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  • Scouse Republic

    An Alternative History of Liverpool

    by David Swift ...
    Liverpool is a unique city within the United Kingdom - in terms of its dialect, hedonism, friendliness, rejection of 'Englishness', and most pertinently, its politics. It is bastion of working-class left-wing politics like no other - as evidenced by the suspension of a Liverpool FC match after the death of the Queen, for fear the Liverpool fans would boo the minute's silence. Yet it was not always ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Identity Myth

    Why We Need to Embrace Our Differences to Beat Inequality

    by David Swift ...
    We are in crisis.As a society we have never been less connected.The internet and globalisation fuel ignorance and anger, while the disconnect between people's reality and perceived identities has never been greater.Karl Marx outlined the idea of a material 'base' and politico-cultural 'superstructure'. According to this formula, a material reality - wealth, income, occupation - determined your ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • HONK! If You Love the NHS

    by David Swift ...
    A resident doctors’ strike,unionised butchers,and the same old hapless politicians.What (more) could possibly go wrong?When the government’s ruthless solution to an overwhelmed National Health Service is to start treating patients like farm animals, the British public is thrust into unimaginable chaos. Caught in the crossfire is Dougie Warren, an ex-rugby player and fiercely principled Yorks... ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Left for Itself

    Left-wing Hobbyists and Performative Radicalism

    by David Swift ...
    In the first full length analysis of the rise of left-wing hobbyists, performative radicals and the 'Identity Left', A Left for Itself interrogates the connection between socio-economic realities and politico-cultural views and boldly asks what is a worthy politics, one for the follower count or one for effecting change. ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

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    Scouse Republic

    An Alternative History of Liverpool

    by David Swift ...
    Narrated by Christian Greenway ...

    Unabridged

    9 hours 1 min

    Liverpool is a unique city within the United Kingdom - in terms of its dialect, hedonism, friendliness, rejection of 'Englishness', and most pertinently, its politics. It is bastion of working-class left-wing politics like no other - as evidenced by the suspension of a Liverpool FC match after the death of the Queen, for fear the Liverpool fans would boo the minute's silence. Yet it was not always ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Operation Annie

    by David Swift ...
    This contemporary story, set in the fictional town of Aidemby, England, is centred around the plight of a single mother of three teenage children,Annie Slade, who, having previously been such a ‘happy-go-lucky’ person, has recently become the subject of her family’s concerns, due to her having uncharacteristically fallen victim to the debilitating effects of depression. The root cause of Annie’s ... Read more

    $6.05 USD

  • Audiobook

    Old Harry’s Game

    The Complete Series of the Award-Winning BBC Radio 4 Comedy

    by Andy Hamilton ...
    Narrated by Andy Hamilton, James Grout, Jimmy Mulville, Robert Duncan, David Swift, Timothy West, Annette Crosbie, Full Cast ...

    Unabridged

    21 hours 32 min

    All seven series of Andy Hamilton's fiendishly funny award-winning comedy set in Hell.'Satirical, philosophical - and devilishly funny' Gillian Reynolds, Daily TelegraphWelcome to Hell - where nobody can ever quite catch the barman's eye. In this collection, which contains all seven series of Old Harry's Game, get ready for some wicked one-liners and scorching satire.Satan is fed up after a ... Read more

    $21.84 USD

  • Audiobook

    Nemesis

    by Agatha Christie ...
    Narrated by David Swift, Full Cast, Jill Balcon, June Whitfield ...

    Unabridged

    2 hours 12 min

    Miss Marple, living a quiet life in St Mary Mead, is saddened to hear of the death of Jason Rafiel. Not that they were friends - the old financier was much too irascible and self-centred for friendship - but they had once been allies in solving a series of murders that took place on the tiny Caribbean island of St Honoré. She is therefore greatly surprised by a summons to the dead man's solicitor, ... Read more

    $17.74 USD

  • Audiobook

    The Leopard in Autumn

    A BBC Radio 4 comedy drama

    by Neal Anthony, Roger Danes, Sue Limb ...
    Narrated by David Swift, Sian Phillips, Graham Crowden, Paul Bigley, Saskia Wickham, Nick Romero, Christopher Kelham, Kim Wall, Full Cast ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 36 min

    Comedy about the ruling family of Renaissance Italy's most inconsequential city-stateIn Monte Guano, a ridiculously small and penniless principality in Renaissance Italy, Prince Ludovico II finds his rule constantly undermined by those around him: his shrewd wife, his official mistress, and his three disappointing - if not outright humiliating - sons.As well as having to manage the ever-increasing ... Read more

    $17.74 USD

  • Spiritual Care in Practice

    Case Studies in Healthcare Chaplaincy

    by Alister W Bull, Daniel H Grossoehme, Katherine M Piderman, Graeme Gibbons, Angelika Zollfrank, Sian Cotton, Rosie Andrious-Ratcliffe, Chris Swift, David McCurdy, Barbara Pesut, Nina Redl, Richard C Weyls, David Mitchell, Wes Roberts, Jim Huth, Warren Kinghorn, Alice Hildebrand, John Swinton ...
    These diverse case studies make a compelling case for the importance of effective spiritual care in healthcare and provide unprecedented insight into the essential role of the chaplain within the healthcare team. Presented alongside critical reflections and responses from professionals within chaplaincy, psychology, psychiatry and nursing, they provide an honest and detailed look into how ... Read more

    $29.49 USD

  • Veterans of the First World War

    Ex-Servicemen and Ex-Servicewomen in Post-War Britain and Ireland

    Edited by David Swift, Oliver Wilkinson ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in First World War History
    This volume synthesises the latest scholarship on First World War veterans in post-war Britain and Ireland, investigating the topic through its political, social and cultural dynamics. It examines the post-war experiences of those men and women who served and illuminates the nature of the post-war society for which service had been given. Complicating the homogenising tendency in existing ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Audiobook

    British Short Story, The - A Chronological History

    151 Authors, 161 Stories In This Comprehensive Collection Spanning Over 90 Hours

    by Aphra Behn, Jonathan Swift, D H Lawrence ...
    Narrated by David Shaw-Parker, Richard Mitchley, Ghizela Rowe ...

    Unabridged

    93 hours 6 min

    These British Isles, moored across from mainland Europe, are more often seen as a world unto themselves. Restless and creative, they often warred amongst themselves until they began a global push to forge a World Empire of territory, of trade and of language.Here our ambitions are only of the literary kind. These shores have mustered many masters of literature. So this anthology’s boundaries ... Read more

    $49.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus