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Ant-Eaters, Armadilloes, and other Odd Animals

In Short Nonfiction Collection Vol. 013

Read by Caroline Shapiro


Mayne Reid and Thomas Mayne Reid


A collection of sixteen short nonfiction works in the public domain. The essays, speeches and reports included in this collection were inde…

Stage Tricks, Part 4

In Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring

Read by Caroline Shapiro


Professor Louis Hoffman


This "how-to" book covers everything for the 1800's illusionist, from stage presence & dress, program and stage arrangement, t…

Native Americans

In The Complete Book of Cheese

Read by Caroline Shapiro


Robert Carlton Brown and Bob Brown


Bob Brown, after living thirty years in as many foreign lands and enjoying countless national cheeses at the source, returned to New York an…

A Lion Hunt

In The Giraffe Hunters

Read by Caroline Shapiro


Thomas Mayne Reid


The Young Yägers, Hans and Hendrik Von Bloom, Groot Willem and Arend Van Wyk, are again on a hunting expedition. This time, the reader…

08- The Eighth Surprise: The Bravery of Prince Jollikin

In The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People

Read by Caroline Shapiro


L. Frank Baum


The Magical Monarch of Mo is a set of stories about the titular king, his queen, and his royal children. The stories are uproariously funny,…

Club Snobs

In The Book of Snobs

Read by Caroline Shapiro


W M Thackeray and William Makepeace Thackeray


The necessity of a work on Snobs, demonstrated from History, and proved by felicitous illustrations:—I am the individual destined to write t…

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.

Courts, Legislatures, Administrators, and the Making of Social Policy

In Foundation for Law, Justice and Society

Read by Martin Shapiro


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The War of the Worlds - Book 1 - Chapter 08

In The War of the Worlds

Read by Mike Shapiro


H. G. Wells


H. G. Wells wrote The War of the Worlds in 1898, when there was much speculation about life on the planet Mars. The book is considered to be…

Learning with the crowd? New structures, new practices for knowledge, learning, …

In OII Bellwether Lectures

Read by Caroline Haythornthwaite


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

'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