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Made in Manchester

A people’s history of the city that shaped the modern world

by Brian Groom ...

A rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who made it‘What Manchester thinks today, England thinks tomorrow.’Long before Manchester gave the world titans of industry, comedy, music and sport, it was the cosmopolitan Roman fort of Mamucium. But it was as the ‘shock city’ of the Industrial Revolution that Manchester really made its mark on the world stage. A place built on ... Read more

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A rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who made it‘What Manchester thinks today, England thinks tomorrow.’Long before Manchester gave the world titans of industry, comedy, music and sport, it was the cosmopolitan Roman fort of Mamucium. But it was as the ‘shock city’ of the Industrial Revolution that Manchester really made its mark on the world stage. A place built on
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Northerners

A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day

by Brian Groom ...

A Waterstones Best History Book of the YearThe bestselling history of the North of England as told through the lives of its inhabitants.‘Entertaining’ The Times‘Definitive’ The Mirror‘Highly readable’ Financial TimesA work of unrivalled scale and ambition, Northerners is the defining biography of northern England.This authoritative new hist... ... Read more

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A Waterstones Best History Book of the YearThe bestselling history of the North of England as told through the lives of its inhabitants.‘Entertaining’ The Times‘Definitive’ The Mirror‘Highly readable’ Financial TimesA work of unrivalled scale and ambition, Northerners is the defining biography of northern England.This authoritative new hist...
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These Isles

A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

by Brian Groom ...

An inventive new look at the entwined histories of Britain and Ireland’s nations – and the people who have called them home.Acclaimed author and journalist Brian Groom reveals the colourful and often-contested history of the Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans and others who have occupied these islands, along with their culture, languages and passions.Packed with surprise and insight, ... Read more

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An inventive new look at the entwined histories of Britain and Ireland’s nations – and the people who have called them home.Acclaimed author and journalist Brian Groom reveals the colourful and often-contested history of the Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans and others who have occupied these islands, along with their culture, languages and passions.Packed with surprise and insight,
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Northerners

A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day

by Brian Groom ...

Narrated by Nicholas Camm ...

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13 hours 16 min

A Waterstones Best History Book of the YearThe bestselling history of the North of England as told through the lives of its inhabitants.‘Entertaining’ The Times‘Definitive’ The Mirror‘Highly readable’ Financial TimesA work of unrivalled scale and ambition, Northerners is the defining biography of northern England.This authoritative new hist... ... Read more

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A Waterstones Best History Book of the YearThe bestselling history of the North of England as told through the lives of its inhabitants.‘Entertaining’ The Times‘Definitive’ The Mirror‘Highly readable’ Financial TimesA work of unrivalled scale and ambition, Northerners is the defining biography of northern England.This authoritative new hist...
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Made in Manchester

A people’s history of the city that shaped the modern world

by Brian Groom ...

Narrated by David Judge ...

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8 hours 23 min

A rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who made it‘What Manchester thinks today, England thinks tomorrow.’Long before Manchester gave the world titans of industry, comedy, music and sport, it was the cosmopolitan Roman fort of Mamucium. But it was as the ‘shock city’ of the Industrial Revolution that Manchester really made its mark on the world stage. A place built on ... Read more

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A rich and vivid history of Britain's second city through the people who made it‘What Manchester thinks today, England thinks tomorrow.’Long before Manchester gave the world titans of industry, comedy, music and sport, it was the cosmopolitan Roman fort of Mamucium. But it was as the ‘shock city’ of the Industrial Revolution that Manchester really made its mark on the world stage. A place built on
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These Isles

A People’s History of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales

by Brian Groom ...

Narrated by Hugh Kermode ...

Unabridged

9 hours 4 min

An inventive new look at the entwined histories of Britain and Ireland’s nations – and the people who have called them home.Acclaimed author and journalist Brian Groom reveals the colourful and often-contested history of the Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans and others who have occupied these islands, along with their culture, languages and passions.Packed with surprise and insight, ... Read more

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An inventive new look at the entwined histories of Britain and Ireland’s nations – and the people who have called them home.Acclaimed author and journalist Brian Groom reveals the colourful and often-contested history of the Celts, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings, Normans and others who have occupied these islands, along with their culture, languages and passions.Packed with surprise and insight,
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Victoria in Love

The Private Passion of a Queen

by Fern Riddell ...

Narrated by Fern Riddell ...

