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Adrian Hill on Vaccination Research

In Vaccine Research at Oxford

Read by Adrian Hill and Richard Morton


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Futuria Fantasia, Spring 1940

Read by Lois Hill


Ray Bradbury and Variousandray Bradbury


A collection of short science fiction stories, edited by Ray Bradbury. Authors include Lyle Monroe, J. E. Kelleam, Hank Kuttner, J. H. Hagga…

Lady Baltimore

Read by Lois Hill


Owen Wister


Augustus visits King's Port, South Carolina, at the request of his Aunt Carola, and at her expense. She wants him to research genealogies an…

The Wanderer's Necklace

Read by Annyiee Hill


H. Rider Haggard


The Wanderer’s Necklace is classic Haggard, filled with adventure, intrigue, and steadfastness in the face of overwhelming obstacles. “The E…

The Story of the Treasure Seekers (version 3)

Read by Sarah Hill


E. Nesbit


This story follows the six Bastable Children; Dora, Oswald, Dicky, Alice, Noel and Horace Octavius, on their adventures to help their widowe…

Darwin 200

Read by Richard Dawkins, Richard Harries and Jeremy Paxman


Richard Dawkins, Richard Harries and Jeremy Paxman


University of Oxford Podcasts

Ancient Egypt

Read by Richard Parkinson and Barbara Ewing


Richard Parkinson and Barbara Ewing


University of Oxford Podcasts

Siddhartha

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Hermann Hesse


Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha…

Treasure Island (version 2)

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Robert Louis Stevenson


A mysterious map, pirates, and pieces of eight! When young Jim Hawkins finds a map to pirates’ gold he starts on an adventure that takes him…

The Thirty-nine Steps

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


John Buchan


Richard Hannay’s boredom is soon relieved when the resourceful engineer is caught up in a web of secret codes, spies, and murder on the eve …

The Wind in the Willows (version 3)

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Kenneth Grahame


The classic story of how Rat, Mole, and the other river-bankers saved Toad from his excesses. This book has it all: excitement, sentiment, d…

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Thomas Hardy


One of the greatest English tragic novels, TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES (1891) is the story of a “pure woman” who is victimized both by convent…

Kim

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Rudyard Kipling


Kim is a fabulous adventure story set in India during the former British Empire. It tells the story of a street-wise but (in typical Kipling…

My First Summer in the Sierra

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


John Muir


The journal of nature-lover John Muir who spent the summer of 1869 walking California’s Sierra Nevada range. From French Bar to Mono Lake an…

Through the Looking-Glass (version 2)

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Lewis Carroll


The sequel to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” finds Alice back in Wonderland and a piece in a surreal chess game. This weird and wonderfu…

The History of Mr. Polly

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


H. G. Wells


A funny and touching account of the imaginative Mr. Polly who, bored and trapped in his conventional life, makes a U-turn –- and changes eve…

Mr. Midshipman Easy

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Frederick Marryat


One of the first novel-length pieces of nautical fiction, MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY (1836) is a funny and easygoing account of the adventures of J…

The Big Bow Mystery

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Israel Zangwill


It's a cold and foggy night in London. A man is horribly murdered in his bedroom, the door locked and bolted on the inside. Scotland Yard is…

The Blue Lagoon

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


H. De Vere Stacpoole


Two shipwrecked children grow up on a South Pacific island. This beautiful story of adventure and innocent love was H.D. Stacpoole’s most po…

Jimbo

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Algernon Blackwood


Fantasy novel about the mystical adventures of a lonely English boy, Jimbo. It’s really quite beautiful and can be enjoyed by both older kid…

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