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New Books Issue 59September 2017Your regular update of new titles available for loan and sale from RNIB.BrailleMusicGiant printTalking books ?Postal collectionsTo arrange a collection of books to return to the library, call Royal Mail and follow the selections as follows:Call 08457 950 950Don’t press 1 for personal customer, but wait for optionsSelect Option 3 - advice on setting up one of our products or services including ad-hoc collectionsSelect Option 1 - to set up a business collection including ad-hocCollectionsNewer books! It’s much easier to keep up to date with new additions to our library collection if you access our website. Don’t wait for the next edition of New Books; choose your books from our up to the minute online catalogue at ?ContentsBraille6Adult fiction6Adult non-fiction19Autobiography and biography19Country Life and Farming20Environment and Ecology20Food and Drink20History21Hobbies and Games21Languages21Music22Natural history22Pets22Poetry22Politics and government23Religion23Society23Sport24True crime24Warfare and Defence25Quick Reads25Children and young adult fiction27Suggested reading age 0-427Suggested reading age 7+27Suggested Reading Age 9+29Suggested Reading Age 13+30Children And Young Adult Non-Fiction3109+ Suggested Reading Age31Giant print32Adult fiction32Adult non-fiction44Autobiography44Biography45Country Life and Farming46Food and Drink46History46Music47Natural History47Pets48Popular Science48Sport49True Crime49Children and young adult fiction490-4 suggested reading age4907+ suggested reading age519+ suggested reading age5313+ suggested reading age54Talking books55Adult fiction55Adult non-fiction87Art and Design87Autobiography and biography88Business and Management92Country Life and Farming92Health and Fitness92History93Music95Natural History96Pets96Philosophy96Poetry97Politics and government97Popular science98Religion98Society99Travel99True crime100Warfare and Defence101Children and young adult fiction101Suggested reading age 7+101Suggested reading age 9+102Suggested reading age 11+104Suggested reading age 13+104Suggested reading age 15+106To borrow books108To buy books108?BrailleAdult fictionAhern, Cecelia. Lyrebird. 2016. General Fiction.Deep in the woods of south-west of Ireland, a young woman lives alone. She possesses an extraordinary talent, the likes of which no one has seen before: a gift that will earn her the nickname Lyrebird. When Solomon stumbles into Laura's solitary existence, she is pulled from her peaceful landscape into the cacophony of Dublin. But while Solomon knows the world will embrace Laura, she needs to fly free.UEB. 6v. Price: ?16.99. Order No: 25797803Allnatt, Judith. The Silk Factory. 2016. Ghost Stories.Rosie Milford inherits a house in an old silk factory after her mother’s death and moves there with her young children. The discovery of a shocking truth about her own childhood fills her with distrust and fearfulness. Then she starts seeing a strange child, wandering in the garden. In 1812, orphan Beulah Fiddement works as a bobbin winder and has secrets that her master would go to any lengths to get. UEB. 6v. Price: ?8.99. Order No: 25711103Anderson, Kevin J. Hellhole Inferno. 2015. Science Fiction. Hellhole trilogy: book 3. The people of Hellhole and the shadow -Xayans are scrambling to rally against the threat from the still-living rogue Xayans. Back on Sonjeera, the monarchy is in an uproar after their surprising defeat and the breakaway of the Deep Zone planets. The orthodox Xayans had developed their minds to the point where they could evolve and, in so doing, trigger another Big Bang, wiping out everything.UEB. 8v. Price: ?9.99. Order No: 25710703Andrews, Lyn. Liverpool Sisters. 2016. Historical Fiction.Liverpool in 1907 is a bustling and busy city. Sisters Livvie and Amy Goodwin are just sixteen and thirteen when their mother dies in childbirth. They are still missing their mum every day when their father Thomas announces that he is going to marry again. His new bride is Mary Fitzgerald, a girl just a few years older than Livvie, and only time will tell whether Mary will be the kind of step-mother a motherless girl could love.UEB. 5v. Price: ?19.99. Order No: 25789105Barry, Sebastian. Days Without End: A novel. 2016. Gay Fiction.After signing up for the US army in the 1850s, aged seventeen, Thomas and his brother-in-arms, John go on to fight in the Indian wars and, ultimately, the Civil War. Having fled terrible hardships they find these days to be vivid and filled with wonder, despite the horrors they both see and are complicit in. Their lives are enriched and imperilled when a young Indian girl crosses their path.UEB. 4v. Price: ?17.99. Order No: 25727203Bradshaw, Rita. Snowflakes In The Wind. 2016. Family Stories.It's Christmas Eve of 1920 when nine-year -old Abby Kirby's family is ripped apart by a terrible tragedy. She takes her younger brother and runs away to the tough existence of the Border farming community. Years pass and when the Second World War breaks out, she volunteers as a QA nurse and is sent overseas. When she becomes a prisoner of the Japanese Abby realises that is nothing compared to what lies ahead.UEB. 6v. Price: ?6.99. Order No: 25789203Burton, Jessie. The Muse. 2016. Literary Fiction.On a hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps of the Skelton gallery in London, ready for her luck to change. She has been employed as a typist by the glamorous and enigmatic Marjorie Quick, who unlocks a potential Odelle didn't realize she had. When a lost masterpiece arrives at the gallery, Quick seems to know more than she is prepared to reveal and Odelle is determined to unravel the truth. UEB. 6v. Price: ?8.99. Order No: 25798403Christie, Agatha. The Mirror Crack'd From Side To Side. 2016. Classic Crime.Miss Marple: book 8. One minute, Heather had been gabbling on at her movie idol, Marina Gregg, the next, Heather suffered a massive seizure. But for whom was the poison really intended? Marina's frozen expression suggested she had witnessed something horrific. But, while others searched for evidence, Jane Marple conducted a different investigation, one into human nature.UEB. 4v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25724103Cleeves, Ann. Dead Water. 2013. Crime.Shetland Island: book 5. When the body of journalist Jerry Markham is found in a Shetland boat, Detective Inspector Reeves is drafted in from the Hebrides to head up the investigation. Since the death of his fiancée, Inspector Perez has been out of the loop, but his interest in this new case is stirred and he decides to help the inquiry. Willow and Jimmy are soon led to Sullum Voe, the heart of Shetland's North Sea oil and gas industry.UEB. 6v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25723303Cogman, Genevieve. The Masked City. 2015. Fantasy.Invisible Library: book 2. Librarian-spy Irene is working undercover in an alternative London when her assistant Kai goes missing. She discovers he's been kidnapped by the fae faction and the repercussions could be fatal. Not just for Kai, but for whole worlds. Kai's dragon heritage means he has powerful allies, but also powerful enemies in the form of the fae. With this act of aggression, the fae are determined to trigger a war.UEB. 6v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25713203Cole, Martina. Betrayal. 2016. Thriller. Aiden O'Hara has been head of the family since he was kid, and he's going to keep it that way. Jade Dixon is the one who watches his back. Mother of his son. The one who makes him invincible. But Jade's been in the game a lot longer than Aiden. She knows no one's indestructible. And when you're at the top, that's when you've got to watch the hardest. Especially the ones closest to you.UEB. 7v. Price: ?19.99. Order No: 25809902Cox, Josephine. Jessica's Girl. 2016. Family Stories.Despite her mother's deathbed warning, Phoebe has no choice but to throw herself on the mercy of her uncle, Edward. Phoebe cannot understand why she is treated so harshly by Edward. She is not to know the guilty secret that lies in his past, a secret that casts a sinister shadow over his feelings for his lovely niece. But her natural warmth and cheerfulness win her many friends.UEB. 8v. Price: ?8.99. Order No: 25694203Dickinson, Margaret. Plough The Furrow. 2015. Family Stories.Fleethaven: book 1. Lincolnshire, 1910. Shunned by her own family, Esther Everatt seeks the chance to earn her keep at Sam Brumby's farm. But when Sam dies, she has no right to inherit the lease on the farm. Believing that her passion lies solely with the land and a place of her own, Esther prepares to risk everything to secure her future and seeks marriage with a local farmhand. UEB. 7v. Price: ?6.99. Order No: 25710403Donoghue, Emma. The Wonder. 2016. Historical Fiction.An eleven-year-old girl stops eating, but remains miraculously alive and well. A nurse, sent to investigate whether she is a fraud, meets a journalist hungry for a story. Set in the Irish Midlands in the 1850s, 'The Wonder' is inspired by numerous cases of 'fasting girls' between the 16th and the 20th centuries. Pitting all the seductions of fundamentalism against sense and love, it is a searing examination of what nourishes us, body and soul. UEB. 5v. Price: ?14.99. Order No: 25788703Doughty, Louise, Apple Tree Yard. 2014. Thriller.Yvonne has worked hard to achieve the life she always wanted: a career, a beautiful home, a good relationship with her husband and their two children. One day she meets a stranger at the Houses of Parliament and, begins a passionate affair with him, a decision that will put everything she values at risk. All of her plans spiral into greater deceit and, eventually, a life-changing act of violence.Contains violence. Contains sex scenes. Contains swear words.UEB. 7v. Price: ?6.99. Order No: 25715503Gabaldon, Diana. Virgins. 2016. Historical Fiction. Outlander series. 1740: Young Jamie Fraser has left Scotland and, with his best friend Ian Murray, is running with a band of mercenaries in France. Both men have good reason not to go back to their homeland. When a Jewish doctor wants to hire them to escort his beautiful granddaughter to Paris, they readily agree. Their lives are about to become infinitely more complicated and a lot more dangerous.UEB. 3v. Price: ?9.99. Order No: 25798703 Goodwin, Daisy. Victoria. 2016. Historical Fiction.In 1837, 18 year old Alexandrina Victoria, sheltered and small in stature, became Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. The young Queen startled everyone: abandoning her first name in favour of Victoria; insisting on sleeping in a room apart from her mother; resolute about meeting with her ministers alone. Destined to marry her cousin, Prince Albert, surely the last man she would want for a husband?UEB. 7v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25695103Gregory, Philippa. The Taming Of The Queen. 2016. Historical Fiction.Tudor Court: book 4. Kateryn Parr, a 30-year-old widow in a secret affair with a new lover, has no choice when King Henry VIII, commands her to marry him. A leader of religious reform and the first woman to publish in English, Kateryn stands out as an independent woman. But the traditional churchmen and rivals for power accuse her of heresy; the punishment is death by fire and the king's name is on the warrant.UEB. 8v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25708503Haig, Matt. The Humans. 2014. Science Fiction.Professor Andrew Martin of Cambridge University solves the world's greatest mathematical riddle. Then he disappears. When he is found walking naked along the motorway, Professor Martin seems different. Besides the lack of clothes, he now finds normal life pointless. His loving wife and teenage son seem repulsive to him. In fact, he hates everyone on the planet. Everyone, that is, except Newton. And he's a dog. UEB. 4v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25711803Hill, Susan. The Soul Of Discretion. 2015. Crime.Simon Serrailler book 8. The cathedral town of Lafferton seems idyllic. When one day DC Simon Serrailler is called in by Lafferton's new Chief Constable, Kieran Bright, he is met by two plainclothes officers. He is asked to take the principal role in a difficult, potentially dangerous undercover operation and must leave town immediately, without telling anyone. As the op unfolds, Simon faces the fight of his life.UEB. 5v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25713803Hughes, Kathryn. The Letter. 2015. General Fiction.Tina struggles with her marriage to alcoholic Rick. As a brief respite from his physical and sexual abuse she spends her Saturdays volunteering at a charity shop. Whilst she is there, sorting second-hand clothes, she finds a sealed envelope in a suit jacket pocket and, unable to resist the pull of curiosity, opens it; it is a decision that is about to alter the course of her life. UEB. 5v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25710503Imrie, Celia. Not Quite Nice. 2016. Chick Lit.Theresa is desperate for a change. Forced into early retirement, fed up with babysitting her bossy daughter's obnoxious children, she sells her Highgate house and moves to the picture-perfect town of Bellevue-sur-Mer, just outside Nice. It is home to a close-knit set of expats including the suave Brian who catches Theresa's eye.UEB. 5v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25711503Jefferies, Dinah. The Silk Merchant's Daughter. 2016. General Fiction.1947, French Indochina. Since her mother's death, 18-year-old, half-French, half-Vietnamese Nicole has been living in the shadow of her beautiful older sister, Sylvie. When Sylvie is handed control of the family silk business, Nicole is given an abandoned silk shop in the Vietnamese quarter of Hanoi. But the area is teeming with militant rebels who want to end French rule, by any means possible. UEB. 6v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25709203Jennings, Amanda. In Her Wake. 2016. Thriller.A tragic family event reveals devastating news that rips apart Bella's comfortable existence. Embarking on a personal journey to uncover the truth, she faces a series of traumatic discoveries that take her to the ruggedly beautiful Cornish coast, where hidden truths, past betrayals and a 25-year-old mystery threaten not just her identity, but her life. UEB. 6v. Price: ?8.99. Order No: 25711203Johnson, Milly. Afternoon Tea At The Sunflower Café. 2015. Chick Lit.When Connie discovers that Jimmy Diamond, her husband of more than twenty years, is planning to leave her for his office junior, her world is turned upside down. Determined to salvage her pride, she resolves to get her own back. Then Connie meets the charming Brandon Locke, a master chocolatier, whose kindness starts to melt her soul. Could he be her second chance at happiness?UEB. 7v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25710903Jonasson, Jonas. Hitman Anders And The Meaning Of It All. 2016. Humorous Fiction.Hitman Anders is fresh out of prison when he meets a female Protestant vicar (who happens to be an atheist), and a receptionist at a 1-star hotel (who happens to be currently homeless). Together they cook up an idea for a very unusual business that's going to make them a fortune. But then all of a sudden, and to everyone's surprise, Anders finds Jesus. Anders' sudden interest in religion might be good for his soul but it's not good for business.UEB. 5v. Price: ?8.99. Order No: 25709003Klaussmann, Liza. Villa America. 2015. Literary Fiction.Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Cole and Linda Porter, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos - all are summer guests of Gerald and Sara Murphy. The visionary Murphys met and married young, and set forth to create a beautiful world. But, before long, a stranger enters into their relationship, and their marriage must accommodate an intensity that neither had forseen.UEB. 7v. Price: ?12.99. Order No: 25695203Kristian, Giles. God Of Vengeance. 2014. Historical Fiction.Rise of Sigurd: book 1. Norway AD785. A land of petty kingdoms and ambitious men. When King Gorm betrays Jarl Harald and puts his family to the sword, he makes a terrible mistake - he doesn't kill Harald's son, Sigurd. Now on the run, hunted by powerful men and hiding in a sacred fen, Sigurd believes the gods have turned their backs on his family.UEB. 8v. Price: ?6.99. Order No: 25697203Lane, Lizzie. A Wartime Family. 2014. Family Stories.As the Second World War continues to rage over Bristol, Mary Anne Randall, now estranged from her abusive husband, Henry, is struggling to keep her family together. Her lover, Michael Maurice, is away fighting, and news is scarce. Young Stanley is torn between his warring parents and Lizzie is unhappily in love.UEB. 6v. Price: ?5.99. Order No: 25700103Lightfoot, Freda. Always In My Heart. 2016. Family Stories.Brenda returns to her late husband’s home devastated by his loss to find herself accused of bestowing favours upon the Germans. Prue, her sister-in-law, is also a war widow but has now fallen in love with an Italian PoW who works on the family estate. Once the war ends they hope to marry but she has reckoned without the disapproval of her family, or the nation. UEB. 5v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25723505Manfredi, Valerio. The Oath. 2014. Myths And Legends.Odysseus: book 1. As a young boy, Odysseus listens in wonder to his grandfather Autolykos, a man feared by many across the land as a ruthless predator. He learns of his heritage and a lifelong passion is sparked: to become an adventurer and warrior. In Mycenae, he meets King Eurystheus and learns the story of Hercules the man with god-like strength who slaughtered his family and punished by the King.UEB. 7v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25702103Martin, George R. R. A Feast For Crows. 2014. Fantasy.A song of ice and fire: book 4. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King’s Landing. Robb Stark’s demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels. Soon the survivors and outlaws gather, picking over the bones of the dead.UEB. 17v. Price: ?9.99. Order No: 25705603MacDonald, John D. Cape Fear. 2014. Thriller. Max Cady, a brutal rapist, has been in prison for years, nursing his hatred for the man who put him away, attorney Sam Bowden. When Cady gets parole, he begins stalking Bowden's family. As Cady's campaign of terror mounts, the police are powerless to protect the family who must use their wits to survive a psychopath bent on revenge. UEB. 3v. Price: ?8.99. Order No: 25805003McNab, Andy. For Valour. 2015. Thriller.Nick Stone: book 16. When a young trooper is shot dead at the SAS’s Killing House, Nick Stone is uniquely qualified to investigate. Soon he finds himself in the sights of an assassin bent on protecting a secret that could strike at the heart of the establishment. Nick is propelled across Europe in a quest to uncover the truth behind a chain of events that began with a young man haunted by the screams of his brutally murdered friend.UEB. 6v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25700703Medina, Kate. Fire Damage. 2016. Thriller.Jessie Flynn: book 1. Four-year-old Sami is deeply traumatized, and it’s up to psychologist Dr Jessie Flynn to unlock his terrifying memories. Meanwhile, Jessie’s former patient, Captain Ben Callan, is investigating the suspicious death of an officer in Afghanistan. When a dead body washes up on a Sussex beach, Jessie and Ben’s cases converge. UEB. 5v. Price: ?12.99. Order No: 25724603Moorcroft, Sue. The Christmas Promise. 2016. Chick Lit.On a December evening, Sam steps into the life of bespoke hat maker Ava. Sparks fly, and not necessarily the good ones. Times are tough for Ava; she's struggling to make ends meet, her ex-boyfriend is a bully, and worst of all, it's nearly Christmas. So when Sam commissions Ava to make a hat for someone special, she makes a promise that will change her life. UEB. 6v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25723403O'Flanagan, Sheila. Things We Never Say. 2014. Chick Lit.Abbey Andersen's sure life in San Francisco doesn't get worse than being dumped by post-it note. Meanwhile in Ireland Fred Fitzpatrick is finding it impossible to keep his grown-up children and their families on side, and they're a demanding lot at the best of times. But when Fred asks solicitor Ryan Gilligan to contact Abbey about a long-buried family secret, things start to change dramatically. And not everyone affected is happy about it.UEB. 7v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25695003Paris, B. A. Behind Closed Doors. 2016. Thriller.Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth; she has charm and elegance. You might not want to like them, but you do. You'd like to get to know Grace better. But it's difficult, because Jack and Grace are never apart and Grace never answers the phone or meets for coffee, even though she doesn't work. Sometimes, the perfect marriage is the perfect lie.UEB. 5v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25709503Patrick, Phaedra. The Curious Charms Of Arthur Pepper. 2016. Humorous Fiction.Having been married for over 40 years, 69-year-old Arthur Pepper is mourning the loss of his wife. On the anniversary of her death, he finally musters the courage to go through her possessions, and happens upon a charm bracelet that he has never seen before. What follows is a surprising adventure that takes Arthur from London to Paris and India in an epic quest to find out the truth about his wife’s secret life before they met.UEB. 5v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25711903Picoult, Jodi. Small Great Things. 2016. General Fiction.When a newborn baby dies after a routine hospital procedure, there is no doubt about who will be held responsible: the African American nurse who had been banned from looking after him by his white supremacist father. What the nurse, her lawyer and the father of the child cannot know is how this death will irrevocably change all of their lives, in ways both expected and not. UEB. 9v. Price: ?14.99. Order No: 25798203Pulley, Natasha. The Watchmaker Of Filigree Street. 2016.Fantasy.In 1883, Thaniel Steepleton returns to his flat to find the lock picked and a gold pocketwatch on his pillow. He is a telegraphist at the Home Office, which has just received a threat for what could be the largest -scale Fenian bombing in history. When the watch saves Thaniel's life in a blast that destroys Scotland Yard, he seeks out its maker, Keita Mori, a kind, lonely immigrant who sweeps him into a world of clockwork and music. UEB. 6v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25712705Robinson, Peter. Cold Is The Grave. 2016. Crime.Inspector Banks: book 11. Detective Chief Inspector Alan Banks has reached a turning point with his wife now living with another man in London and his career in the doldrums, thanks to Chief Constable Riddle. But then late one night he is summoned to Riddle's house whose 16-year-old daughter Emily has run away. Riddle wants Banks to use his unorthodox methods to find her.UEB. 9v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25712803Shamsie, Kamila. A God In Every Stone. 2015. Literary Fiction.In the summer of 1914 young Vivian Rose Spencer, joins an archaeological dig in Turkey and falls in love with archaeologist, Tahsin Bey. The outbreak of war in Europe brings her summer to a sudden end. The following spring a solider, Qayyum shares a train carriage with Vivian. Fifteen years later, they will meet again but are tested when a young man they both love disappears.UEB. 6v. Price: ?8.99. Order No: 25713303Shaw, Rebecca. Mystery In The Village. 2016. Country Life Fiction.Turnham Malpas: book 19. Peter and Caroline live a comfortable life at the rectory, but their cosy world is shaken up when Caroline's old flame Morgan appears. He's intent on convincing her to pursue a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in America. After the tragic death of his young grandson, Ron is further devastated when he loses his wife. Sheila has taken her own life, and no one can fathom why.UEB. 4v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25699803Shaw, William. A Song From Dead Lips. 2014. Crime.DS Breen and WPC Tozer: book 1. London, October 1968. Detective Sergeant Cathal Breen is the pariah of the Marylebone CID, having just run out on a fellow officer held at knifepoint, when it's shaken up by the arrival of WPC Helen Tozer. When a young woman is found naked and strangled in well-to-do St John's Wood, her identity is a mystery. The neighbours offer nothing but xenophobic suspicions. UEB. 7v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25714703Smith, Ali. Autumn. 2016. Literary Fiction.Autumn. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. That's what it felt like for Keats in 1819. How about Autumn 2016? Daniel is a century old. Elisabeth, born in 1984, has her eye on the future. The United Kingdom is in pieces, divided by a historic once -in-a-generation summer. The seasons roll round, as ever. Ali Smith's new novel is a meditation on a world growing ever more bordered and exclusive and on what richness and worth are. UEB. 3v. Price: ?16.99. Order No: 25797303Stibbe, Nina. Man At The Helm: A Novel. 