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A Trip to Plutopia

In Short Science Fiction Collection 063

Read by Jeff Burke


Emanuel Haldeman-Julius


Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

IV. My Experience with Reporters and Newspapers

In My Larger Education

Read by Kaye Burke


Booker T. Washington


This is a sequel to Washington's first autobiographical book, Up From Slavery, which depicted his early life. He says "This book contai…

33 - The Slaughter of the Niflungs

In Elder Eddas of Saemund Sigfusson; and the Younger Eddas of Snorre Sturleson

Read by Jeff Burke


Sæmund Sigfusson and Snorri Sturleson


The most complete set of the epic Norse eddas, or poems. It contains in beautiful verse the pagan beliefs of the Old Norse. Luckily in this …

Part 9 of THE STORY OF BIRD-OF-GOLD WHO WAS THE BRAMBLE GATHERER’S DAUGHTER IX.…

In The Boy Apprenticed to an Enchanter

Read by Jeff Burke


Pádraic Colum


King Manus ruled over the Western Island, and he had a castle that was neither higher nor wider than any other King’s castle. But he had a s…

P2. Chapter VIII

In Mizora: A Prophecy.

Read by Jeff Burke


Mary E Bradley Lane


After being exiled from her home and family, Vera Zarovich finds herself in Mizora, a civilization at the center of the Earth made up entire…

Life in the Ocean: Animals – Part 1

In The Ocean: A General Account Of The Science Of The Sea

Read by Dave Burke


John Murray


Sir John Murray, considered to be the father of modern oceanography, discusses the variations in the depths of oceans, and the methods and i…

He Giveth His Beloved Sleep

In Muse and Mint

Read by Kaye Burke


Walter Seymour Percy


Born in Ontario, Canada, Walter Percy entered the ministry and pastored churches in New England and Pennsylvania, often speaking on behalf o…

Say "Hello" For Me

In Short Science Fiction Collection 043

Read by Emily Burke


Frank W Coggins and Frank W. Coggins


Science Fiction is speculative literature that generally explores the consequences of ideas which are roughly consistent with nature and sci…

A Strange Tow

In The Outdoor Girls in Florida

Read by Kaye Burke


Laura Lee Hope


In "The Outdoor Girls in Florida, Or Wintering in the Sunny South", the parents of one of the girls have bought an orange grove in…

Dining Under Difficulties

In Frontier Humor in Verse, Prose and Picture

Read by Kaye Burke


Palmer Cox


Also known for his "Brownies" books, Canadian humorist Palmer Cox give us a delightful collection of humorous verse and short pros…

Animal Life in the Sea

In The Book of the Ocean

Read by Jeff Burke


Ernest Ingersoll


The Book of the Ocean is precisely what its title promises. It contains a rather broad overview of all topics connected to the ocean, such a…

Dream Number Four

In Man's Rights; or, How Would You Like It?: Comprising Dreams

Read by Jeff Burke


Annie Denton Cridge


"Man's Rights; or, How Would You Like It?: Comprising Dreams" is the first known feminist utopian novel written by a woman. The te…

Beyond 2011 - "...apart from that he was completely naked" and other stories of …

In RunCoCo - Beyond Collections: Crowdsourcing for public engagement

Read by Chris Morgan


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Adventures with Hercules

In Faculty of Classics

Read by Llewelyn Morgan


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

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