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With Reference to ... (2005)

Subject

Librarianship

A series of five 15-minute Radio 4 programmes each recorded on location at a unique or definitive collection of some sort (eg teeth, plants, ice, recordings of English dialects). With the help of the...

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Two Speak to Learn (4 Parts) (1975 Video)

Subject

Education

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 4 x 24 min.

The four programmes constitute a ‘mini-course’ outlining and demonstrating the work of Dr Marion Blank, an American expert on teaching the poor learner. Part 1 explains the problems of the ‘poorly...

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Facilitating Creative Action / Imagery and Metaphor (1999 Video)

Producer

Clare Sandry

Subject

Business studies

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 29 min (?)., 2001 sale: £120.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Two support videos for course B822. 1: Follows two experience professional facilitators as they lead a weekend workshop in creative problem solving. In two parts: 1) follows the facilitated sessions and...

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This Sporting Life (1963 Video)

Director

Lindsay Anderson

Subject

English language and literature; Film studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 128 minutes), £12.99

One of the most notable films from cinema’s British "New Wave" phase. It is director Lindsay Anderson’s multi-award winning, gritty and powerful northern drama, featuring a breakout performance from...

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Jane Austen in Context (1998)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Hire, VHS (PAL, 374 minutes), free loan

Six presentations on the work of Jane Austen, which were filmed in 1997 at a conference in the Dept of Continuing Education, University of Oxford. On 2 videocassettes with three lectures on each. The...

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Great Writers of the Twentieth Century (1997)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 50 minutes each), £125.00 each or £500 the set of 25

Profiles of 25 prominent 20th-century novelists, using interviews with friends, relatives and experts along with archive footage. Subjects of individual programmes are: D H Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, F Scott...

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Thinking Allowed- Philosophy for Children (2004)

aka: Thinking Together - Philosophy for Children

Subject

Education

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 35 minutes), £34.09

In a Philosophy for Children session, a teacher uses a story, a picture, a news item or a piece of music to stimulate thinking and imagination. Children are encouraged to express their thoughts and emotions,...

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Nightmare: The Birth of Horror (4 Parts) (1996)

Subject

English language and literature; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 4 x 50 minutes), £125 each or £250 the series

A BBC series, written and presented by Professor Christopher Frayling, investigating the origins of our popular gothic novels. These best-selling books have thrived in industries such as film,...

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Difficult People and Situations (4 Parts) (2009)

Subject

Business studies; Psychology

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 22. 14, 14, 14 minutes), £399.00 each or £1299.00 the set

The four DVDs in the series provide dramatised case studies to help leaders, managers and team members to overcome leadership blunders, personality clashes, client service disasters and bullying and...

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Little Dorrit (2008)

Subject

English language and literature

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 480 minutes), £34.99

A television version of the novel by Charles Dickens adapted into fourteen episodes by Andrew Davies. When Arthur Clennam returns to England after many years abroad, his curiosity is piqued by the presence...

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