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Sounds of the Night: An Audio Guide to Britain's Nocturnal Species

Product Description: Eerie screams, quiet snufflings, and snippets of song are just some of the wildlife sounds that can be heard after dark. While some animals turn in for the night, others are getting ready to begin their “day” and for some species, such as the Red Fox, Tawny Owl, and Nightjar, the period from dusk to dawn signifies the peak of their activity...read more

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9780712351218 | British Library Board, June 15, 2012, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Eerie screams, quiet snufflings, and snippets of song are just some of the wildlife sounds that can be heard after dark.

The Spoken Word: Travel Writers: Travel Writers and Explorers in Their Own Words

Product Description: This two-disc set features some of best known literary adventurers and explorers of the twentieth century in their own words. The recordings—mostly sourced from the BBC Sound Archive and never before published—are a mixture of radio broadcasts, live talks, and readings...read more

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9780712351096 | British Library Board, May 30, 2012, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: This two-disc set features some of best known literary adventurers and explorers of the twentieth century in their own words.

The Spoken Word: Lawrence Durrell

Product Description: The year 2012 marks the centenary of the birth of novelist and poet Lawrence Durrell, one of the leading writers of the postwar years. Born in India and resident at various times in England, Greece, Egypt, Cyprus, and France, Durrell was a cosmopolitan, whose work was greatly influenced by the Mediterranean places and cultures he experienced...read more

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9780712351201 | British Library Board, March 15, 2012, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: The year 2012 marks the centenary of the birth of novelist and poet Lawrence Durrell, one of the leading writers of the postwar years.

Shakespeare's Original Pronunciation: Speeches and Scenes Performed As Shakespeare Would Have Heard Them

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9780712351195 | British Library Board, April 15, 2012, cover price $15.00

Caribbean Roots: Black British and Caribbean Poets Read Their Own Work

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9780712351164 | British Library Board, March 1, 2012, cover price $25.00

Wild World: A Journey in Sound to the World's Wildest Places

Product Description: Experience the great wealth of wildlife on our planet through a journey in sound. In partnership with the Wildlife Sound Recording Society, the British Library is proud to present this two-disc set of recordings from across the globe...read more

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9780712351188 | British Library Board, March 15, 2012, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Experience the great wealth of wildlife on our planet through a journey in sound.

Anthropology 2010

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9780415692861 | 1 edition (Routledge, January 25, 2012), cover price $570.00

Science Fiction Writers

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9780712351133 | British Library Board, September 15, 2011, cover price $15.00

Waves: The Sounds of Britain's Shores

Product Description: Experience the pure sounds of the sea with this new publication from the British Library. From the gentle lapping of water on a shingle beach to the powerful crashing of waves on a rocky shore, this collection of recordings explores the idea that each beach has its own signature sound and demonstrates the contrasting nature of Britain's shoreline...read more

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9780712351119 | British Library Board, September 15, 2011, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Experience the pure sounds of the sea with this new publication from the British Library.

Beautiful Birdsong of Britain: The Music of Nature

Product Description: This compilation brings together some of the most beautiful bird songs that can be heard around the British Isles. The Blackbird, Skylark, Nightingale and Mistle Thrush are just a few of the birds that add their exquisite compositions to the natural soundscape of this island...read more

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9780712351126 | British Library Board, May 15, 2011, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: This compilation brings together some of the most beautiful bird songs that can be heard around the British Isles.

The Writing Life: Authors Speak

Product Description: Where do you find inspiration for your books? What are your writing influences? Why do you write? When do you write? If given the opportunity, these are the questions we’d often love to ask our favorite authors. And now, thanks to these selections from the British Library’s Authors’ Lives archive, we can hear some of the answers...read more

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9780712351089 | British Library Board, April 15, 2011, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Where do you find inspiration for your books?

Voices of the Uk: Accents and Dialects of English

Product Description: Do you call bread a roll? a bap, barm cake, batch, bread cake, cob, scuffler or stottie? Do you pronounce the word plant to rhyme with ant? One of the most intriguing differences between speech and writing is that even the briefest of spoken utterances can reveal something about our identity...read more

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9780712351072 | British Library Board, March 15, 2011, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Do you call bread a roll?

The Spoken Word: British Poets

Product Description: From Alfred, Lord Tennyson to Ted Hughes, this remarkable three-CD set offers an audio tour of some of the greatest British poets from the last century. Thirty poets are included in all, each reading from their own work, often with their own spoken introductions...read more

By Laurence Binyon (narrator), British Library (corporate author), Robert Browning (narrator), Andrew Motion (introduced by) and Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Baron (narrator)

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9780712351058 | British Library Board, December 15, 2010, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: From Alfred, Lord Tennyson to Ted Hughes, this remarkable three-CD set offers an audio tour of some of the greatest British poets from the last century.

