New books Issue 69May 2019

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ContentsBrailleAdult fictionAdult non-fictionAutobiographyBiographyCustoms and FolkloreFood and DrinkHealth and FitnessHistoryMusicReligionSocietySportTrue CrimeWarfare and DefenceChildren and young adult fiction05+ Suggested Reading Age07+ Suggested Reading Age09+ Suggested Reading Age15+ Suggested Reading AgeGiant printAdult fictionAdult non-fiction

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Adult fiction

Adams, Douglas. Life, The Universe And Everything. 2002. Science fiction.Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy: book 3. In consequence of a number of stunning catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. Just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, he finds himself enlisted to prevent a galactic war. He discovers that the Galaxy is not only mind-bogglingly big and bewildering but also that most of the things that happen in it are staggeringly unfair.UEB. 3v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26234703

Allen, Louise. Once Upon A Regency Christmas. 2016. Mills and Boon romance.This is a collection of three Christmas novellas. In 'On a Winter's Eve' Lady Julia Chalcott and Captain Giles Markham try to fight temptation while snowbound together. But as Christmas draws closer their attraction proves too strong to resist. In 'Marriage Made at Christmas' Christine Howard's frozen heart melts as she gets to know her new bodyguard. And in 'Cinderella's Perfect Christmas' Alice Waverly’s kiss with Captain Jack Grayling makes her wonder if he could be her Christmas miracle.UEB. 5v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26240203

Archer, Jeffrey. Heads You Win. 2018. General fiction.Leningrad, Russia, 1968. Alexander Karpenko's father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state. He and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they are confronted with a choice: should they board a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain? We follow the fortunes of Alexander if he goes to America. We also see what would happen to him if he boards a ship to Britain.UEB. 9v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26223803

Askew, Claire. All The Hidden Truths. 2018. Crime.DI Helen Birch: book 1. Ryan Summers walked into Three Rivers College and killed twelve women, then himself. But no one can say

why. The question is one that cries out to be answered - by Ryan's mother, Moira; and by Ishbel, the mother of the first victim. DI Helen Birch is put in charge of the case on her first day at her new job. The tabloids and the media swarm and secrets come out. As the world searches for someone to blame the truth seems to vanish.UEB. 7v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26200203

Benjamin, Chloe. The Immortalists. 2018. Literary fiction.It's 1969, and holed up in a grimy tenement building in New York's Lower East Side is a travelling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the date they will die. Four siblings, too young for what they are about to hear, sneak out to hear their fortunes. We follow the intertwined paths the siblings take over the course of five decades and how they choose to live with the supposed knowledge the fortune-teller gave them that day. This is a story about life, mortality and the choices we make.UEB. 6v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26220503

Child, Lee. Night School. 2016. Thriller.Jack Reacher: book 21. It’s just a voice plucked from the air: ‘The American wants a hundred million dollars’. In an apartment in Hamburg, a group of smartly-dressed young Saudis are planning something big. The Army pats Jack Reacher on the back and sends him to a school with only three students: Reacher, an FBI agent, and a CIA analyst. Their assignment? To find that American and discover what he’s selling and to whom.UEB. 6v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26236103

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Child, Lee. Past Tense. 2018. Thriller.Jack Reacher: book 23.UEB. 7v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26236303

Clark, Mary Higgins. While My Pretty One Sleeps. 1990. Thriller.Gossip columnist Ethel Lambston's forthcoming book is about to expose the leading figures in the fashion world. So there are more than enough suspects when she is found murdered with her throat slashed. For Neeve Kearny, the owner of an exclusive New York boutique, the killing echoes the murder of her own mother.

Suddenly Neeve is plunged into the mystery of Ethel's murder, following a trail from the pleasure palaces of New York's rich and beautiful to the Mafia underworld.UEB. 5v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26235903

Clark, Mary Higgins. All Around The Town. 1993. Thriller.When Professor Allan Grant is found stabbed to death, all fingers point to obsessed student Laurie Kenyon as being the prime suspect. Laurie's sister and attorney, Sarah, is the only one who understands Laurie's daily nightmare and the shocking lingering effects of a childhood kidnapping too hideous to be recalled. While Sarah attempts to prove her sister's innocence, Laurie's childhood abductors are determined to ensure that her past remains buried at all costs.UEB. 5v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26240403

Colgan, Jenny. The Endless Beach. 2018. Chick lit.On the quayside next to a beautiful Scottish beach sits the Seaside Kitchen. It's a haven for tourists and locals alike. Flora, who runs the cafe, is in a relationship with Joel, her gorgeous but emotionally and physically distant boyfriend. As the cold winter nights shift to long summer days, can Flora find her happy-ever-after with Joel?UEB. 6v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26250802

Cornwell, Bernard. War Of The Wolf. 2018. Historical fiction.Last kingdom: book 11. In Mercia, rebellion is in the air as King Edward tries to seize control. In Wessex, rival parties scramble to settle on the identity of the next king. And across the country invading Norsemen continue their relentless incursion, ever hungry for land. For decades, Uhtred of Bebbanburg has stood at the intersection between Pagan and Christian, between Saxon and Viking. Now Uhtred finds himself fighting on what he considers the wrong side and facing one of his most formidable enemies.UEB. 7v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26199803

Dean, Ellie. There'll Be Blue Skies. 2011. Family stories.Cliffehaven: book 1. During World War II sixteen-year-old Sally is evacuated to the English south coast. Sally plays mother to her six-year-old brother Ernie, crippled at an early age by polio. When they arrive in Cliffehaven, they're taken to live at the Beach View Boarding House, where they are welcomed by the loving Reilly

family. Sally gets a job in a uniforms factory to help pay for her and Ernie's way. But then their mother Florrie, a good-time girl, arrives in Cliffehaven, bringing disaster with her. And Sally is forced to work out where her true loyalties lie.UEB. 7v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26219803

Deaver, Jeffery. The Kill Room. 2014. Thriller.Lincoln Rhyme: book 10. Robert Moreno, an American citizen living in South America, is shot in the Bahamas by a sniper. The killing was commissioned by the U.S. government, who received a tip-off that Moreno was planning a terrorist attack on a U.S. oil company headquarters. But this intelligence was fatally incorrect: anti-American Moreno ordered a protest at the oil company, not an attack. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are drafted in to investigate.UEB. 8v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26169703

Dennison, Hannah. Murder At Honeychurch Hall. 2014. Crime.Honeychurch Hall: book 1. When Kat Stanford abandons a successful television career to help her mother Iris move into a rustic carriage house in Devon, she quickly discovers that Honeychurch Hall is populated by many eccentrics. The Dowager Countess, Lord and Lady Honeychurch, their precocious seven-year-old heir, his missing nanny, a brooding stable manager, a housekeeper with an extensive designer shoe collection all seem to harbour secrets. Kat's mother may be hiding the darkest secret of them all.UEB. 5v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26213903

Fforde, Katie. A Country Escape. 2018. Chick lit.Fran has always wanted to be a farmer. She has just moved in to a beautiful but very run-down farm in the Cotswolds, currently owned by an old aunt who has told Fran that if she manages to turn the place around in a year, the farm will be hers. She's going to need a lot of help from her best friend Issi, and also from her wealthy and very eligible neighbour, who might just have his own reasons for being so supportive. Is it the farm or Fran he is interested in?UEB. 5v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26219203

Flynn, Katie. The Forget-me-not Summer. 2013. Family stories.Arabella Lovage tells her daughter Miranda that she can no longer afford their present lifestyle. When Miranda awakes next morning Arabella has disappeared. When searches fail to discover her mother, Miranda is forced to live with her aunt and cousin, who resent her presence and treat her badly. When she meets a neighbour, Steve, things begin to look up. Steve promises to help with her search for her mother, and does so until war intervenes.UEB. 7v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26215503

Flynn, Katie. Christmas At Tuppenny Corner. 2018. Romance.Liverpool, 1939. As winter descends on Tuppenny Corner, fifteen-year-old Rosie O'Leary embarks on a new life aboard the The Kingfisher. When the handsome Tim Bradley offers to show Rosie the sights of Liverpool, she jumps at the chance. It's not long before their friendship grows into something more. But when Tim is called up to join the RAF, Rosie's dream of a future together must be put on hold. If Rosie can find the strength to embrace her new life on the canals, there might still be a miracle for Christmas.UEB. 7v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26219403

Follett, Ken. Triple. 2013. Thriller.1968. Israeli intelligence has learned that Egypt, with Soviet help, will develop atomic bombs within months. Working alone, Israeli agent Nat Dickstein plans to quietly hijack uranium for Israeli bombs. With him is a half-English, half-Arab young woman of uncertain allegiance, who discovers Dickstein's Achilles heel.UEB. 7v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26220403

Goodwin, Rosie. Dilly's Lass. 2016. Family stories.Dilly's story: book 2. One thing unites the wealthy Farthing family and hardworking Dilly Carey. That is Olivia, the daughter a grieving Dilly reluctantly gave to the Farthings years ago. Unmarried Olivia arrives on Dilly's doorstep, her own baby girl in her arms, begging for help. Now Dilly must find a way for Olivia to keep her daughter without revealing the true circumstances of her birth.UEB. 8v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26169103

Grafton, Sue. O Is For Outlaw. 2000. Crime.Kinsey Millhone: book 15. Amid childhood memorabilia private investigator Kinsey Millhone finds an old undelivered letter. It will

force her to re-examine her beliefs about the break-up of her first marriage, about the honour of her first husband, about an old unsolved murder. And it will put her life in the gravest peril.UEB. 6v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26169603

Grisham, John. The Reckoning. 2018. Thriller.Pete Banning was Clanton's favourite son, a returning war hero, and a faithful member of the Methodist Church. Then one cool October morning in 1946 he rose early, drove into town, walked into the church, and calmly shot and killed the Reverend Dexter Bell. Pete's only statement about it was 'I have nothing to say'. And so the murder of the esteemed Reverend Bell became the most mysterious and unforgettable crime Ford County had ever known.UEB. 8v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26231803

Harris, Jane. Sugar Money. 2017. Historical fiction.Martinique, 1765. Brothers Emile and Lucien are charged by their French master, Father Cleophas, with a mission. They must return to Grenada, the island they once called home, and smuggle back the 42 slaves claimed by English invaders at the hospital plantation in Fort Royal. Emile has no illusions about the dangers they will face. With no choice other than to obey Cleophas he sets out with his brother on this 'reckless venture'.UEB. 6v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26200603

Horowitz, Anthony. Magpie Murders. 2017. Crime.When editor Susan Ryeland is given the tattered manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has little idea it will change her life. She's worked with the revered crime writer for years and his detective, Atticus Pund, is renowned for solving crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s. But Conway's latest tale of murder at Pye Hall is not quite what it seems. Hidden in the pages of the manuscript there lies another story: a tale written between the very words on the page, telling of real-life jealousy, greed, ruthless ambition and murder.UEB. 9v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26232303

James, Peter. Absolute Proof. 2018. Thriller.Investigative reporter Ross Hunter nearly didn't answer the phone call that would change his life, and possibly the world, for ever. Dr Harry F. Cook claims to have absolute proof of the existence of God. The false faith of a billionaire evangelist, the life’s work of a

famous atheist, and the credibility of each of the world’s major religions are all under threat. Can Ross Hunter survive long enough to present the evidence?UEB. 9v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26200503

Jonasson, Jonas. The Accidental Further Adventures Of The Hundred-year-old Man. 2018. Humorous fiction.Hundred-year-old man: book 2. It all begins with that pesky lever in the hot air balloon. Allan is sitting quietly with his friend Julius, waiting for his 101st birthday party to begin, when someone manages to break the lever, and up they go above the Indian ocean. After they are rescued from the water by a North Korean ship, it's only a matter of time before the pair are entangled in a global diplomatic crisis involving a briefcase full of contraband uranium. From then on it's just one accidental adventure after another.UEB. 6v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26213803

Kelly, Sheelagh. A Long Way From Heaven. 1999. Family stories.Feeney Family: book 1. One morning in August 1846, Patrick Feeney discovers his entire potato crop has been destroyed by the blight. With his pregnant wife, he leaves Ireland to seek work in England. After a long, weary journey to York, they are forced to settle in the nightmarish slums of Walmgate, where disease and death are rife. Yet the poverty of their surroundings bind the small community together in a determination to win for themselves a better life.UEB. 11v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26234903

King, Stephen. Elevation. 2018. Horror.Scott Carey is losing weight, without getting thinner, and the scales register the same when he is in his clothes or out of them. Scott also has new neighbours, Deidre McComb and her wife Missy Donaldson, who don't exactly fit in small town Castle Rock. As the town prepares for its annual Thanksgiving 12k run, Scott starts to understand the prejudices his neighbours face and he tries to help.UEB. 2v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26211803

Kinsella, Sophie. Surprise Me. 2018. Chick lit.After being together for ten years, Sylvie and Dan have all the trimmings of a happy life and marriage. They concoct a plan to

keep their relationship fresh and exciting: they will create little surprises for each other so that their years together will never become boring. But in their pursuit to execute Project Surprise Me, mishaps arise and secrets are uncovered that start to threaten the very foundation of their unshakeable bond.UEB. 6v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26199703

Koomson, Dorothy. The Brighton Mermaid. 2018. Thriller.Brighton Beach, 1993. Teenagers Nell and Jude find the body of a young woman. When no one comes to claim the body, she becomes known as the Brighton Mermaid. Three weeks later, Jude disappears. 25 years on, Nell quits her job to find out who the Brighton Mermaid really was and what happened to her best friend that summer. But as Nell edges closer to the truth, dangerous things start to happen.UEB. 7v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26219703

L'Amour, Louis. Jubal Sackett. 2010. Western.Sacketts: book 4. Jubal Sackett journeys westwards into the vast wilderness of 17th century America. When a Natchez priest asks him to undertake a nearly impossible quest, Sackett ventures into the endless grassy plains the Indians call the Far Seeing Lands. He seeks a Natchez exploration party and its leader, Itchakomi. She will rule her people when their aging chief dies. But first she must vanquish her rival, the arrogant warrior Kapata. Sackett's quest will bring him danger and show him a woman worth dying for.UEB. 6v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 24759909

Moriarty, Liane. Nine Perfect Strangers. 2018. Thriller.The retreat at health-and-wellness resort Tranquillum House promises total transformation. Nine stressed city dwellers are keen to drop their literal and mental baggage, and absorb the meditative ambience while enjoying their hot stone massages. Watching over them is the resort's director, a woman on a mission. For behind the retreat's glamorous façade lies a dark agenda.UEB. 8v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26189003

Murray, Annie. Meet Me Under The Clock. 2014. Family stories.Growing up in Birmingham, Sylvia and Audrey Whitehouse have always been like chalk and cheese. When the Second World War

breaks out, Sylvia is still dreaming of her forthcoming marriage to fiancé Ian while Audrey jumps at the career opportunities the WAAF throws her way. Audrey joins the ranks at RAF Cardington but soon finds that her new freedom also brings temptation. When she goes too far, the consequences ripple through the Whitehouse family.UEB. 8v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26220703

Naipaul, V. S. A House For Mr Biswas. 2016. Classic.Mr. Biswas has been told since the day of his birth that misfortune will follow him, and so it has. Meaning only to avoid punishment, he causes the death of his father and the dissolution of his family. Wanting simply to flirt with a beautiful woman, he ends up marrying her, and reluctantly relying on her domineering family for support. But in spite of endless setbacks, Mr. Biswas is determined to achieve independence, and so he begins his gruelling struggle to buy a home of his own.UEB. 12v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26238903

Patterson, James. Haunted. 2017. Thriller.Michael Bennett: book 10. Detective Michael Bennett is ready for a vacation after a series of crises push him, and his family, to the brink. He settles on an idyllic, small town in the beautiful Maine woods. Just when Bennett thinks he can relax, he gets pulled into a case that has shocked the tight-knit community. Kids are disappearing with no explanation. Several bodies turn up in the woods. Bennett is fighting to protect a town, the law and the family that he loves above all else.UEB. 4v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26224603

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Patterson, James. Ambush. 2018. Thriller.Michael Bennett: book 11.UEB. 5v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26224703

Perry, Sarah. Melmoth. 2018. Fantasy.Helen Franklin is haunted by something she did 20 years ago. And now a strange manuscript has come into her possession. It is filled with testimonies of sightings of a tall, silent woman in black, with unblinking eyes and bleeding feet: Melmoth. Condemned to walk the Earth forever, she lures the guilty away for a lifetime wandering

alongside her. Everyone that Melmoth seeks out must make a choice: to live with what they've done, or be led into the darkness. As Helen's past finally catches up with her, she too must choose which path to take.UEB. 5v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26220603

Picoult, Jodi. A Spark Of Light. 2018. General fiction.The Center for women's reproductive health is a controversial clinic performing abortions. And now a lone protester with a gun has taken the staff, patients and visitors hostage. Starting at the tensest moment in the negotiations for their release, 'A Spark of Light' unravels backwards. It reveals hour by urgent hour what brought the gunman, the negotiator, the doctors, nurses and their patients to this point.UEB. 6v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26231603

Rankin, Ian. In A House Of Lies. 2018. Crime.Inspector Rebus: book 22. A missing private investigator is found, locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Worse still both for his family and the police is that his body was in an area that had already been searched. Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is part of a new inquiry, combing through the mistakes of the original case a decade later. Every officer involved must be questioned. But there is one man who knows where the trail may lead and that it could be the end of him: John Rebus.UEB. 6v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26200003

Riley, Lucinda. The Shadow Sister. 2017. Family stories.Seven sisters: book 3. Star D'Aplièse is at a crossroads in her life after the sudden death of her beloved father, an elusive billionaire. He has left each of his six adopted daughters a clue to their true heritage. Star's clue leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London. A hundred years earlier, headstrong and independent Flora MacNichol vows she will never marry. As Star learns more of Flora's incredible life, she finally opens herself up to the possibility of love.UEB. 10v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26211603

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Riley, Lucinda. The Pearl Sister. 2018. Family stories.Seven sisters: book 4.

UEB. 10v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26232003

Seymour, Gerald. A Damned Serious Business. 2018. Spy stories.There's a new Cold War raging and its frontline warriors are Russian hackers working freelance for the FSB, the successor to the KGB. Massive thefts of personal information and electoral interference are causing catastrophic disruptions to companies and countries. Edwin Coker, nicknamed 'Boot', is a case officer at MI6. A young hacker falls into his hands and reveals details of a secret meeting. Boot conceives a daring plan to strike back with a bomb that will seriously damage the Russian operation.UEB. 10v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26200103

Steel, Danielle. Fall From Grace. 2018. Family stories.When Sydney's husband dies, she is forced to leave the beautiful home they shared. She is offered a job at new love Paul's high-street clothing chain. But when a scandal hits the company, it's Sydney in the firing line. Humiliated, publicly shamed, destitute, there are only two choices: giving up or starting over. With the unwavering support of her daughters and the assistance of an unlikely business partner, Sydney discovers that her greatest adventure might still be to come.UEB. 5v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26231903

Steel, Danielle. In His Father's Footsteps. 2018. Family stories.Jakob and Emmanuelle, survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp, marry, and resolve to make a new life in New York. The Steins build a happy, prosperous life for themselves and their new family. Years later, their son Max is an ambitious businessman, determined to throw off the sadness that has hung over his family since his birth. But he must learn that there is meaning in his heritage that will help shape his future.UEB. 6v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26239603

Tudor, C. J. The Chalk Man. 2018. Thriller.It all started on the day of the fair and the terrible accident. When twelve-year-old Eddie first met the Chalk Man. It was the Chalk Man who gave Eddie the idea for the drawings: a way to leave secret messages between his group of friends. And it was fun, until the figures led them to the body of a young girl. That was thirty years ago and Ed thought the past was behind him. Then he

receives a letter containing a piece of chalk, and a drawing of a stick figure. Ed realises the game was never over.UEB. 5v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26214503

Walters, Minette. The Turn Of Midnight. 2018. Historical fiction.Last hours: book 2. As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course across England. The quarantined people of Develish are guided by their beloved young mistress, Lady Anne. Lady Anne and Thaddeus Thurkell, a free-thinking, educated serf, conceive an audacious plan to secure her people's independence. But neither foresees the life-threatening struggle over power, money and religion that follows.UEB. 7v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26200303

Adult non fiction

Autobiography

Bentinck, Tim. Being David Archer: And Other Unusual Ways Of Earning A Living. 2017.Tim Bentinck has played the part of David Archer in BBC Radio 4's 'The Archers' since 1982. He is also the Earl of Portland and the voice of 'Mind The Gap' on the Piccadilly Line. Tim takes the reader behind the scenes of the longest running drama series in the world. And he recounts his life as an actor in TV, film, and theatre, and as a voice specialist working in every vocal medium.UEB. 5v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26194403

Eger, Edith Eva. The Choice. 2017.In 1944, sixteen-year-old ballerina Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. Separated from her parents on arrival, she endures unimaginable experiences, including being made to dance for the infamous Josef Mengele. When the camp is finally liberated, she is pulled from a pile of bodies, barely alive. The horrors of the Holocaust didn't break Edith. In fact, they helped her learn to live again with a life-affirming strength and a truly remarkable resilience.UEB. 7v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26235703

Fitzpatrick, Noel. Listening To The Animals: Becoming The Supervet. 2018.This is a memoir from Professor Noel Fitzpatrick, the star of the The Supervet. Noel recounts the journey that sees him leaving behind a farm animal practice in rural Ireland to set up Fitzpatrick Referrals in Surrey, one of the most advanced small animal specialist centres in the world. We meet the animals that paved the way, from calving cows and corralling bullocks to talkative parrots and bionic cats and dogs. This is a story about rejoicing in the bond between humans and animals.UEB. 7v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26233203

Hick, Gillian. Vet On The Loose. 2005.Vet Gillian Hick retains her sense of humour in the hair-raising situations that are part of her work. These include dehorning cattle in the wilds of Wicklow, rescuing mangled cats from mongrels or tending to stoned Alsatians in inner-city Dublin. Not only does she have to deal with the animals and their ailments, but she also has to contend with the perils of matchmaking mothers and macho farmers.UEB. 4v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26197403

Nelson, Willie. It's A Long Story: My Life. 2016.Born during the great depression in 1933 and raised by his grandparents, Willie Nelson began singing in dance halls and Honky Tonks at the age of 13, as an escape from working as a cotton picker in the fields of Arkansas. Now 81 years of age, Nelson leaves no experience or moment unturned as he shares the full story. From his drive to write music to the women in his life; from his collaborations to his bankruptcy to the foundation of Farm Aid; Nelson shares, in his distinct voice, soaring highs and painful lows.UEB. 6v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26214203

Toffolo, Georgia. Always Smiling. 2018.Georgia Toffolo has come a long way since bursting onto our screens on Made in Chelsea in 2014. As the winner of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here 2017, Toff demonstrated her positive, happy-go-lucky attitude and kindness to others. Toff shares her experiences with family dramas, relationships, heartbreak, and fame. She reveals how she has learnt to keep a smile on her face, whatever life throws at her.

UEB. 4v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26250602

Watson, Christie. The Language Of Kindness: A Nurse's Story. 2018.Christie Watson was a nurse for 20 years. This is a memoir about nursing and an urgent call for compassion and kindness. We watch Christie as she nurses a premature baby. We stand by her side during her patient's agonising heart-lung transplant. We are with her as she washes the hair of a child fatally injured in a fire, attempting to remove the toxic smell of smoke before the grieving family arrive.UEB. 5v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26224203

Biography

Smith, Sean. George. 2017.This is the story of George Michael, a funny, articulate, intelligent and generous spirited man who was one of the biggest British pop stars of all time. This biography covers George's complex relationship with his high-achieving Greek-Cypriot father; the unconditional love of his mother; his teenage relationships with girls; and his first tragic love affair with another man.UEB. 5v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26197703

Customs and Folklore

Weir, Alison. A Tudor Christmas. 2018.Christmas in Tudor times was a period of feasting, revelry and merrymaking 'to drive the cold winter away'. As this book reveals, many of our favourite Christmas traditions date back to Tudor times. Carol-singing, present-giving, mulled wine and mince pies were all just as popular then, and even Father Christmas and roast turkey dinners have their origins in this period. This is a compendium for those with an interest in Tudor life or a love of Christmas.UEB. 2v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26224003

Food and Drink

Flynn, David. The Happy Pear: Recipes And Stories From The First Ten Years. 2014.This is a book of recipes and wisdom from the Happy Pear, one of Ireland's best-loved vegetarian cafés. Twins David and Stephen Flynn's first cookbook is full of recipes for everything from everyday breakfasts, lunches and dinners, to scrumptious and wholesome cakes and sweet treats. David and Stephen also tell their story and explain how they've succeeded in building a food business based on flavour, health and community.UEB. 3v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26215303

Iyer, Rukmini. The Roasting Tin: Simple One Dish Dinners. 2017.'The Roasting Tin' is a deliciously simple concept: fresh, easy ingredients, five minutes prep, and let the oven do the work. Like one-pot dinners but using the oven rather than the hob, this is convenience cooking without scrimping on flavour or health. It is for anyone who wants to eat quick, tasty and interesting dinners, with little more effort than opening a ready-meal; wants to eat nutritious food made from scratch that fits around their busy lives; and does not like washing up.UEB. 2v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26244303

Lawson, Nigella. How To Be A Domestic Goddess: Baking And The Art Of Comfort Cooking. 2014.How To Be a Domestic Goddess is not about being a goddess, but about feeling like one. Here is the book that feeds our fantasies, understands our anxieties and puts cakes, pies, pastries, preserves, puddings, bread and biscuits back into our own kitchens. This is a book with easy recipes and witty food writing.UEB. 6v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26215003

Oliver, Jamie. Jamie Cooks Italy. 2018.Jamie shares his ultimate Italian recipes. They include a mixture of fast and slow cooking, famous classics with a Jamie twist, simple everyday dishes and more indulgent labour-of-love choices. This cookbook includes 140 recipes and has chapters on Antipasti, Salads, Soups, Pasta, Rice & Dumplings, Meat, Fish, Sides, Bread & Pastry, and Desserts.UEB. 4v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26223903

Health and Fitness

Cantopher, Tim. Dying For A Drink: All You Need To Know To Beat The Booze. 2016.Overcoming common problems series. Dying for a Drink is a guide to alcohol and alcoholism by psychiatrist Dr Tim Cantopher. This book is aimed at anyone who drinks, doctors, and anyone involved in helping those with drink-related problems. This new edition updates the recommended units of alcohol, and tracks the rise in alcohol-related conditions, in particular liver disease, now the fifth most common cause of death in the UK.UEB. 2v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26244702

History

Cox, Pamela. Shopgirls: The True Story Of Life Behind The Counter. 2014.'Shopgirls' tells the story of the lives of the girls who have worked behind the counters of Britain's shops. It begins with the drapery stores of the 1860s when young women's employment outside the home was taking off. It covers the Edwardian era's tumultuous social upheavals, two world wars and all the way to the working class revolution of the 1960s and the shock of the Biba bombing. This social history sets out to uncover the shopgirls' life stories, work cultures and economic contributions.UEB. 5v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26224303

Hsu, Huan. The Porcelain Thief: Searching The Middle Kingdom For Buried China. 2015.In 1938, with the Japanese army approaching from Nanking, Huan Hsu's great-great grandfather, Liu, and his five granddaughters were forced to flee their hometown on the banks of the Yangtze River. But before they left, a hole was dug as deep as a man, and as wide as a bedroom, in which was stowed the family heirlooms. Among their possessions was Liu's prized porcelain collection. Huan Hsu's fascinating record of his family history combines with accounts of great change in China, and perhaps reveals the secret hiding place of his grandfather's porcelain.UEB. 7v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26233603

Newman, Cathy. Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries And Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot To Mention. 2018.Bloody Brilliant Women uses the stories of some extraordinary lives to tell the tale of 20th and 21st century Britain. Engineer and motorbike racer Beatrice Shilling's ingenious device for the Spitfires' Rolls-Royce Merlin allowed the RAF's planes to beat the Germans in the Battle of Britain. Dorothy Lawrence achieved her ambition to become a WW1 correspondent by pretending to be a man. Developmental biologist Anne McLaren's work in genetics paved the way for in vitro fertilisation.UEB. 8v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26232903

Norwich, John Julius. A Short History Of Byzantium. 2013.Constantine the Great moved the seat of Roman power to Constantinople in AD 330 and for eleven brutal, bloody centuries, the Byzantine Empire became a beacon of grand magnificence and depraved decadence. In this abridgement of his celebrated trilogy, John Julius Norwich provides the definitive introduction to the savage, scintillating world of Byzantium.UEB. 11v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26153403

Written In History: Letters That Changed The World. 2018.Written in History celebrates the great letters of world history. Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore selects over one hundred letters from ancient times to the twenty-first century. The writers vary from Elizabeth I, Rameses the Great and Leonard Cohen to Emmeline Pankhurst, Mandela, Stalin, Michelangelo, Suleiman the Magnificent and unknown people in extraordinary circumstances. The letters include love letters, calls for liberation, declarations of war, and reflections on death.UEB. 4v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26233803

Music

May, Brian. Brian May's Red Special: The Story Of The Home-made Guitar That Rocked Queen And The World. 2014.The Red Special electric guitar was hand-built by Brian May and his father in 1963. Brian subsequently used it on every Queen and solo album that he recorded and at the vast majority of his live performances. This book is an in depth exploration of this iconic musical instrument. Brian talks about his original idea in the early

1960s and playing the Red Special on the top of Buckingham Palace.UEB. 2v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26244802

Religion

Endicott, Mike. Find The Way!: More Stories Of Yates, The Guide Dog With A Dog Collar. 2002.The author recounts many hilarious occasions in his everyday life with his guide dog, as well as some thought-provoking ones, each a little story in itself. The Reverend Mike Endicott is an Anglican clergyman. He spends his life in prayer and the encouragement of others through ministry, teaching and writing.UEB. 1v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26169503

Motyer, J. A. A Scenic Route Through The Old Testament. 2016.Alec Motyer leads us through six key themes of the Old Testament, history, religion, worship, prophecy, wisdom and God himself. Each chapter shows with simplicity and warmth how important these themes are to the Old Testament, and how relevant they are to our lives today. At the end of each chapter there are seven short daily readings with comments, designed to help you explore that chapter's theme for yourself.UEB. 4v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26264402

The Bhagavad-Gita As It Is. 1983.The 'Bhagavad-Gītā As It Is' is a translation and commentary of the Bhagavad Gita, by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The translator is the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly known as the Hare Krishna movement. The Bhagavad Gita emphasizes a path of devotion toward the personal God, Krishna.UEB. 14v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26244902

Society

Glass, Cathy. Where Has Mummy Gone?: A Young Girl And A Mother Who No Longer Knows Her. 2018.The true story of Melody, aged 8, the last of five siblings to be taken from her drug dependent single mother and brought into care. Melody is angry at having to leave her mother, and she also

worries about her obsessively. Amanda, Melody's mother, is also angry and takes it out on foster carer Cathy at contact. Yet there is a lost and vulnerable look about Amanda, and Cathy starts to see why Melody worries about her and feels she needs looking after.UEB. 5v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26213703

Welby, Justin. Reimagining Britain: Foundations For Hope. 2018.In a time of political turbulence, the Welfare State totters under strain in a country that has changed almost beyond recognition since 1945. Archbishop Justin Welby sets out to identify the values that will enable us to reimagine, and to enact, a more hopeful future. He looks particularly at the role of faith groups in enabling, and contributing to, a fairer future.UEB. 5v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26244602

Sport

Folley, Malcolm. Monaco: Inside F1's Greatest Race. 2017.This is the history of the Monaco Grand Prix, the ultimate race in the Formula One calendar. With exclusive interviews and insight from drivers and a wealth of F1 insiders, Malcolm Folley goes behind the scenes to discover what it's really like to drive this iconic circuit. He also recreates its most extraordinary weekend, when only three cars finished.UEB. 7v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26224103

True Crime

Kennedy, Ludovic. 10 Rillington Place. 1971.Timothy Evans and his wife Beryl moved into lodgings in the home of John Christie. Within a short space of time the lives of the young couple were brutally shattered and destroyed by their landlord who had murdered before. Events simply overtook Evans, a van driver for a local firm. Evans was of below average intelligence, ill-educated and illiterate. He was arrested and executed in 1950 while the real murderer, Christie, went free.UEB. 6v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26234003

Warfare and Defence

Dimbleby, Jonathan. Destiny In The Desert: The Road To El Alamein - The Battle That Turned The Tide. 2013.It was the British victory at the Battle of El Alamein in November 1942 that inspired one of Churchill's most famous aphorisms: 'This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning'. Drawing on official records and the personal insights of those involved at every level, Jonathan Dimbleby depicts a struggle which marked the turn of the tide. For the soldiers on the ground it involved fighting and dying in a foreign land.UEB. 13v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26220203

Children and young adult fiction

05+ Suggested Reading Age

Montgomery, Ross. Space Tortoise. 2018.Once, in an old rusty bin in an old rusty playground in an old empty park, there lived a lonely little tortoise. He's never seen any other tortoises. One day he sees a million blinking lights winking at him in the night sky. 'That must be where the other tortoises are, at the top of the sky! I wish I could join them.' But how can a little tortoise get to the top of the sky? And so begins a magical journey.UEB double line spacing, single sided. 1v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 26210903Also available in uncontracted braille. 1v. Order No: 26210905

Robinson, Michelle. Goodnight Spaceman. 2016.This is a bedtime book inspired by ESA astronaut Tim Peake and his sons, and featuring an introduction from Tim! Two space-mad little boys get ready for bed and say goodnight to their toy rockets, launch pads and planet mobiles, before being whisked away into space on an adventure beyond their wildest dreams.UEB double line spacing, single sided. 1v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 26211203Also available in uncontracted braille. 1v. Order No: 26211205

07+ Suggested Reading Age

Butchart, Pamela. The Phantom Lollipop Man. 2018.Izzy and her friends are shocked when they find their lollipop man has disappeared. Maisie thinks he's gone to Rome. But they keep seeing a weird white wispy cloud around the school. And Izzy's legs feel cold even though she's got tights on. Could it be that the lollipop man is a phantom and he's come to spook them all?UEB double line spacing. 4v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 26210503Also available in uncontracted braille. 4v. Order No: 26210505

Harrold, A. F. Greta Zargo And The Death Robots From Outer Space. 2017.Greta Zargo: book 1. Nobody knew it at that moment, but only three things stood in the way of the complete destruction of the Earth: one elderly parrot; one eight-year-old spelling mistake; and an intrepid young schoolgirl-turned-reporter in search of a story. Greta Zargo needs a big scoop if she's going to win an award for great reporting. And then, with a whoosh of unknown energy, a mysterious silver robot descends from the sky.UEB double line spacing. 5v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 26210803Also available in uncontracted braille. 5v. Order No: 26210805

Hay, Samantha. Archie: Hero In Training. 2011.Archie the puppy has been given a very special and important task. He has been picked to become a guide dog, helping a partially sighted child or grown-up to gain their independence and live a fuller life. But the training is tough and not all puppies will make the grade. Archie is determined to become a guide dog, but will he succeed?UEB double line spacing. 5v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 26169303Also available in uncontracted braille. 6v. Order No: 26169305

O'Leary, Dermot. Toto The Ninja Cat And The Great Snake Escape. 2017.Toto the ninja cat: book 1. Toto the cat and her brother Silver live footloose and fancy-free in a townhouse in London. Toto is almost totally blind and has learned to trust her senses. News reaches Toto that a king cobra has escaped from London Zoo. Together with help from a very posh rat and two hungry tigers, Toto and Silver must investigate. Can they find the giant snake, before it's too late?UEB double line spacing. 3v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 26211403Also available in uncontracted braille. 4v. Order No: 26211405

09+ Suggested Reading Age

O’Briain, Dara. Beyond The Sky: You And The Universe. 2017.People have been dreaming about space travel for centuries. There's something amazing about the idea of leaving our planet behind and setting out to explore the Universe. There is so much we still don't know. Comedian Dara O Briain takes you on a journey from the safety of your comfiest chair to the furthest reaches of space (and beyond!).UEB. 3v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 26211503

Bell, P. G. The Train To Impossible Places: A Cursed Delivery. 2018.Train to impossible places: book 1. Suzy finds a grumpy troll building a railway through her house. She is especially surprised when a gigantic steam train crashes into her hallway. This is the Impossible Postal Express, the trusty delivery service of the Union of Impossible Places. Suzy becomes its newest recruit. And with her cursed first package, an Impossible adventure begins.UEB. 6v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 26210103

Dahl, Roald. Matilda. 1988.Matilda is a very intelligent little girl, but her parents, Mr and Mrs Wormwood, never seem to notice and treat her more like a scab than a daughter. Before the age of five, she has read Dickens, Steinbeck, Hemingway and Kipling. Her parents are no match for her genius, and when she is attacked by Miss Turnbull the headmistress, she discovers she has a psychic power that can save her school and her friend and teacher, Miss Honey.UEB. 3v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 24731503

Morpurgo, Michael. Flamingo Boy. 2018.Lorenzo, a young autistic boy, lives on his parents' farm in Camargue in the South of France during WWII. The Germans take the town. Everything is threatened: his Roma friend Kezia, her family, the carousel they run, even Lorenzo's beloved flamingos. Yet there are kind people, even among soldiers, and there is always hope.UEB. 4v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 26210303

Read, Anthony. The Case Of The Racehorse Ringer. 2012.Baker Street Boys: book 7. Sherlock Holmes is away while there’s a murder at the racing stables. Patrick, the father of Gertie, one of the Baker Street gang, stands accused. Without Sherlock Holmes to help can Gertie prove his innocence? Sparrow goes undercover as the new stable lad to investigate. He stumbles upon an audacious betting scam that puts a valuable racehorse in danger. Now there are two lives for the Baker Street Boys to save!UEB. 2v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 26223603

15+ Suggested Reading Age

Bourne, Holly. Are We All Lemmings And Snowflakes?. 2018.Welcome to Camp Reset, a summer camp with a difference. A place offering a shot at 'normality' for Olive, a girl on the edge, and for the new friends she never expected to make. They each have their own reasons for being there. Luckily Olive has a plan to solve all their problems. But how do you fix the world when you can't fix yourself? This is an exploration of mental health, friendship and the power of compassion.UEB. 5v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 26210203

Zusak, Markus. Bridge Of Clay. 2018.The Dunbar brothers are fighting, loving and grieving in the perfect chaos of a house without grown-ups. Today, the father who walked out on them long ago has just walked right back in. He has an unexpected request: Who will build a bridge with him? Seizing the chance to come to terms with a traumatic secret, Clay is the boy to accept. But why is this boy so broken? And what will it take to put his family back together again?UEB. 7v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 26219303

Giant Print

Adult fiction

Aaronovitch, Ben. Rivers Of London. 2011. Fantasy.Peter Grant; book 1. My name is Peter Grant, and until January, I was just another probationary constable in the Metropolitan Police.

Then one night, I tried to take a statement from a man who was already dead. Now I'm a Detective Constable and a trainee wizard dealing with nests of vampires in Purley, negotiating a truce between the warring god and goddess of the Thames, and digging up graves in Covent Garden.4v.

Allen, Louise. Once Upon A Regency Christmas. 2016. Mills and Boon romance.This is a collection of three Christmas novellas. In ‘On a Winter's Eve’, Lady Julia Chalcott and Captain Giles Markham try to fight temptation while snowbound together. In ‘Marriage Made at Christmas’, Christine Howard's frozen heart melts as she gets to know her new bodyguard. And in ‘Cinderella's Perfect Christmas’, Alice Waverly’s kiss with Captain Jack Grayling makes her wonder if he could be her Christmas miracle.3v.

