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Castles
- Their History and Evolution in Medieval Britain
- By: Marc Morris
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
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Beginning with their introduction in the 11th century, and ending with their widespread abandonment in the 17th, Marc Morris explores many of the country's most famous castles, as well as some spectacular lesser-known examples. At times this is an epic tale, driven by characters like William the Conqueror, King John, and Edward I, full of sieges and conquest on an awesome scale.
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Castles
- By Marie on 11-05-23
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Castles
- Their History and Evolution in Medieval Britain
- Narrated by: Derek Perkins
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 04-04-17
- Language: English
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The 15-Minute City
- A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet
- By: Carlos Moreno, Martha Thorne - afterword, Jan Gehl - foreword
- Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
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In The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet, Carlos Moreno delivers an exciting and insightful discussion of the deceptively simple and revolutionary idea that everyday destinations like schools, stores, and offices should only be a short walk or bike ride away from home. This book tells the story of an idea that spread from city to city, describing a new way of looking at living that addresses many of the most intractable challenges of our time.
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The 15-Minute City
- A Solution to Saving Our Time and Our Planet
- Narrated by: Andrew Joseph Perez
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 18-06-24
- Language: English
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London
- The Biography, Trade and Enterprise
- By: Peter Ackroyd
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
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Ackroyd portrays London from the time of the druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century, noting magnificence in both epochs, but this is not a simple chronological record. It is a comprehensive account, animated by Ackroyd's concern for the close relationship between the present and the past as well as by what he describes as the peculiar "echoic" quality of London whereby its texture and history actively affect the lives and personalities of its citizens.
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London
- The Biography, Trade and Enterprise
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 02-11-05
- Language: English
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Critical Path
- By: R. Buckminster Fuller, Kiyoshi Kuromiya
- Narrated by: Alister Austin
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
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Critical Path is Fuller's master work - the summing up of a lifetime's thought and concern - as urgent and relevant as it was upon its first publication in 1981. Critical Path details how humanity found itself in its current situation - at the limits of the planet's natural resources and facing political, economic, environmental, and ethical crises.
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Finally
- By MJ Clarke on 27-10-21
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Critical Path
- Narrated by: Alister Austin
- Length: 15 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 26-03-21
- Language: English
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The Parthenon
- By: Mary Beard
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
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The ruined silhouette of the Parthenon on its hill above Athens is one of the world's most famous images. Its 'looted' Elgin Marbles are a global cause celebre. But what actually are they? In a revised and updated edition, Mary Beard, award winning writer, reviewer and leading Cambridge classicist, tells the history and explains the significance of the Parthenon, the temple of the virgin goddess Athena, the divine patroness of ancient Athens.
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factual
- By duncan robertson on 13-12-23
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The Parthenon
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 14-03-19
- Language: English
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A Modern Way to Live
- 5 Design Principles from the Modern House
- By: Matt Gibberd
- Narrated by: Matt Gibberd
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
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In 2005, childhood friends Matt Gibberd and Albert Hill set out to convince people of the power of good design and its ability to influence our well-being. They founded The Modern House - in equal parts an estate agency, a publisher and a lifestyle brand - and went on to inspire a generation to live more thoughtfully and beautifully at home.
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A relaxed, humorous depiction of houses that inspires and encourages one to own their ideas.
- By Heddych on 27-04-24
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A Modern Way to Live
- 5 Design Principles from the Modern House
- Narrated by: Matt Gibberd
- Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 28-10-21
- Language: English
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Brunelleschi's Dome
- How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
- By: Ross King
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
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Brunelleschi's Dome is the story of how a Renaissance genius bent men, materials, and the very forces of nature to build an architectural wonder we continue to marvel at today. Denounced at first as a madman, Brunelleschi was celebrated at the end as a genius. He engineered the perfect placement of brick and stone, built ingenious hoists and cranes to carry an estimated 70 million pounds hundreds of feet into the air, and designed the workers' platforms and routines so carefully that only one man died during the decades of construction.
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Brilliant book, shocking performance.
