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The "Defenestration" at Prague, the Thirty Years War, AD 1618, by Samuel R. Gar…

In The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11

Read by Leah MacKenzie


Charles F. Horne


A comprehensive and readable account of the world's history, emphasizing the more important events, and presenting these as complete narrati…

Walden

Read by Gord Mackenzie


Henry David Thoreau


Walden by Henry David Thoreau is one of the best-known non-fiction books written by an American. Published in 1854, it details Thoreau’s lif…

On the Duty of Civil Disobedience

Read by Gord Mackenzie


Henry David Thoreau


Civil Disobedience is an essay by Henry David Thoreau. Published in 1849 under the title Resistance to Civil Government, it expressed Thorea…

Scaramouche

Read by Gord Mackenzie


Rafael Sabatini


Scaramouche is a romantic adventure and tells the story of a young aristocrat during the French Revolution. His successive endeavors as a la…

Hiring a wetnurse in seventeenth-century England

In Anthropology

Read by Leah Astbury


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

FMR 47 The vulnerability of Palestinian refugees from Syria

In Forced Migration Review

Read by Leah Morrison


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Kid on the Housetop

In Aesop's Fables, Volume 04 (Fables 76-100)

Read by Leah Baskett


Aesop


Dating back to the 6th century BC, Aesop's Fables tell universal truths through the use of simple allegories that are easily understood. Tho…

Longlegs The Blue Heron Receives Callers

In The Adventures of Grandfather Frog

Read by Leah Sosewitz


Thornton W. Burgess


Longlegs the Blue Heron felt decidedly out of sorts. It was a beautiful morning, too beautiful for any one to be feeling that way. Indeed, i…

The Vision of Brutus

In The Story of the Romans

Read by Leah Chamblee


H. A. Guerber


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

Uncle Wiggily's Rain Storm

In Uncle Wiggily's Story Book (Version 2)

Read by Leah Emery


Howard R. Garis


Uncle Wiggily, the Gentleman Rabbit, has had a lot of adventures. Here are some of the most amusing and exciting ones. As always, Uncle Wi…

Deciding upon a New Move

In The Ice Queen

Read by Leah Emery


Ernest Ingersoll


When four young people decide to undertake a skating trek across the Arctic ice, there are sure to be adventures. Aleck becomes “Captain,” …