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Issue 46
July 2015
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Braille Fiction
Adult Fiction
Arlidge, M. J. Pop goes the weasel. 2014. Crime fiction.
Helen Grace series; book 2. The body of a middle-aged man is
discovered in Southampton's red light district - horrifically
mutilated, with his heart removed. The media call it Jack the
Ripper in reverse; revenge against the men who lead sordid
double lives visiting prostitutes.
5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25102905.
Baxter, Lily. In love and war. 2014. Romance.
August 1914. When the opportunity arises Elsie joins the foreign
office, travelling to France as an undercover agent. And on the
battlefields of Europe, she must find the courage to help save
lives, each day hoping that one day she'll be reunited with the man
she loves.
6v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25102803.
Binchy, Maeve. Circle of friends. 2000. Family Stories.
Best friends since girlhood in the town of Knockglen, Benny and
Eve discover a very different world in the excitements of University
College, Dublin. With attractive and ambitious Nan and the goodlooking charmer, Jack, they form an intimate circle of friends.
11v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25204502
Binchy, Maeve. Tara Road. 1998. General fiction.
Ria Lynch lives in a big ramshackle house in Tara Road, Dublin,
which is constantly filled with the family and friends on whom she
depends. Marilyn Vine lives in a college town in Connecticut, New
England, absorbed in her career, an independent and private
woman. Unlikely friends. Yet a chance phone call brings them
together and they decide to exchange homes for the summer,
while they each sort out their problems. By the time they eventually
meet, they find that their lives have altered for ever.
12v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25204602.
Booth, Stephen. Black dog. 2001. Crime fiction.
Ben Cooper and Diane Fry series; book 1. When teenager Laura
Vernon goes missing one long, hot summer in the Peak District,
local police mount a full-scale search operation. As the
investigation twists and turns, local DC Ben Cooper and new DI
Diane Fry discover that no one is entirely innocent and pain and
suffering can be the only outcome.
7v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25101803.
Cantero, Edgar. The supernatural enhancements. 2014.
Horror.
When A. inherits a beautiful but eerie estate set deep in the
woods, he is both sceptical and curious. He never even knew he
had a 'second uncle, twice removed' named Ambrose. Much less
that the poor man committed suicide – under similar circumstances
to many other strange and curious deaths. A. quickly realises that
he has inherited a lifetime of secrets, and a curse.
5v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25102203.
Christie, Agatha. A murder is announced. 1950. Classic crime.
Miss Marple series; book 4. A murder is announced and will take
place on Friday, October 29th, at Little Paddocks at 6.30pm." So
runs the advertisement in that day's local paper. Miss Blacklock,
the owner of Little Paddocks, is not unduly surprised when,
towards the appointed hour, several of her neighbours find
themselves drawn to call upon her...
5v. Price: £5.99. Order No: 25206702.
Coelho, Paulo. Adultery. 2014. General fiction.
A meeting with a politician, and ex-boyfriend, reawakens a side of
Linda that she - respectable wife, devoted mother and ambitious
journalist - thought had disappeared. She embarks on a
relationship that is addictive, dangerous and undeniably exciting.
But the consequences are far-reaching.
4v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 25107903.
Cole, Martina. The ladykiller. 1993. Crime fiction.
George Markham has an obsession, one that erupts into an orgy
of vicious sexual depravity. Patrick Kelly is the most feared man in
London. His one soft spot is his daughter, Mandy. And when she
falls victim to the sadistic rapist nicknamed the Grantley Ripper,
Kelly wants revenge - with or without police help.
13v. Price: £7.19. Order No: 25204802.
Cox, Josephine. Let it shine. 2001. Family stories.
Many years ago, Ada Williams did something that has tormented
her ever since. Her greedy son, Peter, overhears a conversation
and plans a terrible deed. In nearby Blackburn, happily married
Sylvia Bolton lives with her family. No one, least of all Sylvia, can
foresee the events about to unfold.
5v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25205202.
Dexter, Colin. The jewel that was ours. 1991. Crime fiction.
Inspector Morse series; book 9. Chief Inspector Morse investigates
the murder of an American tourist at Oxford's Randolph Hotel. The
Wolvercote Tongue, due to be handed over to the Ashmolean
Museum, is missing, and a corpse is found in the Cherwell.
5v. Price: £7.19. Order No: 25198202.
Fisher, Carrie. Postcards from the edge. 2011. General fiction.
Suzanne is in the harrowing and hilarious throes of drug
rehabilitation, trying to understand what happened to her life and
how she managed to land in a 'drug hospital.' Postcards from the
Edge is more than a book about stardom and drugs. It is a
revealing look at the dangers – and delights - of all our addictions,
from money and success to sex and insecurity.
4v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25097103.
Forsyth, Frederick. The fist of God. 1994. Thriller.
Major Mike Martin, an SAS man who can pass for Arab, is sent to
Kuwait to report on Iraqi strength and to help the resistance. What
is revealed makes the allies delay their invasion for four days,
while Martin undertakes his most dangerous assignment ever, to
find and destroy the Fist of God.
14v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25204702
Franklin, Ariana. The assassin's prayer. 2011. Historical crime.
Mistress of the art of death series; book 4. Adelia Aguilar is to
accompany 10-year -old Princess Joanna on her thousand -mile
journey to marry the King of Sicily. They must take with them the
legendary sword Excalibur. And so Adelia sets sail with the golden
princess and her lavish procession of nobles, musicians, servants,
laundresses, grooms, luggage and treasure. But when members of
the procession begin to die and it looks as though Adelia is to
blame, there are dangerous accusations of witchcraft.
6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25102303.
Gifford, Elisabeth. Secrets of the sea house. 2014. General
fiction.
When Ruth and her husband move into a dilapidated old vicarage
on a stunning island in the Outer Hebrides, they discover the
remains of a baby buried beneath the house, its legs fused
together into one limb - a mermaid child. When Ruth researches
the history of the house, she uncovers the heart-breaking story of
Reverend Alexander Ferguson, an amateur evolutionary scientist.
5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25102503.
Gregory, Philippa. The king's curse. 2014. Historical fiction.
The cousins' war; book 6. The riveting story of Margaret Pole,
daughter of George, Duke of Clarence, and was one of the few
surviving members of the Plantagenet dynasty after the Wars of
the Roses. Plantagenet is now, at the end of the 15th century, the
most dangerous name in England.
10v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 25080703.
Grisham, John. The rainmaker. 1995. Thriller.
Desperate for money, and although not yet a member of the bar,
Rudy Baylor takes on a case which turns out to be only the tip of
the iceberg, and he finds himself up against a battery of million
dollar lawyers who will do anything to stop him.
11v. Price: £6.39. Order No: 25206102
Hore, Rachel, The glass painter's daughter. 2013. General
fiction.
Taking her sick father's place in his stained-glass shop, Fran and
his craftsman Zac accept a beguiling commission – to restore a
shattered glass picture of an exquisite angel belonging to a local
church. As they reassemble the dazzling shards of coloured glass,
they uncover an extraordinary love story from the Victorian past,
sparked by the window's creation.
7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25101103.
Howard, Elizabeth Jane. Confusion. 1993. Family stories.
Cazalet Chronicles; book 3. This is the third book in the series
following the fortunes of the Cazalet family, from the spring of
1942, through the dark, middle period of the war.
10v. Price: £6.74. Order No: 25196902
James, Peter. Want you dead. 2014. Crime fiction.
DS Roy Grace series; book 10. When Red Westwood meets
handsome, charming and rich Bryce Laurent through an online
dating agency their love blossoms. But everything he has told Red
about himself turns out to be a tissue of lies, and her infatuation
with him gradually turns to terror.
7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25102403.
King, Stephen. The dark half. 1989. Horror.
Thad Beaumont had written a number of best-selling thrillers under
the pseudonym, George Stark, but now decides to kill him off. But
George Stark doesn't want to die! Impossibly, terrifyingly, in an
orgy of violence, he appears to have returned from the dead.
10v. Price: £7.19. Order No: 25206802.
Koontz, Dean R. From the corner of his eye. 2000. Thriller.
Bartholomew Lampion grows up a prodigy, blinded by surgery
required to save him from a fast-spreading cancer, but he regains
his sight at the age of thirteen and sets out to transform the lives of
everyone around him.
15v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25206002.
McEwan, Ian. Atonement . 2001. General fiction.
A story that begins with three young people in the garden of a
country house on the hottest day of 1935, and ends with three
profoundly changed lives. A depiction of love and war, class,
childhood and England, that explores shame and forgiveness,
atonement and the possibility of absolution.
8v. Price: £6.74. Order No: 25198802.
McDermid, Val. The torment of others. 2004. Thriller.
Tony Hill series; book 4. A prostitute is murdered in a particularly
grotesque and stomach-churning way, a killing that matches in
every detail a series of murders that took place a couple of years
previously. A series of murders for which Derek Tyler was tried,
convicted and sentenced. There has never been any doubt about
his guilt. But now the ghost of his crimes has risen again.
5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25198002.
Mankell, Henning. An event in autumn. 2014. Crime fiction.
Kurt Wallander series; book 11. Wallander uncovers the skeleton
of a middle-aged woman in the garden of his new house. But when
another discovery is made in the garden, Wallander is forced to
delve further back into the area's past.
2v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 25068903.
Matthew, Christopher. The Amber Room. 1995. Adventure.
In 1941 the Germans take the amber panels from Catherine
Palace in Leningrad. They later disappear completely. When exarmy officer and journalist, Miles Maltby, joins a press trip to the
Swiss Alps, an extraordinary story sets him off on a journey of high
adventure.
8v. Price: £12.00. Order No: 25206202
Mezrich, Ben. Seven wonders. 2014. Thriller.
When the reclusive mathematician Jeremy Grady goes missing,
it's up to his estranged brother Jack to find out why. With the help
of scientist Sloane Costa, they discover a conspiracy to hide a
roadmap to the Garden of Eden - and the truth behind a
mythological ancient culture.
6v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25066303.
Morrall, Clare. After the bombing. 2014. General fiction.
On the night of May 3rd, 1942, 15-year-old Alma Braithwaite and
her fellow boarders at Goldwyn's school huddle in an air-raid
shelter as bombs rain down on Exeter. 21 years on, Alma teaches
music at her old school. A new student starts - the daughter of a
man Alma hasn't seen since 1942, when he played a pivotal role in
her life.
6v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 25104103.
Mosse, Kate. The taxidermist's daughter. 2014. Historical
fiction.
Sussex, 1912. In a churchyard, villagers gather on the night when
the ghosts of those who will die in the coming year are thought to
be seen. Standing alone is the taxidermist's daughter. At
seventeen, Constantia Gifford lives with her father in a decaying
house: it is all that is left of Gifford's once world-famous museum of
taxidermy. The bell begins to toll and all eyes are fixed on the
church. No one sees the gloved hand pick up a flint. As the last
notes fade into the dark, a woman lies dead.
5v. Price: 16.99. Order No: 25097203.
Moyes, Jojo. The ship of brides. 2005. General fiction.
Based on a true story. The year is 1946, in Sydney, Australia, four
women join 650 other brides on an extraordinary voyage to
England - aboard HMS Victoria, which carries not just arms and
aircraft but a thousand naval officers and men. But the men and
the brides will find their lives intertwined in ways the Navy could
never have imagined.
6v. Price: £3.85. Order No: 25206502.
Neville, Stuart. Ratlines. 2013. Crime fiction.
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
granted asylum by the Irish government . Albert Ryan, Directorate
of Intelligence, is ordered to investigate the crimes. 6v. Price: 6.99.
Order No: 25064503.
North, Claire. The first fifteen lives of Harry August.2014.
General fiction.
Harry August is on his deathbed, again. Every time he dies, he is
reborn in the same time and place, a child with all the knowledge
of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. This is the story
of what he does next - what he did before - and how he tries to
save a past he cannot change and a future he cannot allow.
7v. Price: 7.99. Order No: 25066403
O'Brian, Patrick. Clarissa Oakes. 1992. Sea Stories.
Jack Aubrey series; book 15. Captain Jack Aubrey sails away from
the hated Australian prison colonies in his favourite vessel the
"Surprise", pondering on middle age and sexual frustration. He
soon becomes aware that he is out of touch with the mood of his
ship, and does not know that the "Surprise" has a stranger aboard
who is potentially as dangerous as a light in the powder-magazine.
6v. Price: £7.19. Order No: 25206302
Oswald, James. Dead men's bones. 2014. Crime fiction.
Detective Inspector McLean series; book 4. MP Andrew Weatherly
has killed his wife and two young daughters, before turning his gun
on himself. The question on everyone's lips is why would this
successful and wealthy man commit such a gruesome crime? The
deeper he digs, the more McLean realizes he is being used in a
game between shadowy factions from the world of power and
privilege.
7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25066503.
Pratchett, Terry. Equal rites. 1987. Fantasy.
Discworld series; book 3. A wizard calls on the blacksmith in a
hurry. He is going to die in six minutes and wants to pass on his
knowledge. He quickly whispers some spells over a baby lying in
the cradle that the wizard assumes is the blacksmith's eighth son.
Unfortunately he failed to check on the sex of the baby, and the
world is destined to have its first female wizard.
4v. Price: £5.59. Order No: 25197902.
Radcliffe, Robert. Upon dark waters. 2011. War.
The son of a beautiful socialite and a British diplomat, Michael is
brought up in Uruguay alongside his guardian's daughter Maria.
When Michael returns from England in 1939, his steamer crosses
paths with a German warship - an ominous sign of the conflict to
come. And though Uruguay is neutral in the coming conflict,
Michael is to be allowed no such luxury.
7v. Price: 8.99. Order No: 25066703.
Rankin, Ian. Dead souls. 1999. Crime fiction.
Inspector Rebus series; book 10. An old schoolfriend's son has
gone missing and Brian Mee would like 'Johnny' to do a little
digging on the side to put his wife's mind at rest. The ghost of Jack
Morton, friend and colleague, is riding Rebus's dreams, not always
helping with his caseload.
9v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25198702.
Rollins, James. The sixth extinction. 2014. Thriller.
Sigma Force 10; book 10. A remote military research station in
Utah sends out a frantic distress call, ending with a chilling final
command: Kill us all! Personnel from the neighbouring base rush
in to discover everyone already dead - and not just the scientists,
but every living thing for 50 square miles has been annihilated.
The land is entirely sterile - and the blight is spreading.
7v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 25065903.
Rule, Ann. Small sacrifices. 1988. Crime fiction.
In the car that pulled up outside the Springfield Hospital, were
Diane Downs and her three children. All had been shot, two
children were very close to death, one child was already dead.
Diane was slightly injured. She spoke of the stranger who had
attacked them, but events led the investigating District Attorney to
ask the question: could a mother shoot her own children?
11v. Price: £10.99. Order No: 25206602.
Shemilt, Jane. Daughter. 2014. Crime fiction.
Naomi has vanished, leaving her family broken and her mother
Jenny desperately searching for answers. But the traces fifteenyear-old Naomi's left behind reveal a very different girl to the one
Jenny thought she'd raised.
5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25097003.
Smith, Wilbur. Desert God. 2014. Historical fiction.
Egyptian series; book 5. The kingdom is not at peace. They have
been fighting Southern Egypt’s constant and historic enemy, the
Hyksos people in the north, since time began. To finally crush
them, Pharaoh must turn to his most trusted friend, Taita, a freed
eunuch slave.
8v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 25104003.
Thynne, Jane. Black roses. 2013. Thriller.
Black Roses series; book 1. Berlin, 1933. Clara Vine, an attractive
young Anglo-German actress, arrives in Berlin to find work at the
famous Ufa studios. Through a chance meeting, she is drawn into
a circle of Nazi wives. Then she meets Leo Quinn who is working
for British intelligence and who sees Clara as the perfect recruit to
spy on her new elite friends.
8v. £7.99. Order No: 25096603.
Toon, Paige. Johnny be good. 2013. Chick lit.
Celebrity PA to wild boy of rock Johnny Jefferson, Meg's glam new
life in sun-drenched LA is a whirlwind of showbiz parties. Cool,
calm Christian, in town to write his famous friend's biography,
helps keep Meg's feet firmly on the ground. But with Johnny's
piercing green eyes and a body Brad Pitt would kill for, how long
will it be before she's swept right off them again?
6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25142803.
Weir, Alison. The marriage game. 2014. Historical fiction.
The relationship between the young Elizabeth I and the dashing
but married Lord Robert Dudley is the most extraordinary and
controversial of royal love affairs and very nearly cost Elizabeth the
crown.
8v. £18.99. Order No: 25095503.
Wingfield, R.D. Hard Frost. 1995. Crime fiction.
Jack Frost series; book 4. This case had been dumped on Frost as
no other officers were available. And then another boy is reported
missing and a ransom demand threatens his life.
9v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25206902.
Adult Non-Fiction
Autobiography and Biography
Crawford, Michael. Parcel arrived safely tied with string: my
autobiography. 1999.
In his autobiography, Crawford recalls his childhood, his early
years in showbusiness and the friendships it led to. Stage shows
like "The Phantom of the opera" and films such as "Hello
Dolly!" are all remembered, and he offers a wealth of professional
and personal behind-the scenes anecdotes.
8v. Price: £8.99. Order no: 25205402.
Glass, Cathy. Damaged: the heartbreaking true story of a
forgotten child. 2007.
Although Jodie is only eight years old, she is violent, aggressive
and has already been through numerous foster families. Her last
hope is Cathy Glass, an experienced foster carer, who was
pressured into taking Jodie as a new placement.
5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25101303.
Jacobi, Derek. As luck would have it: my seven ages. 2013.
Admired for his willingness to grapple with even the most
dislikeable of characters, Derek Jacobi has worked continuously
throughout his career. But it is his numerous Shakespearean roles
that have gained him worldwide recognition. Funny, warm and
honest, Jacobi brings us his insider's view on the world of acting.
5v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 24988803
Matusiak, John. Wolsey: the life of King Henry VIII's cardinal.
2014.
This work looks at the real person in the cold light of his actions,
and uncovers a man of contradictions and extremes whose
meteoric rise was marked by an equally inexorable descent into
desperation, as he attempted in vain to satisfy the tempestuous
master whose ambition ultimately broke him.
8v. Price: 20.00. Order No: 25096703.
Tarrant, Chris. Dad's war: father, soldier, hero. 2014.
Chris loved and admired his father but 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.
5v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 24999102
Food and Drink
Martin, James. Home comforts. 2014.
James Martin champions local produce and loves growing his own,
and this collection of recipes ranges from fancy dinners to impress
friends, to those times when you just need to grab lunch for one in
a hurry. Much-loved for his trademark wholesome, hearty
British food, in this book James shows off a fresh, light and ultramodern side, too.
3v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 25190203.
Psychology
Brandreth, Gyles. The 7 secrets of happiness : an optimist's
journey. 2013.
What is happiness? Who gets to be happy? And how? These are
the big questions the author aims to answer in this little book.
1v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25085403.
Travel
Thubron, Colin. The lost heart of Asia. 1995.
This book charts Colin Thubron's journey through the newly
emergent countries of Central Asia. It is the story of his encounters
with people, landscapes and past, looking for lost cities, mosques
and tombs, as he searches into the regions fragmented identity
and discovers the plight of the once-dominant Russians who
remain.
9v. Price: £9.98. Order No: 25204402
Braille books for loan only
These books were kindly donated by Guild of Church Braillists.
Biography
Haskey, Alyn. All things for good. 1992.
Born with cerebral palsy, Alyn Haskey spent the early years of his
life fighting against severe disability, including a severe speech
defect. Then Alyn became a Christian and his life began to
change. Having previously made little progress in school, he went
on to gain a university degree. In addition to his academic
achievements, Alyn represented England and Great Britain in the
Disabled Olympics. However, his first love was always his work for
the Lord and he travelled widely to discuss and share his faith in
Jesus.
3v.
Tomkins, Stephen. David Livingstone: the unexplored story.
David Livingstone has gone down in history as a fearless explorer
and missionary, hacking his way through the forests of Africa to
bring light to the people and also to free them from slavery. But
who was he, and what was he actually like? Fascinating new
evidence about Livingstone’s life and his struggles has come to
light in the letters and journals he left behind.
7v.
Welch, Robert. Kicking the black mamba. 2013.
A vivid, haunting personal tragedy, but Welch explores its roots in
generations of Irish lives scarred by shame and disgrace, and
reflects on the lawless energies that may be unleashed now that
the constraining institutions and rituals of church and magic have
lost their hold on people's minds. It is a frightening confession of a
man who fears his own complicity in his son's alcohol addiction.
But it is also a love story, the story of 'a boy's love for his father,
and a father's helpless love for his son.'
6v.
Religion
Ashton, mark. On my way to heaven. 2010.
Is it really possible to face the final stages of our earthly lives with
confidence and without fear? Mark Ashton describes his own
experience of imminent death from inoperable cancer. Real
confidence, he explains, is found in the resurrection of Jesus
Christ an event which, even though it happened 2,000 years ago,
has profound implications for us today.
1v.
Dickson, John. If I were God I’d make myself clearer:
searching for clarity in a world full of claims. 2001.
Written from a Christian perspective, this book struggles honestly
with a dilemma facing 'believers' and 'unbelievers' alike: With so
many religions on offer, can one of them be considered true? Or
are they different paths up the same spiritual mountain? And how
can any one person sort their way through the maze of claims?
2v.
Gaukroger, Stephen. Living successfully in a dangerous
world. 1999.
This book is 16 studies in the first letter of Peter. Peter shows the
basis of how to live a Christ-honouring life, showing that opposition
is a test of the genuineness of faith, and that we shall be rewarded
on "the Day when Christ is revealed".
3v.
Green, Michael. In search of spirituality: finding a way through
the spiritual maze. 2007.
How do we find a spirituality that satisfies? Michael Green sets out
the key criteria: how to find a way through the spiritual maze, how
to be confident our path is trustworthy, how to find the best spiritual
guide, how to start the journey, how to grow in our spirituality, how
to develop a spiritual worldview, and how spirituality can help in
sufferings. Only Jesus, Green insists, offers a spirituality that can
bear our weight through life and in the face of death.
2v.
Hopkins, Judy. Lucy’s rainbow. 2011.
The spiritual and emotional journey of a mother of two young
children, following the death of her husband. Lucy's Rainbow is the
powerful, heart-wrenching story of a young family torn apart by
cancer. In this inspiring personal account, Judy Hopkins
penetrates the depths of human suffering, depicting for us as
honestly as possible a grief which is finally beyond words.
4v.
Instone-Brewer, David. The Jesus Scandals: why he shocked
his contemporaries (and still shocks today). 2012.
Over the centuries, Jesus's teaching on ethical matters has often
become muted and distorted. Here, David Instone-Brewer shows
how Jesus offered revolutionary and luminous insights into knotty
ethical dilemmas.
4v.
Leonard, Christine. Is God for real?: Signposts and stories for
people who wonder. 2011.
Is God for Real? is the question many struggle with. So Chris
Leonard spoke to people from all kinds of backgrounds and asked
them to explain how their relationship with God works out in
practice, during crises, but mainly in normal, everyday life.
4v.
Saxton, Jo. High heels and holiness: the smart girls’ guide to
living life well. 2012.
Society determines women’s dreams and expectations, and
dictates how they should feel about their image, relationships and
career. So how do we do life - friendship, money, men and the rest
- with wisdom and integrity? As Christian women, where is our
place in today's culture? How do we embrace life and live it to the
full?
5v.
Vanier, Jean. The heart of l'Arche: a spirituality for every day.
2013.
With simplicity and conviction, the author shows how a life shared
with people who have intellectual disabilities calls us to
selflessness and risk. The vulnerability that is so much a part of
their lives reveals our own limits and forces us to ask questions
that can lead to profound liberation.
2v.
Society
Lynch, Jonah. The scent of lemons: technology and
relationships in the age of Facebook. 2012.
Jonah Lynch considers if technology is stealing something
essential from us in return for all its marvellous gifts. Every place is
singular, and every person is unique, Lynch writes, and to re-learn
this truth it might be necessary to do a little technological fasting.
Not to eliminate our freedom, but to joyfully rediscover it.
2v.
Wilcock, Penelope, Learning to let go. 2010.
Full of empathy and the wisdom of experience, in Learning to Let
Go Penelope Wilcock guides us through the process - practical
and emotional - of preparing for residential care, tackling the
difficult questions which will be faced by elderly people, and their
families. This book shows how an elderly person can be helped to
retain their identity, and at the same time to "let go".
4v.
Suggested age range 9+
Lee, Kathy, River Rapids. 2011
Scripture Union. Maya thinks it would be quite fun for the River
Mallen to flood its banks, but when that happens, it's disasterous
for her and her mum. If being forced out of her home wasn't
enough, getting caught up in a human trafficking ring threatens
everything. Maya is kidnapped and, though she is released, she
lives in fear that the kidnappers will come back to get her.
3v.
Children and young adult fiction
Suggested reading age 5+
Novak, B. J. The book with no pictures. 2014.
You might think a book with no pictures seems boring and serious.
Except, here's how books work. Everything written on the page
has to be said by the person reading it aloud. Even if the words
say 'blork' or 'bluurf'. Even if the words are a preposterous song
about eating ants for breakfast, or just a list of astonishingly goofy
sounds like 'blaggity blaggity' and 'glibbity globbity'.
UEB. 1v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25207905.
Suggested age range 7+
Kinney, Jeff. Hard luck. 2013.
Diary of a wimpy kid; book 8. Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His
best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new
friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change
his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his
decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around,
or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?
UEB. 1v. Price: 12.99. Order No: 25098303.
Laird, Elizabeth. The fastest boy in the world. 2014.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie medal 2015.
Eleven-year-old Solomon loves to run! The great athletes of the
Ethiopian national team are his heroes and he dreams that one
day he will be a gold -medal-winning athlete like them, in
spite of his ragged shorts and bare feet. When his grandfather
announces that he's going to take Solomon to Addis Ababa,
Solomon cannot believe his ears.
UEB. 4v. Price £6.99. Order No: 25176505
Also available in uncontracted UEB. 6v. Order No: 25176507
Nadin, Joanna. Penny Dreadful is a record breaker. 2013.
Penny Dreadful versus the Vampire, in which Penny is worried
about growing up to be a clown and decides to embark on a career
as a vampire hunter instead; Penny Dreadful Looks on the Bright
Side, in which miserable Grandma Grimshaw comes to stay and
Penny and her best friend Cosmo appeal to her softer side, and
Penny Dreadful and the World Record, in which Penny attempts to
get her name in the record books.
UEB. 2v. Price: 4.99. Order No: 25069703.
Norton, Mary. The Borrowers. 1952.
The Borrowers ; book. At first the Borrowers lived under the floor
behind the wainscot. Nobody ever saw them but everybody knew
they were there because of the things which disappeared.
3v. Price: £5.99. Order No: 25206402
Reeve, Philip. Oliver and the seawigs. 2014.
Along with his friends, a grumpy old albatross, a short-sighted
mermaid, and a friendly island called Cliff, Oliver sets out to rescue
his missing parents.
UEB. 2v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25080203.
Suggested age range 9+
Gaiman, Neil. The sleeper and the spindle. 2014.
On the eve of her wedding, a young queen sets out to rescue a
princess from an enchantment. She casts aside her fine wedding
clothes, takes her chain mail and her sword and follows her brave
dwarf retainers into the tunnels under the mountain towards the
sleeping kingdom.
UEB. 1v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25167903.
McCaughrean, Geraldine. The middle of nowhere. 2013.
When Comity’s mother dies, she turns to Fred, the Aboriginal yard
boy, who becomes her only friend. But then Fred becomes the
target of her father’s assistant and events spiral dangerously out of
control.
UEB. 4v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 25173603.
Philip, Gillian. The lost children. 2014.
Mysteries of Ravenstorm Island; book 1. When Molly and her little
brother Jack visit their rich relatives on Ravenstorm Island, Molly
feels immediately on edge. An elderly butler gives them bizarre
warnings, eerie statues of children are dotted around the island,
and - worse - she's expected to be friends with her moody cousin,
Arthur. But things become much worse when Jack disappears and no one else on the island remembers he ever existed! Molly
and Arthur must work together to save Jack.
UEB. 7v. Price; 5.99. Order No: 25096803.
Pilkey, Dav. Captain Underpants and the tyrannical retaliation
of the Turbo Toilet 2000. 2014.
When the evil Turbo Toilet 2000 was defeated, George and Harold
thought their toilet troubles were over. Unfortunately, their
problems were only beginning. Join Captain Underpants for
another epic showdown of Wedgie Power vs. Potty Power.
UEB. 3v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 25017607
Suggested age range 11+
Muchamore, Robert. Lone wolf. 2014.
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.
UEB. 4v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25017703.
Suggested age range 13+
Crossan, Sarah. Apple and Rain. 2014.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie medal 2015.
When Apple's mother returns after eleven years of absence, Apple
feels whole again. It's only when Apple meets someone more lost
than she is, that she begins to see things as they really are.
UEB. Price: £10.99. Order No: 25022409.
Uncontracted UEB. Order No: 25022403.
Gardner, Sally. Tinder. 2013.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie medal 2015.
Otto Hundebiss is tired of war, but when he defies Death he walks
a dangerous path. A half beast half man gives him shoes and dice
which will lead him deep into a web of dark magic and mystery. He
learns the powers of the tinderbox and the wolves whose master
he becomes. But will all the riches in the world bring him what he
desires?
UEB. 3v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 25176709
Hardinge, Frances. Cuckoo song. 2014.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie medal 2015.
When Triss wakes up after an accident, she knows that something
is very wrong. She is insatiably hungry; her sister seems scared of
her and her parents whisper behind closed doors. Soon Triss
discovers that she is quite literally not herself.
UEB. 9v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25176803.
Landman, Tanya. Buffalo soldier. 2014.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie medal 2015.
In a terrifyingly lawless land, where the colour of a person's skin
can bring violent death, freed slave Charley disguises herself as a
man and joins the army. It's only when Charley is posted to
Apache territory that she begins to learn what it is to be truly free.
UEB. 6v. Price: 7.99. Order No: 25182103.
McLachlan, Jenny. Flirty dancing. 2014.
Bea Hogg is shy but fiery inside. When national dance competition
Starwars comes to her school looking for talent, she wants to sign
up. It's just a shame her best friend agreed to enter with school
super-cow Pearl Harris. Bea will fight back!
UEB. 3v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25080103.
Zephaniah, Benjamin, Terror kid. 2014.
When Rico is approached by Speech, a mysterious man who
shares his hacktivist interests, Rico is given the perfect opportunity
to speak out about injustice. After all, what harm can a peaceful
cyber protest do.
UEB. 3v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25096303.
Suggested age range 15+
Conaghan, Bryan. When Mr Dog Bites. 2014.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
Dylan Mint has Tourette's. But then a routine visit to the hospital
changes everything. Overhearing a conversation between the
doctor and his mother, Dylan discovers that he's going to die next
March, so he grants himself three wishes. Contains swear words.
UEB. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25181605.
Music
Braille music
Britten, Benjamin. A ceremony of carols: op. 28. For mixed
voices: for three treble voices, solo voices and harp or piano
[soprano parts].
Open score. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.90; £5.00. Order No:
4955101.
Albinoni, Tomaso. Adagio in sol min. per archi e organo su
due spunti tematici e su un basso numerato; composed by
Remo Giazotto from two thematic drafts and a figured bass by
Tomaso Albinoni.
For organ. Bar over bar. 1volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50.
Order No: 24825901.
Streisand, Barbara. Evergreen: for voice and piano
accompaniment.
Open score and accompaniment with outline. 1 volume. Price:
£0.76; £1.26; £2. Order No: 24894801.
Mendelssohn, Felix. Andante und Allegro assai vivace: op. 92:
introduction [primo part].
For piano duet.
Bar over bar. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No:
24825801.
Ibert, Jacques. Aria: 1927. For flute and piano [flute part].
Single line. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No:
25109801.
Chopin, Frederic. Piano Sonata in C minor: op. 4.
Bar over bar. 2 volumes. Price: £3.04; £5.30; £17.00. Order No:
22682401.
Hywel, John. Suo-gan.
An arrangement of a traditional Welsh lullaby.
Bar over bar. 1 volume. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No:
25142301.
Foster, Jane. The Living History Tune Book: Dance tunes and
songs from the 12th-14th centuries. 2003. Book 1: Medieval.
Suitable for all melody instruments. Single line. 1 volume. Price:
£1.02; £2.65; £8.50. Order No: 25105601.
6.2 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.
Flute by ear
Take Five
My heart will go on
I dreamed a dream
Piano by ear
Late beginner level
A mighty fortress is our God
Blue Velvet
Call me irresponsible
Teddy Bear
I’ll never fall in love again
Cherry Pink (and apple blossom white)
Downtown
Mona Lisa
People
Route 66
Spanish Eyes
The way we were
Late intermediate level
Butterfly Etude
Divertimento by Mozart
Sleeping Beauty Waltz by Tchaikovsky
A Little night music by Mozart
Romeo and Juliet love theme by Tchaikovsky
Sonata in A by Mozart
Sonata in C by Mozart
Minute Waltz by Chopin
Raindrop Prelude by Chopin
Giant print – 24 point
Anderson, Kevin J. Hellhole. 2010. Science fiction.
Only the most desperate would ever dare to make a new home on
Hellhole, a planet ravaged by natural disasters. Its location on the
wild frontiers of the Constellation, among the Deep Zone worlds,
makes it the final refuge for those fleeing from the rule of Diadem
Michella Duchenet - a tyrant with a sweet face, but a dark heart.
6v.
Andrews, Lyn. The Sisters O’Donnell. 2008. Family stories.
They were called the Sisters O’Donnell in County Tipperary. All
with flaming red hair and tempers to match, they came to seek
their fortunes in 1920s Liverpool full of ambition and hope. But
Liverpool wasn’t what they thought it would be. Work was
impossible to find and their money was running out.
5v.
Andrews, Lyn. Take these broken wings. 2000. Family stories.
Thrown into the workhouse at the tender age of six, Hannah
Peckham soon learns how hard the world is, but she emerges
determined to make the most of what little life has given her.
Naively she falls in love with a man she can never have. And
rushes into the arms of hard drinking Alfie Duggan.
4v.
Andrews, Lynda M. The ties that bind. 1999. Family stories.
Tessa O’Leary is the only daughter of a family of fatherless boys.
Elizabeth Harrison is oppressed by her shopkeeper mother’s
snobbish expectations. This is the story of two young girls in the
slum lands of war - wracked Liverpool, bound together by a
friendship that surmounts disaster, poverty and heartbreak.
4v.
Archer, Jeffrey. Four warned. 2014. Quick reads.
These four short stories from are packed full of twists and turns.
Jeremy finds the best way to steal the perfect ring for his fiancée.
Albert celebrates his 100th birthday. Richard plots the ideal way to
murder his wife. As Diana, drives to have dinner with friends, she
realises that a black van is following her.
1v.
Binchy, Maeve. Nights of rain and stars. 2005. Family stories.
In a Greek taverna, high over the small village of Aghia Anna, four
people meet for the first time. Along with Andreas, the old man
who runs the taverna, they become close to each other after
witnessing a tragedy when a pleasure steamer catches fire in the
harbour.
3v.
Bradshaw, Rita. Beyond the veil of tears. 2014. Family stories.
As an only child, 15-year-old Angeline is heartbroken when her
beloved parents are killed in a coaching accident and she is given
into the care of her uncle. Angeline is easy prey for the handsome
and ruthless Oswald Golding who is looking for a rich heiress to
solve the money troubles his womanizing has caused.
4v.
Cantero, Edgar. The supernatural enhancements. 2014.
Horror.
When A. inherits a beautiful but eerie estate set in the woods, he is
both sceptical and curious. He never knew his ‘second uncle’
named Ambrose, much less that the poor man committed suicide –
under similar circumstances to many other strange deaths. A.
quickly realises he has inherited a lifetime of secrets, and a curse.
3v.
Cartland, Barbara. Love finds the way. 2004. Romance.
When John Chester returned to England after suddenly inheriting a
Dukedom he knew his life had changed forever. But he didn’t know
just how much. Gina Wilton was like a breath of fresh air. But she
was also everything John disapproved of in a young women,
independent, assertive, always ready to contradict him.
2v.
Chadwick, Elizabeth. The champion. 2006. Historical fiction.
Alexander de Montroi arrives in Normandy in the spring of 1193,
desperate to become one of the great knights who live by their
jousting swords. Monday de Cerizay is smitten with the new hero
until she finds herself pregnant and betrayed. Noticed by King
John, she becomes his mistress in England.
6v.
Chadwick, Elizabeth. The Marsh King’s daughter. 2006.
Historical fiction.
There is great dissatisfaction with King John’s rule. Among the
rebellious nobles is young Nicholas de Caen. While fighting John’s
troops, he is captured, but during the trip back to be questioned,
the treacherous marshes cause trouble and Nicholas and King
John’s treasure are both lost.
5v.
Chadwick, Elizabeth. Shadows and strongholds. 2013.
Historical fiction.
Fulke FitzWarin book 1. Nine-year-old misfit Fulke FitzWarin
leaves his family for the household of the Lord of Ludlow. Once
there, he begins to learn the knightly arts which he desperately
hopes will free him from the shadows of his past. Joscelin’s
daughter, Hawise, befriends Fulke when he most needs it.
7v
Chadwick, Elizabeth. Lords of the white castle. 2013.
Historical fiction.
Fulke FitzWarin book 2. A violent quarrel with the future King John
destroys Fulke’s greatest ambition, to become Lord of the White
Castle. Instead of accepting his fate Fulke rebels but the danger
pursuing him reaches new heights as he begins a passionate love
affair with Maude Walter the widow chosen by John himself.
7v.
Chamberlain, Diane. Reflection. 2014. Romance.
Twenty years ago, a terrible tragedy shattered the Pennsylvania
town of Reflection. The residents have never forgiven the woman
they blamed Rachel Huber. After the incident, Rachel left the town
and cut off all ties there. she receives the news that her estranged
grandmother, Helen, is ill and needs her care, she returns.
5v.
Christie, Agatha. Three blind mice and other stories. 2012.
Classic crime. Short stories.
The title story in this collection, Three Blind Mice, is an alternate
version of Agatha Christie’s play The Mousetrap. This collection
contains whodunits, locked room mysteries, and perplexing
puzzles from the Queen of Crime.
2v.
Christie, Agatha. The seven dials mystery. 2001. Classic
crime.
Superintendent Battle book 2. A healthy young man dies in his
sleep, despite the ringing of eight separate alarm clocks. Gerry
Wade had proved himself to be a champion sleeper; so the other
house guests decided to play a practical joke on him. By morning
one clock was missing and the prank had backfired.
3v.
Christie, Agatha. The murder on the links. 2011.
Classic crime.
Hercule Poirot book 2. An urgent appeal for help brings Hercule
Poirot to France with unaccustomed haste, but he is too late - his
client, a mysterious millionaire, has been brutally stabbed to death
and his body flung carelessly into an open grave. The Belgian
detective unravels the strange circumstances of this case.
2v.
Christie, Agatha. Hercule Poirot’s Christmas. 2001. Classic
crime.
Hercule Poirot book 19. Christmas Eve, the Lee family reunion is
shattered by a crash of furniture, followed by a high -pitched
wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a
pool of blood, his throat slashed. Hercule Poirot, offers to assist,
he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion.
3v.
Christie, Agatha. Cat among the pigeons. 2002.
Classic crime.
Hercule Poirot book 33. Unpleasant things are going on in an
exclusive school for girls. Late one night, two teachers investigate
a mysterious flashing light in the sports pavilion, while the rest of
the school sleeps. There they stumble upon the body of the
unpopular games mistress – shot through the heart.
3v.
Christie, Agatha. The mirror crack’d from side to side. 2002.
Classic crime.
One minute, silly Heather Badcock had been gabbling on at her
movie idol, the glamorous Marina Gregg. The next, she suffered a
massive seizure. But for whom was the deadly poison really
intended? Marina’s frozen expression suggested she had
witnessed something horrific.
3v.
Cox, Josephine. Outcast.1992. Romance.
Emma Grady book 1. 1860, Thadius Grady realises he has put
himself and his daughter Emma at the mercy of his sister and her
husband, Caleb he has entrusted to them his entire fortune and
the daughter he adores. With his dying breath he pleads to see his
daughter one last time - but Caleb’s heart is made of stone.
3v.
Cox, Josephine. Her father’s sins.1992. Family stories.
Queenie’s story book 1. Queenie seemed born to suffer. Her mam
died giving birth to her, her drunken father George Kenney ignored
her unless he was cursing her, and only beloved Auntie Biddy
provided an anchor for the little girl. After Auntie Biddy’s death
there was only Queenie to care for the home and to earn money.
3v.
Cox, Josephine. The beachcomber. 2008. Romance.
Tom Arnold has walked away from a prestigious job after his wife
and children were killed when the car he was driving was forced off
a cliff road by another motorist. Kathy Wilson similarly struggles
with a sense of loss after a terrible argument with her mother
brings home to her how unfulfilling her life of loneliness is.
4v.
Cox, Josephine. Journey’s end. 2008. Family stories.
Barney Davidson book 2. It has been over twenty years since
Vicky Maitland set foot on English soil. Twenty years since she left
Liverpool with her three children, bound for a new life in America,
leaving her beloved husband Barney behind. But this long journey
home is the hardest of all. She is here in search of the truth.
3v.
Cumming, Charles. A foreign country. 2013. Thriller.
Amelia Levene book 1. Six months before she is due to take up
her position as the first female head of MI6, Amelia Levene
vanishes without a trace. Disgraced ex-agent Thomas Kell is
brought in from the cold with orders to find her quickly and quietly.
The mission offers Kell a way back into this secret world.
4v.
Cussler, Clive. The bootlegger. 2014. Thriller.
Isaac Bell book 8. It is 1920. Prohibition and bootlegging are in full
swing. When Joseph Van Dorn is shot and nearly killed while in
pursuit of a rum-running vessel, his friend and employee, Isaac
Bell, swears to him that he will hunt down the lawbreakers. But Bell
doesn’t know what he is getting into.
4v.
Deighton, Len. Mexico set. 2010. Thriller.
Bernard Samson book 2. When they spotted Erich Stinnes in
Mexico City, it was obvious that Bernard Samson was the right
man to ‘enrol’ him. But Bernard risks being entangled in a lethal
web of old loyalties and old betrayals. All he knows for sure is that
he has to get Erich Stinnes for London.
4v.
Deighton, Len. London match. 2010. Thriller.
Bernard Samson book 3. Bernard Samson hoped they’d put Elvira
Miller behind bars. She said she had been stupid, but it didn’t cut
any ice with Bernard. She was a KGB-trained agent and stupidity
was no excuse. There was one troubling thing about Mrs Miller’s
confession - two codewords where there should have been one.
5v.
Deighton, Len. Spy hook. 2010. Thriller.
Bernard Samson book 4. Working for the Department was like
marriage is supposed to be, but the Department is really not like
that and neither are many marriages, including that of Bernard
Samson, cool and cynical field agent. Things have not gone well,
old pals are not so friendly and colleagues are less confiding.
3v.
Francis, Dick. Shattered. 2013. Thriller.
Cheltenham Races, New Year’s Eve. Gerard Logan witnesses the
death of his close friend, jockey Martin Stukely, after a fall from his
horse. In the aftermath, Gerard is left to pick up the pieces including a mysterious unmarked videotape that Martin secretly left
him. But before he gets to watch it, the videotape is stolen
3v.
Gardner, Lisa. Say goodbye. 2012. Thriller.
Pierce Quincy book 6. Young women are disappearing. Girls no
one will notice - prostitutes, runaways, high-risk teens. Eighteenyear-old Delilah Rose knows something but she’ll only talk to one
woman, FBI Special Agent Kimberley Quincy. With no bodies and
no clues, Kimberley’s options are limited.
4v.
Gifford, Elisabeth. Secrets of the sea house. 2014.
General fiction.
Ruth and her husband move into a dilapidated old vicarage on a
stunning island in the Outer Hebrides and set about turning the
unloved house into a family home. Ruth’s much-needed stability is
threatened when they discover the remains of a baby buried
beneath the house, its legs fused together into one limb.
3v.
Hamilton, Ruth. A parallel life. 2010. Family stories.
Eccentricity is the family byword for the Compton-Milnes. A
marriage between Gus, a reclusive but brilliant professor, and Lisa,
a promiscuous cosmetic surgery addict, has produced an O C D
riddled genius named Ben, and his sister, Harriet, who has
renounced her place at Oxford to stay and care for her brother.
3v.
Hamilton, Ruth. A crooked mile. 2010. Family stories.
In the shadow of the Althorpe mills, the Myrtle Street residents
endure cramped and often verminous conditions. Joe Duffy, a
Bolton tradesman, strives to lift his family out of the ‘garden’
streets. But as more children are born, Joe’s wife Tess sinks
deeper into the obsession that will be her undoing.
5v.
Harry, Lilian. A promise to keep. 2004. Romance.
Thursday book 2. When Thursday Tilford returns to Haslar
Hospital after two years serving as a VAD in Egypt, she finds many
changes. With the town packed with troops waiting to leave for the
Normandy beaches, and Haslar on standby for the wounded,
Thursday’s thoughts go to the two men who are vying for her
heart.
4v.
Herries, Anne. The rebel captain’s royalist bride. 2014.
Romance. Mills & Boon historical.
Orphaned and without protection, Babette Harvey must suffer in
silence when her uncle gives shelter to a band of Rebels - though
her Royalist blood boils! But other dangerous passions must also
be quieted - including those aroused by the handsome and
commanding Rebel leader Captain James Colby.
2v.
Heyer, Georgette. Bath tangle. 2004. Historical fiction.
The Earl of Spenborough has always been noted for his
eccentricity. Leaving Serena’s fortune to the trusteeship of the
Marquis of Rotherham -- a man whom Serena once jilted and who
now has the power to give or withhold his consent to any marriage
she might contemplate.
4v.
Johnson, Milly. It’s raining men. 2013. General fiction.
Best friends May, Lara and Clare are desperate for some time
away, but, when they arrive at their destination, it seems it is not
the place they thought it was. Why is everyone so unfriendly and
suspicious? Why does the landlord of their holiday rental seem so
rude? And why are there so few women in the village?
4v.
Joyce, Rachel. The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry. 2012.
General fiction.
When Harold Fry nips out one morning to post a letter, leaving his
wife hoovering upstairs, he has no idea that he is about to walk
from one end of the country to the other. He has no hiking boots or
map, let alone a compass, waterproof or mobile phone. All he
knows is that he must keep walking. To save someone else’s life.
3v
Kernick, Simon. Siege. 2012. Thriller.
People are dead and lives hang in the balance as gunmen storm
the Stanhope Hotel. They have given the government 5 hours to
meet their demands before blowing up the building. The guests are
all are united by one thing, fear for their lives, except one man who
has information so dangerous it must be kept safe.
4v.
Lee, Maureen. Flora and Grace. 2013. Family stories.
It is spring 1944 when Flora’s life changes forever. She is standing
on a platform in the Swiss mountains, as a cattle train draws near.
Inside she can hear human voices – groaning and pleading. But as
the train picks up speed, a filthy bundle of rags is thrust through
the slats and into her arms - ‘Take him. His name is Simon.’
3v.
Lewis, Susan. Never say goodbye. 2014. General fiction.
Josie Clarke is a loving wife and mother. She and her husband Jeff
don’t have much but Josie will do anything to protect her family
and keep them safe. Bel Monkton is a successful developer, living
in a beautiful house by the sea, faced with uncertainty and
heartbreak, they come to treasure their growing friendship.
5v.
Mackay, Malcolm. The night the rich men burned.
2014. Thriller.
Two friends, Alex and Oliver, look for work and for escape from
their lives spent growing up in Glasgow’s most desperate fringes.
Soon they will become involved in one of the city’s darkest trades.
But while one rises quickly up the ranks, the other will fall prey to
the industry’s addictive lifestyle and ever-spiralling debts.
4v.
Maitland, Karen. The vanishing witch. 2014.
Historical fiction.
The reign of Richard II is troubled, the poor are about to become
poorer still and landowners are lining their pockets. But in a world
where nothing can be taken at face value, who do you trust? When
people start dying unnatural deaths and the peasants decide it’s
time to fight back, it’s all too easy to spy witchcraft at every turn.
6v.
Mosse, Kate. The taxidermist’s daughter. 2014.
Historical fiction.
Sussex, 1912. In a churchyard, villagers gather on the night when
the ghosts of those who will die in the coming year are thought to
be seen. Here superstitions hold sway. At seventeen, Constantia
lives with her father in a decaying house: it is all that is left of the
once world-famous museum of taxidermy.
4v.
North, Freya. The way back home. 2014. Chick lit.
Oriana has returned to the village she grew up in for the first time
in years. As she finds herself increasingly drawn to Windward, the
huge house that was the chaotic artists’ community where she was
born, it becomes clear that there is more to be untangled from the
past than the present.
4v.
O’Brian, Patrick. Desolation island.1996. Sea stories.
Jack Aubrey book 5. Commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh,
Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon Stephen Maturin
sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. On board
is a beautiful and dangerous spy, and a treacherous disease which
decimates the crew.
3v.
O’Brian, Patrick. The fortune of war. 2007. Sea stories.
Jack Aubrey book 6. Captain Jack Aubrey, RN, arrives in the
Dutch East Indies to find himself appointed to the command of the
fastest and best-armed frigate in the Navy. He and his friend
Stephen Maturin take passage for England in a despatch vessel.
But the war of 1812 breaks out while they are en route.
4v.
O’Brian, Patrick. Hussein: an entertainment.
2000. Adventure.
Hussein is a young mahout—or elephant handler—who falls in
love with a beautiful and elusive girl, Sashiya, and arranges for
another of her suitors to be murdered with a fakir’s curse. All of this
is set against an evocatively exotic India, full of bazaars, temples,
and beautiful women.
3v.
Orczy, Emmuska. The Scarlet Pimpernel. 2015. Adventure.
The Terror has begun. Paris, 1792. Each day scores of the French
nobility feed the guillotine. They are trapped in the capital. There is
no escape. But rumours whisper of a league of young English
gentleman of unparalleled daring who are risking their lives to spirit
aristocrats across the Channel.
3v.
Patterson, James. Invisible. 2014. Thriller.
Obsessed with finding the link between hundreds of unsolved
cases, Emmy has taken leave from her job as an FBI researcher.
She finds a piece of evidence that can’t be ignored. More murders
are reported by the day - and they’re all inexplicable. Could one
person really be responsible for these unthinkable crimes?
3v.
Rendell, Ruth. The girl next door. 2014. Crime.
Before the Second World War, a dark network of tunnels is
discovered by a group of children. Seventy years on, the world has
changed. Work on a new house called Warlock uncovers a grisly
secret and a weary detective, more preoccupied with current
crimes, must investigate a possible case of murder.
3v.
Sansom, Ian. The Norfolk mystery: with 29 places and 22
pictures. 2014. Historical crime.
County Guides to Murder book 1. It is 1937 and disillusioned
Spanish Civil War veteran Stephen Sefton is stony broke. So when
he sees a mysterious advertisement for a job where ‘intelligence is
essential’, he applies. Thus begins Sefton’s association with
Professor Swanton Morley, an omnivorous intellect.
3v.
Sansom, Ian. Death in Devon. 2015. Historical crime.
County Guides to Murder book 2. Swanton Morley, the People’s
Professor, sets off for Devon to continue his history of England,
The County Guides. But when the trio arrive they discover that a
boy has died in mysterious circumstances. Was it an accident or
was it – murder?
3v.
Shaw, Rebecca. Village rumours. 2014. Country life fiction.
Turnham Malpas book 18. While clearing out the rectory’s loft,
Reverend Harris makes an unsettling discovery and a dark secret
is exposed that soon sets tongues wagging. Having received a
letter from the sons she hasn’t heard from in 15 years, local gossip
Greta Jones is delighted despite her husband’s misgivings.
3v.
Simmons, Dan. The abominable. 2014. Thriller.
June 1924. On the brutal North East Ridge of Everest, famous
adventurers George Mallory and Andrew Irvine vanish into the
snow whipped night. Daredevil explorer Richard Deacon devises a
plan to follow in the men’s footsteps, accompanied only by two
friends. Can they escape the same hideous fate?
8v.
Smith, Wilbur A. A falcon flies. 1981. Adventure.
Ballantyne book 1. In search of the father they barely remember,
Zouga and Dr Robyn Ballantyne board Mungo St. John’s clipper
for Africa. But long before then, Robyn knows that she will fall in
love with Mungo, the lawless trader who will possess any woman
he chooses.
7v
Smith, Wilbur A. Men of men. 1982. Adventure.
Ballantyne book 2. Zouga Ballantyne’s dream begins in the danger
and drudgery of the diamond pits and ends on the rich grasslands
of Matabeleland - but not before a king and a proud warrior nation
have paid the price of history.
7v.
Smith, Wilbur A. The angels weep. 1998. Adventure.
Ballantyne book 3. An adventurer and his missionary sister
establish a legacy that will dominate part of a continent for
decades to come, and a soldier meets his destiny in a battle that
will forever scar two opposing races, in this novel set in southern
Africa.
7v.
Smith, Wilbur A. The leopard hunts in darkness.
1998. Adventure.
Ballantyne book 4. Craig Mellow, acclaimed author but unhappy
exile, seizes the chance to return to Zimbabwe when he is given a
spying mission for the World Bank. Accompanied by a beautiful
photographer, he finds himself caught up in a dangerous political
web.
6v.
Stirling, Jessica. The wayward wife. 2013. Family stories.
Susan has a new job as a producer’s assistant at the BBC, and
glamorous new friends, including one American war reporter who
has made London his base and Susan his target. Stuck in London
when the blitz begins, Susan’s sister-in-law, Breda, faces up to the
worst with a small son at home and a husband in the fire service.
4v
Steel, Danielle. Lightning.1996. Romance.
Partner in one of New York’s most prestigious law firms, Alexandra
barely manages to juggle husband, career, and a three-year-old.
Then lightning strikes – a routine medical check-up turns her world
upside down when tests reveal shattering news. Her husband
Sam, a Wall Street whiz-kid, is caught off guard by Alex’s illness.
4v.
Steel, Danielle. Power play. 2014. Romance.
Would you sacrifice your family to have it all? Fiona Carson has
proven herself as CEO of a multibillion -dollar high-tech company
she reserves any personal time for her children. Marshall Weston
basks in the fruits of his achievements. To maintain his position, he
harbours secrets that could destroy his life at any moment.
3v.
Stevens, Chevy. Never knowing. 2011. Thriller.
At 34 Sara is happy. Sara has always wondered about her birth
parents. After months of research, Sara locates her birth mother
only to be met with horror and rejection. Then she finds the
devastating truth: Her birth mother was the only victim ever to
escape a killer who has been hunting women.
4v.
Stockwin, Julian. Artemis. 2004. Sea stories.
Kydd book 2. The second naval adventure following the life of
Thomas Paine Kydd. Kydd sails into Portsmouth a hero, after a
ferocious battle against the French. However he must return to
Guildford on a family matter. But the sea beckons and Kydd
manages to set off on his beloved Artemis for another adventure.
4v.
Stockwin, Julian. Quarterdeck. 2005. Sea stories.
Kydd book 5. Kydd was promoted to acting lieutenant at the Battle
of Camperdown in October 1797. Now he must sit an exam to
confirm his rank. Kydd and his friend Nicholas set sail in HMS
Tenacious for the North American station. Kydd comes to doubt he
will ever match up to the high-born gentlemen officers
3v.
Tessaro, Kathleen. The perfume collector. 2013.
General fiction.
One letter will change Grace Munroe’s life: Our firm is handling the
estate of the deceased Mrs Eva Dorsey and you are named as the
chief beneficiary in her will. Grace has never heard of Eva Dorsey.
So begins a journey which leads her through the streets of Paris
and into the seductive world of perfumers and their muses.
4v.
Trow, M. J. The adventures of Inspector Lestrade. 2013.
Historical crime.
Inspector Lestrade book 1. 1891 and London is reeling from the
horror of the unsolved Ripper murders when Inspector Lestrade is
sent to the Isle of Wight to investigate a strange corpse walled up
in Shanklin Chine. This is the first of a series of brutal killings that
make the race to avert the next death a personal battle.
3v.
Trow, M. J. Dark entry. 2012. Historical crime.
Kit Marlowe book 1. Cambridge, 1583. About to graduate from
Corpus Christi, Marlowe spends his days studying and his nights
carousing with old friends. But when one of them is discovered
lying dead in his King’s College room, mouth open in a silent
scream, Marlowe refuses to accept the official verdict of suicide.
3v.
Wark, Kirsty. The legacy of Elizabeth Pringle. 2014.
General fiction.
Seemingly on a whim, 95-year-old Elizabeth Pringle bequeaths
Homelea, her beloved house, to a woman she has never met. As
the young woman comes to take up Homelea she slowly unlocks
the mysteries and heartbreaking secrets of Elizabeth Pringle’s true
legacy, in a multi -generational story of love and belonging.
4v.
Waters, Sarah. The paying guests. 2014. General fiction.
There came the splash of water and the rub of heels as Mrs
Barber stepped into the tub. This was what it meant to have paying
guests: where the only thing between herself and a naked Mrs
Barber was a few feet of kitchen and a thin scullery door. An image
sprang into her head: that round flesh, crimsoning in the heat.
7v.
Weeks, Brent. The broken eye. 2014. Fantasy.
Lightbringer series book 3. As the old gods awaken, the Chromeria
is in a race to find its lost Prism, the only man who may be able to
stop catastrophe, Gavin Guile. But Gavin is enslaved on a galley,
and when he finally escapes, he finds himself in less than friendly
hands without the ability to draft which has defined him.
10v.
Adult Non Ficiton
Autobiographies and Biographies
Barbree, Jay. Neil Armstrong: a life of flight. 2014.
Barbree is the only person whom Armstrong trusted to share close
personal details about his inspiring life story. Working from his
years of notes, and with the full cooperation of the Armstrong
family, Barbree has written the definitive biography of America’s
most famous astronaut and one of our greatest modern heroes.
4v.
Benson, Richard. The valley: a hundred years in the life of
a family. 2014.
Following four generations of his mother’s family, the
Hollingworths, born between 1890 and 2000, Richard Benson
depicts a community characterised not by the stereotype of
doughty, unassuming labourers and housewives, but driven
individuals relentless in the pursuit of their dreams.
6v.
Byron, Tanya. The skeleton cupboard: the making of a
clinical psychologist. 2014.
Professor Tanya Byron’s account of her final years of training as a
clinical psychologist, when trainees find themselves in the toughest
placements of their careers. Through the eyes of her naive and
inexperienced younger self, Tanya shares the remarkable cases of
key patients and their treatment.
3v.
Campbell, John. Roy Jenkins: a well-rounded life. 2014.
Roy Jenkins was probably the best Prime Minister Britain never
had. But though he never reached 10 Downing Street, he left a
more enduring mark on British society than most of those who did.
His career spans the full half-century from Attlee to Tony Blair, and
this is the story of an exceptionally well-filled and well-rounded life.
16v.
Daniels, Hope. Hackney child: a true tale of surviving
poverty and the care system.2014.
Aged nine, Hope Daniels walked into Stoke Newington Police
Station with her little brothers and asked to be taken into care.
Home life was intolerable: both of Hope’s parents were alcoholics
and her mum was a prostitute. This is Hope’s story of survival and
the lifeline given by professionals in the care system.
3v.
Duckett, Terrie. Stolen voices: a sadistic step-father: two
children violated: their battle for justice. 2014.
Terrie and Paul’s step-father had been living with them for six
months when the abuse began. Everyday Terrie was assaulted
and abused; her rapes were photographed, filmed and shared.
Paul was regularly taunted and mercilessly beaten. But despite the
bruises and the scars, no one saw their pain.
4v.
Jacobi, Derek. As luck would have it: my seven ages. 2013.
Derek Jacobi has worked continuously throughout his career, But it
is his numerous Shakespearean roles that have gained him
worldwide recognition. This book is, however, much more than a
career record. Funny, warm and honest, Jacobi brings us his
insider’s view on the world of acting.
3v.
Knight, Michelle. Finding me: a decade of darkness, a
life reclaimed.2014.
Michelle was a young single mother when she was kidnapped by a
local school bus driver named Ariel Castro. For over a decade, she
endured unimaginable torture at the hand of her abductor. In 2003
Amanda Berry joined her in captivity, followed by Gina DeJesus in
2004. Their escape made headlines around the world.
2v.
Matusiak, John. Wolsey: the life of King Henry VIII’s
cardinal. 2014.
