green Zombies

Read by John Allen


John Allen


Chett and Harry are two recently unemployed construction workers on their way to a weekend of beer, Southern Comfort, and frog gigging at th…

The Aeneid of Virgil (Version 2)

Read by George Allen


Virgil


The Aeneid is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BC that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy,…

Donal Grant

Read by Devorah Allen


George MacDonald


After leaving home in search of work, Donal Grant accepts a position as tutor to a young boy who lives in a sprawling castle, which also hou…

Malcolm

Read by Devorah Allen


George MacDonald


Malcolm MacPhail has lived, for all of his twenty or so years, in a fishing village on the north coast of Scotland. He lives with his grandf…

Little Miss Grasshopper

Read by Devorah Allen


Johanna Spyri


The Feland family go on a holiday in Switzerland. While there, their impulsive younger daughter gets into a scrape that teaches the whole fa…

Symbolism

Read by Jeff Allen


Johann Adam Möhler


Johann Adam Möhler was professor theology at the Tübingen University where both Catholics and Protestants taught and studied. In 1…

Dymer

Read by Devorah Allen


C. S. Lewis


This is a narrative poem written by C.S. Lewis, begun in his teen years and published when he was a tutor at Oxford. It appeared in print un…

Human Sacrifice

Read by Jeff Allen


John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton


This was one of Lord Acton's essays, that was in response to the publication of the letters between Sir Robert Peel and Lord Macaulay. Lord…

The Marquis of Lossie

Read by Devorah Allen


George MacDonald


This book is the sequel to Malcolm.Having now learned the truth of his own parentage, and some important facts regarding the birth of his la…

The Basis Of Morality

Read by Jeffrey Allen Stumpf


Arthur Schopenhauer


In 1837, the Danish Royal Society of Sciences offered a prize to any essayist who could satisfactorily answer the question, "Is the fou…

My Brother's Story

Read by Allen Johnson Jr.


Allen Johnson Jr.


The Blackwater Novels are set in the 1930s along the Blackwater Swamp, near the fictional town of Turpentine, Georgia. Get in trouble with t…

The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Sankaracarya, Volume 1

Read by Jeffrey Allen Stumpf


Bādarāyaṇaandadi Shankara


The Vedanta Sutras, or Brahma Sutras as they are also known, is a Sanskrit text attributed to the sage Badarayana (also known as Vyasa) writ…

Animals’ Rights Considered In Relation To Social Progress (Version 2)

Read by Jeffrey Allen Stumpf


Henry Salt


Published in 1892, this pioneering book presents early philosophical and ethical arguments for the compassionate treatment of animals and cr…

18 - Waly, Waly, Love be Bonny

In A Book of Old English Ballads

Read by Jamie


George Wharton Edwards


In this selection... the aim has been to bring within moderate compass a collection of these songs of the people which should fairly represe…

The Roman Empire Divided

In The Story of the Romans

Read by Jamie


H. A. Guerber


A collection of short stories and histories of Rome, from its beginning to its end. (Ann Boulais)

Modelling the emission and transport of Saharan dust

In School of Geography and the Environment Podcasts

Read by Jamie Banks


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Managing risk from climate variability and change: lessons from Australia's Murr…

In Water Security, Risk and Society Conference

Read by Jamie Pittock


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The strengths and weaknesses of social media

In Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Read by Jamie Bartlett


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts