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Wild Britain: Sound Portraits from Britain’s Wild Places (1997 Audio)

Subject

Environmental science

Distribution

Sale, Audio (Download, 143 minutes), £11.00

Sound pictures of natural habitats in Britan through the seasons and indifferent moods, from early spring to mid-winter and from a bleak, wintry valley in Scotland to a gentle summer morning in English...

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Albert Einstein - Historic Recordings 1930-1945 (2005)

Subject

Physics

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 68 minutes), £9.95

Celebrating ‘Einstein year’, one hundred years since the great scientist’s Special Theory of Relativity and fifty years since his death, this CD features previously unpublished and rare recordings. The...

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Samuel Beckett: Works for Radio (2006)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 235 minutes), £39.95

Released to mark the centenary of the birth of Samuel Beckett [1906-1989], this set of four CDs collects the five works that Beckett created expressly for the radio: All That Fall, Embers, Words and Music,...

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British Writers: The Spoken Word (2008)

Subject

English language and literature; Literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 214 minutes), £19.50

This three-CD compilation forms part of the British Library’s series of documentary recordings by English-language authors and playwrights. 30 British writers are represented, talking about their lives and...

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Bernard Shaw Radio Broadcasts (2006)

Subject

Drama; History; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 129 minutes), £15.95

Bernard Shaw was a prominent figure in the early years of radio in Britain. Despite a sometimes tense relationship with the BBC, fuelled by his determination to use the new medium to promote some of his more...

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George Barker: The Spoken Word (2008)

Subject

Drama; English language and literature; Literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 72 minutes), £9.70

T.S. Eliot described George Barker as a genius, and W.B. Yeats compared his rhythmic invention to that of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Drawing primarily on previously unpublished BBC broadcasts spanning the years...

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Peter Brook (1973 Video)

Subject

Drama

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 27 minutes), £189.00

An interview with Peter Brook recorded in 1973 just after his return from Africa with his Centre of Theatre Research group of actors. Brook discusses his views on such issues as cross-cultural performances,...

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Sylvia Plath: The Spoken Word (2010)

Subject

English language and literature; Literature

Distribution

Sale, Audio (CD, 73 minutes), £9.95

Her frank, confessional style of writing won Sylvia Plath many fans around the world, and she remains very popular over forty years after her death. This CD brings together BBC recordings from the British...

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Winter’s Tale, The (1908 Audio)

Excerpts from II i of A Winter’s Tale; From Act II scene 1 beginning "Take the boy..." and ending ""...give’t me in mine ear". Ellen Terry plays all parts.

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Shakespearean Production - Peter Wood (1961 Audio)

Series

British Council Tapes

Sound recording. Peter Wood, director of the Harper Collins series of audio recordings, is interviewed by Peter Orr about the direction of Shakespeare plays.

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