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Evolution of the Horse (Thomas H. Huxley)

In Little Masterpieces of Science - The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer

Read by Paul Lawley-Jones

George Iles

Another in the series of Little Masterpieces in Science, The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer includes essays and excerpts from the works …

CHAPTER III - Round the Town with Chaucer and the Poets of his Time

In The Story of London

Read by Paul Lawley-Jones

Henry B. Wheatley

A non-exhaustive history of London from the earliest settlement up to early modern times, focusing on the daily lives of its citizens, the a…

The Tin Mines of Cornwall

In The Romance of Mining

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Archibald Williams

Any writer on mining in its general aspect is, when casting about for a starting-point, driven to express what others have said before him-t…

The Botany of the Coffee Plant

In All About Coffee

Read by Paul Lawley-Jones

William Ukers

Considered the definitive work about coffee of its time, "All About Coffee" was written by William Ukers, founder of the Tea and C…

Duel on Syrtis

In Short Science Fiction Collection 083

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Paul L. Anderson and Poul William Anderson

Science fiction is a genre encompassing imaginative works that take place in this world or that of the author’s creation where anything is p…

Gravesend And Tilbury

In Father Thames

Read by Paul Lawley-Jones

Walter Higgins

Originally published in 1922, this work details the history and importance of one of Great Britain's grandest rivers, the River Thames. It i…

The Sin of Zarpanit

In The Ship of Ishtar

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Abraham Merritt

Imaginative, sensual, gory.John Kenton, WWI veteran and wealthy archaeologist, receives stone artifact from a friend in Babylon. Surprisingl…

Chapter 26 - The Opening of the Dardanelles Campaign, part 2

In A History of the Great War, Volume Two

Read by Paul Lawley-Jones

John Buchan

This is the second of a four-volume history of the First World War, covering the period from the opening of the Dardenelles Campaign in Sept…

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