Search Results

The Prodigal Village; A Christmas Tale

Read by David Wales


Irving Bacheller


Small town life in early twentieth century New York state. This is a piquant parable of human nature. Bacheller's lightly humorous voice is …

Full Speed Ahead: Tales From The Log Of A Correspondent

Read by David Wales


Henry Beston


“These tales are memories of several months spent as a special correspondent attached to the forces of the American Navy on foreign service……

Benjamin Britten: Source Stories of Twelve Operas

Read by David Wales


Various


Britten's operas are firmly established in the international repertoire: according to Operabase, they are performed worldwide more than thos…

The Borough

Read by David Wales


George Crabbe


English village life and villagers in the east of England in the late 1700’s and early 1800s—is the subject of The Borough. George Crabbe …

Two American Slavery Documents

Read by David Wales


James Mars


This recording contains two original documents. 1) Life of James Mars, a Slave Born and Sold in Connecticut, by James Mars (1869). James …

A Christmas Miscellany 2017

Read by David Wales


Various


A selection of short works about Christmas. (Summary by david wales)

The Wooden Horse

Read by David Wales


Hugh Walpole


Walpole’s first novel (1909), The Wooden Horse is the story of the Trojans, a family which accepted tranquilly the belief that they were the…

Vindication Of The Rights Of Men, In A Letter To The Right Honourable Edmund Bu…

Read by David Wales


Mary Wollstonecraft


Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) attacks aristocracy and advocates republicanism. It was published in response to …

Joseph Haydn; Servant And Master

Read by David Wales


Herbert Francis Peyser


Haydn, barring a few hardships in his youth, lived an extraordinarily fortunate life and had abundant reason for the optimism which marked e…

Around The Yule Log

Read by David Wales


Willis Boyd Allen


Eleven yule-tide stories by a popular writer of the late 19th – early 20th centuries. - (Summary by david wales)

The Causes Of The American Civil War

Read by David Wales


John Lothrop Motley


John Lothrop Motley (1814 – 1877) was an American author and popular diplomat, who helped to prevent European intervention on the side of th…

Reminiscences Of A Workhouse Medical Officer

Read by David Wales


Joseph Rogers


Joseph Rogers (1821-1889) was an English physician, medical officer, and health care reformer in London. The system of poor-law dispensarie…

The Backwash Of War: The Human Wreckage Of The Battlefield As Witnessed By An A…

Read by David Wales


Ellen Newbold La Motte


Ellen Newbold La Motte (1873–1961) was an American nurse, journalist and author. … and in 1915 volunteered as one of the first American war …

An Apache Campaign In The Sierra Madre

Read by David Wales


John Gregory Bourke


An account of the expedition [of the U.S. Army] in pursuit of the hostile Chiricahua Apaches in the spring of 1883. (Book subtitle) Bourke w…

A Christmas Miscellany

Read by David Wales


Various


A selection of eight short works, chapters, or poems about Christmas. - Summary by david wales

Bransford Of Rainbow Range

Read by David Wales


Eugene Manlove Rhodes


A genuine cowboy who speaks a bit of Greek? Ditto a bit of The Litany? And more than a little verse, including (would you believe?) Alice In…

The Human Boy Again

Read by David Wales


Eden Phillpotts


Published in 1908, this is a further collection of twelve humorous short stories about English school boys. The author wrote two other book…

Cecilia de Noël

Read by David Wales


Mary Elizabeth Hawker


Cecilia de Noël is an original and cleverly told ghost story, published in 1891. The story is told, Rashomon-like, from six different v…

A Picture Book Of Merry Tales

Read by David Wales


William James Mcglothlin


Forty European folk tales. Caveats: 1. Some of these stories are not suitable for young children. 2. In two stories (10 and 25) appear the n…

Travel Stories Retold From St. Nicholas

Read by David Wales


Various


St. Nicholas was a popular magazine aimed at young folks in the late nineteenth – early twentieth century. Its articles were usually well-w…

< 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 >