New books
Issue 45
May 2015
Your regular update of new titles available for loan and sale from
RNIB.
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Braille fiction
All titles are for loan and sale unless otherwise stated.
Adult fiction
Billingham, Mark. The dying hours. 2014. Crime
fiction.
Tom Thorne series; book 1. Tom Thorne is back in uniform. He
becomes convinced that a spate of suicides among the elderly in
London is something more sinister. His concerns are dismissed by
the Murder Squad he was once part of and he is forced to look into
it alone.
5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25005703.
Bloom, Tracy. No-one ever has sex on a Tuesday.
2014. Chick lit.
Childhood sweethearts Matthew and Katy agree they must never
see each other again following a school reunion. So all is forgotten
- until eight months later when a shock meeting at an antenatal
class forces them to confront the fact that Matthew could be the
father of Katy's baby.
4v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24945103.
Bolton, Sharon. Sacrifice. 2009. Thriller.
Deep in the peat soil of her field, Tora Hamilton is shocked to find
the perfectly preserved body of a young woman, a gaping hole in
her chest where her heart has been brutally removed. Tora then
uncovers disturbing links to an ancient Shetland legend.
7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25005903
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Bradshaw, Rita. Beyond the veil of tears. 2014. Family
stories.
Naive and innocent, Angeline is easy prey for the handsome and
ruthless Oswald Golding who is looking for a rich heiress to solve
the money troubles his womanizing has caused. On her wedding
night, Angeline enters a nightmare from which there is no
awakening.
7v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25107203.
Buchan, Elizabeth. I can't begin to tell you. 2014.
General fiction.
British-born Kay Eberstern lives in Nazi-occupied Demark. Her
husband Bror is desperate to preserve his family home, even if it
means co-existing with the enemy. Lured by British Intelligence
into the world of Resistance, her betrayal of Bror is complete as
she puts her family in danger.
8v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 25005403
Chadwick, Elizabeth. The love knot. 1999. Historical
fiction.
The year is 1140 and England is torn by the strife of civil war. After
her village is raided, Catrin is rescued by Oliver Pascal and taken
to Bristol Castle. There she meets Ethelreda, who offers to teach
her the art of midwifery. But a midwife's life is fraught with dangers.
8v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24989903
Chamberlain, Diane. Reflection. 2014. Romance.
When Rachel receives the news that her estranged grandmother,
Helen, is ill and needs her care, she returns home after twenty
years away. But the town blames her for a past tragedy and
amongst the hostility and gossip she is forced to seek out old allies
and new passions.
7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25005203.
Chambers, Kimberley. Payback. 2013. Thriller.
The trap series; book 2. In the Butlers’ world, family counts; so
when the truth about Vinny's cousin's death comes out, it rocks the
Butlers to the core. Vinny's friends and family are turning against
him. Then, the unimaginable happens - Vinny's little daughter
Molly goes missing.
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7v. Price: 12.99. Order No: 24759803.
Carter, Chris. One by one. 2014. Crime fiction.
Robert Hunter series; book 5. After an anonymous call, Detective
Robert Hunter must watch as an unidentified victim is murdered
live over the internet. During the next call the killer tells him he has
upgraded his game into a live murder reality show, where anyone
can cast the deciding vote.
7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25005803.
Chadwick, Elizabeth. Shadows and strongholds. 2013.
Historical fiction.
Nine-year-old Fulke FitzWarin leaves his family for the household
of Joscelin de Dinan, Lord of Ludlow. Joscelin's youngest
daughter, Hawise, befriends Fulke when he most needs it. But as
the years pass, an enemy to Ludlow forces them onto opposite
sides of a cruel divide.
9v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 24989603.
Cumming, Charles. A foreign country. 2013. Thriller.
Amelia Levene; book 1 Six months before she is due to take up
her position as the first female head of MI6, Amelia Levene
vanishes without a trace. Disgraced ex-agent Thomas Kell is
brought in from the cold with orders to find her quickly and quietly.
6v. Price: £7.99. Order no: 25004305
Cussler, Clive. The bootlegger. 2014. Thriller.
Isaac Bell; book 8. It is 1920. When a witness to a shooting is
executed in a manner peculiar to the Russian secret police, it
becomes clear that these were no ordinary bootleggers. Bell is
facing a team of Bolshevik assassins and saboteurs.
5v. Price: £13.99. Order No: 24945003.
Galbraith, Robert. The silkworm. 2014. Crime fiction.
Cormoran Strike series; book 2. When novelist Owen Quine goes
missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. The
novelist has just completed a manuscript featuring poisonous penportraits of almost everyone he knows. If the novel were published
it would ruin lives.
9v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 24945203.
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Harkness, Deborah E. The book of life. 2014. Fantasy.
All souls trilogy; book 3. Diana and Matthew return to the present
to face new crises and old enemies. But the real threat to their
future is yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for the
elusive manuscript Ashmole 782 and its missing pages takes on a
terrifying urgency.
11v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 25005603.
Hassel, Sven. Comrades of war. 2014. War.
So severely wounded as to earn a respite from the dreaded
Eastern Front, Sven, the Legionnaire and Tiny - having
miraculously survived the freezing cattle-truck journey and the
surgeons' butchery - find themselves safe behind the lines in a
Hamburg hospital.
6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25004503.
Herries, Anne. The rebel captain's royalist bride. 2014.
Romance.
Babette Harvey must suffer in silence when her uncle gives shelter
to a band of Rebels - though her Royalist blood boils! But other
dangerous passions must also be quieted - including those
aroused by the handsome and commanding Rebel leader Captain
James Colby.
4v. Price: £4.99. Order No: BR24907605
Kernick, Simon. Siege. 2012. Thriller.
People are dead and many more lives hang in the balance as
gunmen storm the Stanhope Hotel on Park Lane. They have given
the government 5 hours to meet their demands before blowing up
the building. The guests are all are united by one thing: fear for
their lives.
6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25005303.
Lawson, Mary. Road ends. 2014. General fiction.
One winter’s day in 1966 Megan Cartwright sets out for London.
But left behind, her family begins to unravel. Disturbing letters from
home begin to arrive and torn between her independence and
family ties, Megan must make an impossible choice.
6v. Price: £13.96. Order No: 25005503.
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Lewis, Susan. Never say goodbye. 2014. General
fiction.
How would you cope with the threat of losing someone you love?
Josie's life couldn't be more different to Bel's. But three years ago,
tragedy tore Bel's life in two. Now it's happening to Josie. And
faced with uncertainty and heartbreak, they come to treasure their
growing friendship.
8v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 24943803.
Lewis, Susan. No child of mine. 2013. General fiction.
When the case of three-year-old Ottilie Wade comes to her
attention, Alex Lake finds herself unable to detach from the child
the way she should. She feels an overpowering need to make a
real difference in little Ottilie's life, but no one is prepared to believe
that Ottilie is in danger.
9v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25006003.
Ley, Rosanna. Return to Mandalay. 2014. General
fiction.
When Eva's job as an antiques dealer suddenly requires a trip to
Mandalay, her grandfather Lawrence finally breaks his silence
about his wartime in Burma and asks her to return a mysterious
artefact of his own to its rightful owner. But in Burma Eva’s mission
proves complicated.
8v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25005103.
McCaffrey, Anne. Red star rising. 1997. Fantasy.
Dragonriders of Pern; book 4. For two hundred years there had
been peace on Pern, but now the signs were ominous. Violent
winter storms and erupting volcanoes heralded the coming of the
second Pass of Thread.
6v. Price: £5.99. Order No: 25003603.
McDermott, Andy. Kingdom of darkness. 2014.
Thriller.
Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase; book 10. Nina Wilde and her
husband Eddie Chase are warned about a planned raid on
Alexander's newly-discovered tomb in Egypt. But before the man
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can explain more, he is assassinated by a wanted Nazi war
criminal - who has barely aged in seventy years.
8v. Price: £19.99. Order No: 25010703.
Mackay, Malcolm. The night the rich men burned.
2014. Thriller.
Two friends, Alex Glass and Oliver Peterkinney become involved
in one of Glasgow’s darkest and most dangerous trades. But while
one rises quickly up the ranks, the other will fall prey to the
industry's addictive lifestyle and ever-spiralling debts.
6v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 24999403.
Maitland, Karen. The vanishing witch. 2014. Historical
fiction.
The reign of Richard II is troubled, and in a world where nothing
can be taken at face value, who can you trust? And when people
start dying unnatural deaths and the peasants decide it's time to
fight back, it's all too easy to spy witchcraft at every turn.
10v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 24997803.
Malpas, Jodi Ellen, This man. 2013. Erotic fiction.
Jesse Ward - a devastatingly handsome, utterly confident,
pleasure-seeking playboy who knows no boundaries. Ava doesn't
want to be attracted to this man, and yet she can't control the
overwhelming desire he stirs in her. Jesse wants her and is
determined to have her.
8v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24928903.
Norman, Charity. The son-in-law. 2014. General fiction.
This is the story of Joseph, who killed his wife, Zoe. Of their three
children who witnessed the event. Of Zoe's parents, Hannah and
Frederick, who are bringing up the children and can't forgive
Joseph. They slowly adjust to life without Zoe, until the day Joseph
is released from prison.
6v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 24929003.
North, Freya. The way back home. 2014. Chick lit.
Oriana has returned to the village she grew up in for the first time
in years. But as she finds herself increasingly drawn to Windward,
the huge house that was the chaotic artists' community where she
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was born, it becomes clear that there is more to be untangled from
the past than the present.
5v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25107103.
Patterson, James. Invisible. 2014. Thriller.
Obsessed with finding the link between hundreds of unsolved
cases, everyone thinks FBI Reseacher Emmy Dockery is crazy.
That is, until Emmy finds a piece of evidence they can't afford to
ignore. Could one person really be responsible for these
unthinkable crimes?
5v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 24987303.
Pelecanos, George P. The cut. 2012. Thriller.
Spero Lucas; book 1. Spero Lucas has made name for himself as
the kind of person who gets jobs done quietly and effectively,
usually just on the right side of the law. A quick case for a criminal
defence attorney leads him into the world of a high-profile
marijuana dealer.
4v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24929703.
Rendell, Ruth. The girl next door. 2014. Crime fiction.
When the bones of two severed hands are discovered in a box, an
investigation into a long-buried crime of passion begins. The grisly
discovery leads a group of friends, who played together as
children, to question their pasts.
5v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 24998703.
Sanderson, Brandon. Words of radiance. 2014.
Fantasy.
The stormlight archive; book 2. Return to a planet swept by
apocalyptic storms, a world tipping into war as aristocratic families
move to control the shard blades and shard plates, ancient
artefacts from a past civilization that can win wars.
22v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 24879403.
Saintcrow, Lilith. The Ripper affair. 2014. Fantasy.
Bannon and Clare; book 3. A shattering accident places Archibald
Clare, mentath in the service of Britannia, in the care of Emma
Bannon, sorceress Prime. Clare needs a measure of calm to repair
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his faculties of Logic and Reason. Without them, he is not his best.
5v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25010503.
Shaw, Rebecca. Trouble in the village. 2000. General
fiction.
Turnham Malpas; book 8. When Willie Biggs, the Verger, retires,
his successor Tom Nicholls appears to be just the man for the job
until events in Tom's past return to haunt him and bring violence
and danger to the peaceful village.
5v. Price: £5.99. Order No: 24985803.
Shaw, Rebecca. Village rumours. 2014. General
fiction.
Turnham Malpas; book 18. While clearing out the rectory's loft,
Reverend Peter Harris makes an unsettling discovery and a dark
secret is exposed that soon sets tongues wagging in the village.
4v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 24998603.
Simmons, Dan. The abominable. 2014. Thriller.
In June 1924 George Mallory vanishes on the slopes of Everest.
Explorer Richard Deacon devises a plan to follow in his footsteps.
But some dark creature is tracking them up the mountain. Soon
they will discover what happened to Mallory's crew - but can they
escape the same hideous fate?
12v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24929903.
Steel, Danielle. Lightning. 1996. Romance.
As a partner in one of New York's most prestigious law firms,
Alexandra Parker barely manages to juggle husband, career, and
three-year-old child. Then lightning strikes – a routine medical
check-up turns her world upside down when tests reveal shattering
news.
8v. Price: £5.99. Order No: 24998503.
Steel, Danielle. Power play. 2014. Romance.
Fiona Carson has proven herself as CEO of a multibillion-dollar
high-tech company. Marshall Weston basks in the fruits of his
achievements. To maintain his position, he harbours secrets that
could destroy his life at any moment. Both must fight off those who
are jealous of their success.
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5v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 24987403
Stevens, Chevy. Never knowing. 2011. Thriller.
At 34 Sara Gallagher is happy. Now she wants to find her birth
parents. But Sara's mother rejects her - again - and her father
turns out to be an infamous killer who's been slaying women every
summer for over 30 years. And he's found out about Sara too.
6v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24930403.
Stratmann, Linda. The poisonous seed. 2013. Crime
Fiction.
Frances Doughty; book 1. When a customer of William Doughty’s
chemist shop dies of strychnine poisoning after drinking medicine
he dispensed, William is blamed, and the family faces ruin.
William’s daughter, nineteen year old Frances, determines to
redeem her ailing father’s reputation.
6v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 24929103
Tessaro, Kathleen. The perfume collector. 2013.
General fiction.
Eva Dorsey names Grace Chief Beneficiary in her will but Grace
has never heard of Eva. An abandoned perfume shop on the Left
Bank will lead her to unravel the heartbreaking story of her
mysterious benefactor, a woman who bewitched high society in
1920s New York and Paris.
6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24998903.
Titchmarsh, Alan. Bring me home. 2014. General
fiction.
Charlie Stuart welcomes his guests to the annual party. Friends
and neighbours come together to toast the laird's happiness and
prosperity. But Charlie sees the truth behind the façade. The past,
with its dark secrets of love, death, loyalty and betrayal, is about to
catch up with him.
4v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 25010603.
Vyleta, Dan. The crooked maid. 2014. General fiction.
Vienna, 1948. Anna Beer returns to the city she fled nine years
earlier. Travelling on the same train from Switzerland is 18-year-
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old Robert Seidel, a schoolboy summoned home to his stepfather's
sickbed and the secrets of his family's past.
7v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 24986803.
Wecker, Helene. The golem and the djinni. 2014.
Fantasy.
Chava is a golem. When her master dies at sea on the voyage
from Poland, she is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New
York in 1899. Ahmad, a djinni, is released accidentally by a
tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop.
10v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24940403.
Weeks, Brent. The broken eye. 2014. Fantasy.
Lightbringer series; book 3. As the old gods awaken, the
Chromeria is in a race to find its lost Prism. Meanwhile, the Color
Prince's army continues its inexorable advance, having swallowed
two of the seven satrapies, they now invade the Blood Forest.
16v. £18.99. Order No:24986903
Welsh, Irvine. The sex lives of Siamese twins. 2014.
General fiction.
When Lucy Brennan, a Miami Beach personal-fitness trainer,
disarms a gunman chasing two frightened homeless men, Lucy
becomes a media hero. The solitary eye-witness is the depressed
and overweight Lena Sorensen, who becomes obsessed with Lucy
and signs up as her client.
7v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 24986703.
Whitehouse, Lucie. Before we met. 2014. Thriller.
A whirlwind romance followed by a picture-perfect marriage.
However, one day Hannah Reilly’s husband fails to come home.
Are the secrets that Mark has been keeping designed to protect
him or protect her? And can you ever really know what happened
before you met?
5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25010303
Young, Louisa. The heroes' welcome. 2014. General
fiction.
1919, and Britain is realising that it is no longer at war. Now,
Nadine and Riley, Rose, and Peter and Julia, must try to regain a
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sense of normality. But long shadows cast by the war dim the
potential joys of peacetime, and matters of the heart prove
arduous and bewildering.
5v. £12.99. Order No: 25010803
Adult non-fiction
Biography
Barbree, Jay. Neil Armstrong: a life of flight. 2014.
Working from his years of notes, and with the full cooperation of
the Armstrong family, Barbree has written the definitive biography
of America's most famous astronaut and one of our greatest
modern heroes.
7v. £18.99. Order No: 24989403
Benson, Richard. The valley: a hundred years in the
life of a family. 2014.
Benson follows four generations of his mother's family, born
between 1890 and 2000. In its sweeping but deeply personal
history of the working classes, 'The Valley' shows a century
punctuated by social upheaval.
9v. Price: £25.00. Order No: 24990103.
Campbell, John. Roy Jenkins: a well-rounded life.
2014.
Roy Jenkins’ career spans the full half-century from Attlee to Tony
Blair, during which he helped transform almost every area of
national life and politics.
21v. Price: £30.00. Order No: 24989503
Daniels, Hope. Hackney child: a true tale of surviving
poverty and the care system. 2014.
At the age of nine, Hope Daniels walked into Stoke Newington
Police Station with her little brothers and asked to be taken into
care. This is Hope's gripping story of physical and emotional
survival - and the lifeline given to her by the support of
professionals working in the care system.
4v.Price: £6.99. Order No: BR24988903
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Glass, Cathy. Damaged: the heartbreaking true story
of a forgotten child. 2007.
Although Jodie is only eight years old, she is violent, aggressive
and has already been through numerous foster families. Her last
hope is Cathy Glass, an experienced foster carer, who was
pressured into taking Jodie as a new placement.
5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: BR25101303.
Grylls, Bear. Facing up: a remarkable journey to the
summit of Mt Everest. 2001.
Bear Grylls became one of the youngest Britons to reach the
summit of Mount Everest, only two years after breaking his back in
a parachuting accident. He overcame severe weather conditions,
fatigue, dehydration and a last-minute illness to stand on top of the
world's highest mountain.
5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25004203.
Lewis, Matt. Last man off: a true story of disaster and
survival on the Antarctic seas. 2014.
The waters of Antarctica, 1998. 23-year-old Matt Lewis has just
started as an observer aboard a deep sea fishing boat. But a storm
is brewing. With the captain missing, and the crew forced to
abandon ship, Lewis leads the escape onto three life rafts, where
the battle for survival begins.
4v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 24989103.
Mahoney, Rosemary. For the benefit of those who see:
dispatches from the world of the blind. 2014.
Rosemary Mahoney tells the story of Braille without Borders, the
first school for the blind in Tibet, and of Sabriye Tenberken, the
remarkable blind woman who founded the school.
5v. Price: £19.99. Order No: 24940803
Moore, Richard. Can I give him my eyes?: the
inspiring story of a boy blinded in war who found
freedom in forgiveness. 2009.
Richard Moore was ten years old when he was shot by a British
soldier. He describes the moment of grace that accompanied the
realisation that he would never again see, where he accepted his
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fate instantly and without bitterness, and tells of wonderful
childhood escapades.
5v. Price: £2.80, Order No: 24999303
Nolan, Bernie. Now and forever. 2013.
This book tells Bernie Nolan's heartbreaking story of her battle
against incurable cancer.
4v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24930303
O'Sullivan, Ronnie. Running: the autobiography. 2014.
This book explains how running has helped Ronnie to fight his
demons – his addictive personality, depression, his dad's murder
conviction, the painful break-up with the mother of his children and allowed him to win five World Snooker Championships.
5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24930003.
Venables, Terry. Born to manage: the autobiography.
2014.
The definitive career autobiography of Terry Venables, one of the
most successful England managers of recent years.
7v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 25010203.
Weir, Alison. Isabella: She-Wolf of France, Queen of
England. 2011.
Weir revisits the life of Isabella, Edward II's Queen. A pawn in 14th
century European politics she was married to Edward at the age of
12 and so began a turbulent and eventful life.
12v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 24987503.
Yousafzai, Malala. I am Malala: the girl who stood up
for education and was shot by the Taliban. 2013.
'I am Malala' tells the inspiring story of a schoolgirl who was
determined not to be intimidated by extremists, and faced the
Taliban with immense courage. Malala speaks of her continuing
campaign for every girl's right to an education.
5v. Price: 18.99. Order No: 24760003.
History
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Rodriguez, Deborah. The Kabul Beauty School: the art
of friendship and freedom. 2014.
Deborah Rodriguez arrived in Afghanistan in 2002 and opened the
first beauty salon in Kabul that actually trained local women to
become beauticians. All of these women bring their stories to the
Kabul Beauty School, a place of perms, friendship and freedom.
5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25003503.
Tuchman, Barbara W. The guns of August: the
classic bestselling account of the outbreak of
the First World War. 2014.
The Guns of August is the narrative history of the first month of
World War I. It describes the strategies of the generals, the
preparation and morale of the armies of the nations at war, and the
everyday problems of the field commanders.
13v. Price: £10.99. Order No: 24987603
Paranormal
Sartori, Penny. The wisdom of near-death
experiences: how understanding NDE's can help us
live more fully. 2014.
This book considers a wide range of experiences of dying patients
that Dr Sartori has encountered during her nursing career.
5v. Price: £10.99. Order No: 24987103.
Psychology
Byron, Tanya. The skeleton cupboard: the making of a
clinical psychologist. 2014.
'The Skeleton Cupboard' is Professor Tanya Byron's account of
her final years of training as a clinical psychologist. Through the
eyes of her naive and inexperienced younger self, Tanya shares
the remarkable cases of key patients and their treatment.
5v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 24990003
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True crime
Knight, Michelle. Finding me: a decade of darkness, a
life reclaimed. 2014.
Michelle was a young single mother when she was kidnapped by a
local school bus driver named Ariel Castro. For more than a
decade afterward, she endured unimaginable torture at the hand of
her abductor. Her escape on 6 May 2013, made headlines around
the world.
4v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25101203.
Children and young adult fiction
Suggested reading age 0-4
Cousins, Lucy. Peck peck peck. 2014.
Little woodpecker has just learnt how to peck and - yippee! - what
fun it is! Off he goes, on his first big pecking adventure, and he
peck peck pecks his little heart out.
1v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25098103
Davies, Benji. The storm whale. 2013.
Noi and his father live in a house by the sea. Noi's father works
hard as a fisherman, and Noi often has only their six cats for
company. So when, one day, he finds a baby whale washed up on
the beach after a storm, Noi is excited and takes it home to care
for it.
1v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25097903
Docherty, Helen. The Snatchabook. 2013.
In every house, in every bed, a bedtime book was being read. But
then, one night, all the animals' bedtime story books start
disappearing. Is there a book thief? And who could it be? One
brave little rabbit sets out to solve the mystery.
1v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25097803
Sparkes, Amy. Do not enter the monster zoo. 2013.
What would you do if you received an invitation to run a zoo full of
huge, scary monsters? The brave little boy in this story leaps at the
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chance, and although the monsters seem scary at first, he soon
has them eating out of the palm of his hand.
1v. Price: £5.99. Order No: 25098203.
Suggested reading age 9+
Riddell, Chris. Goth Girl and the ghost of a mouse.
2013.
Ada Goth is the only child of Lord Goth. One day William and
Emily Cabbage come to stay at the house, and together with a
ghostly mouse called Ishmael they and Ada begin to unravel a
dastardly plot that Maltravers, the mysterious indoor gamekeeper,
is hatching.
UEB. 2v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 24986403.
Riordan, Rick. Percy Jackson and the Greek Gods.
2014. Fantasy.
Who could tell the original stories of the gods of Olympus better
than a modern-day demigod? In this whirlwind tour of Greek
mythology, Percy Jackson gives his personal take on the gods and
goddesses of ancient Greece and reveals the truth about how they
came to rule the world.
UEB. 1v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25017403.
Suggested reading age 13+
Green, Sally. Half bad. 2014.
'Half Bad' is about one boy's struggle for survival in a hidden
society of witches. You get sick if you stay indoors after dark. You
hate white witches but love Annalise, who is one. You've been kept
in a cage since you were 14. All you've got to do is escape and
find the black witch who eats boys.
UEB. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24928203
Patterson, James. Nevermore. 2013.
Maximum Ride; book 8. One last incredible explosive adventure
with an astonishing ending that no-one could have seen coming.
UEB. 6v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24986103.
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Skuse, C. J. Dead romantic. 2013. Fantasy.
Camille wants to find the perfect boy, with an athlete's body and a
poet's brain. Enter Zoe, her brilliant but strange best friend, who
takes biology homework to a whole new level. She can create
Camille's dream boy, Frankenstein-stylee. But can she make him
love her?
UEB. 5v. Price: 7.99. Order No: 25080003.
Suggested reading age 15+
Haig, Matt. Echo boy. 2014. Science fiction.
Daniel is an echo, an android- but he's not like the others. He feels
a connection with Audrey; a feeling Daniel knows he was never
designed to have, and cannot explain. And when Audrey is placed
in terrible danger, he's determined to save her.
7v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 24944403.
Children and young adult non-fiction
Suggested reading age 7+
Hibbert, Clare. Stone Age to Iron Age. 2014.
The first Britons were hunter-gatherers who came from mainland
Europe to settle in England. They bought wooden spears, flint
hand axes and animals with them and were a nomadic people.
'Stone Age to Iron Age' tells the story of how these people settled
and began farming the land.
UEB. 1v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25134409
Also available in uncontracted UEB. Order No: 25134405
Moses, Brian. School report: very funny poems about
school! 2014.
Find out what goes on behind the staffroom door, join in at
playtime, see what is in the mysterious lost -property box, go on
the school trip, and discover what teachers do in their spare time and that's just the beginning of the school adventure in this
collection of poems.
UEB. 2v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 25095405.
Also available in uncontracted UEB. Order No: 25095403
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Suggested reading age 11+
Dahl, Roald. Boy: tales of childhood. 2008.
'Boy' is the story of Roald Dahl's very own boyhood, including tales
of sweet -shops and chocolate, mean old ladies and a great
mouse plot – the inspiration for some of his most marvellous
storybooks in the years to come.
UEB. 3v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 22982204.
UEB learner’s titles
Archer, Jeffrey. I will survive: from And thereby hangs
a tale. 2010.
UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 1v. Price: £1.99. Order
No: 24872605.
Uncontracted UEB. 2v. Price: Order No: 24872603.
Archer, Jeffrey. Stuck on you: from And thereby
hangs a tale. 2010.
UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 2v. Price: £1.99. Order
No: 24872705.
Uncontracted UEB. 2v. Order No: 24872703.
Archer, Jeffrey. High heels: from And thereby hangs a
tale. 2010.
UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 2v. Price: £1.99. Order
No: 24872405.
Uncontracted UEB. 2v. Order No: 24872403.
Archer, Jeffrey. Where there's a will: from And thereby
hangs a tale. 2010.
UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 2v. Price: £1.99. Order
No: 24872805.
Uncontracted UEB. 2v. Order No: 24872803.
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Archer, Jeffrey. The Queen's birthday telegram: from
And thereby hangs a tale. 2010.
UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 1v. Price: £1.99. Order
No: 24872905.
Uncontracted UEB. 1v. Order No: 24872903.
Binchy, Maeve. The builders. Romance.
Open door series. When Derek Doyle's shiny builder’s van arrives
outside Number 12, Nan is secretly excited. When the handsome
builder looks to Nan to help unravel the mystery of the previous
residents' vanishing, a special friendship begins to flourish.
2002. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 4v. Price: £3.99.
Order No: 24843205.
Uncontracted UEB. 5v. Order No: 24843203.
Binchy, Maeve. Full house. Family stories.
Quick reads. Dee loves her children very much, but now they are
all grown up, shouldn't they leave home? When a crisis occurs,
Dee decides things have to change for the whole family.
2012. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 8v. Price: £1.99.
Order No: 24844205.
Uncontracted UEB. 9v. Order No: 24844203.
Binchy, Maeve. The return journey: from The return
journey and other stories. 2009.
UEB uncontracted. Single-sided. Double-line spacing. 1v. Price:
£1.99. Order No: 24870003
Binchy, Maeve. Miss Vogel's vacation: from The return
journey and other stories. 2009.
UEB uncontracted. Single-sided. Double-line spacing. 2v. Price:
£1.99. Order No: 24870303
Binchy, Maeve. The sporting decision: from The return
journey and other stories. 2009.
UEB uncontracted. Single-sided. Double-line spacing. 1v. Price:
£1.99. Order No: 24869903
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Binchy, Maeve. The business trip: from The return
journey and other stories. 2009.
UEB uncontracted. Single-sided. Double-line spacing. 2v. Price:
£1.99. Order No: 24870403
Binchy, Maeve. Excitement: from The return journey
and other stories. 2009.
UEB uncontracted. Single-sided. Double-line spacing. 2v. Price:
£1.99. Order No: 24870103
Binchy, Maeve. Holiday weather: from The return
journey and other stories. 2009.
UEB uncontracted. Single-sided. Double-line spacing. 2v. Price:
£1.99. Order No: 24870203
Buckland, Danny. We won the lottery!
Quick reads. Since 1994, the UK's National Lottery has created
2,300 millionaires. For the first time five winners share the details
of their shopping sprees and the highs and lows of their lives once
they became millionaires.
2010. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 6v. Price: £1.99.
Order No: 24843505.
Uncontracted UEB. 8v. Order No: 24843503.
Cavendish, Lucy. Jack and Jill. Psychological fiction.
Quick reads. Jill loves her little brother, Jack. She understands
what he's thinking, which is just as well because Jack won't speak.
With a local country boy Jill decides to find out what's going on and
uncovers the appalling truth behind Jack's silence.
2011. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 7v. Price: £1.99.
Order No: 24844105.
Uncontracted UEB. 8v. Order No: 24844103.
Dragon's Den: your road to success.
Quick reads. The Dragons' Den stars reveal their personal stories
of success but also the failures they have overcome.
2009. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 6v. Price: £1.99.
Order No: 24843005.
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Grange, Amanda. Just deserts: from Loves me, loves
me not.
2009. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 1v. Price: £1.99.
Order No: 24874105.
Uncontracted UEB. 1v. Order No: 24874103.
Hewson, Sherrie. The tannery. Family stories.
Quick Reads. When Wilf finally comes home from the war he
returns to a teenage daughter who has been forced to grow up too
soon, and a wife who is destroyed by what she's become. The
hatred, resentment and secrets simmer beneath the attempts to
restore a normal life for them all.
2009. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 7v. Price: £1.99.
Order No: 24843905.
Uncontracted UEB. 8v. Order No: 24843903.
Hislop, Victoria.The pine tree: from The last dance and
other stories. 2013.
UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 1v. Price: £1.99. Order
No: 24870805.
Uncontracted UEB. 1v. Price: £1.99. Order No: 24870803.
Iggulden, Conn. Quantum of tweed: the man with the
Nissan Micra. Humorous fiction.
Quick reads. When Albert Rossi knocks a man over in his Nissan
Micra he is amazed he doesn't hear from the police. Instead he
gets a mysterious phone call telling him that his money will be left
in the usual place. Albert Rossi's life is about to get a whole lot
more interesting.
2012. UEB. Single-sided. Double line spacing. 6v. Price: £1.99.
Order No: 24843105.
Uncontracted UEB. 7v. Order No: 24843103.
Jacobs, Anna. Gracie: from Loves me, loves me not.
2009. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 2v. Price: £1.99.
Order No: 24873905.
Uncontracted UEB. 2v. Order No: 24873903.
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James, Peter. The perfect murder. Crime fiction.
Quick reads. Victor Smiley and his wife Joan have been married
for nearly twenty years. Their marriage has reached a crisis point.
Victor decides there is only one way to get Joan out of his life
forever, but he's about to get a nasty surprise.
2014. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 8v. Price: £1.99.
Order No: 24844405.
Uncontracted UEB. 11v. Order No: 24844403.
Kernick, Simon. Wrong time, wrong place. Thriller.
Quick reads. You are hiking in the Scottish highlands with three
friends when you come across a girl. She is half naked, has been
badly beaten, and she can't speak English. She is clearly running
away from someone. Do you stop to help her?
2013. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 7v. Price: £1.00.
Order No: 24844505.
Uncontracted UEB. 8v. Order No: 24844503.
La Plante, Lynda. The little one. Ghost stories.
Quick reads. Struggling journalist Barbara tricks her way into the
home of former soap star Margaret Reynolds. Desperate for a
scoop, she finds instead a terrified woman living alone in a creepy
manor house. Margaret's haunting story of broken promises is
slowly revealed, and Barbara is left with a chilling discovery.
2012. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 8v. Price: £1.99.
Order No: 24843405.
Uncontracted UEB. 10v. Order No: 24843403.
Lette, Kathy. Love is blind. Romance.
Quick Reads. When Jane decides to move to the Australian
outback in search of a husband, her sister Anthea thinks she's
mad. But when Anthea follows her sister Down Under to try and
save her, she ends up taking a walk on the wild side herself.
2013. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 8v. Price: £1.00.
Order No: 24843305.
Uncontracted UEB. 9v. Order No: 24843303.
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King, Stephen. Graduation afternoon: from Just after
sunset: stories. 2008.
UEB contracted. Single-sided. Double-line spacing. 1v. Price:
£1.99. Order No: 24870505
McCall Smith, Alexander. The cleverness of ladies.
Crime fiction.
Quick reads. Mma Ramotswe, owner of the No.1 Ladies' Detective
Agency, keeps her wits about her as she looks into why the
country's star goalkeeper isn't saving goals.
2012. Uncontracted UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing,
9v. Price: £1.99. Order No: 24844003.
Mosse, Kate. The cave. General fiction.
Quick Reads. March 1928. When his car crashes in France,
Freddie stumbles down from the hills to a village nearby. There he
meets Marie who is also mourning a lost generation. Her story of
the fate of her family moves him deeply. But it will also lead him to
the caves above the village - and to the heart of a shocking secret.
2009. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 6v. Price: £1.99.
Order No: 24843705.
Uncontracted UEB. 7v. Order No: 24843703.
Parks, Adele. Grating expectations: from Loves me,
loves me not.
2009. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 1v. Price: £1.99.
Order No: 24874005.
Uncontracted UEB. 1v. Order No: 24874003.
Parsons, Tony. Beyond the Bounty. Historical fiction.
Quick reads. What happened after the crew of the Bounty cast
their sadistic captain adrift? Paradise turns out to have a darker
side as the rebels' dreams turn to nightmares.
2012. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 7v. Price: £1.99.
Order No: 24841209.
Uncontracted UEB. 8v. Order No: 24841207.
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Robinson, Peter. The Eastvale ladies' poker circle:
from The price of love.
2009. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 4v. Price: £1.99.
Order No: 24873105.
Uncontracted UEB. 5v. Price: £1.99. Order No: 24873103.
Robinson, Peter. The price of love: from The price of
love.
2009. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 2v. Price: £1.99.
Order No: 24873005.
Uncontracted UEB. 3v. Order No: 24873003.
Tucker, Mike. The Silurian gift. 2013. Science fiction.
Quick reads. The Doctor arrives at an old oil refinery near the
South Pole, concerned by claims about a new form of energy. He
soon discovers something terrifying is stalking the refinery. It
brings death and destruction in its wake.
UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 6v. Price: £1.00. Order
No: 24843805.
Uncontracted UEB. 8v. Order No: 24843803.
Walters, Minette. A dreadful murder. Crime fiction.
Quick Reads. Caroline Luard is shot dead in broad daylight in the
grounds of a large country estate. With few clues available, her
husband soon becomes the suspect ... But is he guilty?
2013. UEB. Single-sided. Double-line spacing, 8v. Price: £1.00.
Order No: 24844305.
Uncontracted UEB. 9v. Order No: 24844303.
Music
Braille music
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Carols for Everyone: Seven festive pieces for children
with piano and adult choir [Soprano part (with
occasional children's part)].
Open score. 1 volume. Price: £1.52; £2.52; £5.00. Order No:
24996301.
Duro, Stephen. Finger Jogging Boogie: 17 pieces in
lighter styles for the young pianist.
Catchy but very easy tunes in a range of popular styles which all
beginners will love to play. Grades 1-3.
Bar over bar. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3.00. Order No:
24894901.
Dvorak, Antonin. Stabat Mater: op.58 [1st soprano
part].
Open score. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.51; £4.00. Order No:
25105401.
Jacob, Gordon. The Pied Piper: for flute and piccolo.
Two unaccompanied pieces: The Spell (for flute); The march to the
River Weser (for piccolo).
Single line. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3.00. Order No:
24968101.
Haydn, Joseph. Missa Cellensis: for soloists, SATB
and orchestra [Bass part].
Open score. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.51; £4.00. Order No:
25001801.
Ledbury, Oliver. Flute Salad.
Seventeen varied pieces for solo flute ranging from easy to
medium difficulty, all accompaniment-free.
Single line. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3.00. Order No:
25087701.
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Veni Sancte Spiritus:
motet in c major, K.47 [Soprano part].
Open score. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No:
24977101.
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Parry, C. Hubert H. Never weather-beaten sail
[Soprano I part].
Open score. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No:
24977201.
Parry, C. Hubert H. Hear my words, ye people [Bass
chorus part].
Open score.1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No:
24907401.
Schubert, Franz. Der Zwerg (The Dwarf): D771: op. 22,
no. 1.
Lied for voice and piano. The soloist sings in three different voices:
the narrator; the Queen and the Dwarf.
Open score, accompaniment with outline. 2 volumes. Price: £1.52;
£2.52; £5.00. Order No: 25027801.
Stanford, Charles Villiers. For lo, I raise up: anthem,
op. 145 [Bass chorus part].
Open score.1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No:
24907301.
Stanford, Charles Villiers. Justorum Animae: No. 1 of
Three motets, op. 38 [1st tenor part].
Open score. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No:
25162801.
Rutter, John. The Lord bless you and keep you:
anthem for SATB and organ [Soprano part].
Open score. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No:
24977301.
Tsoupaki, Calliope. Charavgi: for recorder.
An early Renaissance-style piece for alto recorder.
Single line. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3.00. Order No:
25027701.
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Music tuition CDs
Performed and taught by Bill Brown, the following audio tutorials
are designed for people who cannot read music. Each piece is
broken down into chunks which are then played and explained,
building up to being able to play the piece as a whole. For UK loan
only.
Piano by ear
Late beginner level
Alfie.
Auld Land Syne.
Battle hymn of the republic.
Besame Mucho.
Carol of the bells.
Christmas time is here.
Clair de lune.
The Coventry Carol.
Crying.
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer.
Winter Wonderland.
Early intermediate level
Born to Lose.
Bridal chorus.
Silver Bells.
White Christmas.
Intermediate level
Arabesque.
As Time goes by.
Battle hymn of the republic.
For once in my life.
For the good times.
Havah Nagilah.
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Let it be me.
My cherie amour.
On the street where you live.
Rose Garden.
Three Little Words.
Wonderful Tonight.
You’ve got a friend.
Late intermediate level
Beautiful.
Stars Fell on Alabama.
Guitar by ear
Level 1
All the small things: a lesson on the style of Blink 182.
My Sweet Lord: a lesson on the style of George
Harrison.
Level 2
As tears go by: a lesson on the style of the Rolling
Stones.
Feelin’ Bad Blues: a lesson on the style of Ry Cooder.
Long train running: a lesson on the style of The
Doobie Brothers.
Fiesta: a lesson on the style of Ramon Bermudez.
There’s a heartache following me: a lesson on the
style of Pete Townshend.
Level 2.5
Dust My Broom: a lesson on the style of Johnny
Winter.
Moliendo Café: a lesson on the style of Peter Pupping.
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Bass guitar by ear
Level 1
Fiesta: a lesson on the style of Ramon Bermudez.
Heartbreak Hotel: a less on the style of Elvis Presley.
Save the last dance for me: a lesson on the style of
The Drifters.
Suavito: a lesson on the style of Malecon Social Club.
Tequila Sunrise: a lesson on the style of The Eagles.
Too Hot: a lesson on the style of Bill Perry.
Level 1.5
Sweet home Chicago: a lesson on the style of Luther
Tucker.
Level 2
I’ll see you in my dreams: a lesson on the style of
Django Reinhardt.
Moliendo Café: a lesson on the style of Peter Pupping.
Say What: a lesson on the style of Stevie Ray
Vaughan.
Dust my broom: a lesson on the style of Johnny
Winter.
The House is Rockin’: a lesson on the style of Stevie
Ray Vaughan.
Flute by ear
Canon in D.
Dance of the Blessed Spirits.
Memory.
Pavane.
You’ll never walk alone.
The Lord’s Prayer.
The Swan from Carnival of the Animals.
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Banjo by ear
Level 2
Eastbound and Down.
Wild and Restless Foam .
Mandolin by ear
Level 1
Basic chords.
Giant print – 24 point
Adult fiction
Abercrombie, Joe. Before they are hanged. 2008.
Fantasy.
The first law book 2. Bitter and merciless war is coming to the
frozen north. To the east a small band of malefactors travel to the
edge of the world to reclaim a device from history - a Seed, hidden
for generations - with tremendous destructive potential. A device
which could put an end to war.
7v.
Abercrombie, Joe. Last argument of kings. 2009.
Fantasy.
The first law book 3. The end may be coming. While the King of
the Union lies on his deathbed, the peasants revolt and the nobles
scramble to steal his crown. No-one believes that the shadow of
war is falling across the very heart of the Union. The First of the
Magi has a plan to save the world, as he always does.
9v.
Beaton, M C. Death of a gossip. 2008. Crime.
Hamish Macbeth book 1.When society widow Lady Jane Winters
joins the local fishing class she wastes no time in ruffling feathers
of those around her. Among the victims of her sharp tongue is
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Hamish Macbeth, yet not even he thinks someone would seriously
want to silence her until her body is fished out of the river.
2v.
Beaton, M. C. Death of an outsider. 2008. Crime.
Hamish Macbeth book 3. The most hated man in the most dour
town in Scotland is sleeping with the fishes, or, more accurately,
has been dumped into a tank filled with crustaceans. All that
remains of the victim are his bones. The whole affair quickly lands
on the plate of Hamish Macbeth.
2v.
Beaton, M. C. Agatha Raisin and the walkers of
Dembley. 2010. Crime.
Agatha Raisin book 4. After time away, Agatha Raisin returns to
her beloved Cotswold village and to her handsome neighbour.
Agatha is soon distracted by a sensational murder. The victim,
found in a field, is young hiker Jessica Tartinck, who spent her life
enraging landowners by insisting on her right to roam.
2v.
Beaton, M. C. Agatha Raisin and the murderous
marriage. 2010. Crime.
Agatha Raisin book 5. The morning of Agatha's marriage to James
Lacey dawns bright and clear. But her luck runs out in the church
when Jimmy, the husband she had believed long dead, turns up
large as life and twice as ugly. Agatha has a go at strangling him.
James breaks off the engagement.
2v.
Beaton, M. C.Agatha Raisin and the terrible tourist.
2010. Crime.
Agatha Raisin book 6. Agatha Raisin leaves the sleepy Cotswold
village of Carsely to pursue love - and finds a murderer. Spurned
at the altar, she follows her fleeing fiancé James Lacey to Cyprus,
where, instead of enjoying the honeymoon they'd planned, they
witness the killing of an obnoxious tourist in a disco.
2v.
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Billingham, Mark. The dying hours. 2014. Crime.
Tom Thorne book 11. Tom Thorne is back in uniform. He's no
longer a detective, and he hates it. Struggling to adjust, Thorne
becomes convinced that a spate of suicides among the elderly in
London is something more sinister. His concerns are dismissed by
the Murder Squad and he is forced to look into it alone.
4v.
Binchy, Maeve. Chestnut Street. 2014. Short stories.
Here, the lives of the residents of Chestnut Street are revealed:
Bucket Maguire, the window cleaner, who must do more than he
bargained for to protect his son. Nessa Byrne, whose aunt comes
to visit from America for six weeks every summer and turns the
house - and Nessa's world – upside down.
4v
Binchy, Maeve. Nights of rain and stars. 2005. Family
stories.
This is the story of one summer when Fiona, Thomas, Elsa and
David all have to face the particular life crisis which first made
them leave their homes and end up in Greece. With the help of
Vonni, a middle-aged Irish woman who lives in the village they
each find a solution – not necessarily the one they anticipated.
3v.
Bloom, Tracy. No-one ever has sex on a Tuesday.
2014. Chick lit.
Childhood sweethearts Matthew and Katy agree they must never
see each other again following a school reunion. So all is forgotten
- until eight months later when a shock meeting at an antenatal
class forces them to confront the fact that Matthew could be the
father of Katy's baby.
3v.
Bolton, Sharon. Sacrifice. 2009. Thriller.
Moving to Shetland has been unsettling for Tora Hamilton - even
before the gruesome discovery she makes one Sunday afternoon.
Deep in the peat soil of her field she is shocked to find the
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perfectly preserved body of a young woman, a gaping hole in her
chest where her heart has been brutally removed.
4v.
Carter, Chris, One by one. 2014. Crime.
Robert Hunter book 5. Forced to make a sickening choice, Hunter
must sit and watch as an unidentified victim is tortured and
murdered live over the Internet. Then Hunter receives a new
phone call and this time the killer has upgraded his game into a
live murder reality show, where anyone can cast the deciding vote.
4v.
Cartland, Barbara, The cross of love. 2004. Romance.
Barbara Cartland pink collection book 1. When Rena's father dies
she is forced out of the vicarage with nowhere to go and no
money. She seeks help at the large wooden cross standing in the
nearby grounds of The Grange. There in the earth she finds three
golden coins, which she hands over to the new Earl of Lansdale.
2v.
Cartland, Barbara, Love in the highlands. 2004.
Romance.
When the Balkan Prince Stanislaus demanded an English bride,
Queen Victoria decided to send him Lady Lavina, whose family
had a slight connection with royalty. Determined to avoid this fate,
Lavina threw herself on the mercy of the Marquis of Elswick, a
disagreeable man who had turned his back on the world.
2v.
Chadwick, Elizabeth. The love knot. 1999. Historical
novels.
The year is 1140 and England is torn by the strife of civil war. After
her village is raided, Catrin is rescued by Oliver Pascal and taken
to Bristol Castle. There she meets Ethelreda, who offers to teach
her the art of midwifery. But a midwife's life is fraught with dangers.
6v.
Chance, Rebecca. Killer queens. 2013. Chick lit.
Every little girl grows up dreaming of marrying a prince, but what if
the fairy tale turns into a right royal nightmare? Scheming kings,
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killer queens, evil princes, far-from innocent princesses, secret
weddings, illicit affairs, death plots and lashings of steamy sex: just
another day in the lives of the world's most powerful families.
5v.
Christie, Agatha. The ABC murders. 2001. Crime.
Hercule Poirot book 12. There’s a serial killer on the loose, as a
calling card he leaves beside each victim the ABC Railway Guide
open at the name of the town where the murder has taken place.
There seems little chance of the murderer being caught – until he
makes the crucial mistake of challenging Hercule Poirot.
3v.
Christie, Agatha. Poirot's early cases. 2002. Crime.
Short stories.
Hercule Poirot book 38. Hercule Poirot delighted in telling people
that he was probably the best detective in the world. So turning
back the clock to trace eighteen of the cases which helped
establish his professional reputation was always going to be a
fascinating experience.
3v.
Christie, Agatha. They came to Baghdad. 2003.
Thriller.
Only one man has the proof that can confirm the nature of a
fantastic secret weapon a British agent named Carmichael. Into
this explosive situation appears Victoria Jones, a girl with a
yearning for adventure who gets more than she bargains for when
a wounded Carmichael dies in her arms in her hotel room.
3v.
Christie, Agatha. 4.50 from Paddington. 2002. Classic
crime.
Miss Marple book 7. For an instant the two trains ran together, side
by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth was sure she witnessed a
murder. As she stared helplessly out of her carriage window, a
man had remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman's
throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away.
3v.
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Cox, Josephine. Born to serve. 1994. Family stories.
Jenny, a servant, suffers when her mistress, Claudia, seduces her
sweetheart, Frank. Overcome with shame he leaves the household
for a new life in Blackburn. When Claudia gives birth to Frank's
baby girl she cruelly disowns the helpless infant and relies on
Jenny to care for little Katie and love her as her own.
4v.
Cox, Josephine. Lonely girl. 2015. Family stories.
Rosie’s mother is a cruel woman and has Rosie’s loving father
wrapped around her finger. Though he does his best to protect
her, Rosie often bears the brunt of her mother’s rage. But Rosie
must uncover the shocking truth behind her mother’s cruelty before
she can hope for the love and happiness she deserves.
3v.
Cox, Josephine. Vagabonds. 1992. Historical novels.
Emma Grady book 3. Twenty-two years ago Emma Grady was
wrongfully convicted and sentenced to transportation to Australia
where she lost her baby daughter. It is 1885 and she has returned
to her home town of Blackburn. Still haunted by her past she starts
to look for her estranged daughter Molly.
3v.
Cussler, Clive. The Mayan secrets. 2013. Thriller.
A Fargo adventure book 5. Sam and Remi Fargo are in Mexico
when they come upon an astonishing discovery – the skeleton of a
man clutching an ancient sealed pot, and within the pot, a Mayan
book, containing astonishing information about the Mayans, their
cities, and about mankind itself.
3v.
Daly, Paula. Just what kind of mother are you? 2014.
Thriller.
She's gone and it's your fault. You were supposed to be watching
your best friend's daughter, and now she's missing. But you know
that she's not just missing - she's been taken. Because Lucinda is
the second girl to be abducted within a fortnight. And the first was
found on a busy high street, naked and traumatised.
3v.
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Donoghue, Emma. Frog music. 2014. Historical
novels.
San Francisco, 1876: a stifling heat wave and smallpox epidemic
have engulfed the city. Deep in the streets of Chinatown live three
former stars of the Parisian circus. When an eccentric outsider
joins their little circle, secrets unravel, changing everything and
leaving one of them dead.
5v.
Fforde, Katie. The perfect match. 2014. Romance.
Three years ago Bella Castle left her home town nursing a broken
heart over Dominic Thane, the man she fell in love with but
couldn't have. Now she's made a new life for herself in the country,
working as an estate agent. Bella loves her job and she loves her
boyfriend Nevil. She's over Dominic , isn't she?
3v.
Galbraith, Robert. The silkworm. 2014. Crime.
Cormoran Strike book 2. When novelist Owen Quine goes missing,
his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. As Strike
investigates, it becomes clear that there is more to Quine's
disappearance than his wife realises. When he is found murdered
in bizarre circumstances, it becomes a race against time.
6v.
Griffiths, Elly. The outcast dead. 2014. Modern crime.
