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ALCHEMIST'S DAUGHTER, THE

\pause{1500}Author: McMahon, Katherine
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7928 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 12.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Historical Fiction - Pre 1914
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Emilie Seldon has been raised by her father who wants to turn her into a philosopher and alchemist, but he fails to teach her about the mysteries of the human heart. In 1725, two fascinating strangers arrive and her father's spell is broken. Banished to London she has much to learn about human nature and her family's complicated past.

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ALMOND PICKER, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Hornby, Simonetta
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7612 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
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While La Mennulata æthe woman who gathers almondsÆ lies dead, the people of Roccacolomba, a Sicilian hill town, wonder who she was and how she rose from a simple peasant girl to the mistress of the estate?

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ANIMALS IN WAR

\pause{1500}Author: Cooper, Jilly
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6930 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Animals
\pause{1500}Additional subject: War - General
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A tribute to the role of animals in wartime, including stories of dogs sniffing out mines in the Second World War, the medal winning pigeon G.I. Joe and the parachute jumping SAS mongrel Rob.

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BAD BLOOD

\pause{1500}Author: Sage, Lorna
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5853 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.50
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - General
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Winner of Whitbread Prize for Biography 2000. A moving memoir of a young woman growing up in the 1950's and 60's in provincial Britain. She describes her escape from her familyand social conventions into books and education.

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BOATHOUSE, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Upcher, Caroline
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6374 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 10.25
\pause{1500}Main subject: Love Stories
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Molly Page has lived alone with her father since the death of her mother some years ago. When she receives an invitation from her American godmother she spends a summer in the Hamptons which brings her closer to her mother than she ever imagined.

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CROW LAKE

\pause{1500}Author: Lawson, Mary
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6742 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
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Matt Morrison has a passionate interest in the natural world which he passed on to his protÚgÚ, his sister Kate. Now a zoologist, Kate thinks she has outgrown her family, but she cannot seem to outgrow her family or the tragedies that occurred earlier, real and perceived!

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DISCOVERING DOROTHEA

\pause{1500}Author: Shindler, Karolyn
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7071 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 10
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - Historical to 1945
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In 1898,Dorothea Bate, a nineteen-year-old girl, marched up to the Natural History Museum and demanded a job. This was the start of her association with the museum that was to last over fifty years. In the 1900s she explored Crete and Cyprus, becoming an internationally acclaimed palaeontologist.

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ENCHANTED EVENING

\pause{1500}Author: Kaye, Mary (M M)
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6578 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 11
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 15.25
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - Art, Music & Literature
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Third part of autobiography. Sequel to 'Golden Afternoon'. In 1932, the twenty-four year old Mollie accompanied her parents and sister to China, where her father planned a pleasant retirement. Increasingly turbulent politics make China an uncomfortable place for foreigners so the family return to India, to Mollie's great relief.

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EXODUS

\pause{1500}Author: Bertagna, Julie
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 16406 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 10.75
\pause{1500}Main subject: Key stage 4 - ages 14 - 16 years
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As the waters rise Mara's island home is slowly drowning, but Mara believes there is a new world where refugees can find safety. In a desperate bid for survival, she and her friends set sail in the ultimate exodus.

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EXTRA VIRGIN

\pause{1500}Author: Hawes, Annie
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 5822 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 13.25
\pause{1500}Main subject: Travel - Continental Europe
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Biography & Autobiography - General
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When the author buys a run down Ligurian olive farm the locals are baffled. As the 'Foreign Females' struggle with their farm, the olive farmers of Diano San Pietro are on hand with old-fashioned advice and help.

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