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Chapter 24

In The Romance of the Forest

Read by Jamie Leigh Cooper


Ann Radcliffe


A Gothic novel famously mentioned by Jane Austen in "Northanger Abbey" as an inspiration for the romantic ideals and supernatural …

Dot and the Kangaroo (version 2)

Read by Tess Leigh


Ethel C. Pedley


A 5-year-old girl named Dot is lost in the outback after chasing a hare into the wood and losing sight of her home. She is approached by a r…

Little Prudy's Sister Susy

Read by Tess Leigh


Rebecca Sophia Clarke


Little Prudy’s Sister Suzy is the second book in the Little Prudy series. It follows three sisters, aged 3 to 8, through the Christmas break…

18 - Waly, Waly, Love be Bonny

In A Book of Old English Ballads

Read by Jamie


George Wharton Edwards


In this selection... the aim has been to bring within moderate compass a collection of these songs of the people which should fairly represe…

The Roman Empire Divided

In The Story of the Romans

Read by Jamie


H. A. Guerber


A collection of short stories and histories of Rome, from its beginning to its end. (Ann Boulais)

The strengths and weaknesses of social media

In Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Read by Jamie Bartlett


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Wildlife in the Anthropocene: Environmentalism without nature

In Alumni Weekend

Read by Jamie Lorimer


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Managing risk from climate variability and change: lessons from Australia's Murr…

In Water Security, Risk and Society Conference

Read by Jamie Pittock


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Modelling the emission and transport of Saharan dust

In School of Geography and the Environment Podcasts

Read by Jamie Banks


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Essay on Teas

In A Treatise on Foreign Teas

Read by Jamie Todd


Hugh Smith


What would England be without tea? It is difficult to imagine, but there was a time in which tea was not quite as ubiquitous in Europe as it…

SPITE THE MARTEN AND PEKAN THE FISHER -- The Pine Marten or American Sable and …

In The Burgess Animal Book for Children

Read by Jamie Wilking


Thornton W. Burgess


Peter Rabbit goes to school, with Mother Nature as his teacher. In this zoology book for children, Thornton W. Burgess describes the mammals…

A Song of Autumn - Read by JR

In A Song of Autumn

Read by Jamie Ridler


Adam Lindsay Gordon


Adam Lindsay Gordon was an Australian poet, jockey and politician. - Summary by Wikipedia

Chapter 5 - The Scattering of the People

In The Bible in Its Making

Read by Jamie Allen


Mildred Duff and Noel Hope and Mildred Duff


One great universal law runs through the realm of nature. Our Saviour gave it in a sentence: 'First the blade, then the ear, after that the …

18 The Sussex Spaniel

In The American Book of the Dog

Read by Jamie Fidler


Various


Here is a period piece, covering 47 breeds, about the early days of dog breeding, the birth of the American Kennel Club (1884) which firmly …

Chapter 56

In Ask Mamma: or The Richest Commoner In England

Read by Jamie Price


Robert Smith Surtees


Considering that Billy Pringle, or Fine Billy, as his good-natured friends called him, was only an underbred chap, he was as good an imitati…