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Writers In Britain: Thomas Hardy
Author: Nicola Barber
Format: MP3 CD
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 BookAuthor: Liza Picard
Format: MP3 CD
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
Format: MP3 CD
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: paul grey, Rosemarie Little
Format: MP3 CD
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
Format: MP3 CD
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 BookAuthor: Jane Shuter
Format: Stream / Download
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 BookGreat Events: The Battle of Hastings
Author: Gillian Clements
Format: MP3 CD
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 BookHorrible Histories: The Barmy British Empire
Author: Terry Deary
Format: MP3 CD
Author Terry Deary
Narrator Paul Vates
Duration 2h 38m
Want to know: How a war started when a Brit insisted on sitting on a stool? Who wore a necklace made of 50 human skulls? Why a Brit soldier used his own coffin as a wardrobe? Discover all the foul facts about the barmy British Empire - all the gore and more.
View BookKey Stage Three History: The Study Guide
Author: CGP Publications
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author CGP Publications
Narrator Jane Steel
Duration 5h 15m
This audiobook is for 11-14 year olds studying history at Key Stage 3. As well as learning skills and ideas, there are lots of facts in history and you've just got to learn them. Happily this CGP title gives you all that important information as clearly and concisely as possible - along with a few daft bits. The main topics covered are medieval tim...
View BookGreat Civilisations: Ancient Sumer
Author: Tracey Kelly
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Tracey Kelly
Narrator Victoria Otter
Duration 34m
Ancient Sumer looks at one of the most fascinating and advanced ancient civilisations. Through structures as imposing as a ziggurat or objects as simple as a stone seal, readers aged 9 and up gain a picture of who was whom in the ancient Middle East and how the civilisation in which they lived really worked. Perfect for Key Stage 2, each book in th...
View BookHorrible Histories: Awesome Egyptians
Author: Terry Deary, Peter Hepplewhite
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Terry Deary, Peter Hepplewhite
Narrator Ffion Jones
Duration 2h 45m
They're not called the Awesome Egyptians for nothing! The foul pharaohs and their suffering slaves got up to all sorts of terrible tricks. Read this book to... Meet some fabulous pharaohs... and their mummies. Make revolting recipes for 3000 year old sweets. Discover which king had the most blackheads. Find out why some pharaohs wore false beards....
View BookStone Girl, Bone Girl: The Story of Mary Anning of Lyme Regis
Author: Laurence Anholt
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Laurence Anholt
Narrator Rachel Sternberg
Duration 15m
Mary Anning is probably the world's best-known fossil-hunter. As a little girl, she found a fossilised sea monster, the most important prehistoric discovery of its time. Best-selling author Laurence Anholt turns Mary's fascinating life into a beautiful story, ideal for reading aloud.
View BookAuthor: Max Arthur
Format: MP3 CD
Author Max Arthur
Narrator Clive Mantle, Patience Tomlinson
Duration 5h
Max Arthur's new book interviews the families of First World War veterans, revealing how the war affected the families down the generations.
View BookThe Persian War From the Histories
Author: Herodotus
Format: MP3 CD
Author Herodotus
Narrator Roy Marsden
Duration 3h 55m
Herodotus tells the heroic tale of the Greeks' resistance to the vast invading force assembled by Xerxes, King of Persia.
View BookThe Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire Part 2
Author: Edward Gibbon
Format: MP3 CD
Author Edward Gibbon
Narrator Philip Madoc
Duration 7h 15m
Part 2 discusses the Roman Empire's rise to greatness as well as its eventual decline and fall brought about by increasingly dramatic military, economic and social changes.
View BookThe Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire Part 1
Author: Edward Gibbon
Format: MP3 CD
Author Edward Gibbon
Narrator Philip Madoc
Duration 7h 53m
Part 1 charts the gradual collapse of Roman rule, from Augustus (23 BC to AD 14) to the first of the Barbarian kings, Odoacer (476-490 AD). Gibbon documents not only their corruption and depravity, but also the great achievements of the emperors. The music includes overtures by Schumann and symphonies by Raff.
View BookAuthor: Pam Pollack
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Author Pam Pollack
Narrator Rob Shapiro
Duration 1h 2m
Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six short years. In this Who Was...? biography, children will learn how his obsession with computers and technology at an early age led him to co-found and run Apple, in addition to turning Pixar into a ground-breaking animation studio. A college dropout, J...
View BookBritish History Makers: Guy Fawkes
Author: Leon Ashworth
Format: MP3 CD
Author Leon Ashworth
Narrator Ruth Sillers
Duration 1h
Part of a series that focuses on some of the most colourful characters from history. This audio book features Guy Fawkes, describing his life and the events he orchestrated that could have changed the course of history.
View BookBritish History Makers: Oliver Cromwell
Author: Leon Ashworth
Format: MP3 CD
Author Leon Ashworth
Narrator Ruth Sillers
Duration 55m
Part of a series that focuses on some of the most colourful characters from history. This audio book focuses on the life and times of Oliver Cromwell, explaining how he helped to shape history.
View BookBritain In the 20th Century World
Author: John Traynor, Eric Wilmot
Format: MP3 CD
Author John Traynor, Eric Wilmot
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 8h 20m
An in depth study of the key events and topics of the twentieth century. This audio book include investigations and sources that introduce students to a range of historical experience.
View BookAtticus the Storyteller's 100 Greek Myths: Volume 1
Author: Lucy Coats
Format: MP3 CD
Author Lucy Coats
Narrator Simon Russell Beale
SeriesAtticus the Storyteller, Book 1
Duration 2h
Atticus leaves his family in Crete and sets off on a year long journey round Greece to take part in the great storytelling festival near Troy. Wherever he goes he tells stories to anyone who will listen - sailors, shepherds, actors, athletes, children and grannies. The stories he tells are the myths of Theseus and the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus,...
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