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Huckleberry Finn (Aloud)
Listen now | Chapters Three and Four
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Patterns (1956)
Our film this week takes us to the world of high finance, wherein you can give your life blood and try to be a decent person and yet be ground to…
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12:29
The Dream of the Rood
What did treasure mean in the poet’s time?. You didn’t trade a jewel for money, then. Where could you go with money, in eighth century England? What…
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When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Isaac Watts
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Anthony Esolen
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6:34
WEALTH
Word of the Week
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Books

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The Hundredfold: Songs for the Lord
“How does one describe a work as rare, as priceless, as this? Nourishment for the malnourished soul. Food for those hungry for beauty. Manna in the…
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The Lies of our Time
Anthony Esolen, Translation with Notes
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Debra Esolen
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Confessions (St. Augustine)
Anthony Esolen's Translation, with Notes
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Debra Esolen
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In the Beginning was the Word
“This book is more than biblical interpretation. It is poetry — and poetry about the greatest work of poetry ever generated: the Prologue to John’s…
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No Apologies
"With his customary wisdom and wit, Esolen draws on two millenia of historical thought, introducing his readers to giants such as Plato, Augustine…
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Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child
“Witty, provocative, and insightful. Parents will feel empowered and encouraged by Anthony Esolen’s uncommon sense.” — Michael Medved
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"Bridge over Troubled Waters"
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What Wondrous Love Is This?
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Leader of the Band
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"Men of Harlech"
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"In the Bleak Midwinter"
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Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
Word & Song by Anthony Esolen
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Poetry Aloud

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23:37
Huckleberry Finn (Aloud)
Chapters One and Two
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Huckleberry Finn (Aloud)
Listen now | For this week, Chapters One and Two.  Join Tony each Friday this summer to hear the whole story, in installments.
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23:37
"The Death of the Hired Man"
Frost wrote brilliant and understated poetry in a wide variety of genres and meters, but for this story, he uses blank verse -- unrhymed iambic…
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Anthony Esolen
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9:47
"Patience"
Here’s a treat I hope you’ll enjoy — a rousing, rambunctious medieval poem about Jonah and our Word of the Week, patience.
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28:50
From the Fish into the Frying Pan
A Story by the Best-selling Author of all Time
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9:03
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