2015. Humorous Fiction.Lizzie is concerned about her newly divorced mother - thirty-one years old, with three young children and a Labrador in a hostile English village. It isn't that having a husband is good, but in 1970s rural Leicestershire, not having one is bad. The women in the village think Lizzie's mother is after their husbands while no one will let the children into the Brownies. Lizzie and her sister embark on mission find a new 'Man at the Helm'.UEB. 5v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25711403Taylor, Andrew. The Ashes Of London. 2016. Historical Crime.London,1666. In the aftermath of the fire, the body of a man is discovered in the ashes of St. Paul’s with a stab wound to his neck. Acting on orders, James Marwood, a reluctant government informer, hunts the killer though London’s devastated streets. Marwood’s investigation will lead him into treacherous waters and across the path of a determined and vengeful young woman.UEB. 6v. Price: ?14.99. Order No: 25724703Taylor, Jodi. Just One Damned Thing After Another. 2015. Fantasy.Chronicles of St. Mary's: book 1. When Madeleine Maxwell is recruited by the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research, she discovers the historians there don't just study the past they revisit it. But one wrong move and History will fight back to the death. And she soon discovers it's not just History she's fighting. Follow the tea-soaked disaster magnets of St Mary's as they rattle around History causing chaos as they go.UEB. 6v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25789003Thomas, Rosie. Daughter Of The House. 2016. General Fiction.Illusionists: book 2. London 1919. Born into a theatrical background, Nancy, at a young age, discovers clairvoyant abilities that will change her whole life. When she meets an enigmatic and handsome young man, an opportunity arises to escape the life she seems destined to lead but can she rely on a man who leads a double life, or must she look inside herself to break free? UEB. 7v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25711703Tremain, Rose. The Gustav Sonata. 2016. Literary Fiction.Gustav Perle grows up in a small town in 'neutral' Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second World War seem a distant echo. But Gustav's father has mysteriously died, and his adored mother Emilie is strangely cold and indifferent to him. Gustav's childhood is spent in lonely isolation. As time goes on, an intense friendship with a boy of his own age, Anton Zwiebel, begins to define Gustav's life. UEB. 5v. Price: ?16.99. Order No: 25708703Trollope, Anthony. The Last Chronicle Of Barset. 2015. Classic.The Barsetshire Chronicles: book 6. Josiah Crawley is curate of the parish of Hogglestock. He is accused of stealing a cheque to pay off his debts; too proud to defend himself, he risks ruin and disgrace unless the truth can be brought to light. Crawley's predicament divides the community into those who seek to help him despite himself, and those who are convinced of his guilt. UEB. 21v. Price: ?10.99. Order No: 25699703Webb, Katherine. The Night Falling. 2015. General Fiction.Puglia, 1921. Leandro Cardetta, born into poverty, emigrated to America to make his fortune and has returned home to southern Italy a rich man, accompanied by his glamorous wife, Marcie. Now Leandro has money enough to hire renowned English architect, Boyd Kingsley, to renovate a crumbling palazzo and host Boyd's teenage son and his diffident young second wife, Clare, for one extraordinary summer.UEB. 7v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25701803Young, Louisa. Devotion. 2016. Literary Fiction.Tom loves Nenna. Nenna loves her father. Her father loves Mussolini. Ideals and convictions are not always so clear in the murky years between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the Second. For Tom and Kitty Locke, children of the damaged WW1 generation, visiting their cousin Nenna in Rome is a pure joy. Nobody knew in 1919 that the children they were bearing would be just ripe for the next war.UEB. 7v. Price: ?14.99. Order No: 25712503Adult non-fictionAutobiography and biographyAshcroft, Michael A. Call Me Dave: The unauthorised biography of David Cameron. 2016.After a decade as Conservative Party leader, David Cameron remained an enigma to those outside his tight-knit inner circle. Now, in the wake of his dramatic resignation following the sensational EU referendum campaign, this updated edition revisits the real David Cameron, bringing the story of his premiership to its final chapter. Based on hundreds of interviews, this book reveals the real David Cameron.UEB. 13v. Price: ?10.99. Order No: 25707203Athill, Diana. Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter. 2016.Several years ago, Diana Athill accepted that she could no longer live entirely independently, and moved to a retirement home in Highgate. There, she found herself released from the daily anxieties of caring for her own property. From this vantage point, she reflects on what it feels like to be very old, and on the moments in her long life that have risen to the surface and sustain her in these last years. UEB. 2v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25804803O'Grady, Paul. Open The Cage, Murphy. 2016.The first three books in Paul O'Grady's life story have covered his early years growing up in Birkenhead, his first forays onto the stage and the birth of his legendary comic creation, Lily Savage. Now it's finally time for him to bring the story up to date. Along the way, you can expect to meet famous faces, old and new, as you've never seen them before. And that's just for starters!UEB. 6v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25705803Qvortrup, Matthew. Angela Merkel: Europe's most influential leader. 2016.Angela Merkel has transformed German and European politics. Yet she may be the least understood ruler. Her government's hard approach to the crisis in Greece has seen her receive mass criticism worldwide and could well determine the future of the European Union. This title offers an account of the influences that shaped the life of Angela Merkel.UEB. 8v. Price: ?20.00. Order No: 25738003Country Life and FarmingOwen, Amanda. The Yorkshire Shepherdess: how I left city life behind to raise a family - and a flock. 2015. Amanda Owen is a farmer's wife and shepherdess, living alongside her husband Clive and seven children at Ravenseat, a 2000 acre sheep hill farm at the head of Swaledale in North Yorkshire. She describes how the rebellious girl from Huddersfield, who always wanted to be a shepherdess, achieved her dreams.UEB. 5v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25798503Environment and EcologyAleksievich, Svetlana. Chernobyl Prayer: A chronicle of the future. 2016.On 26 April 1986, at 1.23am, a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Flames lit up the sky and radiation escaped to contaminate the land and poison the people for years to come. While officials tried to hush up the accident, Svetlana Alexievich spent years collecting testimonies from survivors - clean-up workers, residents, firefighters, resettlers, widows, orphans – crafting their voices into a haunting oral history.UEB. 6v. Price: ?9.99. Order No: 25797403Food and DrinkJohncox, Louise. The Baker's Daughter War: Timeless recipes from four generations of bakers. 2014.Louise Johncox comes from a long line of bakers and confectioners. As a child she would sit on a flour tin at her father's side and eat whatever was fresh from the oven, be it a hot bread roll or a fluffy piece of sponge. When her father, retired, Louise decided it was time to capture his wisdom and baking expertise, writing down his recipes for the first time.UEB. 4v. Price: ?20.00. Order No: 25710303HistoryHiggs, John. Stranger Than We Can Imagine: Making sense of the twentieth century. 2016.This is the story of the twentieth century told through the ideas produced at the furthest fringes of science, arts and culture. Its cast includes well-known geniuses such as Albert Einstein, Francis Crick and Pablo Picasso, as well as infamous but ne'er-do-wells including Timothy Leary, Aleister Crowley and Keith Richards. John Higgs brings us an alternative history of the strangest of centuries.UEB. 7v. Price: ?9.99. Order No: 25713003 Hobbies and GamesThe Chase: The Greatest Chases. 2016. ‘The Chase' is the ultimate indulgence for fans of the popular quiz programme. Containing 50 of the most difficult chases where contestants actually beat the Chaser, it challenges you to do the same. With over 3,500 tough questions to test yourself against, this is the ultimate challenge for viewers who reckon they could take on a Chaser and win. UEB. 6v. Price: ?14.99. Order No: 25789303 Dolan, Terry. 1500 General Knowledge Quiz Questions And Answers. 2015.100 sets of 15 questions together with the answers. An excellent collection of questions across a very wide range of subjects with varying degrees of difficulty to satisfy everyone.UEB. 2v. Price: ?3.99. Order No: 25705503LanguagesSpanish Conversation. 2015. Collins Easy LearningThis book is suitable for learners of Spanish of all ages, whether you are learning Spanish at school, in an evening class, for business or in order to go on holiday. It gives you all the phrases you need in order to communicate effectively in natural Spanish.UEB. 7v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25707603MusicSuchet, John. The Last Waltz: The Strauss dynasty and Vienna. 2015.The intriguing story of two generations of the Viennese family that produced some of the best known and best loved music of the 19th century. From nowhere they produced two waltz kings, and literally hundreds of instantly recognisable and enduring melodies. Yet this was also a family riven with tension, feuds and jealousy and experiencing political chaos.UEB. 4v. Price: ?25.00. Order No: 25710203Natural historyCowen, Rob. Common Ground. 2016.After moving from London to a new home in Yorkshire, Rob Cowen sets out to find the nearest local space - a pylon-slung edge-land, a tangle of wood, meadow, field and river on the outskirts of town. Digging deeper into this lost landscape, he begins to uncover its many layers and lives – beast, bird, insect, plant and people – in detail. UEB. 6v. Price: ?8.99. Order No: 25736103PetsFogle, Ben. Labrador: The story of the world's favourite dog. 2016.Labradors are the most popular breed of dog in the world. Not only a great family companion, they also excel at hunting, tracking, retrieving, guiding and rescuing. Ben Fogle goes in search of what makes Labradors so special. Their extraordinary companionship, intelligence, work ethic and loyalty, is captured by Ben as he weaves the story of the breed into his story of his beloved Inca. UEB. 5v. Price: ?8.99. Order No: 25712103PoetryAngelou, Maya. Maya Angelou: The Complete Poetry. 2015.From her reflections on African American life and hardship in 'Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie' to her revolutionary celebrations of womanhood in 'Phenomenal Woman' and 'Still I Rise', and her elegant tributes to dignitaries Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela ('On the Pulse of Morning' and 'His Day Is Done',), every word of Angelou's poetry is included in the pages of this volume.UEB. 3v. Price: ?16.99. Order No: 25737103Oswald, Alice. Falling Awake. 2016. Alice Oswald's poems are always vivid and distinct, alert and deeply, physically, engaged in the natural world. UEB. 1v. Price: ?10.00. Order No: 25728303Politics and governmentShipman, Tim. All Out War: The full story of how Brexit sank Britain's political class. 2016.Sunday Times political editor Tim Shipman gives his readers a ringside seat on how decisions were made, mistakes justified and betrayals perpetrated. Filled with stories, anecdotes and juicy leaks the book does not seek to address the rights and wrongs of Brexit but to explore how and why David Cameron chose to take the biggest political gamble of his life and explain why he lost.UEB. 16v. Price: ?25.00. Order No: 25797203ReligionWoods, Mark. Does The Bible Really Say That? Challenging our assumptions in the light of scripture. 2016.Does God have a specific plan for life? Can we really make sense of everything that happens to us? In this bonfire of some of the most precious of all evangelical myths, Mark Woods asks whether a truly biblical faith really supports many supposed evangelical 'shibboleths', and thereby points us towards a faith that is deeper, more dangerous and more fitting for adults. UEB. 2v. Price: ?8.99. Order No: 25810002SocietyFrench, Sally. Visual Impairment And Work: Experiences of visually impaired people. 2017.An analysis of the development of paid work for visually impaired people in the UK from the 18th century to the present day. It gives a voice to visually impaired people to talk about their working lives and documents the history of employment from their experience. UEB. 5v. Price: ?10.99. Order No: 25810102Little, Toby. Dear World, How Are You? 2016.When Toby Little was five years old, he decided to write to someone in every country in the world. With the help of his mum, Toby started handwriting and posting letters to everyone from research scientists in Antarctica to gamekeepers in Chad and even the Pope. Not only did Toby achieve his goal but the world wrote back. This collection of his letters shows that the world is only as big as your imagination.UEB. 3v. Price: ?12.99. Order No: 25710003Younge, Gary. Another Day In The Death Of America. 2016.On Saturday 23 November 2013 ten children were shot dead. The youngest was nine; the oldest was nineteen. They fell in suburbs, hamlets and ghettos. None made the national news. Younge picked this day at random, searched for their families and tells their stories. What emerges is a sobering, searing, portrait of youth and guns in contemporary America.UEB. 6v. Price: ?16.99. Order No: 25710103SportSzéll, Red. The Blind Man Of Hoy. 2015. Middle aged, by now a family man, crime novelist and occasional radio personality, Red Széll's life nonetheless felt incomplete. He still had an unforgotten dream that he shared with his buddies, Matthew and Andres, and it became obvious that an attempt had to be made to climb the Old Man of Hoy. UEB. 4v. Price: ?8.99. Order No: 25707703True crimeHenderson, Deric. The Secret. 2016.May 1991 in the town of Castlerock the bodies of Trevor and Lesley, are found in a car filled with carbon monoxide. The pair have apparently taken their own lives, unable to live with the pain of their spouses’ affair with each other. Their spouses, Hazel and Colin Howell, continued their affair but both later remarried other people. Howell's reveals that he and Hazel Stewart had conspired to murder their spouses nearly two decades earlier. UEB. 6v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25738503Warfare and DefenceMacIntyre, Ben. SAS: Rogue Heroes: The authorized wartime history.2016.In the summer of 1941, at the height of the war in the Western Desert, a bored and eccentric young officer, David Stirling, came up with a plan for a small, undercover unit that would wreak havoc behind enemy lines. So began the mysterious military organisation, the SAS. The history of the SAS is an exhilarating tale of fearlessness and heroism, recklessness and tragedy; of extraordinary men who were willing to take monumental risks.UEB. 8v. Price: ?25.00. Order No: 25798103Quick ReadsPatterson, James. 113 Minutes. 2016. Never underestimate a mother's love. Molly Rourke is on a mission to avenge the death of her son and will stop at nothing to see justice served. Molly, her ex-marine brother, and the rest of her family navigate their way through an ever more intricate plan to take down a drug kingpin, all while staying one step ahead of the FBI.UEB double line spacing, single sided. 10v. Price: ?2.49. Order No: 25704403Also available in uncontracted braille. 12v. Order No: 25704405Patterson, James. $10,000,000 Marriage Proposal. 2016.Will you marry me for $10,000,000? I am a creative, open-minded businessman with limited time and desire to play the field. This is a serious proposal. A mysterious billboard intrigues three single women in LA. But who is this Mr Right? And is he the perfect match for the lucky winner?UEB double line spacing, single sided. 10v. Price: ?2.49. Order No: 25704703Also available in uncontracted braille. 12v. Order No: 25704705Patterson, James. Airport - Code Red. 2016. A major terrorist cell sets a devastating plan in motion. Their target? One of the world's busiest airports - London Churchill International Airport. Retired SAS Captain Matt Bates and ex-Delta Force officer Chaz Shoeman find themselves caught up in the attack. And they are London's only hope at stopping an atrocity that could kill thousands.UEB. 9v. Price: ?2.49 Order No: BR25701903Also available in uncontracted braille. 11v. Order No: 25701905Patterson, James. Break Point. 2016.One point away from winning the French Open, tennis star Kirsten Keller breaks down and flees the court in tears. Keller has been receiving death threats. Terrified and desperate, she hires former Metropolitan police officer Chris Foster to protect her at Wimbledon. As the championship progresses, Keller's tormenter gets ever closer. And the threats become horrifyingly real.UEB double line spacing, single sided. 9v. Price: ?2.49. Order No: 25704803Patterson, James. Hunted. 2016. When former SAS captain David Shelley goes looking for an old comrade who has taken to a life on the streets, he finds his friend is dead. An MI5 agent contacts Shelley and arranges a meeting. All the signs point to murder and the agent believes this is part of something much bigger. Shelley must put himself in danger to discover the truth.UEB double line spacing, single sided. 11v. Price: ?2.49. Order No: 25703003Also available in uncontracted braille. 13v. Order No: 25703005Patterson, James. Learning To Ride. 2016.Rodeo king Tanner Callen doesn't want to be tied down. When he sees Madeline Harper at a local honky-tonk and everything about her screams New York, he brings out every trick in his playbook to take her home. But soon he learns that he doesn't just want her for a night and, instead, hopes for forever.UEB double line spacing, single sided. 10v. Price: ?2.49. Order No: 25704503Also available in uncontracted braille. 13v. Order No: 25704505Patterson, James. Little Black Dress. 2016.Magazine editor Jane Avery spends her nights alone with Netflix and Oreos, until the Dress turns her loose. Suddenly she's surrendering to dark desires, and New York City has become her erotic playground. But what began as a fantasy will go too far and her next conquest could be her last.UEB double line spacing, single sided. 9v. Price: ?2.49. Order No: 25704603Also available in uncontracted braille. 11v. Order No: 25704605Patterson, James. The McCullagh Inn In Maine. 2016.Chelsea O'Kane escapes to Maine with fresh bruises. She's ready to begin anew, until she runs into her old flame, Jeremy Holland. As he helps fix up her inn, her heart heals and they rediscover what they once loved about each other. But as the two play house, it starts to seem too good to last.UEB double line spacing, single sided. 10v. Price: ?2.49 Order No: 25704303Children and young adult fictionSuggested reading age 0-4Evans, Claire. The Croc And The Sock. 2016. Croc wakes up one morning to find a smelly sock on his floor! Storming around in a grumpy mood, Croc accuses all the other animals of leaving the stinky sock behind. But whose sock is it? UEB double line spacing, single sided. 1v. Price: ?8.99. Order No: 25813803Also available in uncontracted braille. 1v. Order No: 25813805Suggested reading age 7+Blake, Jon. Thimble Monkey Superstar. 2016. Life is never boring now that Jams and his family have a monkey to look after. Jams and his mum love Thimble, but Dad is determined to get rid of him - to a zoo, a school, even a demolition site. But when Jams and his dad are in mortal danger, Thimble proves once and for all why he is a Monkey Superstar! Summer Reading Challenge 2017.UEB double line spacing. 3v. Price: ?5.99. Order No: 25801303Also available in uncontracted braille. 4v. Order No: 25801307Lewis, Gill. Pip And The Paw Of Friendship. 2016Puppy Academy: book 3. Pip the labrador puppy is learning the skills he needs to be an assistance dog for Kayla, a young girl in a wheelchair. He's desperate to have a human of his very own, but will Kayla want his help? And how will he ever get his Resist Temptation badge and become an assistance dog if he can't stop himself from chasing any ball that moves? Summer Reading Challenge 2017.UEB double line spacing. 2v. Price: ?4.99. Order No: 25801403Also available in uncontracted braille. 1v. Order No: 25801405Reeve, Philip. Pugs Of The Frozen North. 2016. The Race to the Top of the World! It comes around once in a lifetime, and the prize? Your heart's desire. Shen and Sika can't resist the chance to win, but competition is fierce. But Shen and Sika have something the other contestants don't have. Actually, they have 66 other things; pugs to be exact . That's a 264 paw-powered sled!UEB double line spacing. 6v. Price: ?6.99. Order No: 25755203Also available in uncontracted braille. 8v. Order No: 25755205Stanton, Andy. Mr Gum And The Power Crystals. 2014. Can it really be true that there's an ancient curse on the town of Lamonic Bibber? And you guessed it, that old roo-de-lally Mr Gum and his trusty sidekick Billy William the Third have something to do with it. But our favourite heroes Polly and Friday and the gingerbread biscuit Alan Taylor are determined to save the town.UEB double line spacing. 3v. ?6.99. Order No: 25702503 Also available in uncontracted braille. 3v. Order No: 25702505Wooding, Chris. Pale. 2015. Reluctant Reader’s Fiction.Barrington Stoke teen. The Lazarus Serum can bring you back from the dead - but when you come back you've changed - you're a Pale, an outcast. It's the last thing Jed wants, but an accident changes everything and Jed's forced to discover the true cost of living forever. This is a high interest, low reading age book for reluctant readers with a reading age of 7+ and interest age of 11+.UEB. 1v. ?4.59. Order No: 25323003UEB double line spacing. 2v. Order No: 25323005UEB uncontracted double line spacing. 1v. Order No: 25323007Woollard, Elli. Swashbuckle Lil: The secret pirate. 2016. Lil is a pirate, a good sort of pirate, and when evil pirate Stinkbeard tries to kidnap Lil's teacher, it's up to schoolgirl to come to the rescue. In story two it's sports day, but there's a very hungry croc on the loose. Can Lil and her trusty parrot, Carrot, scare Stinkbeard and his pet croc away? Summer Reading Challenge, 2017.UEB double line spacing. 1v. Price: ?5.99. Order No: 25801803Also available in uncontracted braille. 1v. Order No: 25801805Suggested Reading Age 9+Baddiel, David. The Person Controller: Press A+B+UP+DOWN to unlock hilarious book mode. 2016.Fred and Ellie are twins. They like all the same things, though, especially video games. They aren't that good, however, at much else, for example, football, or dealing with the school bullies. Then, they meet the Mystery Man, who sends them a video game controller, which doesn't look like any other controller they've ever seen. When the twins find out what it does control, though, it seems like the answer to all their problems.UEB. 4v. Price: ?6.99. Order No: 25702203McCombie, Karen. Angels Next Door. 2014.Angels next door: book 1. Riley's best friend has gone away forever and Lauren 'Queen of Everything' Mayhew is making school a nightmare. It looks like Riley's on her own, until the three Angelo sisters move in next door. Colourful and sparkly, they stand out, especially at school and since they've arrived there have been loads of strange coincidences. Who are these new girls?UEB. 3v. Price: ?6.99. Order No: 25702803Montgomery, Ross. Perijee And Me. 2016. When 11-year-old Caitlin discovers a shrimp-like alien creature on the shores of her island home, she takes responsibility for teaching it about the world. Caitlin becomes increasingly close to her alien friend, treating him like a brother. But Perijee won't stop growing. Then the authorities try to hunt him down and through his fear, Perijee disappears and starts causing trouble. UEB. 3v. Price: ?6.99. Order No: 25755603Sparkes, Ali. Going To Ground. 2016. Shapeshifter: book 3. When Dax receives an urgent call, he knows he has to drop everything and race to the aid of his friends. Unbelievable occurrences seem to be following Dax and his friends wherever they go. Government agents are stalking their every move – tracking them down. The very people who are supposed to be protecting them seem to be the biggest threat. UEB. 5v. Price: ?6.99. Order No: 25713103Welford, Ross. What Not To Do If You Turn Invisible. 2017.Turning invisible at will: it's one way of curing your acne. But far more drastic than 13 year-old Ethel intended when she tried a combination of untested medicines and a sunbed. Aided by her friend Boydy, she manages to keep her extraordinary ability secret. Then one day the invisibility fails to wear off, and Ethel is thrown into a nightmare of lies and deception.UEB. 6v. Price: ?6.99. Order No: 25723203Wilson, Jacqueline. Clover Moon. 2016.Clover Moon's imagination is her best escape from a life of hardship in poverty-stricken Victorian London. When tragedy plunges her into a world of grief, Clover realises that everything she loved about the place she called home is gone. Clover hears of a place she could run to, but where will she find the courage and the chance to break free? And could leaving her family be just what she needs to find a place she can call home?UEB. 7v. Price: ?12.99. Order No: BR25725003Suggested Reading Age 13+Conaghan, Brian. The Bombs That Brought Us Together. 2017.14-year-old Charlie Law has lived in Little Town, on the border with Old Country, all his life. He knows the rules: no going out after dark; no drinking; no litter; no fighting. When he meets Pavel Duda, a refugee from Old Country, the rules start to get broken. Then the bombs come, and the soldiers from Old Country, and Little Town changes for ever. Contains swear words. UEB. 5v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25746203Landy, Derek. Demon Road. 2016. Demon Road: book 1. An epic road-trip across the supernatural landscape of America features killer cars, vampires, and undead serial killers. And demons? 16 year old Amber is just a normal American teenager, until the lies are torn away and the demons reveal themselves. Forced to go on the run. Her only chance rests with her fellow travellers. But they are not at all what they appear to be.UEB. 10v. Price: ?7.99. Order No: 25700003Children And Young Adult Non-Fiction09+ Suggested Reading AgePulle, Shreyas. Ramayana: An ancient Indian epic. 2016.The great Indian epic - the Ramayana - has been told and retold over thousands of years by poets, performers, and writers. It is a tale of courage and fear, love and hate, devotion and betrayal. The epic spans the three worlds of gods, humans and demons. Here, the forces of good and evil collide, locked in a battle for the ultimate supremacy. This is a retelling of the Indian epic for young readers.UEB. 1v. Price: ?5.89. Order No: 25705903?Giant printAdult fictionAllnatt, Judith. The Silk Factory. 2016. Ghost Stories.Rosie Milford inherits a house in an old silk factory after her mother’s death and moves there with her young children. The discovery of a shocking truth about her own childhood fills her with distrust and fearfulness. Then she starts seeing a strange child, wandering in the garden. In 1812, orphan Beulah Fiddement works as a bobbin winder and has secrets that her master would go to any lengths to get. 4v.Anderson, Kevin J. Hellhole Inferno. 2015. Science Fiction.Hellhole trilogy: book 3. The people of Hellhole and the shadow - Xayans are scrambling to rally against the threat from the still-living rogue Xayans. Back on Sonjeera, the monarchy is in an uproar after their surprising defeat and the breakaway of the Deep Zone planets. The orthodox Xayans had developed their minds to the point where they could evolve and, in so doing, trigger another Big Bang, wiping out everything.5v.Barry, Kevin. Beatlebone. 2015. Literary Fiction.He will spend three days alone on his island. That is all that he asks. John is so many miles from love now and home. This is the story of his strangest trip. John owns a tiny island off the west coast of Ireland. Maybe it is there that he can at last outrun the shadows of his past. The tale of a wild journey into the world and within, Beatlebone is a mystery box of a novel. It's a portrait of an artist at a time of creative strife.2v.Bond, Cynthia. Ruby. 2015. Literary Fiction.Ephram Jennings has never forgotten the beautiful girl with the long braids running through the piney woods of Liberty, their small East Texas town. Young Ruby Bell has suffered beyond imagining, so as soon as she can, she flees to 1950s New York hoping for a glimpse of the red hair and green eyes of her mother. When a telegram from her cousin forces her to return home, 30-year-old Ruby finds herself reliving the violence of her girlhood.3v.Bradford, Barbara Taylor. The Cavendon Women. 2015. Family Stories.Cavendon Hall: book 2.1926. One stately home’s future lies with four very different young women from both sides of the house: Daphne, fighting to modernise her ancestral home; Cecily Swann, forging a path as a fashion designer in London; Deidre, the career girl, and Dulcie, the outspoken debutante. They will change the estate’s future for good or ill as the roaring twenties burn towards the Great Depression. 5v.Bretherick, Diana. The Devil's Daughters. 2015. Historical Crime.City of Devils: book 2. 1888. When young scientist James Murray receives a letter from Sofia Esposito, whom he once loved, he cannot refuse her cry for help. Her fifteen-year-old cousin has vanished but, because of her lower-class status, the police are unwilling to investigate. In his search for the missing girl, he uncovers a series of mysterious disappearances of young women and two more bodies are discovered. Can he find the killer?5v.Burton, Jessie. The Muse. 2016. Literary Fiction.On a hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps of the Skelton gallery in London, ready for her luck to change. She has been employed as a typist by the glamorous and enigmatic Marjorie Quick, who unlocks a potential Odelle didn't realize she had. When a lost masterpiece arrives at the gallery, Quick seems to know more than she is prepared to reveal and Odelle is determined to unravel the truth.4v.Carrington, Sam. Saving Sophie. 2016. Thriller.Karen Finch's seventeen-year-old daughter Sophie arrives home after a night out, drunk and accompanied by police officers, but Sophie remembers nothing about how she got into such a state. Twelve hours later, Sophie's friend Amy still has not returned home. Then the body of a young woman is found. Karen becomes convinced that Sophie is not only involved but also in danger. 3v.Chase, Eve. Black Rabbit Hall. 2016. General Fiction.At Black Rabbit Hall, an idyllic holiday home in Cornwall, nothing much ever happens until the worst thing happens and for the Alton children time feels like it's stopped altogether. Caroline Shawcross and her dark, angry son Lucian enter their lives, changing them forever. In the present day, Lorna Smith is drawn to the now crumbling Black Rabbit Hall as a wedding venue, unaware that her own history is locked up in those derelict walls.4v.Cleeves, Ann. Raven Black. 2015. Crime. Shetland Island: book 1. Trudging home, in deep snow, Fran Hunter's eye is drawn to a vivid splash of colour on the white ground, ravens circling above. It is the strangled body of her teenage neighbour Catherine Ross. The locals on the quiet island focus their gaze on loner and simpleton Magnus Tait. But when police insist on opening out the investigation, a veil of suspicion and fear is thrown over the entire community. 4v.Coe, Jonathan. Number 11, Or, Tales That Witness Madness. 2015. General Fiction.This is a novel about the hundreds of tiny connections between the public and private worlds and how they affect us all. It's about the legacy of war and the end of innocence. It's about how comedy and politics are battling it out and comedy might have won. It's about how 140 characters can make fools of us all. It's about living in a city where bankers need cinemas in their basements and others need food banks down the street. 4v.Cooper, Jilly. Mount! 2016. General Fiction.Rutshire chronicles: book 10. Rupert has one obsession: that his grey horse, be proclaimed champion stallion. This means abandoning his racing empire at Penscombe and his wife Taggie, and chasing winners in the richest races worldwide. Rupert's assistant Gav holds the fort. When Gala, a ravishing Zimbabwean widow, moves to Penscombe as carer for Rupert's father, not only is Gav attracted to her but also the returning Rupert. 7v.Cox, Josephine. Alley Urchin. 2015. Historical Fiction.Emma Grady trilogy: book 2. Emma Grady has spent seven years in prison in Australia and lives for the day when she will return to England, to face those who cheated and betrayed her. And to Marlow Tanner, the man she loves and whose child she had borne and then lost. Emma is unaware that the child she has given up for dead is being raised by Marlow's sister Old Sal, who teaches Emma's daughter Molly to be an expert pickpocket.3v.Dicker, Jo?l, The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair. 2015. Literary Fiction.On August 30 1975, Harry Quebert fell in love with 15-year-old Nola Kellergan. 33 years later, her body is found in his yard with a manuscript copy of his career-defining novel. Quebert's protégé, Marcus, throws off his writer's block to save his mentor from the electric chair. Solving the case and penning a new bestseller soon blur together as the nation is gripped by the mystery of 'The Girl Who Touched the Heart of America'. 8v.Dickinson, Margaret. Plough The Furrow. 2015. Family Stories.Fleethaven: book 1. Lincolnshire, 1910. Shunned by her own family, Esther Everatt seeks the chance to earn her keep at Sam Brumby's farm. But when Sam dies, she has no right to inherit the lease on the farm. Believing that her passion lies solely with the land and a place of her own, Esther prepares to risk everything to secure her future and seeks marriage with a local farmhand. 5v.Fforde, Katie. A Summer At Sea. 2016. Chick Lit.Emily is happy with her career as a midwife and living on her own as a single woman. But she also feels it's time for a change. So when her best friend Rebecca asks whether she'd like to spend the summer cooking on a 'puffer' boat just off the Scottish coast, she jumps at the chance. She tries desperately not to notice Alasdair, the handsome local doctor because if she falls in love with him, will she ever want her old life back again?3v.Goodwin, Daisy. Victoria. 2016. Historical Fiction.In 1837, 18-year-old Alexandrina Victoria, sheltered and small in stature, became Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. The young Queen startled everyone: abandoning her first name in favour of Victoria; insisting on sleeping in a room apart from her mother; resolute about meeting with her ministers alone. Destined to marry her cousin, Prince Albert, surely the last man she would want for a husband?5v.Gregson, Julia. Monsoon Summer. 2016. General Fiction.Oxfordshire, 1947. Exhausted by the war and nursing a tragic secret, Kit Smallwood flees to Wickam Farm to recuperate. When Kit meets Anto, a handsome, complicated but charming trainee doctor nearing the end of his English education, she falls utterly in love. When he informs his family that he is shortly to return home with an English bride, his parents are appalled. Despite being Anglo-Indian herself, Kit's own mother is equally horrified.5v.Harris, Robert. Dictator. 2015. Historical Fiction.Cicero: book 3. Cicero once held Caesar's life in the palm of his hand but now Caesar is the dominant figure. Exiled, Cicero is tormented by the knowledge that he has sacrificed power for the sake of his principles. His comeback requires wit, skill and courage and for a brief period, the legendary orator is once more the supreme senator in Rome. But no statesman, can safeguard against the ambition and corruption of others.5v.Hill, Susan. The Soul Of Discretion. 2015. Crime.Simon Serrailler: book 8. The cathedral town of Lafferton seems idyllic. When one day DC Simon Serrailler is called in by Lafferton's new Chief Constable, Kieran Bright, he is met by two plainclothes officers. He is asked to take the principal role in a difficult, potentially dangerous undercover operation and must leave town immediately, without telling anyone. As the op unfolds, Simon faces the fight of his life.4v.Hughes, Kathryn. The Letter. 2015. General Fiction.Tina struggles with her marriage to alcoholic Rick. As a brief respite from his physical and sexual abuse she spends her Saturdays volunteering at a charity shop. Whilst she is there, sorting second-hand clothes, she finds a sealed envelope in a suit jacket pocket and, unable to resist the pull of curiosity, opens it; it is a decision that is about to alter the course of her life for ever.3v.Jefferies, Dinah. The Silk Merchant's Daughter. 2016. General Fiction.1947, French Indochina. 18-year-old, half-French, half-Vietnamese Nicole has been lives in the shadow of her older sister, Sylvie. When Sylvie is handed the family silk business, Nicole is given an abandoned silk shop in the Vietnamese quarter of Hanoi. But the area is teeming with militant rebels who want to end French rule. The corruption of colonial rule and her family's involvement shocks her to the core.4v.Jennings, Amanda. In Her Wake. 2016. Thriller.A tragic family event reveals devastating news that rips apart Bella's existence. Embarking on a personal journey to uncover the truth, she faces a series of traumatic discoveries that take her to the Cornish coast, where a 25-year-old mystery threatens not just her identity, but her life. Psychological thriller that questions the nature of family and reminds us that sometimes the most shocking crimes are committed closest to home.4v.Johnson, Milly. Afternoon Tea At The Sunflower Café. 2015. Chick Lit.When Connie discovers that Jimmy Diamond, her husband of more than twenty years, is planning to leave her for his office junior, her world is turned upside down. Determined to salvage her pride, she resolves to get her own back. Along with Della, Jimmy's right-hand woman at his cleaning firm, Diamond Shine, and the cleaners who meet at the Sunflower Café, she'll make him wish he had never underestimated her. 5v.Jonasson, Jonas. Hitman Anders And The Meaning Of It All. 2016. Humorous Fiction.Hitman Anders is out of prison and trying to keep his head down when he meets a female Protestant vicar (who happens to be an atheist), and a receptionist at a 1-star hotel (who happens to be currently homeless). Together they cook up an idea for a very unusual business that's going to make them all rich. But then Anders finds Jesus and his sudden interest in religion might be good for his soul but it's not good for business.3v.Klaussmann, Liza. Villa America. 2015. Literary Fiction.Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Cole and Linda Porter, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos - all are summer guests of Gerald and Sara Murphy. The visionary Murphys met and married young, and set forth to create a beautiful world. But, before long, a stranger enters into their relationship, and their marriage must accommodate an intensity that neither had forseen.5v.Kristian, Giles. God Of Vengeance. 2014. Historical Fiction.Rise of Sigurd: book 1. Norway AD785. When King Gorm betrays Jarl Harald and puts his family to the sword, he makes a terrible mistake - he doesn't kill Harald's youngest son, Sigurd. Now on the run, hunted by powerful men and hiding in a sacred fen, Sigurd believes the gods have turned their backs on his family. Yet all men know that Odin is drawn to chaos and bloodshed, as a raven is to the slaughtered dead.5v.La Plante, Lynda. Bella Mafia. 2014. Thriller.Don Roberto Luciano turns informer for the biggest Mafia trial in history, but his family pays a terrible price. The head of the family, his three sons, his two grandsons and his nephew are all killed leaving the five widows to reclaim their inheritance from a dangerous Mafioso.9v.McInerney, Lisa. The Glorious Heresies. 2015. General Fiction.One messy murder affects the lives of five misfits who exist on the fringes of Ireland's post-crash society. Ryan is a 15-year-old drug dealer. Georgie is a prostitute. Maureen, the accidental murderer, has returned to Cork after 40 years in exile to discover that Jimmy, the son she was forced to give up, has grown into a fearsome gangster. In seeking atonement, she threatens to destroy everything her son has worked so hard for.4v.McKenzie, Elizabeth. The Portable Veblen. 2016. Literary Fiction.Meet Veblen. She's an experienced cheerleader (mainly of her narcissistic, hypochondriac, controlling mother), an amateur translator, and a passionate defender of the anti-consumerist views of her namesake, the economist Thorstein Veblen. She's also a firm believer in the distinct possibility that the plucky grey squirrel following her around can understand everything she says.4v.McNab, Andy. For Valour. 2015. Thriller.Nick Stone: book 16. When a young trooper is shot dead at the SAS’s Killing House, Nick Stone is uniquely qualified to investigate. Soon he finds himself in the sights of an assassin bent on protecting a secret that could strike at the heart of the establishment. Nick is propelled across Europe in a quest to uncover the truth behind a chain of events that began with a young man haunted by the screams of his brutally murdered friend.4v.Manfredi, Valerio. The Oath. 2014. Myths And Legends.Odysseus: book 1. As a young boy, Odysseus listens in wonder to his grandfather Autolykos, a man feared by many across the land as a ruthless predator. He learns of his heritage and a lifelong passion is sparked: to become an adventurer and warrior. In Mycenae, he meets King Eurystheus and learns the story of Hercules the man with god-like strength who slaughtered his family and punished by the King to undertake impossible tasks. But is Eurystheus the man he says he is?4v.Mitchell, Maggie. Pretty Is. 2015. Thriller.Lois and Carly-May are just twelve years old when they're abducted, driven across the country, and imprisoned in a remote, isolated hunting lodge for two months. Under the watchful gaze of their kidnapper, they form a bond that will never be broken. Decades later, both have built new lives and identities for themselves. But they are still haunted by that devastating experience, and Lois and Carly-May are drawn together again.3v.Murray, Annie. The Narrowboat Girl. 2015. Family Stories.Narrowboat girl: book 1. Young Maryann Nelson is devastated at the loss of her beloved father. But worse is to come when her mother, Flo, sees an opportunity to better herself and her family in a marriage to the local undertaker, Norman Griffin. Though on the surface a caring family man, Norman is not at all what he seems, as Maryann and her sister Sal soon discover.4v.O'Flanagan, Sheila. Things We Never Say. 2014. Chick Lit.Abbey Andersen's sure life in San Francisco doesn't get worse than being dumped by post-it note. Meanwhile in Ireland Fred Fitzpatrick is finding it impossible to keep his grown-up children and their families on side, and they're a demanding lot at the best of times. But when Fred asks solicitor Ryan Gilligan to contact Abbey about a long-buried family secret, things start to change dramatically. And not everyone affected is happy about it.5v.Paris, B. A. Behind Closed Doors. 2016. Thriller.Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You'd like to get to know Grace better but it's difficult, because you realise Jack and Grace are never apart. Some might call this true love. Others might ask why Grace never answers the phone or can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn't work. Sometimes, the perfect marriage is the perfect lie.3v.Patrick, Phaedra. The Curious Charms Of Arthur Pepper. 2016. Humorous Fiction.Having been married for over 40 years, 69-year-old Arthur Pepper is mourning the loss of his wife. On the anniversary of her death, he finally musters the courage to go through her possessions, and happens upon a charm bracelet that he has never seen before. What follows is a surprising adventure that takes Arthur from London to Paris and India in an epic quest to find out the truth about his wife’s secret life before they met.3v.Pearse, Lesley. Without A Trace. 2015. General Fiction.Coronation Day, 1953. Molly Heywood is a pillar of strength for her local community, so when her friend Cassie fails to attend the Coronation Day party in her village, Molly heads out to look for her. But nothing can prepare Molly for what she is going to discover. With Cassie gone and her six-year-old daughter Petal missing, Molly heads to London to uncover the past Cassie kept so well hidden. 5v.Pulley, Natasha. The Watchmaker Of Filigree Street. 2016. Fantasy.In 1883, Thaniel Steepleton returns to his flat to find the lock picked and a gold pocketwatch on his pillow. He is a telegraphist at the Home Office, which has just received a threat for what could be the largest -scale Fenian bombing in history. When the watch saves Thaniel's life in a blast that destroys Scotland Yard, he seeks out its maker, Keita Mori, a kind, lonely immigrant who sweeps him into a new world of clockwork and music. 4v.Rideal, Rebecca. 1666: Plague, War And Hellfire. 2016.1666 was a watershed year for England. It was the year of the Great Plague; the eruption of the second Dutch War, the clash between two great powers that ultimately ended in one of the English military's most humiliating defeats; and the Great Fire. It is a year in which no single event existed alone and which, in many ways, gave shape to the country we know today.3v.Rothschild, Hannah. The Improbability Of Love. 2015. General Fiction.Annie McDee is searching for a present for her unsuitable lover in a neglected second-hand shop. A grimy painting catches her eye. Leaving the store with the picture, she prepares an elaborate dinner for two, only to be stood up. But every painting has a story and Annie discovers she has stumbled across 'The Improbability of Love', a lost masterpiece by Antoine Watteau, one of the most influential French painters of the 18th century.5v.Stibbe, Nina. Man At The Helm: A Novel. 2015. Humorous Fiction.Lizzie is concerned about her newly divorced mother - thirty-one years old, with three young children and a Labrador in a hostile English village. It isn't that having a husband is good, but in 1970s rural Leicestershire, not having one is bad. The women in the village think Lizzie's mother is after their husbands while no one will let the children into the Brownies. Lizzie and her sister embark on mission find a new 'Man at the Helm'.3v.Taylor, Jodi. Just One Damned Thing After Another. 2015. Fantasy.Chronicles of St. Mary's: book 1. When Madeleine Maxwell is recruited by the St Mary's Institute of Historical Research, she discovers the historians there don't just study the past they revisit it. But one wrong move and History will fight back to the death. And she soon discovers it's not just History she's fighting. Follow the tea-soaked disaster magnets of St Mary's as they rattle around History. 4v.Thomas, Rosie. Daughter Of The House. 2016. General Fiction.Illusionists: book 2. London 1919. Born into a theatrical background, Nancy, at a young age, discovers clairvoyant abilities that will change her whole life. When she meets an enigmatic and handsome young man, an opportunity arises to escape the life she seems destined to lead but can she rely on a man who leads a double life, or must she look inside herself to break free? 5v.Tremain, Rose. The Gustav Sonata. 2016. Literary Fiction.Gustav Perle grows up in a small town in 'neutral' Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second World War seem a distant echo. But Gustav's father has mysteriously died, and his adored mother Emilie is strangely cold and indifferent to him. Gustav's childhood is spent in lonely isolation. As time goes on, an intense friendship with a boy of his own age, Anton Zwiebel, begins to define Gustav's life. 3v.Trollope, Anthony. The Last Chronicle Of Barset. 2015. Classic.The Barsetshire chronicles: book 6. Josiah Crawley is curate of the parish of Hogglestock. He is accused of stealing a cheque to pay off his debts; too proud to defend himself, he risks ruin and disgrace unless the truth can be brought to light. Crawley's predicament divides the community into those who seek to help him despite himself, and those who are convinced of his guilt. 11v.Walters, Minette. The Cellar. 2015. Horror.Muna's fortunes changed for the better on the day that Mr and Mrs Songoli's younger son failed to come home from school. Before then her bedroom was a dark windowless cellar, her activities confined to cooking and cleaning. She's never been outside, doesn't know how to read or write, and cannot speak English. At least that's what the Songolis believe. But Muna is far cleverer, and her plans more terrifying.2v.Webb, Katherine. The Night Falling. 2015.General Fiction.Puglia, 1921. Leandro Cardetta, born into poverty, emigrated to America to make his fortune and has returned home to southern Italy a rich man, accompanied by his glamorous wife, Marcie. Now Leandro has money enough to hire renowned English architect, Boyd Kingsley, to renovate a crumbling palazzo and host Boyd's teenage son and his diffident young second wife, Clare, for one extraordinary summer.5v.Young, Louisa. Devotion. 