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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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From Bauhaus to Our House
- By: Tom Wolfe
- Narrated by: Dennis McKee
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
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In Tom Wolfe's hands, the strange saga of American architecture in the 20th century makes for both high comedy and intellectual excitement. This is his sequel to The Painted Word, the book that caused such a furor in the art world five years before. Once again Wolfe shows how social and intellectual fashions have determined aesthetic form in our time and how willingly the creators have abandoned personal vision and originality in order to work a la mode.
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nostalgic
- By a lisa on 31-12-23
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From Bauhaus to Our House
- Narrated by: Dennis McKee
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 26-10-00
- 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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Paths to the Past
- Encounters with Britain's Hidden Landscapes
- By: Francis Pryor
- Narrated by: Francis Pryor
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
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Landscapes reflect and shape our behaviour. They make us who we are and bear witness to the shifting patterns of human life over the generations. Formed by a complex series of natural and human processes, they rarely yield their secrets readily. Bringing to bear a lifetime's digging, Francis Pryor delves into England's hidden urban and rural landscapes, from Whitby Abbey to the navvy camp at Risehill in Cumbria, from Tintagel to Tottenham's Broadwater Farm.
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Gentle, educational meander around Britain
- By YorkshireMores on 19-02-21
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Paths to the Past
- Encounters with Britain's Hidden Landscapes
- Narrated by: Francis Pryor
- Length: 5 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 01-03-18
- 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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Building the Cycling City
- The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality
- By: Melissa Bruntlett, Chris Bruntlett
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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As the world's foremost cycling nation, the Netherlands is the only country where the number of bikes exceeds the number of people, primarily because the Dutch have built a cycling culture accessible to everyone, regardless of age, ability, or economic means. Building the Cycling City examines the triumphs and challenges of the Dutch while also presenting stories of North American cities already implementing lessons from across the Atlantic.
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Building the Cycling City
- The Dutch Blueprint for Urban Vitality
- Narrated by: Christina Delaine
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 28-08-18
- Language: English
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Seashaken Houses
- A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet
- By: Tom Nancollas
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
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Lighthouses are striking totems of our relationship to the sea. For many, they encapsulate a romantic vision of solitary homes amongst the waves, but their original purpose is much more utilitarian than that. Still today we depend upon their guiding lights for the safe passage of ships. Nowhere is this truer than in the rock lighthouses of Great Britain and Ireland, a ring of 19 towers built between 1811-1905, so called because they were constructed on desolate rock formations in the middle of the sea, and made of granite to withstand the power of its waves.
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A light in the Dark.
- By Jack Harrison on 07-07-19
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Seashaken Houses
- A Lighthouse History from Eddystone to Fastnet
- Narrated by: David Monteath
- Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 30-05-19
- Language: English
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The Decoration of Houses
- By: Edith Wharton, Ogden Codman Jr.
- Narrated by: Grace Conlin
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
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One of the classic works on interior decoration, Edith Wharton’s The Decoration of Houses offers a comprehensive look at the history and character of turn-of-the-century interior design. Co-written with architect Ogden Codman, Jr., this invaluable reference provides us with numerous keen and practical axioms for house design, such as (1) The better the house, the less need for curtains, and (2) the height of a well-proportioned doorway should be twice its width.
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great!
- By Philip on 31-03-17
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The Decoration of Houses
- Narrated by: Grace Conlin
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
- Release date: 31-08-12
- Language: English
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Irreplaceable
- How to Create Extraordinary Places That Bring People Together
- By: Kevin Ervin Kelley
- Narrated by: Kevin Ervin Kelley
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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Through engaging storytelling, human behavior insights, and proven design techniques, Kevin Kelley—an attention architect and cofounder of Shook Kelley, a strategic design firm that pioneered the field of "convening"—unfolds why physical places are essential to civil society, business, and community.
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Irreplaceable
- How to Create Extraordinary Places That Bring People Together
- Narrated by: Kevin Ervin Kelley
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 12-03-24
- Language: English
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The House of Government
- A Saga of the Russian Revolution
- By: Yuri Slezkine, Claire Bloom - director
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 45 hrs and 9 mins
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On the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution, the epic story of an enormous apartment building where Communist true believers lived before their destruction. The House of Government is unlike any other book about the Russian Revolution and the Soviet experiment.