Archer, Jeffrey. Heads You Win. 2018. General fiction.Leningrad, Russia, 1968. Alexander Karpenko's father is assassinated by the KGB for defying the state. He and his mother will have to escape from Russia if they hope to survive. At the docks, they are confronted with a choice: should they board a container ship bound for America, or Great Britain? We follow the fortunes of Alexander if he goes to America. We also see what would happen to him if he boards a ship to Britain.5v.

Askew, Claire. All The Hidden Truths. 2018. Crime.DI Helen Birch: book 1. Ryan Summers walked into Three Rivers College and killed twelve women, then himself. But no one can say why. It’s a question that cries out to be answered - by Ryan's mother, Moira; and by Ishbel, the mother of the first victim. DI Helen Birch is put in charge of the case on her first day at her new job. As the tabloids swarm and the world searches for someone to blame, the truth seems to vanish.4v.

Baxter, Lily. In Love And War. 2014. Romance.August 1914. To do her duty for King and country, Elsie heads to London to act as an interpreter for thousands of Belgian refugees. Longing to do more, she joins the foreign office, travelling to

France as an undercover agent. When circumstances force her to return home, she joins the FANYs. She must find the courage to help save lives, each day hoping that one day she'll be reunited with the man she loves.4v.

Benjamin, Chloe. The Immortalists. 2018. Literary fiction.It's 1969, and holed up in a grimy tenement building in New York's Lower East Side is a travelling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the date they will die. Four siblings, too young for what they are about to hear, sneak out to hear their fortunes. We follow the intertwined paths the siblings take over the course of five decades and how they choose to live with the supposed knowledge the fortune-teller gave them that day.4v.

Child, Lee. Night School. 2016. Thriller.Jack Reacher: book 21. It’s just a voice plucked from the air: ‘The American wants a hundred million dollars’. In an apartment in Hamburg, a group of smartly-dressed young Saudis are planning something big. The Army pats Reacher on the back and sends him to a school with only three students: Reacher, an FBI agent, and a CIA analyst. Their assignment? To find that American, discover what he’s selling and to whom.4v.

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Child, Lee. Past tense. 2018. Thriller.Jack Reacher: book 23.4v.

Clark, Mary Higgins. All Around The Town. 1993. Thriller.When Professor Allan Grant is found stabbed to death, all fingers point to obsessed student Laurie Kenyon. Laurie's sister and attorney, Sarah, is the only one who understands Laurie's daily nightmare and the lingering effects of a childhood kidnapping too hideous to be recalled. While Sarah attempts to prove her sister's innocence, Laurie's childhood abductors are determined to ensure that her past remains buried at all costs.3v.

Clark, Mary Higgins. While My Pretty One Sleeps. 1990. Thriller.Gossip columnist Ethel Lambston's forthcoming book is about to expose the leading figures in the fashion world. So there are more than enough suspects when she is found murdered. For Neeve Kearny, the owner of an exclusive New York boutique, the killing echoes the murder of her own mother. Suddenly, she finds herself following a trail which leads from the pleasure palaces of New York's rich and beautiful to the Mafia underworld.3v.

Connelly, Michael. The Late Show. 2018. Crime.Renee Ballard: book 1. Detective Renée Ballard, once one of the department's young hotshots, now works ‘The Late Show’, the notorious graveyard shift at the LAPD. One violent night brings two cases: a brutal assault, and a multiple murder with no suspect. Ballard doesn't know her dual investigation will take her into the dark heart of her city, her department and her past.4v.

Cornwell, Bernard. War Of The Wolf. 2018. Historical fiction.Last kingdom: book 11. Rebellion is in the air as King Edward tries to seize control, and, across the country, invading Norsemen continue their relentless incursion. For decades, Uhtred of Bebbanburg has stood at the intersection between Pagan and Christian, between Saxon and Viking. Now he finds himself fighting on what he considers the wrong side and facing one of his most formidable enemies.4v.

Dean, Ellie. There'll Be Blue Skies. 2011. Family stories.Cliffehaven: book 1. During World War 2, sixteen-year-old Sally is evacuated to the English south coast, along with her six-year-old brother Ernie, who was crippled at an early age by polio. They are taken in by the loving Reilly family, and Sally gets a job in a uniforms factory. But then their mother Florrie, a good-time girl, turns up, bringing disaster with her. And Sally is forced to work out where her true loyalties lie.4v.

Deaver, Jeffery. The Kill Room. 2014. Thriller.Lincoln Rhyme: book 10. Robert Moreno, an American citizen living in South America, is shot in the Bahamas by a sniper. The killing was commissioned by the U.S. government, who received a tip-off that Moreno was planning a terrorist attack on a U.S. oil company headquarters. But this intelligence was fatally incorrect. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs are drafted in to investigate.5v.

Dennison, Hannah. Murder At Honeychurch Hall. 2014. Crime.Honeychurch Hall: book 1. When Kat Stanford abandons her television career to help her mother Iris move house, she quickly discovers that Honeychurch Hall is populated by many eccentrics. The Dowager Countess, Lord and Lady Honeychurch, their precocious seven-year-old heir, his missing nanny, a brooding stable manager, and a housekeeper with a designer shoe collection, all seem to harbour secrets. 3v.

Dunant, Sarah. In The Name Of The Family. 2018. Historical fiction.1502 and Renaissance Italy is in turmoil. Backed by the money and power of his ageing father Pope Alexander VI, Cesare Borgia is carving out a state for the dynasty. From Florence, a young diplomat, one Niccolo Machiavelli, is sent to shadow him to keep track of the danger. Meanwhile, the Pope's beloved daughter Lucrezia, aged twenty-two, already thrice married and a pawn in her father's plans, is discovering her own power.5v.

Fforde, Katie. A Country Escape. 2018. Chick lit.Fran has always wanted to be a farmer. She has just moved in to a beautiful but very run-down farm in the Cotswolds. It’s owned by an old aunt who has told Fran that if she manages to turn the place around in a year, the farm will be hers. She's going to need a lot of help from her best friend Issi, as well as her wealthy neighbour, who might just have his own reasons for being so supportive. Is it the farm or Fran he is interested in?3v.

Flynn, Katie. Christmas At Tuppenny Corner. 2018. Romance.Liverpool, 1939. Fifteen-year-old Rosie O'Leary embarks on a new life aboard The Kingfisher. When the handsome Tim Bradley offers to show Rosie the sights of Liverpool, she jumps at the chance. But when Tim is called up to join the RAF, Rosie's dream of a future together must be put on hold. If she can find the strength to embrace her new life on the canals, there might still be a miracle for Christmas.4v.

Flynn, Katie. The Forget-me-not Summer. 2013. Family stories.Arabella Lovage tells her daughter Miranda that she can no longer afford their present lifestyle. When Miranda awakes next morning, Arabella has disappeared. Miranda is forced to live with her aunt and cousin, who resent her presence and treat her badly. When she meets a neighbour, Steve, things begin to look up. Steve promises to help with her search for her mother, and does so until war intervenes.5v.

Follett, Ken. Triple. 2013. Thriller.1968. Israeli intelligence has learned that Egypt, with Soviet help, will develop atomic bombs within months. Working alone, Israeli agent Nat Dickstein plans to quietly hijack uranium for Israeli bombs. With him is a half-English, half-Arab young woman of uncertain allegiance, who discovers Dickstein's Achilles heel.5v.

Gardner, Frank. Ultimatum. 2018. Thriller.Luke Carlton: book 2. MI6 is presented with an opportunity to recruit someone with unique access to the leader of the ultra-conservative Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps. And Luke is chosen to reel them in. Going into Iran undercover is dangerous enough, but then a senior British government minister on an official visit is kidnapped. Luke Carlton races to head off a catastrophic confrontation in the Gulf.4v.

Goodwin, Rosie. Dilly's Lass. 2016. Family stories.Dilly's story: book 2. One thing unites the wealthy Farthing family and hardworking Dilly Carey. That is Olivia, the daughter a grieving

Dilly reluctantly gave to the Farthings years ago. Unmarried Olivia arrives on Dilly's doorstep, her own baby girl in her arms, begging for help. Now Dilly must find a way for Olivia to keep her daughter without revealing the true circumstances of her birth.4v.

Grisham, John. The Reckoning. 2018. Thriller.Pete Banning was Clanton’s favourite son, a returning war hero, and a faithful member of the Methodist Church. Then one cool October morning in 1946 he rose early, and calmly shot and killed the Reverend Dexter Bell. Pete's only statement about it was ‘I have nothing to say’. And so the murder of the esteemed Reverend Bell became the most mysterious and unforgettable crime Ford County had ever known.5v.

Hannah, Kristin. The Nightingale. 2017. General fiction.Isabelle lives in Paris, while her older sister Vianne is content with life in the French countryside with her husband Antoine and their daughter. But when the Second World War strikes, Antoine is sent off to fight. Vianne finds herself isolated and Isabelle is sent by their father to help her. As the war progresses, the sisters’ relationship and strength is tested. Bravery and resistance take different forms in each of their actions.5v.

Harris, Jane. Sugar Money. 2017. Historical fiction.Martinique, 1765. Brothers Emile and Lucien are charged by their French master, Father Cleophas, with a mission. They must return to Grenada, the island they once called home, and smuggle back the 42 slaves claimed by English invaders at the hospital plantation in Fort Royal. Emile has no illusions about the dangers they will face, but with no choice other than to obey Cleophas, they set out on this ‘reckless venture’.4v.

Horowitz, Anthony. Magpie Murders. 2017. Crime.When editor Susan Ryeland receives the manuscript of Alan Conway's latest novel, she has little idea it will change her life. His detective, Atticus Pund, is renowned for solving crimes in the sleepy English villages of the 1950s, but his latest tale is not quite what it seems. Hidden in the pages of the manuscript lies another

story: a tale written between the very words on the page, telling of real-life jealousy, ruthless ambition and murder.5v.

James, Peter. Absolute Proof. 2018. Thriller.Investigative reporter Ross Hunter nearly didn't answer the phone call that would change his life, and possibly the world, for ever. Dr Harry F. Cook claims to have absolute proof of the existence of God. The false faith of a billionaire evangelist, the life’s work of a famous atheist, and the credibility of each of the world’s major religions are all under threat. Can Ross Hunter survive long enough to present the evidence?6v.

Jonasson, Jonas. The Accidental Further Adventures Of The Hundred-year-old Man. 2018. Humorous fiction.Hundred-year-old man: book 2. It all begins with that pesky lever in the hot air balloon. Allan is sitting quietly with his friend Julius, waiting for his 101st birthday party to begin, when someone manages to break it, and up they go above the Indian Ocean. After they are rescued by a North Korean ship, it's only a matter of time before they are entangled in a global diplomatic crisis. And then, it's just one accidental adventure after another.4v.

Kelly, Sheelagh. A Long Way From Heaven. 1999. Family stories.Feeney Family: 1. In August 1846, Patrick Feeney discovers his entire potato crop has been destroyed by the blight. With his pregnant wife, he leaves Ireland to seek work in England. After a long, weary journey to York, they settle in the nightmarish slums of Walmgate, where disease and death are rife. Yet the poverty of their surroundings binds the small community together in a determination to win for themselves a better life.7v.

King, Stephen. Elevation. 2018. Horror.Scott Carey is losing weight, without getting thinner, and the scales register the same when he is in his clothes or out of them. Scott also has new neighbours, Deidre McComb and her wife Missy Donaldson, who don't exactly fit in small town Castle Rock. As the

town prepares for its annual Thanksgiving 12k run, Scott starts to understand the prejudices his neighbours face and he tries to help.1v.

Kinsella, Sophie. Surprise Me. 2018. Chick lit.After being together for ten years, Sylvie and Dan have all the trimmings of a happy life and marriage. They concoct a plan to keep their relationship fresh and exciting: they will create little surprises for each other so that their years together will never become boring. But in their pursuit to execute Project Surprise Me, mishaps arise and secrets are uncovered that start to threaten the foundation of their unshakeable bond.4v.

Koomson, Dorothy. The Brighton Mermaid. 2018. Thriller.Brighton Beach, 1993. Teenagers Nell and Jude find the body of a young woman. When no one comes to claim the body, she becomes known as the Brighton Mermaid. Three weeks later, Jude disappears. 25 years on, Nell quits her job to find out who the Brighton Mermaid really was and what happened to her best friend that summer. But as Nell edges closer to the truth, dangerous things start to happen.4v.

L'Amour, Louis. Jubal Sackett. 2010. Western.Sacketts: book 4. When a Natchez priest asks him to undertake a nearly impossible quest, Jubal Sackett ventures into what the Indians call the Far Seeing Lands. He seeks a Natchez exploration party and its leader, Itchakomi. She will rule her people when their aging chief dies. But first she must vanquish her rival, the arrogant warrior Kapata. Sackett's quest will bring him danger and show him a woman worth dying for.4v.

Ley, Rosanna. Her Mother's Secret. 2018. Chick lit.Colette is living on the Cornish coast when she hears about her mother Thea's failing health. She realises it is time to go back home to the magical island of Belle-Île-en-Mer in Southern Brittany. She has painful memories of the past, and wonders if she can ever forgive Thea for what she has done. But Colette finds herself softening when Thea opens up to her. Can Belle-Île be a part of her future?

5v.

MacBride, Stuart. A Song For The Dying. 2014. Crime.Ash Henderson: book 2. Eight years ago, the Inside Man abducted and killed four women. Then he disappeared. Ash Henderson was a Detective Inspector on the initial investigation, but things haven't gone well since. When a nurse turns up dead on waste ground, Dr Alice McDonald convinces the investigating team to get Ash released from prison and working on the case.5v.

