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The Elements of Style

The Elements of Style

Explore the intricacies of language and communication with this podcast, which delves into the principles of effective writing and expression. This collection examines the art of conveying ideas with clarity and precision, touching on the tensions between creativity and structure that define the craft of writing. Each week, listeners are treated to a different full-length audiobook, offering a diverse range of perspectives, time periods, and styles. This rotating selection is perfect for those curious about the nuances of language, eager to learn from timeless works, or simply seeking an intellectual escape. New books are introduced weekly, ensuring a fresh and engaging experience. Check out more shows at solgoodmedia.com.This show includes AI-generated content.

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Evolutionist at Large-Grant Allen 4 hr 11 min 34 sec
Brief Grammar of the Portuguese Language-John Casper Branner 6 hr 53 min 29 sec
John Stuart Mill; His Life and Works-Various 2 hr 33 min 52 sec
On Reading The Bible-Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1 hr 57 min 37 sec
Dark Ages, and Other Poems-L 1 hr 23 min 32 sec
Beacon Second Reader-James Hiram Fassett 3 hr 13 min 33 sec
Elements of Botany-Asa Gray 7 hr 45 min 33 sec
Persian Self-Taught (in Roman Characters) with English Phonetic Pronunciation-Shaykh Hasan 8 hr 40 min 13 sec
Bird Stories from Burroughs-John Burroughs 4 hr 10 min 52 sec
Greek Literature-Henry Julius Wetenhall Tillyard 2 hr 38 min 44 sec
Introduction to the Greek of the New Testament-George Lovell Cary 4 hr 32 min 53 sec
Ginger-Snaps-Fanny Fern 8 hr 9 min 55 sec
Chaos-Gerald Nolst Trenité 1 hr 23 min 33 sec
As I Lay Dying-William Faulkner 6 hr 24 min 56 sec
The Elements of Style - William Strunk Jr 1 hr 45 min 4 sec
Coffee Break Collection 024 - Ghosts, Ghouls and Spooky Things-Various 1 hr 24 min 48 sec
Coffee Break Collection 017 - Health and Fitness-Various 1 hr 41 min 11 sec
Artist-B. F. Gandee 5 hr 4 min 45 sec
Idle Ideas in 1905-Jerome K. Jerome 5 hr 19 min 30 sec
Fancies Versus Fads-G. K. Chesterton 7 hr 33 min 46 sec
Exploits and Triumphs, in Europe, of Paul Morphy, the Chess Champion-Frederick Milnes Edge 5 hr 38 min 25 sec
Dispatches from the Ruhr-Ernest Hemingway 1 hr 36 min 56 sec
Towards Democracy-Edward Carpenter 3 hr 55 min 8 sec
Miscellany of Men-G. K. Chesterton 5 hr 58 min 45 sec
Irishman's difficulties with the Dutch language-Cuey-na-Gael 5 hr
Monthly supplement of the penny magazine of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, issue 16-Charles Knight 1 hr 8 min 33 sec
On Interpretation-Aristotle 1 hr 10 min 40 sec
Fantasy Fan Magazine Presents Writings of Clark Ashton Smith-Clark Ashton Smith 1 hr 43 min 30 sec
Elements of Style-William Strunk, Jr 1 hr 51 min 10 sec
English as She is Wrote-Anonymous 1 hr 23 min 22 sec
Grammar-Land-M. L. Nesbitt 2 hr 45 min 51 sec
Coffee Break Collection 023 - Mysteries, Riddles and Conundrums-Various 1 hr 56 min 37 sec
Meditations of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius Antoninus-Marcus Aurelius 4 hr 47 min 48 sec
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 100-Various 4 hr 43 min 55 sec
Historical Newspaper Articles, Volume 2-Various 2 hr 53 min 28 sec
Coffee Break Collection 021 - Fairy Tales, Tall Stories and Scams-Various 1 hr 17 min 30 sec
Fourth Dimension Simply Explained-Henry Parker Manning 8 hr 6 min 6 sec
Future in America A Search After Realities-H. G. Wells 7 hr 15 min 40 sec
Short Nonfiction Collection, Vol. 059-Various 5 hr 5 min 52 sec
How to Speak and Write Correctly-Joseph Devlin 5 hr 42 min 9 sec
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting Ones Reason and of Seeking Truth - Rene Descartes 2 hr 29 min 56 sec
Among Typhoons And Pirate Craft - Lindsay Anderson 6 hr 7 min 37 sec
Invention And Discovery Curious Facts And Characteristic Sketches - Unknown 4 hr 37 min 8 sec
The Elements of Style - William Strunk Jr 1 hr 45 min 4 sec
Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches - Mark Twain 1 hr 53 min 11 sec
Lectures on the History and Principles of Ancient Commerce - James William Gilbart 6 hr 2 min 12 sec
The Elements of Style - William Strunk Jr 1 hr 45 min 4 sec
Original Stories from Real Life - Mary Wollstonecraft 3 hr 18 min 56 sec
Jesus of Nazareth The Story of His Life Simply Told - Mother Mary Loyola 8 hr 58 min 10 sec
Pollyanna of the Orange Blossoms - Harriet Lummis Smith 6 hr 25 min 29 sec
Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche Volume 3 - Friedrich Nietzsche 5 hr 6 sec
Love and Freindship and Other Early Works - Jane Austen 4 hr 29 min 23 sec
Ante-Nicene Christian Library Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to AD 325 Volume 2 - James Donaldson Alexander Roberts 4 hr 1 min 29 sec
Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Camp - Thornton W Burgess 6 hr 8 min 55 sec
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 8 hr 16 min 58 sec
Dad's Trip to Brisbane from Our New Selection - Steele Rudd 50 min 59 sec
Principles of Economics Book 3 On Wants and Their Satisfaction - Alfred Marshall 2 hr 1 min 4 sec
Ads and Sales A Study of Advertising and Selling from the Standpoint of the New Principles of Scientific Management - Herbert Newton Casson 4 hr 12 min 54 sec
English Prose Style - Herbert Read 8 hr 45 min 6 sec
My Inventions and Other Works - Nikola Tesla 5 hr 44 min 12 sec
Bill Doreen's Courtship Selections from The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke - C J Dennis 39 min 52 sec
Elements of Conchology - William Ruschenberger 3 hr 20 min 42 sec
Ingersoll on THE GREAT INFIDELS from the Works of Robert G Ingersoll Volume 3 Lectures - Robert G Ingersoll 2 hr 18 min 16 sec
Defence of Catholic Principles in a Letter to a Protestant Clergyman - Demetrius Gallitzin 4 hr 54 min 16 sec
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting Ones Reason and of Seeking Truth - Rene Descartes 2 hr 29 min 56 sec
Collected Public Domain Works of Stanley G Weinbaum - Stanley G Weinbaum 4 hr 33 min 9 sec
Principles of Economics Book 3 On Wants and Their Satisfaction - Alfred Marshall 2 hr 1 min 4 sec
Selected Works Letters Sketches and Stories - Voltairine de Cleyre 2 hr 4 min 25 sec
Rudder Grange - Frank R Stockton 5 hr 54 min 34 sec
Birth of Professional Rugby League in Australia A selection from the Sydney Morning Herald 1907-08 - Sydney Morning Herald 4 hr 31 min 58 sec
Selection of the Most Celebrated Sermons of John Calvin - John Calvin 7 hr 4 min 25 sec
Salem Witchcraft the Planchette Mystery and Modern Spiritualism - Harriet Beecher Stowe Samuel Robert Wells 5 hr 25 min 27 sec
Henry More Smith The Mysterious Stranger - Walter Bates 4 hr 4 sec
Principles of Economics Book 4 The Agents of Production - Alfred Marshall 7 hr 39 min 30 sec
Something-Different Dish - Marion Harris Neil 2 hr 13 min 58 sec
Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn - Harry Collingwood 7 hr 36 min 59 sec
Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom - William Craft Ellen Craft 3 hr 4 min 49 sec
Poetical Works - Fitz-Greene Halleck 3 hr 28 min 23 sec
Poetical Works of Thomas Lovell Beddoes Volume 1 - Thomas Lovell Beddoes 2 hr 43 min 50 sec
Call of Cthulhu - H P Lovecraft 1 hr 24 min 40 sec
Anti-imperialist Writings - Mark Twain 5 hr 11 min 15 sec
Collected Works of Elisabeth Sanxay Holding - Elisabeth Sanxay Holding 3 hr 15 min 34 sec
Curious Republic of Gondour and Other Whimsical Sketches - Mark Twain 1 hr 53 min 11 sec
Strange Stories From a Chinese Studio selections from Volume 1 - Songling Pu 5 hr 28 min 14 sec
Old Broadbrim into the Heart of Australia or A Strange Bargain and Its Consequences - St George Henry Rathborne 4 hr 16 min 1 sec
Maria or the Wrongs of Woman - Mary Wollstonecraft 4 hr 45 min 54 sec
Complete Works of Friedrich Nietzsche Volume 3 - Friedrich Nietzsche 5 hr 6 sec
Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn - Harry Collingwood 7 hr 36 min 59 sec
History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 - Wallace Notestein 8 hr 57 min 46 sec
Kwaidan Stories and Studies of Strange Things - Lafcadio Hearn 3 hr 51 min 47 sec
Elements of Style - William Strunk Jr 1 hr 45 min 4 sec
Episode 10 - Spelling - The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr 6 min 11 sec
Episode 9 - Words and Expressions Commonly Misused - Nature to Would - The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr 10 min 5 sec
Episode 8 - Words and Expressions Commonly Misused - All Right to Most - The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr 12 min 32 sec
Episode 7 - A Few Matters of Form - The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr 6 min 19 sec
Episode 6 - Elementary Principles of Composition Part 4 - The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr 7 min 7 sec
Episode 5 - Elementary Principles of Composition Part 3 - The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr 12 min 14 sec
Episode 4 - Elementary Principles of Composition Part 2 - The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr 11 min 5 sec
Episode 3 - Elementary Principles of Composition Part 1 - The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr 13 min 46 sec
Episode 2 - Elementary Rules of Usage Part 2 - The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr 9 min 45 sec
Episode 1 - Elementary Rules of Usage Part 1 - The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr 11 min 44 sec
Introduction - The Elements of Style - William Strunk, Jr 4 min 21 sec

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