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Frigid Fracas
Read by Dale Grothmann
Dallas Mccord Reynolds and Mack Reynolds
In any status-hungry culture, the level a man is assigned depends on what people think he is—not on what he is. And that, of course, means t…
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919
Read by David Wales
Various
Fifteen short stories of 1919, winners of a rigorous competition. The extensive Introduction is omitted from this recording. ( david wales)
The Catholic's Ready Answer
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Rev. M.P. Hill and Rev. M. P. Hill
A popular vindication of Christian beliefs and practices against the attacks of modern criticism. Ninety-eight topics, in alphabetical order…
The Lost Art of Reading
Read by Joseph Tabler
Gerald Stanley Lee
Gerald Stanley Lee speaks here-in of books and self in the time of factories, tall buildings and industry and big city making, the effects o…
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O. Henry
O. Henry needs no introduction of course; the man who made the short story with the surprise ending famous. These 16 stories are all wonder…
The Art of Letters
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Robert Lynd
From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essay on the literary scene of his da…
From the Easy Chair Vol. 3
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George William Curtis
The third volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the …
Biographia Literaria
Read by Nicole Lee
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Nominally an autobiography, Biographia Literaria ranges widely across the realms of philosophy, poetry and memoir, in Coleridge's trademark …
Old and New Masters
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Robert Lynd
Jane Austen, WB Yeats, Chesterton, Shaw... these are personal and intelligent short essays on a selection of great (and great-ish) writers: …
Damn! A Book of Calumny
Read by Wasichu
H. L. Mencken
Henry Louis "H. L." Mencken (1880 – 1956) was an American journalist, essayist, magazine editor, satirist, acerbic critic of Ameri…
The Book of This and That
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Robert Lynd
From the pen of the Irish poet and essayist, Robert Lynd, comes a collection of humorous and satirical essays on topics as wide ranging as s…
From the Easy Chair Vol. 1
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George William Curtis
George William Curtis was a writer and public speaker. He was editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American Republican p…
Louwes Lectures
Read by Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
Laurence Boisson de Chazournes
University of Oxford Podcasts
Stories of Animal Sagacity
Read by Allyson Hester
William Henry Giles Kingston
300+ short stories of how smart and savvy various individual animals have been seen to be, and in most cases a little moral is drawn from th…
From the Easy Chair Vol. 2
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George William Curtis
The second volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the…
"Abe" Lincoln's Anecdotes and Stories
Read by mkirkpat
R. D. Wordsworth
According to the compiler, R.D. Wordsworth, this is a collection of the best stories told by Lincoln which made him famous as America's Best…
My Buried Treasure
Read by Crln Yldz Ksr
Richard Harding Davis
"This is a true story of a search for buried treasure. The only part that is not true is the name of the man with whom I searched for t…
Jesus College
Read by Niall Ferguson, Richard Evans and Lord Bragg
Niall Ferguson, Richard Evans and Lord Bragg
University of Oxford Podcasts