Library home. Books by Melvyn Bragg

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ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH, THE: The Biography of a Language

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7495 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 10
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Powell, Robert
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - Art, Music & Literature
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The remarkable story of a language that began as a minor Germanic dialect, to its position as a global language. This is also the story of the people who shaped the language.

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CROSSING THE LINES

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6654 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 12
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: McGann, Mark
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
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Final Book in trilogy; Sequel to 'A Son Of War'. In the final part of the trilogy, Joe Richardson has experienced the rites of passage into adulthood, and has decided to leave his home town in Cumbria to study at Oxford University, a very different world!

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MAID OF BUTTERMERE, THE

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 2399 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 19
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Sawford, Peter
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Historical Fiction - Pre 1914
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Based on the true story of an 18th century scandal

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ON GIANT'S SHOULDERS

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5254 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 9.25
\pause{1500}Reader: Lister, Tony
\pause{1500}Main subject: Science - General
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Biography & Autobiography - Historical to 1945
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A study of twelve great scientists, from Archimedes to Crick & Watson, whose discoveries have changed the world.

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RICH

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 3452 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 17
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 25.50
\pause{1500}Reader: Adamson, Ray
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - Art, Music & Literature
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Fascinating portrait of the actor Richard Burton;

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SOLDIER'S RETURN, THE

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5626 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 10.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Harling, Frank
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
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Returning from the war in Burma in 1946, Sam finds his Cumbrian home town barely changed, but war has changed him. Now he and his family find bonds stretched to breaking point as they strive to adjust and rebuild their lives.

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SON OF WAR, A

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5933 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 12.75
\pause{1500}Reader: Burt, Andrew
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
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Sequel to 'The Soldier's Return' (5626). Even in peacetime the upheavals of war are still having an effect as Sam Richardson and his family strive to get on with their lives.

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TIME TO DANCE, A

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 3043 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Stokes, Brian
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
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Love affair between middle-aged man & 18 year old girl;

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