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Dick Sands the Boy Captain

Read by Alex C. Telander


Jules Verne


Dick Sands, a youth of fifteen, must assume command of a ship after the disappearance of its captain. Nature’s forces combined with evil doi…

Remarkable Incidents and Modern Miracles Through Prayer and Faith

Read by G. C. Bevington


G. C. Bevington


G.C. Bevington was a holiness Methodist itinerant preacher who was based in Kentucky but traveled far and wide across America in the 1920s. …

Caging Schrödinger's Cat - Quantum Nanotechnology

Read by Simon C. Benjamin


Simon C. Benjamin


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph

Read by Alex C. Telander


Henry M. Field


Cyrus W. Field had a dream: to link the Old World of Britain and Europe to that of the New World of North America by a telegraph cable stret…

Mrs. Peter Rabbit

Read by C. L. W. Rollins


Thornton W. Burgess


A wonderful book in which we meet the lucky little bunny who becomes Mrs. Peter Rabbit! This is one of many delightful animal books written …

Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy

Read by Landon D. C. Elkind


Bertrand Russell


Bertrand Russell wrote 'Introduction to Mathematical Philosophy' while imprisoned for protesting Britain's involvement in World War I. Russe…

Our Knowledge of the External World: As a Field for Scientific Method in Philos…

Read by Landon D. C. Elkind


Bertrand Russell


Bertrand Russell gave the Lowell Lectures in March and April of 1914; these lectures produced 'Our Knowledge of the External World'. Russell…

Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays

Read by Landon D. C. Elkind


Bertrand Russell


This anthology collects a number of fascinating strands of Bertrand Russell's thought. "Mathematics and the Metaphysicians" detail…

The Philosophy of Logical Atomism

Read by Landon D. C. Elkind


Bertrand Russell


'The Philosophy of Logical Atomism' is a series of lectures by Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) that touches on numerous topics, including the n…

The Problems of Philosophy (version 2)

Read by Landon D. C. Elkind


Bertrand Russell


This 1912 book remains among the most widely-used and well-written introductions to philosophy in English. It was aimed to be an accessible …

Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (Version 2)

Read by Landon D. C. Elkind


Ludwig Wittgenstein


The Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus is the only book published by Ludwig Wittgenstein. Any summary would frankly do the work an injustice - t…

The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism

Read by Landon D. C. Elkind


Bertrand Russell


This book records Bertrand Russell's impressions of the new regime after a 1920 visit to Russia following the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution, inc…

On Propositions: What They Are and How They Mean

Read by Landon D. C. Elkind


Bertrand Russell


In this piece, Bertrand Russell offers an account of propositions. This essay has been widely regarded as a turning point in Russell's thoug…

Philosophical Essays

Read by Landon D. C. Elkind


Bertrand Russell


Six out of seven essays appearing here were reprinted from other publications; indeed, this 1910 collection went out of print, so that two o…

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Read by John Greenman


Harriet Beecher Stowe


Among the most “banned” books in the United States, Uncle Tom’s Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is a novel by American author Harriet Beeche…

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of …

Shadowmagic

Read by John Lenahan


John Lenahan


"Hi, my name is Conor. Other than my father being a bit of an eccentric lunatic, my life was pretty normal until I got attacked in my …

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Read by John Gonzalez


Oscar Wilde


Dorian Gray, a young man of wealth and stature in late 1800's London, meets Lord Henry Wotton while posing for a portrait by his friend Basi…

The Story of Abraham Lincoln

Read by John Lieder


Mary Agnes Hamilton


In this biography for young adults, Mary A. Hamilton gives a British person’s perspective on the 16th President of the United States. A glow…

The Prince and the Pauper

Read by John Greenman


Mark Twain


The Prince and the Pauper (1882) represents Mark Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The book, set in 1547, tells the story of two …

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