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Ball-of-Fat

Read by Michael Thomas Robinson


Guy de Maupassant


The first significant published short story of French author Guy de Maupassant, and generally acknowledged as his greatest work, "Ball-…

Canadian Wonder Tales

Read by Sean Michael Hogan


Cyrus Macmillan


This is a collection of folk tales originating in Canada, some from aboriginal oral tradition and others due to early French, Scottish, Iris…

Deep Thoughts

Read by Michael R. Mennenga


Michael R. Mennenga


Short-form Humor from the mind of Michael R. Mennenga. Editorial on daily life and the human condition.

The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice

Read by Sean Michael Hogan


Stephen Leacock


This lengthy political essay by noted Canadian humourist Stephen Leacock was written while he was professor of political economy at McGill U…

Thank God For Plan B, Because Plan A Didn't Work - Vol 1

Read by Michael Mahue Moore


Michael Mahue Moore


I believe that in everyone's life there is “PLAN A” and a “PLAN B”; however, not in the traditional sense as in having a backup plan, but ra…

Christy

Read by Michael Thomas Cunningham


Michael Thomas Cunningham


A journey tale about love, loss, and what it truly means to come home. Christy, a woman hardened by the streets and clinging to a life of…

Adrift on an Ice-Pan

Read by Sean Michael Hogan


Sir Wilfred Grenfell


This autobiographical work describes the author's harrowing experience caught on a small drifting piece of ice, while crossing a frozen bay …

Le Petit Nord

Read by Sean Michael Hogan


Anne Maclanahan Grenfell


A collection of letters from Anne (MacLanahan) Grenfell, future wife of Sir Wilfred Grenfell, regarding her year of missionary service at th…

Ballads of Lost Haven: A Book of the Sea

Read by Sean Michael Hogan


Bliss Carman


This collection of lyric poems evokes the sea in every line, from birth (A Son of the Sea) to death (Outbound). The smells, sights and sound…

Implant

Read by Michael Wallace and Jefferey Anderson


Michael Wallace and Jefferey Anderson


Neurosurgeon Julia Nolan places cortical implants into the brains of field operatives to record data from their auditory and visual cortices…

The Zaharoff Lecture

Read by Dominique Rabaté and Michael Sheringham


Dominique Rabaté and Michael Sheringham


University of Oxford Podcasts

Address to a Child During a Boisterous Winter Evening

In Short Poetry Collection 254

Read by Constandina Sharpe


Dorothy Wordsworth


This is a collection of 50 poems read in English by LibriVox volunteers during July 2024.

The Story of the Summer Boarder, Moses, and the Two Visitors

In Harper's Young People, Vol. 01, Issue 16, Feb. 17, 1880

Read by Sally Sharpe


Various


Harper's Young People was an illustrated weekly publication for children includes delightful serialized and one-off short stories, tales fro…

Chapter 1. Part 1

In A Book of Whales

Read by Sally Sharpe


Frank Evers Beddard


A Book of Whales is a natural history of whales for the layman. - Summary by A. Gramour

A Hypocritical Romance

In A Hypocritical Romance, and Other Stories

Read by Sally Sharpe


Caroline Ticknor


This is a collection of twelve original and entertaining little romances. Literature is an important anchor that helps us understand society…

Magna Carta at Oxford

In The Bodleian Libraries (BODcasts)

Read by Richard Sharpe


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Are Courts Representative Bodies - a Canadian Perspective

In Foundation for Law, Justice and Society

Read by Robert J Sharpe


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

1.24 The Last of the "Cocks," Suicide of an Artist and Letters Found on his Body

In Curiosities of Street Literature

Read by Michael


Various


This is a collection of broadsides from London. Broadsides are short, popular publications, a precursor to today's tabloid journalism. The c…

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