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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 8: Part 3: The Marquise de Ganges

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


The assassination of Diane de Joannis de Chateaublanc (the Marquise de Ganges) is a fitting tale to conclude Dumas’ celebrated crimes series…

Early Greek Philosophy & Other Essays (Version 2)

Read by John Van Stan


Friedrich Nietzsche


“The essays contained in this volume treat of various subjects. With the exception of perhaps one we must consider all these papers as fragm…

The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 2: The Mesmerist's Victim

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


This 2nd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances continues the intrigues of "Balsamo, The Magician" and adds to them the schemes o…

Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 7: Part 3: Murat

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


Amidst the political winds from Napoleon’s downfall, this tale turns our attention to the flight of a former French marshal and King of Napl…

Crossing Borders: Hebrew Manuscripts as a Meeting-place of Cultures

Read by Piet van Boxel


Piet van Boxel


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Celebrated Crimes, Vol. 8: Part 2: Vaninka

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


The story of Vaninka, generally regarded as the most fictionalized of Dumas’ Celebrated Crimes series, occurs during the short and eccentric…

De Vorst

Read by Jozef van Giel


Niccolò Machiavelli


Het boek bevat raadgevingen voor vorsten over hoe ze hun staat moeten besturen. De voornaamste bezigheid van de vorst moest volgens hem het …

The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 3: The Queen's Necklace (Version 2)

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


This 3rd volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins a decade after the close of "The Mesmerist’s Victim” and is based on a real sca…

Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 4: Taking the Bastile

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


This 4th volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins several years after the close of "The Queen’s Necklace.” It describes the event…

On the Future of Our Educational Institutions (Version 2)

Read by John Van Stan


Friedrich Nietzsche


These are lectures on the education system of Nietzsche's day. He states that "This book is intended for calm readers, for those who ha…

The Marie Antoinette Romances, Vol 5: The Countess of Charny

Read by John Van Stan


Alexandre Dumas


This 5th volume of the Marie Antoinette Romances begins after the fall of the Bastille and the March on Versailles, which forced Louis XVI a…

All Is Beautiful: The Navajo Creation Story

Read by Jabez L. Van Cleef


Jabez L. Van Cleef


Since the beginning of time, human beings have told the story of their own beginning, and of the origins of the four directions, the heavens…

God Wears Many Skins: Sami Myth and Culture in Poems

Read by Jabez L. Van Cleef


Jabez L. Van Cleef


The Sami, who call themselves "the real people," are nomadic indigenous people of Northern Scandinavia and adjacent areas of Russi…

The Birth of Propaganda

Read by Jabez L. Van Cleef


Jabez L. Van Cleef


"The Birth of Propaganda" is poetic adaptation of the essay "Propaganda in a Democratic Society," by Aldous Huxley, whic…

The Palimpsest of Human Rights

Read by Jabez L. Van Cleef


Jabez L. Van Cleef


The Palimpsest of Human Rights is an experimental spoken word production which combines verse interpretations of the prose writings of Marti…

The Mother and the Child

Read by Edith van der Have-Raats


Maria Montessori


"The mother and the child" is a lecture given by Maria Montessori in 1915. The famous educational reformer speaks about the import…

De Navolging van Christus

Read by Edith van der Have-Raats


Thomas à Kempis and Thomas À Kempis


De Imitatione Christi (De navolging van Christus) is een middeleeuws boek dat handelt over hoe je een goed christen wordt. Het werd in de vi…

Als de natuur roept

Read by Edith van der Have-Raats


Jack London


Als de Natuur Roept (The Call of the Wild) is een roman van de Amerikaanse schrijver Jack London. Het verhaal gaat over een eerder gedomesti…

Geschiedenis van een neger

Read by Edith van der Have-Raats


William James Mcglothlin


Geschiedenis van een neger is een anoniem, rond 1771 verschenen boekwerk. Het is het verhaal van een hugenoot, aangeduid met de letter N., d…

Vóór Adam's tijd

Read by Edith van der Have-Raats


Jack London


"Vóór Adam's tijd" is het verhaal van een jongen die droomt dat hij het leven leidt van een vroege mensachtige, Aust…

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