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Author: Phillip Ingram
Format: MP3 CD + Stream / Download
Author Phillip Ingram
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 2h 30m
This GCSE text focuses on the history of Russia and the USSR from 1905-1991. It covers the decline of the Tsarist regime, the revolutions of 1917, the civil war, the influence of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin, the Cold War, and the end of the Communist rule. A Cambridge University Press title.
View BookThe Big Idea: Curie and Radioactivity
Author: Paul Strathern
Format: MP3 CD
Author Paul Strathern
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 2h
'The Big Idea' is a fascinating series of popular science books aimed at scientists and non-specialists alike. Marie Curie's contribution to science won her two Nobel prizes. Her research into radioactivity and her work on radium furthered our understanding in nuclear physics and caused huge advances in the treatment of cancer.
View BookTwentieth Centuryhistory Makers: Mao Zedong
Author: Anne Faulkner
Format: MP3 CD
Author Anne Faulkner
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 2h 50m
Mao Zedong helped found the Chinese Communist Party and rose with it to power. As Leader of the party, he transformed his country into the People's Republic of China. Learn all about his life in this informative audio book.
View BookThe Big Idea: Pythagoras and His Theorem
Author: Paul Strathern
Format: MP3 CD
Author Paul Strathern
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 1h 25m
Pythagoras was arguably the first mathematician and philosopher in the western world. This book presents a brilliant snapshot of his life and work and gives a clear and accessible explanation of their meaning and significance for the world we live in today.
View BookEarth Watch: Feeding the World
Author: Sally Morgan
Format: MP3 CD
Author Sally Morgan
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 42m
Ever wondered where our food comes from? This title in the Earthwatch series looks at farming, genetic engineering, livestock, fishing and how the global population affects the food supply.
View BookAuthor: Nicholas Ross
Format: MP3 CD
Author Nicholas Ross
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 45m
Find out all you need to know about 20th century artist Joan Miro, from his childhood in Catalonia to his final years in Majorca. This audiobook focuses on Miro's achievements as a painter and sculptor, explores his relationships with other artists and examines his continuing influence on contemporary art.
View BookArtists In Their World: Salvador Dali
Author: Robert Anderson
Format: MP3 CD
Author Robert Anderson
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 1h 13m
Salvador Dali is one of the most popular of all modern painters. His paintings and objects are still able to surprise and shock us or even make us laugh. This audiobook examines the life and work of this fascinating personality.
View BookNorthern Ireland: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Marc Mulholland
Format: MP3 CD
Author Marc Mulholland
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 5h 12m
A clear introduction to the topic which examines the history of the area from the violent upheaval of the last century to the controversy surrounding the current peace process.
View BookArtists In Their World: Henri Matisse
Author: Jude Welton
Format: MP3 CD
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
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: 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 BookShakespeare: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Germaine Greer
Format: MP3 CD
Author Germaine Greer
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 4h 50m
In this audiobook Shakespeare is explored as a thinker, unravelling the methods he used to dramatise moral and intellectual issues in a way that made his audience dazzlingly aware of an imaginative dimension to daily life.
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 BookAuthor: Simon Adams
Format: MP3 CD
Author Simon Adams
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 1h 10m
Part of a series from Franklin Watts that focuses on particular episodes in history. This audiobook focuses on the period after the Second World War had ended, when the threat of nuclear war seemed imminent. Discover exactly what the cold war was, who were the important political figures of the day, and the impact this period of history has on our...
View BookAuthor: Nicola Barber, Jacqueline Dineen
Format: MP3 CD
Author Nicola Barber, Jacqueline Dineen
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 2h 12m
Take a tour of art from all over the world, from the earliest cave paintings to the latest experiments in installation art. Find out about crafts such as pottery, textiles and metalworking, as well as the history of photography and the techniques of sculpture. There is also a section on the methods and materials of painting as well as a glossary of...
View BookEthics: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Simon Blackburn
Format: MP3 CD
Author Simon Blackburn
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 4h 15m
Are there real standards? If God is dead is everything permitted? A short and accessible introduction to ethics. Part of the 'Very Short Introduction To...' series from Oxford University Press
View BookAuthor: John D. Clare
Format: MP3 CD
Author John D. Clare
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 1h 42m
Provides information on public health and medicine from the Roman Era to the present day. It is suitable for GCSE history, and builds on skills and understanding acquired at KS3. A Nelson Thornes title.
View BookAuthor: Clive Lawton
Format: MP3 CD
Author Clive Lawton
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 1h
Between March 1942 and January 1945 at least 1.5 million people were murdered at Auschwitz, systematically, in cold blood. In the middle of Europe, in the middle of the 20th Century, apparently ordinary people, living ordinary lives, helped do this. How did it happen?
View BookCommunications Close-up: Radio and Television
Author: Ian Graham
Format: MP3 CD
Author Ian Graham
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 1h 35m
Suitable for key stages 3 and 4, this audiobook tells you all you need to know about radio waves, satellite television, CCTV, DVDs, digital broadcasting, remote monitoring, electronic bugs and radio signals in space. A lively and informative introduction to radio and television.
View BookArtists In Their World: Marc Chagall
Author: Jude Welton
Format: MP3 CD
Author Jude Welton
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 1h 22m
Marc Chagall was one of the most popular and distinctive artists of the 20th Century. His colourful dream-like works offer a unique mixture of fantasy, folklore, myth and memory. Find out more about his life & work in this informative audio book.
View BookBackgrounds To English Literature: The Victorians
Author: Aidan Cruttenden
Format: MP3 CD
Author Aidan Cruttenden
Narrator Robin Houston
Duration 4h 40m
Designed for students at AS and A2 level, this audiobook sets out the political, social and economic framework of the Victorian period. It also focuses on the forms and styles of poetry, the various influences on the novel, and provides an overview of Victorian drama.
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