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AMERICA

\pause{1500}Author: Cooke, Alistair
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 1486 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 11
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\pause{1500}Reader: Harte, Jerry
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Story of the growth of the U.S.A. out of the wilderness

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BIG CHIEF ELIZABETH

\pause{1500}Author: Milton, Giles
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5706 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 12.50
\pause{1500}Reader: Hunter, John
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In 1586 Elizabeth I was named Weroanoza, Big Chief, by a tribe of North American Indians. This delighted Walter Raleigh, who established a colony in the New World, thus creating a riddle that took many years to solve.

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BLUE NILE, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Moorehead, Alan
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 3961 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 9.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Purser, Patrick
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The history of the Blue Nile in the l8th & l9th centuries. Descriptions of torture;

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EMPEROR

\pause{1500}Author: Kapuscinski, Ryszard
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 1835 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
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\pause{1500}Reader: Morison, Sandy
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The last days of Haile Selassie

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FREEDOM AT MIDNIGHT

\pause{1500}Author: & D Lapierre, L Collins
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 1453 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 17
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\pause{1500}Reader: Coleman, Maurice
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A detailed account of Indian independence

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GREAT GAME, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Hopkirk, Peter
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 3181 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 14
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 21.00
\pause{1500}Reader: Sanctuary, Gerald
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Britain & Russia play a dangerous power game of espionage in l9th Century Asia;

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GREAT HEDGE OF INDIA, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Moxham, Roy
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5738 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 7.25
\pause{1500}Reader: StJohn, Michael
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In 1995 the author bought a second-hand book which started his obsessive quest to discover the 2,600 mile long Great Hedge of India, built by the British Raj as a customs barrier and later forgotten.

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GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL

\pause{1500}Author: Diamond, Jared
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4990 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 15
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 21.50
\pause{1500}Reader: StJohn, Michael
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The author enquires into the reasons why Europe & the Near East became cradles of modern society and why, until modern times, Africa, America & Australasia lagged behind.

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HISTORY OF WARFARE, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Keegan, John
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4119 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 15
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 22.50
\pause{1500}Reader: StJohn, Michael
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Readable & controversial book which looks at world history & man's warlike inclinations.

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HONG KONG

\pause{1500}Author: Morris, Jan
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 2697 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 14
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\pause{1500}Reader: Webster, Jean
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Hong Kong to-day and in history

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