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ANTIGONE

\pause{1500}Author: Woodman, Richard
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7326 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
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\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
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A tale of life on board the cargo liner Antigone during the last great days of the Merchant Navy as seen through the eyes of Laddie on a long voyage from England to Hong, Kong, Singapore and the South China Sea.

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CREW, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Mayhew, Margaret
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7230 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
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\pause{1500}Main subject: Love Stories
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The seven courageous crewmen of the Lancaster bomber fly into the skies over enemy Germany almost every night, hoping they will survive the raid. On the ground the women who love them wait and hope too.

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DEAD MAN TALKING

\pause{1500}Author: Woodman, Richard
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7325 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
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\pause{1500}Main subject: War Stories
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Why did the First Sea Lord order Convoy PQ17 to scatter leaving a merchant convoy unprotected in the Barents Sea? Was it the threat of a German attack or something more obscure? All may have remained a secret but for a dead man talking!

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DOGS OF WINDCUTTER DOWN, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Kennard, David
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7320 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
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\pause{1500}Main subject: Animals
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Biography & Autobiography - General
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Devon farmer David Kennard battles to save his farm after a succession of potentially disastrous setbacks in this true story. The one thing he knows for sure is that he can always rely on his faithful sheepdogs.

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GALLEON'S GRAVE, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Stephen, Martin
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7902 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 11
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 13.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Historical Fiction - Pre 1914
\pause{1500}Additional subject: Spy Stories
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In 1588 Philip of Spain assembles a great fleet to defeat England and Queen Elizabeth. Young Henry Grisham has inside knowledge, through his work as an agent for Francis Walsingham, but this is likely to endanger his life.

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GOOD OLD DAYS, THE

\pause{1500}Author: O'Neill, Gilda
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7669 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 7.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: History - General, Social history
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For most, 19th century life in London was one of grinding poverty, binge drinking, prostitution and gun crime. Gilda O'Neill explores the streets, rat-infested slums, common lodging houses, boozers, penny gaffs and brothels in the heart of the greatest empire the world has ever seen.

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MY FATHER WAS A HERO

\pause{1500}Author: Moreton, Cole
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7163 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 6
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\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - General
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The author was brought up worshipping the deeds and the heroes of the Second World War. He often tried to quiz his father about these times, but had no success. As he uncovers the truth behind his family's past he brings to life the realities of a poverty-striken post-war London.

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STALINGRAD

\pause{1500}Author: Beevor, Anthony
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7517 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 14
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\pause{1500}Main subject: War - WW2
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A powerful new account of the battle of Stalingrad, based on accounts, letters and diaries of soldiers and civilians, and including new evidence of atrocities committed by both sides.

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