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Author: Jacqui Bailey
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Author Jacqui Bailey
Narrator Nancy Baldwin
Duration 15m
This is the story of how a special sort of stone formed deep inside the Earth, and came to the surface thousands of millions of years later. The Rock Factory looks at how minerals turn into rock crystals, how the Earth is structured and how volcanoes happen.
View BookMarx: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Peter Singer
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Author Peter Singer
Narrator Jan Jenkins
Duration 3h 40m
Peter Singer identifies the central vision that unifies Marx's thought, enabling us to grasp Marx's views as a whole. He sees him as a philosopher primarily concerned with human freedom, rather than as an economist or a social scientist. He explains alienation, historical materialism, the economic theory of capital, and Marx's ideas of communism, i...
View BookArtists In Their World: Henri Matisse
Author: Jude Welton
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Author Jude Welton
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 1h 10m
Matisse was one of the greatest and most original artists of the last century, a master of colour and flowing lines, whose delightful paintings continue to influence the art world today.
View BookWriters In Britain: Thomas Hardy
Author: Nicola Barber
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Author Nicola Barber
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 50m
Hardy was a writer whose work highlighted the changes that were taking place as the Victorian age moved into the modern age of the 20th century. This audio book provides an excellent introduction to his work for students at KS3 and KS4.
View BookCountdown To Extinction: Animals In Danger
Author: David Burnie
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Author David Burnie
Narrator Jan Boyd
Duration 2h 18m
What do tigers, giant pandas, blue whales and great white sharks have in common? Within a generation they may join dinosaurs, dodos, woolly rhinos and great kangaroos - they will become extinct. Human dominance on earth may be good news for us, but it's bad news for many other animals that share our planet. 'Countdown to Extinction' looks at the ca...
View BookAuthor: Liza Picard
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Author Liza Picard
Narrator Anton Lesser
Duration 6h 40m
This audiobook shows us the physical reality of daily life in Victorian London. It takes us into schools and prisons, churches and cemeteries. At least until the 1850s, London was a city of cholera outbreaks, transportations to Australia, public executions and workhouses, where children could be sold by their parents. Liza Picard recreates the sple...
View BookAuthor: Peter Brimacombe
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Author Peter Brimacombe
Narrator Jan Boyd
Duration 3h 16m
This audiobook uncovers the very colourful world of one of the nation's greatest monarchs. Drawing on eye witness accounts and contemporary documents to bring to life the charismatic personalities and dramatic events of the time.
View BookAuthor: Johnny Ball
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Author Johnny Ball
Narrator Katy Federman
Duration 2h 47m
Join Johnny Ball on a dazzling maths adventure to infinity and beyond. You'll find out maths isn't just about sums and calculations, but how numbers can take you anywhere! Learn to test your friends with magic tricks, discover mind-reading techniques and find out about the simple puzzles that stumped the world's brainiest mathematicians for centuri...
View BookAuthor: Jude Welton
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Author Jude Welton
Narrator Christopher Dobson
Duration 1h 1m
Meet Tom - a young boy with autism. Tom invites readers to learn about autism from his perspective, helping them to understand what it is and explaining the challenges he faces with issues such as social communication, sensory overload and changes in his routine. Tom tells readers about all the ways he can be helped and supported by those around hi...
View BookCan Science Solve? the Mystery of the Bermuda Triangle
Author: Chris Oxlade
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Author Chris Oxlade
Narrator Jane Steel
Duration 38m
The mystery of the Bermuda Triangle has puzzled people for years. Can ships and planes really disappear without a trace? If so, is there a strange unknown force at work? 'Can Science Solve?' explores some of the world's most baffling mysteries. Can we get to the bottom of them using science and logic, or will they continue to mystify us forever? Di...
View BookAuthor: Maya Van Wagenen
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Author Maya Van Wagenen
Narrator Lee Adams
Duration 6h 43m
Popular: Vintage Wisdom for a Modern Geek is a touchingly honest, candidly hysterical memoir from breakout teen author Maya Van Wagenen. Read by Amber Faith and Lee Adams.'School is the armpit of life . . . and my school is no exception'Stuck at the bottom of the social ladder at 'pretty much the lowest level of people at school who aren't paid to...
