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Religious Toleration and Political Liberalism

In Science and Religious Conflict Conference

Read by Susan Mendus and Nick Southwood


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University of Oxford Podcasts

The Marriage of Heaven and Hell

Read by Nick Duncan


William Blake


The work was composed between 1790 and 1793, in the period of radical foment and political conflict immediately after the French Revolution.…

The Children of the New Forest (version 2)

Read by Nick Whitley


Frederick Marryat


The Children of the New Forest is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat. It is set in the time of the English Civil War …

Walden, Version 2

Read by Nick Bulka


Henry David Thoreau


Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, a refl…

The Sea Wolf - Version 2

Read by Nick Bulka


Jack London


The Sea-Wolf is a 1904 psychological adventure novel by American novelist Jack London about a literary critic, survivor of an ocean collisio…

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) (version 3)

Read by Nick Bulka


Jerome K. Jerome


A humorous account by English writer Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The three men are base…

The Warden (version 3)

Read by Nick Whitley


Anthony Trollope


The Warden is the first novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire", making fun of the Church of E…

Jerusalem - The Emanation of the Giant Albion

Read by Nick Duncan


William Blake


The epic poem Jerusalem was in Blake's own opinion his masterpiece. It is the last of the great prophetic books. Originally produced as an e…

Barchester Towers (version 2)

Read by Nick Whitley


Anthony Trollope


Barchester Towers, published in 1857, is the 2nd novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the "Chronicles of Barsetshire". It f…

Plague of Pythons

Read by Nick Bulka


Frederik Pohl


In a post-apocalyptic world where every government in the world has been overrun by its own military machinery, only to see that military ma…

Doctor Thorne (version 2)

Read by Nick Whitley


Anthony Trollope


This is the third book in The Chronicles of Barsetshire, the first two being The Warden and Barchester Towers; however, although some charac…

The Jefferson Bible - The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth

Read by Nick Bulka


Thomas Jefferson


The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth, commonly referred to as the Jefferson Bible, was a book constructed by Thomas Jefferson in the lat…

The Virginians

Read by Nick Bulka


William Makepeace Thackeray


It tells the story of Henry Esmond's twin grandsons, George and Henry Warrington. Henry's romantic entanglements with an older woman lead up…

Puck of Pook's Hill (version 2)

Read by Nick Whitley


Rudyard Kipling


'Puck of Pook's Hill' is a fantasy book by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1906, containing a series of short stories set in different periods…

Preferred Risk

Read by Nick Bulka


Frederik Pohl


The Company insures you against everything. Everything except war, that is. But they've put an end to wars (or so they claim). The Compan…

Slave Planet

Read by Nick Bulka


Laurence M. Janifer


Fruyling's World... rich in the metals that kept the Terran Confederation going—one vital link in a galaxy-wide civilization. But the men of…

The Rat Race

Read by Nick Bulka


Jay Franklin


When an atomic explosion destroys the battleship Alaska, Lt. Commander Frank Jacklin returns to consciousness in New York and is shocked to …

Mrs. Skagg's Husbands and Other Stories

Read by Nick Bulka


Bret Harte


A collection of short stories set in the American West at the end of the 19th century. (Summary by Nick Bulka)

Framley Parsonage (version 2)

Read by Nick Whitley


Anthony Trollope


Framley Parsonage is the fourth novel in Anthony Trollope's series known as the Chronicles of Barsetshire. It was first published in serial …

Lucinda

Read by Nick Bulka


Anthony Hope


It's 1914 London, and it's Waldo and Lucinda's wedding day. Unfortunately, Lucinda is nowhere to be found. A messenger boy brings Lucinda's …

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