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Alan Milburn on Cancer in Africa

In Cancer in the Developing World

Read by Alan Milburn and Vanita Sharma


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Inspector French and the Cheyne Mystery

Read by Atul Sharma


Freeman Wills Crofts


A railway engineer by training, Freeman Wills Crofts often relied on railway themes for his plots, with careful attention to details and sch…

Revolt In The Desert

Read by Atul Sharma


T. E. Lawrence


Revolt in the Desert (1924) is a personal account by T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) of the 2 year Arab Revolt during the Great War. Begi…

The Double

Read by Atul Sharma


Edgar Wallace


When Dick Staines graduated the University of Cambridge without family connections or inherited wealth, he decides to put his honours scienc…

The Squealer [aka The Squeaker]

Read by Atul Sharma


Edgar Wallace


In 1920s London, a mysterious informant - known only as the Squealer - is systematically betraying London's criminal class to the authoritie…

Dispatches from the Ruhr

Read by Atul Sharma


Ernest Hemingway


Before finding celebrity as an author, including his 1954 Nobel Prize, Ernest M. Hemingway honed his craft as a journeyman reporter. In the …

The Just Men of Cordova

Read by Atul Sharma


Edgar Wallace


In “The Just Men of Cordova (1917)”, European financiers are dying conveniently from London to Cordova, victims of a mysterious poison that …

Sowing Seeds in Danny

Read by Atul Sharma


Nellie Mcclung


Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951) is a Canadian icon - a feminist, social activist, author, and political leader. When she was a child, she move…

Painted Fires

Read by Atul Sharma


Nellie McClung and Nellie Mcclung


Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951) is a Canadian icon - feminist, social activist, author, and political leader. When she was a child, she moved …

Sailing Alone Around The World

Read by Alan Chant


Joshua Slocum


Joshua Slocum was the first man to sail around the world alone in a small boat. He personally rebuilt an 11.2 metre sloop-rigged fishing boa…

The Bat

Read by Alan Winterrowd


Mary Roberts Rinehart


The novelization of the play of the same name that had an initial run of 867 shows on Broadway and has been performed all over the world and…

The House on the Borderland

Read by Alan Winterrowd


William Hope Hodgson


In 1877, two gentlemen, Messrs Tonnison and Berreggnog, head into Ireland to spend a week fishing in the village of Kraighten. While there, …

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Read by Alan Chant


Charles Dickens


The Mystery of Edwin Drood is the final novel by Charles Dickens. The novel was left unfinished at the time of Dickens' death, and readers h…

The Wouldbegoods, Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers

Read by Alan Chant


E. Nesbit


The Bastable children, first met in The Treasure Seekers, are sent to stay in the countryside; is it large enough to contain their exuberant…

Armageddon- 2419 A.D. (Version 2)

Read by Alan Winterrowd


Philip Francis Nowlan


Armageddon—2419 A.D. is the first appearance of the character that would become Buck Rogers. First published in the August 1928 issue of Ama…