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01 - Jupiter and His Mighty Company

In Old Greek Stories

Read by Hugh Gillis

James Baldwin

A retelling of old Greek stories involving mythological heroes and their adventures. Tales include those of Prometheus, Io, Perseus and Thes…

The Boston Tea Party

In The Story of the Thirteen Colonies

Read by Hugh Gillis

H. A. Guerber

These short vignettes of American history are written for the young reader. Each one is a little capsule of a person or event. They run fr…

Some Impressions of the Great Peace Conference

In Birdseye Views of Far Lands

Read by Hugh Gillis

James T. Nichols

Birdseye Views of Far Lands is an interesting, wholesome presentation of something that a keen-eyed, alert traveler with the faculty of maki…

10 - Chapter XX, Part 10

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 20)

Read by Hugh Gillis

Thomas Babington Macaulay

This is volume 4 chapter 20 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

09 -Chapter XIX, Section 09

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 19)

Read by Hugh Gillis

Thomas Babington Macaulay

This is volume 4 chapter 19 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

Chapter XXII, Part 4

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 4, Chapter 22)

Read by Hugh Gillis

Thomas Babington Macaulay

This is volume 4 chapter 22 of a series of books written by the Baron Macaulay (1800-1859) in the 19th century. It starts with a brief resum…

Of the Rule of St. Benedict, and How the Man of God Set All in Order

In Saint Benedict

Read by Hugh Gillis

Frances Alice Forbes

Saint Benedict of Nursia (c. 480 – 543 or 547) is honoured by the Catholic Church as the patron saint of Europe and students. Benedict found…

Stonehedge and a Modern Myth

In G.K. Chesterton's Newspaper Columns: The New Witness - 1922

Read by Gillis

G. K. Chesterton

A collection of the newspaper columns/essays written by G.K. Chesterton for "The New Witness", under the heading "At the Sign…

Rabbit: Stories 5-7

In The Algonquin Legends of New England or Myths and Folk Lore of the Micmac, Pass…

Read by Jonathan Gillis

Charles Godfrey Leland

This work, then, contains a collection of the myths, legends, and folk-lore of the principal Wabanaki, or Northeastern Algonquin, Indians; t…

South Africa's Constitutional Court: Battling populist political pressure

In Oxford Human Rights Hub Seminars

Read by Hugh Corder

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