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He's quickly becoming the Lewis Black of Parkinson's Disease. In a series of hilarious essays, Bill Schmalfeldt (author of "No Doorwa…

OPDC: Progress in Parkinson's Research.

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University of Oxford Podcasts

No Doorway Wide Enough

Read by Bill Schmalfeldt

Bill Schmalfeldt

It was just about three weeks after his 45th birthday in 2000 when Bill Schmalfeldt was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. In 2007 while wo…

Richard Cory

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Edwin Arlington Robinson

This was the weekly poetry project for 3 June 2006. Many “character” poems cut straight to the inmost psychology of their subjects, but here…

An Essay of the Shaking Palsy

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James Parkinson

This publication is said to be the first to present a systematic view of what was later named Parkinson's disease. Six case studies are desc…

Ancient Egypt

Read by Richard Parkinson and Barbara Ewing

Richard Parkinson and Barbara Ewing

University of Oxford Podcasts

The Human Machine

Read by Ruth Golding

Arnold Bennett

Bennett asks us to consider our brains as the most wonderful machine, a machine which is the only thing in this world that we can control. A…

Wit and Wisdom of Chesterton

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G. K. Chesterton

This little volume, issued as a gift book for lovers of Mr. Chesterton's writings in 1911, is made up from essays to be found in "The D…

Reading: An Essay

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Hugh Walpole

A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales

Laddie's Magical Glowing Balls Of Colored Gas

Read by Richard Stephenson

Richard Stephenson

Laddie is a schizophrenic inmate who lives in the violent, obscene environment of a maximum security prison. Delusions swirl in his mind li…

The Pulley

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George Herbert

LibriVox volunteers bring you 11 different recordings of The Pulley by George Herbert. This was the weekly poetry project for the week of Ju…

Miscellaneous Essays of G. K. Chesterton

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G. K. Chesterton

These eleven files are miscellaneous short essays or stories from G.K. Chesterton. They were chosen for not only their brevity but also for …

Bill Nye's Cordwood

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Bill Nye

From Galileo to Grover Cleveland, from wasps to cattle, from dinosaurs to the railroad, Bill Nye's wide ranging wit pokes gentle fun at ever…

William Penn

Read by Richard Vogel

George Hodges

Biography of William Penn - Summary by Richard Vogel

Leo Tolstoy

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G. K. Chesterton

Three men of letters give insightful essays on the work of Leo Tolstoy. (Summary by Larry Wilson)

The Untroubled Mind

Read by Carol Box

Herbert J. Hall

A very wise physician has said that “every illness has two parts—what it is, and what the patient thinks about it.” What the patient thinks …

Companionable Books

Read by MaryAnn

Henry van Dyke

Many books are dry and dusty, there is no juice in them; and many are soon exhausted, you would no more go back to them than to a squeezed o…

The Titan

Read by Richard Kilmer (1942 - 2022)

Theodore Dreiser

Cowperwood moves to Chicago with his new wife Aileen. He decides to take over the street-railway system. He bankrupts several opponents with…

Certain Personal Matters

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H. G. Wells

Although best known for his works of science fiction, social commentary and history, H.G. Wells here gives us humorous and light-hearted pi…

Birches

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Robert Frost

LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Birches by Robert Frost. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 21st, 2010.

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