AuthorRichard Tames
NarratorHolly Atkins
Duration2h 12m
CategoriesChildren and Young Adult Non-Fiction and Educational Titles, Sociology
Key StageKS3
PublisherInhouse
VersionUnabridged
This audiobook identifies the nature of fascism, studies the two main formerly fascist states (Germany and Italy), and examines the way fascism arose and influenced events between the wars in countries around the world.
Citizen Guides: What Happens At the Stock Exchange
Author: Soraya Moeng
Author Soraya Moeng
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 41m
What is the London Stock Exchange? Why do companies float on it? The decisions taken at the London Stock Exchange can have an important effect on you, but do you know what actually happens there? A Franklin Watts title.
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Troubled World: United Nations - Keeping the Peace
Author: Sean Connolly
Author Sean Connolly
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 1h 52m
This new series provides a thorough account of 20th Century conflicts, whilst supplying more than just a straightforward narrative. Each book tackles a different conflict and examines the effect on ordinary people, provides biographies of the leading figures involved and examines media coverage.
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Author: Alex Woolf
Author Alex Woolf
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 1h 35m
How and what you buy in shops has repercussions that impact on people worldwide. This audiobook examines the fundamental questions surrounding the issue of consumerism today. What is consumerism? When did consumerism begin? Why do businesses advertise? And are children affected by consumerism?
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Turning Points In History: Pearl Harbour
Author: Richard Tames
Author Richard Tames
Narrator Peter Beton
Duration 1h 4m
This audiobook examines this major historical watershed and its impact on the world, recounting the chain of events and analysing their repercussions both immediate and long term.
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Turning Points In History: The Steam Engine
Author: Richard Tames
Author Richard Tames
Narrator Peter Beton
Duration 55m
Designed to tie in with the national curriculum, the Turning Points in History series examines the events and effects of a major historical watershed. This audiobook looks at how the steam engine revolutionized energy and its historical effect.
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Author: Paul Wignall
Author Paul Wignall
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 1h 40m
This audiobook provides information on complex issues that teenagers face. The text examines prejudices and includes case studies, facts, figures and points of view.
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Author: Emma Haughton
Author Emma Haughton
Narrator Emma Haughton
Duration 1h
Unnecessary prescription or useful medicine? Creating dependency or solving a problem? Dangerous risk or harmelss fun? Find out all you need to know about drugs and what we really mean by the term drug abuse.
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What's Your View? the Impact of Big Business
Author: Melanie Jarman
Author Melanie Jarman
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 1h 22m
Topics in this audiobook include: are oil companies too powerful? do supermarkets offer choice and value? does the arms trade have benefits for anyone? and should big businesses be allowed into schools?
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Author: Richard Tames
Author Richard Tames
Narrator Juliet Prague
Duration 42m
This audiobook explains the main beliefs of Islam and shows how these beliefs affect the lives of the people who follow them. There is also a timeline highlighting important dates and a glossary of terms. A clear and straightforward introduction to one of the world's leading religions.
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Citizen Guides: What Happens In A Law Court
Author: Dan Lambeth
Author Dan Lambeth
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 41m
Why do we have law courts? What do barristers do? How are judges appointed? What happens in a court of law can have an important effect on you, but do you know how courts actually work, and why? A Franklin Watts title.
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