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  1. First World War: 1914: Voices from the BBC Archive (2014)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD), £10.99

    Audio compilation of clips taken from the BBC archive relating to the First World War. Amongst the items are troops of the British Expeditionary Force recalling the exhausting retreat from Mons, the success...

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  2. William S Burroughs and Brion Gysin: The Spoken Word (2012)

    Subject
    Literature
    Distribution
    Audio (CD, 66 minutes), £10.00

    This collection of recordings features the American writer William S Burroughs and the British-born artist Brion Gysin: the man Burroughs credited with the invention of the ‘cut-up’ literary technique....

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. British Poets: The Spoken Word (2010)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 210 minutes), £19.95

    From Alfred, Lord Tennyson to Ted Hughes, this three CD compilation offers a survey of some of the greatest British poets of a century and more. 30 poets are included, each reading from their own work, often...

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  6. American Poets: The Spoken Word (2010)

    Subject
    English language and literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 210 minutes), £20.00

    This three CD set is a companion to the British Poets compilation. Around 30 poets are included, from Gertrude Stein, born in 1874, to Amiri Baraka, born in 1934. The 20th century was a time of enormous...

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  7. Archive Pioneers: Saviours of Sound at the BBC (2010)

    Subject
    History; Media studies; Technology

    The BBC was nearly ten years old when it installed its first recording machine, but tapes and discs soon began to pile up in Broadcasting House. Through broadcasts, internal BBC interviews and recordings...

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  8. Bloomsbury Group, The (2009)

    Subject
    Arts and Humanities; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 131 minutes), £15.50

    The Bloomsbury Group remains of great public interest for its influence on art, literature and politics in the first half of the 20th century. Recordings of this informal association of writers, artists and...

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  9. Stevie Smith: The Spoken Word (2009)

    Subject
    English language and literature; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 68 minutes), £10.00

    This CD collects 50 poems and songs read by Stevie Smith and recorded for the BBC over the period 1956-1968. It includes many of Smith’s best-known titles, including Not Waving but Drowning, Thoughts about...

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  10. Robert Graves: The Spoken Word (2009)

    Subject
    English language and literature; Literature
    Distribution
    Sale, Audio (CD, 68 minutes), £10.00

    Over a long career Robert Graves proved a prolific writer across a variety of genres, producing historical novels, classical translations and criticism, but he regarded himself as primarily a poet. Drawing...

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