This work explores the contrasting layers of Thomas Wolsey’s life
and career, and represents the first genuinely popular biography of
the much-maligned cardinal to appear in over 30 years. Making no
assumptions, it looks at the real person in the cold light of his
actions, and uncovers a man of contradictions and extremes.
5v.
Moore, Roger. Last man standing: tales from
Tinseltown. 2014.
In this collection of true stories from his stellar career, Roger lifts
the lid on the movie business. It features outrageous tales from his
own life as well as those told to him by a host of stars. Wonderfully
entertaining and laugh-out-loud funny, this selection of tales from
the world of the movies is vintage Moore at his very best.
2v.
Morse, Laila. Just a Mo. 2014.
The reigning queen of Albert Square, Laila Morse shares her
incredible story for the first time. When your everyday life is filled
with violence, drugs and strife, you can’t lose your head, you’ve
just got to get on with it. But success isn’t everything. Family is.
Filled with bitter heartache, and hope, this is her amazing story.
2v.
Mulholland, Marni. Raw: homeless child, groomed girl,
teenage prostitute. 2014.
Marni thought she’d found a friend in her social worker, Matthew.
But he groomed her from the moment she entered the children’s
home. A year later their ‘relationship’ crossed boundaries no child
should know exist. Marni’s memoir reveals the full truth about
grooming and its aftermath. Contains strong language, violence
and scenes of a sexual nature.
3v.
Nolan, Bernie. Now and forever. 2013.
Bernie Nolan was given the initial all-clear after a battle with breast
cancer. Then in the summer of 2012 she found a lump just above
her breast. Terrified, she made a hospital appointment, where she
was given the devastating news that the cancer had returned. It
had spread to her brain, lungs, liver and bones and was incurable.
3v.
Sanghera, Sathnam. The boy with the topknot: a memoir of
love, secrets and lies in Wolverhampton. 2009.
For Sathnam Sanghera, growing up in Wolverhampton in the
eighties was a confusing business. At the age of twenty-four,
Sathnam made a discovery that changed everything he ever
thought he knew about his family. He embarks on a journey into
their past trying to make sense of a life lived among secrets.
4v.
Tarrant, Chris. Dad’s war: father, soldier, hero. 2014.
Chris and his father Basil were very close, but it was only after his
death he realised that he hardly knew him. What happened to
Basil during the war, and how he came to be awarded the Military
Cross, remained a mystery nearly sixty years. Chris discovers that
Basil was involved in some of WWII’s most significant campaigns.
3v.
Trynka, Paul. Sympathy for the devil: the birth of the Rolling
Stones and the death of Brian Jones. 2014.
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 seen by family, band-mates, lovers and enemies.
4v.
Weir, Alison. Isabella: She-Wolf of France, Queen of
England. 2011.
Alison Weir re-examines the life of Isabella of England, one of
history’s most notorious and charismatic queens. Many myths and
legends have been woven around Isabella’s story, but in this first
full biography in more than 150 years, Alison Weir provides a new
perspective.
9v.
White-Cooper, Ronald. Call the doctor: a country GP
between the wars: tales of courage, hardship and hope.
2014.
When Ronald White-Cooper arrived in Dartmouth in 1920 to set up
as a GP he found himself facing some unique challenges. Over the
years Ronald became a much-loved part of the community, often
helping those who could not afford to pay him, and is remembered
fondly to this day.
2v.
Ziegler, Philip. Olivier. 2013.
Hollywood superstar; Oscar-winning director; greatest stage actor
of the 20th century: no one could challenge Laurence Olivier’s
range and power. With access to more than fifty hours of candid,
unpublished interviews, Ziegler ensures Olivier’s true character - at
its most undisguised - shines through as never before.
5v.
History
Bailey, Roderick. Target: Italy: the secret war against
Mussolini, 1940-1943: the official history of SOE operations in
fascist Italy. 2014.
Drawing on long-classified documents, the official history of the
war waged by Britain’s Special Operations Executive on Benito
Mussolini’s Fascist Italy. Providing an account of SOE’s efforts to
strike at Italy, sever its alliance with Nazi Germany, uncovering a
plot to assassinate Mussolini and plans to arm the Mafia.
7v.
Feeney, Paul. A 1960s childhood: from Thunderbirds to
Beatlemania. 2010.
Life in the 1960s was a boom period, a time of changed attitudes
and improved lifestyles. From James Bond to Sindy dolls and
hopscotch in the street, life was very different. This has chapters
on home and school life, games and hobbies, music and fashion,
depicting the changing times after the frugal years of the fifties.
2v.
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 with the extremely rare distinction of Righteous
Among Nations by the people of Israel. How they earned this is
one of the great modern stories of heroism and courage.
4v.
Paranormal
Cooper, Diana. Venus: a diary of a puppy and her angel.
2014
Meet Venus, the puppy with a big heart and loud bark. In this book,
Venus tells in her own voice of the adventures, battles and joys of
her puppyhood, and shares the wisdom that she receives from her
angel. Venus is psychic, sensitive and ruthlessly honest. Her diary
is rich with vivid characters, whose stories she shares.
2v.
Self help
Brandreth, Gyles. The 7 secrets of happiness: an optimist’s
journey. 2013.
Gyles Brandreth presents the seven secrets of happiness. The
secrets are simple rules, easy to remember, but challenging to
achieve. What is happiness? Who gets to be happy? And how?
These are the big questions the author aims to answer in this little
book. This won’t simply enhance your life: it will extend it.
1v.
Society
Sasson, Jean P. Princess; more tears to cry. 2014.
Sasson and Princess Sultana tell the world what it means to be a
Saudi woman today. Through advances in education and with
access to work, Saudi women are breaking through barriers.
Despite changes in the law, women are still subjected to terrible
suppression, abuse and crimes of violence.
4v.
Sport
Meek, David. The United trinity: the remarkable story of
Best, Law and Charlton. 2014.
When George Best, made his United debut in the autumn of 1963,
he was joining a club still recovering from the horrors of Munich.
Among his team -mates were goal scorer supreme Denis Law and
England midfielder Bobby Charlton. They would combine to help
United to win two league titles and a long-awaited European Cup.
3v.
Children and young adult fiction
Suggested reading age 0-4
Child, Lauren. I really absolutely must have glasses. 2009.
Charlie and Lola. Lola is going to the optician. She has decided
that she absolutely MUST have glasses. Charlie says, “You’ll only
get glasses if you really, really need them.” But Lola says, “I really
DO need them, Charlie.”
1v.
Deacon, Alexis. Beegu. 2004.
Beegu isn’t supposed to be on Earth. She is lost. She is a friendly
little creature, but the Earth People don’t seem very welcoming at
all. However, so far she has only met the ‘big’ ones. The little ones
are a different matter.
1v.
Rau, Dana Meachen. The secret code. 1998
Oscar can read a secret code. When Oscar opens his book, his
friend Lucy sees the secret code. Lucy notices her book is
different. Her book has text with black letters which she reads with
her eyes. Oscar’s book has bumps which he reads with his fingers!
Oscar offers to teach Lucy the secret code - Braille.
1v.
Suggested reading age 5+
Barber, Antonia. The Mousehole cat. 1990.
At the far end of England is a harbour so small that fisherman
called it the Mousehole. Here lives a cat Mowzer and an old
fisherman Tom. Then one year came a terrible winter. The bluegreen sky turned grey and black. Tom decides to brave the Great
Storm to go fishing and as Mowzer accompanies him she sings.
1v.
Simon, Francesca. Horrid Henry’s nightmare. 2013.
Four hilarious new Horrid Henry stories - Horrid Henry’s Mother’s
Day, probably not the day his mum looks forward to most in the
year, Horrid Henry’s Nightmare where Henry’s chased by a ghost
bunny with huge teeth, then The Return of the Demon Dinner Lady
and last but not least Fluffy Struts Her Stuff.
1v.
Suggested reading age 7+
Auerbach, Annie. Despicable me 2: the junior novel. 2013.
Gru used to be one of the most villainous villains in the world. He
and his army of Minions even stole the moon! But when he
adopted Margo, Edith and Agnes, Gru became a dad. Instead of
stealing landmarks, he makes pancakes, blows up unicorn
balloons and dresses like a fairy princess!
1v.
Cowell, Cressida. How to be a pirate. 2010.
How to train your dragon book 2. Hiccup’s memoirs look back to
when Hiccup was just an ordinary boy, finding it very hard to be a
Hero. Can Hiccup find Grimbeard the Ghastly’s treasure before
Alvin the Treacherous gets his sneaky hands on it? And if Hiccup
opens a box that says DO NOT OPEN, will he live to tell the tale?
1v.
Cowell, Cressida. How to speak dragonese. 2010.
How to train your dragon book 3. Climbing on to a Roman Dragon
Rustling ship in your first ‘Boarding an Enemy Ship’ lesson is bad
enough. Then to discover that Alvin the Treacherous is also on
board proves to Hiccup he couldn’t have been more wrong,
especially when he steals his copy of How to Speak Dragonese.
1v.
Cowell, Cressida. How to cheat a dragon’s curse. 2010.
How to train your dragon book 4. Fishlegs has been struck with
deadly Vorpentitis. The only cure is rare and almost impossible to
find a potato. But where on Berk will Hiccup find such a thing?
Hiccup will have to dodge Sharkworms, battle Doomfangs and
outwit crazy Hooligans if he’s going to be a Hero ... again.
1v.
Cowell, Cressida. How to twist a dragon’s tale. 2010.
How to train your dragon book 5. Someone has stolen the Fire
stone. Now the volcano on Volcano Island has become active and
the tremors are hatching the eggs of the Exterminator dragons!
Can Hiccup stop the Volcano from erupting, and save the Tribes
from being wiped out by the terrible Exterminators?
2v.
Cowell, Cressida. A hero’s guide to deadly dragons. 2010.
How to train your dragon book 6. Hiccup is lost in the Library
Labyrinth and the Driller-Dragons and Madguts and Murderous are
on the prowl. Hiccup’s birthday is not going to be the quiet affair he
might have hoped for. Contains a Dragonese Dictionary for those
who’d like to dragon-whisper as well as the dragon-whisperer
himself.
2v.
Cowell, Cressida. How to ride a dragon’s storm. 2010.
Fantasy. How to train your dragon book 7. Hiccup has three
months, five days and six hours to discover America, get back to
Berk, save his father, battle Polarserpents, and win the annual
Inter-Tribal Friendly Swimming Race. Can he do it?
2v
Cowell, Cressida. How to break a dragon’s heart. 2010.
How to train your dragon book 8. Hiccup must battle Berserks,
dodge Scarers, complete the Impossible Task and save Fishlegs
from being fed to the Beast! And all while being hunted down by an
old enemy with a dark secret about the Lost Throne. What’s a
Hero to do?
2v.
Cowell, Cressida. How to seize a dragon’s jewel. 2012.
How to train your dragon book 10. The Dragon Rebellion has
begun. Snotlout is the new Chief of the Hooligan Tribe. Stoick has
been banished and given the Slavemark. But what can Hiccup do,
now all alone and in exile, hunted by both humans and dragons?
Can he find the Dragon Jewel, mankind’s last and only hope?
2v.
Cowell, Cressida. How to betray a dragon’s hero. 2013.
How to train your dragon book 11. High up in the treacherous
mists of the Murderous Mountains, Hiccup and the Company of the
Dragonmark are in hiding. The witch’s Spydragons are guarding
the shores of Tomorrow – but Hiccup is determined to become
King of the Wilderwest. Is there a traitor in Hiccup’s camp?
2v.
Inglis, Karen. The secret lake. 2011.
When Stella and her younger brother, Tom, move to their new
London home, they become mystified by the disappearances of
Harry, their neighbour’s dog. Their quest to solve the riddle over
the summer holidays leads to a boat buried under a grassy mound
– and a tunnel that takes them to a secret lake.
1v.
Morpurgo, Michael. Black Queen. 2000.
The ‘Black Queen’ is what Billy calls his shadowy next-door
neighbour. She always wears a black cloak and a wide -brimmed
black hat. She lurks about her garden, alone except for her black
cat. Scarily for Billy, the Black Queen befriends him and asks him
to look after her cat while she’s away.
1v.
Morpurgo, Michael. Not bad for a bad lad. 2012.
When a young boy gets a reputation for being naughty at school,
he reacts by being the bad lad that everyone expects. Leaving
school at 14, he becomes a thief & eventually ends up in prison.
But Mr Alfie, the stable manager, decides to give the boy a
chance, letting him look after the horses. How will things turn out?
1v.
Morpurgo, Michael. The dancing bear. 2002.
High in the mountains, in a tiny village, an abandoned bear cub is
adopted by a lonely orphan child. Soon they are inseparable,
beloved by the whole village – safe, until the arrival of a glamorous
film crew who need a dancing bear.
1v.
Pilkey, Dav. Captain Underpants and the perilous plot of
Professor Poopypants: the fourth epic novel. 2001.
Captain Underpants book 4. Professor Pippy P. Poopypants is a
brilliant scientist, but his ridiculous name means no one takes his
fantastic inventions seriously. And now he’s on the rampage...
He’s armed with the fiendish Shrinky-Pig 2000 and he’s prepared
to use it!
1v.
Pilkey, Dav. Captain Underpants and the wrath of the wicked
wedgie woman: the fifth epic novel. 2001.
Captain Underpants book 5. George and Harold are having a
normal kind of week. Yesterday they found out they were going to
flunk fourth grade. Today they’ve created an evil, super -powerful
monster. She’s mean. She’s got a fake-fur Evil Baddie costume and she’s having a REALLY bad hair day.
1v.
Pilkey, Dav. Captain Underpants and the big, bad battle of
the Bionic Booger Boy: the sixth epic novel. 2003.
Captain Underpants book 6. George and Harold are in a sticky
situation. Their latest prank has snotty school braniac Melvin
Sneedly seeing red, and he can’t wait to get them back. But when
Melvin tries to transform himself into a bionic -powered superboy,
things get a little gloopy - and the Bionic Booger Boy is born!
1v.
Pilkey, Dav. Captain Underpants and the big, bad battle of
the Bionic Booger Boy. 2013.
Captain Underpants book 7. Our heroes beat the Bionic Booger
Boy, but they forgot about those rascally Robo-Boogers. Join
George, Harold, Mr. Krupp, Melvin Sneedly, and Sulu the Bionic
Hamster on an adventure that will take them into the deepest
regions of outer space and back through time.
1v.
Suggested reading age 9+
Blyton, Enid. The secret of Spiggy Holes. 2009.
Adventure. Secret book 2. While on holiday by the sea, Mike,
Peggy, Nora and their friend Jake go exploring in the caves on the
beach. They soon discover a secret passage that leads to the Old
House on the cliff, where they find a kidnapped young prince is
being held captive! The friends make a bold plan.
1v.
Blyton, Enid. The secret mountain. 2009.
Adventure. Secret book 3. The parents of Mike, Peggy and Nora
are held captive in the Secret Mountain in Africa. Together with
their friends Jack and Prince Paul, they run away to search for
them. But can they find the mountain - and who are the strange
and dangerous redhaired people living there?
1v.
Blyton, Enid. The secret of Killimooin. 2007.
Adventure. Secret book 4. An exciting invitation to spend the
summer in Baronia, home of Prince Paul , takes Mike, Peggy,
Nora and Jack to a land of lakes, steep mountains and a wonderful
secret forest, where they encounter a band of robbers. But can
they discover the secret of the Killimooin Mountains?
1v.
Blyton, Enid. The secret of moon castle. 2009.
Adventure. Secret book 5. When Mike, Nora, Peggy and Jack go
on holiday with Prince Paul and stay at the remote Moon Castle,
they are excited to discover its mysterious past. They soon find
that weird things still happen there - paintings come alive, books fly
off the shelves and abandoned tin mines light up a certain glow.
1v.
Campbell-Johnston, Rachel. The child’s elephant. 2013.
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. But she can’t stay with Bat for
ever - she belongs to the wild.
2v.
Kinney, Jeff. Hard luck. 2013.
Diary of a wimpy kid book 8. Greg Heffley’s on a losing streak. His
best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new
friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. To change
his fortunes, Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his
decisions over to chance.
1v.
Morpurgo, Michael. The ghost of Grania O’Malley. 2007.
Everyone knows the Big Hill is full of gold, and now the islanders
are intent on cutting the top off it and making themselves rich.
Jessie and Jake are determined to save the Big Hill but what can
they do? A plan is needed, and fast. Could the ghost of Grania
O’Malley, the pirate queen, be the answer?
1v.
Morpurgo, Michael. Toro! Toro! 2002.
Antonito, a young boy growing up in Andalucía, Spain, on a farm,
rears a little black calf and they become firm friends. Later, when
he learns of the horrors of the bull fight, he frees Paco, the black
bull, and rides with him into the hills. There they witness the
bombing of their village and Antonito cannot go back.
1v.
Peirce, Lincoln. Big Nate: in a class by himself. 2010.
Big Nate book 1. Big-head Nate Wright truly believes he is
destined for greatness! On the way to school he accidentally body
slams his head teacher, then, during his first lesson of the day, he
manages to insult his least favourite teacher, Mrs. Godfrey (aka
Godzilla).
2v.
Peirce, Lincoln. Big Nate strikes again. 2010.
Big Nate book 2. Big Nate has got his heart set on leading his
sports team to victory. But it won’t be easy. He’s stuck with Gina,
his all time enemy and really rubbish player. Worse yet they have
to work together on the class special project which means Gina’s
allowed to call on Nate at home!
2v.
Peirce, Lincoln. Big Nate on a roll. 2011.
Big Nate book 3. Big Nate’s scout troop is fundraising and while
door-to- door selling isn’t really Nate’s thing, there’s nothing like a
grand prize to get him motivated. Especially when the prize is an
awesomely cool customised skateboard (and following an incident
with a poodle and a bridge Nate is in need of a new set of wheels).
2v.
Peirce, Lincoln. Big Nate goes for broke. 2012.
Big Nate book 4. When you’ve got a head the size of Big Nate’s
then losing is not an option. But Nate’s school P.S. 38 gets beaten
by archrivals Jefferson Middle School at EVERYTHING. So when
their school springs a leak and they have to join forces with
Jefferson for a while, Nate and his friends are mortified.
2v.
Peirce, Lincoln. Big Nate flips out. 2013.
Big Nate book 5. Big Nate is flipping out! Everyone knows N-A-T-E
does NOT equal N-E-A-T! And when Nate’s sloppiness gets out of
hand, his best friend Francis gets in serious trouble. Can Nate
clean up his act? Or will he flip out first?
2v.
Peirce, Lincoln. Big Nate in the zone. 2014.
Big Nate book 6. Nate is not having the best luck. In fact, it couldn’t
get much worse! But that all changes when Chad lets Nate borrow
his lucky, umm... foot. Can Nate beat his bad luck to end up in the
zone?
2v.
Rundell, Katherine. Rooftoppers. 2013.
Everyone thinks that Sophie is an orphan. True, there were no
other recorded female survivors from the shipwreck which left baby
Sophie floating in the English Channel in a cello case, but Sophie
remembers seeing her mother wave for help. Her guardian tells
her it is almost impossible that her mother is still alive.
1v.
Stern, Sue. Rafi Brown and the Candy Floss Kid. 2013.
Dyslexic Rafi Brown is a brilliant cartoonist. The mysterious Candy
Floss Kid never goes to school. Together they bunk off to
Manchester but their problems get worse and worse. Is this
caused by Rafi’s Secrit Vodooo Cartooon Diary? Can this be some
weird rebound voodoo?
1v.
Townsend, John. Crash dive. 2012.
Barney’s wanted - but he doesn’t know who is after him until he
discovers a deadly terrorist plot. After a series of lucky escapes, he
tries to strike back and get help but no-one will believe him. The
only person who will listen is Laura, but can two teenagers outwit
such a sinister terror attack?
2v.
Townsend, John Rowe. The secret message. 2013.
In the attic of his house Sam finds a leather case that belonged to
his great great grandfather, Freddy. The case contains a diary, as
Sam begins to read it he is taken right back to just before the First
World War when Freddy was a boy. Sam also finds a photograph
and discovers that at his age, Freddy was his exact double.
1v.
Wilson, Jacqueline. Glubbslyme. 2009.
When Rebecca wades into the witch’s pond after a row with her
best friend Sarah, she meets a very unusual new friend - a huge,
warty toad! And Glubbslyme is no ordinary toad. Hundreds of
years old, he can talk and - best of all - he can work magic. Maybe,
he can help Rebecca be best friends with Sarah again?
1v.
Suggested reading age 11+
Crossan, Sarah. The weight of water. 2013.
Armed with a suitcase and an old laundry bag filled with clothes,
Kasienka and her mother head for England. The Weight of Water
is a coming of age story; it also tackles the alienation experienced
by many young immigrants. We meet and share the experiences
of a remarkable girl who shows us how quiet courage prevails.
1v.
Doyle, Roddy. A greyhound of a girl. 2012.
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. A
Greyhound of a Girl is a funny and tender tale about four
generations of an Irish family, and the special bonds between
mothers and daughters.
1v.
St. John, Lauren. The one dollar horse. 2013.
One Dollar Horse trilogy book 1. Casey Blue loves horses, but her
dreams of becoming an event rider seem out of reach. One day
he rescues a horse from the knacker’s yard working hard to nurse
the animal back to health. In time a sleek and thoroughbred
emerges so Casey sets about finding out who her horse really is.
3v.
Suggested reading age 13+
Berry, Julie. All the truth that’s in me. 2013.
Judith can’t speak. Ever since the horrifying trauma that left her
best friend dead and Judith without a tongue, she’s been a pariah
in her community; even her own mother can’t look her in the eye.
When her community is attacked, Judith is forced to choose:
continue to live in silence or recover her voice.
2v.
Cooper, Susan. Ghost hawk. 2013.
In the winter of his 11th year, Little Hawk goes deep into the forest,
where he must endure a three month test of solitude and survival,
which will turn him into a man. But outside the woods, the world is
changing. He is witness to a secret murder - will he now be
witness to bloodshed between nations?
2v
Fine, Anne. Blood family. 2013.
Edward is four years old when he is locked away with his mother
by her abusive, alcoholic partner. By the time an elderly neighbour
spots his face peering through a crack in the boarded-up window
and raises the alarm, he is seven. Sent to live with a kindly foster
family, and then adopted, Edward struggles to adapt to normal life.
Lake, Nick. In darkness. 2013.
In the aftermath of the Haitian earthquake, a boy is trapped
beneath the rubble of a ruined hospital, thirsty, terrified and alone.
Shorty is a child of the slums, a teenage boy who has seen
enough violence to last a lifetime, and who has been inexorably
drawn into the world of the gangsters who rule Site Solèy.
2v.
Nadin, Joanna. The life of Riley. 2013.
Rachel Riley book 2. My quest to find ‘the one’ starts right now!
This year I will utterly not snog random posh boys with congenital
acne but will save myself for long-haired creative type with musical
potential i.e. Justin Statham. Though am not sure Justin has
realised yet that I am ‘the one’ for him.
2v.
Nadin, Joanna. The meaning of life. 2013.
Rachel Riley book 3. It is official. I am going out with rock god and
part time meat mincer Justin Statham. Am certain that he is THE
ONE and will prove it by having excellent relationship on every
level. Oh no. What if he wants me to do it? Have only just got to
grips with art of snogging so will need to get help fast.
2v.
Nadin, Joanna. My (not so) simple life. 2013.
Rachel Riley book 4. Rachel is making a plan with Scarlet to deal
with post-break-up trauma. The plan is to stay away from all men
and to remain true to friends, forsaking all others. Everything will
be so much easier without the complications of love. It will be a
completely simple life and Rachel is fully committed.
2v.
Nadin, Joanna. Back to life. 2013.
Rachel Riley book 5. Carpe diem i.e. seize the day! Which means
utter experimenting as far as snogging is concerned. Am never
going to find the ONE if just keep having accidental liaisons with
Jack or ill–advised flirtations with Justin. The ONE is out there
somewhere. Maybe even right under my nose.
2v.
Nadin, Joanna. The facts of life. 2014.
Rachel Riley book 6. Just when life’s looking up for Rachel, just
when she’s finally found the ONE, the past, i.e. Justin, comes back
to spoil it all. It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee and stop
viewing life through rose-tinted glasses. From now on, Rachel’s
only interested in the cold, hard facts of life.
2v.
Turnbull, Ann. Forged in the fire. 2006.
London 1665-66. With the Plague raging and the scent of smoke
upon the wind, Will and Susanna, separated by class and
distance, struggle to re-unite. Will has become a Quaker and
broken with his father. Leaving Susanna behind in Shropshire, he
travels to London, swearing to send for her once he is settled
2v.
Sutcliffe, William. The wall: a modern fable. 2013.
Joshua is 13. He lives with his mother and step-father in Amarias,
an isolated town on top of a hill. At the edge of Amarias is a high
wall, guarded by soldiers, which can only be crossed through a
heavily fortified checkpoint. One day, Joshua stumbles across a
tunnel which leads towards this forbidden territory.
2v.
Suggested reading age 15+
Brooks, Kevin. The bunker diary. 2013.
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 lowceilinged 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.
2v.
Clare, Cassandra. City of bones. 2007
The mortal instruments book 1. 116-year-old Clary Fray is an
ordinary teenager, who likes hanging out in Brooklyn with her
friends. But everything changes the night she witnesses a murder,
committed by a group of teens armed with medieval weaponry.
4v.
Clare, Cassandra. City of ashes. 2008.
The mortal instruments book 2. With her mother in a coma and her
father hell-bent on destroying the world, Clary is dragged deeper
into New York’s terrifying underworld of werewolves, demons and
the mysterious Shadowhunters. Discovering the truth about her
past was only the beginning.
4v.
Clare, Cassandra. City of glass. 2009.
The mortal instruments book 3. With two of the Mortal Instruments
now in Valentine’s hands, the world of the Shadowhunters teeters
on the brink of civil war. Jace and the Lightwoods are recalled to
Idris, the Shadowhunters’ remote home country, where a search
has begun for the last of the Instruments, the Mortal Glass.
4v.
Clare, Cassandra. City of fallen angels. 2011.
The mortal instruments book 4. The Mortal War is over, and
sixteen year- old Clary Fray is back home in New York, excited
about all the possibilities before her. She’s training to become a
Shadowhunter and - most importantly of all - she can finally call
Jace her boyfriend. But nothing comes without a price.
3v.
Clare, Cassandra. City of lost souls. 2012.
The mortal instruments book 5. Jace is now a servant of evil,
bound for all eternity to Sebastian. Only a small band of
Shadowhunters believe he can be saved. To do this they must
defy the Clave. And they must act without Clary. For Clary is
playing a dangerous game utterly alone.
4v.
Samuels, Diane. Kindertransport. 2009.
Between 1938 and the outbreak of war, almost 10,000 children,
most of them Jewish, were sent by their parents from Germany to
Britain. This new edition of Diane Samuels award winning play
contains several personal memoirs by children whose lives were
saved by the Kindertransport.
1v.
Talking Books
Adult fiction
The time traveller's almanac: the ultimate treasury of time
travel fiction - brought to you from the future; edited by Ann
and Jeff VanderMeer. 2013. Short stories. TB21346.
The largest, most definitive collection of time travel stories ever
assembled including beloved classics and contemporary examples
of the travel genre.
Read by Regina Reagan and various other narrators. 58 hours 51
minutes.
Aaronovitch, Ben. Rivers of London. 2011. Fantasy. TB21565.
Peter Grant; book 1. My name is Peter Grant and until January I
was just another probationary constable in the Metropolitan Police
Service. Then one night, I tried to take a statement from a man
who was already dead but disturbingly voluble, and that brought
me to the attention of Inspector Nightingale, the last wizard in
England. Now I'm a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard, the
first apprentice in fifty years, and my world has become somewhat
more complicated.
Read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. 9 hours 59 minutes.
Abercrombie, Joe. Before they are hanged. 2008. Fantasy.
TB21310.
The first law; book 2. Bitter and merciless war is coming to the
frozen north. To the east a small band of malefactors travel to the
edge of the world to reclaim a device from history - a Seed, hidden
for generations - with tremendous destructive potential. A device
which could put an end to war - but only if it can be found, and only
if its power can be controlled...
Read by Andy Secombe. 27 hours 41 minutes.
Abercrombie, Joe. Last argument of kings. 2009. Fantasy.
TB21311.
The first law; book 3. The end may be coming. While the King of
the Union lies on his deathbed, the peasants revolt and the nobles
scramble to steal his crown. The First of the Magi has a plan to
save the world, but there is no risk more terrible, after all, than to
break the First Law.
Read by Andy Secombe. 31 hours 57 minutes.
Ahern, Cecelia. The gift. 2009. General fiction. TB17644.
Everyday Lou Suffern battled with the clock. He always had two
places to be at the same time. On his way into work one early
winter morning, Lou meets Gabe, a homeless man sitting outside
the office building. After getting to know him he gets Gabe a job in
the post room. But soon his very presence unsettles Lou - how
does Gabe appear to be in two places at the same time?
Read by Mark Meadows. 8 hours 20 minutes.
Arlidge, M J. Eeny meeny. 2014. Crime. TB21566.
Helen Grace; book 1. The girl emerged from the woods.
Traumatised and emaciated; close to death, but alive. Her story
seemed too terrible to be true. But it was. Pairs of victims are
being abducted, imprisoned then forced to make a terrible choice.
Which would you sacrifice - your life or your conscience? For DI
Helen Grace there is now an unseen killer to be hunted down.
Read by Elizabeth Bower, Nigel Pilkington, Lucy Gaskell and
Annie Aldington. 9 hours 4 minutes.
Austen, Jane. Northanger Abbey. 1817. Classic. TB21667.
Catherine Morland leaves her sheltered, rural home to enter the
busy, sophisticated world of Bath in the late 1790s.
Read by Lucy Scott. 8 hours 34 minutes.
Barclay, Linwood. Bad move. 2005. Crime. TB21786.
Zack Walker; book 1. Zack wouldn't blame you for thinking he's
safety-obsessed. But just ask his wife, Sarah, or his teenage kids,
Paul and Angie, who endure their share of lectures what he is like.
After moving the family to a rural “crime-free” area, Zack realizes
their two -faced developer sent a petty thief to fix their leaky
shower. And during a walk by the creek, he stumbles across a
dead body. Shockingly, Zack knows who the victim is - and who
might want him dead.
Read by Michael FitzPatrick. 10 hours 27 minutes.
Barclay, Linwood. Bad guys. 2006. Crime. TB21787.
Zack Walker; book 2. Zack Walker is back, and much to his
family's relief, the work-at-home science-fiction writer has left the
house to take a job as a features writer for the city paper. While
researching his first feature article, Zack stumbles upon a real-life
crime scene, but what seems like an ordinary hit-and-run may
actually be a homicide linked to a gang that's been burglarizing
Crandall's high-end shops.
Read by Michael FitzPatrick. 10 hours 16 minutes.
Barclay, Linwood. Lone wolf. 2006. Crime. TB21788.
Zack Walker; book 3. Newspaper writer, family man, and reluctant
hero Zack Walker has stumbled onto some dicey stories before,
but nothing like what he's about to uncover when a mutilated
corpse is found at his father's lakeside fishing camp. Then another
body is discovered and a large supply of fertilizer goes missing,
evoking memories of the Oklahoma City bombing.
Read by Michael FitzPatrick. 11 hours.
Billingham, Mark. The dying hours. 2013. Crime. TB21563.
Tom Thorne; book 11. It's been 25 years since Tom Thorne last
went to work wearing the 'Queen's cloth' but now, having stepped
out of line once too often, he's back in uniform. Still struggling to
adjust, Thorne becomes convinced that a spate of suicides among
the elderly in London is something more sinister. His concerns are
dismissed by the Murder Squad he was once part of and he is
forced to look into it alone.
Read by Mark Billingham. 9 hours 16 minutes.
Bradford, Barbara Taylor. Breaking the rules. 2009. Romance.
TB17129.
Following a terrifying encounter in the quiet English countryside, a
dark beauty flees to New York in search of a new life. Adopting the
initial M as her name, she becomes the muse and star model to
France's iconic top designer Jean-Louis Tremont. She meets and
marries charming and handsome actor Larry Vaughan and finally
believes she has put the demons of her past to bed. But a dark
figure from her past is back and determined to shatter M's world
forever.
Read by Zoe-Ann Phillips. 16 hours 31 minutes.
Brookfield, Amanda. Relative love. 2004. Family stories.
TB21527.
Time is catching up with Pamela and John Harrison and troubles
are brewing in the lives of their children. As the Harrisons gather
for Christmas at their big country house their safe, tight world of
festivity and tradition is threatened. Tragedy strikes of the most
unforeseeable and devastating kind and they are torn apart. Harsh
truths emerge about the past as well as the present.
Read by Sherry Baines. 24 hours 26 minutes.
Brookfield, Amanda. The simple rules of love. 2006. Family
stories.TB21541.
The Harrisons are a large, extremely close family, but with the
grandchildren fast becoming adults and elderly Pamela struggling
to adapt to widowhood and the emptiness of Ashley House, the
four children of the middle generation find themselves equally lost
in a changing world.
Read by Emma Powell. 22 hours 23 minutes.
Burley, W J. Wycliffe and the school bullies. 2006. Crime.
TB21552.
Wycliffe; book 7. Two very different young women have been
murdered within the same week. One was a singer in a nightclub,
the other was a nurse but both were strangled in their own homes
in very similar attacks. The press are quick to assume there is a
psychopath on the loose but Wycliffe suspects the truth may be
somewhat more complex than that.
Read by Terence Wilton. 7 hours.
Carter, Chris. One by one. 2014. Crime. TB21588.
Robert Hunter; book 5. Detective Robert Hunter of the LAPD's
Homicide Special Section receives an anonymous call asking him
to go to a specific web address - a private broadcast. Hunter logs
on and a show devised for his eyes only immediately begins and
Hunter is forced to sit and watch as an unidentified victim is
tortured and murdered live over the Internet. Then Hunter receives
a new phone call and this time the killer has upgraded his game
into a live murder reality show, where anyone can cast the
deciding vote.
Read by John Chancer. 14 hours 25 minutes.
Chamberlain, Diane. Reflection. 2014. Romance. TB21586.
Twenty years ago, a terrible tragedy shattered the tranquillity of the
small Pennsylvania Dutch town of Reflection. The residents of the
village have never forgiven the one woman they blamed for what
happened - Rachel Huber. After the incident, Rachel left the town
and cut off all ties there. But when she receives the news that her
estranged grandmother, Helen, is ill and needs her care, she
returns to face hostility and gossip.
Read by Laurel Lefkow. 12 hours 53 minutes.
Collier, Catrin. A silver lining. 2013. Family stories. TB21604.
Pontypridd; book 3. Bethan Powell was married to her handsome
doctor but tragedy strikes, and emotional necessity drives Bethan
back to her home town of Pontypridd. Alma Moore's lover has
gone to Italy with his bride, leaving Alma alone to face the
unforgiving Welsh community. Charlie Rashenko, a Russian
refugee haunted by his past, is the only man prepared to help
them.
Read by Di Langford. 13 hours 46 minutes.
Collier, Catrin. All that glitters. 2013. Family stories. TB21605.
Pontypridd; book 4. In 1939, Haydn Powell returns to his native
Pontypridd as a star for the summer season. It is his dream come
true, but is soon soured when he finds his family divided. Haydn
seeks consolation with the theatre crowd, but is also drawn to
Jane, a young waif lodging with his family. But Haydn's childhood
sweetheart, Jenny, is determined to win him back and her reckless
pursuit of her own ends creates a dangerous tension in a town
already braced for war.
Read by Di Langford. 14 hours 40 minutes.
Collins, Jackie. Lucky. 2012. General fiction. TB21278.
Lucky Santangelo; book 2. With the sensual grace of a panther,
Lucky Santangelo prowled her Las Vegas casino, restless, ready,
eager for action. That night began a dazzling odyssey, filled with
dangerous passion and sun-drenched sex, sadistic vengeance and
breathless suspense as Lucky fought for her father's honour, for
ruthless triumph, for the wild card of a fabulous love. Contains
passages of a sexual nature.
Read by Stephanie Ellyne. 22 hours 41 minutes.
Collins, Jackie. Lady boss. 2012. General fiction. TB21279.
Lucky Santangelo; book 3. Lucky Santangelo is seeking to
purchase the only movie studio still not controlled by a powerful
conglomerate - Panther Studios, owned by the retired, irascible,
old Abe Panther. But Abe won't sell his beloved studio to Lucky
until she proves she has the guts to make it in Hollywood. It's his
idea that she disguise herself as a secretary and go in undercover
to find out what's really going on Lucky uncovers a world of
financial scheming, big-time betrayal, and bizarre sex. Contains
passages of a sexual nature.
Read by Stephanie Ellyne. 19 hours 32 minutes.
Crews, Caitlin. His for a price. 2014. Mills and Boon romance.
TB21513.
Greek tycoon Nicodemus Stathis has never been able to forget
beautiful heiress Mattie Whitaker. Ten years of delicious tension
later, Mattie’s once powerful family dynasty lies in ruins and only
Nic can offer a solution - if Mattie marries him. Even so Mattie
refuses but Nic's starts a slow, deliberate seduction.
Read by Regina Reagan. 5 hours 48 minutes.
Delaney, Luke. The toy taker. 2014. Crime. TB21269.
DI Sean Corrigan; book 3. DI Sean Corrigan and his team have
been moved to New Scotland Yard and now four-year-old George
Bridgeman has disappeared from leafy Hampstead. Sean, bogged
down in admin and logistics, can see no clear path through the
investigation. Another child vanishes. How long before abduction
becomes murder?
Read by Andrew Loudon. 14 hours 11 minutes.
Douglas, Donna. The Nightingale sisters. 2013. Historical
fiction. TB21166.
Nightingale girls; book 2. To the student nurses at The Nightingale
hospital, the ward sisters are heartless and frightening, with
impossibly high standards. But the sisters have troubles of their
own too. As the nation mourns the death of King George V, it
seems as if nothing is ever going to be the same again, especially
for the women at the Nightingale.
Read by Penelope Freeman. 13 hours 24 minutes.
Eliot, George. The mill on the Floss. 1860. Classic. TB21666.
As the headstrong Maggie Tulliver grows into womanhood, the
deep love which she has for her brother Tom turns into conflict,
because she cannot reconcile his bourgeois standards with her
own lively intelligence.
Read by Maggie Mash. 25 hours 18 minutes.
Fergusson, Ben. The spring of Kasper Meier. 2014. General
fiction. TB20847.
It is 1946 and after a sustained bombing campaign, Berlin is a sea
of rubble. Kasper Meier is trading on the black market to feed
himself and his elderly father. When a young woman, Eva, arrives
on his doorstep and asks him to track down a British pilot, Kasper
is instinctively nervous. After he turns down her offer of payment,
she threatens to blackmail him and Kasper is unwittingly drawn
into an intrigue he could never have anticipated.
Read by Leighton Pugh. 12 hours 2 minutes.
Filer, Nathan. The shock of the fall. 2014. General fiction.
TB21284.
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.
Read by Tom Stanley. 6 hours 43 minutes.
French, Tana. The secret place. 2014. Crime. TB21649.
Ryan and Maddox; book 5. 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 photograph and a story. The previous year,
Christopher Harper, from the neighbouring boys' school was found
murdered on the grounds. And today, in the Secret Place – the
school noticeboard where girls can pin up their secrets
anonymously – Holly found his photograph with the words “I know
who killed him” written on.
Read by Gerry O'Brien. 18 hours 32 minutes.
George, Elizabeth. A place of hiding. 2009 Crime. TB21236.
Inspector Lynley series; book 12. The sudden death of Guy
Brouard, a generous patron and benefactor of the island, after his
morning swim shocks the residents of Guernsey. When a young
American woman is charged with the murder, her brother seeks
help from her old friend, Deborah St James who travel to
Guernsey to attempt to stop a miscarriage of justice. There they
find a tangled web of deceit and betrayal, with its origins in wartime
occupation.
Read by Michael Tudor Barnes. 26 hours 6 minutes.
George, Elizabeth. Just one evil act. 2014. Crime. TB21299.
Inspector Lynley series ; book 18. When Hadiyyah Upman
disappears from London in the company of her mother, nothing
can be done. But five months later, Hadiyyah is kidnapped from an
open air market in Lucca, Italy, and this triggers an investigation in
the full glare of the media spotlight. DI Thomas Lynley is assigned
to handle a situation made delicate by racial issues, language
difficulties, and the determination of an Italian magistrate to arrest
and convict someone – anyone - for the crime.
Read by Elizabeth George. 23 hours 54 minutes.
Grafton, Sue. V is for vengeance. 2012. Crime. TB21561.
Kinsey Millhone mysteries; book 22. Private investigator Kinsey
Millhone finds herself assisting to apprehend a shoplifter, Audrey
Vance. When Audrey's body is found in a local suicide spot her
fiancé is unable to believe she took her own life and hires Kinsey
to investigate. It soon emerges that the shoplifter had become
caught up in a much larger operation.
Read by Liza Ross. 14 hours 54 minutes.
Gray, John MacLachlan. White stone day. 2008. Thriller.
TB16517.
Edmund Whitty; book 2. Victorian London. Journalist Edmund
Whitty is investigating a quack psychic who has been murdered
after revealing a scandal involving Whitty's late brother. Whitty's
search for the truth takes him back to Oxford, where a brilliant and
eccentric cleric who delights in playing croquet, telling children's
stories and taking little girls' pictures, may or may not be involved
with a murderous ring of child pornographers.
Read by Jeff Bellamy. 13 hours 10 minutes.
Griffiths, Elly. Dying fall. 2013. Crime. TB21661.
Ruth Galloway; book 5. Ruth's old friend Dan Golding thinks he
has made a discovery that will change archaeology forever - but
he needs Ruth's help. Dan is killed in a fire, leaving Ruth with one
clue: the tomb of the Raven King. DCI Nelson is also rediscovering
the past. He meets his friend Sandy Macleod, now at Blackpool
CID, who tells him there are mysterious circumstances
surrounding Dan's death.
Read by Karen Cass. 9 hours 59 minutes.
Harry, Lilian. Celebrations in Burracombe. 2014. Country life
fiction. TB21567.
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 means breaking away from the life expected of her.
Down the hill from the Napiers, villagers young and old are setting
out on adventures - Stella and Felix begin married life, change
comes to the village school and the Tozer family continue to find
surprises in their midst.
Read by Anne Dover. 11 hours 45 minutes.
Haymore, Jennifer. The scoundrel's seduction. 2014.
Romance. TB21621.
House of Trent; book 3. Undercover agent Sam Hawkins has
devoted his life to protecting king and country. So when he
receives orders to assassinate a ruthless traitor, he doesn't
question his mission. But Sam didn't know his deed had a witness
- the beautiful and mysterious betrayer's wife. Now he has no
choice but to take her as his prisoner - one he can neither trust nor
resist.
Read by Adrian Lukis. 11 hours 27 minutes.
Hearne, Kevin. Shattered. 2014. Fantasy. TB21623.
The iron druid chronicles; book 7. For nearly 2000 years, there
was only one druid left walking the Earth - Atticus O'Sullivan, the
iron druid. Now he's got company. Atticus's apprentice Granuaile is
finally a full druid herself. What's more, Atticus has defrosted an
archdruid long ago frozen in time, who now goes by the modern
name Owen Kennedy. And Owen has some catching up to do.
Read by Christopher Ragland. 11 hours 3 minutes.
Huxley, Aldous. Brave new world. 1932. Classic. TB21699.
Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal
society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing
and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy
consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill -defined
longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage
Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be
the cure for his distress.
Read by Stephen Greif. 9 hours 22 minutes.
King, Catherine. Her mother's secret. 2014. Family stories.
TB21619.
Lettie Hargreaves wants more than her simple, uncomplicated life
with her grandmother. She longs for excitement and love and she's
determined to make something of herself. There's something about
Lettie's mother that Ivy has kept hidden from her granddaughter,
so when Lettie suggests going into service for the ailing Lady
Laughton, Ivy knows she must do something to stop it.
Read by Jacqueline King. 10 hours 36 minutes.
Kinsella, Sophie. Mini shopaholic. 2011. Romance. TB21285.
Shopaholic; book 6. Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) thought
motherhood would be a breeze and that having a daughter was a
dream come true - a shopping friend for life! But it's trickier than
she thought - two-year-old Minnie has a quite different approach to
shopping. She can create havoc everywhere from Harrods to
Harvey Nicks to her own christening.
Read by Karina Fernandez. 13 hours 50 minutes.
Leather, Stephen. White lies. 2014. Thriller. TB21569.
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 who beat and torture
him. Shepherd's MI5 controller Charlotte Button is determined to
get her man out of harm's way, but to do that she's going to have
to break all the rules.
Read by Paul Thornley. 12 hours 8 minutes.
Leckie, Ann. Ancillary justice. 2014. Science fiction. TB21614.
Imperial Radch; book 1. The Radch are conquerors to be feared resist and they'll turn you into a 'corpse soldier' - one of an army of
dead prisoners animated by a warship's AI mind. Whole planets
are conquered by their own people. The colossal warship called
the Justice of Toren has been destroyed - but one soldier has
escaped the devastation and might just be enough to take revenge
against those who destroyed her.
Read by Adjoa Andoh. 12 hours 43 minutes.
Lewis, Susan. No child of mine. 2012. General fiction.
TB21570.
What if you knew a child was in danger - and no one believed you?
Alex Lake's day job is all about helping people, especially children.
When the case of three-year-old Ottilie Wade comes to her
attention, Alex finds herself completely unable to detach from the
child the way she should and no one else is prepared to believe
that Ottilie is in danger. In the end, Alex makes a decision that has
consequences for her, her family and Ottilie - consequences that
no one, least of all Alex, could have foreseen.
Read by Julia Franklin. 16 hours 56 minutes.
Lyman, John. Realm of evil. 2014. Thriller. TB21545.
God's lions; book 4. Driven into hiding in the French Pyrenees by
the advancing forces of a new, one world government, Cardinal
Leopold Amodeo receives a mysterious radio message from an
unknown source in Northern Europe inviting him to a secret
meeting. Fearful of a trap, and with time running out as a web of
evil spreads around the globe, he must decide if he should leave
the safety of his friends in an ancient Cathar sanctuary to travel
alone into the far reaches of the north to meet with a man who may
hold the key to their salvation.
Read by Jonathan Oliver. 11 hours 15 minutes.
Macgregor, Virginia. What Milo saw. 2014. General fiction.
TB21624.
Nine-year-old Milo Moon has retinitis pigmentosa: his eyes are
slowly failing and he will eventually go blind. But for now he sees
the world through a pin hole and notices things other people don't.
When his beloved gran succumbs to dementia and moves into a
nursing home, he soon realises there's something very wrong at
the home. The grown-ups won't listen to him so with just Tripi, the
nursing home's cook, and Hamlet, his pet pig, to help, Milo sets out
on a mission to expose the nursing home and the sinister Nurse
Thornhill.
Read by Steve Hodson. 11 hours 27 minutes.
McDermott, Andy. Kingdom of darkness. 2014. Thriller.
TB21653.
Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase; book 10. 1943 - Occupied Greece.
The SS unit are founding up Jews for the concentration camps.
But beneath an isolated farmhouse, they find a hidden shrine to
Alexander the Great and an urn filled with water possessing
mysterious qualities. The Nazis take the treasure in the name of
Hitler and disappear. Present Day - Los Angeles. Archaeologist
Nina Wilde and her husband are sought out by a young man,
desperate to warn her about a planned raid on Alexander's newlydiscovered tomb in Egypt. But before he can explain more, he is
assassinated by a wanted Nazi war criminal - who has barely aged
in seventy years.
Read by Andrew Cullum. 17 hours 18 minutes.
McNamara, Ali. From Notting Hill with four weddings...
actually. 2014. Romance. TB21618.
Actually; book 3. Movie addict Scarlett O'Brien is finally living the
jet-setting life she's dreamed of - but it all hangs by a shiny, golden
thread. When Scarlett meets paparazzi darling Gabriella Romero,
life suddenly becomes even more extravagant and glamorous but
as she begins to experience the other side to being rich and
famous, it's not only Scarlett's perfect wedding that's put in
jeopardy, but her whole world.
Read by Finty Williams. 10 hours 58 minutes.
McPherson, Catriona. Dandy Gilver and the reek of red
herrings. 2014. Crime. TB21644.
Dandy Gilver; book 9. On the rain-drenched, wave-lashed, wind battered Banffshire coast, herring drifters brave the storms to catch
their silver darlings. It's nowhere for a child of gentle
Northamptonshire to spend Christmas. But when odd things start
to turn up in barrels of fish - with a strong whiff of murder most foul
- that's exactly where Dandy Gilver finds herself.
Read by Stephanie Beattie. 9 hours 28 minutes.
Mallory, Sarah. Lady beneath the veil. 2014. Mills and Boon
historical romance. TB21344.
When Gideon Albury lifts his new bride's veil he can't believe his
eyes - this dark-haired dab of a girl isn't the blonde beauty he's
been courting! Stunned, Gideon resolves to seek an annulment at
the earliest opportunity, but to do so he must first make sure
Dominique Rainault's virtue stays intact. But the marital bed
beckons - and a stolen kiss could prove to be their undoing!
Read by Karina Fernandez. 8 hours 4 minutes.
Milburne, Melanie. The Valquez bride. 2014. Mills and Boon
romance. TB21514.
Untouched Theodora Marlstone has always wanted the fairytale
wedding a white dress and an adoring groom. Instead she’s
walking up the aisle towards a marriage of convenience to
outrageously attractive Argentinian Alejandro Valquez! Alejandro
has never wanted a wife, but beneath the white silk lies a woman
who exceeds his wildest imagination and its clear that this union
will burn the very paper it’s written on!
Read by Candida Gubbins. 5 hours 43 minutes.
Mitchell, David. The bone clocks. 2014. Science fiction.
TB21531.
One drowsy summer's day in 1984, teenage runaway Holly Sykes
encounters a strange woman who offers a small kindness in
exchange for 'asylum'. Decades will pass before Holly understands
exactly what sort of asylum the woman was seeking. Following the
twists and turns of Holly's life from a scarred adolescence in
Gravesend to old age on Ireland's Atlantic coast just as Europe's
oil supply dries up, Holly Sykes – daughter, sister, mother,
guardian - is also an unwitting player in a murderous feud played
out in the shadows and margins of our world.
Read by Laurel Lefkow, Anna Bentinck, and various narrators. 24
hours 33 minutes.
Orwell, George. Nineteen eighty-four. 1949. Classic. TB21744.
Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of
Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of
the Party. Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he
lives in, which demands absolute obedience and controls him
through the all-seeing telescreens and the watchful eye of Big
Brother, symbolic head of the Party.
Read by Gordon Griffin. 12 hours 17 minutes.
Parker, Victoria. The ultimate revenge. 2014. Mills and Boon
romance. TB21518.
Nicandro Santos, legendary diamond legacy heir, has one
purpose: to infiltrate the ultra-prestigious Q Virtus gentlemen’s club
to bring it and its leader Zeus down. What he doesn’t know is that
Olympia Merisi, his enemy's daughter, is now in charge. She’ll stop
at nothing to protect what’s hers. But as the battle lines between
them blur, they're soon entering more sensual territory.
Read by Victoria Grove. 6 hours 9 minutes.
Patterson, James. Private - no. 1 suspect. 2013. Thriller.
TB21578.
Private; book 4. Since former US Marine Jack Morgan started
Private, it has become the world’s most successful detective
agency. But when his former lover is found murdered in Jack’s
bed, Jack is instantly the number one suspect. With his team
stretched to breaking point and Jack fighting for his life, he finds
himself strong-armed by the mob into recovering $30 million in
stolen pharmaceuticals, and Jack realises he is facing his most
powerful enemies ever.
Read by Jeff Harding. 8 hours 10 minutes.
Penman, Sharon K. When Christ and his saints slept. 1995.
Historical fiction. TB21511.
Eleanor of Aquitaine; book 1. A novel which vividly brings to life a
period of English history from the reign of Henry I , covering the
civil war between Henry's daughter, Mathilda, and her cousin
Stephen who usurped her throne, to the commencement of the
reign of Henry II, Mathilda's son, the first Plantagenet king.
Read by Charlotte Strevens. 40 hours 23 minutes.
Penman, Sharon K. Time and chance. 2003. Historical fiction.
TB21536.
Eleanor of Aquitaine; book 2. While Henry II redefined the role of
medieval kingship, Eleanor gave birth to their children, founding a
dynasty that would endure for 300 years. But not all was well and
when Henry took lovely young Rosumund Clifford into his bed, little
did he realise that in making an enemy of his proud, passionate
queen he was making the gravest mistake of all.
Read by Charlotte Strevens. 23 hours 52 minutes.
Pratchett, Terry. I shall wear midnight. 2010. Fantasy.
TB21237.
Discworld; book 38. It's not easy being a witch, and it's certainly
not all whizzing about on broomsticks, but Tiffany Aching – teen
witch - is doing her best. Until something evil wakes up, something
that stirs up all the old stories about nasty old witches, so that just
wearing a pointy hat suddenly seems a very bad idea. Worse still,
this evil ghost from the past is hunting down one witch in particular.
He's hunting for Tiffany. And he's found her.
Read by Stephen Briggs. 9 hours 23 minutes.
Price, Angharad. The life of Rebecca Jones: a novel. 2014.
General fiction. TB21654.
In the early years of the last century, Rebecca is born into a rural
community in the Maesglasau valley in Wales; but the changes
brought about by modernity threaten the survival of her language,
and her family's way of life. Rebecca's reflections on the century
are delivered with haunting dignity and a simple intimacy, while her
evocation of the changing seasons and a life that is so in tune with
its surroundings is rich and poignant.
Read by Sian Owen. 4 hours 15 minutes.
Priestley, J B. Benighted. 2013. General fiction. TB21476.
Philip and Margaret Waverton and Roger Penderel are forced to
take shelter one stormy night in the sinister house of the Femm
somewhere in Wales. The benighted travellers drink, talk and play
games to pass the time while the storm rages outside. But as the
night progresses and tensions rise, dangerous and unexpected
secrets emerge. Which is more deadly: the apocalyptic storm
outside the house or the unknown horrors that await within?
Read by James Parsons. 6 hours 28 minutes.
Pryor, Francis. The lifer's club. 2014. Crime. TB21525.
Alan Cadbury is a professional archaeologist, a man who likes to
unravel the mysteries and meaning of the past. Giving an
archaeology course in the 90s he met Richard Lane, now a senior
detective. DCI Lane enlist him to help on a difficult case, an honour
killing perpetrated eight years ago. Oh yes, archaeology can be a
very dirty business....
Read by David Thorpe. 16 hours 33 minutes.
Sanderson, Brandon. The way of kings: part 1. 2011. Fantasy.
TB21250.
The stormlight archive; book 1. The entire world of Roshar is at
war with itself - and has been for centuries since the Radiants
turned against mankind. Kings strive to win more Shardblades,
possession of which makes a man nearly invincible on the
battlefield.
Read by Alistair Maydon. 26 hours 44 minutes.
Sanderson, Brandon. The way of kings: part 2. 2011. Fantasy.
TB21318.
The stormlight archive; book 1. A war rages on the Shattered
Plains where ten armies fight against a single foe. Kaladin has
been reduced to slavery. Brightlord, Dalinar Kholin commands one
of the armies but is troubled by visions of the Knights Radiant.
Meanwhile across the ocean Shallan seeks the true cause of the
war.
Read by Alistair Maydon. 24 hours 10 minutes.
Salinger, J D. The catcher in the rye. 1951. Classic. TB21745.
Holden Caulfield is a seventeen-year-old dropout who has just
been kicked out of his fourth school. Navigating his way through
the challenges of growing up, Holden dissects the 'phony' aspects
of society, and the 'phonies' themselves.
Read by John Chancer. 7 hours 50 minutes.
Schirach, Ferdinand von. The Collini case. 2014. Thriller.
TB21259.
A murder. A murderer. No motif. For 34 years Fabrizio Collini has
worked diligently for Mercedes-Benz. 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. Getting a not-guilty verdict could make his name.
Read by David Thorpe and James Peak. 4 hours 13 minutes.
Sebag Montefiore, Simon. One night in winter. 2014. General
fiction. TB21338.
Moscow 1945. As Stalin and his courtiers celebrate victory over
Hitler, shots ring out. On a nearby bridge, a teenage boy and girl
lie dead. But this is no ordinary tragedy and these are no ordinary
teenagers, but the children of Russia's most important leaders who
attend the most exclusive school in Moscow. Is it murder? A
suicide pact? Or a conspiracy against the state? Contains strong
language and violence.
Read by Christopher Oxford. 15 hours 24 minutes.
Sheffield, Jack. Village teacher. 2011. Country life fiction.
TB21576.
Jack Sheffield; book 4. It's 1980: recession and unemployment
have hit Britain, a royal wedding is on the way, and the whole
country is wondering Who Shot JR? As Jack returns for his fourth
year at Ragley-on-the Forest School, there's a definite chill in the
air. Village schools are being closed down all over the place - will
his be one of them?
Read by Michael Tudor Barnes. 9 hours 59 minutes.
Sinclair, Kira. Testing the limits. 2014. Mills and Boon Blaze
romance. TB21612.
Social worker Quinn Keller sees the best in people - and the worst.
When she rescues a prominent businessman's battered wife,
Quinn is targeted by the woman's violent husband. She turns to
the brother of her deceased fiancé to keep her safe - Ranger Jace
Hyland. Quinn is the woman Jace has always wanted - and she's
strictly hands-off. But keeping her safe means taking her to his
small apartment and his bed. So for one unforgettable night, Jace
will give in to the temptation he can no longer resist.
Read by Laila Pyne. 6 hours 3 minutes.
Steinbeck, John. The grapes of wrath. 1939. Classic. TB21683.
Shocking and controversial when it was first published, Steinbeck's
Pulitzer prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece. It
tells of the Joad family who travel West in search of the promised
land, and find only broken dreams.
Read by Michael Fitzpatrick. 22 hours 46 minutes.
Watson, Angus. Age of iron. 2014. Fantasy. TB21613.
Iron age; book 1. Dug Sealskinner is a down-on-his-luck
mercenary travelling south to join up with King Zadar's army. But
he keeps rescuing the wrong people. First, Spring, a child he finds
scavenging on the battlefield, and then Lowa, one of Zadar's most
fearsome warriors, who's vowed revenge on the king for her
sister's execution. All Dug has is his war hammer, one rescued
child and one unpredictable, highly-trained warrior with a lust for
revenge that's going to get them all killed.
Read by Sean Barrett. 15 hours 18 minutes.
Wilde, James. The devil's army. 2013. Historical fiction.
TB21780.
Hereward; book 2. The Battle of Hastings has been lost. The iron
fist of William the Bastard has begun to squeeze the life out of
England. Villages are torched and men, women and children put to
the sword as the Norman king attempts to impose his will. But
there is one who stands in the way of the invader's savagery. He is
called Hereward.
Read by Andrew Cullum. 13 hours 5 minutes.
Wilde, James. End of days. 2014. Historical fiction. TB21781.
Hereward; book 3. In their fortress on the Isle of Ely, the English
have put their faith in the only man who might defeat the
murderous invaders, Hereward. Plans have been set in motion for
a bloody uprising that will sweep the Norman king off the throne
once and for all. But Hereward is missing. Can he be found before
William the Bastard begins his final, devastating assault that will
truly be the end of days?
Read by Andrew Cullum. 13 hours 10 minutes.
Wilson, Laura. The riot. 2013. Crime. TB21579.
DI Ted Stratton; book 5. August 1958. London is hot and tired,
and nowhere more so than Notting Hill, where DI Stratton has just
been posted. Stratton's new manor is dirt poor and rife with racial
tension between Teddy Boys and black immigrants. Notorious
landlord Danny Perlmann, a Polish refugee, is making a fortune off
the high rents he charges to immigrants – and prostitutes. When
Perlmann's rent collector is murdered, Stratton is called to
investigate.
Read by Sean Barrett. 11 hours 9 minutes.
Wilton, Robert. Traitor's field; from the archives of the
Comptrollerate-General for Scrutiny and Survey. 2013.
Historical fiction.TB21350.
It is 1648 and Britain is at war with itself. The Royalists are
defeated but Parliament is in turmoil, its power weakened by
internal discord. Royalism's last hope is Sir Mortimer Shay, a
ruthless veteran of decades of intrigue who must rebuild a credible
threat to Cromwell's rule, whatever the cost.
Read by Steve Hodson. 21 hours 34 minutes.
Adult Non-fiction
Animals and nature
Farthing, Pen. Wylie: the brave street dog who never gave up.
2014. TB21643.
Wylie, a street dog born in the city of Kandahar, Afghanistan, was
beaten and abused while being used as a bait dog. Close to death,
he was rescued and attended to by soldiers and eventually handed
over to animal welfare charity Vowzad and flown to Britain for a
new life.
Read by David Thorpe. 8 hours 20 minutes.
Graham-Jones, Oliver. Zoo tails. 2001. TB21797.
Oliver Graham-Jones became veterinary officer of London Zoo in
1950. 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 high-tech world of modern veterinary medicine. In Zoo
Tails, he tells us about some of the animals he cared for, situations
he faced, what it felt like when he was faced with an escaped bear
or an injured elephant.
Read by Bob Rollett. 4 hours 26 minutes.
Autobiography and biography
Booth, Louise. When Fraser met Billy. 2014. TB21264.
Fraser was a two-year-old autistic child with a multitude of
problems when he first met Billy at the cat protection shelter. Billy
purred, laid his paws across Fraser and they have been
inseparable ever since. Slowly but surely Billy has transformed
Fraser's life. Their profound bond has immeasurably improved
their lives and the family's, and brought them lots of hilarious and
touching moments along the way.
Read by Julie Stark. 7 hours 17 minutes.
Johnson, Martyn. What's tha up to? Memories of a Yorkshire
bobby. 2012. TB21626.
No two days were ever the same for bobby on the beat PC
Johnson. Whether he was chasing unlikely coal thieves, tracking
down peacocks gone AWOL or investigating mysterious flying
saucers over Sheffield, he faced every new challenge with a smile
and a healthy dose of his copper's common sense.
Read by Martyn Johnson. 6 hours 51 minutes.
Johnson, Martyn. What's tha up to nah? 2012. TB21627.
PC Martyn Johnson is back on the beat with more hilarious and
heart-warming stories from the golden age of policing. With his
nose for trouble and a knack for mischief, there's no such thing as
a quiet shift for the friendly Yorkshire bobby, from drunken dogs
and runaway horses to high-speed chases after Burglar Bill.
Read by Martyn Johnson. 6 hours 37 minutes.
Johnson, Paul. Mozart: a life. 2014. TB21637.
Liszt once said that Mozart composed more bars than a trained
copyist could write in a lifetime. His output of composition and his
gift and skill with instruments was wondrous - no sooner had the
clarinet been invented and introduced than Mozart began playing
and composing for it.
Read by Benedick Blythe. 5 hours 40 minutes.
Leith, Prue. Relish. 2012. TB21600.
Born in South Africa, the daughter of a well-known actress, Prue
Leith came to London in the early 1960s and became a very
successful restaurateur, writer and columnist. She also had a
secret affair with the married man who was to be her husband for
another twenty-five years. She writes movingly of the anguish for
both families; of her longing for children; the birth of her son,
Daniel, and the adoption of her daughter, Li-Da.
Read by Helen Bourne. 16 hours.
Prentis, Evelyn. A nurse and mother: my life as a post-war
nurse. 2012. TB21764.
At the end of the Second World War, as husbands came back to
Civvy Street, their wives had the luxury of staying at home with the
children. For a short while at least. Soon Evelyn realised she had
to find work to make ends meet, and to her astonishment she was
offered part-time hours at her old hospital.
Read by Anna Harwich. 7 hours 46 minutes.
Sacks, Oliver W. Uncle Tungsten: memories of a chemical
boyhood. 2012. TB21609.
Oliver Sacks turns his trained analytical eye on a startling new
subject - himself. The world authority in his field, this book is an
insight into the mind and background of one of the finest and most
accessible scientists today.
Read by Steve Hodson. 13 hours 41 minutes.
Wainwright, Robert. Sheila: the Australian ingénue who
bewitched British society. 2014. TB21771.
Born on an Australian sheep station, Sheila Chisholm wedded
earls and barons, befriended literary figures and movie stars, and
died a Russian princess. Her clandestine affair with young Bertie,
the future George VI, caused ruptures at Buckingham Palace, with
King George offering his son the title Duke of York in exchange for
never hearing of Sheila again.
Read by Richard Burnip. 11 hours 44 minutes.
Wharton, James. Out in the army: my life as a gay soldier.
2013. TB21349.
The amazing career journey of James Wharton as he becomes a
man, enlists in the Army, joins the elite Blues and Royals and
learns to deal with his sexuality in a sometimes hostile
environment, prior to coming to terms with it and, in turn, helping
the army itself come to terms with homosexuality.
Read by Robert Nairne. 10 hours 49 minutes.
White-Cooper, Ronald. Call the doctor: a country GP between
the wars: tales of courage, hardship and hope. 2014. TB21591.
Ronald White-Cooper may have worked as a doctor in London's
slums and tended to badly wounded men on the Western Front,
but when he arrived in Dartmouth in 1920 to set up as a GP he
found himself facing some unique challenges. Over the years he
became a much-loved part of the community, often helping those
who could not afford to pay him.
Read by David Graham and Charlotte Strevens. 7 hours 43
minutes.
Wight, Jim. The real James Herriot: the authorized biography.
2000. TB21610.
Written by his son, this new biography draws on family archives
and previously unpublished material of the life of the vet-author
who died in 1995.
Read by Steve Hodson.16 hours 33 minutes.
Food and Drink
King, Si. The Hairy Dieters: good eating. 2014. TB21647.
The Hairy Bikers, Si King and Dave Myers, share delicious lowcalorie recipes and easy-to-follow advice. This book contains over
eighty fabulous family-focused recipes and advice on how to lose
weight and keep it off.
Read by Mark Elstob. 4 hours 38 minutes.
History
Benson, Richard. The valley: a hundred years in the life of a
family. 2014. TB21628.
The Dearne Valley lies at the heart of the South Yorkshire
coalfield. In 1945 that coalfield had sixty-seven pits; today only two
survive. Following four generations of his mother's family, Benson
depicts a community characterised not by the stereotype of
doughty, unassuming labourers and housewives, but driven
individuals relentless in the pursuit of their dreams.
Read by Sean Baker. 19 hours 37 minutes.
Lewis, Damien. Churchill's secret warriors: the explosive true
story of the special forces desperadoes of WWII. 2014.
TB21662.
In the bleak moments after defeat on mainland Europe in winter
1939, Winston Churchill knew that Britain had to strike back hard.
So Britain's wartime leader 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, offering these volunteers
nothing but the potential for glory and all-but-certain death.
Read by Jonathan Oliver. 11 hours 50 minutes.
Paine, Lincoln P. The sea and civilization: a maritime history
of the world. 2014. TB21315.
A sweeping and illuminating examination of how people first came
into contact with one another by ocean and river, and how goods,
languages, religions and entire cultures spread across and along
the world's waterways.
Read by Chris Courtney. 32 hours 55 minutes.
Tombs, Robert. The English and their history. 2014. TB21638.
A fresh, up-to-date 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 extraordinarily true.
Read by Leighton Pugh. 47 hours 34 minutes.
Music
Trynka, Paul. Sympathy for the devil: the birth of the Rolling
Stones and the death of Brian Jones. 2014. TB21765.
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. Contains strong language.
Read by Leighton Pugh. 11 hours 52 minutes.
Paranormal
Sartori, Penny. The wisdom of near-death experiences: how
understanding NDE's can help us live more fully. 2014.
TB21534.
The consideration of a wide range of experiences of dying patients
that Dr Sartori has encountered during her nursing career.
Read by Melissa Berry. 9 hours 37 minutes.
Poetry
Berry, Liz. Black Country. 2014. TB21792.
Liz Berry takes us home: to Wrens Nest, Gosty Hill, Bilston; to the
summer where she first learned to talk; to the woods where the
secrets are hidden. But her poems also transport us into other,
different worlds of the poet's imagination: the memories and magic
of childhood to the dawning of adulthood and the dark, sweet
mysteries of love and sexuality.
Read by Maya Sondhi. 1 hour 7 minutes.
Politics
Hurd, Douglas. Disraeli, or, The two lives. 2014. TB21556.
A superb politician, orator, writer and wit, Disraeli was the most
gifted parliamentarian of his time, who rose to become Prime
Minister - twice. Yet he had never intended to be a politician: his
early life was led in pursuit of pleasure as he struggled to find an
occupation that would best suit his energy, keen intelligence, wit
and insatiable appetite for public attention.
Read by Steve Hodson. 13 hours 52 minutes.
Sport
Boycott, Geoff. The corridor of certainty. 2014. TB21642.
After a period of his life when a court case and then throat cancer
threatened first his career and then his life, Geoffrey Boycott reemerged as an apparently changed man - but how true had the
caricatured image of him as an archetypal Yorkshireman ever
really been? Boycott reveals many other interests and friendships
beyond cricket, includes a moving chapter on Brian Clough and a
surprising section on feng shui.
Read by Geoff Lesley. 8 hours 4 minutes.
Calvin, Mike. The nowhere men. 2013. TB21387.
Football scouts are everywhere yet nowhere, faceless and
nameless, despite making informed decisions worth millions.
Michael Calvin opens up their hidden world, examining the
disconnected lifestyles, petty betrayals and unconsidered
professionalism of men who spend long, lonely hours on the road.
Read by Alan Orme. 10 hours 17 minutes.
Transport
Deary, Terry. Dangerous days on the Victorian railways: a
history of the terrors and the torments, the dirt, diseases and
deaths suffered by our ancestors. 2014. TB21450.
Often recognised as having revolutionised travel and industrial
Britain, Victorian railways were perilous and caused thousands of
deaths and injuries through disease as well as disaster. Here the
victims of the Victorian railways are remembered and given
names, lives and families. Contains strong language.
Read by Kris Dyer. 7 hours 39 minutes.
Holland, Julian. Exploring Britain's lost railways. 2013.
TB21441.
Follow the routes of over 50 long-closed railways across some of
our most beautiful countryside and discover the lost railways of
Britain. The historical background is given along with details of the
route today and clear directions for the walker and cyclist.
Read by Robin Houston. 8 hours 3 minutes.
Porter, Richard. Top Gear epic failures: 50 great motoring
cock-ups. 2014. TB21477.
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, such as Mitsubishi
unveiling their new 'Starion' after mishearing calls from head office
in Japan to call it the 'Stallion'. The time has come to name and
shame.
Read by Alan Thorpe. 2 hours 5 minutes.
Warfare and Defence
Ballantyne, Iain. Hunter killers: the dramatic untold story of
the Royal Navy's most secret service. 2014. TB21632.
A hunter killer is a submarine designed to pursue and attack
enemy submarines and surface ships using torpedoes. 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 nuclearpowered espionage missions in Soviet-dominated seas.
Read by Jonathan Oliver. 21 hours 33 minutes.
Corrigan, Gordon. A great and glorious adventure: a military
history of the Hundred Years War. 2014. TB21790.
The Hundred Years War was fought between 1337 and 1453 over
English claims to both the throne of France by right of inheritance.
But despite great victories at Crecy, Poitiers and Agincourt, the
English could never hope to secure their claims in perpetuity. At its
end, however, the English had become English, as opposed to
Anglo-French, and France too had set out on the road to
nationhood.
Read by Peter Crerar. 11 hours 25 minutes.
Lambert, Andrew D. The challenge: America, Britain and the
war of 1812. 2013. TB21526.
In the summer of 1812 Britain stood alone, fighting for her very
survival against a vast European Empire. Only the Royal Navy
stood between Napoleon's legions and ultimate victory. In that dark
hour America saw its chance to challenge British dominance: her
troops invaded Canada and American frigates attacked British
merchant shipping, the lifeblood of British defence.
Read by John Cartwright. 17 hours 14 minutes.
Fermor, Patrick Leigh. Abducting a general: the Kreipe
Operation and SOE in Crete. 2014. TB21645.
One of the greatest feats in Patrick Leigh Fermor's remarkable life
was the kidnapping of General Kreipe, the German commander in
Crete, on 26 April 1944. He and Captain Billy Moss hatched a
daring plan to abduct the general, while ensuring that no reprisals
were taken against the Cretan population.
Read by Chris Courteney. 7 hours 49 minutes.
Olusoga, David. The world's war. 2014. TB21611.
A unique account of the millions of colonial troops who fought in
the First World War, and why they were later air-brushed out of
history. Every major battle fought on the Western Front, from the
First Battle of Ypres to the Second Battle of the Marne, was fought
by Allied armies that were multi-racial and multi -ethnic. Yet from
the moment the guns fell silent the role of non-white soldiers was
forgotten and airbrushed out by later historians.
Read by Damien Lynch. 16 hours 19 minutes.
Children and young adult fiction
Suggested reading age 5+
Booth, Anne. Lucy's secret reindeer. 2014. TB21639.
Lucy has a big secret ... Santa's left her a little reindeer in the
garden shed! But Starlight is poorly, and Santa won't be able to
deliver any presents if he's not well in time. Can Lucy make
Starlight better and save Christmas?
Read by Lisa Milne Henderson. 1 hour 21 minutes.
Owen, Laura. Wonderfully Winnie! 2015. TB21748.
Winnie the Witch is nothing short of wonderful! Here are twelve
more stories about her.
Read by Karina Fernandez. 1 hour 44 minutes.
Suggested reading age 7+
Ardagh, Philip. The Grunts all at sea. 2014. TB21691.
The Grunts; book 2. Mr Grunt's a man with a mission. He has to
get a Person of Great Importance (or POGI) to someone called
Mrs Bayliss by the twenty-fifth. Alive and well. And he can't tell
anyone more than that, not even his lovely wife, Mrs Grunt,
because there will be people trying to snatch the POGI and so the
POGI must be transported in secret. It's an exciting adventure, but
what interests Mr Grunt most are the silver coins he's been
promised at the end of it.
Read by David Graham. 4 hours 30 minutes.
Carpenter, Humphrey. Mr Majeika and the music teacher.
1987. TB21687.
The sudden arrival of a new music teacher throws St Barty's
School into confusion. Mysterious smells start coming from the
staffroom and creepy -crawlies appear out of nowhere. The new
arrival is, of course, Wilhelmina Worlock, a wicked witch with some
nasty tricks. It's up to Mr Majeika to try to outwit her.
Read by Greg Wagland. 1 hour 8 minutes.
Carpenter, Humphrey. Mr Majeika joins the circus. 2006.
TB21685.
Mr Majeika creates some magical mayhem at the circus. But then
he goes missing and Class Three don't know where to find him.
Wicked Wilhelmina Worlock isn't far away and she soon has lions,
crocodiles and acrobats running everywhere. Mr Majeika had
better come back soon.
Read by Greg Wagland. 1 hour 16 minutes.
Carpenter, Humphrey. Mr Majeika and the lost spell book.
2003. TB21686.
When the wizard-teacher defies the headmaster and uses magic
to make Halloween more fun he is sacked. Wilhelmina Warlock is
at the bottom of the trouble and must be defeated to rescue the
children from boredom and Mr Majeika from his attempts at doing
other jobs.
Read by Greg Wagland. 1hour 10 minutes.
Cope, Andrew. Spy Dog: Storm chaser. 2015. TB21732.
Spy Dog; book 11. An unusual storm cloud has been hovering
over Brickfield town and Lara knows that something isn't quite right
about it - it smells, sort of chickeny. The people of Brickfield are
becoming strangely grumpy so Lara, Spy Dog extraordinaire, must
investigate. If the town doesn't see sunshine soon the
consequences could be dogastrophic!
Read by Mark Elstob. 2 hours 24 minutes.
Fine, Anne. Under a silver moon. 2012. TB21751.
In a hot, faraway land, two baby boys are born under the same
silver moon: Haroun, the son of the sultan, and Akil, the son of the
gardener. As children they play together until one day Haroun has
to learn princely ways. But when he suffers pains that no doctor
can cure, can Akil help him find a magic key to good health?
Read by Louise Jameson. 26 minutes.
Frost, Adam. Stop! There's a snake in your suitcase! 2014.
TB21573.
Zoo story; book 1. The Nightingale family live on a barge on the
canal near London Zoo, and Mum is a vet. When Tom and Sophie
find a bag of snakes dumped at the gates of the zoo, a great and
exciting adventure begins. Soon they are finding out about the
trade in illegal animals and learning how to care for these
wonderful creatures.
Read by Daniel Philpott. 1 hour 42 minutes.
Murphy, Jill. The worst witch and the wishing star. 2014.
TB21747.
Worst witch; book 7. When Mildred makes a wish on a shooting
star, she never dreams that it will come true so quickly. But it also
spells trouble. Mildred's wish-come -true is a small dog but she has
to keep him a secret from her friends, and especially from the
formidable Miss Hardbroom. It's a disaster waiting to happen!
Read by Rachel Atkins. 2 hours 6 minutes.
Nadin, Joanna. Penny Dreadful is a record breaker. 2013.
TB21607.
Three humorous short stories in one book: Penny Dreadful versus
the Vampire; Penny Dreadful Looks on the Bright Side and Penny
Dreadful and the World Record.
Read by Beth Chalmers. 55 minutes.
Rix, Megan. The hero pup. 2014. TB21749.
Patch is a yellow Labrador puppy in need of a home this
Christmas. Eleven-year-old Joe is dreading the holidays - his first
Christmas without Dad. It will never be the same again. But then
Mum tells Joe about the Helper Dog Training programme. Can Joe
adopt Patch for six months, give him a home and teach him to
become a Helper Dog? But what about when it comes to saying
goodbye?
Read by Laura Murray. 4 hours 24 minutes.
Strong, Jeremy. The hundred-mile-an-hour dog. 2007.
TB21680.
The Hundred-mile-an-hour dog; book 1. Streaker is no ordinary
dog. She is a rocket on four legs with a woof attached. Can Trevor
train her by the end of the holidays or will he lose his bet with
horrible Charlie Smugg?
Read by Pip Brignall. 1 hour 51 minutes.
Strong, Jeremy. Kidnapped! The hundred-mile-an-hour dog's
sizzling summer. 2014. TB21681.
The hundred-mile-an-hour dog; book 5. Streaker is on holiday and
she's made a new friend - which means double trouble! But they're
not the only ones causing chaos on the campsite. Someone's up to
no good and only Streaker can sniff them out. Can she stop the
criminals before the French police catch up with her?
Read by Lizzie Hopley. 1hour 59 minutes.
Suggested reading age 9+
Angus, Sam. Captain. 2014. TB21587.
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.
Read by Tom Stanley. 6 hours 4 minutes.
Bawden, Nina. Carrie's war. 2014. TB21692.
Evacuated from London to Wales during the Second World War,
Carrie and her brother are sent to live with the very strict Mr
Evans. But in trying to heal the breach between Mr Evans and his
sister, Carrie does the worst thing she ever did in her life.
Read by Di Langford. 4 hours 42 minutes.
Cain, Cate. The jade boy. 2013. TB21629.
12-year-old Jem Green works as a kitchen boy in the London
household of a powerful duke. He doesn't know who his father is
and his life consists of never-ending drudgery. But when the
sinister Count Cazalon pays a visit to the duke, Jem's world is
turned upside down. The Count is planning something terrible and Jem appears to be central to the wicked scheme.
Read by Louise Jameson. 9 hours 46 minutes.
Cole, Stephen. World War Moo. 2008. TB21730.
Cows in action; book 5. The CIA are going to war. The time shed
has been blown up in the Blitz, so McMoo must parachute behind
enemy lines in search of a captured scientist who can help repair
it. The agents have to work together to take on the enemy in an air
battle and make
sure that the course of history runs smoooothly.
Read by Greg Wagland. 1 hour 59 minutes.
Cole, Stephen. The Victorian moo-ders. 2010. TB21731.
Cows in Action; book 9. Sent back to Victorian England, the CIA
are investigating a series of strange moo-ders that seem to have
been committed by a ghostly cow of doom who leaves a
mysterious black calling card for each of his victims. But what have
the FBI got to do with these murders and who will be next?
Read by Greg Wagland. 2 hours 4 minutes.
Cottrell Boyce, Frank. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and the race
against time. 2013. TB21733.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang; book 2. 'We need to get as far from the TRex as possible'. It was a sentence Dad had never expected to
say – and something the Tootings never expected to hear. But
then they never expected Chitty to get stuck reversing through
time until she came to rest at the feet of a very hungry dinosaur.
Can Chitty get them out of trouble before they become T-rex
takeaway?
Read by Mark Elstob. 4 hours 16 minutes.
Fine, Anne. Blue moon day. 2014. TB21752.
Everyone thinks they know what it's like, going to school. But have
you ever wondered what life must be like at a boarding school? A
school for young offenders? A school for the blind? With her
trademark humour, insight, sensitivity and razor-sharp wit, Anne
Fine explores these different worlds in a short story collection that
will fascinate young readers.
Read by Tom Stanley. 4 hours 19 minutes.
Golding, Julia. Young knights of the Round Table. 2013.
TB21746.
Young Knights; book 1. Snatched from their cradles by faerie
thieves, Rick, Roxy, and Tiago have been brainwashed to hate
humans and trained in the art of magical warfare. When Avalon is
attacked by an unseen enemy, the Fey send them to Earth to
investigate a rumour that the Round Table is being re-formed. But
they soon discover that the truth is much, much worse.
Read by Kris Dyer. 9 hours 4 minutes.
Haddon, Mark. Agent Z meets the masked crusader. 2015.
TB21754.
Agent Z; book 1. When Agent Z appears on the scene, Ben's
razor-sharp brain is needed for the most mysterious missions and
some serious strategies - and suddenly life on earth becomes
rather interesting.
Read by Brian Fenton. 3 hours 54 minutes.
Hare, Lucinda. Dragon lords rising. 2012. TB21459.
The Dragonsdome chronicles; book 3. A gnome, a girl and a dwarf
fly north on an injured battledragon in the depth of winter to search
for the missing Commander of the Stealth Dragon Services. The
race to find the only man who can unmask the traitor at the heart
of the realm is on!
Read by Carolyn Bonnyman. 10 hours 41 minutes.
Ibbotson, Toby. Mountwood School for Ghosts. 2014.
TB21700.
Fredegonda, Goneril, and Drusilla are Great Hagges, much more
important and much rarer than regular old hags. They think that
ghosts these days are decidedly lacking - they need to learn a
thing or two about being scary. And what better way to teach them
than to set up their very own school for ghosts?
Read by Emma Powell. 7 hours 2 minutes.
Marshall, Jill. Jane Blonde spies trouble. 2006. TB21755.
Jane Blonde; book 2. The kitty-knapping of her spy-cat, Trouble,
launches Jane Blonde into another incredible investigation! A
group of crazed scientists believe they have discovered the secret
to a cat’s nine lives – but they need Trouble for their experiments.
All the clues lead Janey down a manhole – defeating the enemy is
going to be a wet and stinky business! Read by Anna ParkerNaples. 4 hours 49 minutes.
Moss, Fletcher. The poison boy. 2013. TB21743.
Poison boy Dalton Fly, a lowly food taster to the rich, has a lucky
escape after drinking laced wine. But his mate is less fortunate,
and Dalton wants answers. Who murdered his friend and what
were they were really after? With the help of aristocratic girl,
Scarlet Dropmore, whose life he unwittingly saved, he sets out to
rescue his city from the poisoners within.
Read by Brian Fenton. 9 hours 42 minutes.
Pichon, Liz. Extra special treats (... not). 2014. TB21641.
Tom Gates; book 7. It's book week in Oakfield school and
everyone is very excited. Mr Keen says there's an excellent prize
on offer for best costumes worn on book day. Delia's not much
help (as usual) at making costumes and the Fossils get carried
away with the dressing up box. Marcus decides that he is a super
hero and can't understand why 'Super Marcus' isn't the best name.
Read by Ryan Watson. 2 hours 19 minutes.
Reeve, Philip. Goblin quest. 2014. TB21712.
Goblins; book 3. The heroes continue their adventures outside the
walls of Clovenstone Castle. Having seen off the thieving dwarves
the goblins are now on a bold quest to solve the mysteries that
seem to surround them but powerful dark forces must be
vanquished and monstrous creatures fought.
Read by Richard Derrington. 8 hours.
Ryan, Chris. Desert pursuit. 2003. TB21763.
Alpha Force; book 3. Alpha Force are a unique group of five
individuals, each with special skills, each ready to go anywhere in
the world to help others in need. Undercover, they head for the
Sahara Desert, resolved to gather evidence of young landmine
victims. But they are catapulted into a desperate race across the
desert when they discover a terrible evil - a gang of child -slavers
operating in the area.
Read by Brian Fenton. 6 hours 14 minutes.
Wilson, Jacqueline. The longest whale song. 2011. TB21347.
When her mum ends up in a coma after having a new baby, Ella is
left coping with her well-meaning but shambolic stepdad - and a
tiny newborn brother. Her main distraction from all her worries is
her school project about whales. Ella is fascinated by the idea of
whale song, when they call out to each other to attract a mate.
Read by Rachael Louise Miller. 7 hours 50 minutes.
Winkler, Henry. Hank Zipzer, the world's greatest
underachiever and the crazy classroom cascade. 2012.
TB21677.
The world's greatest underachiever series. According to ten-yearold Hank Zipzer, there are many reasons why he shouldn't have to
do homework: every pen he owns has run out of ink; his thoughts
are controlled by alien beings; he's allergic to lined paper - or could
it just be that Hank has dyslexia and doesn't want to look stupid?
Read by Russell Bentley. 2 hours 36 minutes.
Suggested reading age 11+
Alcott, Louisa May. Little women. 1997. TB21804.
An abridged version for younger readers. The classic tale of four
sisters experiencing both hardship and adventure in Civil War New
England. Grown-up Meg, tomboyish Jo, timid Beth, and precocious
Amy, the four March sisters couldn't be more different. But with
their father away at war, and their mother working to support the
family, they have to rely on one another.
Read by Danielle Farrow. 2 hours 34 minutes.
Bowler, Tim. Night runner. 2014. TB21533.
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.
Read by Tom Stanley. 4 hours 54 minutes.
Suggested reading age 13+
Austen, Jane. Pride and prejudice. 1997. TB21802.
An abridged version for younger readers. Elizabeth Bennet's early
determination to dislike Mr Darcy, who is quite the most handsome
and eligible bachelor, is a misjudgement only matched in folly by
Darcy's arrogant pride. Their first impressions give way to truer
feelings in a comedy profoundly concerned with happiness and
how it might be achieved.
Read by Danielle Farrow. 2 hours 34 minutes.
David, Keren. Salvage. 2014. TB21742.
Before she was adopted by a loving family, Cass Montgomery was
Cass Jones. Her memories of her birth family disappeared with her
name. But when her adopted family starts to break down, a way
out comes in the form of a message from her lost brother, Aidan.
She couldn’t really remember his face or anything about him but
having Aidan back in her life is both everything she needs and
nothing she expected. Who is this boy who calls himself her
brother? And why is he so haunted?
Read by Chetan Pathak and Gemma Lawrence. 8 hours 28
minutes.
Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. 1997. TB21805.
An abridged version for younger readers. Robinson Crusoe, set
ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make
do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to
build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. That is,
until twenty-four years later, when he confronts another human
being.
Read by James Bryce. 2 hours 28 minutes.
Ducie, Joe. The Rig. 2013. TB21741.
15-year-old Will Drake has made a career of breaking out from
high -security prisons. His talents have landed him at the Rig, a
specialist juvenile holding facility in the middle of the Arctic Ocean.
No one can escape from the Rig. Drake quickly realises that all is
not as it seems there. The Warden is obsessed with the
mysterious Crystal-X - a blue, glowing substance that appears to
give superpowers to the teens exposed to it. Drake, Tristan and
Irene are banking on a bid for freedom - but can they survive long
enough to make it?
Read by David Monteath. 8 hours 8 minutes.
Hammond, Sarah. The night sky in my head. 2012. TB21723.
Since the accident, Mikey Baxter isn't like other 14-year-old boys.
The world sees him as damaged, but Mikey has a remarkable gift the ability to go backwards in time and witness things that hide in
the shadows. Now he must uncover the terrifying truth behind his
dad's disappearance before the past starts to repeat itself.
Read by Pip Brignall. 8 hours 59 minutes.
Hinton, S E. The Outsiders. 2003. TB21286.
The Socs's idea of having a good time is beating up Greasers like
Ponyboy, the rough, tough, long-haired kids from the other side of
town. Ponyboy knows what to expect and knows he can count on
his friends - until the night someone goes too far.
Read by Christopher Ragland. 5 hours 21 minutes.
McKenzie, Sophie. Split second. 2014. TB21705.
Bound together by the devastating consequences of a terrorist
attack on a London market, teenagers Charlotte (Charlie) and Nat
appear at first to have much in common. But, as Charlie gets
closer to Nat and his family, she begins to wonder if perhaps he
knows more about the attack than he has let on.
Read by Gloria Sanders and Philip Elstob. 8 hours 39 minutes.
Powell, Laura. Burn mark. 2012. TB21709.
Burn mark; book 1. Glory is from a family of witches. She is
desperate to develop the 'Fae' and become a witch herself. Lucas
is the son of the chief prosecutor of the inquisition and his
privileged life is very different to the world of witches that he lives
alongside. And then one day both Glory and Lucas develop the
Fae, in one stroke they are bound together.
Read by Juliette Burton. 12 hours 42 minutes.
Rai, Bali. Web of darkness. 2014. TB21710.
When the incredibly attractive Benedict befriends Lily online, she is
thrilled. She finds herself opening up to him, telling him things she
wouldn't tell anybody else. And she needs someone to confide in
more than ever before as a spate of apparent suicides rocks her
school - and her group of friends. But is Benedict the kind,
charming person that he seemed to be initially? Lily soon realises
that now, with half our lives spent online, you can be found - even
if you try to hide.
Read by Esme Sears. 9 hours 2 minutes.
Stevenson, Robert Louis. Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. 1996.
TB21760.
An abridged version for younger readers. Sinister rumours fill the
streets. The police are looking for a small, evil-looking man called
Edward Hyde. He was last seen entering the house of the
respected doctor Henry Jekyll. But why is Dr Jekyll not answering
the door?
Read by James Bryce. 2 hours 56 minutes.
Suggested reading age 15+
Becker, Tom. While the others sleep. 2013. TB21695.
Alfie Mandeville doesn't know why he's sent to Scarbrook House, a
sanatorium where the children of Victorian Britain's upper class are
hidden away. The only thing wrong with him is that he cannot
sleep. But Alfie soon begins to doubt his own sanity when
disturbing things start to happen at Scarbrook.
Read by Alex McConnell. 6 hours 29 minutes.
Don, Lari. Mind blind. 2014. TB21717.
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 burried, his
sister's blood is on his hands. Only together can the unlikely allies
uncover that deadly secret. They can run, but where can they hide
if they are never safe, even in their own minds?
Read by Cameron Mowat and Kirsty Eila McIntyre. 7 hours 26
minutes.
Earle, Phil. Heroic. 2013. TB21602.
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?
Read by Brian Fenton and David Thorpe. 7 hours 46 minutes.
Children and young adult non-fiction
Suggested reading age 7+
Bradman, Tony. Spartacus: the story of the rebellious
Thracian gladiator. History. 2010. TB21679.
A thrilling look at the life of a key figure in history. Spartacus was a
rebel at heart. He fought back against the Roman system of
slavery, and inspired thousands of other slaves to join him and
rebel.
Read by Jonathan Oliver. 1 hour 26 minutes.
Books narrated by volunteers
Adult fiction
Cussler, Clive. The striker. 2014. Thriller. TB405319.
Isaac Bell book 6.It is 1902, and Isaac Bell is investigating
sabotage in a West Virginia coal mine. But when he stops a
runaway train, saving countless lives, Bell discovers that it is part
of a conspiracy to frame striking miners. Bell must prevent them
starting a war which could bring the nation to its knees.
8 hours 36 minutes.
Grimes, Martha. The Five Bells and Bladebone. 1988. Crime.
TB405312.
Richard Jury book 9. When Melrose Plant finds the very dead body
of faithless, greedy Simon Lean, there’s no shortage of suspects to
hand. Richard Jury’s enquiries stir up a hornet’s nest of suspicion
and mutual distrust in the sleepy surroundings of Watermeadows,
the stately home where Simon met his end.
9 hours 48minutes.
McNab, Claire. Death club. 2001. Crime. TB405315.
Carol Ashton book 13. When a murderer tees off at the world’s
most prestigious women’s golf tournament, Australian top cop
Carol Ashton becomes an unwilling player in a much deadlier
game. The fairway becomes a killing field and someone sets out to
even the score.
12 hours 21 minutes.
McNab, Claire. Accidental murder. 2002. Crime. Gay fiction.
TB405314.
Carol Ashton book 14. When people with no obvious connections
to each other are dying in what appear to be legitimate accidents
nothing seems amiss. As Carol begins an investigation of the
completely unrelated deaths, she realizes this could be the
toughest case of her
career and perhaps, one impossible to solve.
7 hours 17 minutes.
Tolkien, J. R. R. Sauron defeated: the end of the third age
(the history of the Lord of the Rings part IV) the Notion Club
papers, and the drowning of Anadunâe. 1993. Fantasy.
TB405317.
The history of Middle-Earth book 9.The final part of The History of
The Lord of the Rings, an account of the writing of the Book of the
Century which contains many additional scenes and includes the
unpublished Epilogue in its entirety.
29 hours 13 minutes.
Autobiography and biography
Phillips, Bryn. A police dog handler’s story. 1999. TB405324.
Bryn Phillips gives an account of his upbringing in Wales before
and during the war, followed by details of his boxing career. At the
age of 27 Bryn joined the police force. He records his progress
from Bobby on the Beat, training as a dog hand horse handler, to
his promotion to
Chief Inspector and Head of Dog Training.
6 hours 32 minutes.
Health
Moncrieff, Joanna. The myth of the chemical cure: a critique
of psychiatric drug treatment. 2009. TB405276.
Joanna Moncrieff overturns the idea that psychiatric drugs work by
correcting chemical imbalance and analyses the professional,
commercial and political vested interests that have shaped this
view. She provides a comprehensive critique of research on drugs
including antidepressants, antipsychotics and mood stabilizers.
13 hours 57 minutes.
History
The war in the air, 1939-1945: an anthology of personal
experience. 2007. TB405313.
Freedom’s battle book 2. All the great dramas of the air war are
here, described by the men in the British and Commonwealth Air
Forces who did the fighting. We join them in the days of the fall of
France; the Battle of Britain; the agony of Bomber Command; the
high seas, Malta, the desert battles and in the struggle with Japan.
17 hours 3 minutes.
Sykes, Bryan. Blood of the Isles: exploring the genetic roots
of our tribal history. 2007. TB405325.
Bryan Sykes, the world’s first genetic archaeologist, takes us on a
journey around the family tree of Britain and Ireland, to reveal how
our tribal history still colours the country today. It reveals the
nature of our genetic make-up as never before and what this says
about our attitudes to ourselves, each other, and to our past.
14 hours 5 minutes.
Language
Crystal, David. Investigating English style. 1969. TB405263.
For the scholar, the teacher, the student and the general reader,
but especially for English-speaking students of language and
linguistics in institutions where English is the language of
instruction, or advanced specialist students of English in
universities where English is taught as a foreign language.
12 hours 21 minutes.
Literature
Stevenson, Randall. Modernist fiction. 1998. TB405318.
In this revised edition Stevenson has expanded, re -emphasised
and amended his work to make it even more relevant to today’s
student studying the Modernist period in literature. The book
covers a wide range of modernist novelists and novels, and also
provides an invaluable guide to key developments in the genre.
16 hours 30 minutes.
Philosophy
Tsunetomo, Yamamoto. Hagakure: the book of the Samurai.
2000. TB405326.
Hagakure (“In the Shadow of Leaves”’) is a manual for the samurai
class, consisting of a series of short anecdotes and reflections that
give both insight and instruction in the philosophy and code of
behaviour that foster the true spirit of Bushido - the Way of the
Warrior.
5 hours 45 minutes.
Religion
Keating, Thomas. Fruits and gifts of the Spirit. 2007.
TB405322.
Thomas Keating has spent over fifty years in devotion to the
spiritual life. The results of this creative activity are summarized in
this book. The spiritual journey teaches us: first to believe in the
Divine Indwelling within us, secondly to recognize that this energy
is benign healing and thirdly to enjoy it’s gradual unfolding.
2 hours 54 minutes.
Packer, J. I. Concise Theology: Guide to Historic
Christian Beliefs. 1993. TB405270.
This book sets out the permanent essentials of Christianity, viewed
as both a belief system and a way of life. Packer’s summary
covers nearly one hundred subjects, from a Reformed perspective.
The four main sections present God revealed as Creator,
Redeemer, Lord of grace, and Lord of destiny.
6 hours 5 minutes.
Wieland, Robert J. The revelation of things to come: a verse
by verse study and explanation of the prophetic book of
Revelation. 1998. TB405316.
7 hours 8 minutes.
Self help
Brueton, Diana. Dancing with cancer and how I learnt a few
new steps. 2014. TB405274.
Diana had never been ill and on diagnosis she stepped into a
parallel world of waiting rooms, treatments, friends and family who
supported – or fled - as life became both exquisitely precious and
terrible. A human drama, a ride on the rollercoaster of hope and
despair, a journey through meditation and creativity.
7 hours 52 minutes.
Heyse-Moore, Louis. Speaking of dying: a practical guide to
using counselling skills in palliative care. 2009. TB405320.
Speaking of Dying is a practical guide to using counselling skills for
all clinical disciplines working in palliative care, whether in a
hospice, hospital or at home. Complete with a clear explanation of
both counselling and medical terminology, this hands-on guide will
be a companion to anyone working in palliative care.
8 hours 3 minutes.
Karle, H.W.A. Hypnotherapy: a practical handbook. 2010.
TB405321.
Understanding how hypnotic suggestions produce physical effects,
will guide what is attempted in hypnotherapy. This new edition
includes a summary account of the most cogent discoveries of the
last two decades, and references to some of the most important
knowledge acquired in psycho-neuro-endocrino -immunology.
12 hours 55 minutes.
DAISY books for sale
DAISY made to order
All DAISY made to order titles are packaged in a clear DVD case
and are priced £9.99 each.
12 Years A Slave, Solomon Northup (805257; £9.99)
Born a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was
kidnapped in Washington, D.C. in 1841. He spent the next 12
years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation; during this time
he was frequently abused and often afraid for his life. Against all
odds, Northup eventually succeeded in contacting a sympathetic
party and managed to get word to his family. The ensuing rescue
and legal cases were no less shocking and intriguing than the rest
of the tale. Northup's account also provides a rare insight into a
murky past with meticulous first-hand recordings of slave life.
[Read by Tommie Earl Jenkins, 9hrs 38mins]
The Avenue Goes to War, R F Delderfield (805730; £9.99)
War has overtaken the families in the Avenue, and we see how
its privations bring out the best and the worst in them. Sequel to
‘The Dreaming Suburb’ (805015 - The story of the lives of five
families in a suburban avenue between 1919 and 1940, reflecting
the lives of London people through two eventful decades.) [Read
by Stephen Jack, 22hrs 30mins]
Thunder Dog: the true story of a blind man, his guide dog,
and the triumph of trust at Ground Zero, Michael Hingson
(804332; £9.99)
On the 78th floor of the World Trade Centre's north tower, no
alarms sounded and no one had information about what had
happened at 8.46am on September 11, 2001. Blind since birth
Michael couldn't see a thing, but he could hear the sounds of
shattering glass, falling debris and terrified people. His guide dog,
Roselle, sat calmly beside him and in that moment Michael chose
to trust Roselle's judgement and not to panic. This is their story.
[Read by Jeff Harding, 7hrs 22mins]
Cannery Row, John Steinbeck (803221; £9.99)
In the din and stink that is Cannery Row, a colourful blend of
misfits - gamblers, whores, drunks, bums and artists - survive sideby-side in a jumble of adventure and mischief. [Read by William
Hope, 6hrs 42mins]
4.2 Children and young adult fiction
Scorpia Rising, Anthony Horowitz (805731; £9.99. Suitable for
9+)
This gripping mission brings together Alex Rider's old enemies to
frame the teenage superspy in an unstoppable plot of revenge,
from which he can never return. Pursued from Europe to North
Africa and Cairo's city of the dead – this is the twistiest and most
deadly plot of any Alex Rider mission yet, which sees the shock
death of a major character. [Read by Ian Prosser, 11hrs 46mins]
Russian Roulette, Anthony Horowitz (804938; £9.99. Suitable
for 9+)
Sequel to ‘Scorpia Rising’. A gripping insight into the teenage life
of Yassen Gregorovich, set against a backdrop of violence and
corruption. From Yassen's training to become a deadly assassin,
to his later orders to kill a young Alex Rider, this gripping
adventure will be the deadliest yet. [Read by Leighton Pugh, 10hrs
42 mins]
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