2016. Literary Fiction.Tom loves Nenna. Nenna loves her father. Her father loves Mussolini. Ideals and convictions are not always so clear in the murky years between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the Second. For Tom and Kitty Locke, children of the damaged WW1 generation, visiting their cousin Nenna in Rome is a pure joy. Nobody knew in 1919 that the children they were bearing would be just ripe for the next war.5v.Adult non-fictionAutobiography Athill, Diana. Alive, Alive Oh!: And Other Things That Matter. 2016.Several years ago, Diana Athill accepted that she could no longer live entirely independently, and moved to a retirement home in Highgate. There she found herself released from the daily anxieties of caring for her own property, and free to settle into her remaining years. From this vantage point, she reflects on what it feels like to be very old, and on the moments in her long life that sustain her in these last years.1v.Heeley, Dave. From Light To Dark: The story of Blind Dave Heeley. 2016.Born sighted, 'Blind' Dave Heeley showed athletic promise from an early age, smashing his town's 1,500-metre track record aged just 11 years old. However, a devastating diagnosis shattered his sporting dreams and he hastily gave up on sporting activity. Dave's explains how he rediscovered his boyhood talent for running and went on to undertake some of the world's toughest challenges, including John O'Groats to Land's End.3v.MacDonald, John D. Cape Fear. 2014. Thriller.Max Cady, a brutal rapist, has been in prison for years, nursing his hatred for the man who put him away, attorney Sam Bowden. When Cady gets parole, he begins stalking Bowden's family. As Cady's campaign of terror mounts, the police are powerless to protect the family who must use their wits to survive a psychopath bent on revenge.2v.Perkins, Sue. Spectacles. 2015.Sue Perkins has been charming the nation with her own unique brand of wit since the mid-90s. Alongside long -term presenting partner Mel Giedroyc, she has worked on numerous television projects including BBC1's phenomenally successful 'The Great British Bake Off'. However, punning about buns is just one string to Sue's substantial broadcasting bow. This is her memoir.3v.Trumpington, Jean. Coming Up Trumps: A Memoir. 2015.Jean Campbell-Harris was born into a world of considerable privilege, but the Wall Street Crash entirely wiped out her mother's fortune. With the outbreak of the Second World War, she became a land girl before joining naval intelligence at Bletchley Park. After the war she worked in Paris and then on Madison Avenue, New York, with advertising's 'mad men'. It was here that she met her husband, the historian Alan Barker.2v.BiographyAshcroft, Michael A. Call Me Dave: The unauthorised biography of David Cameron. 2016.After a decade as Conservative Party leader, David Cameron remained an enigma to those outside his tight-knit inner circle. Now, in the wake of his dramatic resignation following the sensational EU referendum campaign, this updated edition revisits the real David Cameron, bringing the story of his premiership to its final chapter. Based on hundreds of interviews, this book reveals the real David Cameron.9v.Hegarty, Neil. Frost: That was the life that was: the authorised biography. 2015.Written in collaboration with Sir David Frost's wife and three sons, this work features many unpublished writings from Frost and exclusive access to his vast archive. It also offers opinions on Frost from his extraordinary list of friends. It is an epic story of personal achievement set amidst a rapidly changing world, encountering the great and the good that have dominated news and entertainment over the last 50 years. 6v.Sullivan, Rosemary. Stalin's Daughter: The extraordinary and tumultuous life of Svetlana Alliluyeva. 2015.Svetlana Stalin spent her youth inside the walls of the Kremlin. Communist Party privilege protected her from the mass starvation and purges that haunted Russia, but she did not escape tragedy. As she gradually learned about the extent of her father’s brutality after his death, Svetlana could no longer keep quiet and in 1967 shocked the world by defecting to the United States, leaving her two children behind.7v.Country Life and FarmingOwen, Amanda. The Yorkshire Shepherdess: How I left city life behind to raise a family - and a flock. 2015.Amanda Owen has been seen by millions on ITV's 'The Dales', living a life that has almost gone in today's modern world, a life ruled by the seasons and her animals. She is a farmer's wife and shepherdess, living alongside her husband Clive and seven children at Ravenseat, a 2000 acre sheep hill farm at the head of Swaledale in North Yorkshire. In 'The Yorkshire Shepherdess' she describes how the rebellious girl from Huddersfield, who always wanted to be a shepherdess, achieved her dreams.3v.Food and DrinkJohncox, Louise. The Baker's Daughter: Timeless recipes from four generation of bakers. 2014.Louise Johncox comes from a long line of bakers and confectioners. As a child she would sit on a flour tin at her father's side and eat whatever was fresh from the oven, be it a hot bread roll or a fluffy piece of sponge. When her father, a master baker, retired, Louise decided it was time to capture his wisdom and baking expertise, writing down his recipes for the first time and preserving his magical legacy for her children. 2v.HistoryHiggs, John. Stranger Than We Can Imagine: Making sense of the twentieth century. 2016.This is the story of the twentieth century told through the ideas produced at the furthest fringes of science, arts and culture. Its cast includes well-known geniuses such as Albert Einstein, Francis Crick and Pablo Picasso, as well as infamous but ne'er-do-wells including Timothy Leary, Aleister Crowley and Keith Richards. John Higgs brings us an alternative history of the strangest of centuries.4v.Holland, Tom. Dynasty: The rise and fall of the house of Caesar. 2015.Tom Holland gives a portrait of Rome's first imperial dynasty. The book traces the full astonishing story of its rule of the world: both the brilliance of its allure, and the blood-steeped shadows cast by its crimes. Ranging from the great capital rebuilt in marble by Augustus to the dank and barbarian-haunted forests of Germany, it is populated by a spectacular cast. 'Dynasty' is the portrait of a family that transformed and stupefied Rome.7v.MusicSuchet, John. The Last Waltz: The Strauss dynasty and Vienna. 2015.The intriguing story of two generations of the Viennese family that produced some of the best known and best loved music of the 19th century. From nowhere they produced two waltz kings, and literally hundreds of instantly recognisable and enduring melodies. Yet this was also a family riven with tension, feuds and jealousy, and those involved lived in an Austria that witnessed seismic upheavals.3v.Natural HistoryCowen, Rob. Common Ground. 2016.After moving from London to a new home in Yorkshire, Rob Cowen sets out to find the nearest local space - a pylon-slung edge-land, a tangle of wood, meadow, field and river on the outskirts of town. Digging deeper into this lost landscape, he begins to uncover its many layers and lives – beast, bird, insect, plant and people – in detail. 4v.PetsFogle, Ben. Labrador: The story of the world's favourite dog. 2016.Labradors are the most popular breed of dog in the world. Not only a great family companion, they also excel at hunting, tracking, retrieving, guiding and rescuing. Ben Fogle goes in search of what makes Labradors so special. Their extraordinary companionship, intelligence, work ethic and loyalty, is captured by Ben as he weaves the story of the breed into his own story of his beloved Inca. 3v.Popular ScienceCarroll, Sean B. The Serengeti Rules: The quest to discover how life works and why it matters. 2016.How does life work? How does nature produce the right numbers of zebras and lions on the African savanna, or fish in the ocean? How do our bodies produce the right numbers of cells in our organs and bloodstream? In 'The Serengeti Rules', award-winning biologist and author Sean Carroll tells the stories of the pioneering scientists who sought the answers to such simple yet profoundly important questions.3v.Moore, Peter. The Weather Experiment: The pioneers who sought to see the future. 2016.In an age when a storm at sea was evidence of God's great wrath, 19th century meteorologists had to fight against convention and religious dogma. But buoyed by the achievements of the Enlightenment a generation of mavericks set out to explain the secrets of the atmosphere and learned to predict the future. 5v.Younge, Gary. Another Day In The Death Of America. 2016.On Saturday 23 November 2013 ten children were shot dead. The youngest was nine; the oldest was nineteen. They fell in suburbs, hamlets and ghettos. None made the national news. It was just another day in the death of America, where on average seven children and teens are killed by guns daily. Younge picked this day at random, searched for their families and tells their stories.4v.SportSzéll, Red. The Blind Man Of Hoy. 2015Middle aged, by now a family man, crime novelist and occasional radio personality, Red Széll's life nonetheless felt incomplete. He was still, climbing, but only indoors until he shared his old, unforgotten, dream with his buddies, Matthew and Andres, and it became obvious that an attempt had to be made to climb the Old Man of Hoy. 3v.True CrimeHenderson, Deric. The Secret. 2016.May 1991 in the seaside town of Castlerock in Northern Ireland and the bodies of two people, police officer Trevor Buchanan and nurse Lesley Howell, are found in a car filled with carbon monoxide. The pair have apparently taken their own lives, unable to live with the pain of their spouses’ affair with each other. Their adulterous spouses, Sunday school teacher Hazel Buchanan and dentist Colin Howell, continued their affair secretly but both later remarried other people. A series of disasters in Howell's life made him reveal that he and Hazel Stewart had conspired to murder their spouses nearly two decades earlier. That confession led to two of the most sensational murder trials ever seen in the UK.4v.Children and young adult fiction0-4 suggested reading ageBarrow, David. Have You Seen Elephant? 2015. Animal Stories.Elephant wants to play hide and seek. See if you can help the others find him - he's very good! Summer Reading Challenge 2017.1v.Donald, Alison. The New Libearian. 2016. Animal Stories.It's story time at the library but the librarian is missing. The children follow clues of muddy paw prints, spilled honey and torn books to find a bear with a librarian badge - a new liBEARian! They ask him to read a book and he finds a great one on bears. Then the real librarian appears and sends the bear back into the book he came from. Summer Reading Challenge 2017.1v.Kelly, John. Can I Join Your Club? 2017. Animal Stories.Duck wants to join a club. But he needs to be able to roar to join Lion Club, or trumpet to join Elephant Club. And all he can do is quack! What's a Duck to do? Why, set up his own club of course. Where everyone is welcome to join! This is a heart-warming story, which celebrates the importance of diversity and friendship. Summer Reading Challenge 2017.1v.Poh, Jennie. Herbie's Big Adventure. 2016. Animal Stories.Herbie is a little hedgehog who is perfectly happy at home with his mother. But one day Mommy tells Herbie that it's time to go exploring, all by himself. Herbie is so not sure, but ready or not, a westerly wind sweeps Herbie into the wide world and Herbie's Big Adventure begins. Little Herbie finds that he's braver than he thinks and even makes a friend before coming safely back home to Mommy. Summer Reading Challenge 2017.1v.Willis, Jeanne. Boa's Bad Birthday. 2016. Animal Stories.It was Boa's birthday. It was going to be the best one ever. Or so he hoped. He invited his friends round. They would all bring him wonderful presents. Or would they? This is a humorous tale to encourage young children to accept presents gracefully. Summer Reading Challenge 2017.1v.07+ suggested reading ageBlake, Jon. Thimble Monkey Superstar. 2016. Animal Stories.Life is never boring now that Jams and his family have a monkey to look after. Jams and his mum love Thimble, but Dad is determined to get rid of him - to a zoo, a school, even a demolition site. But when Jams and his dad are in mortal danger, Thimble proves once and for all why he is a Monkey Superstar! Thimble is very clever and very naughty and just the best friend Jams has been waiting for. Summer Reading Challenge 2017.1v.Gardner, Sally. Operation Bunny: The first case. 2016. Animal Stories.Wings & Co: book 1. Emily Vole made headline news in the first weeks of her life, when she was found in an abandoned hatbox in Stansted Airport. Then, only a few years later, her neighbour Mrs String dies leaving Emily a mysterious inheritance: an old shop, a small bunch of golden keys and a cat called Fidget.1v.Gray, Kes. Attack Of The Giant Slugs. 2016. Animal Stories.Jack Beechwhistle: book 1. You would be in danger if Jack Beechwhistle wasn't around to protect the world from alien attacks, zombie sweet-shop owners, and exploding conkers - with a bit of help from his trusty sidekicks, Colin and Harry (as long as it's not past Colin and Harry's bedtime). Their missions are daring, dangerous, and deadly. They even have top-secret headquarters (the shed by the rhubarb patch). Summer Reading Challenge 2017.1v.Haddow, Swapna. Dave Pigeon: How to deal with bad cats and keep (most of) your feathers. 2016. Animal Stories.If you can read this, you obviously understand Pigeonese. You may read my book. If you're a cat and you've learnt Pigeonese...(HA HA HA! As if a cat would be smart enough to learn Pigeonese). My book contains TOP SECRET ideas that are NONE of a cat's business. Dave Pigeon is writing a book on how he defeated Mean Cat in order to help fellow pigeons everywhere. Cats beware! Summer Reading Challenge 2017.1v.Jones, Gareth P. Attack Of The Alien Dung!. 2017. Animal Stories.Pet defenders: book 1. Planet Earth Is under constant threat from aliens, and who is there to protect its inhabitants? Why, our pets. When Dung Guzzler beetles arrive from the former star Dun-Glowing, things look bad: these things thrive on rubbish, and as they get bigger will happily trample whole cities to produce more rubble. How will agent Biskit and his new partner Mitzy the cat stop them? Summer Reading Challenge 2017.1v.Lewis, Gill. Pip And The Paw Of Friendship. 2016. Animal Stories.Puppy Academy: book 3. Pip the labrador puppy is learning the skills he needs to be an assistance dog for Kayla, a young girl in a wheelchair. He's desperate to have a human of his very own, but will Kayla want his help? And how will he ever get his Resist Temptation badge and become an assistance dog if he can't stop himself from chasing any ball that moves? Summer Reading Challenge 2017.1v.Nicholson, Mike. Museum Mystery Squad And The Case Of The Moving Mammoth. 2017. Animal Stories.Museum Mystery Squad: book 1. In the Case of the Moving Mammoth, the Museum Mystery Squad investigates the museum's new star exhibit, on loan from Tyrone O'Saurus, ringmaster of the travelling Dinosaur Circus. There must be a reasonable explanation for a shifting stuffed prehistoric animal. Can they sift through the clues and unravel the puzzle before the museum faces a mammoth-sized problem? Summer Reading Challenge 2017.1v.Ryan, Margaret. Catsup High Detective Agency. 2015. Animal Stories.Malarkey is worried. 'I'm worried,' he says to no-one in particular, because as owner and sole employee of the Catsup High Detective Agency, he is the only cat in the office. Cats have been going missing in Catsup and Malarkey needs to know why - so he decides to hire an assistant. The last thing he is expecting to walk through the door is a kitten (the advert clearly says 'cat'), but Sparkie is no ordinary kitten - he has special powers. 1v.Woollard, Elli. Swashbuckle Lil: The secret pirate. 2016. Animal Stories.Lil is a pirate, a good sort of pirate, and when there is someone to save, she'll do what is right (if it takes her all night). Yes, she'll always be bold and be brave. When evil pirate Stinkbeard tries to kidnap Lil's teacher, it's up to schoolgirl and secret pirate, Lil, to come to the rescue. In story two it's sports day, but there's a very hungry croc on the loose. Can Lil and her trusty parrot, Carrot, scare Stinkbeard and his pet croc away? Summer Reading Challenge2017.1v.9+ suggested reading ageBalding, Clare. The Racehorse Who Wouldn't Gallop. 2016. Animal Stories.Charlie Bass is a horse-mad nine-year-old who dreams of owning her own pony. So when her eccentric parents announce that they are going to buy a racehorse, she is thrilled. The horse they buy, Noble Warrior, looks the part but he won't gallop. But Charlie is convinced that Noble Warrior has what it takes to be a champion. Summer Reading Challenge 2017.2v.Beacham, Janine. Black Cats And Butlers. 2017. Animal Stories.Rose Raventhorpe investigates: book 1. When Rose Raventhorpe's beloved butler is found murdered in the hallway of her own house, she's determined to uncover the culprit. Especially since he's the third butler to die in a week! Rose's investigation leads her on a journey into a hidden world of grave robbers and duelling butlers, flamboyant magicians and the city's ancient feline guardians. Summer Reading Challenge 2017.2v.Gamble, Paul. The Ministry Of Strange, Unusual And Impossible Things. 2016. Ministry of SUITs: book 1. The Ministry of SUITs tells the story of a secret Ministry hidden away in the far reaches of the Ulster Museum in Belfast. 12-year-old Jack and his frenemy Trudy are the Ministry's newest recruits. Their first mission is to find out where all the school oddbods are disappearing to. Summer Reading Challenge 2017.3v.Leonard, M. G. Beetle Queen. 2017. Battle of the Beetles: book 2. Darkus's dad has disappeared, but his new friend, a giant beetle called Baxter, is some consolation. Together, boy and beetle set out to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. But Lucretia Cutter, a fashion designer with a penchant for beetle jewellery, is dead set against their success. Summer Reading Challenge 2017.3v.Wilson, Jacqueline. Clover Moon. 2016. Historical Fiction.Clover Moon's imagination is her best escape from a life of hardship in poverty-stricken Victorian London. When tragedy plunges her into a world of grief, Clover realises that everything she loved about the place she called home is gone. Clover hears of a place she could run to, but where will she find the courage and the chance to break free? And could leaving her family be just what she needs to find a place she can call home?3v.13+ suggested reading ageLandy, Derek. Demon Road. 2016. Young Adult Fiction.Demon Road: book 1. An epic road-trip across the supernatural landscape of America features killer cars, vampires, and undead serial killers. And demons? 16 year old Amber is just a normal American teenager, until the lies are torn away and the demons reveal themselves. Forced to go on the run, she hurtles from one threat to another. Her only chance rests with her fellow travellers. But they are not at all what they appear to be.5v.?Talking books Adult fictionAdams, Guy. The World House. 2015. Fantasy. TB23391.World house: book 1. There is a box. Inside that box is a door. Beyond that door is a whole world. In some rooms, forests grow. In others, animals and objects come to life. Elsewhere, secrets and treasures wait for the brave and foolhardy. At the very top of the house, a prisoner sits behind a locked door waiting for a key to turn. The day that happens, the world will end.Read by Paul Baymer. 10 hours 45 minutes. Alvtegen, Karin. Shame. 2015. Thriller. TB23355.At first sight, Monika and Maj-Britt are as different as two people can possibly be. They have nothing in common but the determination to obliterate their memories and be left alone. But when a tragic accident brings them face to face, the emotional voids at the centre of their lives threatens to engulf them and they are forced to confront the secrets and the sadness they had hoped to bury.Read by Sophie Ward. 9 hours 14 minutes. Ashdown, Isabel. Flight. 2015. General Fiction. TB23393.When Wren’s numbers come up in the first ever national lottery draw, she doesn't tell her husband, Rob. Instead she quietly packs her bags, kisses her six-month-old daughter Phoebe goodbye, and leaves. Two decades later, Rob has moved on and found happiness with their oldest friend, Laura. Phoebe has never known any other life. When Rob receives a mysterious letter, the past comes back to haunt them all.Read by Lucy Price-Lewis. 8 hours 25 minutes. Atkins, Dani. The Story Of Us. 2014. Romance. TB23690.Emma had been celebrating her hen night, with friends, when the car accident happened. Though Emma survived, her memories are hazy. She remembers the shadowy man who saved her life. And as he pulled her from the wreckage, he promised he would always stay right behind her. But where is he now? As Emma prepares for the wedding she'd always dreamed of, she can't help dreaming of someone else.Read by Emma Gregory. 11 hours 56 minutes. Atkins, Lucy. The Other Child. 2015. Thriller. TB23691.When her husband is offered the job of a lifetime in Boston, Tess reluctantly agrees to move to the US. But once they arrive they don't find settling in easy. Strange things seem to be happening at their new house, and the neighbours are acting oddly. Then she makes a jaw-dropping discovery.Read by Katharine Mangold. 9 hours 58 minutes. Atwood, Margaret. Hag-Seed: The Tempest Retold. 2016. Literary Fiction. TB23600.Felix was at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. After an act of treachery, Felix is living in exile in a hovel, haunted by memories of his lost daughter, Miranda. He is also brewing revenge. After 12 years, revenge finally arrives in the shape of a theatre course at a nearby prison. Felix will put on his Tempest and snare the traitors who destroyed him. But will it remake Felix as his enemies fall?Read by R.H. Thompson. 8 hours 14 minutes. Ballard, J. G. High-Rise. 2015. Science Fiction. TB23352.Within the concealing walls of an elegant forty-storey tower block, the affluent tenants are hell-bent on an orgy of destruction. In this visionary tale of urban disillusionment society slips into a violent reverse as the isolated inhabitants of the high-rise, driven by primal urges, create a dystopian world ruled by the laws of the jungle.Read by Tom Hiddlestone. 6 hours 38 minutes. Bannan, Sarah. Weightless. 2015. General Fiction. TB23433.When Carolyn moves to Alabama with her mother, she rattles the status quo of Adams High. She is gorgeous, a great student and gifted athlete without a mean girl bone in her body. She begins dating a senior, Shane, whose on again/off again girlfriend Brooke becomes Carolyn's bitter rival. When a make-out video of Carolyn and Shane makes the rounds, Carolyn goes from golden girl to slut in an instant and is badly bullied. Read by Andi Arndt. 8 hours 6 minutes. Barnes, Julian. The Noise Of Time. 2016. General Fiction. TB23692.In May 1937 a man in his early thirties waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block. He waits all through the night, expecting to be taken away to the Big House. Any celebrity he has known in the previous decade is no use to him now. And few who are taken to the Big House ever return.Read by Daniel Philpott. 5 hours 43 minutes. Beckett, Chris. Mother Of Eden. 2015. Science Fiction. TB23368.Dark Eden: book 2. Generations after the breakup of the human family of Eden, the Johnfolk emphasise knowledge and innovation, the Davidfolk tradition and cohesion. But both have built societies sustained by violence and dominated by men and both claim to be the favoured children of a long-dead woman from Earth that all Eden knows as Gela, the mother of all.Read by Jessica Martin and Oliver Hembrough. 12 hours 39 minutes. Blaylock, James P. Beneath London. 2015. Fantasy. TB23398.Langdon St. Ives: book 4. When the collapse of the Victoria Embankment uncovers a passage to an unknown realm Langdon St. Ives sets out explore it, not knowing that a psychopathic murderer is working to keep the underworld's secrets hidden for reasons of his own. Assumed to be dead and buried deep beneath London, St. Ives lives secretly on the streets of the city where he, and his friends, investigate a string of ghastly crimes.Read by Stephen Thorne. 12 hours 37 minutes. Boyd, William. Sweet Caress: The Many Lives Of Amory Clay. 2015. General Fiction. TB23694.Amory's first memory is of her father standing on his head. She has memories of him returning on leave during the First World War. But his absences, both actual and emotional, are what she chiefly remembers. It is her photographer uncle Greville who supplies the emotional bond she needs, and, when he gives her a camera and some rudimentary lessons in photography, unleashes a passion that will irrevocably shape her future.Read by Jilly Bond. 15 hours 7 minutes. Brackston, Paula. The Midnight Witch. 