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Highways in Hiding

Read by Jessica Martin


George O. Smith


Mechanical engineer Steve Cornell lives in a world where ESP and telepathy are normal, and a spreading plague called Mekstrom’s Disease turn…

Haste and Waste; The Young Pilot of Lake Champlain

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic


The sixth and last volume of the Woodville stories contains the record of a mechanical, rather than a moral triumph, though the virtues of p…

In School and Out; The Conquest of Richard Grant

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams


The second volume of the Woodville Stories contains the experience of Richard Grant, "in school and out." We are sorry to say that…

Work and Win; Noddy Newman on a Cruise

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic


The fourth book of the Woodville Series shares the progress of a boy whose education had been neglected, and whose moral attributes were of …

Hope and Have; Fanny Grant Among the Indians

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic


The fifth volume of the Woodville stories contains the experience of Fanny Grant, who from a very naughty girl became a very good one, by th…

The Call of Cthulhu (version 2)

Read by Martin Reyto


H. P. Lovecraft


“[The Call of Cthulhu] is a masterpiece, which I am sure will live as one of the highest achievements of literature. Mr. Lovecraft holds a u…

Riverdale Stories: A Story for Little Folks

Read by Scarlett Martin


Oliver Optic and William Taylor Adams


A compilation of stories of the children of Riverdale who learn life lessons of how to be kind, polite, and helpful as they grow up. Writte…

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Read by Alex C. Telander


Jules Verne


Join three intrepid explorers as they seek to cross and explore the continent of Africa from Indian Ocean to Atlantic Ocean, except they’re …

Dick Sands the Boy Captain

Read by Alex C. Telander


Jules Verne


Dick Sands, a youth of fifteen, must assume command of a ship after the disappearance of its captain. Nature’s forces combined with evil doi…

The Food of the Gods and How it Came to Earth

Read by Alex C. Telander


H. G. Wells


Two stuffy English scientists, always looking to further their scientific knowledge, create a substance called Herakleophorbia, which in its…

The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph

Read by Alex C. Telander


Henry M. Field


Cyrus W. Field had a dream: to link the Old World of Britain and Europe to that of the New World of North America by a telegraph cable stret…

La Bella Principessa: A Leonardo Discovered

Read by Martin Kemp, Kathryn Barush and Maya Corry


Martin Kemp, Kathryn Barush and Maya Corry


University of Oxford Podcasts

Burlesque, Circus, Clowns, and Acrobats

In The Seven Lively Arts

Read by Alex


Gilbert Seldes


“... But, beside those great men, there is a certain number of artists who have a distinct faculty of their own by which they convey to us a…

Cumin to Celery

In Condiments, Spices and Flavors

Read by Alex


Mary Elizabeth Green


In this pamphlet no attempt has been made to give specific directions as to the uses of spices and condiments. It must be borne in mind that…

The United States of America, Part 2

In The Modern Woman's Rights Movement

Read by Alex


Käthe Schirmacher


A history of the international woman’s rights movements originally published in 1905 and updated in 1909; English translation published in 1…

Chapter XVII

In Demos: A Story of English Socialism

Read by Martin


George Gissing


"Richard Mutimer is delighted to inherit a large fortune. As a socialist, he means to use it well: he will open a factory in which work…

April, part 1

In Heart: a Schoolboy's Journal

Read by Martin


Edmondo De Amicis


Little Enrico Bottini is a ten year-old third grade student in Italy who keeps a diary for one whole school year. It records the general pro…

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