New Books issue 40 - July 2014
Braille
All titles are available for loan and sale unless otherwise
stated.
Adult Fiction
Baker, Jo. Longbourn. Historical fiction.
Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice below stairs - the story of
romance, intrigue, and drama among the servants of the Bennet
household.
2014. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24748803.
Barclay, Linwood. A tap on the window. Thriller.
When Cal Weaver stops at red light on a rainy night while driving
home, a bedraggled-looking teenaged girl starts tapping on his
window. OK, so giving a ride to a teenage girl might not be the
smartest move, but how much harm could it do? Over the next 24
hours Cal is about to find out.
2013. 6v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 24749203.
Betts, Charlotte. The spice merchant's wife. Historical
fiction.
1666. London is devastated by the great fire. Widowed and
penniless, Kate seeks refuge in The House of Perfume, the home
of blind perfumer Gabriel Harte, who awakens Kate's senses to a
whole new world. But as she flees from this forbidden love, her
husband's murderer comes looking for her.
2014. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24748503.
Brody, Frances. Dying in the wool: a Kate Shackleton
mystery. Crime fiction.
Nothing exceptional happens in the village, except for the day
when Joshua Braithwaite, goes missing. Has he run off with his
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mistress, or was he murdered for his mounting coffers? But as
Kate taps into the lives of the Bridgestead dwellers, she opens
cracks that some would kill to keep closed.
2009. 6v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24748703.
Busby, Sian. Commonplace killing. Crime fiction.
A murder story set in London in 1946, which gradually peels away
the veneer of stoicism and respectability to reveal the dark truths
at the heart of post-war austerity Britain.
2014. 4v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24756003.
Cleeves, Ann. Raven black. Crime fiction.
Shetland Island Quartet ; book 1. When Fran Hunter finds the
strangled body of her teenage neighbour Catherine Ross, the
locals focus their gaze on one man - loner and simpleton Magnus
Tait. But when police insist on opening out the investigation a veil
of suspicion and fear is thrown over the entire community.
2006. 4v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24821401.
Collard, Paul Fraser. The Maharajah's general.
Historical fiction.
Jack Lark barely survived the Battle of the Alma. As the brutal fight
raged, he discovered the true duty that came with the officer's
commission he'd taken. Poor Captain Danbury is dead, but Jack
will travel to his new regiment in India, under his name. Jack soon
finds more enemies, but this time they're on his own side.
2013. 6v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 24736703.
Cornwell, Patricia. Dust. Crime fiction.
Dr. Kay Scarpetta : 21. The body of a young woman has been
discovered inside the sheltered gates of MIT, draped in ivory linen
and posed in a way that is too deliberate to be the killer's first
strike.
2013. 8v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 24737503.
Cussler, Clive. Mirage. Thriller.
Oregon files: book 9. In October 1943, a U.S. destroyer sailed out
of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result of a Navy
experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was
considered a hoax - but now Juan Cabrillo isn’t so sure.
2013. 5v. Price: £13.99. Order No: 24747103.
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Dobbs, Michael. A ghost at the door. Thriller.
Harry Jones series: book 6. Harry barely knew his father Johnnie
and hated what little he did know. Now he must risk his own life to
uncover the truth about his dead father. What starts as a gentle
enquiry uncovers a trail of murder and guilt-ridden love that dates
back to Johnnie's student days.
2013. 5v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 24738003.
Doctorow, Cory. Eastern standard tribe. Science
fiction.
Art is an up-and-coming interface designer, working on the
management of data flow along the Massachusetts Turnpike. He
can guarantee that the system will be the most counterintuitive,
user-hostile piece of software ever pushed forth into the world.
Why? Because Art is an industrial saboteur.
2010. 3v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24748403.
Donaldson, Stephen R. The last dark. Fantasy.
The last chronicles of Thomas Covenant ; book 4. Now they face
their final crisis. Reunited after their separate struggles, Thomas
and Linden discover in each other their true power - and yet they
cannot imagine how to stop the Worm of the World's End from
unmaking Time.
2013. 14v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 24747503.
Drabble, Margaret. The pure gold baby. General
fiction.
Over the course of decades, in ways large and small, Anna will
affect the lives and loves of those around her; her journey
illuminating our shifting attitudes towards motherhood,
responsibility and the way we care for one another.
2013. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24747603.
Fforde, Katie. Artistic licence. Romance.
Thea, fed up with being mother to a houseful of students, accepts
her bossy friend Molly's offer of an art appreciation holiday in
Provence, and meets the gorgeous Rory. She decides to extend
her holiday and accepts Rory's invitation to his house in Ireland.
2001. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24755603.
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Green, Jane. Tempting fate. Romance.
After twenty years of marriage Gabby is restless. And then she
meets Matt. Intoxicated by the way this young, handsome and
successful man makes her feel, Gabby is momentarily blind to
what she stands to lose on this dangerous path. And in one
reckless moment she destroys all that she holds dear.
2013. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24737203.
Groves, Annie. Daughters of Liverpool. Family stories.
Campion Family series; book 2. Katie's full of trepidation as she
arrives in Liverpool. It's her first posting and her work will be so
secret that she can't even speak about it to the family she's billeted
with. Then the bombs begin to rain on Liverpool and everyone,
from oldest to youngest, must realise what matters most.
2008. 6v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24737603.
Harper, Nina. Succubus takes Manhattan. Fantasy.
Lily loves working for Satan. Ex- boyfriend Nathan bolted because
he couldn’t handle Lily’s inner demon, but blond, buff, blue-eyed
Marten is a delicious distraction, and he’s one of her own kind.
Only Lily’s not sure she can trust him.
2008. 6v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24697803.
Harry, Lilian. Storm over Burracombe. Country life
fiction.
Burracombe Village series ; book 3. Hilary Napier is upset and
angry when her father brings in a new manager for the family
estate. Even though she cannot help liking Travis Kellaway, she
resents his presence. But before long she begins to appreciate
Travis's strength and compassion.
2008. 6v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24749103.
Hart, Ellen. Taken by the wind. Crime fiction.
PI and restaurateur Jane Lawless must track down two missing
teenagers. Jack disappeared with his cousin, and the two of them
haven’t been seen for more than twenty-four hours.
2013. 4v. Price: £15.84. Order No: 24748603.
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Herbert, James. Once. Horror.
What if, when you became an adult, you discovered all the faery
stories were based on fact? That's what happened to Thom
Kindred. The wonders were revealed to him. But so were the
horrors, for behind the Good, there always lurks the Bad. And the
Bad had designs on Thom.
2001. 7v. Price: £5.59. Order No: 24748303.
Howard, Elizabeth Jane. All change. Family stories.
The Cazalet chronicles; book 5. It is the 1950s. Louise, now
divorced, becomes entangled in a painful affair, while Polly and
Clary must balance marriage and motherhood with their own ideas
and ambitions.
2013. 7v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24737803.
Hurley, Graham. Touching distance. Crime fiction.
Jimmy Suttle series ; books 2. Having flown in the face of his
superiors on his first big case Jimmy now finds himself trying to
track down a random, hugely skilled killer before another innocent
dies and before the media tear the force apart.
2013. 6v Price: £7.99. Order No: 24738203.
Jackson, Angela. The emergence of Judy Taylor.
General fiction.
Judy might be ready to start a new life in vibrant Edinburgh, if she's
prepared to accept what it means to change. First she has to ask
herself if it's ever too late to make up for lost time. A story about
first loves and second chances. 2013. 4v. Price: £7.99. Order No:
24756703.
Jacobs, Anna. The trader's sister. Family stories.
Ismay Deagan has one wish in the world - to leave Ireland and join
her brother, Bram, in Australia. However, her father has other
ideas and orders her to marry their vicious neighbour Rory Flynn,
Disguising herself as an impoverished young widow, she sets sail
for Australia. Then she meets Adam Treagar on the ship.
2012. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24748903.
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Joyce, Rachel. Perfect. General fiction
1972, two seconds were added to time. It was in order to balance
clock time with the movement of the Earth. Then Byron's mother,
late for the school run, makes a devastating mistake. Byron's
perfect world is shattered. Were those two extra seconds to
blame? Can what follows ever be set right?
2013. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24748003.
Kelly, Cathy. The honey queen. Chick Lit.
Frankie's boundless energy helps her to take everything in her
stride, including a husband who has lost his job and the
unwelcome arrival of the menopause. But when work takes a
nosedive, Frankie wonders how much more she has left to give.
2013. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24736803.
Leather, Stephen. True colours. Thriller.
Spider Shepherd series; book 10. When an assassin starts killing
off some of the world's richest men, an oligarch with friends in high
places seeks the protection of MI5. And Spider Shepherd is placed
in the firing line.
2013. 8v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24755903.
McDermott, Andy. The sacred vault. Thriller.
When the Talonor Codex is stolen, it becomes clear that the thefts
form only part of the raiders' plan. The codex holds clues to the
location of the Vault of Shiva and its fabled contents. Witnesses to
the latest daring robbery, archaeologist Nina Wilde and former
SAS soldier Eddie Chase are forced into a treacherous hunt.
2010. 8v, Price: £6.99. Order No: 24755103.
Montefiore, Santa. The French gardener. Romance.
Miranda and David move out of London into a country house with
a magical garden. But Miranda insists on tottering across the wet
lawn in kitten heels, David is never there, and the kids won't tear
themselves away from the telly. Then an enigmatic Frenchman
arrives and begins to heal the past and the present. But who is he?
2013. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24737003.
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Mortimer, Carole. His reputation precedes him. Mills
and Boon romance.
Markos Lyonedes is one of the most talked-about men in New
York - and interior designer Eva Grey has heard all the stories.
When Markos hires Eva to decorate his penthouse it's too lucrative
an opportunity to turn down and one that shatters Eva's resolve to
stay firmly out of Markos' bedroom!
2012. 3v. Price: £3.49. Order No: 24755405.
Also available in uncontracted braille. 3v. Order No: 24755403.
Patterson, James. The 6th target. Crime fiction.
Detective Lindsay Boxer is called to the scene of a shooting to find
that three people have been killed, and one of her friends, Claire,
has been shot. Lindsay promises Claire that she'll hunt down this
killer. But, it proves not to be so easy.
2009. 4v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24755703.
Runcie, James. Sidney Chambers and the shadow of
death. Crime fiction.
The Grantchester mysteries; book 1. An unforgettable and unlikely
new hero in the form of a crime-fighting vicar with a keen interest
in cricket, warm beer and hot jazz.
2013. 6v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24737303.
Tartt, Donna. The goldfinch. Thriller.
As he grows up in New York, Theo learns to glide between the
drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty antiques store where he
works. He is alienated and in love and his talisman, the painting
which reminds him of his mother, places him at the centre of a
narrowing, ever more dangerous circle.
2013. 15v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 24736903.
Shaw, Rebecca. Village gossip: tales from Turnham
Malpas. Country life fiction.
Turnham Malpas series; book 7. When a famous actor comes to
stay in Turnham Malpas for a spot of convalescence he soon
becomes bored. By organising a play and directing the village's
folk as actors, he soon has the vicar's wife involved in a scandal.
Can the village stand the gossip?
2000. 4v. Price: £5.99. Order no: 24749003.
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Wolff, Isabel. A vintage affair. Romance.
Phoebe Swift's dream of opening her own vintage dress shop has
come true, but a secret from her past is casting a shadow over her
new venture. Then one day she meets Therese, an elderly
Frenchwoman with a collection to sell and a story to tell.
2009. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24756103.
Adult Non-Fiction
Autobiography and Biography
Atherstone, Andrew. Archbishop Justin Welby: the
road to Canterbury.
This book explores Welby's life and his thoughts, beginning with a
concise examination of his writings and world view.
2013. 3v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24695603.
Jason, David. David Jason: my life.
David's is a touching, funny and warm-hearted story, which charts
the course of his incredible six decades at the top of the
entertainment business.
2013. 7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24737403.
Hobbies and games
All new cryptic crosswords 1.
Challenge your grey matter with this brand new collection from the
Telegraph. With 100 puzzles, it's the perfect compilation to get
your brain into gear on your daily commute and to test your
analytical processes with the ever-popular cryptic clues.
2012. 4v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 24690903. For sale only.
Also available in uncontracted braille. 4v. Order No: 24690905. For
sale only
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History
Schama, Simon. The story of the Jew: finding the
words: 1000 BCE-1492
It is the story of mankind - at its most noble and at its most
barbaric. So much of supreme importance for humanity bears the
imprint of Jewish thinking and culture.
2013. 11v. Price: £25.00. Order No: 24698303.
Children and young adult fiction
Suggested reading age 5+
Blyton, Enid. Be brave little Noddy!
Noddy continues his good deeds in Toyland, despite his
misfortune with his car and Mr Honk.
1999. UEB. Single-sided, double-line spacing, 2v. Price: £3.99.
Order No: 24665603.
Blyton, Enid. Snowball the pony.
Snowball is a little black Shetland foal, and he loves his mother
and dreads the thought of leaving her. But the sad day comes and
he is bought by the family next door. He soon makes friends with
all the other animals, teaches a cruel boy a lesson and has lots of
funny adventures.
1953. Uncontracted UEB. 4v. Price: £4.99.. Order No: 22974605.
Meadows, Daisy. Elizabeth the Jubilee Fairy.
Elizabeth the Jubilee Fairy makes sure that all jubilee celebrations
are fun and magical! But when mean Jack Frost steals Elizabeth's
Diamond Sceptre, King Oberon and Queen Titania's 1100th jubilee
is sure to be a disaster.
2012. Uncontracted UEB. 1v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 23380107.
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Simon, Francesca. Horrid Henry and the zombie
vampire
Horrid Henry terrorizes his classmates at a sleepover in the
museum; plays with Perfect Peter and tricks him into handing over
all his money; gets out of writing his own story by adapting one of
Peter's; and meets the Nudie Foodie, a celebrity chef.
2011. UEB. 2v. Price £4.99. Order No: 23239411.
Suggested age range 7+
Blyton, Enid. Secret seven adventure.
A priceless pearl necklace has been stolen and the Secret Seven
have witnessed the thief making his escape. The question is;
where has he hidden the necklace?
1997. UEB. 3v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24730603.
Blyton, Enid. The naughtiest girl in the school.
Elizabeth Allen is spoilt and selfish. When she is sent away to
boarding school she makes up her mind to be the naughtiest girl in
the school.
2007. Uncontracted UEB. 4v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 24730503.
Brown, Jeff. Flat Stanley.
Stanley Lambchop is just a normal healthy boy, though since the
enormous notice board fell on him he's been only half an inch
thick! He can squeeze under doors, be lowered down a grating,
and even be posted in an envelope to California.
2003. UEB. 1v. Price: £3.99 Order No: 22922605.
Child, Lauren. Utterly me, Clarice Bean.
Clarice's extraordinarily ordinary family is under pressure.
Meanwhile, Mrs Wilburton, the school teacher who insists that
Clarice sets a book project "which sounds utterly dreary", until, that
is, Miss Bean realises there is a prize.
2002. UEB. 4v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 24731405.
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Cope, Andrew. Prison break.
Spud and Star are on a daredevil rescue mission to save Lara
from the evil Mr Big! He's been in prison plotting his revenge and
unless the pups can outwit him, Lara is in deadly danger.
2010. UEB. 4v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 22818507.
Uncontracted UEB. 4v. Order No: 22818505.
Dahl, Roald. Matilda.
Matilda is a very intelligent little girl. Her parents are no match for
her genius, and when she is attacked by Miss Turnbull the
headmistress, she discovers she has a psychic power that can
save her school and her friend and teacher, Miss Honey.
1988. UEB. 3v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24731503.
Dahl, Roald. Fantastic Mr Fox.
Every time Mr. Fox steals a chicken from the farm, Farmers
Boggis, Bunce and Bean grow wild with rage! They're the nastiest
crooks in the valley, and they've concocted a cunning plan to dig
him out of his hole once and for all. But it never occurs to them that
Mr Fox has a fantastic plan of his own.
1970. UEB. 2v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 22677611.
Uncontracted UEB. 2v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 22677609.
Fine, Anne. Saving Miss Mirabelle.
Lancelot's lovely teacher, Miss Mirabelle, is in big trouble. She's
told a giant whopper and unless she can come up with a brilliant
plan, she's going to look very, very silly. Can Lancelot help this
damsel in distress?
2007. UEB. 2v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 22921305.
Simon, Francesca. Horrid Henry's wicked ways.
The twelve stories all focus on Horrid Henry's home life, and how
he vies with his little brother Perfect Peter and drives his wellmeaning parents to distraction.
UEB. 4v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 22695105.
Suggested age range 9+
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Lewis, C S. The lion, the witch and the wardrobe.
Lucy, Peter, Susan and Edmund step through the back of a
wardrobe into the world of Narnia, where the white witch holds the
land in perpetual winter and the only one with the power to defeat
the witch is Aslan.
1991. UEB. 3v. Price: £5.99. Order No: 24730403.
Kinney, Jeff. The last straw.
Diary of a wimpy kid ; 3. Greg's dad is on a mission to make this
wimpy kid, less wimpy. All manner of 'manly' physical activities are
planned, but Greg just about manages to find a way out of them.
That is until military academy is mentioned and Greg realizes that
he's going to have to come up with a very special excuse.
2009. UEB. 2v. Price: £5.99. Order No: 22923305.
Pichon, Liz. The brilliant world of Tom Gates.
All Tom Gates wants to do is get tickets to see his favourite band
when they come to town. It's not easy when he's up against Delia,
his weirdo big sister. All of his plans seem to get him into major
trouble!
2011. UEB. 2v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 23284407.
Rundell, Katherine. Rooftoppers.
When the Welfare Agency writes to her guardian threatening to
send Sophie to an orphanage, she takes matters into her own
hands and flees to Paris to look for her mother. She meets Matteo
and his network of rooftoppers - urchins who live in the sky.
Together they scour the city for Sophie's mother.
2013. UEB. 4v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24770903.
Stead, Rebecca. Liar & spy.
When Georges moves into a new apartment block he meets Safer,
a twelve-year-old self-appointed spy. Soon Georges has become
his spy recruit. But as Safer becomes more demanding, Georges
starts to wonder: what is a game and what is a lie? How far is too
far to go for your only friend?
2013. UEB. 4v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24771003.
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Walliams, David Gangsta granny.
Ben is bored beyond belief after he is made to stay at his
grandma's house. All she wants to do is to play Scrabble, and eat
cabbage soup. But there are two things Ben doesn't know about
his grandma: she was once an international jewel thief and she
has been plotting to steal the crown jewels. Now she needs Ben's
help.
2011. UEB. 3v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 23377709.
Suggested age range 13+
Berry, Julie. All the truth that's in me.
Judith can't speak. Ever since the horrifying trauma that left her
best friend dead, she's been a pariah in her community. When her
community is attacked, Judith is forced to choose: continue to live
in silence or recover her voice, even if what she has to say might
change things forever.
2013. UEB. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24771203.
Cooper, Susan. Ghost hawk.
In the winter of his eleventh year, Little Hawk goes deep into the
forest, where he must endure a three month test of survival, which
will turn him into a man. Outside the woods, the world is changing.
English settlers are landing on the shores of the New World, and
tensions between native tribes and the invaders are rising.
2013. UEB. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24771103.
Fine, Anne. Blood family.
Edward is 4 when he is locked away by his abusive stepfather,
Harris. By the time a neighbour spots his pale face peering through
a crack, he is seven. Rescued, but damaged, Edward struggles to
adapt to normal life. Then one day he catches a glimpse of himself
in a photograph. What he sees is a vision of Harris.
2013. UEB. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24772403.
Sutcliffe, William. The wall: a modern fable.
At the edge of his town is a high wall which can only be crossed
through a heavily fortified checkpoint. Joshua has been taught that
The Wall is the only thing keeping him and his people safe. One
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day, Joshua finds a tunnel which leads towards this forbidden
territory, but nothing has prepared him for what he finds...
2013. UEB. 5v, Price: £7.99. Order No: 24770803.
Suggested age range 15+
Brooks, Kevin. The bunker diary.
I can't believe I fell for it. As soon as my eyes opened I knew
where I was. A low-ceilinged rectangular building made entirely of
whitewashed concrete. There are six little rooms along the main
corridor. There are no windows. No doors. The lift is the only way
in or out. What's he going to do to me?
2013. UEB. 4v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24771303.
Children non-fiction
Suggested reading age 5+
Simon, Francesca. Horrid Henry's bodies.
Did you know that if your intestines were removed they would
stretch round a tennis court several times over? Or that humans
are as hairy as gorillas? Packed with freaky facts and random
trivia, this is the perfect guide to everything you want to know
about bodies.
2011. UEB. 1v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 23490207.
Suggested reading age 9+
Symons, Mitchell. How to avoid a wombat's bum : and
other fascinating facts!.
This book contains a collection of fascinating facts and figures
such as the first ready-to-eat breakfast cereal was Shredded
Wheat in 1893; Everton were the first British football club to
introduce a stripe down the side of their shorts; the word DUDE
was coined by Oscar Wilde and his friends.
2007. UEB. 3v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 24730705.
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Music
Braille music
Swann, Donald. The songs of Michael Flanders and
Donald Swann.
200. 5v. Price: £7.00; £22.15; £60.00. Order No: 23430001.
Choral Tuition CDs
For UK loan only.
A series of recording to let singers learn their parts. The voice-part
is sung at normal speed, with a piano accompaniment including
helpful cues from other parts. Some difficult music passages are
presented again at the end at lower speed, with hints on how to
practise them.
Benziger, Quintus
Chichester psalms: sung in Hebrew. SATB
Benziger, Quintus
Requiem. SATB
Benziger, Quintus
The dream of Gerontius. TB
Benziger, Quintus
Encores for choirs. TB
Benziger, Quintus.
Gloria. SATB
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Giant Print music (MSN)
More of all the tunes you've ever wanted to play.
1999. 2v.
Giant Print
For UK loan only
Adult fiction
Carroll, Claudia. Me and you. General fiction.
A story about how hard it is to leave our old selves behind, the
tough choices we sometimes have to make and how love and
friendship can heal the most damaged of hearts.
2013. 4v.
Chamberlain, Diane. Necessary lies. General fiction.
Social worker Jane Forrester, working with the Hart family and
their 15-year-old daughter Ivy, uncovers a shocking secret, and is
thrust into a moral dilemma that puts her career on the line,
threatens to dissolve her marriage, and ultimately, determines the
fate of Ivy and her family forever.
2013. 4v.
Child, Lee. The enemy. General fiction.
New year's day, 1990. Jack Reacher is the military police duty
officer on a base in North Carolina when he takes a call reporting a
dead soldier in a motel. When Reacher goes to the General's
house to break the news, he finds another corpse: the General's
wife.
2011. 4v.
Day, Sylvia. Entwined with you. Erotic fiction.
Eva and Gideon face the demons of their pasts and accept the
consequences of their obsessive desires.
2012. 4v.
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Day, Sylvia. A passion for him. Erotic fiction.
Miss Amelia Benbridge and the Earl of Ware are the most
anticipated match of the Season. But Amelia's love will always
belong to her childhood sweetheart, the gypsy Colin - who
tragically died. When a brooding stranger at a masquerade offers a
single, sensual kiss passions rise and she is determined to
unmask her phantom admirer.
2013. 3v.
Graham, Winston. Ross Poldark: a novel of Cornwall,
1783-1787. Family stories.
The first Poldark novel opens in Cornwall towards the close of the
18th century; Ross returns from America to find his father dead
and the estate derelict. His act in rescuing a half-starved urchin-girl
from a brawl was to alter the whole pattern of his life.
1945. 4v.
Graham, Winston. Demelza: a novel of Cornwall 17881790. Family stories.
Poldark book 2. Demelza, the miner's daughter Poldark rescued
from a fairground rabble, is now his wife. Demelza's efforts to
adapt to the ways of the gentry and her husband, bring her
confusion and heartache, despite the joy in the birth of their first
child. And the seeds of dispute with Warleggan are also sown.
1953. 5v.
Graham, Winston. Jeremy Poldark: a novel of
Cornwall, 1790-1791. Family stories.
Poldark book 3. It is 1790, and Ross Poldark faces the darkest
hour of his life. Accused of wrecking two ships, he is to stand trial.
There are enemies who would be happy to see Ross convicted,
not least his rival, George Warleggan.
1953. 3v.
Graham, Winston. The black moon: a novel of
Cornwall, 1794-1795. Family stories.
Poldark book 5. The birth of a son to Elizabeth and George
Warleggan accentuates the divide between the Poldark and
Warleggan families. Meanwhile, Morwenna Chynoweth's love for
Drake Carne causes a new rift between George and Ross.
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1973. 5v.
Hannah, Sophie. The carrier. Thriller.
When her plane is delayed overnight, Gaby Struthers finds herself
forced to share a hotel room with a stranger: a terrified young
woman named Lauren Cookson - but why is she scared of Gaby in
particular? She blurts out something about an innocent man going
to prison for a murder he didn't commit, and Gaby soon suspects
that Lauren's presence on her flight can't be a coincidence.
2013. 5v.
Hayes, Terry. I am Pilgrim. Thriller.
Pilgrim was the codename for a world class and legendary secret
agent. When NYPD Ben Bradley tracks down Pilgrim, neither man
can imagine the terrifying journey they are about to begin into a
direct collision course with the dark forces of jihadist terrorism.
2013. 8v.
James, Erica. The Hidden Cottage. General fiction.
For Owen Fletcher, buying the Hidden Cottage was the fulfillment
of a lifelong dream and provides the perfect escape for him. When
Mia meets him, she must decide whether she has the courage to
do something for herself for a change.
2013. 5v.
Keane, Jessie. Ruthless. Thriller.
Annie Carter really believed the Delaney twins were gone from her
life for good. Now sinister things are happening around her and
Annie Carter is led to one terrifying conclusion: her bitter enemies,
the Delaney twins, didn't die all those years ago.
2013. 5v.
King, Claire. The night rainbow. General fiction.
5-year-old Pea and her little sister Margot play alone in the
meadow behind their house. Their mother is too sad to take care
of them. Pea's father has died in an accident. Then Pea meets
Claude, a man who always has time to play. But why do the
villagers view Claude with suspicion?
2013. 3v.
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Kray, Roberta. Bad girl. Thriller.
It's 1959 and Lynsey Quinn has done the unthinkable. She's got
herself pregnant by a cop. Rejected by her criminal family, she will
pay the price for her betrayal. At the age of 11, Helen is returned to
the clan. Hated by her grandfather, loved only by her uncle, she
struggles to fit into a world she doesn't understand.
2013. 4v.
Lackberg, Camilla. The lost boy. Crime.
On a late summer's night, a young woman jumps in her car, her
hands slippery with blood on the steering wheel. Taking her fiveyear-old son, Nathalie flees to the only safe haven she knows: the
island of Graskar off the coast of Fjällbacka. Meanwhile, Detective
Patrik Hedström has barely stepped foot inside his office following
a lengthy sick leave before he catches a murder investigation.
2013. 5v.
Lemaître, Pierre. Alex. Thriller.
In kidnapping cases, the first few hours are crucial. Alex Prevost
may be no ordinary victim, but her time is running out.
Commandant Camille Verhoven and his detectives have nothing to
go on: no suspect, no lead. All they know is that she was snatched
off the streets of Paris and bundled into a white van.
2013. 4v.
Mansell, Jill. Don't want to miss a thing. General
fiction.
Dexter Yates loves his fun, care-free London life; he has money,
looks and girlfriends galore. But everything changes overnight
when his sister dies, leaving him in charge of her eight-month-old
daughter Delphi.
2013. 4v.
Martin, George R. R. Dreams and dust. Fantasy.
Song of ice and fire 5: A dance with dragons book 1. In the
aftermath of a colossal battle, new threats are emerging from
every direction. Tyrion Lannister, having killed his father, and
wrongfully accused of killing his nephew, King Joffrey, has
escaped from King's Landing with a price on his head.
2012. 8v.
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Martin, George R. R. Blood and gold. Fantasy.
Song of ice and fire 3: A storm of swords book 2. The Seven
Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud. Winter is
approaching and the wildings are poised to invade the Kingdom of
the North. Robb Stark must protect himself from them and the
threat of his enemies in the south.
2011. 7v.
Martin, George R. R. A feast for crows. Fantasy.
Song of ice and fire book 4; The action in this novel begins the day
after the end of 'A Storm of Swords'. The remaining northern lords
war endlessly with each other and the ironmen of the isles attack
the Dreadfort.
2011. 10v.
Martin, George R. R. After the feast. Fantasy.
Song of ice and fire 5: A dance with dragons book 2. The last of
the Targaryens, Daenerys Stormborn, the Unburnt, has brought
the young dragons in her care to their terrifying maturity. Now the
war-torn landscape of the Seven Kingdoms is threatened by
destruction as vast as in the violent past.
2012. 7v.
Oswald, James. The book of souls. Crime.
Inspector McLean Mysteries book 2. Every year for ten years, a
young woman's body was found in Edinburgh at Christmas time:
naked, throat slit, body washed clean. 12 years later, the
Christmas killer is murdered by a fellow prisoner. But with the
festive season comes a body; naked, washed, and with her throat
cut.
2013. 4v.
Rendell, Ruth. The Saint Zita Society. Crime.
Dex works as a gardener for Dr Jefferson at his home on Hexam
Place in Pimlico. The hired help decide to form the Saint Zita
Society. When Dex is invited, the others think that he is a strange
man compounded when they discover he has recently been
released from a hospital for the criminally insane.
2013. 3v.
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Rodriguez, Deborah. The little coffee shop of Kabul.
General fiction
In a little coffee shop in one of the most dangerous places on
earth, five very different women come together. As these five
women discover there's more to one another than meets the eye,
they form a unique bond that will for ever change their own and
many others lives.
2013. 4v.
Ryan, Chris. Night strike. Thriller.
Former SAS hero John Bald is a man at war with himself and
fighting a losing battle with the bottle. Technology has become the
new frontline in global terrorism. And when one of America's most
cutting-edge defence contractors suspects a sleeper cell operating
in its midst, the Firm reaches out to its most cold-blooded son.
2013. 3v.
Schirach, Ferdinand von. The Collini case. Thriller.
For 34 years Fabrizio Collini has worked diligently for MercedesBenz. He is a quiet and respectable person until the day he visits
one of Berlin's most luxurious hotels and kills an innocent man.
Young attorney Caspar Leinen takes the case.
2012. 2v.
Slaughter, Karin. Criminal. Thriller.
1975. In the blistering heat of an Atlanta summer, a killer prowls
the street, searching for the weak, the vulnerable and the lost.
