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ADMIRAL'S DAUGHTER, THE

\pause{1500}Author: & Haakel Frankel, Victoria Fyodorova
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 1136 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 14
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\pause{1500}Reader: Burke, Patricia
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Young Russian actress searches for her father lost during the war

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ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH, THE: The Biography of a Language

\pause{1500}Author: Bragg, Melvyn
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7495 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 10
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\pause{1500}Reader: Powell, Robert
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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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ALED: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY

\pause{1500}Author: Jones, Aled
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7484 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
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\pause{1500}Reader: Keeble, Jonathan
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Aled Jones found fame as the young chorister who sang the title track for the Christmas favourite 'The Snowman'. After his voice broke he had to carve out a new career, which he has done with great success, and is now a popular presenter on Songs of Praise, Classic FM and BBC Radio 2.

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ALL FOR LOVE: A PERSONAL HISTORY OF DESIRE AND DISAPPOINTMENT

\pause{1500}Author: Mehta, Ved
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6772 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
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\pause{1500}Reader: Wilsher, Barry
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Born in Lahore and educated in India, the USA and Britain, Ved Mehta is a gifted writer. With total honesty he explores his feelings towards foru women he loved from the 1970's. He also examines his feelings about his blindness.

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ALMOST ANOTHER SISTER

\pause{1500}Author: Wilson, Margaret
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 3231 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 7.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Ralphs, Margaret
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Biography of Jane Austen giving an insight into upper middle class life in the l9th century;

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ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPERY

\pause{1500}Author: Webster, Paul
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4195 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 12.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Webster, Jean
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The life of the French novelist who was actively involved in the early years of commercial aviation & the author of children's book 'The Little Prince'.

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ARNOLD BENNETT

\pause{1500}Author: Drabble, Margaret
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 589 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 15
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 21.75
\pause{1500}Reader: Hall, Shirley
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Biography of a great personality

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AS I WALKED OUT ONE MIDSUMMER MORNING

\pause{1500}Author: Lee, Laurie
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 582 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 5
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Clark, David
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Author's adventure in Spain 1934-36 Sequel to *Cider with Rosie* (269)

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AUDEN

\pause{1500}Author: Davenport-Hines, Richard
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4661 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 12
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 17.25
\pause{1500}Reader: King, David
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A study of the life & ideas of the poet W.H. Auden.

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BEECHAM'S STORIES

\pause{1500}Author: & Archie Newman, Harold Atkins
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 2739 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 2
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\pause{1500}Reader: Morison, Sandy
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Collection of anecdotes, sayings & impressions of Sir Thomas Beecham

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