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In Oriel College Chapel Services

Read by The Venerable Christine Allsopp


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University of Oxford Podcasts

The Grell Mystery

Read by Christine Blachford


Frank Froest


Mr Robert Grell, millionaire and socialite, is found murdered in his study on a stormy evening. It's up to Heldon Foyle, the detective, to u…

The Price of Love

Read by Christine Blachford


Arnold Bennett


Rachel Louise Fleckring works for the elderly Mrs Maldon, and although with the woman for only a short time, she is taken into the heart of …

The Fun of Getting Thin

Read by Christine Lehman


Samuel G. Blythe


In this short, amusing book, subtitled "How to Be Thin and Reduce The Waist Line," Samuel G. Blythe explains how he was able to lo…

The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness

Read by Christine Lamberton


Florence Hartley


A guide for ladies, written in 1860, on what is accepted as correct behavior in polite society. The advice covers dress, travelling, staying…

Grace Harlowe's Plebe Year at High School

Read by Christine Blachford


Jessie Graham Flower and Josephine Chase


This delightful book tells about a group of smart young people who get up to some wonderful adventures together - and save one another from …

Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School

Read by Christine Blachford


Jessie Graham Flower and Josephine Chase


Being a good and loyal friend is not easy, and Grace learns it the hard way. But, as in all children's books, good triumphs over evil. (Summ…

Discourses of Epictetus

Read by Christine Rottger


Epictetus


Philosophical discourses of Epictetus as recorded by his affectionate student, Arrian. One main precept expounded is that we do not fear eve…

Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School; or, Fast Friends in the Sororities …

Read by Christine Blachford


Jessie Graham Flower and Josephine Chase


In "Grace Harlowe's Junior Year at High School"; Or, "Fast Friends in the Sororities," the girl chums will appear as mem…

Home Vegetable Gardening

Read by Christine Rottger


Fredrick Frye Rockwell


Either as hobby or a great economic help, home vegetable gardens are valued. With spare time limited, this book is a great aid to those who …

British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car

Read by Christine Blachford


Thomas Dowler Murphy


In this chronicle of a summer's motoring in Britain I have not attempted a guide-book in any sense, yet the maps, together with the comments…

George Sand

Read by Christine Rottger


Bertha Thomas


A Victorian Novelist herself, Bertha Thomas presents a biography of the Life of George Sand - Summary by Christine Rottger

Eyes and No Eyes and Other Stories

Read by Christine Rottger


John Aikin, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Jane Marcet and Jane Taylor


Whatever will stimulate the observing tendencies of the young cannot but be of value to them. "Eyes and No Eyes" does this in a de…

Murad the Unlucky and Other Tales

Read by Christine Rottger


Maria Edgeworth


A collection of short stories by this famous Irish author who spent her life writing for the advancement of humanity and to alleviate the …

Twelve Years in the Saddle

Read by Will the Ninja


W. John L. Sullivan


Sergeant Sullivan tells the story of his life as a Texas Ranger for 12 incredible years in the late 1800s. (Summary by Will Nuessle)

ΕΙΡΗΝΙΚΑ

Read by Christine Rottger


Ioannes Polemis


Η φύση, ο πόλεμος, η ειρήνη, η συγχώρεση και οι ανθρώπινες αδυναμίες και επιθυμίες είναι συνυφασμένες σε αυτήν τη συλλογή ποιημάτων. Ο Ιωάνν…

The Light Princess

Read by Fox in the Stars


George MacDonald


Plenty of princesses have been cursed by wicked witches, but the curse placed on this princess by her evil aunt is an unusual one: it remove…

On Our Selection

Read by Son of the Exiles


Steele Rudd


The humorous account of Dad and Dave and the rest of the Rudd clan as they attempt to carve a farming 'selection' out of the Australian wild…

Dad's Trip to Brisbane (from Our New Selection)

Read by Son of the Exiles


Steele Rudd


Chapters XV through XIX of "Our New Selection""The wheat was in, and Dad decided to take a trip to Brisbane. For seven or eig…

Jim of the Hills - A Story in Rhyme

Read by Son of the Exiles


C. J. Dennis


Jim, an axe-man for a sawmill, who is a hard-knuckled, two-fisted fighting man when he has to be, but is shy around women, longs to find a w…

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