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A Podcast Audio Drama to mark the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey. Harry Harmes and Maisie Merman fall in love in the East End of London in 1914 and marry. Then Harry takes the King's shilling to go off to war. Written by Clive Stubbings and produced by theatre company Little Pixie productions. From Sad Shires premieres November 11th 2020.
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Audio Guide London | Walking Tour of London in a Day Welcome to "Audio Guide London | Walking Tour of London in a Day," your ultimate companion for exploring the heart of London in just one day! Our expertly crafted audio guide takes you on the most efficient route to experience the city's iconic landmarks, historical sites, and hidden gems, all within a single day. Whether you're a first-time visitor or a seasoned traveler, our optimized tour ensures you see the very best of London without ...
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Join Roya and Kate every week as they talk through the latest news on Charles and Camilla, William and Kate, Harry and Meghan and more! Insights on royal life in the era of King Charles with Roya Nikkhah and Kate Mansey, the royal editors of The Times and the Sunday Times – two women with unmatched insight into the inner workings of the monarchy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The Faith & Life Lectures are open and welcoming public forums where nationally known speakers reflect on how Christian faith intersects with different dimensions of everyday life. Past speakers have included William Willimon, Gregory Boyle, Hilary Lunke, Richard Stearns, Marilynne Robinson, Dr. Timothy Johnson, Kevin Kling, Rick Steves and Glennon Melton. The series is a community service of St. Philip the Deacon Lutheran Church in Plymouth, Minnesota.
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 17 recordings of On the Tombs in Westminster Abbey by Francis Beaumont. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 21, 2024. Francis Beaumont was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of t…
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It has been called "a House of God, and a House of Kings" and Westminster Abbey has been at the very heart of Royal occasions playing host to coronations, weddings, and funerals. And now a podcast, this podcast. In this special episode, Roya and Kate have the Abbey to themselves as they discuss its history, reflect on recent events there and explor…
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LibriVox recording of El prometido de Aurelia: narraciones humorísticas by Mark Twain. (Translated by Augusto Barrado.) Read in Spanish by LibriVox Volunteers Nueve deliciosas narraciones de humor de genial escritor estadounidense, una muestra del ingenio, ironía e inteligencia con las que Twain e.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This…
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LibriVox recording of Sermons Preached on Various Occasions by John Henry Newman. Read in English by Russ Hobbs What language do the human heart and soul speak? Many would say they speak poetry and song.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the following types: 128Kbps MP3, 64Kbps MP3, Archive BitTorrent, Item Tile, …
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LibriVox recording of The Hairy Ones Shall Dance by Manly Wade Wellman. Read in English by Ben Tucker "A novel of a hideous, stark horror that struck during a spirit seance — a tale of terror and sudden death, and the frightful thing that laired in the Devil’s Croft!" - Summary by Weird Tales, J.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This i…
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LibriVox recording of Le Rime by Guido Cavalcanti. Read in Italian by LibriVox Volunteers Raccolta di rime a cura di Ercole Rivalta, pubblicista italiano che nel 1900 ha curato la raccolta, rifacendosi a edizioni precedenti, come indicato nella sua prefazione.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the following types:…
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LibriVox recording of Tristram and Iseult and other poems by Matthew Arnold. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers The English poet and cultural critic Matthew Arnold was the son of the headmaster of Rugby School who became a fellow of Oriel College, Oxford.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the following types: …
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LibriVox recording of Masterpieces of Mystery: Ghost Stories by Robert Louis Stevenson; Guy de Maupassant; Ralph Adams Cram; Algernon Blackwood; Pliny the Younger; W. F. Harvey; M. R. James; Wilbur Daniel Steele; Katherine Rickford.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the following types: 128Kbps MP3, 64Kbps MP3, Ar…
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LibriVox recording of The Renaissance and the Reformation: A Textbook of European History 1494-1610 by Emmeline Tanner. Read in English by Pamela Nagami Dame Emmeline Tanner writes of the Renaissance that its "special characteristic was the revolt against authority and the rise to importance of the .... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. Th…
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LibriVox recording of Lectures on the History and Principles of Ancient Commerce by James William Gilbart. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers "There are few in this room who have not attended [Gilbart's] excellent lectures on 'Ancient Commerce.' I feel what a train of agreeable and elevating ass.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. Th…
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LibriVox recording of Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 6, August 1906 by Various. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers Mother Earth was an American anarchist journal that described itself as "A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature".... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the following types: 128Kbps MP3,…
