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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

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    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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  • 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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    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

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    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

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    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

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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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  • 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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    Facing Infinity

    Black Holes and Our Place on Earth

    by Jonas Enander ...
    Narrated by Mark Peachey ...

    Unabridged

    11 hours 9 min

    Humanity's relationship with black holes began in 1783 in a small English village, when clergyman John Michell posed a startling question: What if there are objects in space that are so large and heavy that not even light can escape them? Almost 250 years later, in April 2019, scientists presented the first picture of a black hole. Physicist Jonas Enander has traveled the world to investigate how ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

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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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    The Immortalists

    The Death of Death and the Race for Eternal Life

    by Aleks Krotoski ...
    Narrated by Aleks Krotoski ...

    Unabridged

    8 hours 39 min

    **Brought to you by Penguin.What does it mean for us all when death is treated as a glitch and Silicon Valley invests in the “science” of eternal life?**From the epic of Gilgamesh to the alchemy of the philosopher’s stone, humanity’s eternal quest for immortality – and its rejuvenation tricks, therapies and tinctures – has always been our most mortal endeavour.But now the giants of invention and ... Read more

    $18.79 USD

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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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