Ruth Galloway book 6. Forensic archaeologist Ruth Galloway has
excavated a body from the grounds of Norwich Castle. She
believes the body may be that of Victorian murderess Jemima
Green. Then a child goes missing. Could the abduction be linked
to the long-dead Mother Hook? Ruth is pulled into the case.
3v.
Harkness, Deborah E. The book of life. 2014. Fantasy.
All souls trilogy book 3. After travelling through time, historian and
witch Diana and vampire scientist Matthew return to the present to
face new crises and old enemies. The real threat to their future is
yet to be revealed, and when it is, the search for the elusive
manuscript Ashmole 782 takes on a terrifying urgency.
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7v.
Harry, Lilian. Moonlight & lovesongs. 1998. Family
stories.
April Grove book 4. As the Second World War enters its final year,
the spirit of the close-knit community in April Grove, refuses to die.
Teenager Carol becomes obsessed by the need to find her son.
Ambitious, Diane leaves the factory for a career in the WAAFs but
discovers she is up against far more than she bargained for.
5v.
Harry, Lilian. A girl called Thursday. Family stories.
Thursday book 1. By the time Thursday celebrated her twenty-first
birthday, Britain was at war with Germany. Determined to help the
war effort, Thursday volunteers as a Red Cross voluntary aid
detachment nurse, and begins her service at Haslar Hospital. This
is a wartime tale of love and loss, hope and courage.
5v.
Hassel, Sven. Comrades of war. 2014. War.
So severely wounded as to earn a respite from the dreaded
Eastern Front, Sven and Tiny - having miraculously survived the
freezing cattle-truck journey and the surgeons' butchery - find
themselves safe behind the lines in a Hamburg hospital. Sven's
novel is based on his own experiences in the German Army.
5v.
Jewell, Lisa. The house we grew up in. 2013. General
fiction.
Easter weekend a tragedy strikes the Bird family, so devastating
that it begins to tear them apart. The children become adults and
begin to develop their own separate lives. Something has
happened that will call them home, back to the house they grew up
in - and to what really happened that Easter weekend.
4v.
Kane, Ben. Spartacus: Rebellion. 2013. Historical
novels.
Spartacus book 2. Continuing the epic story of Spartacus, the
gladiator slave general who held Rome to ransom through two
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years, this is a novel about one of the most extraordinary turning
points in history, in which one remarkable man found immortality
and became a legend.
5v.
King, Stephen. Christine. 2011. Horror.
Christine, blood-red, fat and finned, was 20. Her promise lay all in
her past. Greedy and big, a '58 Plymouth Fury, she was broken
down but not finished. She was Arnie's obsession; Christine was
eating into his mind, borrowing into his unconscious. There was
still power in her - a frightening power that leaked like sump oil.
7v.
King, Stephen. IT. 2011. Horror.
It was the children who saw - and felt - what made Derry so
horribly different. In the storm drains, in the sewers, it lurked,
taking on the shape of every nightmare, each one's deepest dread.
Sometimes it reaches up, seizing, tearing, killing.
16v.
Lane, Harriet. Alys, always. 2012. General fiction.
Frances is a thirty-something lowly sub-editor, but her colourless
existence is disrupted one evening when she happens upon the
aftermath of a car crash and hears the last words of the driver,
Alys Kyte. When Alys's family makes contact to find closure she is
given a tantalising glimpse into a world of privilege and possibility.
2v.
Lawrence, Mark. Prince of Thorns. 2012. Fantasy.
Broken empire book 1. From being a privileged royal child, raised
by a loving mother, Jorg Ancrath has become the Prince of
Thorns, a charming, immoral boy leading a grim band of outlaws in
a series of raids and atrocities. The world is in chaos: violence is
rife, nightmares everywhere.
3v.
Lawrence, Mark. King of Thorns. 2013. Fantasy.
Broken empire book 2. The land burns with the fires of a hundred
battles as lords and petty kings fight for the Broken Empire. A six
nation army, twenty thousand strong, marches toward Jorg's
gates, led by a champion beloved of the people. Every decent man
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prays this shining hero will unite the empire and heal its wounds.
5v.
Lawson, Mary. Road ends. 2014. General fiction.
Twenty-one-year-old Megan has never been outside Struan,
Ontario, a town of deep woods and forbidding winters. Leaving
everything behind, she sets out for London. In her absence, her
family begins to unravel. Torn between her independence and
family ties, she must make an impossible choice.
3v.
Leonard, Elmore. The complete Western stories of
Elmore Leonard. 2007. Western. Short stories.
This is a collection of over five decades' worth of stories that were
first published in magazines in the 1950s and 1960s. Set mainly in
Arizona in the 1880s, these stories capture the Spanish influence,
and the stand-offs and shoot-outs between Apache Indians and
the US cavalry at that time.
6v.
Lewis, Susan. No child of mine. 2013. General fiction.
What if you knew a child was in danger - and no one believed you?
Alex Lake's day job is all about helping people, especially children.
When the case of three-year-old Ottilie Wade comes to her
attention, Alex finds herself completely unable to detach from the
child the way she should.
6v.
Ley, Rosanna. Return to Mandalay. 2014. General
fiction.
As Eva arrives in Burma her mission to return a mysterious
artefact soon proves dangerously complicated, and the treasure
she is guarding becomes the centre of a scandal that will have farreaching consequences. Caught between loyalty and integrity, Eva
is determined to find the truth about her grandfather's past.
5v.
McCaffrey, Anne. Restoree. 1970 Science fiction.
Sara is walking in Central Park, when she is suddenly overcome
by the smell of dead sea creatures, blackness and memories of
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excruciating pain, severed bodies and dismembered limbs. When
she awakes she finds that she is no longer in her own body. She
has become a Restoree.
3v.
McDermott, Andy. Kingdom of darkness. 2014.
Thriller.
Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase book 10. 1943 - Occupied Greece.
The SS unit's mission was simple: round up Jews for the
concentration camps. But beneath an isolated farmhouse, they find
a far greater bounty - a hidden shrine to Alexander the Great and
an urn filled with water possessing mysterious qualities.
5v.
Malpas, Jodi Ellen. This man. 2013. Erotic fiction.
Young interior designer Ava has no idea what awaits her at the
Manor. A consultation with a stodgy country gent seems likely, but
what Ava finds instead is Jesse Ward - a devastatingly handsome,
utterly confident, pleasure-seeking playboy who knows no
boundaries. He wants her and is determined to have her.
5v.
May, Peter. The blackhouse. 2011. Crime.
Lewis trilogy book 1. A brutal killing takes place on the Isle of
Lewis, Scotland: a land of harsh beauty and inhabitants of deeprooted faith. Detective Inspector Fin Macleod is sent from
Edinburgh to investigate. For Lewis-born Macleod, the case
represents a journey both home and into his past.
4v.
May, Peter. The Lewis man. 2012. Crime.
Lewis trilogy book 2. A body is recovered from a peat bog on the
Isle of Lewis. The male corpse is initially believed by its finders to
be over 2000 years old, until they spot the Elvis tattoo on his right
arm. The body is not evidence of an ancient ritual killing, but of a
murder committed during the latter half of the 20th century.
4v.
May, Peter. The chess men. 2013. Crime.
Lewis trilogy book 3. Fin Macleod, now head of security on a
privately owned Lewis estate, is charged with investigating a spate
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of illegal game-hunting taking place on the island. This mission
reunites him with Whistler Macaskill - a local poacher, Fin's
teenage intimate, and possessor of a long-buried secret.
4v.
May, Peter. Entry Island. 2014. Crime.
Travelling as part of an investigation team, Detective Sime
Mackenzie’s destination lies in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Only two
kilometres wide and three long, Entry Island is home to a
population of around 130: the wealthiest of which has just been
discovered murdered.
4v.
Mills, Mark. The long shadow. 2014. Thriller.
Ben, a screenwriter, is divorced, with a young son to care for. So
when he's invited up to Stoneham Park to meet someone who
wants to bankroll his latest script, he jumps at the chance. Victor
Sheldon is a hedge fund billionaire yet when Ben meets him he's
bemused, for Victor is none other than old school friend Daniel.
4v.
Montefiore, Santa. The summer house. 2013. General
fiction.
Antoinette's world has fallen apart: her husband, the man she has
loved for as long as she can remember, has died tragically in an
accident. He was her rock, the man she turned to for love and
support, the man she knew better than she knew herself. Or at
least so she thought.
5v.
Moyes, Jojo. The one plus one. 2014. Romance.
Your life sucks, your husband has done a vanishing act, your
stepson is being bullied and your daughter has a once in a lifetime
opportunity - you can't afford to pay for. Imagine you found and
kept some money that didn't belong to you, knowing it would pay
for your daughter's happiness. How do you cope with the shame?
4v.
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Norman, Charity. The son-in-law.2014.General fiction.
Joseph Scott has served his term. He's lost almost everything: his
career as a teacher, his wife. All he has left is three children he is
not allowed near. Joseph killed his wife Zoe. Zoe's parents, are
bringing up the children and can't forgive or understand. They
slowly adjust to life without Zoe, until the day Joseph is released.
4v.
Patterson, James. First love. 2014. Romance.
Axi Moore studies hard, stays out of the spotlight, and doesn't tell
anyone how all she really wants is to run away from it all. The only
person she can tell is her best friend, Robinson - who she also
happens to be madly in love with.
2v.
Pelecanos, George P. The double. 2013. Crime.
Spero Lucas book 2. The second novel featuring Spero Lucas, a
young Iraq vet working as a PI in Washington DC but with a
sideline in finding lost items - the kind of items the owners can't go
to the police about. This time Spero is trying to find a painting
belonging to a sexy young woman.
3v.
Pratchett, Terry. Raising steam. 2013. Fantasy.
Discworld book 40. It’s all change for Moist von Lipwig, swindler,
conman, and head of the Royal Bank and Post Office. A steaming,
clanging new invention, is drawing astonished crowds. Moist does
not enjoy hard work. What he does enjoy is being alive, which may
not be a perk of running the new railway.
4v.
Priestley, JB. Benighted. 2013. General fiction.
Benighted tells the story of Philip Waverton, Margaret Waverton
and Roger Penderel, who are forced to take shelter one stormy
night in the sinister house of the Femm somewhere in Wales.
Which is more deadly: the apocalyptic storm outside the house or
the unknown horrors that await within?
2v.
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Renault, Mary. The charioteer: a novel. 2013. General
fiction.
After enduring an injury at Dunkirk during World War II, Laurie
Odell is sent to a rural veterans' hospital in England to convalesce.
There he befriends the young, bright Andrew, a conscientious
objector serving as an orderly. Soon their friendship blooms into a
discreet, chaste romance.
5v.
Roberts, Nora. Black Hills. 2010. Thriller.
Lil Chance fell in love with Cooper Sullivan pretty much the first
time she saw him. Each year, with Coop's annual summer visit,
their friendship deepens - but then abruptly ends. Now they must
work together to unearth a killer of twisted and unnatural instincts
who has singled them out as prey.
5v.
Saintcrow, Lilith. The Ripper affair. 2014. Fantasy.
Bannon and Clare; book 3. A shattering accident places Archibald
Clare, mentath in the service of Britannia, in the care of Emma
Bannon, sorceress Prime. Clare needs a measure of calm to repair
his faculties of Logic and Reason. Without them, he is not his best.
3v.
Sanderson, Brandon. The way of kings: part 2. 2011.
Fantasy.
The stormlight archive book 1. The entire world of Roshar is at war
with itself - and has been for centuries since the Radiants turned
against mankind. Kings strive to win more Shardblades,
possession of which makes a man nearly invincible on the
battlefield.
7v.
Sebag Montefiore, Simon. One night in winter. 2014.
General fiction.
If your children were forced to testify against you, what terrible
secrets would they reveal? Moscow, 1945. As Stalin and his
courtiers celebrate victory over Hitler, shots ring out. On a nearby
bridge, a teenage boy and girl lie dead. But this is no ordinary
tragedy and these are no ordinary teenagers.
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5v.
Shaw, Rebecca. Trouble in the village. 2000. General
fiction.
Turnham Malpas book 8. When Willie Biggs, the Verger, retires,
his successor Tom Nicholls appears to be just the man for the job
until events in Tom's past return to haunt him and bring violence
and danger to the peaceful village.
3v.
Titchmarsh, Alan. Bring me home. 2014. General
fiction.
Charlie Stuart, owner of a Scottish castle and disappointed father
of grown-up children, took in the full irony of his guest's comment
at a house party. Charlie had to grow up quickly, but along with his
inheritance and discovery of the love of his life come complications
that involve espionage, deceit and a mysterious death.
3v.
Vyleta, Dan. The crooked maid. 2014. General fiction.
Vienna, 1948. Anna Beer returns to the city she fled nine years
earlier after discovering her husband's infidelity. She has come
back to find him and, perhaps, to forgive him. Travelling on the
same train from Switzerland is 18-year-old Robert Seidel, a
schoolboy summoned home to his stepfather's sickbed.
5v.
Wecker, Helene. The golem and the djinni. 2014.
Fantasy.
Chava is a golem, made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced
rabbi. When her master dies on a voyage from Poland, she is
unmoored and adrift in New York in 1899. Ahmad is a djinni, a
being of fire. Trapped in an old copper flask by a wizard centuries
ago, he is released by a tinsmith in a Lower Manhattan shop.
6v.
Weeks, Brent. The Black Prism. 2013. Fantasy.
Lightbringer series book 1.Gavin Guile is the Prism, the most
powerful man in the world. But Prisms never last, and he knows
how long he has left, five years to achieve five impossible goals.
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When he discovers he has a son, he must decide how much he's
willing to pay to protect a secret that could tear his world apart.
7v.
Weeks, Brent. The blinding knife. 2013 Fantasy.
The lightbringer series book 2. Gavin Guile is dying. As he loses
control of his magic, all magic is running wild, threatening to
destroy the Seven Satrapies. The old gods are being reborn. The
only salvation may be the brother whose freedom and life Gavin
stole 16 years ago.
9v.
Welsh, Irvine. The sex lives of Siamese twins. 2014.
General fiction.
When Lucy Brennan, a Miami Beach personal-fitness trainer,
disarms a gunman she is a media hero. The eyewitness is the
depressed and overweight Lena, who becomes obsessed and
signs up as her client. When the two women find they can't stop
thinking about the sex lives of Siamese twins, the problems start.
4v.
Whitehouse, Lucie. Before we met. 2014. Thriller.
A whirlwind romance followed by a picture-perfect marriage,
Hannah seizes her chance at happiness. However, one day her
husband fails to come home. The more questions she asks, the
fewer answers she finds. But are the secrets that Mark has been
keeping designed to protect him or protect her?
3v.
Winspear, Jacqueline. Leaving everything most loved.
2014. Crime.
Maisie Dobbs book 10. The year is 1933. Maisie Dobbs is
contacted by an Indian gentleman who has come to England in the
hopes of finding out who killed his sister two months ago. Scotland
Yard failed to make any arrest in the case, and there is reason to
believe they failed to conduct a thorough investigation.
4v.
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Young, Louisa. The heroes' welcome. 2014. General
fiction.
1919, and Britain is realising that it is no longer at war. Now,
Nadine and Riley, Rose, and Peter and Julia, must try to regain a
sense of normality. But long shadows cast by the war dim the
potential joys of peacetime, and matters of the heart prove
arduous and bewildering.
3v.
Adult non-fiction
Autobiographies and biographies
Beacom, Brian. The real Mrs. Brown: the Brendan
O'Carroll story. 2014.
Brendan O'Carroll performs to tens of thousands of people a night
in stadiums across the country. But he has had to battle hard for
success. This is the magical story of how a loveable Irishman with
a wig and a wit as caustic as acid surprised everyone by becoming
one of the best -loved comedians in the world.
3v.
Grylls, Bear. Facing up: a remarkable journey to the
summit of Mt Everest. 2001.
At the age of twenty-three, Bear Grylls became one of the
youngest Britons to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Only two
years after breaking his back in a freefall parachuting accident,
Bear Grylls overcame severe weather, fatigue, dehydration and a
last-minute illness to stand on top of the world's highest mountain.
3v.
Lewis, Matt, Last man off: a true story of disaster and
survival on the Antarctic seas. 2014.
Antarctica, June 1998. Twenty-three-year-old Matt has just started
his dream job. An observer aboard a deep sea fishing boat, he is
amazed by glistening icebergs and killer whales. As the crew haul
in their lines for the day, the waves seem bigger than usual. A
storm is brewing. What follows is a story of human courage, folly
and tragedy.
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3v.
Mackenzie, Tom H. The last foundling. 2014.
A deeply moving memoir from one of the last children to be taken
in by the Foundling Hospital, London. It stands as a testament to
the love that ultimately led a family back together.
3v.
Macintyre, Ben. A spy among friends: Kim Philby and
the great betrayal. 2014.
