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Recompence
The book is a sequel to ‘Simon called Peter’ by the same author. It picks up the separate stories of Peter and Julie, at first in South Afri…
Peter Mc Kelvey Looking For Alice
In Peter McKelvey's psychological thriller, Neil's life is at stake as he tries to discover why the residents at Alice's last known address …
Peter the Great
In Æsop in Rhyme, with Some Originals
Jefferys Taylor was born in 1792 in Suffolk, England. He became apprenticed to his father who was an engraver and invented a special ruling …
Hume's Central Principles
University of Oxford Podcasts
Simon Called Peter
Peter, a conventional Anglican priest, becomes a padre in northern France during the First World War. He is posted to a hospital on the coas…
The Vicar of Bray by Anonymous
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 9: Tragedy and Humor (Part 2)
The ninth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, incl…
Reid's Critique of Hume
University of Oxford Podcasts
Capitol Coven
Ninety percent of the federal laws, resolutions, and appropriations pass or fail in the U. S. Congress by a handful of votes. When Alexand…
Alice
This book is given to the reader, as the exposition of a terrible possibility in actual life. Should there be found, in its pages, any warm…
Reading: An Essay
A famous English author's thoughts on the power of reading. - Summary by David Wales
A Dialogue Betwix an Exciseman and Death
In Ancient Poems, Ballads, and Songs of the Peasantry of England
This traditional, and, for the most part, unprinted literature,—cherished in remote villages, resisting everywhere the invasion of modern na…
An Amiable Charlatan
An Englishman is enjoying his dinner at Stephano's, at which he is a regular diner. A man enters quickly, sits at his table, starts eating h…
St Peter's College
University of Oxford Podcasts
The Visitor's Book
A couple renting a holiday home start to feel that something happened there the year before. This intriguing short story was originally broa…
The Communion of the Saint
Clio Griffin, an out-of-work academic with an attitude and a tendency toward sarcasm, travels to England to interview for a last-chance job-…
St. Peter at the Gate - author unknown
In Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Vol 2
Volume 2 of a ten volume collection of amusing tales, observations and anecdotes by America's greatest wordsmiths. This work includes select…
Pipefuls
A delightful collection of 48 essays on various topics of the human condition that caught his fancy. Witty, insightful and funny of course a…
The Laborer by William D. Gallagher
In The World's Best Poetry, Volume 4: The Higher Life (Part 2)
The fourth of ten volumes of poetry edited by Canadian poet laureate Bliss Carman (1861-1929). This collection, the second of two parts, inc…
Peter und Alexej
Historischer Roman über den russischen Zaren Peter I. Mit großer Authentizität schildert der Autor den Reformprozess, der un…
The Ass and His Burdens
In Aesop's Fables, Volume 02 (Fables 26-50)
Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…