The Spoken Word: American Poets

Product Description: This incredible three-CD set drawn from the archives of the BBC captures the voices of poets from the twentieth century, one of the most prolific and significant periods in American letters. Capturing the enormous energy and variety in American poetry at this time, the compilation includes recordings of Robert Frost, E...read more

By British Library (corporate author), Robert Frost (narrator), Andrew Motion (introduced by), Gertrude Stein (narrator) and Wallace Stevens (narrator)

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9780712351065 | British Library Board, December 15, 2010, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: This incredible three-CD set drawn from the archives of the BBC captures the voices of poets from the twentieth century, one of the most prolific and significant periods in American letters.

International Bibliography Of Anthropology 2009 / Bibliographie internationale d'anthropologie

Product Description: First published in 1952, the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology) is well established as a major bibliographic reference for students, researchers & librarians.

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9780415599269, titled "International Bibliography Of Anthropology 2009 / Bibliographie internationale d'anthropologie: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences" | Routledge, December 8, 2010, cover price $599.00 | About this edition: First published in 1952, the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology) is well established as a major bibliographic reference for students, researchers & librarians.

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences 2009

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9780415599283, titled "International Bibliography of the Social Sciences 2009: International Bibliography of the Social Sciences" | Routledge, December 8, 2010, cover price $599.00 | About this edition: First published in 1952, the International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology) is well established as a major bibliographic reference for students, researchers & librarians.

The Lindisfarne Gospels 2011 Calendar

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9780764952388 | Wal deluxe edition (Pomegranate, July 1, 2010), cover price $13.99

Beautiful Bird Songs from Around the World

Product Description: This CD showcases some of the most exquisite sounds that can be heard in the natural world, from the rich, melodious songs of the Blackbird, Pied Butcherbird and Nightingale that are full of complexity, ingenuity and perfectly arranged phrases, to the breathtaking compositions of the Skylark, Albert's Lyrebird and White-rumped Shama, and the rhythmical variations on a theme from the Chiming Wedgebill and White-browed Robin-chat...read more

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9780712305433 | Com/pap edition (British Library Board, February 15, 2010), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: This CD showcases some of the most exquisite sounds that can be heard in the natural world, from the rich, melodious songs of the Blackbird, Pied Butcherbird and Nightingale that are full of complexity, ingenuity and perfectly arranged phrases, to the breathtaking compositions of the Skylark, Albert's Lyrebird and White-rumped Shama, and the rhythmical variations on a theme from the Chiming Wedgebill and White-browed Robin-chat.

Sounds of the Deep: An Exploration of Life in Our Seas

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9780712305266 | British Library Board, February 15, 2010, cover price $15.00

Rainforest Requiem: Recordings of Wildlife in the Amazon Rainforest

Product Description: Hear a day in the life of the Amazonian rainforest, a continuous sequence of beautiful and exotic sounds. From dawn to dusk the magic of the forest unfolds, with rare birds, monkeys, insects, frogs and toads. There is an afternoon equatorial rainstorm, and the evening chorus of birds once the storm has passed...read more

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9780712305136 | British Library Board, February 15, 2010, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Hear a day in the life of the Amazonian rainforest, a continuous sequence of beautiful and exotic sounds.

Bird Mimicry: A Remarkable Collection of Imitations by Birds

Product Description: The songs of birds have inspired and impressed mankind for centuries. Some birds sing very elaborate songs and, in some species, the vocal repertoire is enhanced by copying sounds from other birds, other animals or even man-made sounds...read more

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9780712305297 | British Library Board, February 15, 2010, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: The songs of birds have inspired and impressed mankind for centuries.

British Mammals: An Audio Introduction to the Mammals of Britain

Product Description: The chilling screams of the Red Fox, the rutting calls of the Fallow Deer and the rumbling growls of the Badger are just a few of the sounds that can be heard on ‘British Mammals'. This new identification guide from the British Library Sound Archive presents a comprehensive collection of recordings that will help listeners learn how to identify the sounds of British mammals...read more

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9780712305891 | Com/pap edition (British Library Board, June 30, 2010), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: The chilling screams of the Red Fox, the rutting calls of the Fallow Deer and the rumbling growls of the Badger are just a few of the sounds that can be heard on ‘British Mammals'.

Coastal Birds: An Audio Guide to Bird Sounds of the British Coastline

Product Description: Learn how to identify the voices of 50 coastal birds with this new audio guide from the British Library Sound archive. Species that are regularly found along the shores of the British Isles have been selected and include a range of seabirds, waders, wildfowl and even a couple of songbirds...read more

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9780712305884 | Com/pap edition (British Library Board, February 15, 2010), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Learn how to identify the voices of 50 coastal birds with this new audio guide from the British Library Sound archive.

The Essential Shakespeare Live Encore: The Royal Shakespeare Company in Performance

Product Description: The British Library and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) join forces to publish this remarkable audio treasury of live Shakespearian performances. Selected from an extensive collection of recordings made by the British Library Sound Archive, these two double CD sets offer scenes and speeches from some of the most celebrated Shakespeare productions in the history of the Royal Shakespeare Company...read more

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9780712351003 | British Library Board, February 15, 2010, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The British Library and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) join forces to publish this remarkable audio treasury of live Shakespearian performances.

Bird Sounds of Madagascar: An Audio Guide to the Island's Unique Birds

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9780712305341 | British Library Board, February 15, 2010, cover price $15.00

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