Product Description: Experience the pure sounds of the sea with this new audio CD. From the gentle lapping of water on a Cornish 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

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

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