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In First World War Poetry Digital Archive

Read by Everett Sharp, Kate Lindsay and Alun Edwards


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Emperor's Edge (a high fantasy novel in an era of steam)

Read by Lindsay Buroker


Lindsay Buroker


Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an …

Dark Currents

Read by Lindsay Buroker


Lindsay Buroker


It’s been three months since former enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon and the notorious assassin Sicarius thwarted kidnappers and saved the emperor’…

Deadly Games

Read by Lindsay Buroker


Lindsay Buroker


When you’ve been accused of kidnapping an emperor, and every enforcer in the city wants your head, it’s hard to prove yourself an honorable …

The Emperor's Edge (a high fantasy novel in an era of steam)

Read by Lindsay Buroker


Lindsay Buroker


Imperial law enforcer Amaranthe Lokdon is good at her job: she can deter thieves and pacify thugs, if not with a blade, then by toppling an …

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity

Read by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay


Nicholas Vachel Lindsay


"Being sundry explorations, made while afoot and penniless in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Pe…

A Handy Guide for Beggars, Especially Those of the Poetic Fraternity

Read by Nicholas Vachel Lindsay


Nicholas Vachel Lindsay


"Being sundry explorations, made while afoot and penniless in Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, New Jersey, and Pe…

Europeana 1914-1918: Community Collection

In Case Studies In Innovative Practice

Read by Alun Edwards


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Ghost Girl

Read by Kate Follis


Henry Kitchell Webster


Henry Kitchell Webster is an American author best know for his detective novels. The Ghost Girl opens with a murder mystery. A young woman's…

The Whispering Man

Read by Kate Follis


Henry Kitchell Webster


New friends Drew and Jeffrey are drawn into the investigation of the mysterious death of Dr. Marshall. Romance and intrigue abound and you'l…

City of Endless Night

Read by Kate Follis


Milo Hastings


An example of early dystopian science fiction written shortly after World War I, "City of Endless Night" imagines a future with a …

A Far Country

Read by Kate Follis


Winston Churchill


The book follows the career of Hugh Paret from youth to manhood, and how his profession as a corporation lawyer gradually changes his values…

Prodigal Daughters

Read by Kate Follis


Joseph Hocking


A frank look at the revolt of the younger generation following World War I, the book follows the Trelawney family. The father looks eagerly …

The Begum's Fortune

Read by Kate Follis


Jules Verne


A novel with some utopian elements, but primarily dystopian. A French doctor and a German professor both inherit a vast fortune as descendan…

Honey-Bee

Read by Kate Follis


Anatole France


A sweet fairy-tale, Honey-Bee tells the story of two children raised as brother and sister, but who are not. One day they venture out to fin…

In the Clutch of the War-God

Read by Kate Follis


Milo Hastings


In three parts, from Physical Culture magazine, July - September, 1911. In this story, the author warns of the coming of a world war between…

Metaphysics

Read by Geoffrey Edwards


Aristotle


Metaphysics (Ancient Greek: ΜΕΤΑ ΤΑ ΦΥΣΙΚΑ; Latin: METAPHYSICA; English: After the Physics) discusses topics including substance, accident, …

Laws

Read by Geoffrey Edwards


Plato


Laws (Greek: Νόμοι) is Plato's last and longest dialogue. It is generally agreed that Plato wrote this dialogue as an older man, having fail…

The Symposium

Read by Geoffrey Edwards


Plato


The Symposium (Ancient Greek: Συμπόσιον) is a philosophical book written by Plato sometime after 385 BCE. On one level the book deals with t…