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The Death-Bed of a Saint

In Life of Saint Gerard Majella

Read by Emerson Wells


Rev. O. R. Vassall-Phillips


Saint Gerard Majella was an Italian lay brother of the Redemptorists. His only ambition was to be like Jesus Christ in his sufferings and hu…

The Stratagems, Book 1, Part 3

In The Stratagems and The Aqueducts of Rome

Read by Emerson Wells


Sextus Julius Frontinus


Frontinus' Stratagems is a collection of examples of military stratagems from Greek and Roman history, which the author comments based on h…

A Breath of Life

In Happy Days

Read by Patrick Wells


A. A. Milne


Although best known for his Winnie the Pooh stories, A.A. Milne spent years as an editor at the English humor magazine Punch. These sprightl…

Global Childhoods - Lecture 3

In Green Templeton College

Read by Karen Wells


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Oxford English Dictionary: From Victorian venture to the digital age endeavo…

In Alumni Weekend

Read by Fiona McPherson


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Fiona Powrie

In Translational Medicine

Read by Fiona Powrie


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Building a Business: Entrepreneurship and the Ideal Business Plan

In Building a Business

Read by Fiona Reid


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Leather

In The Art of Travel

Read by Patrick Wells


Sir Francis Galton


The Art of Travel is a handbook of practical advice for the adventure seeking Victorian. We hear how to organize all steps of a voyage, from…

Introduction

In How to Appreciate Music

Read by Patrick Wells


Gustav Kobbé


Originally published in 1906, this book is essentially a how to guide on music appreciation. Includes sections on the pianoforte, orchestral…

06 - [Part I. The History of Atlantis]: Chapter V. The Testimony of the Sea.

In Atlantis: The Antediluvian World

Read by Patrick Wells


Ignatius Loyola Donnelly


"Atlantis: The Antediluvian World is a book published during 1882 by Minnesota populist politician Ignatius L. Donnelly, who was born i…

Achelous and Hercules--Admetus and Alcestis--Antigone--Penelope

In Bulfinch’s Mythology: The Age of Fable

Read by Thomas Wells


Thomas Bulfinch


Bulfinch’s Mythology, first published in 1855, is one of the most popular collections of mythology of all time. It consists of three volumes…

Chapter 04

In The Last of the Mohicans - A Narrative of 1757 (version 2)

Read by Thomas Wells


James Fenimore Cooper


This story is set in the British province of New York during the French and Indian War, and concerns a Huron massacre (with passive French a…

Preface

In Music Talks With Children

Read by Patrick Wells


Thomas Tapper


"A book of this kind, though addressed to children, must necessarily reach them through an older person. The purpose is to suggest a fe…

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