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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

    $16.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • 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

    $8.49 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • 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

    $12.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

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    Northerners

    A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day

    by Brian Groom ...
    Narrated by Nicholas Camm ...

    Unabridged

    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

    $31.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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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

    $28.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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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 ...

    Unabridged

    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

    $25.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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    Victoria in Love

    The Private Passion of a Queen

    by Fern Riddell ...
    Narrated by Fern Riddell ...

    Unabridged

    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

    $25.99 USD

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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

    $19.11 USD

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    Also available as: eBook

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    The Best of Intentions

    charming and loveable, 'Perfect for fans of Dear Mrs Bird'

    by Caroline Scott ...
    Narrated by Chris Harper ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 17 min

    Charming, nostalgic and brimming with optimism – a sparkling story of friendship, community and staying true to yourself for fans of Lissa Evans and AJ Pearce.'Turbulence and tribulation in paradise... A fond and funny novel about the power of patience, love and kindness' Fiona Valpy1932: When gardener Robert Bardsley arrives at Anderby Hall, an Elizabethan manor house in the Gloucestershire ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

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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

    $12.99 USD

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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

    $24.99 USD

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    Three Weeks in July

    7/7, the aftermath and the deadly manhunt

    by Adam Wishart, James Nally ...
    Narrated by Mark Elstob ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 16 min

    'A superb book’ – Observer‘Gripping, vivid and compelling’ – The Critic‘Humane, absorbing and meticulous’ – New Statesman‘An extraordinary book’ James O’Brien, TLSThree Weeks in July is the extraordinary and definitive account of the events of the 7/7 London bombings, publishing on the 20th anniversary of the event.Thr... ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

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