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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
- Unabridged
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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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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
- Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
- By: Katherine Boo
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees "a fortune beyond counting" in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a childhood in rural poverty, has identified an alternate route to the middle class: political corruption.
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Vibrant tale of life in a Mumbai shanty slum
- By T on 21-10-14
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Behind the Beautiful Forevers
- Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
- Narrated by: Sunil Malhotra
- Length: 8 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 01-08-13
- Language: English
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Voices of Guinness
- An Oral History of the Park Royal Brewery
- By: Tim Strangleman
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Imagine a workplace where workers enjoyed a well-paid job for life, one where they could start their day with a pint of stout and a smoke, and enjoy free meals in silver service canteens and restaurants. During their breaks they could explore acres of parkland planted with hundreds of trees and thousands of shrubs. This is no fantasy or utopian vision of work but a description of the working conditions enjoyed by employees at the Guinness brewery established at Park Royal in West London in the mid-1930s.
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Voices of Guinness
- An Oral History of the Park Royal Brewery
- Narrated by: Roger Clark
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Release date: 03-12-19
- 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
- Unabridged
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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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Feminist City
- A Field Guide
- By: Leslie Kern
- Narrated by: Nathalie Toriel
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance13
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Feminist City: A Field Guide combines memoir, feminist theory, pop culture, and geography to expose what is hidden in plain sight: the social inequalities built right into our cities, homes, and neighbourhoods. Focusing on gendered experiences of the city, the books grapples with the challenge of claiming urban space amongst barriers designed to keep women “in their place”. From the geography of rape culture to the politics of snow removal, the city is an ongoing site of gendered struggle. Yet the city is perhaps also our best hope for shaping new social relations....
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footnote awfulness
- By vikki on 11-12-24
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Feminist City
- A Field Guide
- Narrated by: Nathalie Toriel
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 30-09-20
- Language: English
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Urban Jungle
- Wilding the City
- By: Ben Wilson
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Our modern-day cities might seem to represent our separation from the natural world. In fact, as Ben Wilson reveals in this captivating re-examination of urban landscapes around the world, nature has always been at the heart of the city. Wilson explores the wild side of cities, past, present and future: the middens, abandoned sites and strips of land alongside railway lines.
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Hope and wild
- By MR on 12-06-23
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Urban Jungle
- Wilding the City
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 02-03-23
- Language: English
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Dirty White Boy
- Tales of Soho
- By: Clayton Littlewood
- Narrated by: Bruce Donnelly
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Dirty White Boy is a vivid mosaic of modern London, caught between the ghosts of the past and the uncertainties of the future. With an unforgettable cast of characters ranging from Chico the camp queen to Pam the Fag Lady (with guest spots by stars like Kathy Griffin and Graham Norton), these compulsively listenable true tales offer a wry panorama of Soho's rich and often raucous subcultures.
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The human side of Soho
- By Patrick on 26-06-13
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Dirty White Boy
- Tales of Soho
- Narrated by: Bruce Donnelly
- Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
- Release date: 11-12-12
- 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
- Unabridged
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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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EARNER Walkable City
- How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
- By: Jeff Speck
- Narrated by: Jeff Speck
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance19
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Jeff Speck has dedicated his career to determining what makes cities thrive. And he has boiled it down to one key factor: walkability. The very idea of a modern metropolis evokes visions of bustling sidewalks, vital mass transit, and a vibrant, pedestrian-friendly urban core. But in the typical American city, the car is still king, and downtown is a place that’s easy to drive to but often not worth arriving at. Making walkability happen is relatively easy and cheap; seeing exactly what needs to be done is the trick.
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interesting though a little repetative
- By Ella K on 20-07-20
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EARNER Walkable City
- How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time
- Narrated by: Jeff Speck
- Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
- Release date: 01-02-13
- Language: English
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How Real Estate Developers Think: Design, Profits, and Community
- The City in the Twenty-First Century
- By: Peter Hendee Brown
- Narrated by: Chaz Allen
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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How Real Estate Developers Think considers developers from three different perspectives. Brown profiles the careers of individual developers to illustrate the character of the entrepreneur; considers the roles played by innovation, design, marketing, and sales in the production of real estate; and examines the risks and rewards that motivate developers as people.
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Don’t judge by the title
- By Leandro Carvalho on 13-02-20
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How Real Estate Developers Think: Design, Profits, and Community
- The City in the Twenty-First Century
- Narrated by: Chaz Allen
- Length: 10 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 28-12-15
- Language: English
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Born in Flames
- The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City
- By: Bench Ansfield
- Narrated by: Sarah Naughton
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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“Ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning!” This phrase was supposedly uttered by announcers during the 1977 World Series as flames rose above Yankee Stadium, and it became a defining expression of a turbulent time in American history. Throughout the 1970s, a wave of arson coursed through American cities, destroying entire neighborhoods home to poor communities of color.
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Born in Flames
- The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City
- Narrated by: Sarah Naughton
- Length: 11 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 19-08-25
- Language: English
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Modello: A Story of Hope for the Inner City and Beyond
- An Inside-Out Model of Prevention and Resiliency in Action
- By: Jack Pransky
- Narrated by: Risa Rae
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Modello is an inspirational true story from beginning to end of how Dr. Roger Mills and staff accomplished the "miracle" in the Modello and Homestead Gardens Housing Projects, applying the Three Principles/Health Realization approach based on an innovative spiritual psychology. Through extensive interviews with residents as well as Dr. Mills, his staff, and other professionals, a compelling and moving portrait is painted.