Moriarty, Liane. Nine Perfect Strangers. 2018. Thriller.The retreat at health-and-wellness resort Tranquillum House promises total transformation. Nine stressed city dwellers are keen to drop their literal and mental baggage, and absorb the meditative ambience while enjoying their hot stone massages. Watching over them is the resort's director, a woman on a mission. For behind the retreat's glamorous façade lies a dark agenda.5v.

Moyes, Jojo. The Peacock Emporium. 2008. Chick lit.Athene Forster was spoiled, beautiful, and out of control. And within two years of her marriage, the rumours had begun again. Thirty-five years on, Suzanna Peacock finds refuge from her mother's shameful legacy in her shop, the Peacock Emporium. But the spectre of her mother still haunts Suzanna, setting in place a series of dramatic events. Only by confronting the past will she finally be able to face the future.5v.

Murray, Annie. Family Of Women. 2006. Family stories.The story of three generations of women: Bessie: scarred by a childhood in the slums of Victorian Birmingham and left a young widow with four children. Violet: one of Bessie's children, marries young to escape, into the arms of a man whose life will be broken by war. Linda: grows up on a large housing estate in the 1950s. A tragic love affair makes her question the limitations of her life and the secrets which haunt her family.5v.

Murray, Annie. Meet Me Under The Clock. 2014. Family stories.Growing up in Birmingham, Sylvia and Audrey Whitehouse have always been like chalk and cheese. When the Second World War breaks out, Sylvia is still dreaming of her forthcoming marriage to fiancé Ian, while Audrey jumps at the career opportunities the WAAF throws her way, but soon finds that her new freedom also brings temptation. When she goes too far, the consequences ripple through the Whitehouse family.5v.

Naipaul, V. S. A House For Mr Biswas. 2016. Classic.Mr Biswas has been told since the day of his birth that misfortune will follow him, and so it has. Meaning only to avoid punishment, he causes the death of his father and the dissolution of his family. Wanting simply to flirt with a beautiful woman, he ends up marrying her. But in spite of endless setbacks, Mr. Biswas is determined to achieve independence, and so he begins his gruelling struggle to buy a home of his own.7v.

Patterson, James. Haunted. 2017. Thriller.Michael Bennett: book 10. Detective Michael Bennett is ready for a vacation and settles on an idyllic, small town in the beautiful Maine woods. But just when Bennett thinks he can relax, he gets pulled into a case that has shocked the tight-knit community. Kids are disappearing with no explanation. Several bodies turn up in the woods. Bennett is fighting to protect a town, the law and the family that he loves above all else.2v.

Also;

Patterson, James. Ambush. 2018. Thriller.Michael Bennett: book 11.3v.

Perry, Sarah. Melmoth. 2018. Fantasy.Helen Franklin is haunted by something she did 20 years ago. And now a strange manuscript has come into her possession. It is filled with testimonies of sightings of a tall, silent woman in black, with unblinking eyes and bleeding feet: Melmoth. Everyone that she

seeks out must make a choice: to live with what they've done, or be led into the darkness. As Helen's past catches up with her, she too must choose which path to take.3v.

Picoult, Jodi. A Spark Of Light. 2018. General fiction.The Center for Women's Reproductive Health is a controversial clinic performing abortions. And now a lone protester with a gun has taken the staff, patients and visitors hostage. Starting at the tensest moment in the negotiations for their release, ‘A Spark of Light’ unravels backwards. It reveals hour by urgent hour what brought the gunman, the negotiator, the doctors, nurses and their patients to this point.4v.

Rankin, Ian. In A House Of Lies. 2018. Crime.Inspector Rebus: book 22. A missing private investigator is found, locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Worse still is that his body was in an area that had already been searched. DI Siobhan Clarke is part of a new inquiry, combing through the mistakes of the original case a decade later. Every officer involved must be questioned. But there is one man who knows where the trail may lead and that it could be the end of him: Rebus.4v.

Riley, Lucinda. The Storm Sister. 2016. Family stories.Seven sisters: book 2. Ally D'Aplièse is about to compete in one of the world's most perilous yacht races when she hears the news of her adoptive father's sudden, mysterious death. Ally and her five sisters have each been left a tantalising clue to their true heritage by their father, an elusive billionaire. So, she decides to leave the open seas and follow the trail that her father left her.6v.

Also;

Riley, Lucinda. The Shadow Sister. 2017. Family stories.Seven sisters: book 3.6v.

Riley, Lucinda. The Pearl Sister. 2018.Seven sisters: book 4.

6v.

Ruiz Zafón, Carlos. The Labyrinth Of The Spirits. 2018. Thriller.Cemetery of forgotten books: book 4. As a child, Daniel Sempere discovered an extraordinary novel in the Cemetery of Forgotten Books. Now a young man in the Barcelona of the late 1950s, he enjoys a seemingly fulfilling life with his loving wife and son. Then Alicia Gris appears, a soul born out of the nightmare of the war, who will lead Daniel to the edge of the abyss and reveal the secret history of his family.9v.

Sansom, C. J. Tombland. 2018. Historical crime.Shardlake: book 7. Two years after the death of Henry VIII, England is sliding into chaos. Since the old King's death, Matthew Shardlake has been working as a lawyer in the service of Henry's younger daughter, the Lady Elizabeth. Then Edith Boleyn is killed. Her murder could have political implications for Elizabeth. Shardlake investigates as a peasant rebellion breaks out across the country.10v.

Seymour, Gerald. A Damned Serious Business. 2018. Spy stories.There's a new Cold War raging and its frontline warriors are Russian hackers working freelance for the FSB, the successor to the KGB. Edwin Coker, nicknamed ‘Boot’, is a case officer at MI6. A young hacker falls into his hands and reveals details of a secret meeting. Boot conceives a daring plan to strike back with a bomb that will seriously damage the Russian operation.6v.

Steel, Danielle. Fall From Grace. 2018. Family stories.When Sydney's husband dies, she is offered a job at new love Paul's high-street clothing chain. But when a scandal hits the company, it's Sydney in the firing line. Humiliated, publicly shamed, destitute, there are only two choices: giving up or starting over. With the unwavering support of her daughters and the assistance of an unlikely business partner, Sydney discovers that her greatest adventure might still be to come.3v.

Steel, Danielle. In His Father's Footsteps. 2018. Family stories.Jakob and Emmanuelle, survivors of the Buchenwald concentration camp, marry, and resolve to make a new life in New York. The Steins build a happy, prosperous life for themselves and their new family. Years later, their son Max is an ambitious businessman, determined to throw off the sadness that has hung over his family since his birth. But he must learn that there is meaning in his heritage that will help shape his future.3v.

Sullivan, Mark T. Beneath A Scarlet Sky. 2018. General fiction.When his family home in Milan is destroyed by Allied bombs, Italian teenager Pino Lella joins an underground railroad helping Jews escape over the Alps. His parents force him to enlist as a German soldier, a move they think will keep him out of combat. After Pino is injured, he is recruited to become the driver for Adolf Hitler's left hand in Italy, General Hans Leyers, one of the Third Reich's most powerful commanders.5v.

Tudor, C. J. The Chalk Man. 2018. Thriller.It all started on the day of the terrible accident at the fair, when Eddie first met the Chalk Man. It was the Chalk Man who gave Eddie the idea for the drawings: a way to leave secret messages between his group of friends. And it was fun, until the figures led them to the body of a young girl. That was thirty years ago. Then he receives a letter containing a piece of chalk and a drawing of a stick figure. Ed realises the game was never over.3v.

Walters, Minette. The Turn Of Midnight. 2018. Historical fiction.Last hours: book 2. As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course across England. The quarantined people of Develish are guided by their beloved young mistress, Lady Anne. Lady Anne and Thaddeus Thurkell, a free-thinking, educated serf, conceive an audacious plan to secure her people's independence. But neither foresees the life-threatening struggle over power, money and religion that follows.4v.

Adult non-fiction

Autobiography

Bentinck, Tim. Being David Archer: And Other Unusual Ways Of Earning A Living. 2017.Tim Bentinck has played the part of David Archer in BBC Radio 4’s ‘The Archers’ since 1982. He is also the Earl of Portland and the voice of ‘Mind The Gap’ on the Piccadilly Line. Tim takes the reader behind the scenes of the longest running drama series in the world. And he recounts his life as an actor in TV, film and theatre, and as a voice specialist working in every vocal medium.3v.

Eger, Edith Eva. The Choice. 2017.Sixteen-year-old ballerina Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. Separated from her parents on arrival, she endured unimaginable experiences, including being made to dance for the infamous Josef Mengele. When the camp was liberated, she was pulled from a pile of bodies, barely alive. But the horrors of the Holocaust didn't break Edith; they helped her learn to live again with a life-affirming strength and a remarkable resilience.4v.

Fitzpatrick, Noel. Listening To The Animals: Becoming The Supervet. 2018.The star of ‘The Supervet’ recounts the journey that sees him leaving behind a farm animal practice in rural Ireland to set up Fitzpatrick Referrals in Surrey, one of the most advanced small animal specialist centres in the world. We meet the animals that paved the way, from calving cows and corralling bullocks, to talkative parrots and bionic cats and dogs. This book rejoices in the bond between humans and animals.4v.

Hick, Gillian. Vet On The Loose. 2005.Vet Gillian Hick retains her sense of humour in the hair-raising situations that are part of her work. These include dehorning cattle in the wilds of Wicklow, rescuing mangled cats from mongrels or tending to stoned Alsatians in inner-city Dublin. Not only does she

have to deal with the animals and their ailments, but she also has to contend with the perils of matchmaking mothers and macho farmers.2v.

Also;

Hick, Gillian. Vet Among The Pigeons. 2010.2v.

Hick, Gillian. Vet On A Mission. 2018.2v.

Keegan, Kevin. My life In Football: The Autobiography. 2018.Kevin Keegan tells the story of his remarkable rise through the sport. From playing in the reserve team in Doncaster, he went on to help Liverpool become the kings of Europe. A legendary career as a manager followed. He recounts the pain of managing England and reveals the truth about his unhappy return to Newcastle in the controversial Mike Ashley era.4v.

Nelson, Willie. It's A Long Story: My Life. 2016.Born during the great depression in 1933 and raised by his grandparents, Willie Nelson began singing in dance halls and Honky Tonks at the age of 13, as an escape from working as a cotton picker in the fields of Arkansas. Now 81 years of age, Nelson leaves no experience or moment unturned as he shares the full story.3v.

Watson, Christie. The Language Of Kindness: A Nurse's Story. 2018.Christie Watson was a nurse for 20 years. This is a memoir about nursing and an urgent call for compassion and kindness. We watch Christie as she nurses a premature baby. We stand by her side during her patient's agonising heart-lung transplant. We are with her as she washes the hair of a child fatally injured in a fire, attempting to remove the toxic smell of smoke before the grieving family arrive.3v.

Biography

Smith, Sean. George. 2017.This is the story of George Michael, a funny, articulate, intelligent and generous spirited man who was one of the biggest British pop stars of all time. This biography covers George's complex relationship with his high-achieving Greek-Cypriot father; the unconditional love of his mother; his teenage relationships with girls; and his first tragic love affair with another man.3v.

Customs and Folklore

Weir, Alison. A Tudor Christmas. 2018.Christmas in Tudor times was a period of feasting, revelry and merrymaking ‘to drive the cold winter away,’ and many of our favourite traditions date back to then. Carol-singing, present-giving, mulled wine and mince pies were all just as popular then, and even Father Christmas and roast turkey dinners have their origins in this period. This is a compendium for those with an interest in Tudor life or a love of Christmas.1v.

Food and Drink

Firth, Henry. BOSH! Simple Recipes, Amazing Food, All Plants. 2018.Henry Firth and Ian Theasby share over 140 of their favourite go-to breakfasts, crowd-pleasing party pieces, hearty dinners, sumptuous desserts and incredible sharing cocktails. This cookbook is jam-packed with unpretentious meat, dairy and egg-free recipes. The recipes include: Creamy Mac and Greens, Burrito Samosas, the Big Bhaji Burger, the World’s Best Pesto Lasagne, and Salted Caramel Chocolate Crunch Tart.3v.

Flynn, David. The Happy Pear: Recipes And Stories From The First Ten Years. 2014.This is a book of recipes and wisdom from the Happy Pear, one of Ireland's best-loved vegetarian cafés. Twins David and Stephen Flynn's first cookbook is full of recipes for everything from

everyday breakfasts, lunches and dinners, to scrumptious and wholesome cakes and sweet treats. They also tell their story and explain how they've succeeded in building a food business based on flavour, health and community.2v.

Iyer, Rukmini. The Roasting Tin: Simple One Dish Dinners. 2017.‘The Roasting Tin’ is a deliciously simple concept: fresh, easy ingredients, five minutes prep, and let the oven do the work. Like one-pot dinners but using the oven rather than the hob, this is convenience cooking without scrimping on flavour or health. It is for anyone who wants to eat quick, tasty and nutritious dinners, with little more effort than opening a ready-meal!1v.

Lawson, Nigella. How To Be A Domestic Goddess: Baking And The Art Of Comfort Cooking. 2014.How To Be a Domestic Goddess is not about being a goddess, but about feeling like one. Here is the book that feeds our fantasies, understands our anxieties and puts cakes, pies, pastries, preserves, puddings, bread and biscuits back into our own kitchens. This is a book with easy recipes and witty food writing.4v.

Oliver, Jamie. Jamie Cooks Italy. 2018.Jamie shares his ultimate Italian recipes. They include a mixture of fast and slow cooking, famous classics with a Jamie twist, simple everyday dishes and more indulgent labour-of-love choices. This cookbook includes 140 recipes and has chapters on Antipasti, Salads, Soups, Pasta, Rice & Dumplings, Meat, Fish, Sides, Bread & Pastry, and Desserts.3v.

History

Written In History: Letters That Changed The World. 2018.Written in History celebrates the great letters of world history. Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore selects over one hundred letters from ancient times to the twenty-first century. The writers include Elizabeth I, Rameses the Great, Leonard Cohen and Emmeline Pankhurst, as well as unknown people in extraordinary

circumstances. They include love letters, calls for liberation, declarations of war, and reflections on death.3v.

Boyd, Julia. Travellers In The Third Reich: The Rise Of Fascism Through The Eyes Of Everyday People. 2018.The events that took place in Germany between 1919 and 1945 were dramatic and terrible, but there were also moments of confusion, of doubt, of hope. How easy was it to know what was actually going on, to remain untouched by the propaganda or predict the Holocaust? This book tells the rise of the Nazis through first-hand accounts from foreign visitors to Germany, giving a fresh insight into the complexities of the Third Reich.5v.

Cox, Pamela. Shopgirls: The True Story Of Life Behind The Counter. 2014.‘Shopgirls’ begins with the drapery stores of the 1860s when young women's employment outside the home was taking off. From the Edwardian era's tumultuous social upheavals and two world wars, all the way to the working class revolution of the 1960s and the shock of the Biba bombing, this social history sets out to uncover the shopgirls’ life stories, work cultures and economic contributions.3v.

Hsu, Huan. The Porcelain Thief: Searching The Middle Kingdom For Buried China. 2015.In 1938, with the Japanese army approaching, Huan Hsu's great-great grandfather, Liu, and his five granddaughters were forced to flee their hometown on the banks of the Yangtze River. But before they left, a hole was dug as deep as a man, and as wide as a bedroom, in which was stowed the family heirlooms. Huan Hsu's fascinating record of his family history combines with accounts of great change in China itself.5v.

Lovell, Mary S. The Riviera Set: 1920-1960: The Golden Years Of Glamour And Excess. 2017.The Riviera Set is the story of the group of people who lived, partied, bed-hopped and politicked at the Château de l'Horizon near Cannes. It covers the course of forty years from the time

when Coco Chanel made southern French tans fashionable in the twenties to the death of the playboy Prince Aly Khan in 1960. At the heart of it all was Maxine Elliott, the daughter of a fisherman from Connecticut, who built the beautiful art deco Château.4v.

Newman, Cathy. Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries And Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot To Mention. 2018.‘Bloody Brilliant Women’ uses the stories of some extraordinary lives to tell the tale of 20th and 21st century Britain. Engineer and motorbike racer Beatrice Shilling's ingenious device allowed the RAF's Spitfires to beat the Germans in the Battle of Britain. Dorothy Lawrence achieved her ambition to become a WW1 correspondent by pretending to be a man. Biologist Anne McLaren's work in genetics paved the way for in vitro fertilisation.5v.

Norwich, John Julius. A Short History Of Byzantium. 2013.Constantine the Great moved the seat of Roman power to Constantinople in AD 330, and for eleven brutal, bloody centuries, the Byzantine Empire became a beacon of grand magnificence and depraved decadence. In this abridgement of his celebrated trilogy, John Julius Norwich provides the definitive introduction to the savage, scintillating world of Byzantium.6v.

Religion

Endicott, Mike. Find The Way! More Stories Of Yates, The Guide Dog With A Dog Collar. 2002.The author recounts many hilarious occasions in his everyday life with his guide dog, as well as some thought-provoking ones, each a little story in itself. The Reverend Mike Endicott is an Anglican clergyman. He spends his life in prayer and the encouragement of others through ministry, teaching and writing.1v.

Society

Glass, Cathy. Where Has Mummy Gone? A Young Girl And A Mother Who No Longer Knows Her. 2018.The true story of Melody, aged 8, the last of five siblings to be taken from her drug dependent single mother and brought into care. Melody is angry at having to leave her mother. Amanda, Melody's mother, is also angry, and takes it out on foster carer Cathy at contact. Yet there is a lost and vulnerable look about Amanda, and Cathy starts to see why Melody worries so obsessively about her and feels she needs looking after.3v

Sport

Folley, Malcolm. Monaco: Inside F1's Greatest Race. 2017.This is the history of the Monaco Grand Prix, the ultimate race in the Formula One calendar. With exclusive interviews and insight from drivers and a wealth of F1 insiders, Malcolm Folley goes behind the scenes to discover what it's really like to drive this iconic circuit. He also recreates its most extraordinary weekend, when only three cars finished.3v.

True Crime

Kennedy, Ludovic. 10 Rillington Place. 1971.Timothy Evans and his wife Beryl moved into lodgings in the home of John Christie. Within a short space of time, the lives of the young couple were brutally shattered and destroyed by their landlord who had murdered before. Events simply overtook Evans, a van driver for a local firm. Evans was of below average intelligence, ill-educated and illiterate. He was arrested and executed in 1950 while the real murderer, Christie, went free.4v.

Warfare and Defence

Dimbleby, Jonathan. Destiny In The Desert: The Road To El Alamein - The Battle That Turned The Tide. 2013.It was the British victory at the Battle of El Alamein in November 1942 that inspired one of Churchill's most famous aphorisms: ‘This is not the end, it is not even the beginning of the end, but it is,

perhaps, the end of the beginning.’ Drawing on official records and the personal insights of those involved at every level, Jonathan Dimbleby depicts a struggle which marked the turn of the tide.7v.

Hastings, Max. Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-75. 2018.Vietnam became the Western world's most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a greater one for the United States in 1975. Forty Vietnamese died for every American. Here is testimony from Vietcong guerrillas, Southern paratroopers, Saigon bargirls and Hanoi students, alongside that of infantrymen from South Dakota, Marines from North Carolina, Huey pilots from Arkansas.11v.

Price, Alfred. Spitfire: Pilots’ Stories. 2018.Some sixty pilots and ground crewmen who flew or worked on the Spitfire during the Second World War give their recollections of flying this iconic aircraft. When Alfred Price's ‘Spitfire at War’ first appeared in 1974, it enjoyed critical acclaim as one of the first detailed accounts of a much-loved plane. It was followed by two further volumes. In ‘Spitfire: Pilot’s Stories’, Price has condensed his three acclaimed books into one.3v.

Children’s and young adult fiction

09+ Suggested Reading Age

Bell, P. G. The Train To Impossible Places: A Cursed Delivery. 2018. Fantasy.Train to impossible places: book 1.Suzy finds a grumpy troll building a railway through her house. She is especially surprised when a gigantic steam train crashes into her hallway. This is the Impossible Postal Express, the trusty delivery service of the Union of Impossible Places. Suzy becomes its newest recruit. And with her cursed first package, an Impossible adventure begins.3v.

Montgomery, L. M. Emily Of New Moon. 2013.Emily: book 1. Emily Starr has never known what it is to be unloved. But when her father dies, she is left in the care of her mother's family. Emily is sent to live at New Moon Farm with stern Aunt Elizabeth, kind Aunt Laura, and friendly, eccentric Cousin Jimmy. Things begin to change when she makes friends. With new friends and adventures, Emily might someday think of herself as Emily of New Moon.4v.

Morpurgo, Michael. Flamingo Boy. 2018.Lorenzo, a young autistic boy, lives on his parents' farm in Camargue in the South of France during WWII. The Germans take the town. Everything is threatened: his Roma friend Kezia, her family, the carousel they run, even Lorenzo's beloved flamingos. Yet there are kind people, even among soldiers, and there is always hope.2v.

Read, Anthony. The Case Of The Racehorse Ringer. 2012. Historical crime.Baker Street Boys: book 7. There’s a murder at the racing stables, and Patrick, the father of Gertie, one of the Baker Street gang, stands accused. Without Sherlock Holmes around to help, can Gertie prove his innocence? Sparrow goes undercover as the new stable lad to investigate. He stumbles upon an audacious betting scam that puts a valuable racehorse in danger. Now there are two lives for them to save!1v.

11+ Suggested Reading Age

Alexander, Kwame. Rebound. 2018. It's 1991. Charlie Bell is still mourning his father, and struggling to figure out how he feels for his best (girl) friend, CJ. When he gets into trouble one too many times, he's packed off to stay with his grandparents for the summer. There, his cousin Roxie introduces him to a whole new world: basketball. A legend on the courts is born. But can Charlie resist when trouble comes knocking once again?2v.

13+ Suggested Reading Age

Acevedo, Elizabeth. The Poet X. 2018.Xiomara has always kept her words to herself. When it comes to standing her ground in her Harlem neighbourhood, she lets her fists and her fierceness do the talking. Xiomara hides her feelings for a boy in her bio class, and the notebook full of poems that she keeps under her bed. A slam poetry club will pull those secrets into the spotlight. In spite of a world that might not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to stay silent.2v.

Barnard, Sara. Floored: When Seven Lives Collide. 2018.When they got in the lift that morning, they were strangers. Sasha, who is just trying to deliver a parcel; Hugo, who knows he's the best-looking guy in the lift; Velvet, who regrets wearing the world's least comfortable shoes; Dawson, who is desperate not to be recognized; Kaitlyn, who's slowly losing her sight, and Joe, who shouldn't be there at all. And one more person, who will bring them together again on the same day every year.4v

Reynolds, Jason. Long Way Down. 2018.After Will's brother is shot in a gang crime, he knows the next steps. Don't cry. Don't snitch. Get revenge. So he gets in the lift with Shawn's gun, determined to follow The Rules. Only when the lift door opens, Buck walks in, Will's friend who died years ago. And Dani, who was shot years before that. As more people from his past arrive, Will has to ask himself if he really knows what he's doing. This is a lyrical verse novel.2v.

15+ Suggested Reading Age

Bourne, Holly. Are We All Lemmings And Snowflakes? 2018.Welcome to Camp Reset, a summer camp with a difference. A place offering a shot at ‘normality’ for Olive, a girl on the edge, and for the new friends she never expected to make. They each have their own reasons for being there. Luckily, Olive has a plan to solve all their problems. But how do you fix the world when you

can't fix yourself? This is an exploration of mental health, friendship and the power of compassion.3v.

Zusak, Markus. Bridge Of Clay. 2018. Young adult fiction.The Dunbar brothers are fighting, loving and grieving in the perfect chaos of a house without grown-ups. Today, the father who walked out on them long ago has just walked right back in. He has an unexpected request: Who will build a bridge with him? Seizing the chance to come to terms with a traumatic secret, Clay is the boy to accept. But why is this boy so broken? And what will it take to put his family back together again?5v.

Talking Books

Adult fiction

Byers, Sam. Perfidious Albion. 2018. General fiction. TB24564.In Edmundsbury, a small town in east England, fear and loathing are on the rise. It is the near future; Brexit has happened and the ramifications are real. Grass-roots right-wing political party 'England Always' are fomenting hatred. Just as social tensions appear to reach crisis point, masked men begin a series of 'disruptions', threatening to make internet histories public.Read by Andrew Futaishi. 12 hours 46 minutes. TB24564.

Ellroy, James. Blood's A Rover. 2015. Thriller. TB24598.Underworld USA: book 3. 1968. Wayne is an assassin, dope cooker and is loyal to no one. Dwight is Hoover's enforcer and hellish conspirator in terrible crimes. Don is a private detective who stumbles upon a conspiracy from which he and the country may never recover. All three men are drawn to women on the opposite side of the political and moral spectrum. All are compromised and ripe for destruction.Read by Jeff Harding. 24 hours 29 minutes. TB24598.

Haig, Matt. How To Stop Time. 2017. General fiction. TB24643.Tom may look like an ordinary 41-year-old, but he was born in 1581. Owing to a rare condition, he's been alive for centuries.

From Shakespeare's England to jazz age Paris and voyaging the Pacific, Tom has seen a lot. Tom has the perfect cover, working as a history teacher at a London school. The only thing Tom mustn't do is fall in love.Read by Mark Meadows. 10 hours 40 minutes. TB24643.

Harper, Jane. The Dry. 2017. Thriller. TB24597.Aaron Falk: book 1. Amid the worst drought to ravage Australia in a century, it hasn't rained in small country town Kiewarra for two years. Tensions are high. Everyone thinks Luke Hadler committed suicide after slaughtering his wife and six-year-old son. As policeman Aaron Falk probes deeper into the killings secrets from the past are uncovered.Read by Stephen Shanahan. 9 hours 40 minutes. TB24597.

Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia. The Mirage. 2000. Historical fiction. TB24622.Morland Dynasty: book 22. George Morland, master of Morland Place, embarks on a grand improvement of the estate. His sister Henrietta, eager to be good and useful, marries the rector, Mr Fortescue. Their cousin Lady Venetia, moved by the medical horrors of the Franco-Prussian war, sets out to become a doctor. But things don't go to plan and the Morlands have to find their happiness in unexpected places.Read by Joan Walker. 8 hours 3 minutes. TB24622.

Isherwood, Christopher. Lions And Shadows: An Education In The Twenties. 2013. Classic. TB24545.Subtitled 'An education in the twenties', this work blends autobiography and fiction. It describes the inner life of a writer evolving from precocious public school boy to Cambridge drop-out at large in London’s Bohemia. It contains thinly veiled portraits of Isherwood’s contemporaries W H Auden, Edward Upward, and Stephen Spender. Their friendships and cult of rebellion shaped the literary identity of England in the 1930s.Read by Richard Teverson. 9 hours 40 minutes. TB24545.

McCarthy, Gary. Bordertown Justice. 2000. Western. TB24665.Glen Collins confronts some dangerous opposition in his campaign to be elected the first sheriff of San Diego in the person of a gunfighter supported by a powerful, ruthless rancher, as well as some stiff competition in the courtship of the beautiful Maria Silvas.

Read by William Roberts. 5 hours 39 minutes. TB24665.

Montefiore, Santa. The Last Secret Of The Deverills. 2017. Family stories. TB24465.Deverill chronicles: book 3. It is 1939 and a new generation of the Deverill family is waiting in the wings. American Martha has lost her heart to the impossibly charming JP Deverill. Bridie is now Countess di Marcantonio and mistress of Castle Deverill, far surpassing her humble roots. But as the eyes of her flamboyant husband Cesare stray away from his wife, those close to them start to wonder who he really is.Read by Genevieve Swallow. 14 hours 9 minutes.

Phinn, Gervase. Secrets At The Little Village School. 2017. Country life fiction. TB24601.Barton-in-the-Dale: book 5. In the little village of Barton-in-the-Dale, Ashley Underwood and Emmet O'Malley are set to tie the knot, when a revelation from the handsome Irishman's past returns to haunt him. The town's resident nosey-parker discovers some juicy gossip about the primary school's dishy new staff-member, and head teacher Elisabeth Stirling has a very special secret of her own.Read by Gervase Phinn. 13 hours 12 minutes. TB24601.

Riley, Lucinda. The Shadow Sister. 2017. Family stories. TB24593.Seven sisters: book 3. Star is at a crossroads in her life after the death of her beloved father, an elusive billionaire. He has left each of his six adopted daughters a clue to their heritage. Star's clue leads her to an antiquarian bookshop in London. A hundred years earlier, headstrong Flora vows she will never marry. As Star learns more of Flora's incredible life, she finally opens herself up to the possibility of love.Read by Jessica Preddy. 18 hours 35 minutes. TB24593.

Thynne, Jane. A War Of Flowers. 2015. Spy stories. TB24471.Clara Vine: book 3. August, 1938. British actress, Clara, is in Paris to film her latest movie, having left Berlin under a cloud. With war becoming likely, Clara is approached by an undercover British operative, Guy Hamilton, who asks her to befriend Eva Braun, Hitler's girlfriend, and to pass on any information she can gather.

Clara knows soon she may have to do everything in her power to protect her country.Read by Julie Teal. 13 hours 42 minutes. TB24471.

Adult non-fiction

Animal stories

George, Isabel. The Dog That Saved My Life: Sacrifice, Loyalty, Love Beyond All Bounds. 2010. TB24671.This book features tales of canine bravery in the most challenging of environments. Capturing the fear, uncertainly, determination and undying devotion of these amazing dogs and the young soldiers, sailors and airmen they befriended, these are truly inspirational tales of loyalty and companionship beyond all boundaries.Read by Madeleine Brolly. 5 hours 40 minutes. TB24671.

Biography

Smith, Sean. George. 2017. TB24658.This is the story of George Michael, a funny, articulate, intelligent and generous spirited man who was one of the biggest British pop stars of all time. This biography covers George's complex relationship with his high-achieving Greek-Cypriot father; the unconditional love of his mother; his teenage relationships with girls; and his first tragic love affair with a man.Read by David Thorpe. 10 hours 17 minutes. TB24658.

Health and fitness

Haig, Matt. Notes On A Nervous Planet. 2018. TB24644.How can we stay sane on a planet that makes us mad? How do we stay human in a technological world? How do we feel happy when we are encouraged to be anxious? After experiencing years of anxiety and panic attacks, these questions became urgent matters of life and death for Matt Haig. Notes on a Nervous Planet is a personal look at how to feel happy, human and whole in the twenty-first century.Read by Matt Haig. 5 hours 14 minutes. TB24644.

Religion

Hagen, Steve. Buddhism Plain And Simple. 2015. TB24530.The observations and insights of the Buddha are practical and down-to-earth, dealing exclusively with awareness in the here and now. Buddhism Plain and Simple offers listeners these fundamental teachings, stripped of cultural trappings that have accumulated around Buddhism over the past twenty-five centuries. Read by William Hope. 5 hours 1 minute. TB24530.

Heruka, Tsangyon. The Life Of Milarepa. 2015. TB24529.The Life of Milarepa is one of the most beloved stories of the Tibetan people. Milarepa, the 11th century Buddhist yogin and poet, started life as a Black Magician, gaining revenge for loss of heritage by casting hailstorms and committing murder. Distraught with remorse, he devoted himself to meditation in caves, existing only on nettles and turning green as a result.Read by William Hope. 10 hours 28 minutes. TB24529.

A selection of Harper Collins titles

Adult Fiction

AlAmmar, Layla. The Pact We Made. 2019. General fiction. TB704051.Dahlia has two lives. In one, she is a young woman with a good job, great friends and a busy social life. In the other, she is an unmarried daughter living at home, struggling with a burgeoning anxiety disorder and a deeply buried secret: a violent betrayal too shameful to speak of. Set in contemporary Kuwait, this is a deeply affecting and timely debut about family, secrets and one woman's search for a different life.Read by Nadia Albina. 7 hours 39 minutes. TB704051.

Bradford, Barbara Taylor. The Triumph Of Katie Byrne. 2019. General fiction. TB703987.As a tall lanky 17-year-old, Katie wanted to be an actress. One day, returning to collect some forgotten books, Katie finds that one of her friends has been raped and murdered. Ten years later,

Katie, a struggling actress in New York, is still haunted by the tragedy.Read by Katherine Fenton. 10 hours 19 minutes. TB703987.

Cornick, Nicola. The Woman In The Lake. 2019. Historical fiction. TB704063.1765: Lady Gerard asks her maid to destroy her new golden gown. Later Lord Gerard stands beside the lake looking down at the woman in the golden gown. As the body rolls over it is clear this is not his intended victim. 1996: Fenella steals a stunning gown from a stately home. Years later at the end of an abusive marriage, she wonders if it has cursed her. Now she’s determined to discover the history behind the golden dressRead by Malk Williams, Imogen Church and Charlie Sanderson. 9 hours 32 minutes. TB704063.

Delaney, Wray. The Beauty Of The Wolf. 2019. Fantasy. TB703968.In the age of the Faerie Queene, Elizabeth I, Lord Rodermere starts to lay waste to a forest. The sorceress who dwells there curses him: A faerie boy will be born to you whose beauty will be your death. Ten years later, his son is born and all are struck by his beauty. In a London alchemist's cellar lives Randa - a beast too monstrous to see the light of day. And so begins a timeless tale of love, tragedy and revenge.Read by Rachel Atkins. 12 hours 25 minutes. TB703968.

Feeney, Alice. Sometimes I Lie. 2017. Thriller. TB700109.My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me .1. I'm in a coma. 2. My husband doesn't love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie.Read by Stephanie Racine. 9 hours 28 minutes. TB700109.

Hopkins, Cathy. Blast From The Past. 2019. Chick lit. TB703973.On a trip of a lifetime to India, Bea is given an unexpected fiftieth birthday present - an hour with a celebrated clairvoyant. Unlucky in love, Bea learns that her true soulmate is still out there and that he's someone she knew in a past life. Returning home, Bea revisits the men in her life and suspects that her little black book has remained shut for a reason. But one man out there has her in his sights.

Read by Jaimi Barbakoff. 9 hours 23 minutes. TB703973.

Leigh, Judy. The Age Of Misadventure. 2019. Humorous fiction. TB703980.All Georgie wants is to keep her family together. But with her daughter growing up fast, her sister married to a man she hates, and their aunt getting more outrageous, nothing’s simple. When her brother-in-law makes his biggest mistake, Georgie sees her chance. Three generations head off on a road trip. Georgie’s confident that some sun, sea and a bottle or two of prosecco will make this an adventure they’ll never forget. Read by Julie Maisey. 10 hours 43 minutes. TB703980.

Lewis, Susan. One Minute Later. 2019. Thriller. TB703974.With a high-flying job, a beautiful apartment and friends Vivienne is living the dream. Then, one catastrophic minute changes everything. Forced to move back to the small town where she grew up, Vivi remembers the reasons she left. The secrets, lies and questions that now must be answered before it's too late. But the answers lie in thirty years in the past. Read by Antonia Beamish, Elisabeth Hopper and Imogen Wilde. 13 hours 19 minutes. TB703974.

Liardet, Frances. We Must Be Brave. 2019. General fiction. TB703963.December, 1940. As bombs fall on Southampton, the city's residents flee to the surrounding villages. In Upton Ellen finds a girl sleeping at the back of an empty bus. Pamela, it seems, is entirely alone. Ellen has always believed she does not want children, but when she takes Pamela into her home the child cracks open the past Ellen thought she had escaped and the future she and her husband had dreamed of. Read by Penelope Freeman and Louise Jameson. 16 hours 9 minutes. TB703963.

Luiselli, Valeria. Lost Children Archive. 2019. General fiction. TB703965.A family in New York packs the car and sets out on a road trip. They head to the region of the US which used to be Mexico. Meanwhile, thousands of children are journeying north, travelling to the US border. They cross a river on rubber tubing and walk for days, saving whatever food and water they can. Valeria intertwines

these two journeys to create a story about what it is to be human in an inhuman world.Read by Kivlighan de Montebello. 11 hours 16 minutes. TB703965.

Martin, George R. R. Nightflyers And Other Stories. 2018. Science fiction. TB703063.On a voyage toward the boundaries of the known universe, nine misfit academics seek out first contact with a shadowy alien race. However, the crew discovers that their greatest mystery and most dangerous threat is an unexpected force aboard the ship wielding a thirst for blood and terror. Also included are five George R.R. Martin tales that explore the breadth of technology and the dark corners of the human mind.Read by Mike Grady. 11 hours 29 minutes. TB703063.

Neale, Kitty. A Sister's Sorrow. 2019. Family stories. TB703972.When Sarah’s mother dies, Sarah is left with her little brother Tommy to care for. But when Tommy is struck down by illness, Sarah's new life collapses. Lost in grief, she turns to the handsome Roger to save her - only to find that he is not who he seems. Waiting in the wings is George - kind, but brutally scarred, Sarah's never seen him as anything more than a friend. But could all that be about to change?Read by Annie Aldington. 10 hours 3 minutes. TB703972.

Raisin, Rebecca. Rosie's Travelling Tea Shop. 2019. Chick lit. TB703982.Rosie has her life sorted, a job as a Michelin-Starred Sous Chef, a loving husband and children scheduled for January 2021. Until she comes home to find her husband's packed bag and a confession he's had an affair. Heartbroken Rosie drowns her sorrows discovering the following morning she has invested in a bright pink campervan. Rosie is about to embark on the trip of a lifetime with Poppy, her travelling tea shop in tow. Read by Charlie Sanderson. 7 hours 50 minutes. TB703982.

Adult Non-Fiction

Autobiography

Reid, Melanie. The World I Fell Out Of. 2019. TB704060.On Good Friday 2010, Melanie Reid fell from her horse, breaking her neck and fracturing her lower back. She was 52. Melanie was paralysed from the top of her chest down. She was to spend almost a full year in hospital, determinedly working towards gaining as much movement in her limbs as possible. She learned to navigate her way through a world that had previously been invisible to her.Read by Melanie Reid. 12 hours 58 minutes. TB704060.

Solomon, Stacey. Happily Imperfect: Living Life Your Own Way. 2019. TB704058.Stacey reminds us how important it is to embrace ourselves; the good, bad and the ugly. Her courage to say what others daren't opens discussions on sensitive but significant topics; her lack of sex drive after having kids, her battles with anxiety and even the importance of hairy legs. Join Stacey in her journey so far, as she reveals how to stay positive despite the everyday pressure to be and look perfect.Read by Stacey Solomon. 5 hours 7 minutes. TB704058.

Biography

Bishop, Patrick. The Man Who Was Saturday: The Extraordinary Life of Airey Neave. 2019. TB704057.Airey Neave was one of the most extraordinary figures of his generation. The first British officer to escape from Colditz, he served the indictments on the Nazi leaders at the Nuremburg war trials. He was mixed up in several great spy scandals. He went on to become the man who made Margaret Thatcher. In 1979, a bomb planted beneath his car exploded killing him instantly. His killers have never been identified.Read by Tim Frances. 10 hours 4 minutes. TB704057.

Pasternak, Anna. Untitled: The Real Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor. 2019. TB704054.Who was the real Wallis: an opportunistic American social climber, a master manipulator or the true love of Edward's life? This is an intimate biography of one of the most misunderstood women in British royal history. Anna seeks to understand an unusual misunderstood woman, and the untenable situation she became embroiled in. Using testimony from their inner circle of friends, she presents a very different Wallis.Read by Laura Kirman. 11 hours 40 minutes. TB704054.

Environment and ecology

Helm, Dieter. Green And Prosperous Land: A Blueprint For Rescuing The British Countryside. 2019. TB704055.Finally, a practical, realistic plan to rescue, preserve and enhance nature. This is an economist's approach to environmentalism. News about Britain's wildlife and ecosystems tends to be grim. In Green and Prosperous Land, Dieter Helm, a member of the Department of Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and advisor to the government, shares a radical but tangible plan for positive change.Read by Mike Grady. 9 hours 58 minutes. TB704055.