2015. Fantasy. TB23427.Lady Lilith Montgomery is one of the most beautiful women in London and engaged to the city's most eligible bachelor. She is also a witch. When her father dies, Lilith inherits their father's role as Head Witch of the Lazarus Coven. Lilith knows the Lazarus creed: secrecy and silence. But then she meets Bram. Despite her loyalty Lilith cannot keep her life as a witch hidden from the man she loves; yet, to tell him will risk everything.Read by Marisa Calin. 15 hours 35 minutes. Bray, Carys. A Song For Issy Bradley. 2014. General Fiction. TB23695.Ian used to think that his life had been disappointingly easy, compared to the pioneers. He had a happy marriage, four children, a satisfactory job and, for just over a year, he has served the church in his role as Bishop of the local congregation. And then Issy died. Now his wife, Claire, won't get out of their dead daughter's bottom bunk and she won't speak.Read by Emma Gregory. 10 hours 51 minutes. Brookmyre, Christopher. Attack Of The Unsinkable Rubber Ducks. 2015. Thriller. TB23697.Jack Parlabane: book 5. Jack Parlabane is dead. Or is he? In an unlikely twist of the democratic process, he had been elected Rector of Glasgow's Kelvin University, taking over the post from the celebrity para-psychologist Gabrielle Lafayette. One thing he knows for certain, however: Death is not the end - it's the ultimate undercover assignment.Contains swear words. Read by Angus King. 13 hours 1 minute. Buchan, Elizabeth. I Can't Begin To Tell You. 2015. General Fiction. TB23698.Denmark, 1940. War has come and everyone must choose a side. For British-born Kay, living on her husband Bror's country estate, the Nazi invasion and occupation of her adopted country is a time of terrible inner conflict. Bror is desperate to preserve the legacy of his family home, even if it means co-existing with the enemy, Kay knows she cannot do the same. Read by Anna Bentinck. 18 hours 8 minutes. Carr, Carol K. India Black And The Widow Of Windsor. 2014. Historical Crime. TB23665.Madam of espionage mystery: book 2. When Queen Victoria attends a séance, the spirit of her departed husband, insists she spend Christmas at their Scottish home in Balmoral. Prime Minister Disraeli suspects that the Scottish nationalists plan to assassinate the Queen and sends the resourceful India Black and the British spy, French, to the Highlands.Read by Penelope Freeman. 9 hours 48 minutes. Carriger, Gail. Changeless. 2014. Fantasy. TB23700.Parasol protectorate: book 2. Alexia Tarabotti, now Lady Maccon, awakens in the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs. Then he disappears - leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers, a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria.Read by Emily Gray. 10 hours 34 minutes. Carriger, Gail. Blameless. 2014. Fantasy. TB23701.Parasol protectorate: book 3. Quitting her husband's house and moving back in with her family, Lady Maccon becomes the scandal of the London season. Queen Victoria dismisses her from the Shadow Council and the only person who can explain anything, Lord Akeldama, unexpectedly leaves town. To top it all, Alexia is attacked by homicidal mechanical ladybugs.Read by Emily Gray. 11 hours 56 minutes. Chandler, Raymond. The Lady In The Lake. 2014. Classic Crime. TB23854.Philip Marlowe: book 4. Derace’s wife ran away to Mexico to get a quickie divorce and marry a Casanova-wannabe named Lavery. When Marlowe asks Lavery about it he denies everything and sends him packing. But when Marlowe next encounters Lavery, he's denying nothing, on account of the two bullet holes in his heart. Now Marlowe's on the trail of a killer, who leads him out of LA all the way to a murky mountain lake.Read by Ray Porter. 7 hours 9 minutes. Charteris, Leslie. The Saint In The Sun. 2015. Thriller. TB23405.Saint: book 36. In these seven stories, Simon faces competition in the jewel thief business, encounters an unpleasant movie mogul, uncovers a Ponzi scheme, deals with sabotage in the world of motor racing, finds a missing body and tangles with the Russians and rescues an heiress. Previous books in this series are also available.Read by John Telfer. 6 hours 55 minutes. Chase, Eve. Black Rabbit Hall. 2015. General Fiction.TB23702.At Black Rabbit Hall nothing much happens; until the worst thing happens for the Alton children. As they run wild, lost in grief and confusion, an outsider, Caroline, and her dark, angry son Lucian enter their lives, changing them forever. In the present day, Lorna is searching for her perfect wedding venue and is drawn to the now crumbling Black Rabbit Hall, unaware that her own history is locked up in those derelict walls.Read by Antonia Beamish. 13 hours 22 minutes. Chevalier, Tracy. At The Edge Of The Orchard. 2016. Historical Fiction. TB23703.In 1830s Ohio, the Goodenough family barely scratch out a living in the inhospitable Black Swamp. Robert and his sister Martha must watch as their parents' marriage is torn apart by disputes over whether to grow sweet apples to eat or sour apples for cider and applejack. One vicious fight sends Robert out alone across America, into a life dominated not by apple trees but by the mighty redwoods and sequoias of California.Read by Liza Ross. 8 hours 52 minutes. Clare, Tim. The Honours. 2015. Fantasy. TB23437.1935. Norfolk. War is looming and the sprawling estate of Alderberen Hall is shadowed by suspicion and paranoia. Thirteen-year-old Delphine is determined to uncover the secrets of the Hall's elite society, which has taken in her gullible mother and unstable father. As she explores the secret network of hidden passages that thread through the estate, she uncovers a world more dark and threatening than she ever imagined.Read by Julie Teal. 15 hours 8 minutes. Cleeves, Ann. Cold Earth. 2016. Crime. TB23792.Shetland Island: book 7. In the dark days of a Shetland winter, torrential rain triggers a landslide that crosses the main road and sweeps down to the sea. Jimmy Perez watches the flood of mud and peaty water smash through a croft house in its path and in the wreckage he finds the body of a dark-haired woman wearing a red silk dress. Then it emerges that she was already dead before the landslide hit the house. Read by Kenny Blyth. 10 hours 13 minutes. Coelho, Paulo. Adultery. 2014. General Fiction. TB23596.This is Linda's story. She's lucky. She knows that. It's what makes being unhappy even worse. Her friends advise taking medication, but Linda wants to feel more, not less. A meeting with a politician, and ex-boyfriend, reawakens a side of her that she - respectable wife, devoted mother and ambitious journalist - thought had disappeared. She embarks on a relationship that is addictive, dangerous and undeniably exciting. Contains sex scenes. Contains swear words. Read by Susan Denaker. 8 hours 13 minutes. Collins, Ciarán. The Gamal. 2014. General Fiction. TB23310.Meet Charlie. People think he's crazy. But he's not. People think he's stupid. But he's not. He's the Gamal. Charlie has a story to tell, about his best friends and the bad things that happened. But he can't tell it yet, at least not 'til he's worked out where the beginning is. This is the story of the dark heart of an Irish village, of how daring to be different can be dangerous, and how there is nothing a person will not do for love.Read by Matthew Waterson. 11 hours 55 minutes. Cornell, Paul. The Severed Streets. 2015. Fantasy. TB23424.Shadow police: book 2. D. I. Quill and his wily squad of supernatural crime-busters are coming to terms with their new-found second sight. When an invisible murderer kills a top cabinet minister in mysterious circumstances, the team knows this is a case for them. Attempts are hampered when their chief detective goes missing, and a core team member becomes more focussed on bringing her father back to life.Book 1 in this series is also available.Read by Damian Lynch. 13 hours 36 minutes. Costeloe, Diney. The Throwaway Children. 2015. Family Stories. TB23705.Rita and Rosie are only nine and five years old when their widowed mother marries a violent bully called Jimmy Randall. Under pressure from him, she is persuaded to send the girls to an orphanage. Not long after the powers that be decide to send a consignment of orphans to their sister institution in Australia. Among them, without their family's consent or knowledge, are Rita and Rosie, the throwaway children.Read by Anne Dover. 17 hours 56 minutes. Cottam, Francis. The Memory Of Trees. 2015. Fantasy. TB23349.Billionaire Saul Abercrombie owns a vast tract of land on the Pembrokeshire coast. By restoring the original forest that covered the area before medieval times, he believes he will rekindle the spirits of ancient folklore. But the re-planting of the forest will revive an altogether darker and more dangerous entity and young arboreal expert Tom Curtis will find himself engaging in an epic, ancient battle between good and evil.Read by David Rintoul. 9 hours 32minutes. Courtney, Joanna. The Chosen Queen. 2015. Historical Romance. TB23587.Queens of the Conquest: book 1. In England's royal court, Edyth dreams of marrying for love. When her family are exiled to the Welsh court, Edyth finds herself falling for the charismatic Griffin, the first King of all of Wales. Becoming his Queen catapults Edyth onto the opposing side of a bitter feud between England and Wales. Years later, Edyth is in line to take the English crown. As 1066 dawns, Edyth has to make an impossible choice. Read by Clare Corbett. 11 hours 29 minutes. Dawson, Mark. Salvation Row. 2015. Thriller. TB23418.John Milton: book 6. John is trying to make amends for a career spent killing. He is in Louisiana, with a debt to repay. Isadora, who saved his partner's life, needs his help. Joel, a ruthless property magnate, is out to sink the charity she established. Just when Milton thinks he has neutralised his plan, a man from his past takes an interest in his present. Boon used to work for the Mossad and might be more than Milton can handle.Books 1-5 in this series are also available.Read by David Thorpe. 0 hours 55 minutes. Dewar, Isla. Secrets Of A Family Album. 2015. Family Stories. TB23394.Lily: sister of Marie (three children, no husband) and Rory (doesn't want to come home for Christmas); wife of Art (cool and laid back); daughter of Mattie and John (have just learned that their pensions will be about half of what they anticipated); granddaughter of Grandpa (lives a secret Internet life posing as a much younger man). It's when Grandpa accidentally pops the TV remote in the post that the family's troubles really begin.Read by Vivien Heilbron. 14 hours 50 minutes. Dicker, Jo?l. The Truth About The Harry Quebert Affair. 2014. Crime. TB23707.August 30, 1975. The day of the disappearance. The day a small New Hampshire town lost its innocence. That summer Harry Quebert fell in love with 15-year-old Nola. 33 years later, her body is dug up from his yard along with a manuscript copy of his career-defining novel. Quebert is the only suspect. Marcus Goldman - Quebert's most gifted protégé – throws off his writer's block to save his mentor from the electric chair. Read by Robert G. Slade. 20 hours 33 minutes. Didierlaurent, Jean-Paul. The Reader On The 6:27. 2015. Humorous Fiction. TB23588.Guylain lives on the edge of existence, working at a book pulping factory in a job he hates. Sitting on the 6.27 train each day, Guylain recites aloud from pages he has saved from the jaws of his monstrous pulping machine. But it is when he discovers the diary of a lonely young woman, Julie - a woman who feels as lost in the world as he does - that his journey will truly begin.Read by Stephane Cornicar. 4 hours 7 minutes. Donoghue, Emma. Kissing The Witch. 2015. Short Stories. TB23385.Thirteen tales are unspun from the deeply familiar and woven anew into a collection of fairy tales that wind back through time. Emma Donoghue reveals heroines young and old in unexpected alliances – sometimes treacherous, sometimes erotic, but always courageous. Cinderella forsakes the handsome prince and runs off with the fairy godmother. Read by Maggie Mash. 4 hours 24 minutes. Duncan, Rod. The Bullet-Catcher's Daughter. 2015. Science Fiction. TB23431.Fall of the gas-lit empire: book 1. This is a novel of alternate history set in a divided England. The land is divided, following the Luddite revolution, into the puritan, progress -hating north and the decadent, Royalist south. Living right on the border and flitting between the two nations Elizabeth lives a double life, as both herself and as her own brother, the private detective. Read by Gemma Whelan. 10 hours 13 minutes. Edmondson, Elizabeth. The Villa In Italy. 2015. General Fiction. TB23381.Vintage mystery: book 1. Four people are named in a will. Delia, an opera singer robbed of her voice by illness; George, a scientist who cannot face what his skills have created; Marjorie, poor and unable to dislodge her writer's block; and Lucius, ostensibly in control but whose personal life is in chaos. All are summoned to the Villa Dante, home of the late Beatrice Malaspina. And she has a secret to reveal that will affect them all.Read by Nicolette McKenzie. 13 hours 20 minutes. Edmondson, Elizabeth. Villa On The Riviera. 2015. General Fiction. TB23382.In 1930s London Polly is struggling to make a living as an artist when her friend and patron, Oliver, invites her to his father’s house in the South of France. Polly finds the serenity and sunshine bring her painting to life as never before. But all is not well in the grand house. Yet even though Polly will find herself at the centre of a web of deception, her own future begins to take on a new and fascinating shape.Read by Nicolette McKenzie. 13 hours 55 minutes. Edmondson, Elizabeth. Voyage Of Innocence. 2015. General Fiction. TB23383.Three very different young women go up to Oxford in the years before World War Two. Vee, the clergyman's daughter. Her friendship with Alfred introduces her to politics and the subversive attractions of secret societies. Claudia, radiant, aristocratic, is equally drawn to the secret society and one member in particular. Lally, glamorous daughter of an Irish-American senator, is sceptical of the society and the arguments from both sides.Read by Nicolette McKenzie. 15 hours 33 minutes. Ellis, Mark. Stalin's Gold. 2015. Crime. TB23420.Frank Merlin: book 2. December 1938. Moscow. Josef Stalin has lost some gold. He asks his henchman, Beria, to track it down. September 1940. London. Above the city the Battle of Britain rages, on the streets below, DCI Frank Merlin and his officers investigate the sudden disappearance of Polish RAF pilot Ziggy Kilinski. While also battling an epidemic of looting unleashed by the chaos and destruction of the Blitz.Read by Matt Addis.10 hours. Evans, Harriet. A Place For Us. 2015. Family Stories. TB23709.The house has soft, purple wisteria twining around the door. You step inside. The hall is cool after the hot summer's day. The welcome is kind, and always warm. Yet something makes you suspect life here can't be as perfect as it seems. After all, the brightest smile can hide the darkest secret. But wouldn't you pay any price to have a glorious place like this? Welcome to Winterfold. Martha Winter's family is finally coming home.Read by Gabrielle Glaister. 17 hours 51 minutes. Everest, Elaine. The Woolworths Girls. 2016. Family Stories. TB23720.1939. On her first day at Woolworths, Sarah meets glamorous Maisie and shy Freda. The trio couldn't be more different but soon form a tight knit friendship. Sarah falls into the rhythm of her new job, enjoying the social events hosted by Woolies and her romance with the assistant manager, Alan. But with the threat of war the young men and women soon realise they may not have the luxury of a carefree youth or the time to fall in love.Read by Annie Aldington. 10 hours 45 minutes. Ewan, Chris. Scarlett Point. 2015. General Fiction. Short Story. TB23372.Cutler is a man with a secret, camping by on the Isle of Man. Luke is a young boy hunting for treasure from an incomplete map. Their lives collide at Scarlett Point in a story about trust, redemption and how sometimes you find what you most need when you're searching for something else.Read by Kris Dyer. 45 minutes. Fielding, Hannah. The Echoes Of Love. 2015. Romance. TB23350.Venetia has escaped to Italy's most captivating city to work in her godmother's architectural practice, hoping to put a lost love behind her. Paolo, a charismatic entrepreneur who bears the scars of a tragic past, is endeavouring to build a new life for himself. Venice on a misty carnival night brings these two people together. Daring to love again after so many years, can Venetia overcome her own demons?Read by Matt Addis. 14 hours 59 minutes. Forbes, Elena. The Jigsaw Man. 2015. Crime. TB23380.Mark Tartaglia: book 4. DI Mark Tartaglia is sent to a London hotel to investigate the murder of a young woman. When he recognises the victim, the case takes a dark and personal turn. Another case he has been investigating, the body of a homeless man found in a burnt out car, is also not what it seems. Tests reveal that the body has been assembled from the parts of four different people. Read by Ric Jerrom. 11 hours 18 minutes. Forna, Aminatta. Ancestor Stones. 2015. Literary Fiction. TB23367.Abie follows a letter from London to Africa to a coffee plantation that now could be hers if she wants it. Thus begins the gathering of her family's history through the tales of her aunts – four women born to four different wives of a wealthy plantation owner, her grandfather. Asana, Mariama, Hawa, and Serah: theirs is the story of a nation, a family, and four women's attempts to alter the course of her own destiny.Read by Adjoa Andoh. 12 hours 51 minutes. Furst, Alan. Midnight In Europe. 2015. Thriller. TB23710.Paris, 1938. Democratic forces are locked in struggle as the shadow of war edges over Europe. Cristián Ferrar, a handsome Spanish lawyer in Paris, is approached to help a clandestine agency supply weapons to Republican forces. He agrees, putting his life on the line. Joining Ferrar in his mission is an unlikely group of allies: idealists and gangsters, aristocrats and spies.Read by Peter Noble. 9 hours 52 minutes. Gibson, Gary. Extinction Game. 2015. Science Fiction. TB23387.Extinction game: book 1. Jerry Beche should be dead. Instead, he's rescued from a desolate Earth where he was the last man alive. He's then trained for the toughest conditions imaginable and placed with a crack team of specialists. And their new specialism? To retrieve weapons and data in missions to other apocalyptic worlds. But what is 'the Authority', the shadowy organization that rescued Beche? Read by Gavin Osbourne. 11 hours 19 minutes. Gibson, Mary. Custard Tarts And Broken Hearts. 2014. Family Stories. TB23711.The girls who work at the Pearce Duff custard and jelly factory are up in arms, striking for better conditions. Among them is Nellie Clark, trying to hold her family together after the death of her mother. Two men vie for Nellie's love. One is flamboyant, confident and a chancer. The other is steady, truthful and loyal. But the choice is not as easy as it might seem. Looming over them all is the shadow of the First World War.Read by Anne Dover. 15 hours 19 minutes. Gibson, Mary. Jam And Roses. 2015. Family Stories. TB23712.1920s Bermondsey: Southwells jam factory is where many of the girls work. And Milly knows she's lucky. At Southwells she can have a laugh with her mates. At home things are different. The Colman household is ruled by the tyrannical rages of her father. Often Milly feels she is the only thing protecting her mother and younger sisters from his murderous violence. Read by Anne Dover. 16 hours 15 minutes. Gibson, William. The Peripheral. 2015. Science Fiction. TB23442.Flynne lives in near-future America where jobs are scarce. She scrapes a living doing some freelance online game-playing, participating in some pretty weird stuff. Wilf lives in London, seventy-some years later. Things though are good for the haves. Flynne and Wilf are about to meet one another. Her world will be altered utterly, and Wilf's, will learn that some of these third-world types from the distant past can be real badass.Read by Lorelai King. 14 hours 9 minutes. Graham, Margaret. Easterleigh Hall At War. 2015. Historical Fiction. TB23360.Easterleigh Hall: book 2. England is at war and Easterleigh Hall has been turned into a hospital. With its army of volunteers and wounded servicemen, cook Evie Forbes is determined that everyone will be properly provided for, despite the threat of rationing. All the while she waits for letters from her fiancé and beloved brother, fighting on the Western Front. Then the worst happens as a telegram arrives with shattering news.Read by Katy Sobey. 11 hours 46 minutes. Greene, Graham. The End Of The Affair. 2015. Classic. TB23445.The novelist Maurice Bendrix's love affair with his friend's wife, Sarah, had begun in London during the Blitz. But, out of the blue she ended the relationship. Years later he sends a private detective to find out the truth.Read by Colin Firth. 6 hours 31 minutes. Gregson, Julia. Monsoon Summer. 2016. General Fiction. TB23633.Oxfordshire, 1947. Exhausted by the war Kit flees to Wickam Farm to recuperate. When Kit meets Anto, a complicated but charming trainee doctor, she falls utterly in love. When he informs his family that he is shortly to return home with an English bride, his parents are appalled, Kit's own mother is equally horrified. As they journey to a new life in India, Kit begins to realize the seriousness of what she has undertaken.Read by Maggie Mash. 17 hours 12 minutes. Gwynne, John. Valour. 2015. Fantasy. TB23400.Faithful and the fallen: book 2. The Banished Lands are torn by war as the army of High King Nathair sweeps the realm challenging all who oppose his holy crusade. Allied with the manipulative Queen Rhin of Cambren, there are few who can stand against him. But Rhin is playing her own games and has her eyes on a far greater prize.Book 1 in this series is also available.Read by Damian Lynch. 23 hours 47 minutes. Hall, Louisa. Speak. 2015. Science Fiction. TB23407.She cannot run. She cannot walk. She cannot even blink. As her batteries run down for the final time, all she can do is speak. Will you listen? 'Speak' is the story of artificial intelligence and of those who loved it, hated it and created it. Spanning geography and time, the novel takes us from Alan Turing's conviction in the 1950s to a Silicon Valley wunderkind imprisoned in 2040 for creating illegally lifelike dolls.Read by Adrian Rusk. 8 hours 19 minutes. Hall, Sarah. The Wolf Border. 2015. General Fiction. TB23435.Rachel has turned her back on home, kept distant by family disputes and her work monitoring wolves on an Idaho reservation. But now, summoned by the Earl of Annerdale and his controversial scheme to reintroduce the grey wolf, she is back in the peat and wet light of the Lake District. The return of the grey wolf coincides with her own regeneration: impending motherhood, and reconciliation with her estranged family.Read by Louise Brealey. 13 hours 19 minutes. Hamer, Kate. The Girl In The Red Coat. 2015. General Fiction. TB23714.Carmel becomes separated from her mother and is found by a man who claims to be her estranged grandfather. He tells her that her mother has had an accident and that she is to live with him for now. As days become weeks with her new family, 8-year-old Carmel realises that this man believes she has a special gift. While her mother desperately tries to find her, Carmel embarks on an extraordinary journey. Read by Antonia Beamish. 11 hours 52 minutes. Hannah, James. The A To Z Of You And Me. 2015. General Fiction. TB23353.The A to Z game. For Ivo, it's a way to pass the time, to avoid the pain. His hospice nurse suggested it. Think of a body part for each letter, and think of memories connected to each one. And so begins the revealing of his misspent life: the terrible teenage choices, friendships made and cracked, love he'll never get back. The girl who tried to help him, the friend who wouldn't let her, and the sickness that chases him even now.Read by Peter Noble. 8 hours 29 minutes. Hardisty, Paul E. The Abrupt Physics Of Dying. 2015. Thriller. TB23425.Claymore Straker: book 1. Working as an oil company engineer in the wilds of the Yemen, Claymore is hijacked at gunpoint by Islamic terrorists. Clay has a choice: uncover the cause of a mysterious sickness afflicting the village of Al Urush, or watch Abdulkader, his driver die. As the country descends into civil war and the village children start dying, Clay finds himself caught up in a ruthless struggle between opposing armies.Read by Peter Noble. 15 hours 14 minutes. Harrison, Sarah. The Wildflower Path. 2016. Family Stories. TB23755.Flowers: book 3. For great-grandmother Kate, marriage and family have brought peace after years of uncertainty. Stella, her fiercely independent daughter, and Will, her handsome, self -indulgent son, have challenges of their own to face. Will's daughter, Evie, is bringing up a son on her own. A secret from the past casts its shadow across four generations of the family. Read by Gabrielle Glaister. 