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KRAKATOA

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6708 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 10
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Winchester, Simon
\pause{1500}Main subject: History - General, Social history
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Travel - World
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On 27 August 1883 a terrific volcanic eruption destroyd the island of Krakatoa and killed about 40,000 people. The physical impact was truly global with after effects even being experienced in London. Socially and politically too, there were world wide after effects, all dramatically discussed in this book.

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MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, THE

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6231 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 12.75
\pause{1500}Reader: Sanctuary, Gerald
\pause{1500}Main subject: Science - Earth & Physical
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Biography & Autobiography - General
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William Smith had a passion for rocks and fossils and single-handedly mapped the geology of Great Britain, making him one of the most significant men of the nineteenth century. His map fundamentally changed the way we look at the world but his vision eventually ruined his life.

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SURGEON OF CROWTHORNE, THE

\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5362 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.75
\pause{1500}Reader: Purser, Patrick
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - General
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The compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary was a fifty year task needing many volunteers. One of these was a surgeon turned lunatic, imprisoned in Broadmoor Asylum for murder!

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