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Author: Philip Steele
Format: MP3 CD
Author Philip Steele
Narrator Brigette Bennett
Duration 1h 20m
British history during the period 1714 to 1901 was fast moving. Throughout the British Isles science and technology were taking hold. Industries grew and business abroad was developing and society was changing. Money and politics were important influences as the Empire grew. Discover this fascinating era in this audiobook.
View BookAuthor: Christopher Lee
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Author Christopher Lee
Narrator Anna Massey, Robert Powell
Duration 3h 5m
This volume of Christopher Lee's history of Britan looks at the Thatcher years, the Falklands War and the Royal Wedding.
View BookAuthor: Martin Sixsmith
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Author Martin Sixsmith
Narrator Martin Sixsmith
SeriesRussia, Book 1
Duration 5h 37m
The first 25 episodes from the landmark BBC Radio series. Martin Sixsmith brings his firsthand experience of reporting from Russia to this fascinating narrative, witnessing the critical moment when the Soviet Union finally lost its grip on power. Power struggles have a constant presence in his story, from the Mongol hordes that invaded in the 13th...
View BookRough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves & the American Revolution
Author: Simon Schama
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Author Simon Schama
Narrator Joseph Paterson
Duration 16h 13m
This audiobook is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. With gripping, powerfully vivid story-telling, Simon Schama follows the escaped blacks into the fires of the war, and into freezing, inhospitable Nova...
View BookA Brief History of Mathematics
Author: Sautoy Marcus Du
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Author Sautoy Marcus Du
Narrator Marcus Du Sautoy
Duration 2h 13m
This ten-part history of mathematics reveals the personalities behind the calculations: the passions and rivalries of mathematicians struggling to get their ideas heard. Professor Marcus du Sautoy shows how these masters of abstraction find a role in the real world and proves that mathematics is the driving force behind modern science. He explores...
View BookAuthor: Franz Kafka
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Author Franz Kafka
Narrator Martin Jarvis
Duration 2h 12m
Gregor Samsa, a seemingly typical man, wakes up one morning to discover he has been transformed into a gigantic insect. Frustrated and depressed about his physical alteration - and his family's rejection - Samsa's plight is filled with underlying meaning. This important literary work, written against the backdrop of increasing turmoil in central Eu...
View BookThe American Future: A History
Author: Simon Schama
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Author Simon Schama
Narrator Peter Marinker
Duration 17h 55m
Simon Schama's different kind of history of the USA begins in the middle of an Iowa caucus. There he witnesses first-hand the exciting, chaotic crush as ordinary Americans - grannies, students, businesswomen and doctors - decide who should become the 44th President of the United States. He meets Muslim Chuck (Khalil) Alaman, the 'Chicken Club' immi...
View BookAuthor: Diana Briscoe
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Author Diana Briscoe
Narrator Various
Duration 57m
Discusses ancient Egyptian customs and beliefs regarding death and the afterlife, the process of mummification, and the legend of a mummy's curse in relation to the discovery of King Tut's tomb in 1922.
View BookNo Place For Ladies: The Untold Story of Women In the Crimean War
Author: Helen Rappaport
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Author Helen Rappaport
Narrator Eunice Roberts
Duration 11h 54m
On 23 February 1854, the Scots Fusilier Guards marched past Buckingham Palace resplendent in full regalia en route to the Crimea, as Queen Victoria bowed and waved proudly from the balcony. Day after day there were anxious farewells as women were left behind to face a bleak uncertain future. But numerous women from all social classes were actively...
View BookAuthor: Andrew Marr
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Author Andrew Marr
Narrator Toby Longworth
Duration 25h 38m
This audiobook confronts head-on the victory of shopping over politics. It tells the story of how the great political visions of New Jerusalem or a second Elizabethan Age, rival idealisms, came to be defeated by a culture of consumerism, celebrity and self-gratification. In each decade, political leaders think they know what they are doing, but fin...
View BookAuthor: Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Author Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Narrator Kathrin Kana
Duration 4h 28m
On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany, thanks largely to the efforts of the Hitler Youth, whose organized propaganda marches throughout Germany helped the Nazi Party grow in strength. By 1939, it is estimated that more than seven million boys and girls belonged to the Hitler Youth. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler'...
