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Language City
- The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
- By: Ross Perlin
- Narrated by: Ross Perlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century, and when they're gone, it will be forever. Ross Perlin, a linguist and codirector of the Manhattan-based non-profit Endangered Language Alliance, is racing against time to map little-known languages across the most linguistically diverse city in history: contemporary New York.
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Language City
- The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York
- Narrated by: Ross Perlin
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 09-04-24
- Language: English
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Venice
- The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City
- By: Dennis Romano
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 30 hrs and 45 mins
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No city stirs the imagination more than Venice. From the richly ornamented palaces emerging from the waters of the Grand Canal to the dazzling sites of Piazza San Marco, visitors and residents alike sense they are entering, as fourteenth-century poet Petrarch remarked, “another world.” During the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Venice was celebrated as a model republic in an age of monarchs. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, it became famous for its freewheeling lifestyle characterized by courtesans, casinos, and Carnival.
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Venice
- The Remarkable History of the Lagoon City
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 30 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 27-02-24
- Language: English
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New Dark Age
- Technology and the End of the Future
- By: James Bridle
- Narrated by: Emily Beresford
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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As the world around us increases in technological complexity, our understanding of it diminishes. Underlying this trend is a single idea: The belief that our existence is understandable through computation, and more data is enough to help us build a better world. In reality, we are lost in a sea of information, increasingly divided by fundamentalism, simplistic narratives, conspiracy theories, and post-factual politics. Author James Bridle surveys the history of art, technology, and information systems and reveals the dark clouds that gather over our dreams of the digital sublime.
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Fifth-form leftist tosh, narrated by a lunatic
- By Olly Buxton on 21-07-19
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New Dark Age
- Technology and the End of the Future
- Narrated by: Emily Beresford
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 22-01-19
- Language: English
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The Color of Law
- A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
- By: Richard Rothstein
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation - that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, he incontrovertibly makes clear that it was de jure segregation - the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments - that actually promoted the discriminatory patterns that continue to this day.
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Should be required reading for all schools kids
- By Mr. Cja Carr on 22-02-24
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The Color of Law
- A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
- Narrated by: Adam Grupper
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 26-07-17
- Language: English
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England's Villages
- An Extraordinary Journey Through Time
- By: Dr Ben Robinson
- Narrated by: Paul J. Rose
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
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England's villages have survived, developed and thrived over hundreds of years. But what makes a village, and how has that changed over time? Take a charming and unexpected journey through the quirks of England's villages throughout the ages in the excellent company of Dr Ben Robinson, expert archaeologist.
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Interesting but...
- By Grace on 18-04-24
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England's Villages
- An Extraordinary Journey Through Time
- Narrated by: Paul J. Rose
- Length: 12 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 16-09-21
- Language: English
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The City of Today Is a Dying Thing
- In Search of the Cities of Tomorrow
- By: Des Fitzgerald
- Narrated by: Des Fitzgerald
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
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What would the city of the future look like if we tried to build a better life from the ground up? And would anyone want to live there? Here, Des Fitzgerald takes us on an urgent, unforgettable journey into the future of urban life, from shimmering edifices in the Arizona desert to forest-bathing in Japan, and from rats in mazes to neuroscientific studies of the effects of our surroundings. Along the way, he reveals the deep-lying and often problematic roots of today's green city movement, and offers an argument for celebrating our cities as they are.
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The City of Today Is a Dying Thing
- In Search of the Cities of Tomorrow
- Narrated by: Des Fitzgerald
- Length: 6 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 16-01-24
- Language: English
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The Devil in the White City
- By: Erik Larson
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
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While Burnham overcame politics, infighting, personality clashes and Chicago's infamous weather to transform the swamps of Jackson Park into the greatest show on Earth, Holmes built his own edifice just west of the fairground. He called it the World's Fair Hotel. In reality, it was a torture palace, a gas chamber, a crematorium. These two disparate but driven men are brought to life in this mesmerizing, murderous tale of the legendary Fair that transformed America and set it on course for the twentieth century.
