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History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Volume 2

Read by Christopher Smith


Jean-Henri Merle d'Aubigné


The History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, by Jean-Henri Merle d’Aubigné, is a classic work on the great events that re…

Favorite Fairy Tales

Read by Evan Smith


Logan Marshall


This is a collection of the fairy tales that children love best, told in simple language and lavishly illustrated. They are written by vario…

The Great Gatsby (Version 3)

Read by Scotty Smith


F. Scott Fitzgerald


A novel set in the roaring 20's follows Nick Carroway, a young, single veteran turned bond salesman as he is thrust into the high society of…

The Nursery ''Alice''

Read by Scotty Smith


Lewis Carroll


A shortened version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland . . . adapted by the author himself for children "from nought to five". . …

Eureka: A Prose Poem

Read by Scotty Smith


Edgar Allan Poe


Eureka is Poe's attempt at explaining the universe, using his general proposition "Because Nothing was, therefore All Things are".…

Songs from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass

Read by Evan Smith


Lewis Carroll


This is a compilation of the poems in Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. As noted in the title, the poems are transformed i…

Baled Hay: A Drier Book than Walt Whitman's ''Leaves o' Grass''

Read by Scotty Smith


Bill Nye


There can really be no excuse for this last book of trite and beautiful sayings. I do not attempt, in any way, to palliate this great wrong.…

Shorty McCabe

Read by Scotty Smith


Sewell Ford


Yes, it's been a couple of years since I quit the ring. . . . I slid into a quiet corner for a month or so, and then I dropped into the only…

The Incubator Baby

Read by Scotty Smith


Ellis Parker Butler


Marjorie Fielding is born premature and spends her first months of life in an incubator. Her mother is a modern, broad-minded woman eschewin…

Jātaka Tales

Read by Scotty Smith


H. T. Francis


Jātaka tales are ancient Indian folktales that form a part of Buddhist teaching, telling stories of the Buddha’s past lives. Akin to Aesop’s…

The Kingdom of Happiness

Read by Scotty Smith


Jiddu Krishnamurti


The first publication of talks given by Jiddu Krishnamurti, a uniquely original thinker of the 20th century. Selected as a boy by leaders of…

The Beacon Second Reader

Read by Evan Smith


James Hiram Fassett and Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


In the "Beacon Second Reader" the author has chosen for his stories only those of recognized literary merit; and while it has been…

Anthem (Version 6)

Read by Scotty Smith


Ayn Rand


A novelette set in the distant future, perhaps thousands of years. Technology has been lost and advancement suppressed. The people have eith…

The Spirit of Christ

Read by Christopher Smith


Andrew Murray


Shortly after his ascension to heaven, Jesus sent the Holy Spirit, the Promise of the Father, to indwell, comfort, teach, strengthen and enc…

XLI Poems

Read by Scotty Smith


E. E. Cummings


A book of 41 poems by E. E. Cummings classified as Songs I-XII [poems 1-12], Chansons Innocentes I-II [poems 13-14], Portraits I-IX [poems…

Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years, Volume 1

Read by Scotty Smith


Carl Sandburg


A fascinating look at the early life of Abraham Lincoln through his term as Illinois congressman. Writer and poet Carl Sandburg, with an acc…

Oxford Physics Research

Read by Chris Lintott, Roger Davies, Jo Dunkley and katherine blundell


Chris Lintott, Roger Davies, Jo Dunkley and katherine blundell


University of Oxford Podcasts

A Princess of Mars (Version 3)

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Edgar Rice Burroughs


John Carter is mysteriously conveyed to Mars, where he discovers two intelligent species continually embroiled in warfare. Although he is a …

Paradise Lost (version 2)

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


John Milton


As Vergil had surpassed Homer by adapting the epic form to celebrate the origin of the author’s nation, Milton developed it yet further to r…

Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus (Edition 1831)

Read by Thomas A. Copeland


Mary Shelley


A mentally unstable genius, Victor Frankenstein, inspired by the dreams of ancient alchemists and empowered by modern science, creates a hum…

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