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ABSOLUTE FRIENDS

\pause{1500}Author: le Carre, John
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6997 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 12
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\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Thrillers
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Ted Mundy, the son of a British soldier, first met Sasha, the refugee son of an East German pastor, when they were students in Berlin. Their paths crossed as espionage operatives in the Cold War era, and they finally meet again in today's world of terrorism.

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CONSTANT GARDENER, THE

\pause{1500}Author: le Carre, John
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6984 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 12
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\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Thrillers
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Tessa Quayle, the young and beautiful wife of a career diplomat has been murdered on the shores of Lake Turkana and her African friend and co-worker has disappeared. Her husband is determined to find out why Tessa was Killed and who the murderers are.

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HEART OF OAK

\pause{1500}Author: Kent, Alexander
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7873 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 9.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Historical Fiction - Pre 1914
\pause{1500}Additional subject: War Stories
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In 1818 Adam Bolitho takes command of the frigate HMS Onward , confronting old enemies and rivals to forge an alliance corsiars.

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IN GALLANT COMPANY

\pause{1500}Author: Kent, Alexander
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7872 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 10.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: War Stories
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Adventure Stories
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In 1782, His Britannic Majesty's frigate Phalarope sailed to assist squadrons in the Carribean. This should have been the perfect ship for new captain, Richard Bolitho, but he soon dicovers it is a deeply unhappy ship, with deckhands driven to near mutiny.

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WHITE CITY

\pause{1500}Author: Wheal, Donald James
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7834 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 10
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 10.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - General
\pause{1500}Additional subject: War - WW2
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In this sequel to æWorldÆs EndÆ (7833) Donald Wheal and his family find themselves homeless after an air raid in 1944. After the war his adolescence was spent in an anonymous London suburb. He subsequently travelled around Britain and war-ravaged France, ending up in National Service in Germany and Italy.

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WORLD'S END

\pause{1500}Author: Wheal, Donald James
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7833 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 9.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - General
\pause{1500}Additional subject: War - WW2
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A memoir of the authorÆs childhood growing up in WorldÆs End, Chelsea during WWII. DonaldÆs family lived a life of stark poverty in contrast to their privileged neighbours a stoneÆs throw away. At the age of nine DonaldÆs world changed dramatically as war was declared.

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