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University of Oxford Podcasts

Companionable Books

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Henry van Dyke


Many books are dry and dusty, there is no juice in them; and many are soon exhausted, you would no more go back to them than to a squeezed o…

Ways of Wood Folk

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William J. Long


Late nineteenth-century naturalist William J. Long invites us in to the secret worlds of the woodland animals. Containing Long's own animal …

Ten Common Trees

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Susan Stokes


These are short sketches of ten common trees found in North America -- Black Willow, American Elm, Apple Tree, Horse-Chestnut, Birch, White …

Peace On Earth, Good-Will to Dogs

Read by Allyson Hester


Eleanor Hallowell Abbott


If you don't like Christmas stories, don't read this one!And if you don't like dogs, I don't know just what to advise you to do!For I warn y…

Corpus Earthling

Read by Ben Tucker


Louis Charbonneau


Paul Cameron is an English literature teacher at a local college and seems to be living a relatively content but somewhat lonely life in his…

A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting

Read by Bev J Stevens


Eugene Edward Hall


This instruction manual contains complete directions for making and fitting new staffs for watches from raw material. The author refers to s…

Penrod and Sam

Read by Jonathan Burchard


Booth Tarkington


Follow more of the hilarious life of the boy Penrod Schofield, his friends Sam Williams, Herman, Verman, Georgie, Maurice, and the love of h…

Bambi: A Life in the Woods

Read by Anne Fletcher


Felix Salten


Coming of age and journey into adulthood of young deer as he confronts the harsh realities of life and death in the forest. - Summary by Ann…

Toni, the Little Woodcarver

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Johanna Spyri


Toni is a little boy who discovers a love for woodcarving. When tragedy strikes and his father dies, Toni does all he can to help his mother…

EDYL - The Reading Department

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Mark Capell


It's 2046 and Jake Radley has the career opportunity of a lifetime. But to take it he needs to acquire a strange, mysterious new skill. A s…

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The Art of Bookbinding

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Joseph W. Zaehnsdorf


This handbook explains the art of bookbinding and simultaneously reminds us what a complex technology is to make books! Zaehnsdorf, bookbind…

Children's Short Works, Vol. 043

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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm


Librivox's Children's Short Works Collection 043: a collection of 15 short works for children in the public domain read by a variety of Libr…

Polaris (SP-EN)

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H. P. Lovecraft


Digital Sketchbooks: Using tablets to support a museum art visit


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Andy Barrett The Perfect Wood


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Afternoon Play: The Perfect Wood Fri 30th May 2003, 14:15 on BBC Radio 4 FM By Andy Barrett. When Bill retires from his …

The Adventure of the Copper Beeches

Read by Phil Chenevert


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


A governess comes to Sherlock Holmes for advice on an offer of a excellent position with a new employer. But the conditions are odd and exp…

In Search of the Unknown

Read by Peter Eastman


Robert W. Chambers


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

La sombra

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Hans Christian Andersen


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