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LibriVox recording of Herakles by Louis Couperus. (Translated by Else Otten.) Read in German by LibriVox Volunteers Louis Couperus erzählt die antike Heldengeschichte des Herakles in Form eines Romanes.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the following types: 128Kbps MP3, 64Kbps MP3, Archive BitTorrent, DjVuTXT, Djv…
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LibriVox recording of La vida es sueño by Pedro Calderón de la Barca. Read in Spanish by Epachuko La vida es sueño, publicada en 1635, es posiblemente la obra de teatro más relevante del barroco español.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the following types: 128Kbps MP3, 64Kbps MP3, Archive BitTorrent, DjVuTXT, Dj…
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LibriVox recording of Jazz by R. P. Jones. Read in English by Ben Tucker Long before 1900 there began a fusion of African and European musical forms from which, at the end of the nineteenth century, "jazz” emerged.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the following types: 128Kbps MP3, 64Kbps MP3, Archive BitTorrent, …
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LibriVox recording of Gargantua and Pantagruel, Book IV by François Rabelais. (Translated by John Ozell; Peter Antony Motteux.) Read in English by Thomas A. Copeland This fourth in the five novels about the giants Pantagruel and his father Gargantua is the last novel indusputably attributed to Fran.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. Thi…
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LibriVox recording of Greatest Wonders of the World by Esther Singleton. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers A selection of descriptions of famous, and not so famous, natural beauty spots, as described by various travelers of the age.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the following types: 128Kbps MP3, 64Kbps MP…
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LibriVox recording of A Bundle of Letters from over the Sea by Louise B. Robinson. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers In presenting my little book to the public, I feel that I should apologize for so doing, instead of introducing it; for at the time my letters were written I had no idea of publi.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. Th…
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LibriVox recording of Der Hungerpastor by Wilhelm Raabe. Read in German by josvanaken Der Hungerpastor von Wilhelm Raabe erzählt die Geschichte des Schuhmachersohns und späteren Pfarrers Hans Unwirrsch, der aus einfachen Verhältnissen stammt und sich in einer von Hunger und Not geprägten Zeit in.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This i…
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Malade by D. H. Lawrence. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for July 7, 2024. Lawrence's opinions and artistic preferences earned him a controversial reputation; he endured contemporary persecution and public misrepresentation of his creative wo.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This…
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LibriVox recording of Short Science Fiction Collection 100 by Various. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers Librivox has officially contributed a whopping 100 of these numbered collections of science fiction short stories! To celebrate, we are doing something a little special with this one.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item …
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LibriVox recording of Mental Fatigue by Tsuru Arai. Read in English by Leon Harvey Published as a doctoral thesis, the human capacity for sustained effort in mental work and the occurrence of exhaustion has been examined in a series of experiments by Tsuru Arai, who also compiled the conclusions by .... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. Th…
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LibriVox recording of Billy Bunny and the Friendly Elephant by David Cory. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers Children’s story author, David Cory, who gave us the series of Little Jack Rabbit, Billy Bunny, Little Journeys to Happy Land, and the Little Indian stories, gives us another in his Bi.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This…
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LibriVox recording of The Hardy Boys: The Shore Road Mystery (version 2) by Franklin W. Dixon. Read in English by Anthony St. Pierre The Hardy Boys track down a ring of car thieves - summary by Anthony St.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the following types: 128Kbps MP3, 64Kbps MP3, Archive BitTorrent, DjVuTXT, …
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LibriVox recording of Tea: Its History and Mystery by Joseph M. Walsh. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers Utility, not originality, has been aimed at in the compilation of this work. The obstacles and difficulties its author had met with in his endeavors to learn something of the article he was .... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. Th…
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LibriVox recording of The Strange Voyage and Adventures of Domingo Gonsales to the World in the Moon by Francis Godwin. Read in English by Verla Viera Among the earliest sci-fi books known in English, this account of a trip to the moon was originally published in 1638.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the followi…