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The Devil in the White City
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 14 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 02-05-24
- Language: English
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The Phoenix
- St Paul's Cathedral and the Men Who Made Modern London
- By: Leo Hollis
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
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The remarkable and inspiring story of how London was transformed after the Great Fire of 1666 into the most powerful city in the world, and the men who were responsible for that achievement. Opening in the 1640s, as the city was gripped in tumult leading up to the English Civil War, The Phoenix charts the lives and works of five extraordinary men who would grow up in the chaos of a world turned upside down: the architect, Sir Christopher Wren; gardener and virtuosi, John Evelyn; the scientist, Robert Hooke; the radical philosopher, John Locke; and the builder, Nicholas Barbon.
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Leo Hollis, The Phoenix
- By Jane on 18-10-23
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The Phoenix
- St Paul's Cathedral and the Men Who Made Modern London
- Narrated by: John Hopkins
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 22-07-21
- Language: English
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The Cross and the Switchblade
- By: David Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Raymond Todd
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
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Led by incredible faith, Wilkerson left his country pulpit in 1958 for the streets of New York City, where a murder trial of seven teenaged boys churned society's antipathy toward them. Even Wilkerson was bewildered by his sense of compassion, but in spite of doubt, he followed the Spirit's prompting to help the boys. This is the amazing story of his journey, and of the mighty power of God to accomplish the impossible.
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Incredible. The wonderful power of the Holy Spirit
- By EM on 14-04-18
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The Cross and the Switchblade
- Narrated by: Raymond Todd
- Length: 6 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 06-11-08
- Language: English
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City of Quartz
- Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
- By: Mike Davis
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
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No metropolis has been more loved or more hated. To its official boosters, "Los Angeles brings it all together". To detractors, LA is a sunlit mortuary where "you can rot without feeling it". To Mike Davis, the author of this fiercely elegant and wide-ranging work of social history, Los Angeles is both utopia and dystopia, a place where the last Joshua trees are being plowed under to make room for model communities in the desert, where the rich have hired their own police to fend off street gangs, as well as armed Beirut militias.
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City of Quartz
- Excavating the Future in Los Angeles
- Narrated by: Tim Campbell
- Length: 15 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 03-04-18
- Language: English
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Inside Studio 54
- By: Mark Fleischman, Denise Chatman, Mimi Fleischman
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
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In the early 80s, Mark Fleischman reopened Studio 54, the world's most glamorous and notorious nightclub, after it was closed down by the State of New York. Ten thousand people showed up that night, ready to restart the party that abruptly ended after the raid in 1978 landed its former owners in jail. Inside Studio 54 invites you to revisit the happening scenes of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, the post-Pill, pre-AIDS era of free love, consequence-free sex, and seemingly endless partying. Following Fleischman as he built connections that lead him to Studio 54.
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Giving up on this book...
- By Fatima on 20-01-22
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Inside Studio 54
- Narrated by: David Colacci
- Length: 13 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 20-02-18
- Language: English
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What's Tha Up To?
- Memories of a Yorkshire Bobby
- By: Martyn Johnson
- Narrated by: Martyn Johnson
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
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No two days were ever the same for bobby-on-the-beat Martyn Johnson. Come rain or come shine, he patrolled his patch with a sharp eye for troublemakers and a kind word for those in need of a friend. Whether he was pursuing unlikely coal thieves, tracking down peacocks gone AWOL or investigating mysterious flying saucers over Sheffield, PC Johnson faced every new challenge with a smile and a healthy dose of his copper's common sense. In his charming and funny memoir, Martyn Johnson recalls his life on the beat.
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ee by gum - what a great listen!
- By Daureen on 04-12-14
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What's Tha Up To?
- Memories of a Yorkshire Bobby
- Narrated by: Martyn Johnson
- Series: Memoirs of a Sheffield Bobby, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 19-07-12
- Language: English
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Confessions of a Recovering Engineer
- Transportation for a Strong Town
- By: Charles L. Marohn Jr.
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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In Confessions of a Recovering Engineer, renowned speaker and author of Strong Towns Charles L. Marohn, Jr., delivers an accessible and engaging exploration of America's transportation system, laying bare the reasons why it no longer works as it once did, and how to modernize transportation to better serve local communities.
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Must read/listen for pretty much anyone
- By R F on 18-12-23
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Confessions of a Recovering Engineer
- Transportation for a Strong Town
- Narrated by: Christopher Douyard
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 21-09-21
- Language: English
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Notorious London
- A City Tour
- By: Paul Deslandes, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Professor Paul Deslandes
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
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In the 12 lessons of Notorious London: A City Tour, you will experience a rich sampling of some of the city’s most shocking stories and infamous personalities. Taught by Professor Paul Deslandes of the University of Vermont, Notorious London dips into various regions and eras of London’s past to give you a multifaceted look into this remarkable metropolis.
