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'Ambassador of Good Will': Three Centuries of American Art in 1930s Europe

In Design for War and Peace: 2014 Annual Design History Society Conference

Read by Caroline Riley


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Valley of Fear

Read by Katie Riley


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Doyle's final novel featuring the beloved sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, brings the detective and his friend to a country manor where they are pre…

Essays on Political Economy

Read by Katie Riley


Frédéric Bastiat


Bastiat asserted that the only purpose of government is to defend the right of an individual to life, liberty, and property. From this defin…

Sophisms of the Protectionists

Read by Katie Riley


Frédéric Bastiat


"To rob the public, it is necessary to deceive them," Bastiat said and believed. He reasoned, employing repetition to various appl…

Fourteen Months in American Bastiles

Read by Katie Riley


Francis Key Howard


Francis Key Howard recounts in this book his life as a political prisoner of the United States. He points out that he was held captive at th…

Heidi, une histoire pour les enfants et pour ceux qui les aiment

Read by Caroline Sophie


Johanna Spyri


Une petite fille orpheline, Heidi, est amenée par sa tante chez son grand-père qui habite isolé sur l’Alpe, loin des ho…

Emily Fox-Seton

Read by Caroline Driggs


Frances Hodgson Burnett


Have you ever wondered what happened to Cinderella after she married the prince? Have you ever asked yourself if it was really "happy e…

Consequences

Read by Caroline Driggs


E. M. Delafield


Set in late Victorian England, “Consequences” follows the life of Alexandra Clare, a girl born into an upper class Catholic London family. R…

The Fox That Wanted Nine Golden Tails

Read by Caroline Lilyard


Kathleen Gray Nelson


A fox aspires to reach his 1000th birthday safely and be rewarded with nine golden tails in this wise and charming fairytale.

70 - Book 11 Chapter 1 - At Grushenka's

In The Brothers Karamazov

Read by Katie Riley


Fyodor Dostoyevsky


The Brothers Karamazov (Russian: Братья Карамазовы) is the final novel by the Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky, and is generally considered …

Chapter XV

In A Son At The Front

Read by Riley McGuire


Edith Wharton


This is an overlooked novel by the author of House Of Mirth, Age Of Innocence, and more. She already became the first woman to win the Pulit…

ArmorGroup meets, Feud Continues, Pink is Now

In Report of the Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contracto…

Read by Katie Riley


United States Senate Committee on Armed Services


The Inquiry into the Role and Oversight of Private Security Contractors in Afghanistan, which reported in September 2010, was precipitated b…