Library home. Books read by Bill Wallis
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\pause{1500}Author:
Edwards, Ruth Dudley\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6996 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
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Detective & Mystery Stories
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When the chairperson of a prestigious literary prize dies suspiciously, fellow judge Robert Amiss summons Baroness 'Jack' Troutbeck to step into the breach. Whilst the judges continue cutting down the short-list, the killer is cutting down the judging panel, but Jack Troutbeck saves the day.
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\pause{1500}Author:
Edwards, Ruth Dudley\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7168 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
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\pause{1500}Main subject:
Detective & Mystery Stories
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A senior civil servant, Sir Nicholas Clark, has been murdered. Who could possibly want him dead? Detective Superintendent James Milton finds the whole situation puzzling.
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\pause{1500}Author:
Nemirovsky, Irene\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7881 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 5.00
\pause{1500}Main subject:
General Fiction
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David Golder, born into poverty clawed his way to fabulous wealth. Now an ageing businessman, his health is starting to fail him. When his wife and daughter betray him he contemplates revenge!
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\pause{1500}Author:
Pearce, Michael\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7877 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 6.00
\pause{1500}Main subject:
Spy Stories\pause{1500}
When a diplomat dies in Istanbul, the suspicious circumstances attract the attention of Special Branch. Seymour, a Special Branch Officer, discovers that the victim may have been involved in a political operation.
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\pause{1500}Author:
Patch, Harry & Richard Van Emden\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 8340 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 7.00
\pause{1500}Main subject:
War - WW1
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This is the life story of Harry Patch, 'The Last Dighting Tommy', from his childhood in rural Somerset, to his enlistment in the army and the horror of the Western Front.
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\pause{1500}Author:
Pearce, Michael\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 8373 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 0
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 6.00
\pause{1500}Main subject:
Thrillers
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Gareth Cadwallader Owen is the Mamur Zapt - the head of the Khedive's Secret Police, and is married to Zeinab, a pasha's daughter. It's not a comfortable perch, as agitation for political and social restructuring grows and a state of emergency in Egypt is declared.
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\pause{1500}Author:
Bond, Michael\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7843 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 6.00
\pause{1500}Main subject:
Detective & Mystery Stories
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Humorous Fiction\pause{1500}
Monsieur Pamplemousse attends the filming of Claude Chavignol's culinary TV show. The audience's enjoyment stops abruptly when Claude starts choking - he has been poisoned and dies on live TV.
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\pause{1500}Author:
Raby, Lucy Daniel\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 16619 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 8.00
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Key stage 2 - ages 8 - 11 years\pause{1500}Additional subject:
Key stage 3 - ages 12 - 14 years
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This story keeps the magic of Christmas alive. It is about the magical childhood of Santa Claus.
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\pause{1500}Author:
Edwards, Ruth Dudley\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 6987 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 5
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\pause{1500}Main subject:
Detective & Mystery Stories
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Robert at last feels settled in his personal life as he contemplates marriage to Rachel, but he is not entirely happy with his lot at work. Ideological battles and rampant eccentricity are poisoning the atmosphere at the paper!
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