Kim Philby was the most notorious British defector and Soviet
mole in history. Agent, double agent, traitor and enigma, he
betrayed every secret of Allied operations to the Russians. Newly
released MI5 files and previously unseen family papers unlocks
what is perhaps the last great secret of the Cold War.
5v.
Martin, Guy. Guy Martin: my autobiography. 2014.
In his own words, this is Guy Martin's full story - from the boy who
learned to prep bikes with his dad, to the spirited team mechanic,
paying his way by collecting glasses, to the young racer at the start
of his first race and the buzz he's been chasing ever since.
3v.
Nolan, Coleen. No regrets. 2014.
Coleen's life since her first memoir has been splashed across the
tabloids – her sensational departure from 'Loose Women', the
difficulties in her marriage, the feud between the Nolan sisters, and
the tragic death of her sister Bernie. Coleen reveals the truth
behind the headlines, sharing her fears and hopes for the future.
3v.
Northup, Solomon. 12 years a slave: a true story.
2014.
Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was
kidnapped in Washington, DC in 1841. He spent the next 12 years
as a slave on a Louisiana plantation, during this time he was
frequently abused and often afraid for his life. Northup's account
also provides meticulous first-hand recordings of slave life.
3v.
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Short, Philip. Mitterrand: a study in ambiguity. 2013.
Francois Mitterrand was a man of exceptional gifts and flaws who,
during his 14 years as President, strove to drag his tradition-bound
and change-averse country into modern world. As a statesman
and a human being, he was the incarnation of the mercurial,
contrarian France which Britain and America find so frustrating.
10v.
Venables, Terry. Born to manage: the autobiography.
2014.
After a playing career that spanned more than 15 years, and took
in golden spells in the sixties with Chelsea and Spurs, it was
inevitable that Terry Venables would move into management.
Venables is widely viewed as one of football's great tacticians and
is the most successful English manager of recent years.
4v.
Yousafzai, Malala. I am Malala: the girl who stood up
for education and was shot by the Taliban. 2013.
'I am Malala' tells the inspiring story of a schoolgirl who was
determined not to be intimidated by extremists, and faced the
Taliban with immense courage. Malala speaks of her continuing
campaign for every girl's right to an education, shining a light into
the lives of those children who cannot attend school.
3v.
Health
Marsh, Henry. Do no harm: stories of life, death and
brain surgery. 2014.
In this powerful, gripping and brutally honest account, one of the
country's top neurosurgeons reveals what it is to play god in the
face of the life-and-death situations he encounters daily. Henry
Marsh gives a rare insight into the intense drama of the operating
theatre, the chaos and confusion of a modern hospital.
3v.
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History
Rodriguez, Deborah. The Kabul Beauty School: the art
of friendship and freedom. 2014.
Deborah Rodriguez arrived in Afghanistan in 2002 and opened the
first beauty salon in Kabul that actually trained local women to
become beauticians. All of these women have a story to tell, and
all of them bring their stories to the Kabul Beauty School, a place
of perms, friendship and freedom.
3v.
Worth, Jennifer. Farewell to the East End. 2009.
This final book in Jennifer Worth's memories of her time as a
midwife in London's East end brings her story full circle. As always
there are heartbreaking stories such as the family devastated by
tuberculosis and a ship's woman who 'serviced' the entire crew, as
well as plenty of humour and warmth.
4v.
Paranormal
Sartori, Penny. The wisdom of near-death
experiences: how understanding NDE's can help us
live more fully. 2014.
The results of Dr Sartori’s hospital research and that of others
could not find a physiological or psychological explanation for
these experiences and they can no longer be ignored or explained
away. The crucial point of this book is that NDEs occur and have
very real, often dramatic, life-changing after effects.
4v.
Poetry
Dante Alighieri. The divine comedy. 2013.
'The Divine Comedy' describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil
as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and encounter with his
dead love, Beatrice; and, finally, his arrival in Heaven.
6v.
Warfare and defence
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Tuchman, Barbara W. The guns of August: the classic
bestselling account of the outbreak of the First World
War. 2014.
The Guns of August is the narrative history of the first month of
World War I. It describes the strategies of the generals, the
preparation and morale of the armies of the nations at war, and the
everyday problems of the field commanders.
9v.
Children and young adult fiction
Suggested reading age 7+
Paws and whiskers: animal tales from Jacqueline
Wilson, Michael Morpurgo, Enid Blyton and more!
2014.
This special anthology features the very best stories about cats
and dogs from the world of children's literature, chosen by author
and Battersea Cats and Dogs Home patron Jacqueline Wilson.
The book includes a new story by Jacqueline herself, 'Leonie's Pet
Cat', as well as extracts from treasured classics.
3v.
Laird, Elizabeth. The fastest boy in the world. 2014.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
Eleven-year-old Solomon loves to run! The great athletes of the
Ethiopian national team are his heroes. When his grandfather
announces that he's going to take Solomon to Addis Ababa,
Solomon realizes that the Ethiopian running team will be doing a
victory parade through the city that day.
1v.
Suggested reading age 9+
McCaughrean, Geraldine. The middle of nowhere.
2013.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
As Stationmaster of the Kinkindele Station, Herbert takes great
pride in his job but Comity dreams of a different life where her
mother is alive and she has her own horse and a new piano. That
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is, until the new station assistant arrives and brings Comity and her
father sharply back down to earth.
2v.
Suggested reading age 11+
Crossan, Sarah. Apple and Rain. 2014.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
When Apple's mother returns after eleven years of absence, Apple
feels whole again. She will have an answer to her burning question
- why did you go? But just like the stormy Christmas Eve when she
left, her mother's homecoming is bitter sweet, and Apple wonders
who is really looking after whom.
3v.
Suggested reading age 13+
Conaghan, Brian. When Mr Dog bites. 2014.
Contains strong language.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
Dylan has Tourette's, life is a constant battle to keep the bad stuff
in - the swearing, the tics, the howling dog that escapes whenever
he gets stressed. Then at a routine visit to the hospital Dylan
discovers that he's going to die next March, so he grants himself
three parting wishes: three 'cool things to do before I cack it'.
3v.
Gardner, Sally. Tinder. 2013.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
Otto Hundebiss is tired of war, but when he defies Death he walks
a dangerous path. A half beast half man gives him shoes and dice
which will lead him deep into a web of dark magic and mystery. He
learns the powers of the tinderbox and the wolves whose master
he becomes.
2v.
Green, Sally. Half bad. 2014.
One boy's struggle for survival in a hidden society of witches. You
can't read, can't write, but you heal fast, you get sick if you stay
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indoors after dark. You hate white witches but love Annalise, who
is one. You've been kept in a cage since you were 14. All you've
got to do is escape and find the black witch who eats boys .
3v.
Hardinge, Frances. Cuckoo song. 2014.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
When Triss wakes up after an accident, she knows that something
is very wrong. She is insatiably hungry; her sister seems scared of
her and her parents whisper behind closed doors. She discovers
that what happened to her is more strange and terrible than she
could have imagined, and that she is quite literally not herself.
4v.
Landman, Tanya. Buffalo soldier. 2014.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
At the end of the American Civil War, Charley - a young AfricanAmerican slave - is ostensibly freed. But then her adopted mother
is raped and lynched at the hands of a mob and Charley is left
alone. In a terrifyingly lawless land, where the colour of a person's
skin can bring violent death, Charley disguises herself as a man
and joins the army.
3v.
Ness, Patrick. More than this. 2013.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
A boy called Seth drowns, desperate and alone in his final
moments, losing his life as the pounding sea claims him. But then
he wakes. How is that possible? And where is this place? It looks
like the suburban English town where he lived as a child, before an
unthinkable tragedy happened and his family moved to America.
2v.
Talking books
Adult fiction
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Alder, Mark. Son of the morning. 2014. Fantasy. TB
21557.
Banners of blood; book 1. As the Hundred Years War rages and
Edward III and Philip of Valois prepare to fight to the death, angels
and demons stalk the earth.
Read by Leighton Pugh. 29 hours 5 minutes. TB 21557.
Barstow, Stan. The right true end. 1976. General
fiction. TB 21445.
The Vic Brown trilogy; book 3. As a divorced man, Vic has made it
on his own terms in London. A prize job, a flash car, and as much
sex as he can handle. Ten years ago, with Donna, he knew he had
something real, so that when she comes back into his life, he is
scared to death he'll mess up his chances the second time around.
Read by Mark Elstob. 6 hours 53 minutes. TB 21445.
Brand, Max. Bad man's gulch. 2012. Western. TB
21165.
Three short western stories in one: The Adopted Son; Billy Angel,
Trouble Lover; and Bad Man's Gulch.
Read by Jeff Harding. 8 hours. TB 21165.
Burley, W J. Wycliffe and the pea-green boat. 2007.
Crime. TB 21553.
Wycliffe; book 6. When Cedric Tremain is charged with murdering
his father by booby-trapping his fishing boat, all the locals are
agreed that he is an unlikely murderer. The case against him is
strong – he has the motive, the opportunity and know-how, but
Chief Superintendent Wycliffe has a strong sense that something
about the case just doesn't fit.
Read by Terry Wilton. 6 hours 49 minutes. TB 21553.
Burnet, Graeme Macrae. The disappearance of Adele
Bedeau. 2014. Thriller. TB 21716.
Manfred Baumann is a loner. Socially awkward and ill at ease, he
spends his evenings surreptitiously observing Adele Bedeau, the
sullen but alluring waitress at his local bistro. Then one day she
vanishes into thin air. When Georges Gorski, a detective haunted
by his failure to solve one of his first murder cases, is called in to
investigate the girl's disappearance, Manfred's repressed world is
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shaken to its core and he is forced to confront the dark secrets of
his past.
Read by James Bryce. 9 hours 46 minutes. TB 21716.
Carriger, Gail. Soulless. 2010. Fantasy. TB 21307.
The parasol protectorate; book 1. Alexia Tarabotti is labouring
under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul.
Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead.
Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all
standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there?
Read by Olivia Mace. 8 hours 50 minutes. TB 21307.
Collins, Jackie. Chances. 2012. General fiction. TB
21277.
Lucky Santangelo; book 1. Gino Santangelo - a boy from the New
York slums - carves himself out a crime empire that takes him all
the way to the top. His daughter, Lucky, proves herself to be as
deadly as her father. Sensual and provocative, she is too much
like him not to make a bid for his empire. Contains strong language
and passages of a sexual nature.
Read by Stephanie Ellyne. 27 hours 7 minutes. TB 21277.
Court, Dilly. A loving family. 2014. Family story. TB
21330.
Stella Barry is forced into service as a kitchen maid when her
father dies at sea and the family find themselves living hand-tomouth. Leaving her mother and younger brother and sister in the
slums of London's docklands, Stella goes to a big country house
outside London. A year later, having not seen them in all that time,
Stella walks to London with a cake for her mother for mothering
Sunday. But she discovers the family has disappeared.
Read by Annie Aldington. 11 hours 37 minutes. TB 21330.
Cussler, Clive. Devil's gate. 2012. Thriller. TB 21560.
NUMA files; book 9. A Japanese cargo ship cruises the eastern
Atlantic near the Azores when it bursts into flames. Racing to help,
Kurt Austin and the NUMA team are beaten to the scene by
heavily armed pirates. But when the ruthless gang's own boat
explodes as they're making their escape, the men from NUMA are
suddenly plunged from a disaster into a mystery.
Read by Jeff Harding. 12 hours 50 minutes. TB 21560.
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Cussler, Clive. Dragon. 2005. Thriller. TB 21510.
Dirk Pitt; book 10. Buried off the coast of Japan, lies one of the
greatest drowned secrets of World War Two - a crashed B-29
Bomber that was carrying a third atomic bomb to Japan in 1945. A
small group of Japanese nationalist fanatics, set out to neutralise
and blackmail the USA - with nuclear weapons planted
strategically in the country's major cities.
Read by Jeff Harding. 18 hours 6 minutes. TB 21510.
Drake, John. Skull and bones. 2011. Adventure. TB
21508.
John Silver; book 3. When infamous 'gentleman of fortune' Captain
Flint is captured by the Royal Navy and condemned to hang for
mutiny and piracy, it seems that the secret location of his buried
treasure will die with him. Meanwhile, aboard Flint's former vessel
The Walrus, Long John Silver seeks one final prize before retiring
from privateering.
Read by Richard Derrington. 14 hours 11 minutes. TB 21508.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott The great Gatsby. 1993. Classic
fiction. TB 21669.
Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into
the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the
Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy,
her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and
the mystery that surrounds him.
Read by Peter Brooke. 6 hours 27 minutes. TB 21669.
Follett, Ken. The key to Rebecca. 2012. Thriller. TB
21288.
Set in North Africa in the summer of 1942, during Rommel's
campaign against the British, this is the story of a master spy who
treks across the Sahara to enter the plot-ridden streets of wartime
Cairo - and of the British officer sworn to destroy him.
Read by Paul Herzberg. 13 hours 37 minutes. TB 21288.
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George, Elizabeth. Believing the lie. 2012. Crime. TB
21298.
Inspector Lynley series; book 17. Detective Inspector Lynley is
approached by business magnate Bernard Fairclough for a
confidential review - not a formal investigation - of the
circumstances of his nephew's demise. The coroner's verdict is
accidental death. He heads to the Lake District and uncovers
layers of deceit and betrayal that expose the lies at the heart of the
Cumbrian community.
Read by Tim Bentinck. 22 hours 9 minutes. TB 21298.
Hart, Ellen. Taken by the wind. 2013. Thriller. TB
21382.
PI and restaurateur Jane Lawless must track down two missing
teenagers. Although Eric and Andrew have been trying to keep up
a semblance of normal life, they know their thirteen-year-old son
Jack has been having a tough time of it since they separated.
They've been concerned, but now they're terrified - Jack has run
away from home with his cousin and not been seen for more than
twenty-four hours.
Read by Christy Meyer. 9 hours 5 minutes. TB 21382.
Herries, Anne. The rebel captain's royalist bride. 2014.
Mills and Boon historical romance. TB 21395.
Orphaned and without protection, Babette Harvey must suffer in
silence when her uncle gives shelter to a band of Rebels - though
her Royalist blood boils! But other dangerous passions must also
be quieted - including those aroused by the handsome and
commanding Rebel leader Captain James Colby.
Read by Cally Lawrence. 7 hours 9 minutes. TB 21395.
Hewitt, Kate. Commanded by the sheikh. 2014. Mills
and Boon romance. TB 21516.
To protect his throne, Sheikh Aziz al Bakir needs someone
trustworthy to temporarily impersonate his missing fiancée. So the
legendary Lothario of Europe demands that his housekeeper,
Olivia Ellis, fulfil the role! Despite reluctance, Olivia soon finds
herself playing Queen in public and lover in his bed!
Read by Lucy Tregear. 5 hours 13 minutes. TB 21516.
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Jardine, Quintin. Lethal Intent. 2005. Crime. TB 21235.
Skinner; book 15. Gangsters have infiltrated Edinburgh. MI5 are on
their case and, unknown to Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner,
have set up a drug-dealing sting to flush them out. The resulting
mayhem throws everyone into confusion until they realise the
gangsters are preparing a hit on one of the Royal family.
Meanwhile someone is trying to wreak revenge on the police force.
Are the crimes linked?
Read by James Bryce. 12 hours 52 minutes. TB 21235.
Kendrick, Sharon. His to command: The Housekeeper.
2013. Mills and Boon romance. TB 21396.
Three modern romances in one: The Prince’s chambermaid by
Sharon Kendrick; The billionaire’s housekeeper mistress by Emma
Darcy; The Tuscan tycoon’s pregnant housekeeper by Christina
Hollis.
Read by Karina Fernandez, Sarah Kants and Veejay Kaur. 16
hours 8 minutes. TB 21396.
Kendrick, Sharon. The housekeeper's awakening.
2014. Mill and Boon romance. TB 21520.
Recovering from a terrible car accident, world-renowned playboy
Luis Martinez is bored, grumpy and frustrated. He demands that
his sweet, innocent housekeeper massage him back to health!
Carly Conner is whisked away to his villa in the south of France
but, how long will she be able to deny the temptation he poses,
especially when he makes a second, shocking proposition?
Read by Sherry Baines. 5 hours 43 minutes. TB 21520.
Kernick, Simon. Siege. 2012. Thriller. TB 21568.
People are dead and many more lives hang in the balance as
gunmen storm the Lanchester Hotel on Park Lane. They have
given the government five hours to meet their demands before
blowing up the building. The guests are all are united by one thing:
fear for their lives. All except one man who has information so
dangerous it must be kept safe - even if this means sacrificing the
lives of innocent bystanders.
Read by Paul Thornley. 10 hours 14 minutes. TB 21568.
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Kinghorn, Judith. The last summer. 2012. Historical
fiction. TB 21376.
It is 1914, the beginning of a blissful, golden summer. When
Clarissa meets Tom Cuthbert, home from university and staying
with his mother, the housekeeper at Deyning Park, she is dazzled.