Almost 40 years later, a young woman is found brutally murdered
in a sordid high-rise apartment. The specifics of her death are
startingly familiar.
2013. 5v.
Steel, Danielle. Friends forever. General fiction.
Five young children meet at the élite Atwood school. They lean on
one another through all the bumps and bends of their childhood
years. But when the tight-knit group part ways after graduation,
their lives veer off in different directions.
2013. 3v.
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Tremain, Rose. Merivel : a man of his time. Historical
fiction.
The Restoration is over and Robert Merivel, renowned physician
and courtier to Charles II, now faces the anxieties of middle age.
Questions crowd his mind and in search of answers, Merivel sets
off for the French court.
2013. 4v.
Walter, Jess. Beautiful ruins. General fiction.
In 1962, a young innkeeper looks out over the incandescent
waters of the Ligurian Sea and sees a beautiful woman, a vision in
white, approaching him on a boat. She is an American starlet and
she is dying. The story begins again in Hollywood, when an elderly
Italian man shows up on a movie studio's back lot searching for the
woman he last saw at his hotel fifty years before.
2013. 4v.
Weisberger, Lauren. Revenge wears Prada: the devil
returns. General fiction.
Life has been good to Andy since she quit the job 'a million girls
would die for' at Runway magazine. Ten years later, she's about to
get married and she's running her own successful magazine. It
seems that Andy's efforts to build herself a bright new life have led
her directly into the path of ex-boss Miranda - aka the Devil.
2013. 4v.
Williams, John. Stoner. General fiction.
The son of a midwestern farmer, William Stoner comes to the
University of Missouri in 1910 to study agriculture. Stoner tells of
love and conflict, passion and responsibility against the backdrop
of academic life in the early 20th century.
2012. 3v.
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Adult non-fiction
Autobiographies and Biographies
Bishop, John. How did all this happen: my story John
Bishop.
With a good job in sales and marketing and a nice house in
Manchester that he shared with his wife and kids, John Bishop
began to take stock of his life as he faced up to the big '4-0'. He
stumbled onto a pathway that ultimately lead him to become one
of the nation's best loved comedians.
2013. 3v.
Conniff, Richard. The species seekers: heroes, fools,
and the mad pursuit of life on Earth.
The story of the adventurers who risked death to discover strange
life forms in the farthest corners of Earth. Beginning with Linnaeus,
a colourful band of explorers made it their mission to travel and
bring back astonishing new life forms
2011. 6v.
Heyhoe, Dave. It's all about Treo: life and war with the
world's bravest dog.
The true story of the unbreakable bond forged between Treo, the
world's most highly decorated dog, and his handler Sgt. Dave
Heyhoe, whilst doing the most dangerous job on earth - sniffing out
bombs in Afghanistan.
2012. 3v.
Higashida, Naoki. The reason I jump.
Written by Naoki Higishida when he was only 13, this remarkable
book explains the often baffling behaviour of autistic children and
shows the way they think and feel .
2013. 1v.
Steel, Danielle. Pure joy.
The story of how she met a dog the size of a mouse, with a
personality that could light up an entire room. From Minnie's arrival
at home in San Francisco to clothes shopping jaunts in Paris, a
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heartfelt look at the magic that dogs bring to our lives, and how
they become part of the family.
2013. 1v.
History
David, Saul. 100 days to victory: how the Great War
was fought & won.
Saul David shows vividly how the First World War reached beyond
the battlefield, touching upon events and lives which shaped the
conduct and outcome of the conflict. Saul David brings people and
events dramatically to life.
2013. 7v.
Englund, Peter. The beauty and the sorrow: an
intimate history of the First World War.
Describing the experiences of 20 ordinary people from around the
world, the author explores the everyday aspects of war.
2012. 9v.
Jones, Dan. The Plantagenets: the kings who made
England.
The Plantagenets ruled England through eight generations
between 1154 and 1399, and produced some of the most famous and infamous - kings this country has ever seen.
2013. 6v.
Kynaston, David. Modernity Britain, 1957-59.
The late 1950s and early 1960s were a period in their own right:
neither the stultifying 'high' Fifties nor the liberating 'high' Sixties,
but instead an action-packed, sometimes dramatic time in which
the contours of modern Britain started to take shape.
2013. 3v.
Macqueen, Adam. The prime minister's ironing board
and other state secrets: true stories from the
government archives.
Noted down, stamped 'secret' and filed away for decades. This
book reveals what really went on in the corridors of power. Stored
in Whitehall's archives is everything from blood-chilling warnings of
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imminent nuclear attack to a miscellany of daily life in Downing
Street.
2013. 3v.
Pets
Bradshaw, John W. S. Cat sense: the feline enigma
revealed.
Worshipped as gods, feared as demonic servants, seen as both
wild opportunists and beloved companions, cats often seem as
unfathomable, enigmatic and magical to us today as they did in
ancient times.
2013. 4v.
Self help
Kahneman, Daniel. Thinking, fast and slow.
Psychologist Daniel Kahneman reveals the truth about our
intuitions, and our rationality itself, to teach us how to better our
lives. He explores the fascinating flaws and marvels of human
behaviour and reveals to us the common errors in people's beliefs.
2011. 7v.
Plotnikoff, Gregory and Weisberg, Mark. Trust your
gut: get lasting healing from IBS and other chronic
digestive problems without drugs.
Millions of people suffer from chronic cramping, bloating, diarrhoea
and gas. 'Trust Your Gut' shows you how to listen to your gut to
interpret symptoms as important messages that can help correct
imbalances.
2013. 3v.
Wax, Ruby. Sane new world: taming the mind.
Comedian, writer and mental health campaigner shows us why
and how our minds can send us mad and how we can rewire our
thinking, especially through mindfulness, to calm ourselves in a
frenetic world.
2013. 2v.
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Science
Browne, John. Seven elements that have changed the
world.
With carbon we access heat, light and mobility at the flick of a
switch, while silicon enables us to communicate across the globe
in an instant. Yet our use of the Earth's mineral resources is not
always for the benefit of humankind - our relationship with the
elements is one of great ambivalence.
2013. 5v
Sport
Gray, Daniel. Hatters, railwaymen and knitters: travels
through England's football provinces.
After a decade's exile in Scotland, Gray sets out to reacquaint
himself with England via what he considers its greatest asset:
football. Watching teams from the Championship to the South
West Peninsula Premier, and aimlessly walking around towns from
Carlisle to Newquay, Gray paints a curious landscape forgotten by
many.
2013. 3v.
Peace, David. Red or dead.
'Red or Dead' is the story of the rise of Liverpool Football Club and
Bill Shankly. And the story of the retirement of Bill Shankly. Of one
man and his work. And of the man after that work.
2013. 9v.
Travel
MacFarlane, Robert. The old ways: a journey on foot.
Robert Macfarlane sets off from his Cambridge home to follow the
ancient tracks, holloways, drove-roads and sea-paths that form
part of a vast networks of routes which criss-cross Britain.
2012. 4v.
Mahood, George. Free country: a penniless adventure
the length of Britain.
The plan is simple. George and Ben have three weeks to cycle
1000 miles from the bottom of England to the top of Scotland.
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There's just one small problem - they have no bikes, no clothes, no
food and no money. Setting off in just a pair of Union Jack boxer
shorts, they attempt to rely on the generosity of the British public
for everything.
2013. 4v.
McCarthy, John. You can't hide the sun: a journey
through Israel and Palestine.
The ancient places and stories of the Holy Land are so etched into
our cultural and mental landscapes that it is hard to separate
ancient tales from modern realities. Of course, this is part of the
potency of the place, but also part of the illusion.
2013. 3v.
Pilkington, Karl and others. The further adventures of
an idiot abroad.
Taking the Bucket List of '100 Things to Do Before You Die' as his
starting point, Karl combines brilliant stories from his recent
adventures to Alaska, Siberia and beyond.
2012. 3v.
Theroux, Paul. The last train to Zona Verde: overland
from Cape Town to Angola
An ode to the last African journey of the world's celebrated travel
writer, Paul Theroux.
2013. 4v.
War
McEntee-Taylor, Carole. Herbert Columbine VC
'Save yourselves, I'll carry on'. These were the last known words of
Herbert Columbine, shouted at his two companions on the
afternoon of 22nd March 1918. At 9am that morning, in Hervilly
Woods, France, 9 Squadron Machine Gun Corps had come under
intense attack from a heavy force of German infantry. Private
Columbine took command of an isolated gun, with no wire in front
and began firing.
2013. 2v.
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Children and young adult fiction
Suggested reading age 0-4
Bartram, Simon. Man on the moon: (a day in the life of
Bob).
The everyday story of an ordinary man? Well, sort of. Bob is the
man on the moon, and he has a very special job, looking after the
moon, cleaning it up, showing visitors around and selling
souvenirs.
2004. 1v.
Suggested reading age 15+
Marr, Melissa. Carnival of souls.
In a city of daimons, strict class lines control every aspect of life. At
the heart of The City is the Carnival of Souls where, once in a
generation, anyone can fight for their chance to join the elite. Kaleb
is of the lowest caste; Aya is ruling caste - but female. They both
face bleak futures and, for each of them, fighting to the death is the
only way to try to live.
2012. 3v.
Barrington Stoke Series
This series is suitable for reluctant readers of 8-13 years with a
reading age of approximately 8 years. Barrington Stoke specialise
in books for reluctant, struggling and dyslexic readers.
Ardagh, Philip. The red dragons of Gressingham.
The Green Men of Gressingham are back - but they're bored what will they do for adventure now they're no longer outlaws?
Luckily Lord Dashwood has the answer - a quest to find a dragon!
2012. 1v.
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Breslin, Theresa and Evergreen, Nelson. The traveller.
On a stormy winter's night an old man sits over his wine cup and
tells a tale: of the Lord Aleslan and his evil deeds; of the good wife
who could not influence him for the better and died, leaving a son;
and of her brother, who stole the child to save it from Aleslan's evil.
And now the son returns.
2013. 1v.
Breslin, Theresa and Grant, Shona. Alligator.
Jono didn't mean to buy an alligator - it just sort of happened. Now
his mum is going to kill him - if the alligator doesn't get there first!
2012. 1v.
Crossley-Holland, Kevin and Peluso, Martina. Stars of
mine.
A King marries a poor girl after being told she can perform
amazing feats with a spinning wheel. But what will happen to her
when he realises he's been tricked?
2013. 1v.
Gates, Susan and Gibson, Dylan. Big trouble
Anna, a city girl, comes to stay in Levi's village. She hates village
life and is desperate to go. When some baboons threaten the
village Anna is shocked at how the villagers treat them. She
rescues a baby baboon and plans to keep it as a pet.
2012. 1v.
Rushton, Rosie and Donnelly, Karen. Looking for
Billie.
Billie has never met her real mum. But now she thinks she's seen
her on a train! Can she track her down? How far will Billie go to
find her mother?
2010. 1v.
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Adult fiction
Alliott, Catherine. My husband next door. Romance.
TB 20863.
Ella married the handsome, celebrated artist Sebastian Montclair
at just 19. Now, separated in every way but distance, Sebastian
resides in an outhouse across the lawn from Ella's ramshackle
farmhouse. When Sebastian decides to move on, Ella realises that
she can no longer hide from what really destroyed her marriage
and the secret she continues to keep.
2013. Read by Karina Fernandez. 15 hours 44 minutes. TB 20863.
Aston, Elizabeth. Mr. Darcy's dream: a novel.
Romance. TB 20987.
Darcys; book 6. When Phoebe, a young niece of Mr. Darcy, is
shattered by an unhappy romance, she retreats to Pemberley. As
preparations for a ball at Pemberley gain momentum, mischief and
love triangles abound.
2009. Read by Lucy Scott. 8 hours 7 minutes. TB 20987.
Booth, Stephen. Blind to the bones. Crime fiction. TB
21014.
Ben Cooper and Diane Fry series; book 4. Withens is a small
village in the Peak District. Dark and dour, it's troubled by theft and
vandalism, mostly generated by local family-from-hell, the Oxleys.
A young man's body has been found on the desolate moors nearby
and the man is an Oxley.
2004. Read by Leighton Pugh. 17 hours 40 minutes. TB 21014.
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Bretherick, Diana. City of devils. Crime fiction. TB
20882.
1887. James Murray, a Scottish scientist fascinated by the
developing research into the study of criminal behaviour, travels to
Turin to be apprenticed to Cesare Lombroso, the world-renowned
criminologist. But just hours after his introduction to his new
mentor, a mutilated body is discovered along with a note that
appears to implicate Lombroso.
2013. Read by Jonathan Oliver. 15 hours 16 minutes. TB 20882.
Child, Lee. Persuader. Thriller. TB 20356.
Jack Reacher series; book 7. 'Never forgive, never forget' is Jack
Reacher's standard operating procedure. Quinn was the worst guy
he had ever met. So Reacher was glad to know he was dead. Until
the day he saw him again in Boston, alive and well.
2012. Read by Dick Hill. 13 hours 50 minutes. TB 20356.
Cleeves, Ann. Blue lightning. Crime fiction. TB 20499.
Shetland Island Quartet; book 4. Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez
knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair
Isles to introduce his fiancée, Fran, to his parents. When a
woman's body is discovered at the renowned Fair Isles bird
observatory, Jimmy must investigate the old-fashioned way.
2010. Read by Gordon Griffin. 10 hours 33 minutes. TB 20499.
Cole, Martina. The life. Thriller. TB 20657.
Gangsters Peter and Daniel Bailey rule London's East End. Lena
Bailey is determined to shield her youngest child Tania from the life
but when a terrible tragedy occurs, Tania's eyes are opened to
their world in a way that forces her to make an irrevocable choice
that will determine her future. Contains strong language and
violence.
2013. Read by Annie Aldington. 12 hours 20 minutes. TB 20657.
Finnigan, Judy. Eloise. General fiction. TB 20346.
Yesterday I almost saw her. A butterfly trembled on a nearby
buddleia and suddenly I smelled her perfume. She wasn't there, of
course. How could she be when I had seen her lying in her coffin
just two weeks ago.
2012. Read by Anna Bentinck. 9 hours 22 minutes. TB 20346.
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Francis, Felix. Refusal. Thriller. TB 21025.
Sir Richard Stewart, chairman of the horse racing authority, wants
Sid Halley to look into some suspicious race results, but Sid has
give up the investigating business. The following day, Sir Richard
is found dead and Sid receives a threatening call from a man who
insists that Halley investigate the alleged race-fixing. It is only
when his six-year-old daughter goes missing that Sid realises that
he may pay the ultimate price for his refusal.
2013. Read by Andrew Cullum. 9 hours 38 minutes. TB 21025.
French, Tana. Faithful place. Crime fiction. TB 20757.
The course of Frank Mackey's life was set by one defining moment
when he was 19. The moment his girlfriend, Rosie Daly, failed to
turn up for their rendezvous and failed to run away with him as
they had planned. Frank never heard from her again. Twenty years
on, Frank's still in Dublin, working as an undercover cop. But what
happened to Rosie?
2011. Read by Gerry O'Brien. 15 hours 8 minutes. TB 20757.
Gaiman, Neil. The ocean at the end of the lane.
Fantasy. TB 21031.
It began for our narrator 40 years ago when the family lodger stole
their car and committed suicide in it, stirring up dark creatures from
beyond the world. His only defence is three women, on a farm at
the end of the lane. The youngest of them claims that her
duckpond is an ocean. The oldest can remember the Big Bang.
2013. Read by James Parsons. 5 hours 19 minutes. TB 21031.
Gardam, Jane. Last friends. General fiction. TB 20988.
Filth; book 3. Filth's great rival in work and - though it was never
spoken of - love, Terence Veneering is brought into the spotlight.
The son of a Russian acrobat marooned in northeast England and
a devoted local girl, he escapes the war to emerge in the Far East
as a man of panache, success and fame. But, always he is treated
with suspicion: where did this blonde, louche, brilliant Slav come
from?
2013. Read by Steve Hodson. 7 hours 13 minutes. TB 20988.
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Goddard, Robert. The ways of the world. Thriller. TB
20906.
1919. The eyes of the world are on Paris, where statesmen,
diplomats and politicians have gathered to discuss the aftermath of
the Great War. So when Sir Henry Maxted falls from the roof of his
mistress's apartment building in unexplained circumstances, the
first instinct of the British diplomatic community is to suppress all
suspicious aspects of the event.
2013. Read by Christopher Oxford. 13 hours 50 minutes. TB
20906.
Green, Mark. The travel auction. General fiction. TB
20993.
It should have been their trip of a lifetime. But with just days to go,
Jonathan Cork is dumped by his girlfriend. Unable to change the
name on the spare ticket and fast running out of time, Jonathan
advertises on eBay for a travel companion with the same name as
his ex. What follows is a funny, page-turning, rollercoaster ride
around South America.
2013. Read by Simon Bubb and Kirsty Cox. 9 hours 41 minutes.
TB 20993.
Harding, Georgina. Painter of silence. General fiction.
TB 20506.
An intimate and devastating portrait of Romania during and after
the Second World War, through the prism of a moving and original
friendship.
2012. Read by Sian Thomas. 7 hours 47 minutes. TB 20506.
Hardy, Kate. Her real family Christmas. Mills and Boon
romance. TB 21062.
Spending time with single dad and obstetric surgeon Daniel
Conner and his cute daughter Mia, opens Dr Stephanie Scott’s
eyes to the possibility that her longed for wish “a family of her very
own” might just come true this Christmas.
2013. Read by Helen Dickens. 5 hours 39 minutes. TB 21062.
Hart, Josephine. Damage. General fiction. TB 20596.
A successful doctor and politician arrives at middle age and the
high point of his career, having pursued a dutiful and passionless
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life. Then he becomes obsessed by his son's lover, the strange
and secretive Anna.
2012. Read by Jeremy Irons. 5 hours 6 minutes. TB 20596.
Hassel, Sven. Liquidate Paris. War story. TB 21032.
From the war-torn steppes of Russia, from the slopes of Monte
Cassino, the stunned, bloody remnants of Hitler's armies were
gathered to fight the last battle of the German Reich - the battle of
the Western Front. And as the Allies advanced upon Paris, the war
erupted into its most ruthless, most savage and cruel phase.
2004. Read by Leighton Pugh. 10 hours 56 minutes. TB 21032.
Hill, Susan. A question of identity. Crime fiction. TB
20991.
Simon Serrailler; book 7. One snowy night, an old lady is murdered
- dragged from her bed and strangled with a length of flex. DCS
Simon Serrailler and his team are aware of bizarre circumstances
surrounding her death - but they keep some of these details
secret. All they know is that the killer will strike again.
2013. Read by Leighton Pugh. 10 hours 45 minutes. TB 20991.
Hodder, Mark. A red sun also rises. Science fiction. TB
21088.
Aiden Fleischer, a bookish priest, finds himself transported to an
alien world. With him is Miss Clarissa Stark, a crippled hunchback
of exceptional ability. On the planet Ptallaya, under two bright
yellow suns, they encounter the Yatsill, a race of enthusiastic
mimics who shape their society after impressions picked up from
Clarissa's mind. Creating a faux London, the alien creatures enrol
Clarissa in their Council of Magicians and Aiden in the City Guard.
But why does the peaceful city require guards?
2014. Read by David Learner. 11 hours 24 minutes. TB 21088.
Hosseini, Khaled. And the mountains echoed. General
fiction. TB 20608.
In 1952 a father and his two young children are travelling across
Afghanistan towards work. Abdullah and his little sister Pari adore
each other. Neither of them can know that this journey will be the
beginning of heartbreak that will stay with them for the rest of their
lives.
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2013. Read by Koullis Kyriacou and Christy Meyer. 13 hours 30
minutes. TB 20608.
Iggulden, Conn. The blood of gods. Historical fiction.
TB 20977.
Emperor series; book 5. Rome's great hero Julius Caesar has
been brutally murdered by his most trusted allies. Caesar's
adopted son Octavian, a man whose name will echo through
history as Augustus Caesar, unites with his great rival Mark Antony,
to seek retribution from the traitors and avenge his father's death.
2013. Read by Stephen Thorne. 14 hours 27 minutes. TB 20977.
Ishiguro, Kazuo. When we were orphans. General
fiction. TB 19986.
In 1930s England, Christopher Banks has become one of the
country's most celebrated detectives. His cases are the talk of
London society. Yet one mystery has always haunted him, the
disappearance of his parents in Old Shanghai, when he was a boy.
2001. Read by Michael Maloney. 10 hours 8 minutes. TB 19986.
Jacobs, Anna. Heart of the town. Family story. TB
20748.
Preston sisters series; book 4. When Dora Preston impulsively
stops some young louts from torturing a puppy a good-looking
stranger rescues her. Although attracted to him, Dora's first desire
is to find success on the music hall stage.
2007. Read by Anne Dover. 12 hours 28 minutes. TB 20718.
James, Peter. Dead man's grip. Crime fiction. TB
21034.
DS Roy Grace series; book 7. Carly Chase is traumatised after
being involved in a fatal traffic accident which killed a teenage
student from Brighton University. Then she receives news that the
drivers of the other two vehicles involved have been found tortured
and murdered.
2011. Read by Mark Elstob. 12 hours 37 minutes. TB 21034.
Joyce, Rachel. Perfect. General fiction. TB 20975.
In 1972, two seconds were added to time. It was in order to
balance clock time with the movement of the Earth. Then Byron's
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mother, late for the school run, makes a devastating mistake.
Byron's perfect world is shattered. Were those two extra seconds
to blame? Can what follows ever be set right?
2013. Read by Lucy Tregear. 10 hours 6 minutes. TB 20975.
Kelly, Erin. The poison tree. Thriller. TB 20509.
It is the summer of 1997 and Karen is a strait-laced student. When
she meets the impossibly glamorous Biba, a bohemian orphan
who lives in a crumbling old mansion in Highgate with her
enigmatic brother Rex, she is soon drawn into their world.
2011. Read by Alison Reid. 11 hours 49 minutes. TB 20509.
Kemp, Ross. Moving target. Thriller. TB 20513.
Nick Kane always stands by his friends. So when an old comrade
is leaned on by gangsters, Nick's only too happy to help. But Nick
quickly finds himself cast headlong into a spiral of violence that will
take him all the way to Mexico.
2012. Read by James Parsons. 7 hours 56 minutes. TB 20513.
Kristian, Giles. The bleeding land. Historical fiction.
TB 20979.
England, 1642, and the rift between King and Parliament has
widened. Armies muster, ready to fight for their religious and
political ideals. Nothing is so destructive as civil war, and for the
Rivers family, the raising of the Royal Standard heralds a conflict
that threatens to tear them apart. Contains strong language and
violence.
2013. Read by Philip Bretherton. 14 hours 3 minutes. TB 20979.
La Plante, Lynda. Silent victims. Crime fiction. TB
20978.
Prime suspect series; book 3. As Vera Reynolds, drag queen,
sways onstage, a 16-year-old rent boy lies in the older man's
apartment, engulfed in flames. Jane Tennison has moved up the
ranks. Now, on her first day as the head of the Vice Squad, this
high-profile case threatens to destroy everything she has worked
for.
2013. Read by Sherry Baines. 11 hours 22 minutes. TB 20978.
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MacDonald, Sara. Come away with me. General fiction.
TB 21038.
Jenny and Ruth were best friends at school until Ruth abruptly
moved away from their Cornish village and they lost all contact.
Fourteen years later, a chance meeting on a train sparks their old
friendship back into life. But one glimpse of Ruth's son Adam
sends Jenny into a spiral of love, grief and obsession. Adam is the
image of Jenny's husband, Tom, killed suddenly and tragically six
months earlier.
2007. Read by Alexandra Turchyn. 14 hours 3 minutes. TB 21038.
Mankell, Henning.. The troubled man. Crime fiction.
TB 20752.
Kurt Wallander series; book 10. Every morning Hakan von Enke
takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in Stockholm.
However, one winters day he fails to come home. It seems that the
retired naval officer has vanished without trace.
2011. Read by Sean Barratt. 15 hours 8 minutes. TB 20752.
Martin, George R R. A storm of swords. Fantasy. TB
20753.
A song of ice and fire; book 3. Winter approaches Westeros like an
angry beast. The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood
feud. In the northern wastes, a horde of hungry, savage people
steeped in the dark magic of the wilderness is poised to invade the
Kingdom of the North where Robb Stark wears his new-forged
crown.
2012. Read by Roy Dotrice. 47 hours 10 minutes. TB 20753.
Mayhew, Margaret. The pathfinder. War story. TB
21001.
Berlin 1948: In the British sector was Squadron Leader Michael
Harrison, a war hero who had helped to bomb Berlin into
fragments. In the Russian sector was young Lili Leicht, German,
trying to prevent her family from dying of malnutrition. But Michael
and Lili slowly fall in love.
2013. Read by Gavin Crymble. 11 hours 4 minutes. TB 21001.
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Moore, Margaret. Highland heiress. Mills and Boon
romance. TB 21069.
No sooner does wealthy heiress Lady Moira MacMurdaugh
breathe a sigh of relief for avoiding a disastrous marriage to a
gambling womaniser than she is served with a lawsuit. Solicitor
Gordon McHeath has no choice but to go up against the woman
whose kiss he's never forgotten - until sinister forces threaten and
Gordon must cast the law book aside!
2013. Read by Trish Mullin. 8 hours 10 minutes. TB 21069.
Mortimer, Carole. His reputation precedes him. Mills
and Boon romance. TB 21084.
Markos Lyonedesis one of the most talked-about men in New York
- and interior designer Eva Grey has heard all the stories. When
Markos hires Eva to decorate his penthouse it's too lucrative an
opportunity to turn down and one that shatters Eva's resolve to
stay firmly out of Markos' bedroom!
2012. Read by Sally Burnett. 6 hours 10 minutes. TB 21084.
O'Flynn, Catherine. Mr Lynch's holiday. General
fiction. TB 20936.
Eamonn Lynch stares at the letter announcing the imminent arrival
of his father, Dermot and soon he'll discover that Eamonn lives in
an unfinished building site and Laura's left him.
2013. Read by Brian Fenton. 7 hours 35 minutes. TB 20936.
Pearse, Lesley. Trust me. General fiction. TB 20933.
All her life, people have told little Dulcie Taylor they'll look after her.
And every time, she and her sister May have been hurt - by their
parents, their teacher, and the convent. Then the two girls are
offered the chance of a fresh start in Australia.
2010. Read by Brigid Lohrey. 27 hours 59 minutes. TB 20933.
Phinn, Gervase. The little village school. Country life
fiction. TB 20674.
Elisabeth Devine is something of a mystery. Why should a highly
successful head teacher of an inner-city primary school move to a
small rural school in the Yorkshire Dales to face so many
challenges?
2012. Read by Gervase Phinn. 11 hours 51 minutes. TB 20674.
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Pope, Dudley. Governor Ramage RN. Sea story. TB
21043.
Ramage series; book 4. Lieutenant Lord Ramage, expert seafarer
and adventurer, undertakes to escort a convoy across the
Caribbean. This seemingly routine task leads him into a series of
dramatic and terrifying encounters.
2000. Read by Bob Rollett. 13 hours 35 minutes. TB 21043.
Quinn, Julia. An offer from a gentleman. Romance. TB
21041.
Bridgerton series; book 3. Though the daughter of an earl, Sophie
has been relegated to the role of servant by her disdainful
stepmother. So she never dreamed she'd be able to sneak into
Lady Bridgerton's famed masquerade ball - or that "Prince
Charming" would be waiting there for her!
2006. Read by Karen Cass. 11 hours 29 minutes. TB 21041.
Rankin, Ian. The falls. Crime fiction. TB 20803.
Inspector Rebus series; book 12. A student has gone missing in
Edinburgh, the daughter of influential bankers. Inspector Rebus
feels that this is more than another missing case. When a doll is
found in a six-inch coffin in her village, along with an internet roleplaying game, his fears prove well founded.
2001. Read by Jonathan Hackett. 20 hours 21 minutes. TB 20803.
Ryan, Chris. Rat catcher. Thriller. TB 21047.
Alpha Force; book 2. Alpha Force is an elite team of five highlyskilled individuals brought together to battle injustice. The team
join a covert SAS operation in South America, fighting to catch an
evil drugs baron. To gain information, they infiltrate a tight-knit
community of street kids then head into the isolated mountains
where a terrifying and twisted hunt is to test their individual skills to
the max.
2002. Read by Ian Prosser. 6 hours 17 minutes. TB 21047.
Seymour, Gerald. The corporal's wife. Thriller. TB
20946.
A small British team are sent into Iran to smuggle out a feisty,
independent young woman named Farideh. If they are caught,
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they will all be executed by the fundamentalist government - the
Brits because they are effectively spies and Farideh because her
husband is regarded as a traitor and she has a dangerous mind of
her own.
2013. Read by Matt Addis, 15 hours 44 minutes. TB 20946.
Slaughter, Karin. Kisscut. Thriller. TB 20678.
In a small, southern U.S. town a teenage quarrel explodes into a
deadly gun battle. When the smoke clears the police chief and the
medical examiner are blocked at every turn of their investigation by
the families and children who close ranks.
2006. Read by Kelly Culpin. 11 hours 11 minutes. TB 20678.
Taylor, Andrew. The scent of death. Crime fiction. TB
20957.
Manhattan, 1778. A city of profiteers, loyalists and double agents.
New York is home to a tide of refugees seeking justice from the
British crown. Edward Savill is sent from London to investigate the
claims of dispossessed loyalists. No sooner does he land than he
becomes embroiled in a murder.
2013. Read by Peter Wickham. 14 hours 47 minutes. TB 20957.
Trollope, Joanna. A passionate man. General fiction.
TB 20983.
The Logans were an enchanting and admirable couple. Archie had
snatched Liza from her own engagement party to someone else,
wooed her, swept her off Scotland, and finally married her. Now
bedded firmly into country life, they await the arrival of Archie's
father, the brilliant Sir Andrew Logan.
2008. Read by Madeleine Brolly. 8 hours 59 minutes. TB 20983.
Trumbo, Dalton. Johnny got his gun. War story. TB
20954.
Joe, a young American soldier in the Great War, lies helpless in
hospital, so horrifically injured that he cannot communicate with
the outside world. He wanders back and forth through memories,
struggling to retain his sanity and find a foothold in the world all but
lost to him.
1982. Read by Jeff Harding. 7 hours 9 minutes. TB 20954.
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Walters, Minette. Disordered minds. Thriller. TB 20005.
In 1970, Harold Stamp, a retarded, reclusive 20-year-old was
convicted of brutally murdering his grandmother. Jonathan
Hughes, an anthropologist specialising in social stereotyping, is
determined to re-examine the case.
2004. Read by James Wilby. 13 hours 6 minutes. TB 20005.
Weldon, Fay. Long live the king. Historical fiction. TB
20648.
Love and inheritance series; book 2. 1902. The Earl and Countess
of Dilberne, their fortune restored by their son's marriage to a
Chicago heiress, are caught up in Edward VII's coronation
preparations. Meanwhile their 16-year-old niece, Adela, has joined
a troupe of spiritualists.
2013. Read by Rula Lenska, 9 hours 41 minutes. TB 20648.
Winspear, Jacqueline. Birds of a feather. Crime fiction.
TB 20687.
Maisie Dobbs; book 2. Called in to investigate the disappearance
of a rich man's 18-year-old daughter, Maisie Dobbs senses
tensions in the man's household, and discovers there are many
reasons why the young woman might have left home.
2005. Read by Kim Hicks. 10 hours 23 minutes. TB 20687.
Adult non-fiction
Autobiography and biography
Jason, David. David Jason: my life. TB 20961.
David Jason’s life from humble beginnings through his incredible
six decades at the top of the entertainment business.
2013. Read by Michael Fenton Stevens. 12 hours 19 minutes. TB
20961.
Johnson, Alan. This boy. TB 20727.
The story of two incredible women: Alan Johnson's mother, Lily,
who battled against poor health, poverty, domestic violence and
loneliness to try to ensure a better future for her children; and his
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sister, Linda, who had to assume an enormous amount of
responsibility to protect her family.
2013. Read by Alan Johnson. 7 hours 55 minutes. TB 20727.
Morton, Andrew. William and Catherine: their lives,
their wedding. TB 19332.
All aspects of the royal couple are examined including their
intriguing romance, their engagement and the build-up to the big
day itself, as well as the wedding in detail.
2011. Read by Phyllida Nash. 3 hours 52 minutes. TB 19332.
O'Brien, Edna. Country girl. TB 20238.
Edna O’Brien remembers, often painfully, her literary life of high
drama and contemplation, her encounters with Hollywood giants,
pop stars and literary titans.
2012. Read by Edna O'Brien. 13 hours 33 minutes. TB 20238.
Murray, Andy. Seventy-seven: my road to Wimbledon
glory. TB 21091.
On the 7th July 2013 Murray became the first British man to lift the
Wimbledon trophy for 77 years. Focusing on the last two dramatic
years, he allows us a glimpse into his world - his intense training
regime, his close-knit team and his mental and physical battle to
get to the very top.
2013. Read by Ewan Donald. 3 hours 51 minutes. TB 21091.
Sixsmith, Martin. Philomena: the true story of a
mother and the son she had to give away. TB 20982.
The story of a mother and son, whose lives were blighted by the
forces of hypocrisy on both sides of the Atlantic and of the secrets
they were forced to keep.
2013. Read by Brian Fenton. 14 hours 42 minutes. TB 20982.
Vaughan, Michael. Time to declare: my autobiography.
TB 20964.
From his early days at Yorkshire, to his emergence as a worldclass batsman and on to the recurring injuries that ultimately
forced his retirement.
2009. Read by David Thorpe. 16 hours 42 minutes. TB 20964.
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History
Churchill, Winston S. A history of the Englishspeaking peoples. TB 20497.
Volume 3: The age of revolution. During the long period of 1688 to
1815 three revolutions took place, and all led to war between the
British and the French.
1958. Read by Christian Rodska. 12 hours 45 minutes. TB 20497.
Marr, Andrew. A history of the world. TB 20670.
The author of two histories of Great Britain turns his attention to
the world as a whole and takes readers from the Mayans to
Mongolia, from the kingdom of Benin to the court of the
Jagiellonian kings of Poland.
2012. Read by David Timson. 26 hours 30 minutes. TB 20670.
Morris, Richard. Time's anvil: England, archaeology
and the imagination. TB 20967.
Zig-zagging between prehistoric stone tools and Tudor theatre,
'Time's Anvil' weaves a series of interconnecting studies of
apparently unrelated things and periods that are normally
considered only in isolation.
2013. Read by Chris Courtney. 18 hours 34 minutes. TB 20967.
Winder, Simon. Danubia: a personal history of
Habsburg Europe. TB 20958.
For centuries, much of Europe was in the hands of the peculiar
Habsburg family. An unstable mixture of wizards, obsessives,
melancholics, bores, musicians and warriors, they saw off a
number of rivals until finally packing up in 1918.
2013. Read by Kris Dyer. 20 hours 11 minutes. TB 20958.
Travel
Armitage, Simon. Walking home. TB 20070.
An extraordinary - yet ordinary - journey through Britain's remote
and overlooked interior. It tells of the wildness of its landscape and
the generosity of the locals who sustained him on his journey.
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2012. Read by Simon Armitage. 8 hours 56 minutes. TB 20070.
Dickson Wright, Clarissa. Clarissa's England. TB
20253.
The quintessential Englishwoman Clarissa Dickson Wright, takes
us on a personal journey through the country of her birth.
2012. Read by Clarissa Dickson Wright. 14 hours 26 minutes. TB
20253.
Krakauer, Jon. Into thin air: a personal account of the
Everest disaster. TB 21065.
This is the true story of a 24-hour period in March, 1996 on
Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were
caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds,
exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended the worst singleseason death toll in the peak's history.
2011. Read by Michael FitzPatrick. 11 hours 12 minutes. TB
21065.
True crime
Colquhoun, Kate. Mr Briggs' hat: a sensational
account of Britain's first railway murder. TB 20869.
On the 9th of July 1864, Thomas Briggs walked through
Fenchurch Station and entered carriage 69 on the 9.45 Hackneybound train – and so began what would become one of the most
gripping murder cases of the age.
2012. Read by Sean Baker. 9 hours 39 minutes. TB 20869.
Children and young adult fiction
Suggested reading age 5+
Hargreaves, Roger. Mr Men stories, volume 2. TB
20784.
Join Mr Messy, Mr Snow, Mr Daydream, Mr Bounce, Mr Mean and
Mr Chatterbox in these six delightful tales.
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2013. Read by Arthur Lowe. 41 minutes. TB 20784.
Stone, Rex. Flight of the winged serpent and other
stories. TB 20034.
The boys set off to explore around the beach and lagoon in their
secret dinosaur world. They spot a Quetzalcoatus flying high
above them. Suddenly a baby Quetzalcoatus falls off the high cliff
next to them!
2012. Read by Daniel Hill. 1 hour 38 minutes. TB 20034.
Suggested reading age 9+
Angus, Sam. Soldier dog. TB 21018.
Stanley's dad hasn't been the same since his wife died and his
eldest son went off to fight in the war. Now Stanley's only friend is
his dad's prizewinning greyhound, Rocket. Stanley runs away and
enlists in the army to train as a messenger dog handler, and is
soon heading to France with a great Dane called Bones by his
side.
2012. Read by Simon Bubb. 6 hours 33 minutes. TB 21018.
Blyton, Enid. Five have plenty of fun. TB 21013.
George is not pleased when Berta, a spoilt American girl, turns up
at Kirrin Cottage in the middle of the night - dressed in disguise!
Berta is in hiding from kidnappers, and she needs help. The
Famous Five are the only ones who can protect her .
1955. Read by Louise Jameson. 4 hours 15 minutes. TB 21013.
Campbell-Johnston, Rachel. The child's elephant. TB
405152.
Carnegie shortlist 2014. When Bat, a young African herd-boy,
stumbles upon an orphaned baby elephant, he takes her home
and pledges to look after her. As Meya grows and learns, she
becomes part of Bat's family, and is soon the joy of the entire
village.
2013. Read by female synthetic voice. 9 hours 48 minutes. TB
405152.
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Cope, Andrew. Spy Dog - superbrain. TB 20771.
A gang of villainous head teachers are plotting to make their
school the very best. They're creating a secret formula, and the
final ingredient is the brain of a child. Can anyone stop their
dastardly plot?
2008. Read by Beth Chalmers. 2 hours 39 minutes. TB 20771.
Doyle, Roddy. A greyhound of a girl. TB 20661.
12-year-old Mary's beloved grandmother is near the end of her life.
Letting go is hard - until Granny's long-dead mammy appears at
Mary's door, returning to help her dying daughter say goodbye.
2012. Read by Caroline Lennon. 4 hours 15 minutes. TB 20661.
Hitchcock, Fleur. Dear Scarlett . TB 20785,
A funny, moving and absorbing story about a young girl's attempts
to learn more about her dead father through the objects she finds
in a cardboard box he's left her.
2013. Read by Victoria Fox. 4 hours 16 minutes. TB 20785.
Horowitz, Anthony. Groosham Grange. TB 21000.
Two ghoulish chillers in one fang-tastic volume! David quickly
discovers that his new school, Groosham Grange, is a very weird
place indeed. New pupils sign their names in blood; the French
teacher disappears every full moon and the assistant headmaster
keeps something very chilling in his room, and that's just the first
year. In his second year, David is on a course to win the Unholy
Grail – but something is trying to stop him from winning.
2003. Read by Sean Baker. 3 hours 29 minutes. TB 21000.
Nimmo, Jenny. Charlie Bone and the shadow of
Badlock. TB 20789.
Children of the Red King; book 7. The enchanter Count Harken the shadow in the painting of the Red King - is back and
determined to stop Billy from discovering a life-changing family
secret. His incredible power reaches out from the dark, magical
land of Badlock.
2013. Read by Joe Coen. 7 hours 11 minutes. TB 20789.
Rundell, Katherine. Rooftoppers. TB 405147.
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Carnegie shortlist 2014. When the Welfare Agency writes to her
guardian threatening to send Sophie to an orphanage, she takes
matters into her own hands and flees to Paris to look for her
mother. She meets Matteo and his network of rooftoppers - urchins
who live in the sky. Together they scour the city for Sophie's
mother.
2013. Read by female synthetic voice. 5 hours 31 minutes. TB
405147.
Russell, Rachel Renee. Dork diaries. TB 20940.
Nikki Maxwell is the opposite of popular - she's a total dork! But
Nikki's hoping that by moving to a new school she might just stand
a chance of making some friends and leaving her old lame-ways in
the past. But life is never that simple!
2010. Read by Kelly Burke. 3 hours 32 minutes. TB 20940.
Swindells, Robert. The ghosts of Givenham Keep. TB
20531.
When a stranger takes over deserted Givenham Keep, The Outfit
decide to investigate and find out what the owner has to hide.
2013. Read by Andy Crane. 1 hour 20 minutes. TB 20531.
Stead, Rebecca. Liar & spy. TB 405146.
Carnegie shortlist 2014. When Georges moves into a new
apartment block he meets Safer, a twelve-year-old self-appointed
spy. Soon Georges has become his spy recruit. But as Safer
becomes more demanding, Georges starts to wonder: what is a
game and what is a lie? How far is too far to go for your only
friend?
2013. Read by female synthetic voice. 4 hours 51 minutes. TB
405146.
Wilson, Jacqueline. Four children and It. TB 20197.
Echoing the classic E. Nesbit novel, 'Five Children and It', this new
story is about children who discover a way to make wishes come
true.
2012. Read by Jacqueline Wilson. 7 hours 31 minutes. TB 20197.
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Wilson, Jacqueline. Queenie. TB 20999.
It's 1953, the year of the Coronation. Elsie lives with her Nan and
they are very close but Elsie just wishes she was allowed a cat to
keep her company sometimes. Then tragedy strikes. Nan and
Elsie both fall ill with tuberculosis and Elsie finds herself confined
to bed in hospital for months on end. But for the first time she also
finds herself surrounded by true friends - including Queenie, the
hospital's majestic white cat.
2013. Read by Elizabeth Proud. 10 hours 47 minutes. TB 20999.
Suggested reading age 11+
Cole, Stephen. The ring of steel. TB 20463.
Doctor Who. When the Tardis lands on Orkney in the near future,
the Doctor and Amy arrive to find a large demonstration in
progress over the construction of new electricity pylons. The
Doctor tries to break things up peacefully - but suddenly the road
splits open without warning and swallows police, security guards
and protestors alike. It’s left to Amy to take charge.
2010. Read by Arthur Darvill. 1 hour 22 minutes. TB 20463.
Rosoff, Meg. Picture me gone. TB 20939.
Mila is on a roadtrip across the USA with her father. They are
looking for his best friend, but Mila discovers a more important
truth. Sometimes the act of searching reveals more than the final
discovery can.
2013. Read by Penelope Rawlins. 5 hours 47 minutes. TB 20939.
Suggested reading age 13+
Berry, Julie. All the truth that's in me. TB 405149
Carnegie shortlist 2014.Judith can't speak. Ever since the
horrifying trauma that left her best friend dead, she's been a pariah
in her community. When her community is attacked, Judith is
forced to choose: continue to live in silence or recover her voice,
even if what she has to say might change things forever.
2013. Read by female synthetic voice. 6 hours 45 minutes. TB
405149.
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Cooper, Susan. Ghost hawk. TB 405148.
Carnegie shortlist 2014. In the winter of his eleventh year, Little
Hawk goes deep into the forest, where he must endure a three
month test of survival, which will turn him into a man. Outside the
woods, the world is changing. English settlers are landing on the
shores of the New World, and tensions between native tribes and
the invaders are rising.
2013. Read by female synthetic voice. 7 hours 48 minutes. TB
405148.
Fine, Anne. Blood family. TB 405145.
Carnegie shortlist 2014. Edward is 4 when he is locked away by
his abusive stepfather, Harris. By the time a neighbour spots his
pale face peering through a crack, he is seven. Rescued, but
damaged, Edward struggles to adapt to normal life. Then one day
he catches a glimpse of himself in a photograph. What he sees is
a vision of Harris.
2013. Read by female synthetic voice. 7 hours. TB 405145.
Delaney, Joseph. The spook's secret. TB 20995.
Spook's; book 3. As the nights draw in the Spook decides to travel
to his winter house. His apprentice, Tom, hates the desolate place.
There are feral witches in the cellar; menacing creatures stirring on
the nearby moors and a sinister stranger threatening Tom's master.
2007. Read by Richard Teverson. 10 hours 31 minutes. TB 20995.
McFall, Claire. Ferryman. TB 20994.
When teenager Dylan pulls herself free from a train wreck she
believes she is the only survivor. Seeing the figure of a boy on the
bank she enlists his help. But Tristan is no ordinary passerby, and
Dylan soon learns that she is in fact the only fatality. Tristan is her
ferryman tasked with guiding her through the wasteland to her
afterlife.
2013. Read by Lynne Livingstone. 9 hours 56 minutes. TB 20994.
McKenzie, Sophie. Hit squad. TB 20520.
The four extraordinary teens brought together to form crimefighting force, The Medusa Project, are due to be disbanded. But
Nico, Ketty, Ed and Dylan are determined to investigate claims that
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a drug conveying the same powers as the Medusa gene has been
developed.
2012. Read by Lisa Coleman. 6 hours 2 minutes. TB 20520.
Pratchett, Terry. Dodger. TB 20526.
Dodger is a tosher - a sewer scavenger living in the squalor of
Dickensian London. Everyone who is nobody knows Dodger.
Anyone who is anybody doesn't. But when he rescues a young girl
from a beating, suddenly everybody wants to know him. And
Dodgers tale of skulduggery, dark plans and even darker deeds
begins.
2012. Read by Stephen Briggs. 9 hours 23 minutes. TB 20526.
Sutcliffe, William. The wall: a modern fable. TB
405150.
At the edge of his town is a high wall which can only be crossed
through a heavily fortified checkpoint. Joshua has been taught that
The Wall is the only thing keeping him and his people safe. One
day, Joshua finds a tunnel which leads towards this forbidden
territory, but nothing has prepared him for what he finds.
2013. Read by female synthetic speech. 7 hours 48 minutes. TB
405150.
Swindells, Robert. Brother in the land. TB 20956.
Teenage Danny is one of the unlucky ones, a survivor, one of
those who have come through a nuclear holocaust alive. In
Shipley, an ordinary town in the North of England, there are still
some other survivors to be found.
2000. Read by Roddy Peters. 4 hours 48 minutes. TB 20956.
Suggested reading age 15+
Brooks, Kevin. The bunker diary. TB 20884.
Carnegie shortlist 2014. I can't believe I fell for it. It was still dark
when I woke up this morning. As soon as my eyes opened I knew
where I was. A low-ceilinged rectangular building made entirely of
whitewashed concrete. There are six little rooms along the main
corridor. There are no windows. No doors. The lift is the only way
in or out. What's he going to do to me?
2013. Read by Philip Elstob. 6 hours 53 minutes. TB 20884.
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Books narrated by volunteers
Adult fiction
Jenkins, Robin. The cone-gatherers. TB 405136.
General fiction.
Set during the Second World War and on a large Scottish estate
where two brothers, Calum and Neil, are employed as conegatherers, Robin Jenkins' novel is a powerful examination of good
and evil and mankind's propensity for both.
2004. 2 hours 4minutes. TB 405136
Toye, Joanna. The Archers: the Ambridge chronicles.
Family. TB 405129.
The Archer family, Dan, Doris, and their grown-up children, Jack,
Philip and Christine, start 1951 at Brookfield Farm in Borsetshire,
wishing for better weather. The farm is soon the least of their
worries.
1998. 5 hours 11minutes. TB 405129
Adult non-fiction
Autobiographies and biographies
Byrne, Paula. The real Jane Austen: a life in small
things. TB 405142.
The real Jane was a less cosy, more spiky, more modern figure
than she is usually imagined to be. Byrne's book uses new
research and new techniques to give us Jane Austen for the 21st
century.
2013. 16 hours 45 minutes. TB 405142
Richardson, Eddie. The last word. TB 405128.
Eddie Richardson was for many years a dominant figure in
Britain's criminal underworld. With brutal honesty, he describes the
motivations behind his lifestyle and explains why, for him, it was
only ever a question of survival.
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2012. 8 hours 56 minutes. TB 405128.
Sheldrick, Daphne. An African love story: love, life
and elephants. TB 405133.
A typical day for Daphne involves rescuing baby elephants from
poachers; finding homes for orphan elephants, all the while
campaigning against the possibility that the ivory trade might be reopened.
2013. 14 hours and 39 minutes. TB 405133.
Food and Drink
Christmas made extra easy. TB 405135.
60 gorgeous slimming recipes for a very Merry Christmas.
2010. 2 hours and 4 minutes. TB 405135.
Walker, N. W. Fresh vegetables and fruit juices: what's
missing in your body? TB 405130.
The author explains how the lack or deficiency of certain elements
from our diet is the primary cause of nearly every sickness and
disease.
2009. 7 hours 29 minutes. TB 405130.
History
Burrowes, John. Irish: the remarkable saga of a nation
and a city. TB 405139.
'Irish' tells how Glasgow would not have become the powerhouse
of the Industrial Revolution had it not been for the labours and
skills of the tens of thousands who flooded in during and following
Ireland's Great Famine.
2004. 15 hours 24 minutes. TB 405139.
Music
Collis, John. Van Morrison: inarticulate speech of the
heart. TB 405123.
Van Morrison has been regarded for nearly 30 years as one of the
world's greatest rock musicians. John Collis's sympathetic
biography looks at the musician and the man 1996. 6 hours 52
minutes. TB 405123.
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Politics
Gamble, Andrew. Britain in decline: economic policy,
political strategy, and the British state. TB 405122.
For a hundred years, Britain's decline as a great power has gone
hand in hand with the relative decline of the British economy.
Andrew Gamble's book provides a historical account of Britain's
rise and fall and a succinct introduction to the main explanations of
decline and political strategies for reversing it.
1994. 14 hours 23 minutes. TB 405122.
Popular science
The good shopping guide. TB 405138.
It details an enlightened approach to 21st-century consumerism
that is easy to follow. By intelligently channelling our spending
power, we can all easily support animal welfare, human rights and
the environment.
2012. 23 hours and 6 minutes. TB 405138.
Religion
Ten Boom, Corrie. This day is the Lord's: daily
meditations from the author of 'The hiding place'. TB
405144.
Corrie Ten Boom travelled across the world broadcasting her
message of faith and forgiveness. With This Day is the Lord's, she
offers a message, Scripture text and prayer for each day.
1999. 5 hours and 3 minutes. TB 405144.
Society
The Driver. The bloodbus: tales from the Glasgow
buses. TB 405134.
This title is an insight into a bizarre underworld of villainy and
madness, describing a Glasgow even more rowdy and riotous than
the one we know during daylight hours.
2007. 5 hours. TB 405134.
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