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Revolution

In Rewley House Research Seminars

Read by Adrian Stokes, Kerry Lock and Peter Watson


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Prayers and Meditations

Read by Steven Watson


Samuel Johnson


The prayers and meditations of Samuel Johnson, published posthumously by George Strahan to whom Johnson had entrusted the manuscripts. Johns…

A Journey Round My Room

Read by Steven Watson


Xavier De Maistre


Sentenced to house arrest for forty-two days owing to his participation in a duel, Xavier de Maistre was inspired to write a travel memoir a…

Where's all the wildlife? Flooding and the importance of landscape conservation

In Department for Continuing Education Open Day 2013

Read by Kerry Lock


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Blended Learning in Cross-Disciplinary Programmes: WebLearn

In Case Studies In Innovative Practice

Read by Adrian Stokes


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Teaching Style: Is there such a thing and does it matter?

In Kellogg College

Read by Adrian Stokes


Various


University of Oxford Podcasts

Oxford on Film: From Attic to Archive

Read by Peter Robinson and Hannah Lucas


Peter Robinson and Hannah Lucas


University of Oxford Podcasts

Treasure Island (version 2)

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Robert Louis Stevenson


A mysterious map, pirates, and pieces of eight! When young Jim Hawkins finds a map to pirates’ gold he starts on an adventure that takes him…

Siddhartha

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Hermann Hesse


Siddhartha is one of the great philosophical novels. Profoundly insightful, it is also a beautifully written story that begins as Siddhartha…

The Thirty-nine Steps

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


John Buchan


Richard Hannay’s boredom is soon relieved when the resourceful engineer is caught up in a web of secret codes, spies, and murder on the eve …

The Wind in the Willows (version 3)

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Kenneth Grahame


The classic story of how Rat, Mole, and the other river-bankers saved Toad from his excesses. This book has it all: excitement, sentiment, d…

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Thomas Hardy


One of the greatest English tragic novels, TESS OF THE D’URBERVILLES (1891) is the story of a “pure woman” who is victimized both by convent…

Kim

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Rudyard Kipling


Kim is a fabulous adventure story set in India during the former British Empire. It tells the story of a street-wise but (in typical Kipling…

My First Summer in the Sierra

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


John Muir


The journal of nature-lover John Muir who spent the summer of 1869 walking California’s Sierra Nevada range. From French Bar to Mono Lake an…

Through the Looking-Glass (version 2)

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Lewis Carroll


The sequel to “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” finds Alice back in Wonderland and a piece in a surreal chess game. This weird and wonderfu…

The History of Mr. Polly

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


H. G. Wells


A funny and touching account of the imaginative Mr. Polly who, bored and trapped in his conventional life, makes a U-turn –- and changes eve…

Mr. Midshipman Easy

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Frederick Marryat


One of the first novel-length pieces of nautical fiction, MR. MIDSHIPMAN EASY (1836) is a funny and easygoing account of the adventures of J…

The Big Bow Mystery

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Israel Zangwill


It's a cold and foggy night in London. A man is horribly murdered in his bedroom, the door locked and bolted on the inside. Scotland Yard is…

The Blue Lagoon

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


H. De Vere Stacpoole


Two shipwrecked children grow up on a South Pacific island. This beautiful story of adventure and innocent love was H.D. Stacpoole’s most po…

Jimbo

Read by Adrian Praetzellis


Algernon Blackwood


Fantasy novel about the mystical adventures of a lonely English boy, Jimbo. It’s really quite beautiful and can be enjoyed by both older kid…

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