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When William Came

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Saki

We have had many novels about alternate histories, often of the 'What would have happened if Hitler had won the war' type and this is anothe…

George and Robert Stephenson

Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017)

Samuel Smiles

George Stephenson did not invent the steam engine, that was due to Newcomen and later to James Watt. He did not invent the steam locomotive,…

The Tinder Box

In Fairy Stories my Children Love Best of All

Read by Sophia Field

Edgar Dubs Shimer

In this collection, we get to know which fairy tales Mr Shimer loved to tell his kids. Some of the stories may be familiar, but most of them…

Jesus Before Annas

In Hurlbut's Life of Christ For Young and Old

Read by Sophia Field

Jesse Lyman Hurlbut

Hurlbut's Life of Christ For Young and Old is a detailed, chronological presentation of the life of Christ, relying heavily on quoted portio…

2008 Lecture 4: Is that Really Revising Logic?

In John Locke Lectures in Philosophy

Read by Hartry Field

Various

University of Oxford Podcasts

Lesson 36. Per. Kun. Sen.

In The Esperanto Teacher

Read by Andy

Helen Fryer

The international language Esperanto was first released to the world in 1887, when L. L. Zamenhof published his first book, "Dr. Espera…

Chapter 11

In Zadig or the Book of Fate

Read by Andy

Voltaire

Zadig, ou La Destinée, ("Zadig, or The Book of Fate") (1747) is a famous novel written by the French Enlightenment philosop…

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