18 hours 1 minute. Healey, Emma. Elizabeth Is Missing. 2014. General Fiction. TB23715.'Elizabeth is missing', reads the note in Maud's pocket in her own handwriting. Lately, Maud's been getting forgetful. She keeps buying peach slices when she has a cupboard full and writes notes to remind herself of things. But Maud is determined to discover what has happened to her friend, Elizabeth, and what it has to do with the unsolved disappearance of her sister Sukey, years back, just after the war.Read by Anna Bentinck. 11 hours 34 minutes. Heller, Mandasue. Afraid. 2015. Thriller. TB23356.When 15-year-old Skye's mother finally does something so shocking that it can't be hushed up, the police turn her over to the social workers and that's when the nightmare begins. She still has one friend to turn to: the girl she's met in an internet chat room, and Jade offers her a safe place to stay, Skye is willing to trust Jade. Even when it isn't Jade who turns up at the rendezvous, but a grown-up man who says he's Jade's brother.Read by Colleen Prendergast. 10 hours 19 minutes. Hill, Reginald. One Small Step. 2015. Crime. TB23362.Dalziel and Pascoe: book 12. In the year 2010 a French astronaut, one of an international space team from the Federated States of Europe, becomes the first man to be murdered on the moon. Retired D. S. Andrew Dalziel and Peter Pascoe are required to investigate.Read by Jonathan Keeble. 2 hours 26 minutes. Hill, Susan. Printer's Devil Court. 2015. Horror. TB23365.One evening after a meal, a conversation between four medical students takes a curious turn and Hugh is initiated into a dark secret. They have begun to interfere with death itself, they call on Hugh to witness an event both extraordinary and terrifying. Years later, Hugh returns to his student digs and the familiar surroundings resurrect unpleasant memories of these unnatural events, the true horror of which only slowly becomes apparent.Read by Steven Pacey. 1 hour 46 minutes. Hope, Anna. The Ballroom. 2016. Historical Romance. TB23491.1911: Inside an asylum, where men and women are kept apart by high walls and barred windows, there is a ballroom both vast and beautiful. For one bright evening every week they come together and dance. And, when John and Ella meet, it is a dance that will change two lives forever. Set over the heat wave summer of 1911, the end of the Edwardian era, this is tale of dangerous obsession and of madness and sanity.Read by Daniel Weyman. 10 hours. Hore, Rachel. A Week In Paris. 2015. Romance. TB23717.21-year-old Fay cannot remember her early childhood in London, before she moved to a Norfolk village with her mother, Kitty. Though she has seen a photograph of her father, she does not recall him. He died, she was told, in an air raid, and their house destroyed along with all their possessions. Why then, on a visit to Paris on tour with her orchestra, does a strange series of events suggest that she spent the war there instead? Read by Avita Jay. 14 hours 47 minutes. Hore, Rachel. The House On Bellevue Gardens. 2016. General Fiction. TB23716.Number 11 is a place of peace, of sanctuary and of secrets. It is home to Leonie; once a model in the sixties, she came to the house to escape a destructive marriage and now, out of gratitude, she opens her house to others in need. Rosa, Stef and Rick are running from their own problems. They have all found their way to Leonie’s home, each seeking refuge and searching for a new start. Read by Helen Lloyd. 12 hours 24 minutes. Hurwitz, Gregg Andrew. Orphan X. 2016. Thriller. TB23718.Orphan X: book 1. As a boy he was chosen, then taken from the orphanage he called home. Raised and trained as part of a top secret programme he was sent to the worst places in the world to do the things his government denied any knowledge of . Then he broke with the programme, using everything he'd learned to disappear. But now someone is on his tail. Read by Scott Brick. 11 hours 19 minutes. Hutson, Shaun. Monolith. 2015. Horror. TB23364.On the banks of the Thames a building is being completed. A creation of glass and concrete, a new landmark on London's skyline. Now people are dying because of it. Dozens of mysterious accidents have claimed the lives of workmen during the construction of the Crystal Tower. The owner, an enigmatic Russian businessman, has family links back to the site to the 1930s and a dark family secret of unstoppable force. Read by Ben Onwukwe. 10 hours 6 minutes. Imrie, Celia. Not Quite Nice. 2015. Chick Lit. TB23328.Theresa is desperate for a change. Forced into early retirement, fed up with babysitting her daughter's obnoxious children, she sells her house and moves to Bellevue-sur-Mer, just outside Nice. It is home to a close-knit set of expats. Carol, the glamorous American and her doting husband David; the British TV star Sally; the ferocious Sian and her Australian poet husband; the witty Zoe the suave Brian who catches Theresa's eye.Read by Celia Imrie. 8 hours 57 minutes. Irwin, Margaret. Still She Wished For Company. 2015. Fantasy. TB23409.The story moves between the 1920s and the 1770s, following: twentieth-century Jan, a London girl, and eighteenth-century Juliana, the youngest daughter of an aristocratic family. The two can see one another from time to time, but never manage to meet. Their lives converge as Juliana's father dies, and her wicked brother, Lucian, returns. Lucian recognizes a power in Juliana and uses this to reach out to Jan through the ages.Read by Eleanor David. 6 hours 59 minutes. Irwin, Margaret. Bloodstock And Other Stories. 2015. Short Stories. TB23410.The first five stories in this collection are stories from Ireland, exploring the dark history of the country and the optimism of its people. The following four tales are of the uncanny - studies of witchcraft and black magic. Mrs Oliver Cromwell is a revealing glimpse of the Lord Protector through the eyes of his homely unassuming wife. The last story 'Where beauty lies' is an eighteenth century frolic over a nobleman's choice of bride.Read by Sean Barrett and Lucy Scott. 7 hours 18 minutes. Irwin, Margaret. Knock Four Times. 2015. General Fiction. TB23411.What happened behind the door at which one had to knock four times? Many wildly incongruous happenings, but chiefly an attack on other doors, to make them open wide to the rash young adventurer Dicky. How Dicky fought his way to fortune, and how Celia fought hers to freedom by knocking four times on Dicky's door, is told in this story.Read by Zara Ram. 9 hours 20 minutes. Irwin, Margaret. The Proud Servant. 2015. Historical Fiction. TB23412.This is the story of James Graham, Marquis of Montrose, the soldier-poet who fought so magnificently and so fruitlessly for his King, Charles I. It is a tale of seduction and witchcraft and involving a promise made to Charles I to "raise Scotland for the King." Read by David Monteith. 9 hours 21 minutes. Jackson, Vina. Summer. 2015. Erotic Fiction. TB23441.The pleasure quartet: book 4. Summer has followed the ball to Rio, but her time with them is drawing to a close. Summer flits between men, determined not to lose herself to her darker nature. In London, music executive Noah comes across an album Viggo recorded with renowned violinist Summer Zahova. Entranced, he sets out on a mission to find her. However, Noah will only find Summer if she wants to be found.Contains sex scenes.Books 1-3 in this series are also available.Read by Imogen Church. 11 hours 11minutes. James, Erica. Summer At The Lake. 2014. Romance. TB23719.Lake Como is beautiful and romantic. For Floriana, it is the place where the love of her life is getting married to another woman. And she's been invited to the wedding. For Esme, it is where, over sixty years ago, she fell in love for the first time. Adam is in danger of burying himself in his work after his girlfriend left him. Could a trip to Como be the distraction he needs?Read by Antonia Beamish. 15 hours 32 minutes. James, Erica. The Song Of The Skylark. 2016. Chick Lit. TB23723.Lizzie has lost her job at a radio station. With no money in the bank she's forced to return home to her parents. Her mother finds her work at the local care home for the elderly, and it's there that Lizzie meets Mrs Dallimore. In her nineties, Mrs Dallimore finds old age has finally caught up with her. With her life drawing to a close she gives in to the temptation to relive the past by sharing it with Lizzie. Read by Genevieve Swallow. 14 hours 56 minutes. Jewell, Lisa. The Girls. 2015. Thriller. TB23726.Pip and Grace move with their mother Clare into an apartment in Virginia Terrace, a picturesque communal garden square, and an oasis in urban London. On a midsummer night, as a festive neighbourhood party is taking place, preteen Pip discovers her thirteen-year-old sister Grace lying unconscious and bloody in a hidden corner of a lush rose garden. What really happened to her and who is responsible?Read by Gabrielle Glaister and Amelie Jewell. 9 hours 32 minutes. Johnstone, Douglas. Hit And Run. 2015. Thriller. TB23377.Driving home from a party with his girlfriend and brother, all of them drunk and high on stolen pills, Billy accidentally hits someone in the night. In a panic they all decide to drive off. But the next day, Billy wakes to find he has to cover the story for the local paper. It turns out the dead man was Edinburgh's biggest crime lord, and as Billy struggles with what he's done, he is sucked into a nightmare of guilt, retribution, and violence.Read by Angus King. 6 hours 13 minutes. Johnstone, Douglas. The Dead Beat. 2015. Thriller. TB23378.Meet Martha. It's the first day of her new job as intern at Edinburgh's 'The Standard'. Put straight onto the obituary page, she takes a call from a former employee who seems to commit suicide while on the phone, something that echoes with her own troubled past. Setting in motion a frantic race around modern-day Edinburgh, this book traces Martha's desperate search for answers to the dark mystery of her parents' past.Read by Caroline Guthrie. 6 hours 16 minutes. Jorgensen, Lesley. Cat & Fiddle. 2015. Family Stories. TB23403.While Dr Choudhury is busy advising Henry Bourne on the restoration of Bourne Abbey to its former glory, his wife's main concern is marrying off their three children, whose chances of good matches are dwindling by the day. Bourne Abbey itself is the repository of an ancient mystery that links the histories and cultures of the Bournes and the Choudhurys in a way that no one could have anticipated.Read by Tanya Rodriguez. 17 hours 56 minutes. Kavanagh, Tasha. Things We Have In Common. 2015. Thriller. TB23436.Fifteen-year-old Yasmin is a social misfit - obese, obsessive and deemed a freak by her peers. Yasmin yearns for a sense of belonging, finding comfort in food and the fantasy of being close to Alice, a girl at school. Yasmin notices a man watching Alice from the school fence, she imagines he is plotting to abduct her. As Yasmin forges a relationship with this man, who is kinder to her than anyone else, her affections begin to shift. Read by Katy Sobey. 7 hours 26 minutes. Kehlmann, Daniel. F. 2015. General Fiction. TB23636.One day Arthur piles his three sons into the car and drives them to see the Great Lindemann, Master of Hypnosis. Protesting that he doesn't believe in magic even as he is led onto the stage, Arthur experiences something. Later that night, he takes his passport, empties all the money from his bank account, and vanishes. This is a tragicomic novel about three brothers, their relationship to their distant father, and their individual fates.Read by John Cormack, Geoffrey Newland and Philip Pope. 7 hours 58 minutes. King, Iain. Secrets Of The Last Nazi. 2015. Thriller. TB23392.Myles Munro: book 1. Berlin, 2015. A well-connected SS commander is found dead, having protected the last secret of the Nazi empire for 70 years. Led by misfit military historian Myles, a team begin to piece together the complex puzzle left by SS Captain Werner Stolz. The brutal killing of one of the group signals that they are not the only ones chasing the answer. Read by Laurence Kennedy. 12 hours 35 minutes. Lawson, Mark. The Allegations. 2016. General Fiction. TB23589.The morning after he has celebrated his 60th birthday at a celebrity-filled party, Ned is in bed with his partner when there's a knock on the door. Detectives from London police force's 'Operation Millpond' have come to arrest him over an allegation of sexual assault. Ned is one of the country's best-known historians but this 'historic' claim threatens to ruin him. Read by Peter Kenny. 4 hours 46 minutes. Ley, Rosanna. Return To Mandalay. 2014. General Fiction. TB23732.Eva has often wondered about her grandfather’s past, and exactly what happened to him in Burma during the Second World War. But it is only when Eva's job suddenly requires a trip to Mandalay that Lawrence finally breaks his silence and asks her to return a mysterious artefact of his own – a chinthe - to its rightful owner. Her mission soon proves complicated. Read by Sandra Duncan and Gareth Armstrong. 15 hours 30 minutes. Ley, Rosanna. The Saffron Trail. 2015. Chick Lit. TB23731.After the death of her beloved mother, Nell travels from Cornwall to the chaos of Marrakech. Exploring the heady delights of Moroccan cuisine could help her fulfil her dream of opening her own restaurant. It's there Nell meets Amy, a young photographer trying to unravel the story behind her family's involvement in the Vietnam War. The two women develop a close friendship and discover a surprising connection between their pasts.Read by Julie Teal. 14 hours 38 minutes. McCallum, David. Once A Crooked Man. 2016. Crime. TB23768.Sal, Max, and Enzo have spent their entire lives keeping a low profile. Now wealthy and aging, they have decided to retire from crime. Right after they tie up a few loose ends. But when actor Harry Murphy inadvertently overhears the Bruschetti brothers plotting to turn several associates into dead meat he is stricken by conscience and decides he must intervene.Read by David McCallum. 11 hours 58 minutes. McDermid, Val. The Skeleton Road. 2014. TB23735.When a skeleton is discovered hidden at the top of a gothic Victorian building in Edinburgh, cold case squad detective Karen Pirie is given the task of identifying the decades-old bones. However, her investigation leads her back to past conflicts, false identities and buried secrets. Read by Cathleen McCarron. 11 hours 35 minutes. McKinty, Adrian. Rain Dogs. 2016. Crime. TB23781.Sean Duffy: book 5. When journalist Lily is found dead in Carrickfergus Castle, it looks like a suicide. There are just a few things that bother Duffy enough to keep the case file open. This is how he finds out that she was working on an investigation of corruption and abuse at the highest levels of power. And so Duffy has two impossible problems on his desk: who killed Lily Bigelow? And what were they trying to hide?Read by Gerard Doyle. 10 hours 25 minutes. MacDonald, John D. Cape Fear. 2014. Thriller. TB23878.Max Cady, a brutal rapist, has been in prison for years, nursing his hatred for the man who put him away, attorney Sam Bowden. When Cady gets parole, he begins stalking Bowden's family. As Cady's campaign of terror mounts, the police are powerless to protect the family who must use their wits to survive a psychopath bent on revenge.Read by Stephen Hoye. 6 hours 14 minutes. Mawer, Simon. Tightrope. 2015. Thriller. TB23756.Marian Sutro: book 2. Returned to an England she barely knows and a post-war world she doesn't understand Marian searches for something on which to ground the rest of her life. Family and friends surround her and a young RAF officer attempts to bring her the normalities of love and affection. Marian is haunted by knowing that her contribution to the war effort helped lead to the development of the atomic bomb. Read by Gordon Griffin. 14 hours 10 minutes. Montefiore, Santa. The Beekeeper's Daughter. 2014. Romance. TB23736.England, 1932: Grace is the beekeeper's daughter. There is one man she loves who she knows she can never have. Massachusetts, 1973: Grace's daughter Trixie Valentine is in love with a wild and romantic boy. But when tragedy strikes and he has to go home to England, he promises to come back to Trixie one day, if only she will wait for him. Both are searching for love and happiness, unaware of the secrets that bind them.Read by Penelope Rawlins. 12 hours 50 minutes. Monument, Liz. The Eternity Fund. 2015. Science Fiction. TB23406.When Jess is recruited by the Unit for her unusual abilities, she hopes she's finally found safe haven. A sinister brotherhood are stealing human organs, and Jess and her handler are put on the case. Their quest takes them into the lair of a philanthropist and his daughter who run The Eternity Fund, anti-aging as it's never been known. Jess finds herself recalling the shadows of her past and wondering whether she will ever truly be free.Read by Imogen Church. 12 hours 14 minutes. Moran, Caitlin. How To Build A Girl. 2014. General Fiction. TB23533.It's 1990. Johanna Morrigan, 14, has shamed herself so badly on local TV that she decides that there's no point in being Johanna anymore and reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde - fast-talking, hard-drinking Gothic hero and full-time Lady Sex Adventurer! By 16, she's smoking cigarettes, getting drunk and working for a music paper. But what happens when Johanna realises she's built Dolly with a fatal flaw? Read by Louise Brealey. 9 hours 34 minutes. Murray, Annie. Water Gypsies. 2016. Family Stories. TB23797.Narrowboat girl: book 2. It is 1942, and after a tough childhood in Birmingham, Maryann Bartholomew has built a happy life with her husband and children working the canals on a narrowboat. But hard work and constant child bearing take their toll, and the death of a friend and another pregnancy lead her to a desperate and near-fatal act.Read by Penelope Freeman. 13 hours 21 minutes. Nesbo, Jo. Blood On Snow. 2015. Thriller. TB23603.This is the story of Olav: an extremely talented "fixer" for one of Oslo's most powerful crime bosses. When you 'fix' people for a living – terminally - it's hard to get close to anyone. But Olav is also a complicated fixer. He has a capacity for love that is as far-reaching as is his gift for murder. Now he's finally met the women of his dreams. But there are two problems: she's his boss's wife and Olav has just been hired to kill her.Read by Patti Smith. 4 hours 1 minute. Neville, Stuart. Those We Left Behind. 2016. Crime. TB23739.When 12-year-old Ciaran confessed to murdering his foster father it sent shock waves through the nation. DCI Flanagan, took Ciaran's confession. Probation officer Paula, tasked with helping Ciaran re-enter society, after having spent seven years locked away, suspects there was more to this than the police uncovered. When she brings her fears to DCI Flanagan, years of lies begin to unravel, setting a deadly chain of events in motion.Read by Deirdre O'Connell. 10 hours 7 minutes. Norman, Charity. The Son-In-Law. 2014. General Fiction. TB23740.On a winter's morning, a man turns his back on prison. Joseph has served his term. He's lost almost everything: his career as a teacher, his wife. All he has left is three children he is not allowed near. This is the story of Joseph, who killed his wife, Zoe. Of their three children who witnessed the event. Of Zoe's parents, Hannah and Frederick, who are bringing up the children and can't forgive or understand Joseph. Read by Anna Bentinck, Harriet Carmichael, Steven Crossley and David Nellist. 13 hours 26 minutes. Parker, Harry. Anatomy Of A Soldier. 2016. War Fiction. TB23742.Captain Barnes is leading British troops into a war zone when he is gravely injured by an exploding IED. This devastating moment and the transformative months that follow are narrated here by forty-five objects: shoes and boots, a snowflake, dog tags and the medical implements that are subsequently employed. This is a dramatic novel about one man's journey of survival and the experiences of those around him.Read by Finlay Robertson. 9 hours 30 minutes. Paris, B. A. Behind Closed Doors. 2016. Thriller. TB23817.Everyone knows a couple like Jack and Grace. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. You'd like to get to know Grace better. But it's difficult, because you realise Jack and Grace are never apart. Some might call this true love. Others might ask why Grace never answers the phone. Or how she can never meet for coffee, even though she doesn't work. And why there are bars on one of the bedroom windows?Read by Georgia Maguire. 8 hours 48 minutes. Parris, S. J. Conspiracy. 2016. Historical Crime. TB23802.Giordano Bruno: book 5. Paris, 1585. Giordano Bruno, heretic, philosopher and spy for Elizabeth's minister Sir Francis Walsingham, has come to Paris. King Henri III is surrounded by enemies, Bruno, alone and near destitute, turns to old friend and zealous preacher, Paul Lefevre. But when the priest is murdered, uttering the single word 'Circe' with his dying breath, Bruno is pulled into a dangerous world.Read by Daniel Philpott. 16 hours 17 minutes. Parsons, Tony. The Slaughter Man. 2015. Crime. TB23803.Max Wolfe: book 2. On New Year's Day, a family is found slaughtered inside their exclusive gated community, their youngest child stolen away. The murder weapon, a gun for stunning cattle before they are butchered, leads Detective Wolfe to a dusty corner of Scotland Yard's Black Museum devoted to a killer who, 30 years ago, was known as the Slaughter Man. But the Slaughter Man has done his time, and is now old and dying.Book 1 in this series is also available.Read by Colin Mace. 7 hours 25 minutes. Patrick, Phaedra. The Curious Charms Of Arthur Pepper. 2016. Humorous Fiction. TB23744.69-year-old Arthur Pepper is mourning the loss of his wife. On the anniversary of her death, he finally musters the courage to go through her possessions, and happens upon a charm bracelet that he has never seen before. What follows is a surprising adventure that takes Arthur from London to Paris and India in an epic quest to find out the truth about his wife’s secret life before they met. Read by Peter Joyce. 11 hours 14 minutes. Perry, Sarah. The Essex Serpent. 2017. Historical Fiction. TB23746.Set in Victorian London and an Essex village in the 1890's, this has at its heart the story of two extraordinary people who are drawn together and torn apart. They are Cora and Will, Cora is a London widow who moves to the Essex parish of Aldwinter, and Will is the local vicar. They meet as their village is engulfed by rumours that the mythical Essex Serpent, once said to roam the marshes claiming human lives, has returned.Read by Juanita McMahon. 14 hours 47 minutes. Pulkkinen, Riikka. The Limit. 2015. Literary Fiction. TB23430.Anja is on her way home with two errands in mind: first, to water the roses, and then to commit suicide. She is losing her husband to Alzheimer's disease, and she has made him a promise, one she's not sure she can keep. For Anja's niece, Mari, death is a teenage fantasy of grieving family and eternal beauty. But the adventure she longs for seems to come within reach when she begins a relationship with her charismatic teacher, Julian. Read by Kate Rawson. 9 hours 53 minutes. Pulley, Natasha. The Watchmaker Of Filigree Street. 2015. Fantasy. TB23336.1883, Thaniel returns to his flat to find the lock picked and a gold pocket watch on his pillow. He is a telegraphist at the Home Office, which has just received a threat for what could be the largest-scale Fenian bombing in history. When the watch saves Thaniel's life he goes in search of its maker, Mori, who sweeps him into a world of clockwork and music. Mori seems harmless, a chain of slips proves he must be hiding something.Read by Thomas Judd. 10 hours 14 minutes. Purser, Ann. Orphan Lamb. 2016. Country Life Fiction. TB23641.Round Ringford: book 4. Life should be simple for Robert and Mandy Bates. Newly married, with their own cottage in the idyllic country village of Round Ringford, what more could they want? But, as is often the case in the life of a small village, undercurrents beneath the tranquil surface of Round Ringford life soon begin to surface.Read by Joan Walker. 9 hours. Rash, Ron. The Cove. 2015. Literary Fiction. TB23432.Laurel and her brother live in a cabin in the shadow of a deep cove. The locals whisper about the cove being cursed. One day Laurel happens upon a stranger hiding in the trees. The mysterious Walter is soon drawn into life in the cove. But then a secret is uncovered that threatens to shatter their happiness. What follows is a story of love, fate and divided loyalties.Read by Jennifer Woodward. 6 hours 31minutes. Read, Miss. Mrs Griffin Sends Her Love And Other Writings. 2015. Country Life And Farming TB23361.Dora Saint, best known as Miss Read, was a novelist, and schoolmistress. This collection of Dora's writings, from before the creation of her famous persona to the early days of the Miss Read stories, is interspersed with previously unpublished extracts from her letters and diaries. She captures the joys of country life and village schools as well as revealing how Miss Read was first created, in a piece written for The Countryman in 1978.Read by Jilly Bond. 9 hours. Riley, Lucinda. The Storm Sister. 2016. Family Stories. TB23748.Seven sisters: book 2. Ally is about to compete in one of the world's most challenging yacht races when she hears of her adoptive father's sudden death. In the aftermath of the harrowing events that follow, Ally pursues the clues her father left her to the icy beauty of Norway. There, she begins to discover how her story is inextricably bound to that of a young unknown singer, Anna Landvik, who lived there over 100 years before.Book 1 in this series is also available.Read by Noreen Leyton and Rachel Lincoln. 21 hours 31 minutes. Robinson, Lucy. The Day We Disappeared. 2015. Chick Lit. TB23750.It's Spring and everything is about to change for Annie. From the moment she meets Stephen, things seem too good to be true as Annie abandons cautiousness for a wild love affair. In Somerset, Kate is starting a new job. Good old fashioned hard work is just what she needs to put everything that happened in Dublin behind her. But what are these two old friends hiding, and for how long can they run from the secrets of their past?Read by Julia Barrie. 15 hours 5 minutes. Simenon, Georges. The Flemish House. 2015. Classic Crime. TB23388.Inspector Maigret: book 14. Maigret is asked to the windswept, rainy border town of Givet by a young woman desperate to clear her family of murder. But their well-kept shop, the sleepy community, and its raging river all hide their own mysteries.Read by Gareth Armstrong. 3 hours 8 minutes. Simms, Chris. Sleeping Dogs. 2016. Crime. TB23810.DI Jon Spicer: book 7.Out walking with his family in the local park, Jon Spicer's life is shattered forever. The dog, aggressive and huge, appears from nowhere. At first, Jon assumes the attack was random. Soon, other events force him to think again. With his family under threat, Jon can do only one thing: fight back. The pursuit leads him to a remote Irish village where his family are originally from.Read by Dean Williamson. 14 hours 50 minutes. Slaughter, Karin. Pretty Girls. 2015. Thriller. TB23540.More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Neither has recovered from their shared loss-a devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed. What could connect the disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart?Read by Robert G. Slade and Jennifer Woodward. 14 hours 32 minutes. Smith, Ali. Autumn. 2016. Literary Fiction. TB23811.Autumn. Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness. That's what it felt like for Keats in 1819. How about Autumn 2016? Daniel is a century old. Elisabeth, born in 1984, has her eye on the future. The UK is in pieces, divided by a historic once-in-a-generation summer. Ali Smith's new novel is a meditation on a world growing ever more bordered and exclusive, on what richness and worth are, on what harvest means.Read by Melody Grove. 5 hours 29 minutes. Spufford, Francis. Golden Hill. 2016. Historical Fiction. TB23815.New York, 1746. One rainy evening, a charming and handsome stranger fresh off the boat from England, pitches up to a counting house on Golden Hill Street with a suspicious proposition - he has an order for a thousand pounds in his pocket that he wishes to cash. But can he be trusted? This is New York in its infancy, a place where a young man with a fast tongue can invent himself afresh, fall in love, and find a world of trouble.Read by Thomas Hodgkins. 9 hours 55 minutes. Stockwin, Julian. Command. 2014. Sea Stories. TB23812.Kydd: book 7. Thrilled at his first command, Thomas Kydd must race to bring his ship to battle readiness, but peace is suddenly declared and Kydd is left ashore on half pay. A rare chance gives him the opportunity to go to sea once again. He sets sail as captain of a convict transport for the penal colony in New South Wales and challenges that will test both his seamanship and humanity to the limit.Read by Christian Rodska. 10 hours 40 minutes. Taylor, Jodi. A Symphony Of Echoes. 2014. Fantasy. TB23890.Chronicles of St Mary's: book 2. Despatched to Victorian London to seek out Jack the Ripper, things go badly wrong when he finds the St Mary's historians first. Stalked through the fog-shrouded streets of Whitechapel, Max is soon running for her life again. And that's just the start. Max finds herself in a race against time when an old enemy is intent on destroying St Mary's. An enemy willing, if necessary, to destroy History itself.Read by Zara Ramm. 8 hours 42 minutes. Thomas, Rosie. Daughter Of The House. 2015. General Fiction. TB23346.Illusionists: book 2. London 1919. Born into a theatrical background, Nancy is not a woman to be held back by family or class. At a young age, she discovers clairvoyant abilities that will change her whole life. When she meets an enigmatic and handsome young man, an opportunity arises to escape the life she seems destined to lead but can she rely on a man who leads a double life, or must she look inside herself to break free?Book 1 in this series is also available.Read by Lucy Price-Lewis. 14 hours 20 minutes. Thompson, Kate. Secrets Of The Singer Girls. 2015. Family Stories. TB23752.1942. Sixteen-year-old Poppy turns up at the gates of Trout's clothing factory in Bethnal Green with no idea what her new life might have in store. Poppy harbours a dark secret. Each of her new friends at the factory is hiding something painful. Bound by ties of friendship, loyalty and family, the devastating events of the war will throw each of their lives into turmoil but also bring these women closer to each other. Read by Anne Dover. 11 hours 33 minutes. Thomson, E. S. Beloved Poison. 2016. Historical Crime. TB23187.Jem Flockhart: book 1. A crumbling 1850s London infirmary. Apothecary Jem Flockhart observes everything, but says nothing. And then six tiny coffins are uncovered, inside each a handful of dried flowers and a bundle of mouldering rags. When Jem comes across these strange relics hidden inside the infirmary's old chapel, her quest to understand their meaning prises open a long-forgotten past, with fatal consequences.Read by Victoria Grove. 11 hours 51 minutes. Tremain, Rose. The Gustav Sonata. 2016. Literary Fiction. TB23852.Gustav grows up in 'neutral' Switzerland, where the horrors of the Second World War seem a distant echo. Gustav's father has mysteriously died, his adored mother Emilie is strangely indifferent to him. A friendship with a boy of his own age, Anton, begins to define Gustav's life. Anton is Jewish, a talented pianist tortured by nerves when he has to play in public. Anton fails to understand how deeply and his life and Gustav's are entwined.Read by Mark Meadows. 9 hours 6 minutes. Tyler, Anne. Vinegar Girl: The taming of the shrew retold. 2016. Literary Fiction. TB23542.Kate is stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her scientist father and younger sister Bunny? Dr Battista has other problems. His brilliant young lab assistant, Pyotr, is about to be deported. And without Pyotr, his new scientific breakthrough will fall through. When Dr Battista cooks up an outrageous plan that will enable Pyotr to stay in the country, he’s relying, as usual, on Kate to help him. Read by Katherine Fenton. 6 hours 56 minutes. Waite, Terry. The Voyage Of The Golden Handshake. 2015. General Fiction. TB23366.Albert Hardcastle wakes up to the first day of his retirement. He and his wife, Alice, decide to celebrate by taking the luxury cruise of which they always dreamed. Meanwhile, Sir Benbow Harrington, a retired Royal Navy officer, is trying to assemble a fleet of passenger ships. His newest vessel, the Golden Handshake, is ready for its maiden voyage. At least that's what Sir Benbow thinks, and if others disagree, he ignores them. Read by Stephen Thorne. 12 hours. Ward, Sarah. In Bitter Chill. 2016. Crime. TB23759.Bampton, Derbyshire, January 1978. Two girls go missing: Rachel Jones returns, but Sophie Jenkins is never found. 30 years later, Sophie's mother commits suicide. Rachel has tried to put the past behind her and move on with her life, but news of the suicide re-opens old wounds and she realises that the only way she can have a future is to finally discover what really happened all those years ago.Read by Juanita McMahon. 11 hours 13 minutes. Weir, Alison. The Marriage Game. 2014. Historical Fiction. TB23760.Elizabeth I is the most sought-after bride in Europe. The tragic events in her past mean she cannot give herself to any man, and yet she relishes the thrill of the chase. Using sex and diplomacy, she plays the 'Marriage Game', dangling suitors to keep them friendly to her kingdom, while holding them off indefinitely. Playing this tantalising game with the married Robert Dudley, the son and grandson of traitors, could cost her the throne.Read by Julia Franklin. 17 hours 19 minutes. Willett, Marcia. The Songbird. 2016. Romance. TB23645.When Mattie invites her old friend Tim to stay in one of her family cottages on the edge of Dartmoor, she senses there is something he is not telling her. But as he gets to know the rest of the warm jumble of family by the moor, Tim begins to relax again and he discovers that everyone there has their own secrets. As Tim begins to open up, Mattie falls deeper in love. Read by Helen Bourne. 9 hours 19 minutes. Winter, Tom. Lost And Found. 2015. General Fiction. TB23438.Carol is unhappy so she puts pen to paper, she isn't expecting anyone to read her letters, so she doesn't address them. She marks them with a smiley face and pops them in the post box. Albert's retirement day at Royal Mail looms and he's given one final task; organise the 'lost letters' he arrives at one with a smiley face drawn in place of an address. Albert opens the letter, unaware that his world would never be the same again.Read by Julie Maisey. 6 hours 59 minutes. Winterson, Jeanette. The Gap Of Time: The Winter's Tale retold. 2015. Literary Fiction. TB23544.A baby girl is abandoned, her father has been driven mad by jealousy, her mother to exile by grief. Seventeen years later, Perdita doesn't know a lot about who she is but she's about to find out. Jeanette Winterson’s version of The Winter’s Tale vibrates with echoes of Shakespeare's original and tells a story of hearts broken and hearts healed, a story of revenge and forgiveness, a story that shows that whatever is lost shall be found.Read by Ben Onwukwe, Mark Bazeley, Penelope Rawlins. 7 hours 13 minutes. Adult non-fictionArt and DesignSudjic, Deyan. B Is For Bauhaus: An A-Z of the modern world. 2015. TB23375.Sudjic reflects on a lifetime's interest in design and explores those parts of it that he continues to find curious and inspiring. The book splits each chapter by using the letters of the alphabet: A is for Authentic, B is for Bauhaus, C is for Chair. It's a highly eclectic collection of pieces, written from a personal perspective by someone who lives, breathes and dreams about design.Read by Dan Morgan. 11 hours 51 minutes. Autobiography and biographyArianrhod, Robyn. Young Einstein: And the story of E=mc2. 2015. TB23379.Robyn Arianrhod blends biography with popular science to tell the story of how young Einstein developed a theory that, unknown to him at first, contained the seeds of his extraordinary equation E=mc2. Arianrhod makes the ideas behind the equation accessible and sets young Einstein's exploration of these ideas against the backdrop of his first loves, his family and marriage and, his childlike wonder at the nature of the universe.Read by Helen Noonan. 2 hours 25 minutes. Athill, Diana. Alive, Alive Oh! And Other Things That Matter. 2017. TB23863.Several years ago, Diana accepted that she could no longer live independently, and moved to a retirement home in Highgate. There, she found herself released from the daily anxieties of caring for her own property, and free to settle into her remaining years. She reflects on what it feels like to be very old, and on the moments in her long life that have risen to the surface and which sustain her in these last years.Read by Sheila Mitchell. 4 hours 23 minutes. Beckett, Francis. Blair Inc: The man behind the mask. 2015. TB23386.Since 2007, the empire of Tony Blair has grown exponentially. As a businessman he has been unprecedentedly successful for a former public servant, with a large property portfolio and an estimated 80 million pounds of earnings accrued in just a few short years. This book takes a close look at the complex financial structures in Blair's world and exposes the private dealings of this very public figure.Read by Roger Davis. 13 hours 47 minutes. Blessed, Brian. Absolute Pandemonium: The autobiography. 2015. TB23586.Brian Blessed is a national treasure, an actor whose career spans over 50 years with over 200 TV and film appearances and dozens of iconic roles. He's also an explorer and mountaineer, the oldest man to have trekked to the magnetic North Pole and to have climbed to 28,000 feet with oxygen, and a boxer who has sparred with Joe Louis and Mohammad Ali. Now this gifted raconteur is sharing his extraordinary story of a life lived to the full.Read by Brian Blessed. 13 hours 47 minutes. Close, F. E. Half Life: The Divided Life Of Bruno Pontecorvo, Physicist Or Spy. 2015. TB23444.Bruno Pontecorvo, a physicist at Harwell, Britain's atomic energy lab, disappeared without a trace. When he re-surfaced six years later, he was on the other side of the Iron Curtain. One of the most brilliant scientists of his generation, Pontecorvo was privy to many secrets. Yet MI5 insisted he was not a threat. Professor Frank Close exposes the truth about a man marked by the advent of the atomic age and the Cold War.Read by Nigel Anthony. 13 hours 48 minutes. Fearnley, James. Here Comes Everybody. 2015. TB23397.The Pogues' story is told by James Fearnley, founding member and accordion player. The band experienced huge success but relentless touring spiralled into years of drinking and excess which eventually took their toll, most famously on singer-songwriter Shane MacGowan. Fearnley brings to life the youthful friendships, the bust-ups, the amazing gigs, the terrible gigs, the fantastic highs and dramatic lows of life in the Pogues.Read by James Fearnley. 14 hours 56 minutes. Haig, Matt. Reasons To Stay Alive. 2015. TB23713.Aged 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. Struggling with depression and anxiety, he could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him and learned to live again. A moving, funny and joyous exploration of how to live better, love better and feel more alive, this is more than a memoir: it is a book about making the most of your time on Earth.Read by Matt Haig. 4 hours 21minutes. Jones, Bill. Alone: The Triumph And Tragedy Of John Curry. 2014. TB23329.1976, over 20 million people in Britain watched John Curry skate to Olympic glory on an ice rink in Austria. He was awarded the OBE. He was chosen as BBC Sports Personality of the Year. Curry had changed ice skating from marginal sport to high art. And yet the man was, and would always remain, an absolute mystery. Read by Bill Jones. 12 hours 57 minutes. Kalanithi, Paul. When Breath Becomes Air. 2016. TB23601.At the age of thirty-six, about to complete training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. This book chronicles Kalanithi’s transformation from a medical student asking what makes a virtuous and meaningful life into a neurosurgeon working in the core of human identity and finally into a patient and a new father. Paul Kalanithi died while working on this book, yet his words live on as a guide to us all.Read by Sunil Malhotra and Cassandra Campbell. 5 hours 38 minutes. Lenska, Rula. Rula: My Colourful Life. 2015. TB23363.Rula’s is an extraordinary life. Born in Britain to Polish aristocrats, Rula found fame in the 1970s as Q in the TV series Rock Follies. Shortly afterwards she accidentally conquered America with the infamous VO5 hair advert. But her success has often been tempered with heartache. The fanfare surrounding her celebrity marriage to Dennis Waterman quickly faded amid accusations of alcoholism and spousal abuse. Read by Rula Lenska. 7 hours 42 minutes. Lodge, David. Quite A Good Time To Be Born: A memoir: 1935-1975. 2015. TB23733.David looks back over his youth, including his years at University College London, where he met Mary, his future wife. After National Service, and two years' postgraduate research, married at last and soon a father, he struggles to make a start as both novelist and academic, until a lucky break brings him a job at the University of Birmingham and a stimulating friendship with a colleague of similar ambition, Malcolm Bradbury.Read by David Timson. 15 hours 22 minutes. Milne, Jo. Breaking The Silence. 2015. TB23782.Jo Milne had already lived a lifetime surrounded by silence, profoundly deaf from birth, when she began to lose her sight. Just before turning 30, Jo was diagnosed with Usher Syndrome, a rare genetic and progressive condition that will one day rob her of her sight altogether. Jo has always been determined to live her life to the full. In 2014 she had cochlearimplants fitted allowing her to hear for the first time. Read by Colleen Prendergast. 8 hours 20 minutes. Morris, Marc. King John: Treachery, tyranny and the road to Magna Carta. 2016. TB23357.King John is familiar to everyone as the villain from the tales of Robin Hood - greedy, cowardly, despicable and cruel. Marc Morris draws on contemporary chronicles and the king's own letters to bring the real John vividly to life. John was dynamic, inventive and relentless, but also a figure with terrible flaws. John's tyrannical rule climaxed in conspiracy and revolt, and his leading subjects famously forced him to issue Magna Carta. Read by Ric Jerrom. 14 hours 5 minutes. Qvortrup, Mads. Angela Merkel: Europe's most influential leader. 2016. TB23291.Angela Merkel has transformed German and European politics. Yet she may be the least understood ruler. Her government's hard approach to the crisis in Greece has seen her receive mass criticism worldwide and could well determine the future of the European Union. This title offers an account of the influences that shaped the life of Angela Merkel.Read by Robin Houston. 14 hours 39 minutes. Rentzenbrink, Cathy. The Last Act Of Love. 2016. TB23805.Two weeks before his GCSE results, which turned out to be the best in his school, Cathy’s brother Matty was knocked down on the way home from a night out. He was left in a permanent vegetative state. Cathy and her parents took care of Matty but there came a point at which it seemed the best thing they could do was let him go. Cathy describes the pain of losing her brother and the decision that changed her family's lives forever.Read by Jenny Funnell. 6 hours 36 minutes. Solnit, Rebecca. The Faraway Nearby. 2015. TB23429.One summer, Rebecca Solnit was bequeathed a hundred pounds of apricots; the fruit came from a tree that her mother, gradually succumbing to memory loss, could no longer tend to. From this unexpected inheritance came stories, spun like those of Scheherazade who used her gifts as a storyteller to prolong her life and weave her way into the heart of a king. Solnit draws together the threads of her life with the lives of others.Read by Rebecca Solnit. 7 hours 24 minutes. Business and ManagementGelles, David. Mindful Work: How meditation is changing business from the inside out. 2015. TB23373.Meditation may be the key to fostering a happier, more productive workplace. For the past few years, mindfulness has begun to transform the American workplace. Many of our largest companies, such as General Mills, and Google, have built extensive programs to foster mindful practices among their workers. David Gelles proves, mindfulness lowers stress, increases mental focus, and alleviates depression among workers.Read by Nick Podehl. 9 hours 12 minutes. Wilkinson, Pete. Unstoppable: Using the power of focus to take action and achieve your goals. 2015. TB23428.Be determined. Be driven. Be unstoppable. Don't just coast through life - power through. Get organised. Lead. Build relationships. Deliver results. With training from accomplished business coach and endurance triathlete Pete Wilkinson, you'll learn how to hone a razor-sharp focus, keep driving through to the finishing line and become what you've always wanted to be. Read by Ben Carter. 4 hours 47 minutes. Country Life and FarmingRebanks, James. The Shepherd's Life. 2015. TB23354.James is the son of a shepherd and his family have lived and worked in and around the Lake District for generations. These tales from an ancient landscape tell the story of an attachment to place, describing a way of life that is little noticed and yet has profoundly shaped this landscape. James takes us through a shepherd's year, offering a unique account of rural life and a fundamental connection with the land that most of us have lost.Read by Brian Dick. 7 hours 37 minutes. Health and FitnessEnders, Giulia. Gut: The inside story of our body's most under-rated organ. 2015. TB23390.Scientist Giulia Enders shows that the gut is one of the most complex and important, parts of our anatomy. Beginning with the personal experience of illness that inspired her research, and going on to explain everything from the basics of nutrient absorption to the latest science linking bowel bacteria with mental disorders, this is an entertaining handbook for those looking to improve their health and deepen their understanding of their body.Read by Katy Sobey. 7 hours 30 minutes. HistoryBarr, Niall. Yanks And Limeys: Alliance warfare in the second World War. 2015. TB23422.The relationship between America and Britain had a chequered past. Then the shared crisis of World War Two brought them closer than ever before, and saw an unprecedented level of military cooperation. To uncover how this relationship recovered Niall goes back to the origins of their shared military history in the American War of Independence and shows how these early days had ramifications for the later crucial alliance.Read by Philip Franks. 17 hours 18 minutes. Hunt, David. Girt: The Unauthorised History Of Australia. 2015. TB23374.Girt. No word could better capture the essence of Australia. David Hunt reveals the truth of Australia's past. It introduces forgotten heroes like Mary McLoghlin, transported for the crime of "felony of sock", and recounts the misfortunes of the escaped Irish convicts who set out to walk from Sydney to China, guided only by a hand-drawn paper compass, and explains the role of the coconut in Australia's only military coup.Read by David Hunt. 6 hours 47 minutes. Hall, Edith. The Ancient Greeks: Ten ways they shaped the modern world. 2016. TB23152.The ancient Greeks were a geographically disparate people whose civilization lasted over 20 centuries. Renowned classicist Edith Hall offers a revelatory and entirely new way of viewing this scattered people, identifying ten unique personality traits that she shows to be unique and central to the widespread ancient Greeks.Read by Monica Kendall. 13 hours 55 minutes. Lieven, D. C. B. Towards The Flame: Empire, war and the end of Tsarist Russia. 2015. TB23376.The Russian decision to mobilize in July 1914 may have been the single most catastrophic choice of the modern era. Russia's rulers thought they were acting to secure their future, but, after millions of deaths and two revolutions, they were consigning their class to death or exile and their country to a generations-long experiment under a very different regime.Read by Sean Barrett. 16 hours 3 minutes. Rideal, Rebecca. 1666: Plague, War And Hellfire. 2016. TB23642.1666 was a watershed year for England. It was the year of the Great Plague; the eruption of the second Dutch War, the clash between two great powers which ultimately ended in one of the English military's most humiliating defeats; and the Great Fire. It is a year in which in many ways, gave shape to the country we know today.Read by Charlotte Strevens. 8 hours 51 minutes. Riding, Jacqueline. Jacobites: A new history of the '45 rebellion. 2016. TB23579.When Charles Stuart, known as the Young Pretender, sailed from France to Scotland in July 1745, with only a handful of supporters to claim the throne for his exiled father, few people within Britain were alarmed. But after he raised the Stuart standard at Glenfinnan destroyed a contingent of the British army at Prestonpans near Edinburgh, and then marched south the rising threatened to destabilise the British state.Read by Frances Jeater. 22 hours 21 minutes. Scott, Michael. Ancient Worlds: An epic history of east & west. 2016. TB23680.Ancient Worlds illustrates how the great powers and characters of antiquity shared ambitions and crises, ways of thinking and forms of governing: connections that only grew stronger over the centuries as political systems evolved, mighty armies clashed and universal religions were born. Scott focuses on three epochal ‘moments’ across the ancient globe, and their profound wider significance: Read by Mark Elstob. 