History

Thompson, Christina. Sea People: In Search Of The Ancient Navigators Of The Pacific. 2019. TB704060.In Sea People, Thompson explores the fascinating story of these ancient navigators, as well as those of the many sailors, linguists, archaeologists, folklorists, biologists and geographers who have puzzled over this history for three hundred years. A masterful mix of history, geography, anthropology and the science of navigation.Read by Susan Lyons. 11 hours 40 minutes. TB704060.

Humour

Golby, Joel. Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant Brilliant Brilliant: Modern Life As Interpreted By Someone Who Is Reasonably Bad At Living It. 2019. TB703971.Joel writes about important stuff (death, alcohol, loss, friendship) and unimportant stuff (a watertight ranking of the Rocky films, Monopoly), always with the soft punch of a lesson tucked within. His sharp, prose thrives on reality and honesty that is close to the bone, and laced with a copious dose of dark humour. This book is for people who are as lost and confused as Joel and just want to have a good laugh about it.Read by Joel Golby. 7 hours 35 minutes. TB703971.

Politics and government

Bower, Tom. Dangerous Hero: Corbyn's Ruthless Plot For Power. 2019. TB704042.Until his election as leader of the Labour Party in 2015, Corbyn had not been a major political player. Since then, Corbyn has survived coup attempts and accusations of incompetence that would have felled most politicians. Bower reveals hidden truths about Corbyn's character, the causes and organisations he espouses, and Britain's likely fate under the Marxist-Trotskyist society he has championed since the early 1970s. Read by Peter Noble. 15 hours 35 minutes. TB704042.

Science

du Sautoy, Marcus. The Creativity Code: How AI Is Learning To Write, Paint And Think. 2019. TB704052.Marcus du Sautoy examines the nature of creativity, as well as providing an essential guide into how algorithms work. He asks how much of our emotional response to art is a product of our brains reacting to pattern and structure, and exactly what it is to be creative in mathematics, art, language and music. Marcus finds out how long it might be before machines come up with something creative. Read by Rich Keeble. 9 hours 54 minutes. TB704052.

Self Help

Saujani, Reshma. Brave, Not Perfect. 2019. TB703970.We are raising our boys to be brave, but our girls to be perfect. Imagine if you lived without the fear of failure. If you no longer felt the need to stifle your thoughts and swallow what you really want to say in order to please and appease others. If you could stop berating yourself mercilessly for human mistakes, let go of the guilt and the strangling pressure to be perfect, and just breathe. Would you be happier?Read by Reshma Saujani. 5 hours 26 minutes. TB703970.

Children and young adult fiction

0-4 Suggested Reading Age

Brownlow, Michael. Ten Little Bookworms. 2019. TB24712.Ten little bookworms set off to explore the library. As they munch their way through stories of every kind, each bookworm is whisked off into an exciting tale. From prehistoric swamps and spooky castles to outer space and jungle treetops, the bookworms discover amazing adventures in every story they explore. This is a World Book Day 2019 title.Read by Kris Dyer. 6 minutes. TB24712.

05+ Suggested Reading Age

Bently, Peter. The Hundred And One Dalmatians: Cruella And Cadpig. 2019. TB24722.This is new story from Peter Bently, based on Dodie Smith’s iconiccharacters from The Hundred and One Dalmatians. When Cadpig gets lost playing hide-and-seek, she stumbles into the path of evil Cruella de Vil. But can her new furry friends help her to escape? This is a World Book Day 2019 title.Read by Becky Wright. 5 minutes. TB24722.

Haig, Matt. The Truth Pixie. 2018. TB24648.Wherever she is, whatever the day, she only has one kind of thing to say. Just as cats go miaow and cows go moo, the Truth Pixie can only say things that are true. This is the rhyming story of how one special pixie learned to love herself.Read by Matt Haig. 23 minutes. TB24648.

Smith, Alex T. Best In Show. 2019. TB24713.Claude is an ordinary dog with an extraordinary life. The Great Waggy Avenue Dog Show is happening today and there are medals galore to be won. Claude nearly wags his tail off and Sir Bobblysock's bobbles tingle with excitement. If only they knew a dog so Claude and Sir Bobblysock could take part! This is a World Book Day 2019 title.Read by Kris Dyer. 3 minutes. TB24713.

07+ Suggested Reading Age

Child, Lauren. A Very Fishy Tale. 2019. TB24720.Hubert Horatio Bartle Bobton-Trent is a very responsible child. Just meet his parents and you will understand. This is the very fishy tale of how an ordinary day out with Mr and Mrs Bobton-Trent became the death-defying rescue of the one and only Hubert Horatio. And who did the rescuing? Why Hubert of course. This is a World Book Day 2019 title.Read by Kris Dyer. 27 minutes. TB24720.

Cope, Andrew. Mummy Madness. 2015. TB24630.Spy Dog: book 10. National security is under threat! The evil Mr Big has escaped from prison again and he's on a mission to steal Egypt's most valuable treasure, The Nile Ruby. The Prime Minister knows only one agent can stop this evil criminal mastermind. But can Spy Dog LARA learn some new tricks in time to find the ruby, protect her Pups and get Mr Big back in jail where he belongs?Read by India Fisher. 2 hours 42 minutes. TB24630.

Hawken, Eleanor. Yeti Rescue. 2014. TB24633.Sammy Feral's diaries of weird: book 2. Ever since Sammy discovered that there are crazier animals in the world than just lemurs and lions, his life has become pretty weird. So when a Mongolian Death Worm turns up at his zoo, he's not that surprised. The Death Worm needs help: his best friend, Bert the Yeti Chief, has gone missing. Can Sammy summon the Ministry of Yetis and rescue Bert?Read by Stephen Perring. 2 hours 59 minutes. TB24633.

Pounder, Sibéal. Bad Mermaids Meet The Witches. 2019. TB24714.Bad mermaids: book 5. Once every one hundred years, the mermaids of the Hidden Lagoon and the witches of Sinkville get together for a party. The Mermaid Queen, is wheeled through the streets of Sinkville in a bathtub. Mermaids Beattie, Mimi and Zelda can't wait to meet a real witch, but when Tiga is sucked down the plughole into the Hidden Lagoon, things start to go wrong! This is a World Book Day 2019 title.Read by Becky Wright. 41 minutes. TB24714.

09+ Suggested Reading Age

Bell, Alex. The Polar Bear Explorers' Club. 2018. TB24628.Polar Bear Explorers' Club: book 1. Tumbling from an ice bridge to be impaled upon a mammoth tusk sounded like a respectable and worthy death for an explorer but Stella really didn't want that to happen. Join Stella Starflake Pearl and her three fellow explorers as they trek across the Icelands and come face-to-face with frost fairies, snow queens, hideouts, unicorns, pygmy dinosaurs, and carnivorous cabbages.Read by Dan Bottomley. 6 hours 15 minutes. TB24628.

Cottrell Boyce, Frank. The Great Rocket Robbery. 2019. TB24716.Laika and her fellow street dogs are being trained up for what will be the greatest adventure in history, a trip to the moon! But they can't wait to see the stars, so they hatch a plan to get there all on their own. This is a World Book Day 2019 title.Read by Becky Wright. 1 hour 21 minutes. TB24716.

Elphinstone, Abi. Everdark. 2019. TB24721.It is midnight in Crackledawn. Everyone is waiting for the phoenix, the guardian of the kingdom's magic, to rise up from the forests of Everdark. But something else surges up, a harpy bent on stealing Crackledawn's magic. It is up to an eleven-year-old girl called Smudge and an eccentric monkey called Bartholomew to set sail beyond the legendary Northswirl and stop the harpy. This is a World Book Day 2019 title.Read by Becky Wright. 2 hours 49 minutes. TB24721.

Evans, Maz. Who Let The Gods Out? 2017. TB24458.Who let the gods out? book 1. A shooting star crashes to Earth and changes Elliot's life forever. The star is Virgo, a young Zodiac goddess on a mission. When the pair accidentally unleash the wicked death daemon Thanatos, they turn to the old Olympian gods for help. But after centuries of cushy retirement on Earth, are Zeus and his crew up to the task?Read by Maz Evans. 7 hours 32 minutes. TB24458.

Also;

Evans, Maz. Beyond The Odyssey. 2018. TB24631.Who let the gods out? book 3.Read by Maz Evans. 6 hours 45 minutes. TB24631.

James, Greg. Kid Normal. 2018. TB24636.Kid Normal: book 1. Murph has a problem. His new school is top secret, and super weird. His classmates can all fly or control the weather or conjure tiny horses from thin air. But Murph hasn't got an extraordinary skill. And there are revolting supervillains lurking nearby, their minds abuzz with evil plans. It's time for Kid Normal to become a hero!Read by Greg James and Chris Smith. 6 hours 23 minutes. TB24636.

Kinney, Jeff. Diary Of Greg Heffley's Best Friend. 2019. TB24717.Greg has chronicled his middle school years in his journals. Now it's time for readers to hear from Greg's best friend, Rowley. Rowley agrees to take on the role of biographer, recording his pal's every triumph and tribulation. But Rowley is a poor choice for the job, and his "biography" is a comically rambling mess. This is a World Book Day 2019 title.Read by Kris Dyer. 50 minutes. TB24717.

McLaughlin, Tom. The Accidental President. 2018. TB24639.Accidental; book 5. On a visit to the US things take a strange turn for 12-year-old Ajay. Completely at random and totally by accident, he is sworn in as the new president. Ajay, overwhelmed by it all, goes rogue. Soon he's too busy ordering sparkly capes and enforcing the new national spider plan to spot the dastardly plot unfolding right under his nose.

Read by Richard Fox. 3 hours 7 minutes. TB24639.

Mohammed, Nick. The Young Magicians And The Thieves' Almanac. 2017. TB24657.Alex is amazing with a deck of cards; Zack's a pickpocketer like no other; Sophie convinced her Brown Owl that all the other Brownies were jelly fish thanks to her hypnosis skills; and Jonny mixes science and magic with spectacular consequences. They are thrown together for their induction week at the mysterious, secretive Magic Circle. Then the Bank of England is broken into and its gold stolen. Read by Kris Dyer. 9 hours 59 minutes. TB24657.

Riordan, Rick. Percy Jackson And The Singer Of Apollo. 2019. TB24715.When the god Apollo asks for a favour, it's never going to be easy. Percy Jackson is celebrating a friend's birthday when Apollo turns up. The god is supposed to perform on Mount Olympus, but one of his four beautiful singers is missing. Can Percy find a way to capture the singer and return her to Apollo in time? This is a World Book Day 2019 title.Read by Kris Dyer. 48 minutes. TB24715.

Riddell, Chris. Goth Girl And The Sinister Symphony. 2017. TB24640.Goth Girl: book 4. Lord Goth is throwing a music festival at Ghastly-Gorm Hall, with performances from the finest composers in the land. Ada can't wait, but her grandmother is trying to find her father a fashionable new wife, there's a faun living in her wardrobe and Maltravers is up to his old tricks. Ada must make sure everything goes to plan, and luckily help is at hand from a very interesting house guest.Read by Helen Keeley. 1 hour 49 minutes. TB24640.

Woodfine, Katherine. The Mystery Of The Jewelled Moth. 2017. TB24473.Sinclair's mysteries: book 2. Wonder at the puzzling disappearance of the jewelled moth. Marvel as our heroines, Sophie and Lil, don cunning disguises, mingle in high society and munch many cucumber sandwiches to solve this curious case. Applaud their bravery as they follow a trail of terrible secrets that

leads straight to London's most dangerous criminal mastermind, and could put their own lives at risk.Read by Jessica Preddy. 7 hours 57 minutes. TB24473.

13+ Suggested Reading Age

Blackman, Malorie. Nought Forever. 2019. TB24719.Dan is on the run. He is hiding from a ruthless nought gang who want him dead. Eva just wants to be left alone to mourn her daughter. But when a badly wounded Dan crosses her path, she's compelled to help. Before the night is over, Eva will be forced to choose: betray Dan, or protect him whatever the cost? This is a World Book Day 2019 title.Read by Kris Dyer and Becky Wright. 55 minutes. TB24719.

Cole, Stephen. Strike Lightning. 2016. TB24456.Young Bond: book 8. James stumbles upon a horrific sight. His school is determined to make him believe what happened was an accident, but James believes what he saw was murder. All will be revealed in an adventure that takes James across Europe and puts him within range of a warmongering villain. Has James got what it takes to triumph over this man, who boasts a new kind of weapon?Read by Nathaniel Parker. 6 hours 30 minutes. TB24456.

Heathfield, Lisa. Seed. 2015. TB24460.15-year-old Pearl has lived her whole life protected within the small community at Seed, where they worship Nature and idolise their leader, Papa S. When some outsiders arrive, everything changes. Pearl experiences feelings that she never knew existed and begins to realise that there is darkness at the heart of Seed. A darkness from which she must escape, before it's too late.Read by Avita Jay. 8 hours 49 minutes. TB24460.

Lawrence, Patrice. Snap. 2019. TB24718.This is a story of two friends, one missing boy and a secret as precious as gold. When Soraya's younger brother Farhad runs off into the freezing night, Soraya and her friend, Austin, are in a race against time to find him. High above the streets, Farhad's guilt closes in. He doesn't want to be found. This is a World Book Day 2019 title.Read by Becky Wright. 1 hour 23 minutes. TB24718.

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