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AMERICAN BOY, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Taylor, Andrew
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6707 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 16
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\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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Set in England in 1819, Thomas Shield is a master at a school near London attended by a young American boy and his friend, Charles Frant. Thomas, drawn to Frant's beautiful mother, is caught up in her family's deadly tangle of sex, money, murder and lies. At the heart of all this is the American boy, but what is the secret about him?

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DOMBEY AND SON

\pause{1500}Author: Dickens, Charles
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7367 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 28
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 27.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Classic Fiction - Pre 1900
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Only Dombey's daughter can rescue him from desolation;

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LAMBS OF LONDON, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Ackroyd, Peter
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7182 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Historical Fiction - Pre 1914
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With an ailing father and distrusful mother Mary Lamb has a restricted life, but takes solace from her brother Charles' life. Mary falls in love with William Ireland, a bookseller, from whom Charles buys a book. They later realise that this is no ordinary book and William Ireland is no ordinary young man.

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LINE OF BEAUTY, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Hollinghurst, Alan
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7185 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 14
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Contemporary Fiction
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Set in the 1980s, Nick Guest lodges with the Fedden family in London. Gerald Fedden has just entered Parliament and is hotly tipped as ministerial material. Nick witnesses the full impact of 1980s hedonism; the money, the drugs, and sex. Then the advent of AIDS and the party stops.

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