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Some Experiences of an Irish R.M.

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


Edith Œnone Somerville


This is the first of three novels which Edith Somerville and her cousin Violet Martin wrote about the English Major Sinclair Yates who leave…

The Gamekeeper at Home

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


Richard Jefferies


Richard Jefferies (1848 – 1887) was born and spent his childhood on a farm at Coate,Wiltshire. He joined the ‘Wiltshire and Gloucestershire …

Bladys of the Stewponey

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


Sabine Baring-Gould


The setting, geography and history of this story by Rev'd Sabine Baring-Gould, author of Onward Christian Soldiers and a number of other wel…

When William Came

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


Saki


We have had many novels about alternate histories, often of the 'What would have happened if Hitler had won the war' type and this is anothe…

George and Robert Stephenson

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)


Samuel Smiles


George Stephenson did not invent the steam engine, that was due to Newcomen and later to James Watt. He did not invent the steam locomotive,…

Provisional acquisition as 'true acquisition', Kant's argument against colonialism

In Politics and International Relations Podcasts

Read by Alice Walla


Various


Podcasts from the Department of Politics and International relations and its centres.

Historia de la cuchara y el tenedor

In La Edad de Oro

Read by Andy


Jose Marti and José Martí


Colección de cuentos para niños y niñas por José Martí.

Chapter 40

In Middlemarch

Read by Andy


George Eliot


The book examines the role of education in the lives of the characters and how such education and study has affected the characters. Rosamon…

The Decision of Libuscha

In Myths and Legends of All Nations

Read by Andy


Logan Marshall


This excellent book contains many great stories from the various mythologies of man throughout the ages.

Ch 76: Conclusion

In Phineas Finn the Irish Member

Read by Andy


Anthony Trollope


Phineas Finn is the sequel to “Can you Forgive Her?” and the second novel in Trollope’s Palliser series. The eponymous hero is a young Irish…

Rima LIII

In Multilingual Poetry Collection 005

Read by Andy


Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer


In LibriVox's Multilingual Poetry Collection, LibriVox volunteers read their favourite public-domain poems in languages other than English. …

Chapter 11

In Zadig or the Book of Fate

Read by Andy


Voltaire


Zadig, ou La Destinée, ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel written by the French Enlightenment philosop…

Lesson 36. Per. Kun. Sen.

In The Esperanto Teacher

Read by Andy


Helen Fryer


The international language Esperanto was first released to the world in 1887, when L. L. Zamenhof published his first book, "Dr. Espera…

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