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900 years of making a difference: the history of philanthropy at the University …

In Alumni Weekend

Read by Chris Day


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

A Fox and a Raven by Rebecca H. Davis

In The Junior Classics Volume 6: Old-Fashioned Tales

Read by Peter


Variousandwilliam Patten


This collection of The Junior Classics is compiled from many wonderful authors including Alcott, Dickens, Hawthorne, and Carroll. The storie…

Challenges when working in an overseas environment

In NDM International Activities

Read by Daniel Paris, Nick Day and Stuart Blacksell


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

11 - Waking and 12 - Which Dreamed it?

In Through the Looking-Glass

Read by Peter Yearsley


Lewis Carroll


Through the Looking Glass, the sequel to Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, was written in 1872 and it finds Alice in a land …

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In To His Coy Mistress

Read by Peter Eastman


Andrew Marvell


LibriVox volunteers bring you eleven different recordings of To His Coy Mistress, by Andrew Marvell, one of the greatest seduction speeches …

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In Anthem for Doomed Youth

Read by Peter Yearsley


Wilfred Owen


LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 different recordings of Anthem for Doomed Youth, by Wilfred Owen, in honor of Veteran’s Day, Remembrance Da…

The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 03

In The War of the Worlds

Read by Peter Yearsley


H. G. Wells


H. G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds in 1898, when there was much speculation about life on the planet Mars. The book is considered to be…

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In Twas the Night Before Christmas (A Visit From St. Nicholas)

Read by Peter Yearsley


moore_c and Clement Clarke Moore


LibriVox volunteers bring you nine different readings of Clement C. Moore's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, a weekly poetry project. (Summ…

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In The Singing-Woman from the Wood's Edge

Read by Peter Yearsley


Edna St. Vincent Millay


LibriVox volunteers bring you eight different recordings of The Singing-Woman from the Wood's Edge, by Edna St. Vincent Millay, to celebrate…

The Demoiselle D'YS

In The King in Yellow (part 1)

Read by Peter Yearsley


Robert W. Chambers


Robert W. Chambers (1865-1933) studied art in Paris in the late 80's and early 90's, where his work was displayed at the Salon. However, sho…

Chapter IV, Part 11

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 1, Chapter 04)

Read by Peter Groom


Thomas Babington Macaulay


This chapter is a bit of a mixture. It begins with the death of Charles II and then goes on to James II. Judge Jeffries then makes an appear…

II.XXIII: Fire Rises

In A Tale of Two Cities

Read by Peter Eastman


Charles Dickens


A Tale of Two Cities (1859) is a historical novel by Charles Dickens; it is moreover a moral novel strongly concerned with themes of guilt, …

War is Kind - Read by PY

In War Is Kind

Read by Peter Yearsley


Stephen Crane


This weekly poem commemorated the anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with “War is Kind” by Stephen Crane. The tit…

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