Ambitious, clever, his sights set on a career in law, Tom is an
acute observer, and a man who knows what he wants. For now,
that is Clarissa. But the world - and all that they know - is rocked
irrevocably by a war that changes their lives forever.
Read by Veronika Hyks. 15 hours 24 minutes. TB 21376.
Laski, Marghanita. Little boy lost. 1949. Classic fiction.
TB 21640.
Hilary Wainwright, poet and intellectual, is enduring a grim wartime
Christmas at his mother's house when a Frenchman, Pierre, turns
up to give him news of the small son that he had to leave in
occupied France. After the war, Hilary returns to a blasted and
impoverished France in order to trace the child. Pierre thinks he
may have found him. Is the child really Hilary's? And, after five
years of having kept the child's possible existence a secret, does
Hilary want him?
Read by Andrew Cullum. 6 hours 52 minutes. TB 21640.
Leather, Stephen. True colours. 2013. Thriller. TB
21424.
Spider Shepherd; book 10. When a set of Russian oligarchs are
assassinated in London, the Russian expat community become
anxious. One man appeals to the British government for protection
and MI5 assigns Spider Shepherd to the case. But he soon
discovers that the killings aren't political - they're personal, and the
assassin is much nearer than anyone could conceive.
Read by Paul Thornley. 14 hours 44 minutes. TB 21424.
Lee, Rachel. Defending the eyewitness. 2014. Mills
and Boon romance. TB 21272.
Conrad County romantic suspense series. The note wasn't exactly
a threat but to Corey Donahue, who witnessed her mother’s
murder as a child, it felt menacing. She showed the note to her
lodger, Austin Mendez. Six years undercover had caused Austin to
shut everyone out, until he met Corey. The vulnerability she hid
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made him yearn to break down the walls around her heart. With a
killer closing in, two souls were discovering the trust they'd lost,
and much more, in each other’s arms.
Read by Rachel Lee. 7 hours 26 minutes. TB 21272.
Lyman, John. Secret chapel. 2011. Thriller. TB 21542.
God's lions; book 1. Summoned to Rome by an old friend, a Jesuit
scholar finds himself using a code discovered in the Bible to
unearth an ancient, hidden chapel in the catacombs under the city.
When a rogue force of Vatican security officials are alerted to his
discovery, the priest flees to the Holy Land with a clue... a clue that
will lead him and a team of Israeli Christians to a much larger
secret in the middle of the barren Negev Desert.
Read by Jonathan Oliver. 14 hours 23 minutes. TB 21542.
Lyman, John. House of Acerbi. 2012. Thriller. TB
21543.
God's lions; book 2. Returning to Rome from a forced sabbatical, a
newly appointed Jesuit cardinal discovers a dark force that has
ruled a single family for over seven hundred years has been
unleashed against the world. With the clock ticking, he joins with a
dedicated group of Israeli and Spanish scientists who are thrust
into an end-game scenario as they race across the globe in an
effort to stop the greatest threat mankind has ever faced, only to
discover that they may already be too late.
Read by Jonathan Oliver. 16 hours 27 minutes. TB 21543.
Lyman, John. The dark ruin. 2013. Thriller. TB 21544.
God's lions; book 3. Forty years after a mysterious billionaire
disappears, he suddenly resurfaces with a dark secret that shocks
the world. In this enthralling third novel in the "God's Lions" series,
Cardinal Leopold Amodeo is once again teamed with a group of
scientists and archaeologists who are led to the inescapable
conclusion that a very real evil has arrived in the world.
Read by Jonathan Oliver. 18 hours 4 minutes. TB 21544.
Martin, George R R. A dance with dragons. 2012.
Fantasy. TB 21260.
A song of ice and fire; book 5. Daenerys Targaryens has brought
the young dragons in her care to their terrifying maturity. Now the
war-torn landscape of the Seven Kingdoms is threatened by
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destruction as vast as in the violent past. On all sides bitter
conflicts are re-igniting, played out by a grand cast of outlaws and
priests, soldiers and skinchanger, nobles and slaves. The tides of
destiny will inevitably lead to the greatest dance of all.
Read by Roy Dotrice. 48 hours 53 minutes. TB 21260
Monroe, Lucy. An heiress for his empire. 2014. Mills
and Boon romance. TB 21515.
Innocent debutante Madison Archer has hit the headlines for a
scandal not of her making. Now, marriage to the unscrupulous
Viktor Beck is the only way to save what is left of her reputation.
There is intense attraction between them but Viktor is in for a
shock - his wild socialite is still a virgin!
Read by Laurence Bouvard. 5 hours 18 minutes. TB 21515.
Mills, Mark. The long shadow. 2013. Thriller. TB 21168.
Ben Makepeace, a screenwriter, is invited to meet Victor Sheldon,
a hedge fund billionaire who wants to bankroll his latest script. Yet
when Ben meets him he's bemused, for Victor is none other than
old schoolfriend, Daniel, last seen some 25 years ago. Ben finds
himself caught up in a vicious endgame with roots buried deep in
the past of his childhood.
Read by Peter Kenny. 10 hours 3 minutes. TB 21168.
Morris, Barbara. One missed step. 2013. General
fiction. TB 21506.
Isle of Skye, 1993. At seventeen, Kate Wilder is sure of only two
things: that life will never be the same without her mother and that
she has no interest in communicating with her Canadian father,
David. But Fiona Wilder had made plans for Kate and her sister
Hazel to travel to the Vancouver Island home after her death and
both girls gradually settle into life there. However, it becomes
apparent that the old house has a story concealed amidst its dated
rooms and David Wilder must fight to keep the sisters’ relationship
intact.
Read by Sally Armstrong. 14 hours 4 minutes. TB 21506.
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Mortimer, Carole. Tall, dark and gorgeous. 2013. Mills
and Boon romance. TB 21317.
Three books in one: To Marry McKenzie; To Marry McCloud and
To Marry McAllister. They are all eligible, elusive and about-to-be
engaged?
Read by Madeleine Brolly. 15 hours 47 minutes. TB 21317.
Nicholls, David. Us. 2014. General fiction. TB 21530.
Douglas Petersen understands his wife's need to 'rediscover
herself' now that their son is leaving home. He just thought they'd
be doing their rediscovering together. So when Connie announces
that she will be leaving, too, he resolves to make their last family
holiday the trip of a lifetime: one that will draw the three of them
closer, and win the respect of his son. One that will make Connie
fall in love with him all over again. Read by Justin Salinger. 12
hours 44 minutes. TB 21530.
Pearse, Lesley. Survivor. 2014. General fiction. TB
21246.
Belle; book 3. Mariette Carrera is a defiant, strong -willed and
selfish eighteen-year-old. Her doting parents, Belle and Etienne,
fear for her reputation so, with the world on the brink of war, Mari
leaves home on the SS Rimutaka, bound for her aunt and uncle's
house in London. Mari loves her new life and earns her own
money as a typist until it is all snatched away by the war.
Read by Nicolette McKenzie. 16 hours 59 minutes. TB 21246.
Penman, Sharon K. Lionheart. 2013. Historical fiction.
TB 21249.
Lionheart; book 1. In this gripping narrative of passion, intrigue,
battle and deceit, Penman reveals a true and complex Richard I - a
man remarkable for his power and intelligence, his keen grasp of
warfare and his concern for the safety of his men, who followed
him against all odds.
Read by Andrew Cullum. 30 hours 54 minutes. TB 21249.
Phinn, Gervase. Trouble at the little village school.
2013. Country life fiction. TB 21164.
Barton-in-the-Dale; book 2. Elisabeth Devine rocked the boat when
she took over as head teacher of the primary school in Barton-in62
the-Dale. Now after winning over the wary locals, she can settle
into her new role. But now the school is to be merged with its rival.
Read by Gervase Phinn. 10 hours 50 minutes. TB 21164.
Phinn, Gervase. The school inspector calls. 2014.
Country life fiction. TB 21433.
Barton-in-the-Dale; book 3. Summer has arrived in Barton-in-the Dale and as a new term begins at the little primary school, it's not
just the warm weather that's getting people hot under the collar.
Meetings with the teachers from Urebank School to discuss the
merger are producing more than a few fireworks, a disruptive new
pupil arrives and a surprising staff love affair is exposed.
Read by Gervase Phinn. 12 hours 24 minutes. TB 21433.
Roberts, Gareth R. Whatever happened to Billy Parks?
2014. General fiction. TB 21356.
October 17th 1973: all England had to do was beat Poland to
qualify for the World Cup. They didn't. Left on the bench that night
was West Ham's Billy Parks: beautiful, gifted and totally flawed.
Fast-forward forty years, Billy's life is a testament to wasted talent,
his liver failing. What if he could be given a second chance? What
if he could go back in time and win the game for England?
Contains strong language.
Read by Daniel York. 7 hours 15 minutes. TB 21356.
Roe, Paula. The pregnancy plot. 2014. Mills and Boon
romance. TB 21519.
After one mind-blowing night Matthew Cooper never expected to
see AJ Reynolds again. But they meet again unexpectedly at a
wedding and Matt is confident of a repeat performance. AJ refuses
to succumb to Matt’s charms – he’s an extra complication she
doesn’t need right now. Yet he can help her get the one thing she
wants if she’s willing to admit that one night wasn’t enough!
Read by Nicolette McKenzie. 6 hours 31 minutes. TB 21519.
Saunders, John. A colt for the kid. 2009. Western. TB
21521.
Johnnie Callum was a half-grown boy when Donovan's riders
stamped his parents' homestead flat and sent him running terrified
into the night. He ran far and fast over the trackless range that was
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Donovan's empire and fetched up in the hands of Josh Manders, a
brutal sheepherder.
Read by Peter Brooke. 5 hours 16 minutes. TB 21521.
Shaw, Rebecca. Village matters: tales from Turnham
Malpas. Country life fiction. 1999. TB 21580.
Turnham Malpas; book 3. Jimbo's daughter is knocked down by
the unpopular barman, and before the shock of that has past a
bitter dispute springs up over the houses Sir Ralph wants to build.
Read by Helen Dickens. 8 hours 9 minutes. TB 21580.
Shaw, Rebecca. Village rumours. 2014. Country life
fiction. TB 21608.
Turnham Malpas; book 18. While clearing out the rectory's loft,
Reverend Peter Harris makes an unsettling discovery and a dark
secret is exposed that soon sets tongues wagging in the village.
Read by Helen Dickens. 8 hours 45 minutes. TB 21608.
Taylor, Marsali. A handful of ash. 2014. Crime. TB
21540.
Cass Lynch; book 3. Liveaboard skipper and amateur sleuth Cass
Lynch is busy at marine college in Scalloway, until one night she
finds an acquaintance dead in a doorway, whose hand is smeared
with peat ash. Rumours spread of a strange ritual linked to the
witches once burned in Shetland's ancient capital, of horned
figures abroad in the night, and townsfolk behaving strangely. At
first Cass dismisses these as mere superstition, until there's a
second murder, and she begins to wonder if the devil really does
walk in Scalloway.
Read by Trish Mullin. 12 hours 40 minutes. TB 21540.
York, Rebecca. Diagnosis - attraction; Relentless;
Rebecca York and HelenKay Dimon. 2014. Mills and
Boon romance. TB 21345.
Two stories in the Mills and Boon Intrigue series.
Read by Daniela Acitelli. 12 hours 20 minutes. TB 21345.
Adult non-fiction
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Autobiography and biography
Rodgers, Nile. Le freak: an upside down story of
family, disco and destiny. 2012. TB 21529.
Nile Rodgers is a founding member of the band Chic and one of
the world's most successful music producers. He wrote 'We are
Family' for Sister Sledge and 'I'm Coming Out' for Diana Ross, and
produced two of the most popular albums of all time - Madonna's
'Like a Virgin' and David Bowie's 'Let's Dance'. Here he tells his
story.
Read by Ian Knauer. 10 hours 27 minutes. TB 21529.
Food and drink
Henry, Diana. A change of appetite: where healthy
meets delicious. 2014. TB 21384.
Here are the dishes that Diana Henry created when she started to
crave a different kind of diet - less meat and heavy food, more
vegetable, fish and grain-based dishes - often inspired by the food
of the Middle East and Far East, but also drawing on cuisines from
Georgia to Scandinavia.
Read by Jayne Constantinis. 12 hours 50 minutes. TB 21384.
History
Grose, Peter. The greatest escape: how one French
community saved thousands of lives from the Nazis.
2014. TB 21585.
Right through the Second World War the community of Le
Chambon-sur-Lignon saved the lives of 5000 men, women and
children from the Nazi occupiers and their Vichy stooges. Of those
saved approximately 3,500 were of Jewish descent.
Read by Richard Burnip. 11 hours 31 minutes. TB 21585.
Higgins, Charlotte. Under another sky: journeys in
Roman Britain. 2014. TB 21335.
An exploration of what the idea of 'Roman Britain' has meant to
those who came after Britain's 400-year stint as province of Rome,
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through history and now. Charlotte Higgins set out to discover the
remains of Roman Britain for herself, sometimes on foot,
sometimes in a VW campervan.
Read by Monica Kendall. 10 hours 51 minutes. TB 21335.
Turner, Alwyn W. A classless society: Britain in the
1990s. 2014. TB 21366.
Opening with a war in the Gulf and ending with the September 11
attacks, this book goes in search of the decade in which modern
Britain came of age.
Read by John Banks. 25 hours 57 minutes. TB 21366.
Politics and government
Conroy, Paul. Under the wire: Marie Colvin's last
assignment. 2013. TB 20898.
An account of the tragic death of Marie Colvin and a war
photographer's harrowing and daring escape from Homs, one of
the most dangerous cities on earth.
Read by Gavin Crymble. 11 hours 58 minutes. TB 20898.
Warfare and defence
Bungay, Stephen. The most dangerous enemy: a
history of the Battle of Britain. 2009. TB 21546.
An assessment of the battle and its heroes, the development of
technologies, planes and their armament. It looks beyond the
mythology, to explore all the tragedy and comedy; the brutality and
compassion of war.
Read by Stephen Bungay. 24 hours 25 minutes. TB 21546.
David, Saul. 100 days to victory: how the Great War
was fought and won. 2013. TB 21438.
The people and events of the war are brought dramatically to life
from young Adolf Hitler's reaction to the assassination of Archduke
Ferdinand, through a Zeppelin raid on Scarborough, the tragic
dramas of Gallipoli and the battlefields of the Western Front to the
individual bravery of the first Indian VC.
Read by Richard Burnip. 19 hours 40 minutes. TB 21438.
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Hastings, Max. All hell let loose: the world at war,
1939-45. 2012. TB 21257.
The seminal narrative history of the Second World War from one of
our finest historians. A book which depicts what the war was like to
live through - whether you were a starving child in Leningrad, a
soldier in North Africa, or a civilian in Dresden.
Read by Chris Courtenay. 36 hours. TB 21257.
Suvorov, Viktor. The chief culprit: Stalin's grand
design to start World War II. 2008. TB 21528.
This work reveals how Stalin conspired with German leaders to
bypass the Versailles Treaty which forbade German rearmament.
Stalin emerges as a diabolical genius consumed by visions of a
worldwide Communist revolution at any cost, the leader who
wooed Hitler and Germany in his own effort to conquer the world.
Read by Steve Hodson. 21 hours 31 minutes. TB 21528.
Children and young adult fiction
Suggested reading age 0-4
Ahlberg, Allan. The mighty slide. 1989. TB 21689.
A collection of five story poems, from the title poem, where no end
of fun is had on a giant slide made of snow, to the antics of the
mysterious Captain Jim who performs all sorts of heroic deeds.
Read by Kris Dyer. 1 hour 26 minutes. TB 21689.
Docherty, Helen. The Snatchabook. 2013. TB 21659.
In every house, in every bed, a bedtime book was being read. But
then, one night, all the animals' bedtime story books start
disappearing. Is there a book thief? And who could it be? One
brave little rabbit sets out to solve the mystery.
Read by Emma Powell. 7 minutes. TB 21659.
Thompson, Emma. The spectacular tale of Peter
Rabbit. 2014. TB 21672.
It was high summer and a travelling fun fair had come to the
village. Peter Rabbit and Benjamin were forbidden to attend. But
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even the best-behaved rabbit can't keep away from a fun fair; and
Peter is far from being the best -behaved rabbit.
Read by Phyllida Law. 15 minutes. TB 21672.
Willis, Jeanne. The rascally cake. 2009. TB 21674.
The ghastly Mr Skumskins O'Parsley's favourite dishes include
wormcast butties, squashed tadpoles on toast and bogey burgers.
O'Parsley decides one day to bake an extra special cake, with
more revolting ingredients than you can possibly imagine.
However, when the cake decides to eat HIM, he realises it is time
to mend his ways.
Read by Kris Dyer. 9 minutes. TB 21674.
Suggested reading age 5+
Ahlberg, Allan. Kicking a ball. 2014. TB 21690.
