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ACT OF TREACHERY, AN

\pause{1500}Author: Widdecombe, Ann
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6366 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 10.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Love Stories
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Catherine Dessin is fifteen when the Germans enter Paris and is taught by her family to hate the enemy. Two years later she falls in love with Klaus, a married German officer. Rejected by family and friends she has to cope with the aftermath of liberation, whilst Klaus also has to face a conflict of loyalties.

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AFTER YOU'D GONE

\pause{1500}Author: O'Farrell, Maggie
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6281 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 11.50
\pause{1500}Main subject: Family Stories
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Alice boards a train at King's Cross heading home to her family in Scotland. Hours later she steps into traffic on a busy London road. As she lies in a coma we travel through her memories to discover what drove her to this desperate act.

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AND WHAT ABOUT ANNA?

\pause{1500}Author: Simoen, Jan
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 16393 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 7.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Key stage 4 - ages 14 - 16 years
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Anna had two brothers but one,Jonas, died of AIDS and the other, Michael, disappeared in a land mine explosion in Bosnia. Anna's mother searched for Michael but could find no trace. One day a letter arrives and hints that Michael may still be alive, but can Anna believe it?

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BETTER LIFE, A

\pause{1500}Author: McGowan, Frankie
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5976 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 12.50
\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
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Shocked at the recent remarriage of her adoptive father, Anna is captivated when her birth mother traces her. Sophia is a wealthy Italian whose arrival has a devastating effect on the lives of Anna and those around her.

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BLESSED ARE THE CHEESEMAKERS

\pause{1500}Author: Lynch, Sarah Kate
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 8048 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 11.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
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Tucked away in a corner of Ireland Corrie and Fee turn out batches of perfect Coolarney Blues and Golds. The magic that they weave in and out of the cheese vats is legendary but can their powers be used to turn unhappiness into love, or will the secret ingredient be lost forever?

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CRYSTAL PALACE, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Hendry, Frances
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 16220 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 4
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 3.75
\pause{1500}Main subject: Key stage 2 - ages 8 - 11 years
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Key stage 3 - ages 12 - 14 years
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In 1851 the Great Exhibition was held in London and captured the imagination of the public. In her diaries Lily Hicks, a housemaid, describes living in London when the exhibition is being designed by her master, and the opening of the 'Crystal Palace'.

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FOREIGN FRUIT

\pause{1500}Author: Moyes, Jojo
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6693 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 11
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Love Stories
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In 1950's Merham, Lottie Swift and Celia Holden were fascinated by a group of bohemians who took over Arcadia, an Art Deco house on the seafront. Now, nearly fifty years later, with Arcadia returning to life, several people are left questioning whether you can ever really leave your past behind.

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HOUSE OF FLOWERS, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Bingham, Charlotte
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6826 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 11
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Love Stories
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In 1941, when England is at its lowest ebb, MI5 realise that there is a double agent operating at its base, Eden Park. Poppy, Kate, Lily, Marjorie and Billy are all a part of Eden Park and all their lives are threatened as the spymasters attempt to identify the traitor.

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LADY GRACE MYSTERIES, THE: BETRAYAL

\pause{1500}Author: Cavendish, Grace
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 16481 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 5
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Key stage 2 - ages 8 - 11 years
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When her fellow Maid of Honour disappears with a dashing sea captain, Lady Grace decides to investigate, even though life as a stowaway on an Elizabethan galleon is dangerous, and no place for a lady.

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MISTRESS MASHAM'S REPOSE

\pause{1500}Author: White, T H
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6069 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 7.75
\pause{1500}Main subject: Family Stories
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Key stage 3 - ages 12 - 14 years
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In her ancestor's castle life for orphaned Maria is a challenge. She has discovered an island of tiny people. Also her governess is planning to cheat her of her inheritence. How can Maria save the Lilliputians when she herself is in grave danger?

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