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  1. Travel Writers: The Spoken Word (2012)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 150 minutes), £16.00

    This 2 CD compilation features some of best-known literary adventures and explorers of the 20th century in their own words. The recordings are a mixture of radio broadcasts and live talks and readings. None...

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  2. Tom Stoppard: Radio Plays (2012)

    Director
    Charles Lefeaux; John Tydeman
    Subject
    English language and literature; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 332 minutes), £40.00

    This five CD set collects the original BBC broadcasts of four of Tom Stoppard’s most important radio plays: ‘Albert’s Bridge’, ‘Artist Descending a Staircase’, ‘The Dog It Was That Died’ and...

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  3. Voices of History 2: Art, Science and Exploration (2012 Audio)

    Subject
    Drama; History; Literature; Media studies; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 139 minutes), £16.00

    A 2-CD set features historic recordings of celebrated people in the arts, drama, the sciences, sport and exploration. Shakespeare-related items include Ellen Terry as Ophelia and Sir Henry Irving as Richard...

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  4. Wild London: Sounds of the City’s Wildlife (2012 Audio)

    Subject
    Environmental science
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (Download), £7.00

    This collection of 29 recordings features the sounds of some of the animals that have made their homes in London, including the grey squirrel, rind-necked parakeet, the red fox and the ubiquitous feral pigeon.

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  5. America in Primetime (2012)

    Subject
    Media studies
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 240 minutes), $29.99

    Four programmes in a series analysing the evolution of programmes filling the primetime slot on US television. Each episode focuses on one character archetype that has remained a staple of primetime through...

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  6. Nova: Ice Age Death Trap (2012)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $24.99

    During construction at a Colorado ski resort, a bulldozer dug up a tooth so huge it had to be held in two hands. Scientists from the local Denver museum found a vast trove of fossils from the Ice Age 100,000...

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  7. Nova: Hunting the Elements (2012)

    Subject
    Chemistry
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 120 minutes), $19.99

    New York Times technology correspondent David Pogue presents this documentary which aims to provide an introduction to the elements and the history of their discovery. Pogue asks why are some elements, such...

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  8. Nova: The Elegant Universe (2012)

    Subject
    Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 180 minutes), $19.99

    Physicist Brian Greene presents this documentary about string theory, illustrating complex ideas with vivid, clear images and providing an accessible introduction to the concepts of unified field theory and...

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  9. Nova: Secrets of the Viking Sword (2012)

    Subject
    Archaeology; History; Science
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 60 minutes), $19.99

    This documentary examines one of the most formidable weapons of of the Middle Ages: the Viking Ulfberht sword: a light, razor sharp, virtually indestructible weapon, with the name ULFBERHT inlaid along the...

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  10. Slavery by Another Name (2012)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 1 NTSC, 90 minutes), $19.99

    This 90-minute documentary that challenges one of Americans’ most cherished assumptions: that slavery ended with the Emancipation Proclamation. The film tells how even as chattel slavery came to an end in...

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