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Lecture 4: "The Greatest Mechanick of this Present Age": Dr Robert Hooke and the…

In Department of Engineering Science Centenary Lectures

Read by Allan Chapman


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Africa, O Africa

Read by Louise Robinson Chapman


Louise Robinson Chapman


This is the story of Louise Robinson Chapman, a missionary in Africa. From 1920 until 1940 she ministered to the dark continent, coming to t…

Now It Can Be Told

Read by Walt Allan


Philip Gibbs


In this book I have written about some aspects of the war which, Ibelieve, the world must know and remember, not only as a memorial ofmen's …

Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble

Read by Walt Allan


Howard R. Garis


The Wibblewobble family of ducks appear in a series of 31 bedtime stories - one for each day of the month - written by Howard R. Garis. Each…

Human Nature And Conduct - Part 1, The Place of Habit in Conduct

Read by William Allan Jones


John Dewey


John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist saw Social Psychology as much a physical science …

Human Nature and Conduct - Part 3, The Place of Intelligence In Conduct

Read by William Allan Jones


John Dewey


John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist, saw Social Psychology as much a physical science…

Human Nature and Conduct - Part 2, The Place of Impulse In Conduct

Read by William Allan Jones


John Dewey


Part 2 describes Dewey's concept of IMPULSES. They encompass the interaction of one's self with the environment. When the environment encoun…

Human Nature and Conduct - Part 4, Conclusion

Read by William Allan Jones


John Dewey


John Dewey, an early 20th Century American philosopher, psychologist, educational theorist. This project encompasses Part 4 of 4 of his book…

Atala

Read by William Allan Jones


François-René de Chateaubriand


What were the lower Mississippi River, Gulf Coast regions, and Appalachians of North America like in the earliest colonial days? Full of unt…

Elmer Gantry

Read by William Allan Jones


Sinclair Lewis


This novel tells the story of a young, charismatic, and morally corrupt salesman who becomes involved in evangelism. Gantry's involvement in…

Ingersoll on THOMAS PAINE, from the Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Volume 1, Lec…

Read by William Allan Jones


Robert G. Ingersoll


Col. Ingersoll begins his lectures on famous people as follows: [i]"It is hard to overstate the debt we owe to the men and women of ge…

Clarence Darrow, Selected Works: 1893-1917

Read by William Allan Jones


Clarence Darrow


This is a collection of 8 works by Clarence Darrow written between 1893 and 1917. Clarence Darrow was most noted in his time as an enormousl…

The Quest of the Golden Girl

Read by William Allan Jones


Richard Le Gallienne


The main character fears that he will never get married and performs a long pilgrimage whose goal is the perfect companion, the girl God mea…

Chapter 4

In With Fire and Sword (Byers)

Read by Chris Chapman


Samuel H.M. Byers and Samuel H. M. Byers


Samuel H. M. Byers was an American poet, diplomat, and soldier in the Civil War. "In war some persons seek adventures; others have them…

Chapter I: Part 1

In The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. I

Read by Chris Chapman


Edward Gibbon


The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was writ…

The Colonial Press

In History of the United States, Vol. I

Read by Chris Chapman


Charles and Mary Beard and Charles Austin Beard


Charles Austin Beard was the most influential American historian of the early 20th century. He published hundreds of monographs, textbooks a…

Chapter XI, Part 5

In The History of England, from the Accession of James II - (Volume 3, Chapter 11)

Read by Chris Chapman


Thomas Babington Macaulay


In chapter 11 William and Mary have been crowned and settle down to the task of ruling England. An endless succession of British noblemen jo…