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ARTISTS IN CRIME

\pause{1500}Author: Marsh, Ngaio
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 1235 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 10.25
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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Many suspects after artist's model is stabbed

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BLACK AS HE'S PAINTED

\pause{1500}Author: Marsh, Ngaio
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5443 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.75
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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The death of an African Ambassador, killed in his Embassy, shocks diplomatic London and sets Roderick Alleyn on the trail of a killer.

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BRICK LANE

\pause{1500}Author: Ali, Monica
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6481 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 13
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 19.25
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
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Nazneen had an inauspicious birth in a small village in Bangladesh. When she was eighteen her father arranged her marriage to Chanu, a middle-aged clerk in London. For years she accepted her role, keeping house and rearing children, but when she meets Karim, a young activist, she starts to question her life in a traditional Bangladeshi marriage.

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BUTTERFLY HOUSE, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Preston, Marcia
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7640 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
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Fifteen-year-old Roberta always takes refuge at her friend Cynthia's home - why can't her alcoholic mother be more like Cynthia's mother, Leonora. Yet Leonora also has secrets, and Roberta only discovers the truth many years later.

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CHRISTMAS FAIRY TALES

\pause{1500}Author: Philip, Neil
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 15926 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 5
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 4.25
\pause{1500}Main subject: Key stage 2 - ages 8 - 11 years
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A sparkling collection of fairy tales which capture the true spirit of Christmas.

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DAUGHTERS OF BRITANNIA

\pause{1500}Author: Hickman, Katie
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5505 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 10
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 14.25
\pause{1500}Main subject: History - General, Social history
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Whilst some wives of British diplomats were famous women, the vast majority were entirely unknown. This entertaining social history tells the story of diplomatic life over the centuries.

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DOG STAR

\pause{1500}Author: Nimmo, Jenny
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 16129 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 2
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 1.50
\pause{1500}Main subject: Key stage 1 - up to 7 years
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Key stage 2 - ages 8 - 11 years
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Marty longs for a dog, and one night as the light of the Dog Star beams into her room she hears faint animal breathing. Has her wish come true?

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ENORMOUS CROCODILE, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Dahl, Roald
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 15970 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 1
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.50
\pause{1500}Main subject: Key stage 1 - up to 7 years
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The enormous crocodile boasts that he is going to eat a child for lunch, but his plot is foiled by the other animals in the jungle.

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FAIRY TALE

\pause{1500}Author: Ellis, Alice Thomas
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4833 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 7.25
\pause{1500}Main subject: Family Stories
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A magical story of suspense & humour set in a remote house in Wales.

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FENCE AROUND THE CUCKOO, A

\pause{1500}Author: Park, Ruth
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 4859 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 11.75
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - General
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A moving, passionate & often funny account of the people & places which influenced writer Ruth Park in her early years in New Zealand.

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