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British EU Policy After The Election

In European Studies Centre

Read by David Hannay, Stephen Wall, Chris Patten and Jane Caplan


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

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…

Teddy Talks

Read by Lionel Barber and David Waring


Lionel Barber and David Waring


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Wealth of Nations, Book 1

Read by Stephen Escalera


Adam Smith


An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9…

The Wealth of Nations, Book 2 and 3

Read by Stephen Escalera


Adam Smith


An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9…

The Wealth of Nations, Book 4

Read by Stephen Escalera


Adam Smith


An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9…

The Wealth of Nations, Book 5

Read by Stephen Escalera


Adam Smith


An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist Adam Smith, published on March 9…

The Mortification of Sin in Believers

Read by Stephen Escalera


John Owen


John Owen, in this Puritan classic, writes succinctly of the matters of the heart in dealing with sin in the life of the Christian. In a way…

Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners

Read by Stephen Escalera


John Bunyan


Grace Abounding is the spiritual autobiography of John Bunyan, who also penned Pilgrim’s Progress, perhaps one of the most significant piece…

Butterflies Are Free To Fly

Read by Stephen Davis


Stephen Davis


When Nicolaus Copernicus discovered the Earth wasn’t the center of the Universe, everything changed. When Isaac Newton figured out the law o…

The Elements of Drawing

Read by Stephen Farthing


Stephen Farthing


University of Oxford Podcasts

It's a Good Old World

Read by Stephen Escalera


Bruce Barton


In this collection of essays, Bruce Barton, considered to be among the most influential advertising men of the 20th century, uses history, r…

The Raven

Read by Chris Goringe


Edgar Allan Poe


Perhaps Edgar Allen Poe's most famous poem, the "Raven" is a macabre exploration of a man, his memories of Lenore, and the black b…

Walking

Read by Chris Masterson


Henry David Thoreau


This was originally a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum titled "The Wild" . He revised it before his death an…

The Book of Lieh-Tzu

Read by Chris Masterson


Liezi


Although Lieh Tzu's work has evidently passed through the hands of many editors and gathered numerous accretions, there remains a considerab…

Shakespeare's Sonnets (version 2)

Read by Chris Hughes


William Shakespeare


Shakespeare's Sonnets, or simply The Sonnets, comprise a collection of 154 poems in sonnet form written by William Shakespeare that deal wit…

She-rab Dong-bu (The Tree of Wisdom)

Read by Chris Masterson


Nagarjuna


The She-rab Dong-bu (Tree of Wisdom) is a metrical translation in Tibetan of a Sanscrit ethical work entitled Prajnya Danda, written by Naga…

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