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Well researched but lacks structure or narrative
- By Luke on 30-08-18
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The House of Government
- A Saga of the Russian Revolution
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 45 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 25-08-17
- Language: English
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Noble Ambitions
- The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House
- By: Adrian Tinniswood
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
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As the sun set slowly on the British Empire in the years after the Second World War, the nation's stately homes were in crisis. Tottering under the weight of rising taxes and a growing sense that they had no place in 20th-century Britain, hundreds of ancestral piles were dismantled and demolished. Perhaps even more surprising was the fact that so many of these great houses survived, as dukes and duchesses clung desperately to their ancestral seats and tenants' balls gave way to rock concerts, safari parks and day trippers.
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Country Houses
- By marilynpask on 19-09-23
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Noble Ambitions
- The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House
- Narrated by: Roger May
- Length: 13 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 07-10-21
- Language: English
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The Architecture of Happiness
- By: Alain de Botton
- Narrated by: Alain de Botton
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
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In his extraordinary new book, Alain de Botton explores the importance of buildings in our lives, pondering our attachment to our homes and considering such questions as: Why do people disagree about taste? Can beautiful surroundings make us good?
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A bit washy.
- By Anonymous User on 29-01-19
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The Architecture of Happiness
- Narrated by: Alain de Botton
- Length: 3 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 19-04-06
- 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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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 Stonemason
- A History of Building Britain
- By: Andrew Ziminski
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
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Part hands-on archaeological history of Britain, part deeply personal insight into this ancient craft by a stonemason who has worked on Britain's greatest monuments, from Salisbury Cathedral to St Paul's. Following a tradition that dates back hundreds of years, stonemason Andrew Ziminski has worked on many of Britain's greatest monuments, from the Roman ruins of Bath to Salisbury Cathedral's spire to St Paul's, and his three decades of work give a unique perspective on the warp and weft of English history, nature and geology.
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An Encyclopedia of the History of Stonemasonry
- By Alec Sharples on 15-04-20
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The Stonemason
- A History of Building Britain
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Length: 8 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 05-03-20
- 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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No Free Parking
- The Curious History of London's Monopoly Streets
- By: Nicholas Boys Smith
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
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From the medieval cobbles, through Dickensian iron and fog, to the neon lights and bustle of the twenty-first century, the ever-changing streets of London map out the vibrant stories, triumphs and struggles of everyone who ever called London home. From the Roman and Celts marching along the ancient Old Kent Road, to the rattling newspaper presses of Fleet Street, the game of Monopoly has painted London's story across cheerful coloured tiles. But those Monopoly streets live and breathe—they don't just illuminate our history.
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No Free Parking
- The Curious History of London's Monopoly Streets
- Narrated by: Charles Armstrong
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 10-11-22
- 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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Smart Cities
- MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series
- By: Germaine Halegoua
- Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
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Over the past 10 years, urban planners, technology companies, and governments have promoted smart cities with a somewhat utopian vision of urban life made knowable and manageable through data collection and analysis. Emerging smart cities have become both crucibles and showrooms for the practical application of the Internet of Things, cloud computing, and the integration of big data into everyday life. Are smart cities optimized, sustainable, digitally networked solutions to urban problems? Or are they neoliberal, corporate-controlled, undemocratic non-places?
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Smart Cities
- MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series
- Narrated by: Wendy Tremont King
- Length: 5 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 17-03-20
- Language: English
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The Geography of Nowhere
- The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
- By: James Howard Kunstler
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
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In elegant and often hilarious prose, Kunstler depicts our nation's evolution from the Pilgrim settlements to the modern auto suburb in all its ghastliness. The Geography of Nowhere tallies up the huge economic, social, and spiritual costs that America is paying for its car-crazed lifestyle. It is also a wake-up call for citizens to reinvent the places where we live and work, to build communities that are once again worthy of our affection. Kunstler proposes that by reviving civic art and civic life, we will rediscover public virtue and a new vision of the common good.
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Fascinating Perspective
- By Anonymous User on 11-01-23
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The Geography of Nowhere
- The Rise and Decline of America's Man-Made Landscape
- Narrated by: Al Kessel
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 08-10-19
- Language: English
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