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Life in a Mediaeval City, Illustrated by York in the XVth Century

Read by Peter Yearsley


Edwin Benson


A short and gentle overview of mediaeval life in a large city. It lightly covers the class structure of society, local government, guilds, p…

Sadhana, The Realisation of Life, version 2

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Rabindranath Tagore


A collection of essays on the Hindu/Buddhist view of humankind's place in the universe. As the author says in his introduction: "in the…

John Barleycorn or Alcoholic Memoirs

Read by Peter Kelleher


Jack London


Jack London died at the age of forty. In this autobiographical work, London describes his life as seen through the eyes of John Barleycorn (…

The Song of Hiawatha

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


I sing the Song of Hiawatha,Brave of heart and strong of arm.Daughter's son of old Nokomis,Fathered by the harsh West Wind.With its regular,…

The Five Jars

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M. R. James


The Five Jars is the only novel written by James, who is best known for his ghost stories. It is a peculiarly surreal fantasy apparently wri…

Three Men on the Bummel

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Jerome K. Jerome


Some time after "Three Men in a Boat", George, Harris and Jerome decided to go on a cycling holiday through Germany.This relaxed a…

The Parenticide Club

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Ambrose Bierce


Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914?), best known as journalist, satirist and short story writer. Cynical in outlook, economical in style; Bierce va…

The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis

Read by Peter Tucker


Sigmund Freud


A series of lectures given in the USA by Freud in German, later translated into English - Summary by Peter Tucker

Secret Chambers and Hiding Places

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Allan Fea


“Secret Chambers and Hiding Places” is a collection of concealments and their uses, almost all within England, although a very few passages …

The Legion of Lazarus

Read by Peter Eastman


Edmond Hamilton


Those convicted of the most heinous crimes are sentenced to the Humane Penalty: they are ejected from the airlock of a ship, to freeze in th…

The Passionate Friends

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H. G. Wells


H. G. Wells is best known for his science fiction, but some of his greatest works were in other genres. The Passionate Friends is a love sto…

Crime: Its Cause and Treatment

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Clarence Darrow


Clarence Darrow was an American lawyer. He remains notable for his wit and agnosticism, which marked him as one of the most famous American …

The Fourth Dimension

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Charles Howard Hinton


"Mr Hinton tries to explain the theory of the fourth dimension so that the ordinary reasoning mind can get a grasp of what metaphysical…

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens

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J. M. Barrie


When he is seven days old, Peter Pan flies away from his mother (forgetting that he is no longer a bird and therefore cannot fly), comes to …

Tales of a Wayside Inn

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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow


Mostly a collection of story-telling poems told by a group of friends in a tavern late one night. "Tales" includes the famous Paul…

Don Juan, Canto 1

Read by Peter Gallagher


George Gordon, Lord Byron


Don Juan is a long narrative poem by Byron, based very loosely on the legend of the evil seducer, Don Juan. The first and second of (eventua…

In Search of the Unknown

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Robert W. Chambers


Robert Chambers was a contemporary of Lovecraft, and this book consists of "weird supernatural tales" in a somewhat similar manner…

The Ghosts of Piccadilly

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G. S. Street


Nothing spooky or supernatural, but a very personal gathering of gossip, letters, and fragments of biography of famous people who have lived…

Dog-Watches At Sea

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Stanton Henry King


Stanton H. King was from Barbados and followed his brothers to sea at the age of twelve in 1880. He spent only twelve years at sea for reaso…

About Orchids, a Chat

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Frederick Boyle


This is not a manual of instruction for orchid growers; though there are many hints on cultivation, and a few paragraphs on how to hybridize…

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