14 hours 58 minutes. Sebestyen, Victor. 1946: The making of the modern world. 2015. TB23439.With the end of the Second World War, a new world was born. Foreign correspondent and historian Victor Sebestyen draws on contemporary documents, including Stalin's briefing notes for the Potsdam and Paris conferences, to examine what lay behind the political decision-making.Read by Cameron Stewart. 13 hours 46 minutes. Von Tunzelmann, Alex. Blood And Sand: Suez, Hungary and the crisis that shook the world. 2017. TB23882.Over sixteen extraordinary days in October and November 1956, the twin crises of Suez and Hungary pushed the world to the brink of a nuclear conflict and what many at the time were calling World War III. Blood and Sand is a history of these dramatic events. It is a tale of conspiracy and revolutions, spies and terrorists, kidnappings and assassination plots, the fall of the British Empire and the rise of American hegemony.Read by Lisa Coleman. 15 hours 15 minutes. MusicBeer, Anna R. Sounds And Sweet Airs: The forgotten women of classical music. 2016. TB23283.'Sounds and Sweet Airs' reveals the hidden stories of eight remarkable composers, taking the reader on a journey from 17th-century Medici Florence to London in the Blitz. Revealing not just the lives and works of eight exceptional artists, historian Anna Beer also asks tough questions about the silencing of their legacy, which continues to this day.Read by Jane McDowell. 12 hours 48 minutes. Suchet, John. Mozart: The man revealed. 2016. TB23681.The story of Mozart's life is well known. Austrian-born to a tyrannical father who fiercely worked him; unhappily married to a spendthrift woman; a musical genius who died young thus depriving the world of future glories. Suchet shows us the real Mozart, a man blessed with an abundance of talent yet sometimes struggling to earn a living. His mischievous nature and earthy sense of humour, his ease and confidence in his own abilities. Read by Robin Houston. 10 hours 34 minutes. Natural HistoryCowen, Rob. Common Ground. 2016. TB23673.After moving from London to a new home in Yorkshire, Rob sets out to find the nearest local space - a pylon-slung edge-land, a tangle of wood, meadow, field and river on the outskirts of town. Digging deeper into this lost landscape, he begins to uncover its many layers and lives – beast, bird, insect, plant and people – in detail. Read by John Hopkins. 11 hours 30 minutes. PetsHumble, Kate. Friend For Life: The extraordinary partnership between humans and dogs. 2016. TB23555.The dog is an animal that lives alongside us and has inspired and intrigued artists and scientists. Dogs have become an invaluable partner to farmers, policemen, soldiers and trusted confidants to over five hundred million of us all over the world. This presents us with one great unsolved mystery: how did this relationship, the most complex and enduring of any between human and animal, begin in the first place? Read by Claire Louise Amias. 8 hours 34 minutes. Lane, Dick. Paws, Noses And People: A history of dogs for the disabled and the development of assistance dogs in the UK. 2015. TB23576.Dick Lane, now retired as a vet, has been closely involved in the charity Dogs for the Disabled since its foundation in the 1980s. In this fascinating and authoritative work, based on his own experience, on interviews with users of assistance dogs and from official records, he tells the story of the growing appreciation of the value of dogs to many people, from those with an autistic spectrum disorder to tetraplegics.Read by Charles Armstrong. 8 hours 18 minutes. PhilosophyRowlands, Mark. The Philosopher And The Wolf: lessons from the wild on love, death and happiness. 2015. TB23421.This book charts the relationship between Mark, a rootless philosopher, and Brenin, his extraordinarily well-travelled wolf. Brenin exerted an immense influence on Rowlands as both a person, and, strangely enough, as a philosopher, leading him to re-evaluate his attitude to love, happiness, nature and death. By turns funny and poignant, this life-affirming book will make you reappraise what it means to be human.Read by Gareth Armstrong. 7 hours 21 minutes. PoetryAngelou, Maya. Maya Angelou: The complete poetry. 2015. TB23662.From her reflections on African American life and hardship in 'Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie' to her revolutionary celebrations of womanhood in 'Phenomenal Woman' and 'Still I Rise', and her elegant tributes to dignitaries Bill Clinton and Nelson Mandela ('On the Pulse of Morning' and 'His Day Is Done', respectively), every word of Angelou's poetry is included in the pages of this volume.Read by Veronique Olin. 3 hours 21 minutes. Politics and governmentSmith, Harry Leslie. Harry's Last Stand: How the world my generation built is falling down, and what we can do to save it. 2015. TB23351.Harry was born in 1923 in Barnsley. There was no NHS, no welfare state. And then out of the rubble of the Second World War Harry's generation rebuilt the country. But now Harry sees history repeating - from NHS cutbacks to immigration policies and everything in between. 'Harry's Last Stand' shows, with the indisputable force of lived experience, why the past shouldn't stay buried, and the future is ours for the taking.Read by Ric Jerrom. 6 hours 26 minutes. Williams, Zoe. Get It Together: Why we deserve better politics. 2015. TB23443.Whether we have children or not we all want the future to be fairer and happier; and Zoe Williams believes that we need to make that happen collectively. Zoe addresses key questions including: has the NHS had its day; has an immigrant stolen your job; have you ever wondered why you can't afford a house; and who got us into this mess anyway? She offers up, in answer, a combination of fact, opinion and debate.Read by Lisa Coleman. 8 hours 46 minutes. Popular scienceChown, Marcus. What A Wonderful World. 2015. TB23358.Why do we breathe? What is money? How does the brain work? Why did life invent sex? Why is there something rather than nothing? In 'What a Wonderful World', Marcus Chown uses his vast scientific knowledge and deep understanding of extremely complex processes to answer simple questions about the workings of our everyday lives.Read by Clive Mantle. 10 hours 3 minutes. White, Rowland. Into The Black: The extraordinary untold story of the first flight of the space shuttle and the men who flew her. 2016. TB23543.NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia was the most advanced machine ever built. Yet less than an hour after departure it was clear that all was not well. Tiles designed to protect Columbia from the burn of re-entry were missing. If the damage was too great the astronauts would be unable to return safely. NASA turned to the National Reconnaissance Office, a spy agency hidden inside the Pentagon whose very existence was classified. Read by Eric Meyers. 15 hours 32 minutes. ReligionD'Arcy, Brian. And Catch The Heart Off Guard. 2015. TB23285.Fr D'Arcy reaches out to people to share something of his deep faith and his conviction of the boundless love of God. He speaks to people of faith and people of none, what he has to say speaks to the heart and the great human longing for acceptance and love. Offering a collection of thoughts, reflections and stories from the heart, to both challenge and comfort.Read by Stephen Armstrong. 5 hours 3 minutes. SocietyDugan, Emily. Finding Home: Real Stories Of Migrant Britain. 2015. TB23384.Award-winning reporter Emily Dugan follows the tumultuous lives of a group of immigrants, all facing extraordinary obstacles in their quest to live in the UK. Dugan's book reveals numerous intense personal dramas of ordinary men and woman as they struggle to find somewhere to call home.Read by Lisa Coleman. 9 hours. Moran, Caitlin. Moranifesto. 2016. TB23534.Caitlin Moran's engaging and amusing rallying call for our times combines the best of her recent columns with lots of new writing unique to this book. It deals with topics as pressing and diverse as 1980s swearing, benefits, boarding schools and why the internet is like a drunken toddler. Caitlin also makes a passionate effort to understand our 21st century society, presenting her 'Moranifesto' for making the world a better place.Read by Joanna Neary. 13 hours 32 minutes. Ronson, Jon. So You've Been Publicly Shamed. 2015. TB23402.In 2012, Jon’s online identity was stolen. Jon publicly confronted the imposters, a trio of academics who had created a Jon Ronson Twitter bot obsessed by food combinations and weird sex. At first, Jon was delighted to find strangers all over the world uniting to support him. The wrongdoers were quickly shamed into stopping. But then things got out of hand. This encounter prompted Jon to explore the phenomenon of public shaming.Read by Jon Ronson. 8 hours 19 minutes. TravelTheroux, Paul. Deep South. 2015. TB23813.Paul Theroux explores the Deep South. On a road trip, Theroux discovers a region of architectural and artistic wonders, music, mouth-watering cuisine and also some of the worst schools, medical care, housing, and unemployment in the nation. Theroux meets the unsung heroes, the people who never left, and also those who found their way home and devoted their lives to rebuilding a place they could never live without.Read by John McDonough. 23 hours 37 minutes. Yallop, Jacqueline. Dreamstreets: A Journey Through Britain's Village Utopias. 2015. TB22964.Jacqueline Yallop began her working life leading walks at a small village high in the fells of the North Pennines. Built for families working the lead mines, the isolated settlement was one of a network of 'model' villages which sprang up in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Yallop visits some of these experiments to explore their rich histories and understand the social, political, and cultural contexts from which they emerged.Read by Melissa Berry. 10 hours 5 minutes. True crimeHenderson, Deric. The Secret. 2016. TB23288.May 1991 in the town of Castlerock the bodies of Trevor and Lesley, are found in a car filled with carbon monoxide. The pair have apparently taken their own lives, unable to live with the pain of their spouses’ affair with each other. Their spouses, Hazel and Colin Howell, continued their affair but both later remarried other people. Howell's reveals that he and Hazel Stewart had conspired to murder their spouses nearly two decades earlier. Read by Nathan Gordon. 11 hours 17 minutes. Knight, Michelle. Finding Me. 2014. TB23729.Michelle Knight, the first of the three women abducted by notorious Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro, recounts the full story of her years in captivity, her escape, and the powerful inner strength and capacity for hope that has helped her rebuild her life.Read by Maria Cabezas. 7 hours 13 minutes. Lehr, Dick. Black Mass. 2016. TB23730.A true story of violence, double-cross and corruption, Black Mass takes us deep undercover, exposing one of the most outrageous scandals in FBI history. Boston, 1975. 'Whitey' Bulger, godfather of the Irish Mob, waits for an old school buddy. Since they last met, John Connolly has become a high-ranking FBI agent. Connolly needs an informant - someone with a good view of Boston's dark side. Whitey needs certain priority treatment. Read by Christopher Evan Welch. 13 hours 14 minutes. Warfare and DefenceGildea, Robert. Fighters In The Shadows: A New History Of The French Resistance. 2016. TB23569.The story of the French Resistance is central to French identity, but it is a story built on myths. 'La Resistance francaise' was not simply a national effort to free the country from German occupation, but a wider struggle, filled with conflicts and division. The movement was split between those on the far right and the far left, fighting for very different visions of the world. Read by Chris Courtenay. 22 hours 11 minutes. Ham, Paul. The Target Committee. 2015. TB23426.How did America choose the targets for the atomic bomb? Critical to the mission to destroy Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a series of meetings set up in mid-1945 and comprising America's most powerful military, political and scientific chiefs. In this absorbing narrative, Paul Ham shines a torch on their arguments to reveal the thinking behind the atomic destruction of two cities and how the Target Committee justified it at the time.Read by Andrew Martin. 2 hours. Children and young adult fictionSuggested reading age 7+Beauvais, Clementine. The Royal Bake Off. 2016. TB23761.Holly, Anna and Pepino are delighted when King Steve invites them to be his kitchen assistants in an international Royal Bake Off organised by his older brother, King Sam of Americanada. The prize money could finally make their dream come true: the intergalactic holiday of a lifetime. With one of the contestants also plotting to take over Americanada, can Anna, Holly and Pepino stay out of danger and win the competition?Read by Melody Grove. 1 hour 56 minutes. Caldecott, Elen. Diamonds And Daggers. 2015. TB21851.Marsh Road mysteries: book 1. Hollywood sensation Betty Massino has come to star in the theatre down the road and Piotr and his friends Andrew and Minnie couldn't be more excited! But when the famous actress's hugely expensive diamond necklace goes missing, Piotr's dad, a security guard at the theatre, is a prime suspect. Soon, Piotr faces the very real threat of being sent 'home' to Poland. Read by Edward Killingback. 4 hours 7 minutes. Huddleston, Tom. The Nest. 2016. TB23830.Star wars. Adventures in wild space: book 2. It is a dark time in a galaxy far, far away. When the parents of Milo and Lina Graf are abducted by agents of the evil Empire, the children must undertake a perilous journey across the unknown reaches of Wild Space to rescue them and to discover hope for the future. In this adventure, Milo and Lina trace their latest clue to a remote jungle world, where a terrifying beast lies in wait.Read by James Parsons. 1 hour 50 minutes. Pounder, Sibéal. Witch Wars. 2016. TB23786.Witch wars: book 1. When Fran the Fabulous Fairy turns up in Tiga’s shed to tell her she's a witch, Tiga doesn't believe her. Or at least not until Fran points out that TIGA WHICABIM is actually an anagram of I AM A BIG WITCH and magics her away down the drainpipes to compete in Witch Wars – the competition to crown the next Top Witch of Ritzy City.Read by Karen Cass. 4 hours 2 minutes. Riddell, Chris. Ottoline Goes To School. 2015. TB23592.Ottoline: book 2. Meet Ottoline and her hairy friend Mr. Munroe. Ottoline is off to the Alice B. Smith School for the Differently Gifted, but she is rather worried that she doesn't have a special gift. Mr. Munroe is more worried about the ghost who is said to haunt the school halls at night. Does Ottoline discover her hidden talent and can they expose the spook?Read by Ronni Ancona. 53 minutes. Suggested reading age 9+Fitzgerald, Ruth. Emily Sparkes And The Disco Disaster. 2016. TB23675.Emily Sparkes: book 3. Unfortunately for Emily, life has a way of humiliating her at every turn. Discovering his old record collection in the attic, her dad somehow gets the idea that he'd make a great DJ, and volunteers his services for the school disco. He even thinks he might have a go at rapping. Emily has two options: go and live in an igloo in the Arctic or raise enough money at the school fete to pay for a real DJ instead.Read by Rebecca Cooper. 3 hours 24 minutes. Humphrey, Kris. A Whisper Of Wolves. 2015. TB23634.Guardians of the wild: book 1. When hunters from her village disappear without a trace, Alice suspects that something sinister is at work and Storm, her wolf companion, has heard rumours of shape-shifters on the prowl. It's up to Alice and Storm to stop the Narlaw before they destroy the village.Read by Imogen Wilde. 3 hours 25 minutes. Kerr, Esme. The Glass Bird Girl. 2014. TB23784.Knight's Haddon: book 1. Orphan Edie finds herself at Knight's Haddon, a stately boarding school for girls. Sent by her art-dealer uncle to investigate the disappearance of a precious crystal bird that belongs to Anastasia, his client's daughter. Edie's assignment is not only to find the missing glass bird; it's to keep an eye on Anastasia, the unhappy daughter of a Russian prince. The two girls uncover a dangerous plot, how can they stop it?Read by Katy Sobey. 7 hours 19 minutes. Leonard, M. G. Beetle Boy. 2016. TB23785.Battle of the beetles: book 1. Darkus's dad has disappeared, but his new friend, a giant beetle called Baxter, is some consolation. Together, boy and beetle set out to solve the mystery of his father's disappearance. But Lucretia Cutter, a fashion designer with a penchant for beetle jewellery, is dead set against their success.Read by M.G. Leonard. 7 hours 20 minutes. Riddell, Chris. Goth Girl And The Fete Worse Than Death. 2015. TB23787.Goth girl: book 2. Preparations for the Ghastly-Gorm Garden Party and bake-off are under way. Celebrity cooks are arriving for the big event and, Maltravers, the indoor gamekeeper, is acting suspiciously. Ada's lady's maid Marylebone the bear has received a marriage proposal. Ada vows to aid the course of true love and find out what Maltravers is up to, but amidst all this activity, everyone, appears to have forgotten her birthday!Book 1 in this series is also available.Read by Lucy Brown. 2 hours 15 minutes. Riordan, Rick. Percy Jackson And The Greek Gods. 2014. TB23602.Who could tell the original stories of the gods of Olympus better than a modern-day demigod? In this whirlwind tour of Greek mythology, Percy Jackson gives his personal take on the gods and goddesses of ancient Greece and reveals the truth about how they came to rule the world.Read by Jessie Bernstein. 12 hours 27 minutes. Rundell, Katherine. Rooftoppers. 2015. TB23788.Sophie was found floating in a cello case in the English channel as a baby by Charles, who decides to raise her. Charles is an unconventional parent more concerned with raising a happy child, than one who fits into society's expectations. The setting moves between the rooftops of London and Paris as our charming pair of criminals run from the authorities who wish to take Sophie away.Read by Gordon Griffin. 6 hours 9 minutes. Suggested reading age 11+Bradford, Chris. Ambush. 2015. TB23371.Bodyguard: book 3. Teenage martial arts expert Connor Reeves is tasked with protecting a foreign ambassador's family on safari. The holiday turns to hell when their convoy is ambushed by gunmen. Fleeing through the bush, Connor and his assigned family become the prey in a shoot-to-kill hunt across the African plains.Books 1 and 2 in this series are also available.Read by Simon Victor. 9 hours 33 minutes. Suggested reading age 13+Benwell, Sarah. The Last Leaves Falling. 2015. TB23434.Japanese teenager Sora is diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). Lonely and isolated, Sora turns to the ancient wisdom of the samurai for guidance and comfort. But he also finds hope in the present; through the internet he finds friends that see him, not just his illness. This is a story of friendship and acceptance, and testing strength in an uncertain future.Read by Kris Dyer. 8 hours 35 minutes. Dashner, James. The Rule Of Thoughts. 2015. TB23396.Mortality doctrine: book 2. Michael completed the Path, he barely survived, but it was the only way VirtNet Security could track down the cyber-terrorist Kaine and make the Sleep safe. The truth Michael discovered about Kaine is more terrifying than even they feared. Kaine is a tangent, a computer program that has become sentient, and Michael's completing the Path was the first stage in turning Kaine's plan, the Mortality Doctrine, into a reality.Book 1 in this series is also available.Read by Eric Davies. 10 hours 15 minutes. Harcourt, Maggie. The Last Summer Of Us: Where Do We Go From Here? 2015. TB23408.Limpet, Steffan and Jared. Three best friends crammed into a clapped-out rust bucket of a car on a whirlwind road trip to forget their troubles and see out the end of the summer. But no matter how far they drive, they can't escape the hidden secrets and slow-burning romance that could upset the balance of their friendship, perhaps forever.Read by Claire Morgan. 7 hours 30 minutes. Higson, Charles. By Royal Command. 2014. TB23783.Young Bond: book 5. Following a treacherous rescue mission high in the Alps, James Bond is preparing for life back at Eton. But he is under surveillance and his every move is being watched. Forced to flee from Eton to Austria, James must leave behind everything he knows, with only a beautiful, and dangerous, girl by his side.Read by Nathaniel Parker. 9 hours 3 minutes. Sedgwick, Marcus. Killing The Dead. 2015. TB23359.1963. Foxgrove School Massachusetts. One of the oldest and finest academies in the country, but what really goes on behind closed doors? Nathaniel, the new young English teacher, Isobel, the quiet girl who loved to draw spirals, her fingers stained with green ink, Jack, who lent Isobel books - just words, just ink on paper, Margot, the girl with those eyes – who are they, what part have they played in killing the dead?Read by Trevor White. 2 hours 5 minutes. Smith, Dan. Big Game. 2015. TB23790.13-year-old Oskari is sent into the cold wilderness on an ancient test of manhood. He must survive armed only with a bow and arrow, but instead stumbles upon an escape pod from a burning airliner: Air Force One. Terrorists have shot down the President of the United States. The boy hunter and the world's most powerful man are suddenly the hunted, in a race against a deadly enemy.Read by Michael Bakkensen. 7 hours 15 minutes. Warga, Jasmine. My Heart & Other Black Holes. 2015. TB23564.Aysel and Roman plan to commit suicide together in a month's time. Aysel knows why she wants to die: being the daughter of a murderer doesn't equal normal, well-adjusted teenager. But she can't figure out why handsome, popular Roman wants to end it all and why he's even more determined than she is. Then something starts to grow between Aysel and Roman but is Aysel in so deep she can't turn back?Read by Stephanie Cannon. 7 hours 21minutes. Suggested reading age 15+Haig, Matt. Echo Boy. 2014. TB21458.Audrey's father taught her that to stay human in the modern world, she had to build a moat around herself; a moat of books and philosophy and dreams. It that makes Audrey different from the echoes: sophisticated, emotionless machines, built to resemble humans and to work for human masters. Daniel is an echo - but he's not like the others. He feels a connection with Audrey; a feeling he was never designed to have.Read by Jane Collingwood and Thomas Judd. 10 hours 3 minutes. McKerrow, Anna. Crow Moon. 2015. TB23678.Crow moon: book 1. Danny is a fun-loving 16-year-old who doesn't want to follow in his mum's witchy footsteps. Just as his community is being threatened by gangs intent on finding a lucrative power source to sell to the world, Danny discovers he is stunningly powerful. He falls for Saba, a gorgeous girl sorceress. With his community on the brink of war, Danny finds that love and sorcery are more dangerous than he ever imagined.Read by Luke de Belder. 11 hours 14 minutes. Newman, Kim. The Secrets Of Drearcliff Grange School. 2016. TB23880.A week after her mother found her sleeping on the ceiling, Amy is delivered to her new boarding school, Drearcliff Grange in Somerset. Drearcliff girls are special, the daughters of criminal masterminds, outlaw scientists and master magicians. When one of the girls in Amy's dormitory is abducted by a mysterious group in black hoods, Amy forms a superpowered society called the Moth Club to rescue their friend.Read by Joan Walker. 12 hours 8 minutes. O'Neill, Louise. Only Ever Yours. 2015. TB23801.Freida and Isabel, aged 16 and in their final year at the School, expect to be selected as companions, wives to wealthy and powerful men. The alternative, life as a concubine, is too horrible to contemplate. But, as the pressure to be perfect mounts, Isabel starts to self-destruct, putting her beauty in peril. Freida must fight for her future, even if it means betraying the only friend she has ever known.Read by Emma Weaver. 9 hours 32 minutes. Russo, Meredith. If I Was Your Girl. 2016. TB23789.My name is Amanda. I'm 18. When you look at me, you might see that I'm pretty and popular, you might think my life is easy. But being me has never been easy, because I haven't always been Amanda. When I was born, I was named Andrew. Now, at my new school, I finally feel like myself. But do I owe my new friends the truth about my past?Read by Samia Mounts. 7 hours 1 minute. ?To borrow booksCall RNIB on 0303 123 9999or email library@.ukTo buy booksCall RNIB on 0303 123 9999or online at .uk/shop? RNIB July 2016RNIB registered charity number 1156629 (England and Wales),SC044876 (Scotland) and 1173 (Isle of Man) ................
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