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David Willetts on Investment in Sciences at Universities

In The Oxford Year

Read by David Willetts


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Mark Thompson (Symposium): Politics and Language - Friends or Enemies?

In Humanitas - Visiting Professorships at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge

Read by Mark Thompson, Polly Toynbee, Gus O'Donnell, David Willetts and Andrew Marr


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Count of Monte Cristo (version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Alexandre Dumas


Le Comte de Monte-Cristo is an adventure novel and one of the author's most popular works. He completed the work in 1844. The story takes pl…

The Return of Sherlock Holmes (Version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The book was first published in February 1905 by McClure, Phillips & Co. (New York) then on March 7, 1905 by Georges Newnes, Ltd. (Londo…

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Read by David Barnes


Robert Louis Stevenson


The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1886. London lawyer…

The Pursuit of God

Read by David Leeson


Aiden Wilson Tozer


"As the heart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God." This thirst for an intimate relationship with…

The Metamorphosis

Read by David Barnes


Franz Kafka


The Metamorphosis (in German, Die Verwandlung, "The Transformation") is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915, and arg…

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (version 4)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of 12 short stories that were originally illustrated by Sidney Paget. These are the first…

A Study In Scarlet (Version 6)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


A Study in Scarlet is a detective mystery novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, introducing his new characters, "consulting detectiv…

The Imitation of Christ

Read by David Barnes


Thomas à Kempis and Thomas À Kempis


The Imitation of Christ is widely considered one of the greatest manuals of devotion in Christianity. The life of Christ is presented as the…

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


This is the second book of short stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning the adventures of the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his…

The Hound of the Baskervilles (version 4)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The Hound of the Baskervilles is the third of the four crime novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holme…

The Canterville Ghost

Read by David Barnes


Oscar Wilde


The American Minister and his family have bought the English stately home Canterville Chase, complete with the ghost of Sir Simon de Canterv…

The Sign of The Four (version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. …

The Valley of Fear (Version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


Receiving a mysterious cypher message from a Fred Porlock, apparent agent of the infamous Professor Moriarty, Holmes and Watson set about de…

What I Believe

Read by David Barnes


Leo Tolstoy


"The inner working of my soul, which I wish to speak of here, was not the result of a methodical investigation of doctrinal theology, o…

His Last Bow (version 3)

Read by David Clarke


Sir Arthur Conan Doyle


His Last Bow: Some Reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes is a collection of previously published Sherlock Holmes stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, i…

Ulysses S. Grant

Read by David Wales


Owen Wister


Ulysses S. Grant was the great hero (for the North) in the Civil War and the 18th President of the United States. This short biography is on…

The Cat of Bubastes

Read by David Leeson


G. A. Henty


G.A. Henty’s “tale of ancient Egypt” tells the story of Amuba, prince of the Rebu, who is taken captive when his people are conquered by the…

Answers to Prayer, from George Müller's Narratives

Read by David Barnes


George Müller


Mr. Brooks, in this compilation, has endeavored to select those incidents and practical remarks from Mr. Müller's Narratives, that show…

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