A wonderful rhyming story to read aloud. Every parent can
immediately relate to the quiet joy felt by a boy simply kicking a
ball, and how there is nothing else quite like it.
Read by Kris Dyer. 8 minutes. TB 21690.
Child, Lauren. What planet are you from? 2009. TB
21729.
Clarice Bean; book 7. The feisty Clarice Bean is back tackling 'the
environment' in her own inimitable fashion. From trees and planets
and holes in the sky, to litter bugs and eco warriors, Clarice Bean
has something to say.
Read by Lisa Milne Henderson. 16 minutes. TB 21729.
Hedderwick, Mairi. Katie Morag's island stories. 2010.
TB 21724.
Containing the first four Katie Morag stories.
Read by Caroline Guthrie. 24 minutes. TB 21724.
Hedderwick, Mairi. More Katie Morag island stories.
2010. TB 21725.
Whether she is getting excited about the new pier, trying to cheer
up Grannie Island in time for Granma Mainland's big day, singing
naughty songs at the Grand Concert or solving riddles to get back
in everyone's good books, Katie Morag is always up to something.
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Read by Caroline Guthrie. 35 minutes. TB 21725.
Kerr, Judith. The Judith Kerr treasury. 2014. TB 21701.
Five of Judith Kerr's bestselling stories in one collection, including
'The Tiger Who Came to Tea', 'Mog the Forgetful Cat', One Night
in the Zoo, The Other Goose and When Willy Went to the
Wedding.
Read by Lisa Milne Henderson. 32 minutes. TB 21701.
Rayner, Shoo. Viking Vik and the longship. 2009. TB
21707.
The longships have gone to sea, leaving Viking Vik behind. Wulf
wants to sail after them, but a storm is coming and something
strange is swimming towards them. Could it be the legendary Sea
Serpent?
Read by Brian Fenton. 15 minutes. TB 21707.
Rayner, Shoo. Viking Vik and the secret shield. 2009.
TB 21708.
Viking Vik's grandmother tells him a story that leads him into a real
adventure. Is Vik brave enough to enter the Underground Kingdom
and claim the prize that waits for him in the darkness?
Read by Brian Fenton.17 minutes. TB 21708.
Rodgers, Frank. Pirate penguins. 2006. TB 21750.
Paisley, Posso, Kelty and Spott are pirate penguins. And they're
hungry. But there's nothing to eat - all the fish have disappeared
from the sea! Could the gang of scary, sharp-toothed cats have
anything to do with it? It's time for Paisley to come up with a
cunning plan.
Read by James Parsons. 18 minutes. TB 21750
Whelan, Gloria. Queen Victoria's bathing machine.
2015. TB 21673.
Poor Queen Victoria! She loves to swim, but can't quite figure out
how to get to the water without her devoted subjects glimpsing her
swimming suit. (Because, of course, such a sight would
compromise her regal dignity.) Fortunately for the water-loving
monarch, it's Prince Albert to the rescue with an invention fit for a
queen!
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Read by Phyllida Law. 15 minutes. TB 21673.
Suggested reading age 7+
Bradman, Tony. Hercules the hero. 2008. TB 21678.
Hercules was famous throughout Greece for his strength and
courage, which made the Goddess Hera cross. Why should a
human enjoy such fame and success? She wants to see him
suffer. So she makes him the servant of cruel King Eurystheus,
who sets him a few small tasks to carry out.
Read by John Cormack. 19 minutes. TB 21678.
Bradman, Tony. William Tell and the apple for
freedom. 2005. TB 21753.
William Tell is the best shot in Switzerland. One day, the local
governor demands that he prove his skill with a crossbow or be
punished. William must hit an apple at a hundred paces... and the
apple will be resting on his young son's head!
Read by Thomas Eyre. 23 minutes. TB 21753.
Bradman, Tony. Gulliver in Lilliput. 2011. TB 21727.
Gulliver loves to travel. When he is swept overboard from a ship,
and finds himself tied up in a land populated by tiny people, he
realises some adventures aren't quite as much fun as they should
be. Can Gulliver escape the clutches of the tiny Lilliputians?
Read by Thomas Eyre. 21 minutes. TB 21727.
Bradman, Tony. Jason and the voyage to the edge of
the world. 2004. TB 21688.
To win back his father's kingdom, Jason must find the fabled
Golden Fleece. Many have attempted the perilous journey across
Greece in search of it and never returned. But Jason and his band
of Argonauts set sail determined to succeed.
Read by Richard Derrington. 21 minutes. TB 21688.
Brown, Jeff. Stanley in space. 2003. TB 21696.
Flat Stanley. The American President chooses Stanley and his
family to become the first humans aboard a new top-secret
spaceship. They follow a message from the planet Tyrra and save
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its inhabitants from starvation, relocating their city to the White
House tennis court until it's safe to go home.
Read by Christopher Ragland. 59 minutes. TB 21696.
McCaughrean, Geraldine. Saint George and the
dragon. 2000. TB 21704.
The dragon lays waste to the kingdom and finally the princess
herself has to be rescued by a knight, who fights and tames the
dragon, passing into legend as St George.
Read by Lisa Milne Henderson. 17 minutes. TB 21704.
Laird, Elizabeth. The fastest boy in the world. 2014. TB
21757.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal, 2015. Eleven-year-old
Solomon loves to run! The great athletes of the Ethiopian national
team are his heroes and he dreams that one day winning medals
like them, in spite of his ragged shorts and bare feet. When his
grandfather announces that he's going to take Solomon to Addis
Ababa, Solomon is overjoyed when he realizes that the Ethiopian
running team will be doing a victory parade through the city that
day.
Read by Damian Lynch. 2 hours 40 minutes. TB 21757.
McCaughrean, Geraldine. The Odyssey. 1997. TB
21703.
The story of Odysseus' return to Ithica from the Trojan war, where
he encounters Athene, Poseidon, the Cyclops and others before
he is reunited with his faithful wife, Penelope.
Read by Damian Lynch. 2 hours 27 minutes. TB 21703.
Matthews, Andrew. Antony and Cleopatra. 2003. TB
21734.
Shakespeare stories. A wonderful retelling of Shakespeare's
thrilling tale of love torn apart by history. With notes on the main
themes within the story and a background to the Globe theatre.
Read by James Parsons. 27 minutes. TB 21734.
Matthews, Andrew. Hamlet. 2003. TB 21738.
Shakespeare stories. Murder most foul... An action-packed
retelling of Shakespeare's dark tale of revenge and murder. With
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notes on the main themes within the story and a background to the
Globe theatre.
Read by James Parsons. 27 minutes. TB 21738.
Matthews, Andrew. Julius Caesar. 2010. TB 21735.
Shakespeare stories. Rome's greatest general, Julius Caesar,
returns to the city celebrating a glorious victory. But among the
cheering crowds a group of conspirators are determined to prevent
Caesar becoming king. With notes on the main themes within the
story and a background to the Globe theatre.
Read by James Parsons. 26 minutes. TB 21735.
Matthews, Andrew. Macbeth. 2003. TB 21736.
Shakespeare stories. Out, damned spot! A brilliant retelling of this
classic tale of witches, murder and madness. With notes on the
main themes within the story and a background to the Globe
theatre.
Read by James Parsons. 30 minutes. TB 21736.
Matthews, Andrew. A midsummer night's dream.
2003.TB 21737.
Shakespeare stories. The course of true love never did run
smooth. A magical retelling of Hermia, Helen, Demetrius and
Lysander's classic story - and of the impish fairy Puck, who
meddles in their tangled web of love with hilarious consequences.
With notes on the main themes within the story and a background
to the Globe theatre.
Read by James Parsons. 31 minutes. TB 21737.
Matthews, Andrew. Romeo and Juliet. 2003. TB 21739.
Shakespeare stories. But soft, what light through yonder window
breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun... A beautiful retelling of
Shakespeare's most famous love story. With notes on the main
themes within the story and a background to the Globe theatre.
Read by James Parsons. 27 minutes. TB 21739.
Matthews, Andrew. The tempest. 2003. TB 21740.
Shakespeare stories. A charming retelling of this magical tale of
power and justice. With notes on the main themes within the story
and a background to the Globe theatre.
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Read by James Parsons. 26 minutes. TB 21740.
Pennypacker, Sara. Flat Stanley: the big mountain
adventure. 2011. TB 21698.
Flat Stanley. The whole Lambchop family is off to see Mount
Rushmore. But when Flat Stanley and his brother, Arthur, team up
with a scrappy cowgirl named Calamity Jasper, their vacation turns
into the Wild West experience of a lifetime.
Read by Christopher Ragland. 39 minutes. TB 21698.
Stanton, Andy. Mr Gum and the secret hideout. 2014.
TB 21684.
Mr Gum; book 8. Talking parrots in the rooftops? A giant cactus on
the high street? Mosquitoes so nasty that even their own friends
don't like them? Something's gone terribly wrong in Lamonic
Bibber and Mr Gum is nowhere to be found. Polly and Friday are
facing their biggest challenge yet.
Read by John Cormack. 1 hour 55 minutes. TB 21684.
Strong, Jeremy. Romans on the rampage. 2015. TB
21682.
Marcus is a Roman boy who is crazy about chariot racing. He
loves to practise in his own homemade chariot (pulled by the
family goat) and dreams of riding in the Circus Maximus himself
one day. But when Marcus's hero, the brilliant charioteer Scorpus,
goes missing on the day of the big race, Marcus finds his wish
coming true sooner than he'd imagined!
Read by John Cormack. 2 hours 14 minutes. TB 21682.
Suggested reading age 9+
Beasley, Andrew. The feast of ravens. 2013. TB 21694.
The battles of Ben Kingdom; book 2. The year is 1892. The Legion
have unleashed an ancient darkness on London, leaving crime
and chaos in its wake. From their rooftop base, The Watchers fight
to restore order - looking to Ben Kingdom for hope. But
unbeknown to them, Ben is harbouring a deadly secret that could
put them all in danger.
Read by Andy Secombe. 7 hours 25 minutes. TB 21694.
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Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary. Jo of the Chalet School. 2011.
TB 21594.
Chalet School series; book 2. The Chalet School now boasts over
30 pupils. The autumn term sees adventures of all kinds - a flood
that threatens the school and the dramatic rescue of an unwanted
St Bernard puppy. Finally Joey, Robin and Madge spend a
delightful Christmas at Innsbruck.
Read by Karen Cass. 8 hours 54 minutes. TB 21594.
Cassidy, Cathy. Sweet honey. 2014. TB 21584.
Chocolate box girls; book 5. Honey is going to live with her dad in
Australia. Determined to make a fresh start, she couldn't be further
away from the tough times at Tanglewood. But all alone on the
other side of the world, Honey's past is about to catch up with her.
Read by Juliette Burton. 7 hours 1 minute. TB 21584.
Kessler, Liz. Has anyone seen Jessica Jenkins? 2014.
TB 21598.
Jessica Jenkins has always thought she was a perfectly ordinary
girl, until the day that part of her arm vanishes in the middle of a
geography lesson! Does this mean she's a superhero? And, when
her friends are threatened, can Jessica use her superpower to
help?
Read by Rebecca Cooper. 5 hours 11 minutes. TB 21598.
Lean, Sarah. Jack Pepper. 2014. TB 21490.
Someone special will never be forgotten. When Ruby and Sid read
a poster about a missing dog called Jack Pepper they remember
an adventure they had, and a little dog they once met. Could the
two possibly be connected?
Read by Beth Chalmers. 45 minutes. TB 21490.
Lee, Julia. The mysterious misadventures of
Clemency Wrigglesworth. 2013. TB 21595.
Newly-orphaned Clemency is entirely alone, until she's taken in by
the Marvels. But where are her family? Why is she set to work as a
scullery maid in the very house she travelled from India to live in?
Who will save her?
Read by Gloria Sanders. 7 hours 12 minutes. TB 21595.
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Palmer, Tom. Dead ball. 2010. TB 21548.
Football detective; book 2. Russian billionaire Dmitri Tupolev and a
mystery Englishman agree to fix an important match in Russia's
favour by intimidating the England goalie, Alex Finn. But Alex goes
against their wishes. His punishment is an 'accidental' car crash
and now he's out of the return game in Russia.
Read by Daniel York. 4 hours. TB 21548.
Palmer, Tom. Off side. 2010. TB 21547.
Football detective; book 3. Danny is furious when City is sold to an
anonymous foreign buyer. But when Danny discovers Adam, a kid
from Ghana, dumped by his agent who'd promised him a place as
a junior at City, and lost in a foreign country he knows nothing
about, Danny realizes there are worse ways of being alone.
Read by Daniel York. 4 hours 2 minutes. TB 21547.
Palmer, Tom. Killer pass. 2010. TB 21549.
Football detective; book 4. In recent months, there has been a
spate of burglaries at the houses of players from Danny's favourite
football club, City FC. Danny wants to know who's behind it all for if
he doesn't, he might just become the biggest suspect of them all.
Read by Daniel York. 3 hours 6 minutes. TB 21549.
Palmer, Tom. Own goal. 2011. TB 21550.
Football detective; book 5. Danny loves supporting his local team,
City FC. So when everyone starts supporting the Italian team
Forza FC, Danny is angry and decides to investigate the sudden
popularity of the new team - starting with Forza's billionaire owner and that's when the danger really kicks off.
Read by Daniel York. 5 hours 34 minutes. TB 21550.
Pichon, Liz. A tiny bit lucky. 2014. TB 21478.
Tom Gates; book 6. Me, Derek and Norman need some SERIOUS
band practice for the ROCKWEKLY BANDBATTLE AUDITION.
But I'm not panicking because we have LOADS of time... (I think?).
Read by Ryan Watson. 2 hours 34 minutes. TB 21478.
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Pilkey, Dav. Captain Underpants and the tyrannical
retaliation of the Turbo Toilet 2000. 2014. TB 21658.
When the evil Turbo Toilet 2000 was defeated, George and Harold
thought their toilet troubles were over. Unfortunately, their
problems were only beginning. Join Captain Underpants for
another epic showdown of Wedgie Power vs. Potty Power.
Read by Christopher Ragland. 1 hour 41 minutes. TB 21658.
Reeve, Philip. Goblins vs dwarves. 2013. TB 21711.
Goblins; book 2. The reawakening of ancient sorcery is bringing
new creatures to the world of Clovenstone. A network of tunnels is
sneaking into the heart of goblin territory. Skarper and his friends
try to halt this underground invasion, but the dwarves - ruthless,
cunning and covered in mole-droppings - are a dangerous enemy.
Read by Richard Derrington. 8 hours 22 minutes. TB 21711.
St. John, Lauren. Kidnap in the Caribbean. 2012. TB
21575.
Laura Marlin mystery; book 2. Laura cannot contain her excitement
when she wins a trip to the Caribbean for herself and her uncle,
Calvin Redfern, especially when Tariq, and Skye, accidentally find
themselves on board too. But when they dock at Antigua, they
discover that Calvin has vanished, and Laura and Tariq are about
to be kidnapped by the fearsome Straight A gang.
Read by Ceri Gifford. 5 hours 6 minutes. TB 21575.
St. John, Lauren. Kentucky thriller. 2013. TB 21574.
Laura Marlin mystery; book 3. Laura Marlin's two greatest loves in
life are detective novels and animals, so she is ecstatic when her
uncle agrees to let her keep a horse after they rescue it from an
overturned horsebox. But first they have to find its former owner. A
visit to Newmarket leads Laura to the Kentucky Derby in the US
and into the world of race -fixing.
Read by Ceri Gifford. 4 hours 6 minutes. TB 21574.
Sparkes, Ali. Dowsing the dead. 2007. TB 21507.
Shapeshifter; book 4. All is not well in the spirit world - strange
messages are coming through and Dax, Gideon, Lisa and Mia
must once again join forces. Could the messages be coming from
Luke and Catherine, Gideon's dead brother and sister? Perhaps
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they're even still alive? In which case, they have to rescue Luke
from Catherine's evil clutches - but is Dax really a match for her?
Read by Brian Fenton. 7 hours 37 minutes. TB 21507.
Sparkes, Ali. Stirring the storm. 2008. TB 21535.
Shapeshifter; book 5. Dax and his friends are moved to the country
in a bid to keep their identities a secret, but are the special forces
who are transporting them their allies, or are the Children of
Limitless Ability being used as pawns in a much bigger scheme?
Once again it is Dax who's at the centre of things - it's him they
want most of all.
Read by Brian Fenton. 8 hours 28 minutes. TB 21535.
Suggested reading age 11+
St. John, Lauren. The one dollar horse. 2013. TB
21633.
One dollar horse trilogy; book 1. Casey Blue loves horses, but her
dreams of becoming an event rider seem out of reach. One day
she rescues a horse from the knacker's yard before working hard
to nurse the animal back to health. In time a sleek and highly
strung thoroughbred emerges from the bag of bones she rescued,
so Casey sets about finding out who her horse really is.
