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ABIDE WITH ME

\pause{1500}Author: Strout, Elizabeth
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7616 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
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Tyler Caskey has grown to love his home and congregation in Maine. After suffering a terrible loss he finds it hard to be the person he once was, and his leadership is questioned. A startling discovery will test the humanity of Tyler and his congregation.

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ADDRESS UNKNOWN

\pause{1500}Author: Taylor, Kressmann
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7637 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 2
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 1.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: General Fiction
\pause{1500}Additional subject: 20th Century Classics
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Written in 1938, this is a prophetic novel about the effects of Naziism. Through a series of letters it charts the disintegration of a friendship between an American Jew and his German business partner.

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ARTHUR THE KING

\pause{1500}Author: Massie, Alan
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7621 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 9
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 0.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Historical Fiction - Pre 1914
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After the Roman occupation of Britain, tribal kings are vying with each other for titles, land and power. A young boy confounds these knights when he pulls a sword from a stone and claims the empty throne of Uther Pendragon. This is a stylish and witty re-telling of the Arthurian legend.

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CLAUDE AND MADELEINE

\pause{1500}Author: Marriott, Edward
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7815 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 10.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: War - WW2
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Lovers Claude Peri and Madeline Bayard met in Indochina in the 1930's, and began working as spies for the French. In 1940 they returned to Paris, then fled to Gibraltar, via Marseilles, to join the British war effort. They gained access to the highest levels of British Intelligence before heading back to the far east to fight the Japanese.

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EXTREMES ALONG THE SILK ROAD

\pause{1500}Author: Middleton, Nick
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7825 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 7
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 9.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Travel - World
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The author, following in the footsteps of Alexander the Great and Marco Polo, journeyed along one of the oldest highways between East and West. Crossing some of the most inhospitable regions on Earth, he sought out the people who manage to eke out an existence in this harsh environment.

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IT JUST OCCURRED TO ME

\pause{1500}Author: Lyttelton, Humphrey
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7761 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 7.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Biography & Autobiography - Entertainment
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Humphrey Lyttelton is one of the country's premier traditional jazz musician's, and the band he founded in 1948 is still in-demand today. He is also known as the presenter of the cult Radio 4 programme 'I'm sorry I haven't a clue'.

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RELENTLESS

\pause{1500}Author: Kernick, Simon
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 8034 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 8
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 10.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Thrillers
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John Meron, a happily married father of two, receives a phone call that will change his life forever. His friend, Jack Calley, a high-flying city lawyer, is screaming down the phone for help. As Meron listens, Calley is murdered. His last words, spoken to his killer, are the first two lines of Meron's address.

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SKELETON ROOM, THE

\pause{1500}Author: Ellis, Kate
\pause{1500}Catalogue number: \S+ 7983 \S*
\pause{1500}Number of cassettes: 10
\pause{1500}Time (hours): 14.00
\pause{1500}Main subject: Detective & Mystery Stories
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D I Wesley Peterson and his boss are called in to investigate the discovery of a skeleton in a sealed room. Soon a woman's body is dragged from the sea off the Devonshire coast. Unexpectedly a man wanted for a murder in London appears on the scene and may know more than he admits.

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