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12 hours 55 min

From the moment John Brown arrived as a servant to Queen Victoria's household, he became known across the land as her loyal companion, her fierce protector, and her right-hand man: their friendship immortalized in print and later onscreen. But what if there was more to their relationship than we know? And what has history been hiding from us?Rumors have swirled around this relationship for years ... Read more

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From the moment John Brown arrived as a servant to Queen Victoria's household, he became known across the land as her loyal companion, her fierce protector, and her right-hand man: their friendship immortalized in print and later onscreen. But what if there was more to their relationship than we know? And what has history been hiding from us?Rumors have swirled around this relationship for years
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My Family And Other Spies

A gripping MI6 memoir of espionage, secrecy, and a son uncovering his father’s past

by Alistair Wood ...

Narrated by David Rintoul ...

Unabridged

10 hours 34 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.The unforgettable memoir of life in a family like no other, and their extraordinary, eccentric part in half a century of espionage . . .**‘It has always been inculcated into me that no good could ever come of having anything to do with my father …’As a boy, Alistair Wood lived within the (very high) walls of a Secret Intelligence Service – or MI6 – training camp, ... Read more

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**Brought to you by Penguin.The unforgettable memoir of life in a family like no other, and their extraordinary, eccentric part in half a century of espionage . . .**‘It has always been inculcated into me that no good could ever come of having anything to do with my father …’As a boy, Alistair Wood lived within the (very high) walls of a Secret Intelligence Service – or MI6 – training camp,
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The Savage Isle

by Michael Arnold ...

Narrated by Jonathan Booth ...

Series series Savage Isle
Unabridged

13 hours 44 min

The old ways are dying, and a mighty empire is reaching out across the sea.Britannia, 42AD. The wild island at the fringe of the known world is in chaos.Cunobelin, High King of the Britons, is dead. His heirs, warrior princes Togodubnos and Caratacos, have spurned the careful alliances that kept the irresistible might of the Roman Empire from Britannia's shores for so long.In this land of warriors ... Read more

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The old ways are dying, and a mighty empire is reaching out across the sea.Britannia, 42AD. The wild island at the fringe of the known world is in chaos.Cunobelin, High King of the Britons, is dead. His heirs, warrior princes Togodubnos and Caratacos, have spurned the careful alliances that kept the irresistible might of the Roman Empire from Britannia's shores for so long.In this land of warriors
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Off The Rails

The Inside Story of HS2

by Sally Gimson ...

The first major account of HS2 – and how it went so wrong‘A jaunty account of a monumental cock-up. Makes the unbelievable readable.’ Sir Michael Palin‘High-Speed 2’ was to be the crown jewel of British rail. The first intercity railway built north of London in over a century, it would connect London with Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, bridging the North–South divide and propelling Britain’s ... Read more

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The first major account of HS2 – and how it went so wrong‘A jaunty account of a monumental cock-up. Makes the unbelievable readable.’ Sir Michael Palin‘High-Speed 2’ was to be the crown jewel of British rail. The first intercity railway built north of London in over a century, it would connect London with Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds, bridging the North–South divide and propelling Britain’s
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Reframing Blackness

What’s Black about “History of Art”?

by Alayo Akinkugbe ...

Narrated by Alayo Akinkugbe ...

Unabridged

3 hours 57 min

Brought to you by Penguin.Since the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored.In Reframing Blackness, art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt, Alayo Akinkugbe challenges this void.Exploring the presentation of Black figures in Western art, Blackness in museums, Blackness in feminist art movements, as well as Blackness in the curriculum, Alayo unveils an ... Read more

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Brought to you by Penguin.Since the inception of mainstream art history, Blackness has been distinctly ignored.In Reframing Blackness, art historian and founder of @ABlackHistoryOfArt, Alayo Akinkugbe challenges this void.Exploring the presentation of Black figures in Western art, Blackness in museums, Blackness in feminist art movements, as well as Blackness in the curriculum, Alayo unveils an
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Lest We Forget

100 Stories of Love, Loss and Heroism

by Tessa Dunlop ...

Narrated by Tessa Dunlop ...

Unabridged

11 hours 24 min

A moving account of how war is remembered – and by whomWinner of the Military History Matters Book of the Year Gold Award 2026'Impressive. A hundred individual histories, skillfully assembled, built into a poignant meditation on why they still matter' David OlusogaBestselling historian Tessa Dunlop travels the length and breadth of the United Kingdom on a quest to uncover a story of national ... Read more

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A moving account of how war is remembered – and by whomWinner of the Military History Matters Book of the Year Gold Award 2026'Impressive. A hundred individual histories, skillfully assembled, built into a poignant meditation on why they still matter' David OlusogaBestselling historian Tessa Dunlop travels the length and breadth of the United Kingdom on a quest to uncover a story of national
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