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Disappointing and Unfinishable
- By Mel B-S on 21-11-23
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Notorious London
- A City Tour
- Narrated by: Professor Paul Deslandes
- Length: 5 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 23-04-21
- Language: English
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The Cross and the Switchblade
- By: David Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
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Gang-fighters! Drug addicts. Teenage runaways and prostitutes! The toughest and most hopeless kids that New York's ghettos had to offer. Then a young preacher from the Pennsylvania hills arrived on their turf and began preaching a message of renewal, miracles, and God's love. This is one of the century's great true stories. Over 14 million copies in print!
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God is Awesome!
- By J on 15-12-11
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The Cross and the Switchblade
- Narrated by: Paul Michael
- Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
- Release date: 17-01-11
- Language: English
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Lion City
- Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
- By: Jeevan Vasagar
- Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
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Jeevan Vasagar, former Singapore correspondent for the Financial Times, masterfully takes us through the intricate history, present and future of this unique diamond-shaped island one degree north of the equator, where new and old have remained connected. Lion City is a personal, insightful and essential guide to the city and how its remarkable rise is shaping East Asia and the rest of the world.
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Lion City
- Singapore and the Invention of Modern Asia
- Narrated by: Hugh Kermode
- Length: 9 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 02-09-21
- Language: English
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A Child of the East End
- By: Jean Fullerton
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
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Life in Cockney London was tough in the post-war years. The government's broken promises had led to a chronic housing shortage, rampant crime and families living in squalor. But one thing prevailed: the unbeatable spirit of the East End, a tight-knit community who pulled through the dark times with humour and heart. Drawing on both family history and her own memories of growing up in the 1950s and '60s, as well as her working life as a district nurse and local police officer, Jean Fullerton vividly depicts this fascinating part of London.
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Excellent
- By lovebooks on 16-03-23
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A Child of the East End
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 04-08-22
- Language: English
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Stop Doing That Sh*t
- By: Gary John Bishop
- Narrated by: Gary John Bishop
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
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From the author of the New York Times and international best seller Unfu*k Yourself, Gary John Bishop presents a no-holds-barred guide to breaking through our cycles of self-sabotage to get what we want out of life. In Unfu*k Yourself, Gary John Bishop told us it was time to stop making excuses - to recognise and take responsibility for the negative self-talk holding us back. In Stop Doing That Sh*t, he builds on that message, teaching us how to stop self-sabotaging behaviour. Bishop explains how our destructive cycles come down to the way we’re wired.
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Garbage
- By Gareth on 27-09-21
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Stop Doing That Sh*t
- Narrated by: Gary John Bishop
- Length: 4 hrs and 41 mins
- Release date: 07-05-19
- Language: English
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Ten Cities That Led the World
- From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity
- By: Paul Strathern
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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Through 10 unique cities, from the founding of ancient capitals to buzzing modern megacities, Paul Strathern explores how urban centres lead civilisation forward, enjoying a moment of glory before passing on the baton. We journey back to discover Babylonian mathematics, Athenian theatre and intellectual debate, and Roman construction that has lasted millennia. We see Constantinople evolve into Istanbul, revolutionary sparks fly in Enlightenment Paris, and the railways, canals and ships that built Imperial London.
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A shallow collection of random facts on 10 cities
- By David Jackson on 21-09-22
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Ten Cities That Led the World
- From Ancient Metropolis to Modern Megacity
- Narrated by: Elliot Fitzpatrick
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 10-02-22
- Language: English
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Nemesis
- One Man and the Battle for Rio
- By: Misha Glenny
- Narrated by: Misha Glenny
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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His name was Antonio, but they would call him Nem. From the infamous favela of Rocinha in Rio, he was a hardworking young father forced to make a decision that would turn his world upside down. Nemesis is the story of an ordinary man who became the king of the largest slum in Rio, the head of a drug cartel and perhaps Brazil’s most wanted criminal. A man who tried to bring welfare and justice to a playground of gang culture and destitution while everyone around him drew guns and partied.
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A great Audiobook!
- By Mr Brian Gould on 19-01-18
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Nemesis
- One Man and the Battle for Rio
- Narrated by: Misha Glenny
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 17-09-15
- Language: English
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