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23 - The Established Church

In Satires and Profanities

Read by Jane Park


James Thomson and George William Foote


"Believing as I do that James Thomson is, since Shelley, the most brilliant genius who has wielded a pen in the service of Freethought,…

Beethoven

In The Book of Musical Knowledge

Read by Jane Park


Arthur Elson


This book has been planned with a view to placing before the general reader the main facts that will enable him to appreciate music intellig…

The Grey Woman

Read by Jane Greensmith


Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell


A "Bluebeard" story in which a young woman marries a man whom she discovers has killed his previous wives and is trying to kill he…

Stories from the History of Rome

Read by Melissa Jane


Emily Beesly


Mrs. Emily Beesly, the writer of this brilliant narrative, lived in an era of nothing but fairy tales and "the stories of nursery life&…

The Hawaiian Archipelago

Read by Jane Bennett


Isabella L. Bird


Six months among the palm groves, coral reefs, and volcanoes of the Sandwich Islands. - Summary by Isabella Bird

Princes and Poisoners: Studies of the Court of Louis XIV

Read by Jane Bennett


Frantz Funck-Brentano


The court of French King Louis XIV was not a safe place to be. It was filled with plots and intrigues, leaving observers and commentators wi…

51 - Thoughts on Setting an Alarm Clock

In Mince Pie

Read by Naomi Park


Christopher Morley


Mince Pie is a compilation of humorous sketches, poetry, and essays written by Christopher Morley. Morley sets the tone in the preface: &quo…

The Mystery - Read by NP

In The Mystery

Read by Naomi Park


Paul Laurence Dunbar


LibriVox volunteers bring you 22 recordings of The Mystery by Paul Laurence Dunbar. This was the Weekly Poetry project for August 12, 2012,P…

Tricks with Handkerchiefs, Part 3

In Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring

Read by Lucy Park


Professor Louis Hoffman


This "how-to" book covers everything for the 1800's illusionist, from stage presence & dress, program and stage arrangement, t…

Zoology - The Lower Invertebrates, Part 2

In The Science - History of the Universe Vol. 6: Zoology & Botany

Read by Lucy Park


Francis Rolt-Wheeler


Multi-volume work on science edited by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. The sixth volume is on Zoology written by Dr. WM. D. Matthew and on Botany writ…

Children o' the Moon

In The Poems of Madison Cawein Vol. 4

Read by Lucy Park


Madison Cawein


This is Volume 4: Poems of Mystery and of Myth and Romance of the collected works of Madison Julius Cawein, an American poet from Kentucky. …

It is in Winter that We Dream of Spring - Read by LP

In It Is in Winter That We Dream of Spring

Read by Lucy Park


Robert Burns Wilson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 23 recordings of It Is in Winter That We Dream of Spring by Robert Burns Wilson.This was the Weekly Poetry pro…

A Letter

In The Wyvern Mystery

Read by Lucy Park


Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu


A classic with a pinch of romance, a pinch of gothic, and a dash of mystery, are you interested yet? When young Alice Maybell’ father dies s…

The Mafia and the Mullah: Counternarcotics, Counterinsurgency and Realpolitik in…

In Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict

Read by William Park


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts