New books
Issue 48
November 2015
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Braille
Adult Fiction
Alder, Mark. Son of the morning. 2014. Fantasy.
Banners of blood; book 1. Edward the Third stands in the burnt
ruin of an English church. He is beset on all sides. He needs a
victory against the French to rescue his Kingship. Or he will die
trying. Philip of Valois has sent his priests to summon the very
Angels themselves to fight for France. Edward could call on God
for aid but he is a usurper. What if God truly is on the side of the
French? But for a price, Edward could open the gates of Hell and
take an unholy war to France.
SEB. 13v. Price £18.99. Order No: 25102603
Anderson, Natalie. Blame it on the bikini. 2012. Mills and Boon
romance.
How not to get a guys attention For Mya Campbell, trying on a
ridiculously tiny bikini and texting her best friend the incriminating
photo was supposed to be a private joke. Emphasis on the private.
Realising she’s sent the photo to her best friends brother Brad...?
Because hotshot lawyer Brad Davenport is one of those guys - tall,
dark and definitely not interested in workaholics. But that’s before
Brad sees a side of Mya he never knew existed and makes
seducing her his brand-new project!
SEB. 3v. Price £3.99. Order No: 24626503
Also available in uncontracted braille. 3v. Order No: 24626505
Atwood, Margaret. Stone mattress: nine tales. 2014. Short
stories.
In these nine tales, Margaret Atwood ventures into the shadowland
earlier explored by fabulists and concoctors of dark yarns such as
Robert Louis Stevenson, Daphne du Maurier and Arthur Conan
Doyle.
SEB. 5v. Price £18.99. Order No: 25107303
Barclay, Tessa. Gleam of gold. 1992. General fiction.
Set between the end of the First World War and the advent of the
Second, this novel tells of the life of an independent woman
determined to fulfil her artistic ambitions. It is a gripping story of
artistic talent, ambition, love and tragedy that moves from Art Deco
Paris to the traditionalist Japan of the twenties and the turbulent
Pacific of the Second World War.
SEB. 10v. Price £1.34. Order No: 25301603
Barker, Margaret. Her miracle twins. 2014. Mills and Boon
romance.
Dr Chantal Winstone longs to become a mother - but she never
imagined her gorgeous, aloof boss Dr Michel Devine as the father!
When he coolly proposes that they have a baby together Chantal
is shocked - maybe his emotions really did die with his beloved
wife...Yet the chemistry between them is undeniable, and after
only one unexpected passionate night Chantal finds herself
pregnant with twins! Can the miracle of giving life to two tiny
babies heal their damaged hearts?
SEB. 3v. Price £3.49. Order No: 24888305
Brody, Frances. Death of an avid reader. 2014. Crime.
Kate Shackleton; book 6. Kate Shackleton's sterling reputation for
courageous sleuthing attracts the attention of the venerable Lady
Coulton. Hidden in her past is a daughter, born out of wedlock and
given up to a different family. Now, Lady Coulton is determined to
find her and puts Kate on the case. But as Kate delves deeper into
Lady Coulton's past , she soon finds herself thrust into a scandal
much closer to home.
UEB. 5v. Price £8.99. Order No: 25168303
Court, Dilly. The beggar maid. 2014. Family stories.
From the age of eight, sixteen-year-old Charity Crosse has been
living rough with her grandfather and begging on the streets. When
her grandfather passes away, Charity is helped by a kindly doctor
who introduces her to bookseller, Jethro Dawkins. He takes
Charity in to help in his bookshop and keep house in their one
room behind the shop. Charity sleeps under the counter and is not
well treated, but Jethro instils in her the love of books that began
when her grandmother taught her to read.
SEB. 7v. Price £3.49. Order No: 25125003
Evans, Lissa. Crooked heart. 2014. General fiction.
When Noel Bostock is evacuated from London to escape the Blitz,
he ends up living with Vera Sedge, a thirty-six year old drowning in
debts and dependents. Always desperate for money , she's
unscrupulous about how she gets it. Together they cook up an
idea. Criss-crossing the bombed suburbs of London, Vee starts to
make a profit and Noel begins to regain his interest in life. But
there are plenty of other people making money out of the war and
some of them are dangerous.
SEB. 4v. Price £14.99. Order No: 25107703
Filer, Nathan. The shock of the fall. 2014. General fiction.
I'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to
introduce my brother. His name's Simon. I think you're going to like
him. I really do. But in a couple of pages he'll be dead . And he
was never the same after that. This novel is narrated by Matthew
Homes, a teenager suffering with mental illness in the wake of the
sudden death of his brother Simon.
SEB. 4v. Price £7.99. Order No: 25101003
Gibson, Gary. Extinction game. 2014. Science fiction.
Extinction game; book 1. Jerry Beche should be dead. Instead,
he's rescued from a desolate Earth where he was the last man
alive. He's then trained for the toughest conditions imaginable and
placed with a crack team of specialists. Every one of them is a
survivor, as each withstood the violent ending of their own
alternate Earth. As Jerry struggles to obey his new masters, he
begins to distrust his new companions.
UEB. 6v. Price £18.99. Order No: 25169703
Golding, William. Lord of the flies. 1997. General fiction.
A plane crashes on a desert island and the only survivors, a group
of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By
day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas,
but at night their dreams are haunted by the image of a terrifying
beast. As the boys' delicate sense of order fades, so their childish
fears are transformed into something more primitive, and their
behaviour starts to take on a murderous, savage significance.
UEB. 5v. Price £8.99. Order No: 25099603
Harding, John. Florence & Giles. 2010. Ghost stories.
1891. In a remote and crumbling New England mansion, 12-yearold orphan Florence is neglected by her guardian uncle and
banned from reading. By night, she sleepwalks the corridors like
one of the old house's many ghosts and is troubled by a recurrent
dream in which a mysterious woman appears to threaten her
younger brother Giles. Against this powerful supernatural enemy
Florence must use all her intelligence and ingenuity to both protect
her little brother and preserve her private world.
SEB. 4v. Price £7.99. Order No: 25080803
Harry, Lilian. Celebrations in Burracombe. 2014. General
fiction.
Burracombe village; book 9. It's the late 1950s and change is in
the air. For the Napier family, up at the big house, the old ways are
shifting. Hilary must discover if reaching out for a chance of
happiness must mean breaking away from the life expected of her,
while Patsy, their young housekeeper's help, is facing motherhood
without her own family around her.
SEB. 6v. Price £16.99. Order No: 25082203
Hewson, David. The house of dolls. 2014. Crime.
Pieter Vos; book 1. Anneliese Vos, 16-year-old daughter of
Amsterdam detective, Pieter Vos, disappeared 3 years ago in
mysterious circumstances. Her distraught father's desperate
search reveals nothing and he leaves the police force. One day
Laura Bakker, a misfit trainee detective, visits him. She tells him
that Katja Prins, daughter of an important local politician, has gone
missing in circumstances similar to Anneliese.
UEB. 6v. Price £7.99. Order No: 25166803
Hilary, Sarah. Someone else's skin. 2014. Crime.
Detective Inspector Marnie Rome; book 1. Called to a woman's
refuge to take a routine witness statement, DI Marnie Rome
instead walks in on an attempted murder. Trying to uncover the
truth from layers of secrets, Marnie finds herself confronting her
own demons. Because she, of all people, knows that it can be
those closest to us we should fear the most.
UEB. 6v. Price £7.99. Order No: 25167803
Hodgson, Antonia. The devil in the Marshalsea. 2014.
Historical fiction.
Tom Hawkins; book 1. London, 1727 - and Tom Hawkins is about
to fall from his heaven of card games, brothels and coffee-houses
into a hell of a debtor's prison. The Marshalsea is a savage world
of its own, with simple rules. The trouble is Tom Hawkins has
never been good at following rules - even simple ones. And the
recent grisly murder of a debtor, Captain Roberts, has brought
further terror to the gaol.
UEB. 7v. Price £7.99. Order No: 25167703
Howorth, Lisa. Flying shoes. 2014. General fiction.
Thirty years ago Mary Byrd Thornton's nine-year-old stepbrother
was murdered. His killer was never found. All these years Mary
Byrd has suppressed the tragedy and the knowledge that the
murderer is still out there, as well as her own nagging guilt over
Stevie's death. When a journalist chances upon the mystery of
Stevie's death and begins to dig into it, Mary Byrd suddenly finds
herself on a reluctant journey back to her childhood home in
Virginia.
SEB. 5v. Price £16.99. Order No: 25102103
Iggulden, Conn. Trinity. 2014. Historical fiction.
Wars of the Roses; book 2. 1454: King Henry VI has remained all
but exiled in Windsor Castle, struck down by his illness for over a
year, his eyes vacant, his mind a blank. His fiercely loyal wife and
Queen, Margaret of Anjou, safeguards her husband's interests,
hoping that her son Edward will one day know the love of his
father. When the King unexpectedly recovers his senses and
returns to London to reclaim his throne, the balance of power is
once again thrown into turmoil.
UEB. 8v. Price £18.99. Order No: 25169603
James, E. L. Grey: Fifty shades of grey as told by Christian.
2015. Erotic fiction.
Fifty shades; book 4. Christian Grey exercises control in all things;
his world is neat, disciplined , and utterly empty - until the day that
Anastasia Steele falls into his office, in a tangle of shapely limbs
and tumbling brown hair. Will being with Ana dispel the horrors of
his childhood that haunt Christian every night? Or will his dark
sexual desires, his compulsion to control, and the self-loathing that
fills his soul drive this girl away and destroy the fragile hope she
offers him?
Contains violence and scenes of a sexual nature.
UEB. 10v. Price £7.99. Order No: 25283003
Jonasson, Jonas. The girl who saved the king of Sweden.
2014. Humorous fiction.
On June 14th, 2007, the King and Prime Minister of Sweden went
missing from a gala banquet at the Royal Castle. Later it was said
that both had fallen ill: the truth is different. The real story starts
much earlier, in 1961, with the birth of Nombeko Mayeki in a shack
in Soweto. Nombeko was fated to grow up fast and die early. But
Nombeko takes a different path. South Africa developed six
nuclear missiles in the 1980s, then voluntarily dismantled them in
1994. This is a story about the seventh missile - the one that was
never supposed to have existed.
SEB. 7v. Price £8.99. Order No: 25080603
Leather, Stephen. White lies. 2014. Thriller.
Spider Shepherd; book 11. Dan 'Spider' Shepherd is used to
putting his life on the line - for his friends and for his job with MI5.
So when one of his former apprentices is kidnapped in the
badlands of Pakistan, Shepherd doesn't hesitate to join a rescue
mission. But when the rescue plan goes horribly wrong, Shepherd
ends up in the hands of al-Qaeda terrorists. SEB. 6v. Price £12.99.
Order No: 25082303
Lee, Harper. Go set a watchman. 2015. Literary fiction.
Scout (Jean Louise Finch) has returned to Maycomb from New
York to visit her father Atticus. She is forced to grapple with issues
both personal and political as she tries to understand both her
father's attitude toward society and her own feelings about the
place where she was born and spent her childhood.
UEB. 4v. Price £18.99. Order No: 25298103
Stirling, Jessica. The constant star. 2014. Family stories.
Susan Cahill enjoys her job at the BBC until a bomb destroys the
building and brings unwelcome responsibilities and an autocratic
new boss, Walter Boscombe. Breda Hooper and her small son are
rescued from the East End's shattered docklands by Danny,
Susan's estranged husband. Settled in a shabby caravan in the
Vale of Evesham, Breda soon finds herself entangled in village
affairs in more ways than one, with only her quick wits, her new
friends and the ever dependable Danny to keep her out of trouble.
SEB. 6v. Price £19.99. Order No: 25097603
Toon, Paige. Baby be mine. 2013. Romance.
'He's not mine, is he?' That's the question I fear the most. You see,
I have a secret. My son is not fathered by my boyfriend, but by one
of the most famous rock stars that ever lived . As Barney reaches
his first birthday, Meg can no longer deny that her son is growing
to look more and more like his rock star father every day, and less
and less like Christian, and sooner or later, the world is going to
realise.
SEB. 6v. Price £6.99. Order No: 25252802
Van Lustbader, Eric. The testament. 2006. Thriller.
When Bravo's father dies in mysterious circumstances, his hidden
life is laid bare. Dexter Shaw belonged to a secret religious order
long thought extinct. Dexter was the Keeper of the Testament -
now his son must take his place. Bravo has to solve the clues his
father left behind , locate this precious document and ward off
those who want it destroyed. But his enemies are powerful, and
will stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried.
SEB. 10v. Price £5.27. Order No: 25017803
Willett, Marcia. Postcards from the past. 2014. General fiction.
Siblings Billa and Ed share their beautiful, grand old childhood
home in rural Cornwall. Their lives are uncomplicated. With family
and friends nearby and their free and easy living arrangements, life
seems as content as can be. But when postcards start arriving
from a sinister figure they thought belonged well and truly in their
pasts, old memories are stirred. Why is he contacting them now?
And what has he been hiding all these years?
SEB. 5v. Price £7.99. Order No: 25102003
Wilson, Laura. The riot. 2014. Crime.
DI Ted Stratton; book 5. 1958: Notting Hill is sweltering in a
heatwave. It's DI Stratton's new manor and a powder keg of racial
tension. A rent collector is stabbed and a series of street fights
between teddy boys and Caribbean immigrants sparks further
unrest. Young runaway Irene, on the verge of prostitution finds her
loyalties lie on both sides of the fight. Stratton must tread a path
through the violence and prejudice to find the killer and save Irene
before Notting Hill explodes.
SEB. 7v. Price £8.99. Order No: 24898503
Adult Non-Fiction
Autobiography
Graham-Jones, Oliver. Zoo tails. 2001. Natural History
One puff adder; one antelope; one crocodile. These were the
animals on
the sick list with which Oliver Graham -Jones was presented on his
first day as veterinary officer of London Zoo. It was 1950, and the
care of wild
animals in zoos was in its infancy. In Zoo Tails, he tells us about
some of the animals he cared for. Frequently describing himself as
quaking with fear, he comes across as humane, skilful and most of
all incredibly brave.
UEB . 2v Price: £2.81. Order No: 25233903
Moore, Roger. Last man standing: tales from Tinseltown.
2014.
In a career that spans over seven decades, Roger Moore has
been at the very heart of the show business scene. Of course, he's
an actor and has starred in films that have made him famous the
world over; but he's also a tremendous prankster, joker and
raconteur. In this collection of true stories from his stellar career,
Roger lifts the lid on the movie business, from Hollywood to
Pinewood.
SEB . 4v Price: £20.00. Order No: 25097303
Norton, Graham. The life and loves of a he devil. 2014.
Graham Norton has been entertaining audiences and having fun
with some of the world's biggest stars for nearly 20 years. He is
loved across the nation for his delight in the peculiar and for his
ability to find humour and a common ground in all that life brings.
'The Life and Loves of a He Devil' is Graham's funny and honest
memoir on the theme of love, telling his story from his Irish
childhood to the present day.
SEB . 4v Price: £20.00. Order No: 25108103
Biography
Davies, Dan. In plain sight: the life and lies of Jimmy Savile.
2014.
Dan Davies has spent more than a decade on a quest to find the
real Jimmy Savile, and interviewed him extensively over a period
of seven years before his death. Dan thought his quest had come
to an end in October 2011 when Savile died. He was wrong. What
he has discovered was that his instincts were right all along and
behind the mask lay a hideous truth.
SEB . 11v Price: £18.99. Order No: 25085603
Tarrant, Chris. Dad's war: father, soldier, hero. 2014.
Chris Tarrant and his father Basil were very close, they played and
watched sport together and shared the same sense of humour. It
was only after his death he realised that he hardly knew him at all.
What happened to Basil during the war, and how he came to be
awarded the Military Cross, remained a mystery to Chris and his
family for nearly sixty years. In this emotional journey, Chris
discovers that Basil was involved in some of WWII's most
significant campaigns.
SEB . 5v Price: £16.99. Order No: 24999103
Trynka, Paul. Sympathy for the devil: the birth of the Rolling
Stones and the death of Brian Jones. 2014.
Drawing on over one hundred interviews with key principles
including Keith Richards, Andrew Oldham and Marianne Faithful,
this is a story told from a totally new perspective and which lays
bare the shocking ruthlessness, internal warfare and sexual
competition within The Rolling Stones. As well as exploring Brian
Jones' crucial role in the Stone's music, it also investigates his
unravelling as observed by family, friends, bandmates, lovers and
enemies.
Contains strong language.
SEB . 6v Price: £20.00. Order No: 25065403
Food and Drink
King, Si. The Hairy Dieters: good eating. 2014.
The Hairy Bikers share delicious low -calorie recipes and easy-tofollow advice. Si King and Dave Myers, aka the Hairy Bikers, are
the stars of numerous TV cookery series; they have been
entertaining and feeding Britain with their unique blend of tasty
recipes, cheeky humour and motorbike enthusiasm for years. This
book contains over eighty fabulous family -focused recipes and
advice on how to lose weight and keep it off.
UEB . 3v Price: £14.99. Order No: 25153703
Health and Fitness
Daniels, Benjamin. Confessions of a GP: life, death and
earwax. 2010.
A woman troubled by pornographic dreams about Tom Jones. An
80-year-old man who can't remember why he's come to see the
doctor. A woman with a common cold demanding (but not
receiving) antibiotics. Confessions of a GP' is a witty insight into
the life of a family doctor.
SEB . 5v Price: £8.99. Order No: 25103303
Rath, Tom. Eat move sleep: how small choices lead to big
changes. 2014
Eat Move Sleep will help make good decisions automatic - more
than a book - this is a new way to live. From Tom Rath, author of
StrengthsFinders 2.0, comes a powerful book about what people
can do to lead healthier lives. Eat Move Sleep features Tom's
deeply personal story, supported by practical , credible, and
timeless ideas from more than a decade of research.
SEB. 4v. Price £9.99. Order No: 25122603
History
Ballantyne, Iain. Hunter killers: the dramatic untold story of
the Royal Navy's most secret service. 2014.
A hunter killer is a submarine designed to pursue and attack
enemy submarines and surface ships using torpedoes. This book
follows the careers of four daring British submarine captains who
risked their lives to keep the rest of us safe, their exploits
consigned to the shadows until now. Their experiences
encompass the span of the Cold War, from voyages in World War
II -era submarines under Arctic ice to nuclear-powered espionage
missions in Soviet-dominated seas.
SEB. 10v. Price £9.99. Order No: 25103403
Grose, Peter. The greatest escape: how one French
community saved thousands of lives from the Nazis. 2014.
In the upper reaches of the Loire lies an isolated plateau and the
secluded village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon. Their whole village
was honoured not just by the French state, but with the extremely
rare distinction of Righteous Among Nations by the people of
Israel. Right through the War the community pulled off the
astonishing feat of saving the lives of 5000 men, women and
children. This title tells the story of how one French community
saved these lives.
SEB. 6v. Price £16.99. Order No: 25085503
Poetry
100 poems to see you through: bright words for the darkest
hours. 2014.
When times are tough - whether because of illness, bereavement
or receiving bad news - it can be hard to find the right words. Help
comes in the form of this gift book, comprising 100 poems
handpicked by an expert on poetry. This gem of a book features
contributions from classical poets such as John Keats, Emily
Brontèe, W.H. Auden and Christina Rossetti alongside lines from
more contemporary poets such as Philip Larkin, Elizabeth
Jennings, Raymond Carver, Carol Ann Duffy and Wendy Cope.
UEB. 2v. Price £10.00. Order No: 25159303
Essential poems from the Staying alive trilogy. 2012.
"Staying Alive", "Being Alive" and "Being Human" have introduced
many thousands of new readers to contemporary poetry, and have
helped poetry lovers to discover the little known riches of world
poetry. This is a pocketbook selection of 100 essential poems from
the 'Staying Alive' travel companion. The poems are all about
being human, being alive and staying alive; about love and loss;
fear and longing; hurt and wonder; war and death; grief and
suffering; and much more.
SEB. 3v. Price £7.99. Order No: 25301502
Self Help
Peters, Steve. The chimp paradox. 2011.
Do you sabotage your own happiness and success? Are you
struggling to make sense of yourself? Do your emotions
sometimes dictate your life? This is a personal development book
by Dr Steve Peters, the British cycling team's psychiatrist, in which
he shares his mind management programme. The Chimp Mind
Management Model is based on scientific facts and principles,
which have been simplified into a workable model for easy use.
SEB. 5v. Price £11.99. Order No: 25018303
Travel and Tourism
Kemp, Ross. A-Z of hell: Ross Kemp's how not to travel the
world. 2014.
If you want to know about being set on fire by neo-Nazis in Russia,
or being attacked for a can of tuna in the Congo, buying crack
cocaine in aVenezuelan prison for $1.20 or getting run over by a
tank in Colombia, then look no further. Ross Kemp has visited the
worst places in the world, and here they are in all their horror – in a
handy A to Z format.
SEB. 3v. Price £12.99. Order No: 25103603
Warfare and Defence
Read, Simon. Human game. 2014.
In March 1943, 76 Allied officers tunnelled out of Stalag Luft III. Of
the 73 captured, over 50 were shot by direct order of Hitler. This is
the story of how a British Bobby from Blackpool, Frank McKenna,
was sent to post-war Germany on the express orders from
Churchill to bring the Gestapo murderers to justice. In a quest that
ranges from the devastated, bombed out cities of Europe to the
horrors of the concentration camps, McKenna is relentless in his
pursuit.
SEB. 7v. Price £9.99. Order No: 25018203
Children and young adult fiction
Suggested reading age 7+
Dahl, Roald. James and the giant peach . 1995.
James is a poor orphan who lives with his two grotesque spinster
aunts, one very fat and one very thin. When a giant peach grows in
their back garden , James escapes inside it where he discovers
some mysterious creatures. The peach rolls away from his
unhappy home and James is released into an exciting new life of
adventure.
UEB double line spacing. 5v Price: £4.00. Order No: 24664503
Also available in uncontracted braille. 6v. Order No: 21601606
Hartley, Steve. The world's windiest baby. 2011.
Danny Baker, record breaker; book 6. Like many young boys,
Danny dreams of making it into the record books. Eternally
optimistic, he writes to Mr Bibby, Keeper of the Records, with
hilarious accounts of his chaotic endeavours. In this book, Danny
will attempt to break the following records. Drumroll, please . . .
Windiest baby! Biggest underpant-hat! Most infectious yawn!
Tallest pizza tower!
Summer Reading Challenge 2015.
UEB double line spacing. 3v Price: £4.99. Order No: 25242805
Also available in uncontracted braille. 4v. Order No: 25242803
Hill, Chris. Lucky. 2014.
When lost red squirrel Lucky finds himself in Albion Park, the
native squirrels all around him are bigger, tougher, and much more
grey. He needs all the luck he can find to fit in, and even more to
pass the Squirrel Trial that will give him a permanent place in the
park. But when Lucky discovers a plot that threatens their home,
he'll need more than just good fortune on his side.
UEB double line spacing. 6v Price: £5.99. Order No: 25124403
Meadows, Daisy. Cherry the cake fairy. 2005.
Rainbow magic; The party fairies; book 1. Everyone in Fairyland is
busy preparing for the King and Queen's 1000th jubilee. But Jack
Frost plans to make trouble by stealing the party fairies' magic
party bags. Can Rachel and Kirsty stop him?
UEB double line spacing. 1v Price: £3.99. Order No: 24702203
Morpurgo, Michael. Mr Skip. 2012.
Believing in magic makes dreams come true. Jackie dreams of
having a horse of her own, one that'll be the fastest on the estate,
the fastest in all Ireland and the fastest in the world. Mum dreams
of a little cottage in the country for her and Jackie to live in. What
they get is a garden gnome that Jackie finds in a rubbish skip; one
she lovingly repairs and paints; a gnome she calls Mr Skip. And
Jackie soon discovers that with Mr Skip, anything is possible.
UEB double line spacing. 2v Price: £4.99. Order No: 24702503
Simon, Francesca. Horrid Henry and the mega-mean time
machine. 2005.
Four fabulous new stories in which Horrid Henry builds himself a
time machine and tricks Perfect Peter; Perfect Peter strikes back;
Henry dines at Restaurant Le Posh; and he is made to go on a
hike.
UEB double line spacing. 2v Price: £. Order No: 24705303
Suggested reading age 9+
Alcott, Louisa May, Jo's boys: and how they turned out. 2014.
Little women; book 3. Ten years after the school at Plumfield was
founded, there is now a college, built with a legacy from old Mr
Lawrence. Jo's original children are grown young men scattered
around the world, and graceful young women with high ambitions.
Sequel to Little Men.
UEB . 8v Price: £6.99. Order No: 25125803
Angus, Sam. Captain. 2014.
It's 1915 and British troops are about to sail to Gallipoli. Billy is the
youngest soldier in his platoon and is teased for not being old
enough to drink or shave. The truth is, at 15 he's not old enough to
be a soldier either, and he's terrified of the war he's about to fight.
Then he meets Captain, a refugee boy, and his donkey , Hey-ho.
Together they teach Billy what it means to be brave, loyal and
fearless, and above all what it means to be a friend.
UEB . 4v Price: £6.99. Order No: 25022105
Also available in uncontracted braille. 6v. Order No: 25022103
Pichon, Liz. A tiny bit lucky. 2014.
Tom Gates; book 6. Me, Derek and Norman need some SERIOUS
band practice for the ROCKWEEKLY BANDBATTLE AUDITION.
But I'm not panicking because we have LOADS of time ... (I
think?).
UEB . 2v Price: £10.99. Order No: 24978205
Also available in uncontracted braille. 2v. Order No: 24978203
Siggins, Gerard. Rugby spirit. 2012.
‘Ok, lads, you have everything you need to win this game. So go
out and do it,' said the coach. Eoin's not sure if it will be so easy!
He’s just started a new school … and a new sport. Everyone at
school is mad about rugby, but Eoin hasn’t even held a rugby ball
before! With new rules to learn, new friends to make and new
teachers to get a handle on, he really doesn’t need to have Richie
Duffy, the resident bully, picking him out as his latest target!
Summer Reading Challenge 2015.
UEB . 3v Price: £6.99. Order No: 25242503
Stine, R. L. Egg monsters from Mars. 1997.
When Dana Johnson has to take part in an egg hunt for his little
sister's birthday, he's not very keen. But then he finds The Egg. It's
unlike other eggs. It's huge, it's covered in veins and it's warm.
What is going to happen when it hatches?
SEB . 1v Price: £3.99. Order No: 25292002
Wilson, Jacqueline. The cat mummy. 2001.
"I have a pet. I love her lots, but she is very, very boring. Even so,
Mabel, my dear tabby cat, is a good listener. Miss Smith, my new
teacher, told us that in ancient Egypt, people worshipped cats.
Mabel could definitely have been a cat goddess in those days."
UEB double line spacing . 1v Price: £6.99. Order No: 24705203
Suggested reading age 11+
Almond, David. Half a creature from the sea: a life in stories.
2014.
A collection of eight short stories by David Almond, inspired by the
author's childhood in the North-East of England . Each is prefaced
with an introduction by the author. Each introduction sets the
scene for the story, telling you the time in his life the story was
inspired by, the places he sets the stories in and what they mean
to him, and how the story evolved in a place between fact and
fiction.
UEB. 3v Price: £10.99. Order No: 25107603
Bowler, Tim. Night runner. 2014.
Zinny's life is falling apart. Shadowy figures are following him. His
parents are keeping secrets but he can't figure out why. Then his
mum ends up in hospital, his dad disappears, and Zinny has to do
whatever he can to save his family. Even if it means helping the
very men he's been running from. As the clock ticks, Zinny knows
it's only a matter of time before someone ends up dead - and it
could be him.
UEB . 4v Price: £6.99. Order No: 25021505
Also available in uncontracted braille. 5v. Order No: 25021503
Morpurgo, Michael. Private Peaceful. 2003.
For young Private Thomas Peaceful, looking back over his
childhood from the battlefields of the First World War, his
memories are full of family life deep in the countryside. Mother, his
brothers Charlie and Big Joe, and their friend Molly, come vividly
alive in his mind. But every moment Tommo spends thinking
about his life, means another moment closer to something he
cannot bear to think about - a time when the war and its horrific
consequences will change his life for ever.
UEB . 2v Price: £3.49. Order No: 25132207
Also available in uncontracted braille. 3v. Order No: 25132205
Suggested reading age 13+
Dawson, James. This book is gay. 2014.
Former PSHCE teacher and acclaimed YA author James Dawson
gives an uncensored look at sexual orientation and gender identity.
Including testimonials from people across the gender and sexual
spectrums, 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.
UEB . 4v Price: £7.99. Order No: 25137003
Farrant, Natasha. Flora in love. 2014.
The diaries of Bluebell Gadsby; book 2. Just when Bluebell
thought her crazy family were behaving normally, her parents
make an announcement that could turn everything upside down. If
only Zoran, their au pair, would come back to live with them.
Unfortunately he's too busy teaching guitar to his new protégé,
Zachary Smith.
UEB . 4v Price: £6.99 Order No: 25100803
Suggested reading age 15+
Priestley, J.B. (John Boynton). An inspector calls. 1992.
An inspector interrupts a party to investigate a girl's suicide, and
implicates each of the party-makers in her death. Along with the
gripping tension of a detective thriller, it is also a philosophical play
about social conscience and the crumbling of middle class values.
UEB . 2v Price: £9.75. Order No: 25096405
Earle, Phil. Heroic. 2013. Young adult fiction.
Jammy and Sonny McGann are brothers, but that's where the
similarities end. One is calm when the other is angry; one has a
plan while the other lives purely in the moment. When Jammy
returns from Afghanistan a very different man to the one who left,
it's Sonny who is left to hold things together. But just how far will
he go to save the brother who always put him first?
UEB . 4v Price: £6.99. Order No: 25100903
Orwell, George. Animal farm. 1991.
'All animals are equal - but some are more equal than others'.
When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their
master Mr Jones and take over the farm themselves, they imagine
it is the beginning of a life of freedom and equality. But gradually a
cunning, ruthless élite among them, masterminded by the pigs
Napoleon and Snowball, starts to take control.
UEB . 2v Price: £4.75. Order No: 25095811
Music
Braille Music
The New Oxford Easy Anthem Book. OUP, 2002. (SATB)
A collection of 63 Anthems for the Church’s Year from the
Renaissance to the present day. It includes 20 pieces and
arrangements written specifically for this collection.
Full score. 5 volumes. Price: £7.00; £22.15; £60. Order number
25178202.
Scales and Arpeggios and four pieces from Trinity College
London Guitar Grade 1 Pieces and Exercises for Trinity
College London Examinations 2010-2015.
Only four pieces plus scales and arpeggios included.
Single line. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order no:
25263502 .
Bowen, York. Sonatina for Recorder and Piano: op. 121. 1947.
For alto (treble) recorder and piano.
Single line. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3. Order No:
25152702.
Brough, Harvey. Requiem in Blue: complete vocal score.
1998. SATB .
Open score. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.51; £4. Order No:
24868502.
Elgar, Edward. The spirit of England: Op. 80. For tenor or
soprano solo, chorus and orchestra (1st bass part).
Open score. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.51; £4. Order number:
24820902.
Handel, George Frideric. Sonatina: arranged for harp.
Bar over bar. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No:
24968202.
Lloyd Webber, W S. The saviour: a meditation upon the death
of Christ for tenor and bass soli, SATB chorus and organ.
c.1950 (soprano chorus part).
Contents: Part 1. Man's need. God commendeth his love Whereby can
faith affirm - My God, I love thee. Part 2. God's remedy. No.1. The
last
supper. The table of the Lord - No.2. The garden of Gethsemane.
Why are thou cast down - And he went forward a little - Now is
fulfilled the word No.3. The crucifixion. When the morning was come - When I
survey the
wondrous cross. Part 3. New life in Christ. God freely doth forgive If
God be for us - Just as I am, without one plea.
Open score. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order number:
25084802 .
Mendelssohn, Felix. Gondellied: for piano.
Listed as an alternative piece in list B of Grade 7 ABRSM exam
pieces 2015/16.
Bar over bar. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No:
25233402 .
Nystedt, Knut. Stabat Mater, Miserere and Immortal Bach.
2008 (1st tenor part).
3 choral compositions by the Norwegian conductor and composer
from his collection "Sacred Choral Music".
Open score. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.90; £5. Order No:
25053402.
O'Carolan, Turlough. Celtic Meditation; for harp.
Bar over bar. 1 volume. Price: £0.76;£1.26; £2.50. Order No:
24767502.
Portman, Rachel. Emma; arranged for piano. 1996.
Main theme from the film of the same name.
Bar over bar. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order number:
5142402
Verdi, Giuseppe. Coro di Schiavi Ebrei from Nabucco
(soprano chorus part).
Words in Italian.
Open score. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No:
24776502.
Whitacre, Eric. Lux Aurumque, Nox Aurumque and Sleep:
from the "Eric Whitacre Collection". 2010. (SATB)
For unaccompanied SATB.
Open score. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3. Order No:
24772102.
Yiruma. River flows in you: for piano. 2001.
Contemporary piano music, also known as Bella's Lullaby from
the film Twilight.
Bar over bar. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No:
24914502.
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
Level 1
EZ solos Christmas 1
5 EZ Christmas piano solos with the chord accompaniment parts:
Silent night - Jingle bells - O' Christmas tree - Joy to the
world - White Christmas.
EZ solos Christmas 2
5 more EZ Christmas piano solos with the chord accompaniment
parts: Away in a manger – Little drummer boy - O' little town of
Bethlehem - Deck the halls - Hark the herald angels sing.
Late beginner
Sleighride
What child is this
Intermediate
God rest ye merry gentlemen
Level 2
The chipmunk song (Christmas don't be late)
The Christmas song ("Chestnuts roasting on an open fire")
Home for the holidays
I'll be home for Christmas
Silent night
Guitar by ear
Level 1
EZ solos Christmas 1
5 EZ Christmas guitar parts. The titles correspond to the Piano by
Ear CD of the same title so you and a pianist can play together.
Contents: Silent night - Jingle bells - O' Christmas tree - Joy to the
world - White Christmas.
EZ solos Christmas 2
Learn 5 more EZ Christmas guitar parts. The titles correspond to
the Piano by Ear CD of the same title so you and a pianist can play
together.
Away in a manger - Little drummer boy - O' little town of Bethlehem
- Deck the halls - Hark the herald angels sing.
Level 2
Away in a manger
Deck the halls
The first noel
God rest ye merry gentlemen
Hark the herald angels sing
It came upon the midnight clear
Jingle bells
Jingle bell rock
Jolly old St Nick
Let it snow! Let it snow!
O holy night
O come all ye faithful
Silent night
White Christmas
Winter wonderland
Giant print – 24 point
Adult fiction
Alder, Mark. Son of the morning. 2014. Fantasy.
Banners of blood; book 1. Edward the Third stands in the burnt
ruin of an English church. He is beset on all sides. He needs a
victory against the French to rescue his Kingship. Or he will die
trying. Philip of Valois can put 50,000 men in the field. He has sent
his priests to summon the very Angels themselves to fight for
France.
8v.
Atwood, Margaret. Stone mattress: nine tales. 2014. Short
stories.
A recently widowed fantasy writer is guided through a stormy
winter evening by the voice of her late husband. In these nine
tales, Margaret Atwood ventures into the shadowland earlier
explored by fabulists and concoctors of dark yarns such as Robert
Louis Stevenson, Daphne du Maurier and Arthur Conan Doyle.
3v.
Barker, Margaret. Her miracle twins. 2014. Mills and Boon
romance.
Dr Chantal Winstone longs to become a mother - but she never
imagined her gorgeous, aloof boss Dr Michel Devine as the father!
When he coolly proposes that they have a baby together Chantal
is shocked - maybe his emotions really did die with his beloved
wife...Yet the chemistry between them is undeniable.
2v.
Court, Dilly. The beggar maid. 2014. Family stories.
Charity Crosse has been living rough with her grandfather and
begging on the streets. When he passes away, bookseller, Jethro
takes Charity in to help in his bookshop and keep house. She is
not well treated, but Jethro instils in her the love of books that
began when her grandmother taught her to read.
4v.
Elton, Ben. Chart throb. 2006. General fiction.
"Chart throb" is the ultimate pop quest. Ninety five thousand
hopefuls. Three judges. Just one winner. And that's Colin Simms,
the genius behind the show. Colin always wins because Colin
writes the rules. But this year, as he sits smugly in judgement he
has no idea that the rules are changing.
5v.
Filer, Nathan. The shock of the fall. 2014. General fiction.
I'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to
introduce my brother. I think you'll like him. But in a couple of
pages he'll be dead. And he was never the same after that. The
novel is narrated by Matthew, a teenager suffering with mental
illness in the wake of the sudden death of his brother Simon.
3v.
Flynn, Katie. A family Christmas. 2014. Family stories.
Jimmy and his little sister are devastated by their mother's death
and horrified to find themselves entrusted to the care of a hated
neighbour, Mrs Huxtable. They hope their father will rescue them
when his ship comes in but this does not happen so they decide to
leave Liverpool and try to find their mother's family in Wales.
3v.
French, Tana. The secret place. 2014. Crime.
Ryan and Maddox; book 5. The photo shows a boy who was
murdered a year ago. The caption says, 'I KNOW WHO KILLED
HIM'. Detective Stephen Moran hasn't seen Holly Mackey since
she was a 9-year-old witness to the events of Faithful Place. Now
she's 16 and she's shown up outside his squad room, with a story.
7v.
Gayle, Mike. Seeing other people. 2014. General fiction.
Joe Clarke, is about seventy-eight per cent sure he's just had an
affair. After all that is the hopelessly attractive office intern in bed
next to him, isn't it? Mortified by his mistake, Joe vows to be a
better man. But when his adored wife Penny puts two and two
together and leaves him, things start to take a strange turn.
4v.
Harding, John. Florence & Giles. 2010. Ghost stories.
1891. In a remote New England mansion, 12-year-old orphan
Florence is neglected by her guardian uncle and banned from
reading. By night, she sleepwalks the corridors like one of the old
house's many ghosts and is troubled by a recurrent dream in which
a mysterious woman appears to threaten her younger brother.
3v.
Hilary, Sarah. Someone else's skin. 2014. Crime.
Detective Inspector Marnie Rome book 1. Called to a woman's
refuge to take a routine witness statement, DI Rome instead walks
in on an attempted murder. Trying to uncover the truth from layers
of secrets, Marnie finds herself confronting her own demons. She
knows that it can be those closest to us we should fear the most.
4v.
Howorth, Lisa. Flying shoes. 2014. General fiction.
Thirty years ago Mary Byrd Thornton's nine-year-old stepbrother
was murdered. His killer was never found. All these years Mary
Byrd has suppressed the tragedy and the knowledge that the
murderer is still out there, as well as her own nagging guilt over
Stevie's death.
4v.
Iggulden, Conn. Trinity. 2014. Historical fiction.
Wars of the Roses; book 2. 1454: King Henry VI stays in Windsor
Castle, struck down by his illness his fiercely loyal wife and Queen
safeguards her husband's interests, hoping that her son Edward
will one day know the love of his father. When the King
unexpectedly recovers the balance of power is thrown into turmoil.
5v.
James, E. L. Grey: Fifty shades of grey as told by Christian.
2015. Erotic fiction.
Fifty shades; book 4. Christian Grey exercises control in all things;
his world is neat, disciplined, and utterly empty - until the day that
Anastasia Steele falls into his office, in a tangle of shapely limbs
and tumbling brown hair. He tries to forget her, but is swept up in a
storm of emotion he cannot comprehend and cannot resist.
Contains violence and scenes of a sexual nature.
7v.
Jonasson, Jonas. The girl who saved the king of Sweden.
2014. Humorous fiction.
On June 14th, 2007, the King and Prime Minister of Sweden went
missing from a gala banquet at the Royal Castle. Later it was said
that both had fallen ill: the truth is different. The real story starts
much earlier, in 1961, with the birth of Nombeko Mayeki in a shack
in Soweto.
4v.
Kinghorn, Judith. The last summer. 2012. Historical fiction.
It is 1914, the beginning of a blissful, golden summer. When
Clarissa meets Tom, home from university and staying with his
mother, the housekeeper at Deyning Park, she is dazzled. As their
friendship deepens, the world - and all that they know - is rocked
irrevocably by a war that changes their lives for ever.
4v.
Leather, Stephen. White lies. 2014. Thriller.
Spider Shepherd; book 11. Dan 'Spider' Shepherd is used to
putting his life on the line - for his friends and for his job with MI5.
So when one of his former apprentices is kidnapped in the
badlands of Pakistan, Shepherd doesn't hesitate to join a rescue
mission.
4v.
Lee, Harper. Go set a watchman. 2015. Literary fiction.
Scout (Jean Louise Finch) has returned to Maycomb from New
York to visit her father Atticus. She is forced to grapple with issues
both personal and political as she tries to understand both her
father's attitude toward society and her own feelings about the
place where she was born and spent her childhood.
3v.
MacKay, Sue. From duty to Daddy. 2014. Mills and Boon
medical romance.
Army medic Marshall Hunter has never been able to get beautiful
Charlie Lang out of his head, but despite their unforgettable fling
his commitment to the forces leaves no time for relationships. Two
years on he's unable to pass up one last opportunity to see Charlie
again! Charlie has a life-changing surprise in store for Marshall.
2v.
Montefiore, Santa. The beekeeper's daughter. 2014. Romance.
England, 1932: Grace Hamblin is growing up in a rural idyll. The
beekeeper's daughter, she knows her place and her future - that is
until her father dies and leaves her alone. Massachusetts, 1973:
Grace's daughter Trixie Valentine is in love with an unsuitable boy.
Both mother and daughter are searching for love and happiness.
4v.
Neville, Stuart. Ratlines. 2013. Crime.
Ireland, 1963. As the Irish people prepare to welcome President
Kennedy to the land of his ancestors, a German is murdered in a
seaside guesthouse. He is the third foreign national to die within a
few days, and Minister for Justice Charles Haughey is desperate to
protect a shameful secret: the dead men were all former Nazis.
4v.
Runcie, James. Sidney Chambers and the perils of the night.
2014. Crime.
The Grantchester mysteries; book 2. Accompanied by his dog and
the exasperated Inspector Geordie Keating, Chambers is called to
investigate the fall of a Cambridge don from the roof of King's
College Chapel; a case of arson at a glamour photographer's
studio and the poisoning of Zafar Ali, Grantchester's finest bowler.
5v.
Steel, Danielle. A perfect life. 2014. Romance.
Blaise McCarthy is an icon in the world of television news. To her
audience, she seems to have it all. But privately, and off the set,
there is another untold story she has kept hidden for years. Her
teenage daughter, Salima, was blinded by diabetes in childhood,
and her needs have kept her away in a boarding school.
3v.
Stirling, Jessica. The constant star. 2014. Family stories.
Susan Cahill enjoys her job at the BBC until a bomb destroys the
building and brings unwelcome responsibilities and an autocratic
new boss, Walter Boscombe. Breda Hooper, Susan's widowed
sister-in-law, and her small son are rescued from the East End's
shattered docklands by Danny, Susan's estranged husband.
4v.
Van Lustbader, Eric. The testament. 2006. Thriller.
When Bravo's father dies in mysterious circumstances, his hidden
life is laid bare. Dexter Shaw belonged to a secret religious order
long thought extinct. For centuries, this order has guarded a lost
Testament that could end Christianity as we know it. Dexter was
the Keeper of the Testament - now his son must take his place.
6v.
Willett, Marcia. Postcards from the past. 2014. General fiction.
Siblings Billa and Ed share their beautiful, grand old childhood
home in rural Cornwall. With family and friends nearby life seems
as content as can be. But when postcards start arriving from a
sinister figure they thought belonged well and truly in their pasts,
old memories are stirred. Why is he contacting them now?
3v.
Wilson, Laura. The riot. 2014. Crime.
DI Ted Stratton; book 5. 1958: Notting Hill is sweltering in a
heatwave. It's DI Stratton's new manor and a powder keg of racial
tension. A rent collector is stabbed and a series of street fights
between teddy boys and Caribbean immigrants sparks further
unrest. A race riot breaks out – the worst Britain has ever seen.
4v
Adult non-fiction
Autobiographies and Biographies
Borman, Tracy. Thomas Cromwell: the untold story of Henry
VIII's most faithful servant. 2014.
With new insights into Cromwell's character, his family life and his
close relationships with both Cardinal Wolsey and Henry VIII,
Tracy Borman, joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces
examines the life, loves and legacy of the man who changed the
shape of England forever.
6v.
Ellen, Mark. Rock stars stole my life! a big bad love affair with
music. 2014.
In a sodden tent at a '70s festival, the teenage Mark Ellen had a
dream. Thus began his 40-year love affair with rock and roll. From
his time at the NME and Smash Hits to Radio One, he's been at
the molten core of its evolution, and watched its key figures from a
unique perspective. A funny and touching personal memoir.
3v.
Graham-Jones. Oliver, Zoo tails. 2001.
1950 and the care of wild animals in zoos was in its infancy. A
pioneer of many of the techniques now used by vets around the
world, he was instrumental in building the first animal hospital, and
in moving London Zoo away from its Victorian past into the hightech world of modern veterinary medicine.
2v.
Johnson, Alan. Please, Mister Postman. 2014.
This sequel to Alan's bestselling memoir 'This Boy', describes the
next period in Alan's life with every bit as much honesty, humour
and emotional impact as his bestselling debut. 'Please, Mr
Postman' paints a vivid picture of a bygone era - Britain in the
1970s was a very different country to the one we know today.
3v.
Junor, Penny. Prince Harry: brother, soldier, son. 2014.
Prince Harry is the redhead that Diana called 'the spare', whose
childhood was one of chaos and loss. This is the story of how he
survived the loss and chaos; how he lived in the shadow of his
brother - until suddenly he discovered there was something he
could do better than almost anyone.
4v.
Norton, Graham. The life and loves of a he devil. 2014.
Graham Norton is loved across the nation for his delight in the
peculiar and for his ability to find humour and a common ground in
all that life brings. This is his memoir on the theme of love, telling
his story from his Irish childhood to the present day, describing just
what and who he loved as he's grown older.
3v.
Pietersen, Kevin. KP: the autobiography. 2014.
The life story of professional cricketer Kevin Pietersen, MBE, from
his childhood in South Africa to his recent experiences as one of
the leading lights in the world of international cricket. This
autobiography tells the stories behind the many other highs and
lows of his incredible career.
3v.
Shakespeare, Nicholas. Priscilla: the hidden life of an
Englishwoman in wartime France. 2013.
When Nicholas Shakespeare stumbled across a box of documents
belonging to his late aunt he was completely unaware of where
this discovery would take him. He had heard rumours that Priscilla
had fought in the Resistance, but the truth turned out to be far
more complicated. As he investigated dark secrets emerged.
5v.
History
Tombs, Robert. The English and their history. 2014.
The English have acquired ancestors by legend, conquest and
migration. Here, in a single volume, is a fresh, completely up-todate account of the long history of an island and its peoples; of its
conquerors, kings and queens; of the social, the political and the
cultural; of the mythological and the legendary, and of the true.
17v.
Poetry
100 poems to see you through: bright words for the darkest
hours. 2014.
When times are tough - whether because of illness, bereavement
or receiving bad news - it can be hard to find the right words. Help
comes in the form of this gift book, comprising 100 poems
handpicked by an expert on poetry. This gem of a book features
classical poets alongside more contemporary poets.
1v.
Self Help
Peters, Steve. The chimp paradox. 2011.
The Chimp Mind Management Model is based on scientific facts
and principles, which have been simplified into a workable model.
It will help you to develop yourself and give you the skills to
remove anxiety, have confidence and choose your emotions. The
book will help you to identify what is holding you back.
4v.
Transport
Porter, Richard. Top Gear epic failures: 50 great motoring
cock-ups. 2014.
The automotive industry is responsible for some of the most
beautiful designs ever to grace the face of the planet. But it's had
its fair share of bad days at the office too. The list of great motoring
cock-ups of our time is a long and distinguished one - and the time
has come to name and shame.
1v.
Warfare and Defence
Lewis, Damien. Churchill's secret warriors: the explosive true
story of the special forces desperadoes of WWII. 2014.
After defeat on mainland Europe in winter 1939, Churchill knew
that Britain had to strike back hard. So he called for the lightning
development of a completely new kind of warfare, recruiting a
band of eccentric free-thinking warriors to become the first
'deniable' secret operatives to strike behind enemy lines.
4v.
Read, Simon. Human game. 2014.
In March 1943, 76 Allied officers tunnelled out of Stalag Luft III. Of
the 73 captured, over 50 were shot by direct order of Hitler. This is
the story of how a British Bobby from Blackpool, Frank McKenna,
was sent to post-war Germany on the express orders from
Churchill to bring the Gestapo murderers to justice.
4v.
Children and young adult fiction
Suggested reading age 5+
Healey, Tim. Dino danger. 2015.
Mortimer Keene book 4. Mortimer Keene has invented a time
machine! Soon the school is surrounded by dinosaurs. But what
happens when a pterosaur grabs poor Emily Bruce?
1v.
Suggested reading age 7+
Hartley, Steve. The world's windiest baby. 2011.
Danny Baker, record breaker book 6. Like many young boys,
Danny dreams of making it into the record books. In this book,
Danny will attempt to break the following records. Drumroll, please
. . . Windiest baby! Biggest underpant-hat! Most infectious yawn!
Tallest pizza tower!
1v.
Hutchison, Barry. The shark-headed bear-thing. 2015.
In an alternate 15th century, dragons roam, sailing ships transform
into submarines, and blacksmiths build steampunk robots, tenyear-old orphan Benjamin Blank is in search of adventure. When a
Shark-Headed Bear -Thing starts terrorising a nearby village, Ben
grabs his magic gauntlet and sets off to vanquish the beast!
1v.
Nadin, Joanna. Penny Dreadful is a record breaker. 2013.
Three humourous short stories: Penny Dreadful versus the
Vampire, Penny is worried about growing up to be a clown; Penny
Dreadful Looks on the Bright Side, in which miserable Grandma
Grimshaw comes to stay and Penny Dreadful and the World
Record, Penny attempts to get her name in the record books.
1v.
Reeve, Philip. Cakes in space. 2014.
Astra's ship is in trouble. There's something very sinister lurking in
the canteen. A cakey monstrosity on the war path. Then there's the
Poglites - a space salvage crew who have invaded the ship in their
quest for spoonage! Astra and her robot friend Pilbeam are the
only things standing in the way of the ship's destruction!
1v.
Suggested reading age 9+
Caldecott, Elen. Diamonds and daggers. 2015.
The Marsh Road mysteries; book 1. Hollywood sensation Betty
Massino has come to star in the theatre down the road and Piotr
and his friends couldn't be more excited! But when the famous
actress's hugely expensive diamond necklace goes missing,
Piotr's dad, a security guard at the theatre, is a prime suspect.
2v.
Carroll, Emma. The girl who walked on air. 2014.
Louie, who was abandoned at Chipchase's Circus as a baby,
dreams of becoming a 'Showstopper', but Mr Chipchase keeps her
tucked away in the ticket booth. Nothing is quite as it seems and
soon Louie's bravery is tested not just on the highwire but in
confronting her past and the shady characters in the circus world.
2v.
Goodhart, Pippa. Finding fortune. 2013.
Ida's mother has died, leaving her in the charge of her beloved Fa
- only it seems like Ida's the one who does most of the caring.
When Fa decides to travel to the Klondike in search of gold,
leaving Ida in the care of her Grandmama, Ida knows she must
find a way to go with him.
2v.
Grey, Jacob. The crow talker. 2015.
Ferals; book 1. In a city ravaged by crime, 13-year-old Caw's only
friends are the murder of crows he has lived with since his parents
flung him from their house aged only five. A jailbreak at the prison
forces him into contact with other humans Caw realises these
escaped prisoners have more in common with him than he'd like.
2v.
McLaughlin, Tom. The accidental Prime Minister. 2015.
When Joe tells a local news reporter exactly what he would do if
he were leader of the country, the video goes viral. Before long,
people are calling for the current leader to resign and that's how an
Joe ended up with the most extraordinary job. Now the fun can
really start. Hats for cats! Pet pigs for all! Banana shaped buses!
2v.
Murray, Tamsyn. Completely Cassidy, accidental genius.
2015.
Everyone has a special talent, right? Cassidy Bond doesn't - yet.
But she's determined to discover one. That way she can stop
being the invisible one in her crazy family. So when a quiz reveals
that Cassidy is a gifted and talented student, she is thrilled to be
plucked from Year 7 obscurity to join the school quiz team.
1v.
Nicholson, Simon. Young Houdini: the magician's fire. 2015.
Young Houdini; book 1. He was famous across the globe for his
brilliant escape acts. In 1880s New York, Houdini is just a shoeshine boy dabbling with a few escape tricks. But when a wellknown magician is kidnapped, Harry and his friends must race
across Manhattan to track down the villains!
2v.
Siggins, Gerard. Rugby spirit. 2012.
‘Ok, lads, you have everything you need to win this game said the
coach. Everyone at school is mad about rugby, but Eoin hasn’t
even held a rugby ball before! With new rules to learn, new friends
to make and new teachers to get a handle on, he really doesn’t
need to have the resident bully, picking him out as his latest target!
2v.
Wallace, Danny. Hamish and the WorldStoppers. 2015.
What would you do if the whole world just stopped? Birds in the
air, planes in the sky, and every single person on the planet except you! Because that's what keeps happening to ten-year-old
Hamish Ellerby. And it's being caused by the WorldStoppers and
their terrifying friends the Terribles!
2v.
Suggested reading age 11+
Almond, David. Half a creature from the sea: a life in stories.
2014.
A collection of eight short stories inspired by the author's childhood
in the North-East of England. Prefaced with an introduction, telling
you the time in his life the story was inspired by, the places he sets
the stories in and what they mean to him, and how the story
evolved in a place between fact and fiction.
2v.
Suggested reading age 13+
Bell, Alex. Frozen Charlotte. 2015.
Sophie's quest to discover the truth about her best friend's death
takes her to a remote Scottish island and the home of a family with
secrets to hide. If she can't unravel the mystery soon, her best
friend won't be the only person who meets an early grave.
3v.
Suggested reading age 15+
Albertalli, Becky. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. 2015.
16-year-old and not-so-openly gay Simon Spier prefers to save his
drama for the school musical. But when an email falls into the
wrong hands, his secret is at risk of being thrust into the spotlight.
And worse still, so will the privacy of 'Blue', the pen name of the
boy he's been emailing.
Contains strong language.
3v.
Bourne, Holly. The manifesto on how to be interesting. 2014.
Bree is a loser, a wannabe author who hides behind words. But
when she's told she needs to start living a life worth writing about,
'The Manifesto on How to Be Interesting' is born. Six steps on how
to be interesting how to infiltrate the popular set, fall in love with
someone forbidden and make the biggest mistake of her life.
4v.
Don, Lari. Mind blind. 2014.
Ciaran Bain is a criminal with a special talent: he can read minds.
But his skill comes at a price. Lucy Shaw wants justice for her
dead sister. Killed for a secret Ciaran's family wants buried, his
sister's blood is on his hands. Only together can the unlikely allies
uncover that deadly secret.
3v.
Children and young adult non-fiction
Suggested reading age 9+
Beharry, Johnson. Hero: the incredible true story of courage
under fire. 2014.
As an army private, Johnson Beharry served in Kosovo, Northern
Ireland and Iraq. In Iraq in 2004, his actions in rescuing his
wounded comrades while under heavy fire led to him becoming the
youngest person ever to receive the Victoria Cross. He has made
hundreds of appearances, speaking about his experiences.
2v.
Talking Books
Adult Fiction
Allingham, Merryn. The girl from Cobb Street. 2015. Family
stories. TB21842.
Daisy's war; book 1. 1938: Daisy Driscoll has been raised in an
orphanage and is now struggling to make ends meet by working in
London. At the outset of war, Daisy meets Gerald Mortimer, a
cavalry subaltern in the Indian Army in London on leave. After he
returns to India Daisy finds she is pregnant and when the news
reaches his Colonel's ears Gerald is forced into marrying her.
Daisy begins a new life with her husband - but adjusting to this is
harder than she thinks, as she discovers Gerald is in debt and
tragedy is about to strike.
Read by Veejay Kaur. 10 hours 12 minutes.
Bennett, Alan. Four stories. 2014. Short stories. TB21492.
A collection of four short stories: Father! Father! Burning Bright ;
The Clothes They Stood Up In; The Laying on of Hands and The
Lady in the Van.
Read by Steve Hodson. 9 hours 27 minutes.
Blair, Emma. Nellie Wildchild. 2009. Family stories. TB21935.
The Glasgow Nellie Thompson had been born to was a city bled
colourless by poverty and despair, and divided against itself by
religion and class. A city where appearances meant more than the
truth that might lie in a person's heart. Nellie knew what it was like
to be hungry and hopeless; to live a bitter lie with a man she hated.
But still she held on to her dreams. Somehow she would leave
those grey and violent streets behind. Somehow she would make
her own life and her own world - even if she were forever denied
the comfort of love.
Read by Lynne Livingstone. 10 hours 50 minutes.
Cogman, Genevieve. The invisible library. 2015. Fantasy.
TB21873.
Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, which
harvests fiction from different realities. And along with her
enigmatic assistant Kai, she's posted to an alternative London.
Their mission - to retrieve a dangerous book. But when they arrive,
it's already been stolen. London's underground factions seem
prepared to fight to the very death to find her book. Adding to the
jeopardy, this world is chaos-infested - the laws of nature bent to
allow supernatural creatures and unpredictable magic.
Read by Joan Walker. 10 hours 40 minutes.
Colitto, Alfredo. Inquisition. 2011. Historical crime. TB21867.
In 14th-century Italy, Mondino is a university anatomist, a man of
science in a land governed by the brutal Inquisition. But the corpse
brought to Mondino's laboratory one stormy night defies natural
law: The victim is a Templar knight, and his heart has been
transformed into a block of iron. Is it alchemy? Or the diabolical
work of an ingenious killer? Mondino must outwit both ruthless
Inquisitors and vengeful Templars if he's to stop a murderer who
threatens to shake the very foundations of Christendom.
Read by Leighton Pugh. 13 hours 6 minutes.
Collins, Jackie. Dangerous kiss. 2012. General fiction.
TB21281.
Lucky Santangelo; book 5. When a member of Lucky Santangelo's
family is brutally gunned down in a random holdup, her fury knows
no bounds. While she is tracking the killer, her relationship with her
husband, charismatic writer and director Lennie Golden, is put to
the test. Suddenly, into her life comes a man from her past, a man
with a dangerous kiss.
Read by Stephanie Ellyne. 16 hours 14 minutes.
Cooper, Glenn. The tenth chamber. 2010. Thriller. TB21950.
Abbey of Ruac, rural France: A medieval script is discovered
hidden behind an antique bookcase. Badly damaged, it is sent to
Paris for restoration, and there literary historian Hugo Pineau
begins to read the startling fourteenth-century text. Within its
pages lies a fanciful tale of a painted cave and the secrets it
contains - and a rudimentary map showing its position close to the
abbey. Intrigued, Hugo enlists the help of archaeologist Luc
Simard and the two men go exploring. But as they begin to unlock
the ancient secrets the cavern holds, they find themselves at the
centre of a dangerous game. One 'accidental' death leads to
another. And it seems that someone will stop at nothing to protect
the enigma of the tenth chamber.
Read by Peter Wickham. 10 hours 52 minutes.
Diamond, Lucy. The year of taking chances. 2015. Romance.
TB21875.
In the small Suffolk village of Larkmead, Gemma is throwing a
New Year's Eve party. Among the guests is Caitlin, returned to
pack up her much-missed mum's house and try and figure out
what to do with her life; and Saffron, a PR whizz who is hiding a
life-altering secret which no amount of spin can change. Gemma,
Caitlin and Saffron pass around fortune cookies as Big Ben counts
down to midnight but as the year unfolds the women come to lean
on each other more and more as shocks, disappointments and rifts
test them to their limits.
Read by Olivia Mace. 12 hours 46 minutes.
Finney, Jack. The body snatchers. 2010. Science fiction.
TB21942.
First published in 1955, this classic thriller begins when Becky
Driscoll turns up at Dr Miles Bennell's consulting room after hours
one August evening and tells him that her cousin Wilma doesn't
think that her Uncle Ira is really her Uncle Ira. It is just the
beginning of a nightmare. As the number of similar stories
multiplies, Miles discovers the horrific truth. Silently, subtly, almost
imperceptibly, alien life-forms were taking over the bodies and
minds of his neighbours, his friends, his family, the woman he
loved -- the world as he knew it.
Read by Paul Birchard. 6 hours 20 minutes.
Gemmell, David. In the realm of the wolf. 2002. Fantasy.
TB21941.
Drenai; book 2. High in the mountains of Skeln, the woodsman
Dakeyras and his daughter Miriel live a life of harmonious solitude.
Unbeknown to them, a group of warriors stalk the mountains. Men
who have never known defeat, to whom revenge and torture are
meat and drink. They intend to kill the woodsman for ten thousand
in gold.
Read by David Learner. 13 hours 7 minutes.
Hayward, Jennifer. The magnate's manifesto. 2014. Mills and
Boon romance. TB21952.
After Jared Stone publishes his manifesto about women and their
place in life, he becomes a hate-figure and Bailey St James, the
only woman who refuses to bow down to him, can save him by
accepting a very public promotion to vice-president. Now, with a
major deal on the line and tensions rising, can it be long before
Jared and Bailey move from spreadsheets to bed sheets?
Read by Delianne Forget. 5 hours 39 minutes.
Hersey, John. The wall. 1990. General fiction. TB21868.
The inspiring story of forty men and women who escape the
dehumanizing horror of the Warsaw ghetto. It documents the
Warsaw ghetto both as an emblem of Nazi persecution and as a
personal confrontation with torture, starvation , humiliation, and
cruelty – a gripping and visceral story.
Read by Richard Burnip. 29 hours 15 minutes.
Iding, Laura. Wanted - parents for a baby! 2015. Mills and
Boon medical romance. TB21953.
Neonatal nurse Cassie Jordan always wanted a baby of her own,
but after two heartbreaking miscarriages she's convinced she'll
never have a family - until a tiny newborn baby is abandoned at
the hospital in need of a new mum! Also working on baby Emma's
case is handsome widower Dr Ryan Murphy. Dating might be off
the cards for now but, united in their love for Emma, will Ryan and
Cassie end up falling for each other too?
Read by Jane Perry. 4 hours 25 minutes.
Karon, Jan. A light in the window. 1996. Religious fiction.
TB21379.
Mitford; book 2. His attractive neighbour is tugging at his
heartstrings. A wealthy widow is pursuing him with hot casseroles.
And his red-haired Cousin Meg has moved into the rectory,
uninvited. As a result, Mitford's rector and lifelong bachelor, Father
Tim, is in need of divine intervention. Life in a small town is rarely
quiet and absolutely never boring.
Read by Liza Ross. 14 hours 40 minutes.
L'Amour, Louis. The Cherokee trail. 2006. Western. TB21880.
After her husband is killed, Mary Breydon must make a living
running a stagecoach station on the Cherokee Trail. Forced to fire
the previous station manager with the aid of a bullwhip, Mary must
track down stolen horses, defend against Indians, care for a
wayward boy, and protect herself and her daughter from Jason
Flandrau, a man determined to become governor of the Colorado
Territory but who is also the ruthless war criminal who murdered
Mary’s husband.
Read by Bill Roberts. 6 hours 9 minutes.
McCaffrey, Anne. Red star rising. 1997. Fantasy. TB21503.
Dragonriders of Pern; book 4. For two hundred years there had
been peace on Pern - but now the signs were ominous. Violent
weather storms and erupting volcanos heralded the coming of the
second Pass of Thread, when the red planet would rain down its
horrifying harvest which destroyed every living organism on the
face of Pern. No human or dragon or animal or plant was safe from
the hideous death inflicted by Thread.
Read by Karen Cass. 11 hours 49 minutes.
McCall Smith, Alexander. Emma. 2014. Romance. TB22234.
Fresh from university, Emma Woodhouse arrives home in Norfolk
ready to embark on adult life with a splash. As she gets her
fledging design business off the ground, she delights in holding
her own dinner parties and instructing her new little protegee,
Harriet Smith. There is only one person who can play with Emma's
indestructible confidence, her old friend and inscrutable neighbour
George Knightley; has Emma finally met her match?
Read by Georgina Terry. 10 hours 19 minutes.
McKay, Shirley. Hue and cry. 2010. Historical crime. TB21944.
Hew Cullen; book 1. 1579, St. Andrews. A thirteen-year old boy
meets his death on the streets of the university city of St. Andrews
and suspicion falls upon one of the regents at the university,
Nicholas Colp. Hew Cullan, a young lawyer recently returned
home from Paris, uncovers a complex tale of passion and duplicity,
of sexual desire in tension with the repressive atmosphere of the
Protestant Kirk and the austerity of the academic cloister.
Read by Allan Tall. 11 hours 16 minutes.
Mortimer, Carole. The taming of Xander Sterne. 2015. Mills
and Boon romance. TB21883.
The twin tycoons; book 2. A car accident has left tycoon Xander
Sterne with a broken leg but when live-in help arrives in the
exquisitely tempting shape of Samantha Smith, Xander works on
redefining the meaning of 'personal assistant'.
Read by Suzanne Goldberg. 4 hours 39 minutes.
Mosby, Steve. Cry for help. 2008. Crime. TB21948.
Dave Lewis is a man with a history. Haunted by his brother's
murder when they were children, and scarred by his parents' grief,
he's built a bitter life denying everything they ever stood for.
Detective Sam Currie is a man with a past. His failure to prevent
his son's death has ended his marriage and cast a shadow over
his life and career. He's directed his hatred towards the one man
he sees as responsible, but he has other priorities right now. A
killer is stalking the city, abducting girls and sending texts and
emails to their families before he kills them. When Dave Lewis
appears to connect both investigations, it's an opportunity Currie
can't resist.
Read by Simon Bubb. 9 hours 24 minutes.
Pope, Dudley. Ramage's prize. 2000. Sea stories. TB21939.
Ramage; book 5. The West Indian bases are desperate: post
vessels, a vital communications link between England and the
West Indies in the war against France, are mysteriously
disappearing and no packets have arrived with orders in months.
Were the privateers out in full force again? Had Napoleon's navy a
secret new weapon? Lieutenant Lord Nicholas Ramage sets out
from Jamaica to discover what treachery is threatening to throw
the British navy into chaos.
Read by Bob Rollett. 13 hours 5 minutes.
Purser, Ann. The Measby murder enquiry. 2011. Crime.
TB21945.
Ivy Beasley; book 2. Cantankerous spinster Ivy Beasley has
quickly learned that spending her golden years in the quaint village
of Barrington won't be as quiet as she thought. Ivy hasn't been in
the old people's home at Springfields for long, but she's already
found new friends, formed a detective agency and solved a
murder. And as autumn falls, Ivy and her team are asked to
investigate a mysterious death in the village of Measby - in
between card games, of course.
Read by Anna Harwich. 11 hours 13 minutes.
Robb, Candace M. The king's bishop. 2001. Historical crime.
TB21502.
Owen Archer mystery; book 4. King Edward wants William of
Wykeham confirmed as Bishop of Winchester, but Pope Urban V
is stalling, deterred by the man's wealth and political ambition.
Thus Owen Archer finds himself heading a deputation from York to
Fountains Abbey, to win support for Wykeham from the powerful
Cistercian abbots. Ignoring advice, he places his old comrade Ned
Townley in charge of the fellow company to Rievaulx, hoping to
dispel rumours of Ned's involvement in a mysterious death. But
just days out of York trouble erupts: a friar and Ned both vanish,
following news of murder at Windsor. Owen asks John Thoresby,
at Court in his role as Lord Chancellor, for help, little knowing it will
involve him with the King's mistress, Alice Perrers, ever a
dangerous enemy.
Read by Ian Redford. 10 hours 28 minutes.
Sharpe, Isabel. Nothing to hide. 2014. Mills and Boon
romance. TB21882.
When Allie McDonald loses her job, she accepts a wealthy former
colleague’s invitation to escape the heat of New York City at his
family’s summer house. At the lakeside mansion, however, the
temperature rises to scorching levels when Allie finds her host’s
gorgeous brother Jonas Meyer in her bed! But Jonas has been
burned by women who are only after his money, and when he
discovers the truth about her dirt-poor upbringing can Allie
convince Jonas she wants him – not his family’s fortune?
Read by Jane Perry. 6 hours 26 minutes.
Whitehouse, David. Mobile library. 2015. General fiction.
TB21885.
Twelve-year-old Bobby Nusku catalogues traces of his mother’s
life and waits for her to return home. Bobby thinks that he's been
left to face the world alone until he meets lonely single mother Val
and her daughter Rosa. They spend a magical summer together,
discovering the books in the mobile library where Val works as a
cleaner. But as the summer draws to a close, Bobby finds himself
in trouble and Val is in danger of losing her job. There's only one
thing to do - and so they take to the road in the mobile library.
Read by Kris Dyer. 8 hours 38 minutes.
Quick Reads
Short and fast-paced reads for adults, particularly those wanting to
rediscover the reading habit.
Archer, Jeffrey. Four warned. 2014. TB21603.
Four short stories packed full of twists and turns. Jeremy finds out
exactly the best way to steal the perfect ring for his fiancee. Albert
celebrates his 100th birthday, and is pleased to be sent The
Queen's Birthday Telegram. In Russia, businessman Richard plots
the ideal way to murder his wife. And as Diana, a busy single
mother, drives to have dinner with friends, she realises that a black
van is following her.
Read by John Banks. 1hour 49 minutes.
Adult Non-fiction
Autobiography and biography
Devey, Hilary. Bold as brass: my story. 2013. TB21874.
From her father's bankruptcy to building her own company, PallEx, Hilary Devey never gave up. Along the way she has survived
destructive marriages, her son's heroin addiction, and fought back
from a stroke that almost killed her. Contains strong language and
violence.
Read by Maggie Ollerenshaw. 10 hours 1 minute.
Grima, Charlie, Aren't you glad that it's not Christmas
everyday? Memoirs of a Wizzard drummer. 2015. TB21990.
30 years ago Charlie Grima was the drummer with Wizzard – the
band behind festive anthem I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every
Day. He later returned to acting and then to working with blind
children at Dorton House, something he considers to be a
privilege.
Read by David John. 5 hours 18 minutes.
Steel, Danielle. Pure joy. 2013. TB21358.
In this funny, moving memoir, Danielle Steel tells 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, her adventures provide the perfect
backdrop for a heartfelt look at the magic that dogs bring to our
lives, and how they become part of the family.
Read by Regina Reagan. 3 hours 3 minutes.
Uhlberg, Myron. Hands of my father: a hearing boy, his deaf
parents, and the language of love. 2009 TB21925.
A memoir of growing up as the hearing son of deaf parents - a
world that Uhlberg found unaccountably beautiful, even as he
longed to escape it. He was called upon to act as his father’s ears
and mouth in the stores and streets of the neighbourhood beyond
their silent apartment in Brooklyn and resentful as he sometimes
was of this heavy burden, he nonetheless adored his parents, who
passed on to him their own passionate engagement with life.
Read by Garrick Hagon. 7 hours 57 minutes.
Business and Management
Hall, Alvin D. The stock market explained: your guide to
successful investing. 2012. TB21806.
A guide to feeling more comfortable (and smarter) about your
investment decisions. Learn to make more informed choices about
your investments using basic analysis techniques to minimize risk
and maximize reward. Understand your own risk tolerance and
find an investment style that suits your personality and
circumstances.
Read by Bob Rollett. 7 hours 16 minutes.
Food and Drink
Gwynn, Mary. The WI cookbook: the first 100 years. 2015.
TB21931.
As the Women's Institute turns 100, food journalist Mary Gwynn,
brings together the 100 best loved members' recipes nationwide.
Organised decade by decade, and setting each recipe in its
historical and social context, it spans everything from jams and
preserves to main courses, puddings and bakes. It finishes with
the WI's own signature cake: The Centenary Fruit Cake from North
Yorkshire.
Read by Stephanie Beattie. 7 hours 21 minutes.
Geography
Fortey, Richard A. The hidden landscape: a journey into the
geological past. 2010. TB21927.
We travel with Richard Fortey as our guide throughout the British
Isles and as the rocks change so we learn to read the clues they
contain: that Britain was once divided into two parts separated by
an ocean and that Scottish malt whisky, Harris tweed, slate roofs
and thatched cottages can all be traced back to tumultuous events
which took place many millions of years ago.
Read by Chris Courtenay. 14 hours 42 minutes.
History
Barker, Juliet R V. Agincourt: the king, the campaign, the
battle. 2006. TB21849.
Agincourt took place on 25 October 1415 and was a turning-point
not only in the Hundred Years War between England and France
but also in the history of weaponry. Henry V's stunning victory
revived England's military prestige and greatly strengthened his
territorial claims in France. The exhausted English army of about
9,000 men was engaged by 20,000 Frenchmen, but the limited
space of battle favoured the more compact English forces
combined with the exceptional skill of the English archers and
contributed to a pivotal moment in European warfare.
Read by Elizabeth Proud. 16 hours 49 minutes.
Summers, Julie. Jambusters: the story of the Women's
Institute in the Second World War. 2014. TB21877.
With all the vigour, energy and enthusiasm at their disposal, a third
of a million country women set out to make their lives and the lives
of those around them more bearable during the Second World
War. By making jam, making do and mending, keeping pigs and
rabbits, housing evacuees, setting up canteens for the troops,
knitting, singing and campaigning for a better Britain after the
women of the WI played a crucial role in war time.
Read by Julie Summers. 13 hours 6 minutes.
Science
Miodownik, Mark. Stuff matters: the strange stories of the
marvellous materials that shape our man-made world. 2014.
TB21932.
The inner workings of the man-made world, the miracles of craft,
design, engineering and ingenuity that surround us every day are
revealed by explaining the science and history of materials we take
entirely for granted, while introducing some of humankind's most
ingenious and improbable inventions.
Read by Brian Fenton. 7 hours 33 minutes.
Martin, Andrew, Belles and whistles: five journeys through
time on Britain's trains. 2014. TB22042.
Andrew Martin recreates five famous train journeys by travelling
aboard their nearest modern day equivalents. As Martin explains
how we got from dining on kippers and champagne aboard the
Brighton Belle to takeaway coffee in airline-type seating, he
presents an idiosyncratic history of Britain's railways, combining
humour, historical anecdote, reportage from the present and
romantic evocations of the past.
Read by David Learner. 8 hours 53 minutes.
Children and young adult fiction
Suggested reading age 0-4
Ahlberg, Allan. The runaway dinner. 2007. TB22026.
This is a story about what happens when dinner decides that it
doesn't fancy being eaten. Just as hungry little boy Banjo is about
to tuck into his sausage, it jumps right up off the plate and runs
away! But the sausage - whose name is Melvin - isn't alone... He's
followed by the fork, the knife, the table, the French fries and even
the peas. And so the chase is on! Will Banjo ever catch up with his
runaway dinner? And what (gulp) happens to Melvin if he does?
Read by Stephanie Beattie. 10 minutes.
Suggested reading age 5+
Webb, Holly, The scruffy puppy. 2014. TB21955.
Bella instantly falls in love with her scruffy puppy Sid when she
sees him at the animal shelter and takes him home. But her friend
Megan is getting her own pedigree pup and is being snooty about
Bella's beloved mongrel pet. Bella decides to enter Sid into a dog
show, so she can prove for once and for all that all dogs are
brilliant, no matter where they come from!
Read by Stephanie Beattie. 1 hour 20 minutes.
Suggested reading age 7+
Butchart, Pamela. Baby aliens got my teacher! 2014.
TB22017.
One day Izzy and her friends are surprised to find that their
teacher, Miss Jones, is actually being nice to them. This is the
woman who was caught secretly smiling when Maisie Miller fell off
her chair. There can only be one conclusion: she's been taken
over by aliens, and now she wants to make them all aliens too!
Read by Romana Abercromby. 1 hour 24 minutes.
Forbes, Sarah. Elspeth Hart and the school for show-offs.
2015. TB21956.
Elspeth Hart; book 1. Can you imagine never being allowed to play
outside, dear reader? How about sleeping in a wardrobe every
night? That's what life is like for Elspeth Hart. Ever since her
parents were tragically washed away in a flood, poor Elspeth has
been forced to live with her disgusting aunt, Miss Crabb, in the
attic of the Pandora Pants School for Show-offs. Elspeth spends
her days sweeping up mouse droppings, washing filthy pots and
dodging Tatiana Firensky, the most horrible show-off of all. But
what Elspeth doesn't know is that things are about to change.
Read by Romana Abercromby. 2 hours 10 minutes.
Gayton, Sam. Hercufleas. 2015. TB21957.
Greta is a girl on a mission: to venture to Avalon and bring back a
hero who can save her home from destruction by the monstrous
giant Yuk. Many heroes have tried before now. Many have failed.
What Greta needs is a hero whose courage and self-belief are
greater than himself. She needs Hercufleas. The only problem: he
is a flea, no bigger than a raisin. But the smallest person might just
have the biggest effect.
Read by Kris Dyer. 5 hours 52 minutes.
Stanton, Andy. Mr Gum and the dancing bear. 2014. TB22029.
Mr Gum; book 5. Do you like bears called Padlock? Course you
do. Do you like hot-air balloons? Course you do. Do you like tall
sailing ships with mad sea captains, and horrifying old villains and
words like 'wab', 'tungler' and 'kelp'? Course you do! Well, guess
what, you lucky little nibbleheads? This book's got all those things
and more besides!
Read by Brian Fenton. 1 hour 36 minutes.
Suggested reading age 11+
Elphinstone, Abi. The dreamsnatcher. 2015. TB21960.
Dreamsnatcher; book 1. 12-year-old Molly Pecksniff wakes one
night in the middle of the forest, lured there by a recurring
nightmare - the one with the drums and the rattles and the masks.
The Dreamsnatcher is waiting. He has already taken her dreams
and now he wants her life. Because Moll is more important than
she knows. The Oracle Bones foretold that Moll and Gryff, a
wildcat that has always been by her side, are the only ones who
can fight back against the Dreamsnatcher's dark magic. Suddenly
everything is at stake, and Moll is drawn into a world full of secrets,
magic and adventure.
Read by Rachel Atkins. 7 hours 9 minutes.
Suggested reading age 15+
Muchamore, Robert. Lone wolf. 2014. TB21918.
CHERUB. Series 2; book 4. Fay has spent eighteen months
locked up in a Secure Training Centre. Drug deals and rip-offs are
the only things this teenager knows. Now she's back on the street,
looking to settle old scores. CHERUB agents Ryan and Ning need
Fay's knowledge to unearth a major drug importer. They're trained
professionals with one essential advantage: even experienced
criminals never suspect that children are spying on them. But Fay's
made a lot of enemies and she's running out of time.
Read by David Thorpe. 8 hours 3 minutes.
Welsh adult fiction
Dafydd, Fflur. Y Llyfrgell. 2009. General fiction. TB19016.
Ar fore oer o Chwefror, yn y flwyddyn 2020, mae Dan, un o
borthorion Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru, wrthi'n cyflawni ei
drosedd arferol yn erbyn y gyfundrefn. Yn ei gyfarch wrth y drws
mae Eben, y cofiannydd, sy'n ysu am gael mynediad. Ond yn
ddiarwybod i'r ddau, mae Ana a Nan, dwy lyfrgellwraig a'u bryd ar
ddial, ar fin newid hanes Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru am byth.
Mae'r nofel hon yn trawsnewid gofod tangnefeddus y Llyfrgell
Genedlaethol yn set theatrig llawn posibiliadau - lle mae bwledi'n
tarfu ar y tawelwch, yr Ystafell Ddarllen yn gell, a'r Llyfrgell ei hun
yn un o wrth-arwresau mwyaf ein llên.
Read by Gwennan Evans. 7 hours 23 minutes.
Davies, Joanna. Cario 'Mlaen. 2014. General fiction. TB21994.
Dilyniant bywiog i'r nofel Ffreshars yn dilyn helyntion y ffrindiau
coleg Cerys, Hywel, Meleri a Lois wedi iddynt ymuno a byd gwaith.
Tybed a fyddan nhw'n dysgu o gamgymeriadau'r gorffennol?
Read by Branwen Gwyn. 5 hours 5 minutes.
Evans, Geraint. Diawl y Wasg. 2013. Crime. TB21720.
Y noson ar ôl traddodi beirniadaeth cystadleuaeth y Gadair o
lwyfan y Brifwyl, mae Meurig Selwyn - bardd a phennaeth Gwasg
Gwenddwr - yn cael ei lofruddio. Dyma gychwyn achos dyrys arall i
Gareth Prior a'i dîm o dditectifs. Cawn ein harwain o Aberystwyth i
strydoedd cefn Napoli, i fyd gamblo ar-lein ac i bentref bach tawel
yn ardal Brycheiniog.
Read by Enid Hughes. 9 hours 59 minutes.
Griffiths, John Alwyn. Dan Ddylanwad. 2013. Crime. TB21721.
Pan ddaw Elen Thomas i ddeall fod rhywun wedi bod yn torri i
mewn i ffermdy unig ei modryb ym mherfeddion nos er mwyn ei
dychryn, nid at yr heddlu mae hi'n troi. Meurig Morgan lwyddodd i
ddatrys dirgelwch marwolaeth ei gwr bum mlynedd ynghynt - ond y
tro yma, fydd o'n tynnu blewyn o'r trwyn anghywir?
Read by Branwen Gwyn. 10 hours 24 minutes.
Gruffudd, Robat. Afallon. 2012. General fiction. TB20450.
Mae Rhys John yn dychwelyd i Abertawe ac yn edrych ymlaen at
ymddeoliad hir ar ôl gweithio am ugain mlynedd yn Berlin. Ond un
pnawn ar draeth Langland, mae Rhys yn cwrdd ag Americanes
sy'n peri iddo newid ei gynlluniau. Dyma stori gyffrous ac afaelgar
o gefndir rhyngwladol. Nofel arobryn Gwobr Goffa Daniel Owen yn
Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Bro Morgannwg,2012.
Read by Danny Grehan. 10 hours 52 minutes.
Morgan, Mihangel. Kate Roberts a'r ystlum: a dirgelion eraill.
2012. Short stories. TB20441.
Sut fyddai Caradog Prichard yn ymdopi â cholli ei gof ar ôl
ymddeol? Beth ddigwyddodd i Evan Roberts ar ôl i fwrlwm y
Diwygiad ddod i ben? Beth allai fod wedi ysbrydoli Kate Roberts i
feddwl am yr iaith Gymraeg fel ystlum mewn cerdd i'r Faner?
Dyma rai o'r cwestiynau y mae dychymyg gogleisiol Mihangel
Morgan yn ceisio'u hateb yn y casgliad hwn o straeon
dyfeisgar.
Read by Sian Bassett Roberts. 4 hours 13 minutes.
Prysor, Dewi. Lladd Duw. 2010. Thriller. TB21722.
"Gwranda arna fi os wyt ti isio byw..." Mae gangstyrs peryclaf
dwyrain Ewrop am waed Jojo a Didi. Rhaid iddynt ddianc o
Lundain am eu bywydau. Ond does ond un lle i guddio - tref fach
glan-môr Gilfach, ymysg ellyllod y gorffennol, lle mae uffern waeth
na Wacko Zlatko yn aros amdanynt o hyd.
Read by Huw Charles. 13 hours 54 minutes.
Prysor, Dewi. Cig a Gwaed. 2012. Fantasy. TB20459.
Mae sgerbydau teuluol fel arfer yn cael eu cadw yn y cwpwrdd,
ond mae sgerbwd teulu'r Bartis a'i draed yn rhydd. Nofel
ddiweddaraf Dewi Prysor, a gyrhaeddodd restr fer Llyfr y Flwyddyn
ac ennill gwobr Barn y Bobl â'i nofel ddiwethaf, Lladd Duw. Mae
Cig a Gwaed yn nofel gignoeth sy'n holi ydi gwaed yn dewach na
dŵr mewn gwirionedd.
Read by Huw Charles. 11hours 41 minutes.
Steffan Ros, Manon. Blasu. 2012. General fiction. TB20449.
'Ai gwallgofrwydd oedd o, cymylau henaint yn tynnu pethau ddoe
yn ddigon agos i'w cyffwrdd, i'w harogli, i'w blasu?' Wrth edrych yn
ôl ar ei bywyd, a'r teulu a'r ffrindiau a fu'n gwmni iddi ar hyd y daith,
daw blasau o'r gorffennol i brocio atgofion Pegi. Ond nid yw pob
atgof yn felys, ac mae rhai cyfrinachau'n gadael blas chwerw.
Read by Heulwen Haf. 10 hours 33 minutes.
Williams, Sioned. Dal i fynd. 2013. General fiction. TB21601.
Nofel ddifyr a doniol iawn sy'n dilyn tair menyw yn ystod blwyddyn
yn eu bywydau llawn antur a hiwmor. Yng ngeiriau Bethan
Gwanas: 'Tonic o nofel! Wedi chwerthin yn uchel ond yn agos at
ddagrau weithiau hefyd.'
Read by Enid Hughes. 7 hours 38 minutes.
Welsh children and young adult fiction.
Suggested reading age 13+
Griffiths, Hywel. Haciwr. 2013. TB21843.
Cyfres Pen Dafad. Mae rhywun yn hacio i mewn i gyfrifiaduron y
brifysgol ac yn rhoi adeilad yr Adran Ffiseg ar dân er mwyn cael
gwared ar wybodaeth bwysig. Nofel lawn antur, wedi'i hysgrifennu
mewn penodau byr.
Read by Paul Morris. 1 hour 55 minutes.
Scottish Gaelic Adult fiction
Armstrong, Tim, Air cuan dubh drilseach. 2013. Science
fiction. TB21715.
The story combines elements of space opera, dark cyberpunk,
romance and rock-band road-trip adventure.
Read by Martainn Ma an t-Saoir. 7 hours 20 minutes.
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