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Exceptional account of the human potential
- By Emma Beirne on 14-10-22
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Modello: A Story of Hope for the Inner City and Beyond
- An Inside-Out Model of Prevention and Resiliency in Action
- Narrated by: Risa Rae
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 24-12-20
- Language: English
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Inner City Pressure
- The Story of Grime
- By: Dan Hancox
- Narrated by: Ash Hunter
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall70
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Performance60
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A GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, PITCHFORK, NPR, METRO AND HERALD SCOTLAND BEST MUSIC BOOK OF 2018 ‘The definitive grime biography’ NME ’A landmark genre history’ Pitchfork This audiobook is narrated by Ash Hunter, stage and screen actor who is currently playing Hamilton in the West End production...
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So good. Full of throwbacks and insight
- By Amazon Customer on 05-12-21
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Inner City Pressure
- The Story of Grime
- Narrated by: Ash Hunter
- Length: 10 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 17-05-18
- Language: English
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Poor
- By: Caleb Femi
- Narrated by: Caleb Femi
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall37
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Performance31
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Brought to you by Penguin. 'An urban romantic ... powerful' Dazed & Confused 'A poet of truth and rage, heartbreak and joy' Max Porter What is it like to grow up in a place where the same police officer who told your primary school class they were special stops and searches you at 13 because...
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More precise than a mirror
- By Nina Bhadreshwar on 11-12-20
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Poor
- Narrated by: Caleb Femi
- Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
- Release date: 05-11-20
- Language: English
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Miami
- By: Joan Didion
- Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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It is where Fidel Castro raised money to overthrow Batista and where two generations of Castro's enemies have raised armies to overthrow him, so far without success. It is where the bitter opera of Cuban exile intersects with the cynicism of U.S. foreign policy. It is a city whose skyrocketing murder rate is fueled by the cocaine trade, racial discontent, and an undeclared war on the island 90 miles to the south.
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Fascinating book but some narration issues
- By "paraxylene" on 27-12-21
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Miami
- Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Length: 5 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 11-03-13
- Language: English
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Gravers: What Bonds Old Bones: Journey Through Cemeteries, Crypts, Catacombs, Churchyards and Burial Grounds of London
- London Baby
- By: Lande Jewels
- Narrated by: Lande Jewels
- Length: 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Did you know that, seen from archaeological perspective, London soil is a layer cake with evidence dating as far as Neolithic era through to Bronze and Iron ages, Roman, Medieval, Post Medieval and Contemporary period?
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Gravers: What Bonds Old Bones: Journey Through Cemeteries, Crypts, Catacombs, Churchyards and Burial Grounds of London
- London Baby
- Narrated by: Lande Jewels
- Length: 39 mins
- Release date: 07-01-26
- Language: English
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Age of the City
- Why Our Future Will Be Won or Lost Together
- By: Ian Goldin, Tom Lee-Devlin
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Priestley
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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From centres of antiquity like Athens or Rome to modern metropolises like New York or Shanghai, cities throughout history have been the engines of human progress and the epicentres of our greatest achievements. Now, for the first time, more than half of humanity lives in cities, a share that continues to rise. In the developing world, cities are growing at a rate never seen before. In this book, Professor Goldin and Tom Lee-Devlin show why making our societies fairer, more cohesive and sustainable must start with our cities.
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Comprehensive, clear and engaging
- By Michael Bailey on 17-09-23
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Age of the City
- Why Our Future Will Be Won or Lost Together
- Narrated by: Nathaniel Priestley
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 22-06-23
- Language: English
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Sexo en mi ciudad
- Crónicas sexuales de la Barcelona contemporánea
- By: Adaia Teruel
- Narrated by: Sofía García, Adaia Teruel
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Desde el Bagdad y la Casita Blanca hasta el Fetish Café y la Órbita de IO, Adaia bucea en las sexualidades menos convencionales de su ciudad y los lugares que las albergan. Barcelona ha sido mi lugar desde hace más de dos décadas. La ciudad donde me he desmadrado de joven, me he hecho adulta, me he desarrollado como periodista y he creado mi propia familia. Quiero saber cómo es la vida sexual de mi ciudad, la que no cabe en titulares clicbait. Aquí viven casi dos millones de personas, es imposible captar su esencia en una frívola estadística.
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Sexo en mi ciudad
- Crónicas sexuales de la Barcelona contemporánea
- Narrated by: Sofía García, Adaia Teruel
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 24-11-25
- Language: Spanish
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London in the Time of Dickens
- By: Lillian Nayder, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Lillian Nayder
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
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In London in the Time of Dickens, you’ll get the unique opportunity to experience the British capital through the eyes of a literary master whose work is inextricably tied to the city and its rich history. Throughout 12 lectures taught by Professor Lillian Nayder of Bates College, you’ll tour the city of London in a time of rapid transformation through the life and work of Charles Dickens, uncovering the history of the metropolis, while also witnessing the everyday experiences of Londoners from all walks of life as Dickens represents them.
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London in the Time of Dickens
- Narrated by: Lillian Nayder
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 03-11-23
- Language: English
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The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition
- By: Donald Shoup
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 23 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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In this no-holds-barred treatise, Donald Shoup argues that free parking has contributed to auto dependence, rapid urban sprawl, extravagant energy use, and a host of other problems. Planners mandate free parking to alleviate congestion but end up distorting transportation choices, debasing urban design, damaging the economy, and degrading the environment. Ubiquitous free parking helps explain why our cities sprawl on a scale fit more for cars than for people. But it doesn't have to be this way.
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Thorough but repetitive
- By R from UK on 24-04-24
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The High Cost of Free Parking, Updated Edition
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
- Length: 23 hrs and 47 mins
- Release date: 30-06-18
- Language: English
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