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Accession of Ahab—Era of Elijah

In A Class-Book of Old Testament History

Read by Mason Lewis


George Frederick Maclear


This is classic book by scholar, educator, theologian and preacher George Frederick Maclear, headmaster of King's College School, London, an…

Paul Jones

In Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 2

Read by Mason Lewis


Charles F. Horne


A collection of writings about a variety of men and women from history who were some of the most prominent people around at the time. Marsha…

The First Gentile Converts

In The Literature and History of New Testament Times

Read by Mason Lewis


John Gresham Machen


There is a tendency in the modern Church to neglect the study of Bible history. Such neglect will inevitably result in a loss of power. The …

Chapter 9

In Doctor Grimshawe’s Secret

Read by Mason Lewis


Nathaniel Hawthorne


Dr. Grimshawe is a spider-cultivating eccentric. The central secret of the book is an all-encompassing spiders web. The central character is…

The Wolf of Man

Read by Shawn Lewis


Shawn Lewis


Man is the wolf of man -- Roman adage After being bitten by a werewolf and killing his best friend, college student Caden Lawson flees--des…

Over the Hills and Far Away: A Story of New Zealand

Read by Lewis Fletcher


Charlotte Evans


One of the very first New Zealand novels, Over the Hills and Far Away is a heavily romanticised tale of a woman's journey from England to Ot…

Frostiana: or a history of the River Thames in a frozen state

Read by Lewis Fletcher


George Davis


The frost fair of 1814 began on 1 February, and lasted four days. A printer named George Davis published a 124-page book, "Frostiana; o…

The Lady of the Basement Flat

Read by Judi Mason


Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


A naive young girl strikes out on her own and ends up leading a double life in this engaging tale of love lost and found. Summary by Judi M…

Pixie O'Shaughnessy

Read by Judi Mason


Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


The first of a trilogy for girls which introduces Pixie O'Shaughnessy. She is sent to boarding school in England from her native Ireland, fu…

The Camera Fiend

Read by Judi Mason


E. W. Hornung


A London schoolboy playing hooky is drawn in to the clutches of a creature evil beyond imagining.(summary by Judi Mason)

More About Pixie

Read by Judi Mason


Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


Pixie is older, her world becomes wider. The stories of her sister Bridgie and her brother Jack emerge, and also that of an intriguing neigh…

The Love Affairs of Pixie

Read by Judi Mason


Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


This is the third book of the Pixie O’Shaughnessy trilogy. In a story of love lost and found, Pixie matures from an inexperienced young lass…

Tom and Some Other Girls: A Public School Story

Read by Judi Mason


Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


Impetuous, self-centered Rhoda goes to boarding school and learns hard lessons. This is a story of recklessness and forgiveness. (Summary b…

Flaming June

Read by Judi Mason


Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey


The immensity of the gulf between England and the United States manifests itself on several levels in this story of a young girl’s innocent …

Children of the Tenements

Read by Judi Mason


Jacob A. Riis


This is a collection of vignettes about poverty in New York City in the early 1900s. Jacob Riis was a police reporter and a sociologist. He …

The Evacuation of England: The Twist in the Gulf Stream

Read by Judi Mason


Louis Pope Gratacap


This book is ostensibly about a theoretical catastrophic geologic event. It turns into a meditation on what it means to be an English person…

The Fall of the Roman Empire (Bryan Ward-Perkins)

Read by Bryan Ward-Perkins and Oliver Lewis


Bryan Ward-Perkins and Oliver Lewis


University of Oxford Podcasts

The Higher Pantheism - Read by LLB

In The Higher Pantheism

Read by Lewis


Alfred, Lord Tennyson


LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of The Higher Pantheism by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for Septemb…

Do You Fear the Wind? - Read by LLB

In Do You Fear the Wind?

Read by Lewis


Hamlin Garland


LibriVox volunteers bring you 16 recordings of Do You Fear the Wind? by Hamlin Garland. This was the Weekly Poetry project for February 3, 2…