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ADVOCATE, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Fois, Marcello
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7212 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 3
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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Over one hundred years ago in Sardinia a young man was accused of theft and murder, and found guilty in absentia. To the courts and police this was an open and shut case, but the advocate wanted to test the evidence against the facts. To do this his only recourse was to set a trap of his own!

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AFTER HANNIBAL

\pause{1500}Author: Unsworth, Barry
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4783 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 9.25
\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
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Set in tranquil Umbria, Italy, a story of betrayal & gain amongst people with their own reasons for settling in the neighbourhood.

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AMSTERDAM

\pause{1500}Author: McEwan, Ian
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5168 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 5
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 4.75
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
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Booker Prize Winner 1998. Two old friends meet to pay their last respects to Molly Lane. In the days after the funeral Clive and Vernon make a pact that has unforeseen consequences.

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ASKING FOR TROUBLE

\pause{1500}Author: Woods, Donald
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 2254 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 14
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - General
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Economics, Politics & Current Affairs
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Author's fight against apartheid in South Africa forced him and his family to flee the country; The film is called CRY FREEDOM

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BALZAC AND THE LITTLE CHINESE SEAMSTRESS

\pause{1500}Author: Sijie, Dai
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6333 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 5.25
\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
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In the midst of Mao's cultural revolution, two boys are sent to 're-education' camps and have to rely on each other and the daughter of a local tailor to keep going. Their lives are changed when they find a suitcase packed with Western novels, and after listening to the stories of Balzac so is the little seamstress.

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BATTLE OF POLLOCK'S CROSSING, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Carr, J L
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 1938 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
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George Gidner leaves Bradford to follow his dream of life

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BETWEEN THE WOODS & THE WATER

\pause{1500}Author: Fermor, Patrick Leigh
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 2274 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Travel - Continental Europe
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Winner of Time Life Silver Pen and Thomas Cook Travel Award; The author's travels from the Danube to Constantinople; Sequel to: *A Time of Gifts* (350)

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BLACK ARROW, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 471 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Key stage 4 - ages 14 - 16 years
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Key stage 3 - ages 12 - 14 years
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Enthralling tale of the middle ages

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BLACK ARROW, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Stevenson, Robert Louis
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 15166 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Key stage 4 - ages 14 - 16 years
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Key stage 3 - ages 12 - 14 years
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Enthralling tale of the middle ages

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BLACK BEAUTY

\pause{1500}Author: Sewell, Anna
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 2921 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 6.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Animals
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Key stage 3 - ages 12 - 14 years
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The moving, touching story of a young horse in Victorian England

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