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Fiction, non-fiction or memoirs take places in/ about industrial buildings- factories, warehouses, workshops ect.
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Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
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Beth Macy (Goodreads Author)
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The Iron Bridge: Symbol of the Industrial Revolution
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The Jungle
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The Engineer's Wife
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Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line
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4.01 avg rating — 1,768 ratings
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Leadership from the Mission Control Room to the Boardroom: A Guide to Unleashing Team Performance
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Paul Sean Hill (Goodreads Author)
4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings
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The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters
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Rose George (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 2,614 ratings
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First In, Last Out: Leadership Lessons from the New York Fire Department
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Out of This Furnace
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3.79 avg rating — 1,845 ratings
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Women of Straw
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4.29 avg rating — 2,630 ratings
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Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do
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Steel Girls on the Home Front (The Steel Girls #3)
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4.44 avg rating — 403 ratings
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The Shipyard Girls (Shipyard Girls, #1)
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4.46 avg rating — 1,592 ratings
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The Factory Girl
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Elizabeth Lord (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 253 ratings
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The Next Factory of the World: How Chinese Investment Is Reshaping Africa
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3.93 avg rating — 337 ratings
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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
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4.17 avg rating — 919,179 ratings
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The Narrowboat Girls
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4.40 avg rating — 470 ratings
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The Boat Girls
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4.21 avg rating — 1,087 ratings
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Grey Lady
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4.28 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Armour of Light (Kingsbridge, #4)
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Ken Follett (Goodreads Author)
4.22 avg rating — 56,007 ratings
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Cutter's Wharf
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4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
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The Miner's Wife
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4.18 avg rating — 128 ratings
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The Nipper (Puffin Books)
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4.21 avg rating — 417 ratings
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A Weaver's Web
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Chris Pearce (Goodreads Author)
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 31 ratings
score: 83,
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The Munitions Girls (The Bomb Girls #1)
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4.33 avg rating — 944 ratings
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Chocolate Girls (Chocolate Girls #1)
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4.12 avg rating — 1,871 ratings
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The Miller's Daughter
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4.14 avg rating — 297 ratings
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Conner Street's War
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4.01 avg rating — 187 ratings
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To Die But Once (Maisie Dobbs, #14)
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Jacqueline Winspear (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 19,178 ratings
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The Hoard
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4.38 avg rating — 53 ratings
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