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A bumper week of royal news: The King met with Idris Elba, honoured goats in Guernsey then hotfooted it back to Westminster for the State Opening of Parliament. Harry caused controversy with an award in America. And there were welcome public returns for the Princess of Wales and Princess Anne. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa…
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LibriVox recording of Reviewers Reviewed by Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie. Read in English by Kelly S. Taylor This satirical text was a response to the drubbing the fledgling poet received at the hands of the critics to her debut work, “Pelayo, or the Cavern of Covadonga.” The poem stages a humorous .... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This i…
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LibriVox recording of Finnische Märchen by Various. (Translated by Emmy Schreck.) Read in German by LibriVox Volunteers Eine von Emmy Schreck übersetzte Sammlung von 22 Märchen und 14 Tiersagen aus den verschiedensten Regionen Finnlands.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the following types: 128Kbps MP3, 64Kbps MP…
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LibriVox recording of With Carson and Fremont by Edwin L. Sabin. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers This is another book in the Trail Blazer Series. Being the adventures, in the years 1842–’43–’44, on trail over mountains and through deserts from the east of the Rockies to the west of th.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item …
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LibriVox recording of Germinal by Émile Zola. (Translated by Ángel de Luque.) Read in Spanish by Carlos Lombardi La novela narra la historia de una huelga de mineros en el norte de Francia en la década de 1860.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the following types: 128Kbps MP3, 64Kbps MP3, Archive BitTorrent, DjVu…
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LibriVox recording of Der gemüthskranke Husar und andere Militärhumoresken by Alexander Roda Roda. Read in German by LibriVox Volunteers Mit spitzer Feder nimmt der Autor, der selbst Offizier der k. u.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the following types: 128Kbps MP3, 64Kbps MP3, Archive BitTorrent, DjVuTXT, Djvu…
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LibriVox recording of Fiander's Widow by M. E. Francis. Read in English by Belinda Loveday A rural romance, as described by the author, set in Dorset. A 58 year old farmer meets the beautiful young grand-daughter of a recently deceased friend and they marry but she is soon widowed herself.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has…
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Today, we're sharing an episode of a new podcast from The Times. It's called Your History, and each week it uses the obituary pages of The Times to tell the stories of important and fascinating lives. This week Anna Temkin, deputy obituaries editor at The Times, explores the lives of the sex therapist Dr Ruth Westheimer and Royal cake decorator Edd…
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LibriVox recording of American Indians by Frederick Starr. Read in English by Mario Pineda School students is Starr's intended audience of this work. The easy-to-read stories discuss and describe a wide range of topics such as food, money exchange, dances, hunting, dress, war, burials.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has fil…
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LibriVox recording of David Blaize by E. F. Benson. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers Written during World War I but set before the war, David Blaize is a coming-of-age story set in an all-boys boarding school.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the following types: 128Kbps MP3, 64Kbps MP3, Archive BitTorrent,…
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LibriVox volunteers bring you 19 recordings of Green Fields and Running Brooks by James Whitcomb Riley. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 7, 2024. Riley was among the most popular writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, known for his "uncomplicated, sentimental, and h.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This…
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LibriVox recording of The Mystery of Black Rock Creek by Various. Read in English by Ben Tucker A mysterious dying man! A hidden diamond! Conspiracy to murder! Ghostly visitations! All this in more in this intriguing and unique story written in a round robin fashion by several of the great fiction w.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. Th…
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LibriVox recording of Multilingual Short Works Collection 036 - Poetry & Prose by Various. Read in Multilingual by LibriVox Volunteers This is our 36th collection of short pieces, poetry or prose, fiction and non-fiction, in several different languages (except standard English) as listed below.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This ite…
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LibriVox recording of Lyric Poems by Robert Southey. Read in English by LibriVox Volunteers Robert Southey was born in Bristol in England in 1774 and appointed Poet Laurete in 1813, a post he grew to dislike.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the following types: 128Kbps MP3, 64Kbps MP3, Archive BitTorrent, DjVuTX…
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LibriVox recording of Lolly Willowes: or, the loving huntsman by Sylvia Townsend Warner. Read in English by Sandy After the death of her father, Laura Willowes moves in with her brother and his wife where she is burdened with her new role as Aunt Lolly.... This item belongs to: audio/librivoxaudio. This item has files of the following types: 128Kbp…
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