View BookAuthor: paul grey, Rosemarie Little
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Author paul grey, Rosemarie Little
Narrator John Gibbons
Duration 2h 47m
This audio book covers the main events between the end of the First World War and Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union. Excellent coverage is provided of the impact of the Versailles treaty. A Cambridge University Press title.
View BookThe Blitz: The British Under Attack
Author: Juliet Gardiner
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Author Juliet Gardiner
Narrator Catherine Harvey
Duration 17h 45m
September 1940 marked the beginning of Nazi Germany's sustained attack on civilian Britain. Lasting eight months, the Blitz was a new and terrible form of warfare that had been predicted throughout the 1930s, widely feared since Neville Chamberlain's declaration that Britain was at war. In her new book, critically acclaimed historian Juliet Gardine...
View BookHow Long Is A Piece of String? More Hidden Mathematics of Everyday Life
Author: Rob Eastaway
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Author Rob Eastaway
Narrator Hannah Mercer
Duration 7h 10m
Why do weather forecasters get it wrong? What are the best tactics for playing 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire?' and 'The Weakest Link'? And what is the link between a tin of baked beans and a men's urinal? These and many other questions are answered in this audiobook. It is for anyone wanting to remind themselves - or discover for the first time -...
View BookAtoms and Elements: The Young Oxford Library of Science
Author: David Bradley, Ian Crofton
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Author David Bradley, Ian Crofton
Narrator Catherine Chadwick
Duration 2h 11m
This text is part of a series building into an extensive library of knowledge for tomorrow's young scientists. Lively and accessible, each of the 10 volumes focuses on a major area of scientific knowledge and draws the reader into the dynamic world of the modern scientist. Covering up-to-date discoveries, events and ideas, the expert authors aim to...
View BookAuthor: Hear - Say
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Author Hear - Say
Narrator Donald S. Rivera
Duration 1h 2m
Helps kids learn Spanish: First they hear a sound, then the word in the target language!
View BookAuthor: Jane Shuter
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Author Jane Shuter
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 1h 42m
This audiobook is part of the Heinemann Secondary History Project. It looks at the economic boom in the 1920s, the causes and consequences of the Wall Street crash, and the success and failure of the New Deal. It covers topics on GCSE Modern World History syllabuses. A Heinemann Educational title.
View BookAuthor: Hear - Say
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Author Hear - Say
Narrator Donald S. Rivera
Duration 1h 6m
Helps kids learn French: First they hear a sound, then the word in the target language!
View BookGreat Events: The Battle of Hastings
Author: Gillian Clements
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Author Gillian Clements
Narrator Stephanie Beattie
Duration 21m
The Battle of Hastings retells the defeat of Harold in 1066 and the start of the Norman conquest. Each book in the 'Great Events' series has been thoroughly checked by a history educationalist for accuracy, language levels and appropriate content, and a timeline and glossary are included. These simple, gently-humorous stories give readers the infor...
View BookWhat's It Like To Be A...? Forensic Scientist
Author: Elizabeth Dowen
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Author Elizabeth Dowen
Narrator Rosie Carter
Duration 31m
Do you think you'd like to use your scientific expertise to help solve a crime? Analyse different types of physical evidence? Examine and document a crime scene? Work alongside the police, pathologists and other scientists? Then being a forensic scientist might be the job for you! In this audiobook you'll find out what skills are needed for the job...
View BookWhat's It Like To Be A...? Builder
Author: Elizabeth Dowen, Lisa Thompson
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Author Elizabeth Dowen, Lisa Thompson
Narrator Dick Cooper
Duration 28m
Do you think you'd like to get your hands dirty putting up a new building? Turn drawing plans into real buildings? Supervise other people working on building sites? Work with architects and engineers? Then being a builder might be the job for you! In this audiobook you'll find out what skills are needed for the job-have you got what it takes? What...
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