- By CCE on 01-05-21
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Brunelleschi's Dome
- How a Renaissance Genius Reinvented Architecture
- Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
- Length: 6 hrs and 36 mins
- Release date: 21-07-20
- Language: English
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A House Restored
- The Tragedies and Triumphs of Saving a New England Colonial
- By: Lee McColgan, Roy Underhill - foreword
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
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Old houses share their secrets only if they survive. Trading the corporate ladder for a stepladder, Lee McColgan commits to preserving the ramshackle Loring House, built in 1702, using period materials and methods and on a holiday deadline. But his enchantment withers as he discovers the massive repairs it needs. A small kitchen fix reveals that the structure’s rotten frame could collapse at any moment. In a bathroom, mold appears and spreads. He fights deteriorating bricks, frozen pipes, shattered windows, a punctured foundation, and even an airborne chimney cap.
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A House Restored
- The Tragedies and Triumphs of Saving a New England Colonial
- Narrated by: Sean Patrick Hopkins
- Length: 5 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 09-04-24
- Language: English
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Stealing from the Saracens
- How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe
- By: Diana Darke
- Narrated by: Christine Rendel
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
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Against a backdrop of Islamophobia, Europeans are increasingly airbrushing from history their cultural debt to the Muslim world. But this legacy lives on in some of Europe's most recognizable buildings, from Notre-Dame Cathedral to the Houses of Parliament.
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Stealing from the Saracens
- How Islamic Architecture Shaped Europe
- Narrated by: Christine Rendel
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 15-02-22
- Language: English
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As Safe as Houses
- Taking the Gamble Out of Your Home Improvement Project
- By: Chris C Penman
- Narrated by: Barry Fike
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
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Your home is probably your largest monthly expense and ultimately you want it to become an asset, perhaps to pass on to your kids when you’re gone. Why then do homeowners put so little value in the people they hire to work on their homes? If you own an expensive car, you’re not likely to take it to the cheapest garage you can find. If you want a nice smile, you seek out an expensive, private dentist to give you that smile. No one goes to a cheap plastic surgeon or a cheap tattoo artist. Going to court? “Better find myself the cheapest lawyer I can” – said no one ever.
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As Safe as Houses
- Taking the Gamble Out of Your Home Improvement Project
- Narrated by: Barry Fike
- Length: 2 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 08-07-24
- Language: English
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A Place of My Own
- The Architecture of Daydreams
- By: Michael Pollan
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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With this updated edition of his earlier book, A Place of My Own, listeners can revisit the inspired, intelligent, and often hilarious story of Pollan’s realization of a room of his own—a small, wooden hut, his “shelter for daydreams” — built with his admittedly unhandy hands. Inspired by both Thoreau and Mr. Blandings, A Place of My Own not only works to convey the history and meaning of all human building, it also marks the connections between our bodies, our minds, and the natural world.
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A life changing book
- By Beepbibab on 15-05-19
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A Place of My Own
- The Architecture of Daydreams
- Narrated by: Michael Pollan
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Release date: 15-08-10
- 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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Iconicon
- A Journey Around the Landmark Buildings of Contemporary Britain
- By: John Grindrod
- Narrated by: John Grindrod
- Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins
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The buildings designed in our lifetimes encapsulate the dreams and aspirations of our culture, while also revealing the sobering realities. Whether modest or monumental, they offer a living history of Britain, symbols of the forces that have shaped our modern landscape and icons in their own right. Iconicon is an enthralling journey around the Britain we have created since 1980: the horrors and delights, the triumphs and failures.
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Required reading/listening for urbanists.
- By Andrew Wood on 20-03-22
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Iconicon
- A Journey Around the Landmark Buildings of Contemporary Britain
- Narrated by: John Grindrod
- Length: 17 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 03-03-22
- Language: English
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The Lost Chapel of Westminster
- How a Royal Chapel Became the House of Commons
- By: John Cooper
- Length: 7 hrs
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Begun in 1292, the royal chapel of St Stephen was the crowning glory of the old palace of Westminster – a place of worship for kings and a showcase of the finest architecture, ritual and music the Plantagenets could muster. But in 1548, as the Protestant Reformation reached its height, St Stephen's was given a new purpose as the House of Commons. Burned out in the great palace fire of 1834, the Commons chamber was then recreated on a remarkably similar medieval design, perpetuating a way of doing politics that is recognisable to this day.
