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Mathematics in Medicine and Biology

In St Anne's College

Read by Sarah Waters


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Blazing World

Read by Sarah Terry


Margaret Cavendish, Duchess Of Newcastle and Margaret Lucas Cavendish


The Blazing World by Margaret Cavendish is, all at once, a satire, a treatise on natural philosophy, a work of proto-science fiction, and a …

How to Camp Out

Read by Sarah Jennings


John Mead Gould


Advice on camp gear, clothing, cooking, hiking, and other topics. Much of the book remains good and sensible advice today, but modern reader…

A Primary Reader: Old-time Stories, Fairy Tales and Myths Retold by Children

Read by Sarah Jennings


E. Louise Smythe


This is a book of simple, classic stories for beginning readers. It is included in Year 1 of the Ambleside reading list. There are short lis…

The Story of the Treasure Seekers (version 3)

Read by Sarah Hill


E. Nesbit


This story follows the six Bastable Children; Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel and Horace Octavius, on their adventures to help their widowe…

The Spirit of the Curé of Ars

Read by Sarah Cain


Alfred Monnin


St. Jean-Baptiste Marie Vianney (known in English as St. John Vianney), was a French priest that lived from 1786-1859. He would later become…

International education: the transformative effect of student migration

In Department for Continuing Education Open Day 2013

Read by Johanna Waters


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Some Undesirable Recruits

In Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881

Read by Kevin Waters


James B. Gillett


James Gillet recounts his adventures with the Texas Rangers 1856-1937. In a very entertaining style he recounts personal stories of wars, …

What it is to be a Christian

In Familiar Instructions and Evening Lectures on All the Truths of Religion, Volum…

Read by Kevin Waters


Louis Gaston De Segur


Brief instruction on numerous subjects pertaining to the Catholic faith, the Sacraments, the Ten Commandments and more. (Summary by Maria Th…

The Injured Africans

In Narratives of Colored Americans

Read by Kevin Waters


Abigail Mott


Abigail Mott was a Quaker and abolitionist from New York who, along with fellow Quaker M. S. Wood, has compiled a provocative collection of …

Ben Johnson

In Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interview…

Read by Kevin Waters


Various


These volumes of slave narratives are the product of the Federal Writers Project sponsored by the Library of Congress and the Work Project A…