View BookAuthor: Winston S. Churchill
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Author Winston S. Churchill
Narrator Winston S. Churchill
SeriesChurchill's Greatest Speeches, Book 2
Duration 2h 28m
In this collection of digitally remastered recordings from the BBC archive we hear first-hand how, in 1940, Chamberlain resigned, Hitler invaded the Low Countries, and Winston Churchill was summoned to the greatest challenge of his long political career.
View BookAlistair Cooke's American Journey
Author: Alistair Cooke
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Author Alistair Cooke
Narrator Byrne Cooke
Duration 13h 20m
Alistair Cooke, then a Washington correspondent for 'The Guardian', recognised a great story to be told in investigating at first hand the effects of the Second World War on America and the daily lives of Americans as they adjusted to radically new circumstances. Within weeks of the Pearl Harbour attack, with a reporter's zeal, Cooke set off on a c...
View BookAuthor: Emma Dabiri
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Author Emma Dabiri
Narrator Emma Dabiri
Duration 7h 43m
Straightened. Stigmatised. 'Tamed'. Celebrated. Erased. Managed. Appropriated. Forever misunderstood. Black hair is never 'just hair'. This book is about why black hair matters and how it can be viewed as a blueprint for decolonisation. Emma Dabiri takes us from pre-colonial Africa, through the Harlem Renaissance, Black Power and on to today's Natu...
View BookAuthor: Bernard Taylor
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Author Bernard Taylor
Narrator Gordon Griffiths
Duration 9h 23m
In 1887, Elizabeth Berry found notoriety throughout the nation after the death of her daughter, perceived by many to be the cruellest of murders. There were many who protested her innocence in the affair, but there were also suspicions surrounding another death related to the nurse; that of her mother. Suddenly Elizabeth Berry's dark story began ap...
View BookAuthor: Carol Donoughue
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Author Carol Donoughue
Narrator Jane Steel
Duration 1h 12m
Discover the amazing story of writing through the ages - from the invention of the earliest scripts to modern text messages and email.
View BookAuthor: Dan Jones
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Author Dan Jones
Narrator Dugald Bruce-Lockhart
Duration 5h 51m
Weakened by the loss of Normandy, King John faced insurrection by his disgruntled barons. With the assistance of the Archbishop of Canterbury, they drew up a list of their demands. Dan Jones' vivid account of the vicissitudes of feudal power politics and the workings of 13th century government is interwoven with an exploration of the lives of ordin...
View BookTheodore Roosevelt For the Defense
Author: Dan Abrams
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Author Dan Abrams
Narrator Dan Abrams
Duration 12h 4m
"No more dramatic courtroom scene has ever been enacted," reported the Syracuse Herald on May 22, 1915 as it covered "the greatest libel suit in history," a battle fought between former President Theodore Roosevelt and the leader of the Republican party. Roosevelt , the boisterous and mostly beloved legendary American hero, had accused his former f...
View BookAuthor: Dominic Sandbrook
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Author Dominic Sandbrook
Narrator Dominic Sandbrook
Duration 3h 21m
A 15-part BBC Radio 4 series exploring the origins of the Post Office, how it became a cherished national institution, and how it adapted to globalisation and commercialisation. It s called Royal Mail but it should be known as the People s Post. Launched in 1516 by Henry VIII, it was intended to support royal communications and bolster intelligence...
View BookAuthor: Ann Bausum
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Author Ann Bausum
Narrator Tim Federle
Duration 3h 6m
In 1969 being gay in the United States was a criminal offense. It meant living a closeted life or surviving on the fringes of society. People went to jail, lost jobs, and were disowned by their families for being gay. Most doctors considered homosexuality a mental illness. There were few safe havens. The Stonewall Inn, a Mafia-run, filthy, overpric...
View BookAuthor: Yuval Noah Harari
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Author Yuval Noah Harari
Narrator Derek Perkins
Duration 15h 29m
Planet Earth is 4.5 billion years old. In just a fraction of that time, one species among countless others has conquered it. Us. We are the most advanced and most destructive animals ever to have lived. What makes us brilliant? What makes us deadly? What makes us Sapiens? In this bold and provocative book, Yuval Noah Harari explores who we are, how...
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