Pirate Latitudes
Michael Crichton
  British WritersAuthor: British Library Reader: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir List price: £19.95 Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division Format: CD-Audio This three CD compilation forms part of the British Library's series of documentary recordings by English-Language authors and playwrights. Around 30 writers will be represented, talking about their lives and work. The recordings derive primarily from BBC broadcasts, the earliest of them dating from the 1930s, and include historic recordings of the first generation of writers whose voices survive through to senior figures of the present day. 
 American WritersAuthor: British Library Reader: Gertrude Stein List price: £19.95 Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division Format: CD-Audio On this triple CD, published to coincide with the British Writers CD set, some 27 American Writers talk about their lives and work. Most of the recordings come from BBC broadcasts and many have not been published before.
 The Bloomsbury GroupAuthor: Bloomsbury Group List price: £15.94 Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division Format: CD-Audio 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 intellectuals, which include Virginia and Leonard Woolf, Clive and Vanessa Bell, and Duncan Grant among others, are brought together for the first time on a 2CD set.
 The Essential Shakespeare Live EncoreAuthor: The British Library List price: £16.04 Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division Format: CD-Audio Following the success of "The Essential Shakespeare", the British Library and the Royal Shakespeare Company are proud to present a second audio set of live Shakespeare recordings, "Essential Shakespeare Encore". The two discs feature scenes and speeches taken from RSC productions in Stratford- upon- Avon and London, recorded by the British Library and the RSC over a period of almost half a century.
 The Essential Shakespeare LiveList price: £15.94 Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division Format: CD-Audio The British Library and the Royal Shakespeare Company join forces to publish this remarkable treasury of live Shakespeare recordings. Selected from an extensive collection of recordings made by the "British Library Sound Archive", this set offers scenes and speeches from some of the most celebrated Shakespeare productions in the history of the Royal Shakespeare Company.
 Samuel BeckettList price: £39.95 Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division Format: CD-Audio Samuel Beckett was one of the most original and influential writers and dramatists of the twentieth century, and a writer with an exceptional concern for the subtleties of sound and rhythm. Yet the works created by Beckett for radio broadcast by the BBC are relatively unknown to the general public.
 Voices of HistoryAuthor: British Library Sound Archive List price: £15.94 Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division Format: CD-Audio This two-CD set features historic recordings from the British Library Sound Archive of some of the most famous and influential people active from the early days of sound recording to the middle of the twentieth century. Forty speakers are represented, covering politics, women's rights, commerce and economics, royalty, religion and society.
 Voices of History 2Author: British Library Sound Archive List price: £15.94 Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division Format: CD-Audio Following the success of last year's "Voices of History", the British Library is publishing a second volume of historic recordings of celebrated people, who were active from the early days of sound recording to the middle of the twentieth century. This second volume covers four major areas of interest - the arts, the sciences, sport and exploration.
 Albert EinsteinList price: £9.95 Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division Format: CD-Audio To celebrate 'Einstein Year' the British Library is proud to release a selection of rare recordings of the celebrated physicist as he talks about his life and work, the Jewish people and the world of science. This CD includes a live recording of the historic fund-raising dinner on behalf of Jewish charities at the Savoy Hotel, London, in 1930 with the speeches made by George Bernard Shaw and Albert Einstein.
 Children's AuthorsAuthor: British Library List price: £9.95 Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division Format: CD-Audio Settle down and enjoy as ten favourite children's writers read extracts from their own books. Listen to the actual voices of J.R.R. Tolkien, Roald Dahl and Philip Pullman among others. It makes for enjoyable family listening.
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