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The Lost Chapel of Westminster
- How a Royal Chapel Became the House of Commons
- Length: 7 hrs
- Release date: 07-11-24
- Language: English
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Michelangelo, God's Architect
- The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
- By: William E. Wallace
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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Michelangelo, God's Architect is the first book to tell the full story of Michelangelo's final two decades, when the peerless artist refashioned himself into the master architect of St. Peter’s Basilica and other major buildings. When the Pope handed Michelangelo control of the St. Peter’s project in 1546, it was a study in architectural mismanagement, plagued by flawed design and faulty engineering.
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A captivating read by Simon Callow
- By Audio addict on 29-11-19
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Michelangelo, God's Architect
- The Story of His Final Years and Greatest Masterpiece
- Narrated by: Simon Callow
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 15-10-19
- Language: English
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect Audio Crash Course
- By: AudioLearn Content Team
- Narrated by: Drew Hadwal
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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AudioLearn Crash Courses presents AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Complete review for the Amazon Web Services Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification exam! Developed by experienced technicians and professionally narrated for easy listening, this course is a valuable tool when preparing for your AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Certification Exam. The audio is focused and high-yield, covering the most important topics you need to know to succeed on the test. The material is accurate, up-to-date, and broken down into bite-sized sections.
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easy to follow as an audible book
- By Rizwan Ahmed on 29-08-23
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect Audio Crash Course
- Narrated by: Drew Hadwal
- Series: Audio Crash Course Series, Book 31
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 13-07-20
- Language: English
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A House Through Time
- By: David Olusoga, Melanie Backe-Hansen
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
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It is ordinary homes, not grand public buildings or the mansions of the rich that have all the best stories. The rises and falls, the shifts in the fortunes of neighbourhoods and whole cities are here, tracing the often surprising journey one single house can take from elegant dwelling in a fashionable district to a tenement for society’s rejects. Packed with remarkable human stories, it is a phenomenal insight into living history, a history we can see every day on the streets where we live.
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Really enjoyed it!
- By Harry Lee on 30-05-20
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A House Through Time
- Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
- Length: 10 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 14-05-20
- Language: English
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The Colosseum
- By: Mary Beard, Keith Hopkins
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
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The Colosseum was Imperial Rome's monument to warfare. Like a cathedral of death it towered over the city and invited its citizens, 50,000 at a time, to watch murderous gladiatorial games. It is now visited by two million visitors a year (Hitler was among them). Award-winning classicist Mary Beard, with Keith Hopkins, tells the story of Rome's greatest arena: how it was built; the gladiatorial and other games that were held there; the training of the gladiators; the audiences who revelled in the games, the emperors who staged them and the critics.
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Fantastic, highly recommend.
- By antonia mcbride on 22-08-22
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The Colosseum
- Narrated by: Joan Walker
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 14-03-19
- Language: English
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B is for Bauhaus
- An A-Z of the Modern World
- By: Deyan Sudjic
- Narrated by: Dan Morgan
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
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This book is not a dictionary, though it tells you all you need know about everything from authenticity to zips. It's not an autobiography, though it does offer a revealing and highly personal inside view of contemporary culture. It's an essential tool kit for understanding the world around us. It's about what makes a Warhol a genuine fake; the creation of national identities; the mania to collect.
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B is for Bauhaus
- An A-Z of the Modern World
- Narrated by: Dan Morgan
- Length: 11 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 28-05-15
- Language: English
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Pharaohs of the Sun
- How Egypt's Despots and Dreamers Drove the Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun's Dynasty
- By: Guy de la Bédoyère
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
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For more than two centuries, Egypt was ruled by the most powerful, successful and richest dynasty of kings in its long end epic history. They included the female king Hatshepsut, the warrior kings Thutmose III and Amenhotep II, the religious radical Akhenaten and his queen Nefertiti, and most famously of all for the wealth of his tomb the short-lived boy king Tutankhamun. The power and riches of the pharaohs of the 18th dynasty came at enormous cost to Egypt's enemies and most of its people.
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Pharaohs of the Sun
- How Egypt's Despots and Dreamers Drove the Rise and Fall of Tutankhamun's Dynasty
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 15 hrs and 31 mins
- Release date: 07-07-22
- Language: English
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