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Ch 05: Geraint, the Son of Erbin

In The Age of Chivalry

Read by Russ Clough

Thomas Bulfinch

Thomas Bulfinch explains the his work is "an attempt to tell the stories of mythology in such a manner as to make them a source of amus…

01 - Chapter I, Through Stormy Seas, Part One

In The Journals of Robert Falcon Scott; Vol 1 of 'Scott's Last Expedition'

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Robert Falcon Scott

Capt. Robert F. Scott's bid to be the leader of the first expedition to reach the South Pole is one of the most famous journeys of all time.…

The Green Overcoat

Read by Russ Hobbs

Hilaire Belloc

This rollicking novel captures the minor moral dilemma of thin, shy, nervous, Professor Higginson, psychologist, as he comes under the eye o…

Parochial and Plain Sermons, Volume 1

Read by Russ Hobbs

John Henry Newman

John Henry Newman's sermons enter the human heart easily and with transformative power. Lucid thinking, beautiful English prose, an integra…

The Dream of Gerontius

Read by Russ Hobbs

John Henry Newman

As a rule, when Cardinal Newman's poetry is mentioned, people think of "The Pillar of the Cloud," better known as "Lead, Kind…

Sermons Preached on Various Occasions

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John Henry Newman

What language do the human heart and soul speak? Many would say they speak poetry and song. But what if reason and spirituality join heart…

Joint and Composite Demand – Joint and Composite Supply

In Principles of Economics, Book 5: General Relations of Demand, Supply and Value

Read by Jeff Clough

Alfred Marshall

Principles of Economics was a leading economics textbook of Alfred Marshall (1842-1924), first published in 1890. Marshall began writing the…

Chapter 1

In Typhoon

Read by Russ Maxwell

Joseph Conrad

Typhoon is a short novel by Joseph Conrad, begun in 1899 and published in Pall Mall Magazine in 1902. It is a classic sea yarn that describe…

The Crimea

In Petrograd, the City of Trouble, 1914-1918

Read by Russ Lemker

Meriel Buchanan

The author of this work was the daughter of the British ambassador to Russia. She was in St. Petersburg (renamed Petrograd in 1914) from bef…

Simple Simon

In Rewards and Fairies

Read by Russ Lemker

Rudyard Kipling

Joseph Rudyard Kipling (December 30, 1865 – January 18, 1936) was an English author and poet, born in India, and best known today for his ch…