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“jonathan glancey”

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  • Operation Bowler

    The Audacious Allied Bombing of Venice during World War II

    by Jonathan Glancey ...
    A story of incredible military daring—set against the splendor of Venice—that tells how an unlikely squad of pilots executed the most meticulous air raid of World War II.March 21st, 1945. Bursting through a hazy sky, dozens of Allied fighters and bombers sweep over German-occupied Venice.Their mission: destroy Germany’s strategic outposts nestled along the port, while leaving the floating city ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

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  • Modern Architecture

    The Structures that Shaped the Modern World

    by Jonathan Glancey ...
    A pocket-size visual guide to the great buildings and structures of the modern age from around the world ... Read more

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    Operation Bowler

    The Audacious Allied Bombing of Venice during World War II

    by Jonathan Glancey ...
    Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 40 min

    March 21st, 1945. Bursting through a hazy sky, dozens of Allied fighters and bombers sweep over German-occupied Venice.Their mission: destroy Germany’s strategic outposts nestled along the port, while leaving the floating city unscathed.As bombs rained down upon Europe, flattening city after city, Venice—La Serenissima; home of Titian and Veronese; immortalized in the serene landscapes of ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Conquering the North

    China, Russia, Mongolia: 2,000 Years of Conflict

    by John Man ...
    Narrated by Nigel Patterson ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 30 min

    A panoramic history of the roots of China and Mongolia's historic rivalry—and why it matters today.The Great Wall of China—stretching from the arid rises of Gansu province to the cold waters of the Bohai Sea—remains an enduring symbol of Chinese might. And yet for all its grandeur, the Wall also marks a vulnerability: an ever-present reminder of old battlelines and never-ending tension with China ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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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 whom'Impressive. A hundred individual histories, skillfully assembled, built into a poignant meditation on why they still matter' David Olusoga'Brilliant' Piers MorganShortlisted for the Military History Matters Book of the Year Award 2026Bestselling historian Tessa Dunlop travels the length and breadth of the United Kingdom on a quest to uncover ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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    Opening The Gates of Hell

    The untold story of Herbert Kenny, the man who discovered Belsen

    by Mark Hodkinson ...
    Narrated by Jason Done ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 10 min

    The incredible true story of the first Allied soldier to open the gates of Belsen.Herbert Kenny, an army dispatch rider, was the first Allied soldier to push open the gates at Belsen Concentration Camp, in April 1945. He kept his story from the world until an encounter with a trainee journalist brought it to light. Now, forty years on, that reporter is ready to share Herbert's incredible tale with ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

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    A Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects

    by Sally Coulthard ...
    Narrated by Deborah Balm ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 28 min

    A Waterstones Best Book of 2024: Nature WritingThe untold story of rural Britain revealed through its artefacts*'*A really lovely, fascinating book. I dived straight into this clever, joyous, celebration of nature, history, and – of course – the countryside.' Charles Spencer, author of The White ShipFor most of human history, we were rural folk.Our daily lives were bound up with wo... ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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    One Place de l’Eglise

    A Year in Provence for the 21st century

    by Trevor Dolby ...
    Narrated by Trevor Dolby ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 26 min

    Brought to you by Penguin.A thousand years ago, around the time King Harold inconveniently got shot with an arrow and a group of ladies made a tapestry, in the south of France a man and his friends decided to build a house next to a church. Over the centuries many things happened in that house, none of which found its way into history books.With the coming of the first decade of the twenty-first ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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    Now Then

    A Biography of Yorkshire

    by Rick Broadbent ...
    Narrated by Stewart Crank ...

    Unabridged

    14 hours 52 min

    From the perspective of an exiled Yorkshireman this bestselling, award winning author returns to his native county to discover and reveal its soul.Now Then is a biographical mosaic of Yorkshire. Rick Broadbent, an award-wining author and exiled Yorkshireman, goes in search of the soul of England's biggest county and produces an all-encompassing portrait of a place that has been victimised and ... Read more

    $17.58 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Lest We Forget

    100 Stories of Love, Loss and Heroism

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

    $19.99 USD

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    Is Free Speech Under Threat?

    by Charlotte Lydia Riley, Suzanne Nossel, Intelligence Squared ...
    Narrated by Charlotte Lydia Riley, Suzanne Nossel ...
    Series series Think Again

    Unabridged

    3 hours 46 min

    **Brought to you by Penguin.Two leading thinkers present alternative answers to one of the most difficult and divisive questions of our times: Is free speech under threat?**Suzanne Nossel, CEO of PEN America, the leading free expression organisation, argues that alongside the necessary and long-overdue elevation of minority voices in recent years, there has also arisen an uncompromising ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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    Superveloce

    How Italian Cars Conquered the World

    by Peter Grimsdale ...
    Narrated by Peter Grimsdale ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 37 min

    **Winner of the Motorsports Book of the Year at the Charles Tyrwhitt Sports Book Awards 2026*****Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2025**Silverstone, 1950 – the first post-war Grand Prix and the birth of Formula One. The king and queen, alongside 150,000 spectators, watch in dismay as Italy’s Alfa Romeos scream past to claim the first three places. British cars are ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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