Read by Emma Carter. 7 hours 41 minutes. TB 21633.
St. John, Lauren. Race the wind. 2013. TB 21634.
One dollar horse trilogy; book 2. When Casey Blue's victory at the
Badminton Horse Trials earns her and Storm an invitation to the
prestigious Kentucky Three Day Event, it is a dream come true.
But that dream is about to turn into a nightmare. Her father is
arrested for a crime Casey is convinced he didn't commit, she finds
herself the victim of a vicious blackmailer and Storm is behaving
like the wild horse he once was.
Read by Emma Carter. 5 hours 11 minutes. TB 21634.
Suggested reading age 13+
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Buckle, J A. Half my Facebook friends are ferrets.
2014. TB 21728.
Fifteen-year-old Josh fantasises about becoming a death metal
guitarist complete with tattoos, piercings and hoards of adoring
fans. But it's not easy when his super-strict mum won't let him
grow his hair! Josh’s diary contains all Josh's hopes, dreams and
frustrations but what he doesn’t know is that his mother also kept a
diary, back about the time he was born, and a secret in there holds
the key to Josh's life becoming a whole lot more metal.
Read by David Thorpe. 4 hours 59 minutes. TB 21728.
Farrant, Natasha. Flora in love. 2014. TB 21631.
The diaries of Bluebell Gadsby; book 2. As much as Bluebell
wants a normal life she knows that, with her family, it’s asking the
impossible: Mum is behaving strangely, Dad is 'liberating' the pets
and her sister Flora has fallen deeply and desperately in love. Will
anyone notice that Blue is having problems of her own?
Read by Charlotte Worthing. 5 hours 7 minutes. TB 21631.
Hardinge, Frances. Cuckoo song. 2014. TB 21758.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal, 2015. When Triss wakes
up after an accident, she knows that something is very wrong. She
is insatiably hungry; her sister seems scared of her and her
parents whisper behind closed doors. Soon Triss discovers that
what happened to her is more strange and terrible than she could
ever have imagined, and that she is quite literally not herself.
Read by Sherry Baines. 14 hours 25 minutes. TB 21758.
Lake, Nick. Hostage three. 2014. TB 21258.
It's a once-in-a-lifetime thing: a girl on a yacht with her super-rich
banker father; a chance for the family to heal after a turbulent time;
the peaceful sea and the warm sun. But a nightmare is about to
explode as a group of Somali pirates seize the boat and its human
cargo - and the family becomes a commodity in a highlysophisticated transaction.
Read by Anna Lukis. 8 hours 53 minutes. TB 21258.
Landman, Tanya, Buffalo soldier. 2014. TB 21756.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal, 2015. At the end of the
American Civil War, Charley - a young African-American slave - is
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ostensibly freed. In a terrifyingly lawless land, where the colour of
a person's skin can bring violent death, Charley disguises herself
as a man and joins the army. Soon, she's sent to the prairies to
fight a whole new war against the 'savage Indians'. Trapped in a
world of injustice and inequality, it's only when Charley is posted to
Apache territory that she begins to learn what it is to be truly free.
Read by Laurel Lefkow. 8 hours 6 minutes. TB 21756.
Sedgwick, Marcus. The ghosts of heaven. 2014. TB
21636.
The spiral has existed as long as time has existed. It's there when
a girl walks through the forest and there centuries later with Anna,
who they call a witch. There where a mad poet watches the waves
and knows the horrors they hide, and far into the future as Keir
Bowman realises his destiny. And so their journeys begin.
Read by John Cormack. 9 hours 36 minutes. TB 21636.
Zephaniah, Benjamin. Terror kid. 2014. TB 21652.
Rico is angry and frustrated at the injustices he sees happening at
home and around the world. He wants to do something – but
what? When he is approached by Speech, a mysterious man who
shares his hacktivist interests, Rico is given the perfect opportunity
to speak out about injustice. After all, what harm can a peaceful
cyber protest do?
Read by James Parsons. 3 hours 18 minutes. TB 21652.
Children and young adult non-fiction
Suggested reading age 7+
Moses, Brian. School report: very funny poems about
school! 2014. TB 21606.
Find out what goes on behind the staffroom door, join in at
playtime, see what is in the mysterious lost-property box, go on the
school trip, and discover what teachers do in their spare time - and
that's just the beginning of the school adventure in this collection of
poems.
Read by Philip Bretherton. 58 minutes. TB 21606.
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Suggested reading age 13+
Dawson, James This book is gay. 2014. TB 21651.
An uncensored look at sexual orientation and gender identity. This
frank, funny, fully inclusive book explores everything anyone who
ever dared to wonder wants to know – from sex to politics, how to
pull, stereotypes, how to come-out and more. Contains passages
of a sexual nature.
Read by Greg Wagland. 6 hours 31 minutes. TB 21651.
Books narrated by volunteers
Adult fiction
Cussler, Clive. The storm. 2013. Thriller. TB 405275.
NUMA files book 10. In the middle of the Indian Ocean, a NUMA
research vessel is taking water samples at sunset, when a crew
member spots a sheen of black oil ahead of them. But it is not oil.
A swarm of black particles suddenly attacks the ship, killing
everyone aboard, while the ship itself goes up in flames.
10 hours 45 minutes. TB 405275.
Hamilton, Patrick. Twenty thousand streets under the
sky: a London trilogy. 2004. General fiction. TB
405302.
Written in the 1930s this trilogy comprises The midnight bell, The
siege of pleasure and The plains of cement. This is a world of
twenty thousand streets full of cruelty and kindness, comedy and
pathos, wasted dreams and lost desires.
17 hours 20 minutes. TB 405302.
Thornber, M S. Silent links. 2014. General fiction. TB
405303.
Romantic, obsessive and unrequited passions are just a few of the
aspects explored through the characters using the park over one
day. Like the roots of the Sycamore, lives unfold through
connected links and strands. Stories of hope, despair and ambition
unfold as the clock moves on relentlessly from sunrise to sunset.
5 hours 33 minutes. TB 405303.
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Adult non-fiction
Autobiographies and biographies
Goodman, Jordan. Paul Robeson: a watched man.
2013. TB 405301.
From the 1930s to the 1960s, the African American singer was the
voice of the people, both on stage and as a political activist who
refused to be silenced. Jordan Goodman tells the story of Robeson
during the tumultuous Cold War when the US government became
so worried by his impact abroad that it tried to silence him.
16 hours 8 minutes. TB 405301.
Henderson, Tam. Warrior: a true story of bravery and
betrayal in the Iraq War. 2008. TB 405266.
Warrior is the powerful true story of a British soldier's heroism
during the Iraq War that reveals how he was ruthlessly sacrificed
by the Establishment. But Tam fought back and embarked upon
the biggest battle of his life - against the Ministry of Defence and
international arms companies.
6 hours 45 minutes. TB 405266.
Ludovic, Margarita. Another time, another place. 2012.
TB 405269.
An account of an idyllic childhood. Told in the first person against
the milieu of show business and family idiosyncrasies. If only
things were so straightforward. Instead, this recount is juxtaposed
against the backdrop of the Second World War, bringing into
question a sense of identity, belonging and loyalties.
6 hours 53 minutes. TB 405269.
Vardy, Joan. A green hill far away. 2013. TB 405304.
Joan was blind at birth, only able to see light and shade and bright
colours and absolute contrasts. The stories inside this book are in
Joan's own words, sometimes using her strong Midland's dialect
and, if some things are confusing to you, Dear Reader, then think
how Joan had to muddle through and manage.
12 hours 33 minutes. TB 405304.
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Craft
Stratford, Sue. Mini Christmas knits - Twenty to make.
2011. TB 405279.
This title offers novelty knitting that is not only fun to do, but helps
you create cute, funny and beautiful mini kits for Christmas, to give
as gifts or to decorate your home. Here are twenty mini knits: there
are stockings, a snowman, a Christmas tree egg cosy, angels, mini
mittens, French hens, turtle doves and more.
2 hours 18 minutes. TB 405279.
Food
FitzGibbon, Theodora, Traditional Scottish cookery.
1980. TB 405295.
Gathering together some of the finest traditional Scottish recipes,
this book includes favourites such as cock-a-leekie soup and
Finnan haddie and kippers, as well as the more sophisticated meat
and game dishes that are a legacy of the Auld Alliance with
France.
9 hours 34 minutes. TB 405295.
Health
Stein, Maxwell. Vinegar: nature's secret weapon. 2005.
TB 405296.
There are some foods that are more than mere nourishment.
Vinegar is one such liquid, whose healing powers have been well
documented. This book contains a number of recipes involving
vinegar, as well as listing its surprising other uses. There is also a
section on honey and garlic.
5 hours 9 minutes. TB 405296.
History
Dudgeon, Piers. Our Glasgow: memories of life in
disappearing Britain. 2009. TB 405292.
Piers Dudgeon has listened to dozens of people who remember
Glasgow as it was, and who have lived through its many changes.
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They talk of childhood and education, of work and entertainment,
of family, community values, health, politics, religion and music.
12 hours 8 minutes. TB 405292.
Hutchison, James. Weavers, miners and the open
book: a history of Kilsyth. 1986. TB 405299.
This traces the story of Kilsyth and its people from Roman Times
to the present day. The title is based on the coat of arms of the
burgh which features a weaver's shuttle, a miner's lamp, an open
Bible and crossed swords each of which illustrates an important
facet of the economic, social and religious life of the community.
12 hours 58 minutes. TB 405299.
Lomax, S C. The home front: Sheffield in the First
World War. 2014. TB 405268.
This work provides an account of the experiences of the people of
Sheffield during the Great War. It looks at the run up to war and
Sheffield's reaction to its outbreak; the war fever which led to
thousands of Sheffield's men answering their country's call; the
efforts of those who could not fight and Sheffield's industry.
9 hours 59 minutes. TB 405268.
Posset Pieces. Portishead at war. 2011. TB 405277.
Personal memories of the people of Portishead and the villages of
Gordano during the Second World War.
4 hours 26 minutes. TB 405277.
Stiff, Peter. Warfare by other means: South Africa in
the 1980s and 1990s. 2001. TB 405297.
This history of South Africa's covert military operations during the
final years of apartheid is a wide-ranging and explosive book. It
deals with a swathe of assassinations, and of destruction and
mayhem committed both at home and abroad.
50 hours 35 minutes. TB 405297.
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Psychology
Golding, Kim S. Nurturing attachments: supporting
children who are fostered or adopted. 2008. TB
405290.
Golding combines the experience and wisdom of parents and
carers with that of professionals to provide support and guidance
for foster and adoptive parents looking after children with insecure
attachment relationships.
10 hours 48 minutes. TB 405290.
Jeffers, Susan. Embracing uncertainty: achieving
peace of mind as we face the unknown. 2003. TB
405257.
Jeffers emphasises that an unknown future doesn't prevent a rich
and abundant life, and shows how by enjoying life's unpredictability
we transform ourselves from a position of fear to one filled with
excitement and potential. Susan convinces us, above all, that life is
exhilarating because of, not in spite of, uncertainty.
6 hours 51 minutes. TB 405257.
Sanders, Pete. First steps in counselling: a students'
companion for introductory courses. 2011. TB 405278.
This offers a basic introduction to counselling courses through to
certificate level. Its fourth edition is an update in the fast-changing
world of counselling and helping. This book is for anyone
beginning their exploration of helping using counselling skills.
13 hours 53 hours minutes. TB 405278.
Poetry
Berry, Liz. Black Country. 2014. TB 405300.
A parade of riotous characters abound: the Bone Orchard Wench
and the Lady Rotcatcher. But her poems also transport us into
other, different worlds of the poet's imagination: the memories and
magic of childhood to the dawning of adulthood and the dark,
sweet mysteries of love and sexuality.
1 hour 22 minutes. TB 405300.
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Watermarks: stories and poems inspired by the River
Tay: an anthology. 2014. TB 405298.
Bringing history vividly to life, the stories range from the time of the
crannogs in Loch Tay 2500 years ago to the present day. Wade’s
Bridge at Aberfeldy, built in 1733, features before the collection
jumps forward to the mid-1800s, a time when the river was a hub
of activity.
6 hours 19 minutes. TB 405298.
Religion
Mahaney, C J. Living the cross centered life. 2006. TB
405258.
Blending material from The Cross-Centered Life and Christ Our
Mediator with new insights, Living the Cross Centered Life is
packed with powerful truth to grip your heart, clear your mind, and
invigorate your soul. Get ready to behold a breathtaking view of
what God intends to accomplish in and through you every day.
5 hours. TB 405258.
Richards, Courtney. I am what you say I am. 2012. TB
405259.
Our mind is one of our greatest assets and in order to do well in
life, we must first think well. As we change our thinking we can live
a fulfilled and vibrant life en route to achieving our purpose. I Am
What You Say I Am looks at strategies to live a divinely inspired
purpose driven life. The picture you're painting is based on your
thinking, so paint your own masterpiece!
6 hours 21 minutes TB 405259.
Self-help
William, Mark. The mindful way through depression:
freeing yourself from chronic unhappiness. 2007. TB
405280.
Four uniquely qualified experts explain why our attempts to think
our way out of a bad mood or just snap out of it lead us deeper into
the downward spiral. Through lessons drawn from both Eastern
meditative traditions and cognitive therapy, they demonstrate how
to sidestep the mental habits that lead to despair.
12 hours 48 hours minutes. TB 405280.
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Sport
Attaway, Pete. Nottingham Forest on this day: history,
facts and figures from every day of the year. 2011. TB
405273.
This chronicles in a diary format the club's turbulent history from
those first days of gentlemen hoofing "the leather" about on the
Forest Recreation Ground, through the glorious years of Brian
Clough and Peter Taylor, right up to the present day.
7 hours 47 minutes. TB 405273.
Children and young adult fiction
Suggested reading age 9+
McCaughrean, Geraldine. The middle of nowhere.
2013. TB 405308.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
As Stationmaster of the Kinkindele Station, Herbert takes great
pride in his job but Comity dreams of a different life where her
mother is alive and she has her own horse and a new piano. That
is, until the new station assistant arrives and brings Comity and her
father sharply back down to earth.
Read by female synthetic voice. 6 hours 11 minutes. TB 405308.
Needham, Violet, The black riders. 1939. TB 405293.
Stormy Petrel book 1. The hero of this book is 11-year-old Dick, an
orphan who befriends a mysterious man who is part of a political
uprising against the current governor. Dick passes on messages,
risking his life, while constantly displaying his loyalty, his fortitude
and his steadfast refusal to betray his friends.
7 hours 27 minutes. TB 405293.
Suggested reading age 11+
Crossan, Sarah. Apple and Rain. 2014.TB 405306.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
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When Apple's mother returns after eleven years of absence, Apple
feels whole again. She will have an answer to her burning question
- why did you go? But just like the stormy Christmas Eve when she
left, her mother's homecoming is bitter sweet, and Apple wonders
who is really looking after whom.
Read by female synthetic voice. 6 hours 20 minutes. TB 405306.
Suggested reading age 13+
Conaghan, Brian. When Mr Dog bites. 2014. TB
405311.
Contains strong language. Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal
2015. Dylan has Tourette's, life is a constant battle to keep the bad
stuff in - the swearing, the tics, the howling dog that escapes
whenever he gets stressed. Then at a routine visit to the hospital
Dylan discovers that he's going to die next March, so he grants
himself three parting wishes: three 'cool things to do before I cack
it'.
Read by female synthetic voice. 7 hours 55 minutes. TB 405311.
Gardner, Sally. Tinder. 2013. TB 405310.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
Otto Hundebiss is tired of war, but when he defies Death he walks
a dangerous path. A half-beast half-man gives him shoes and dice
which will lead him deep into a web of dark magic and mystery. He
learns the powers of the tinderbox and the wolves whose master
he becomes.
Read by female synthetic voice. 4 hours 5 minutes. TB 405310.
DAISY books for sale
Crime and thrillers box set (five books), various authors. Order no.
805457. Price £24.99.
Adult fiction/crime
This DAISY box set contains five gripping novels:
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn: a “nerve-fraying” thriller
Before I Go To Sleep by S J Watson: an “exceptional” debut novel
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith: “utterly compelling”
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The Life by Martina Cole: “gritty and gripping”
Natural Causes by James Oswald: “The new Ian Rankin”
Total recording time: 68 hours 52 minutes.
DAISY made to order
These DAISY made to order titles are packaged in a clear DVD
case and are priced £9.99 each.
Join Michael Palin as he takes us on an adventure with this
collection of titles that accompanied his successful TV travel
series:
Around the World in 80 Days: Order no. 800261 (7 hours 38
minutes)
Pole to Pole: Order no. 800258 (10 hours 00 minutes)
Full Circle: Order no. 800260 (12 hours 00 minutes)
Sahara: Order no. 800259 (9 hours 52 minutes)
Himalaya: Order no. 800257 (11 hours 26 minutes)
New Europe: Order no. 800705 (11 hours 35 minutes)
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