Search Results

Form and Ornament in Ceramic Art

Read by Lynne T


William Henry Holmes


A study of ceramics in the Americas: its form, function and ornamentation as well as its history. Produced by the Smithsonian's Department o…

Richelieu: A Tale of France

Read by Lynne T


George Payne Rainsford James


Written in three volumes, this fictionalized biography of Richelieu is supposedly based on a manuscript that fell into the author's hands an…

Lord Montagu's Page

Read by Lynne T


George Payne Rainsford James


A young man is crossing the English Channel bound for France. It is obviously not his first such trip, but who is he and what is his errand?…

The Fate: A Tale of Stirring Times

Read by Lynne T


George Payne Rainsford James


The lot of a younger son was less assured than his older brother in days gone by. It was worse for his descendant, especially if he wanted t…

Arrah Neil; or, Times of Old

Read by Lynne T


George Payne Rainsford James


During his lifetime, James published an estimated 100 novels. Arrah Neil was published some 40 years after his death. In this historical nov…

Community, Community of Practice, and the Methodological Commons

In Digital Humanities at Oxford Summer School

Read by Ray Siemens


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Book 1, Chapter 7, Part 1

In Open The Door

Read by Lynne


Catherine Carswell


This award-winning book tells the coming of age story of Joanna Bannerman. Considered largely autobiographical, it shows Joanna with all her…

Chapter Eight

In Elsie's Motherhood

Read by Lynne T


Martha Finley


After the Civil War, Elsie and her family return to their home in the South, dealing with the upheaval that the Reconstruction Era brought d…

Superstition and Witchcraft in Cuba

In Cuban Folk Lore

Read by Lynne T


L. Roy Terwilliger


The author gives a first-hand look at unusual and arguably primitive customs on the island of Cuba. He uncovers a strange and unique blend o…

Ch.1 Old Town And The Minister

In Oldtown Folks

Read by Lynne T


Harriet Beecher Stowe


1870's rural Massachusetts communities became famous as “Oldtown” in Harriet Beecher Stowe's 7th novel and national bestseller. Based partia…

Chapter XVI

In Katharine Lauderdale Volume 2

Read by Lynne T


Francis Marion Crawford


Katherine Lauderdale would be a New York society belle, if it were not for her miserly father. Her older sister has escaped the unhappy pare…

< 1 2 3 4