New Books – January 2014 Issue 37
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Braille
All titles are available for loan and sale unless otherwise stated.
Adult fiction
Allen, Louise. Scandal in the Regency Ballroom. Romance.
Mills & Boon Historical. Lady Miss Bree Mallory hopes no one in Society will discover that she once drove the stage from London to Newburyor that she returned unchaperoned with the rakishly attractive Max Dysart, Earl of Penrith! Yet, while beautiful Bree has no interest in marriage, Max's kisses are powerfully persuasive.
2013. 9v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24626703.
Also available in uncontracted braille. 10v. Order No: 24626705.
Anderson, Caroline. The secret in his heart. Romance.
Mills & Boons Medical. For Dr. James Slater, fulfilling his vow to look after his best friend's wife after he died in Afghanistan has never been simple. Now Connie has asked him to help her have a baby. He can't just father her child and then walk away; he wants and loves her too much for that.
2013. 3v. Price: £3.49. Order No: 24570807.
Anderson, Kevin J and Brian Herbert. Hellhole awakening. Science fiction.
Hellhole series; book 2. General Adolphus knows the Monarchy crackdown is coming. Now he needs to pull together all the resources of the Hellhole colony, the ever-expanding shadow-Xayan settlement, and his connections with the other Deep Zone worlds.
2013. 9v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 24627103.
Anderson, Natalie. Blame it on the bikini. Romance
Mills & Boon riva. Mya Campbell, trying on a ridiculously tiny bikini and texts her best friend the incriminating photo but she’s sent the photo to her best friend’s brother, Brad.Seeing a new side of Mya he makes seducing her his brand-new project!
2012. 3v. £3.99. Order No: 24626503.
Also available in uncontracted braille. 3v. Order No: 24626505.
Beukes, Lauren. The shining girls. Thriller.
Chicago 1931. Harper Curtis, a violent drifter, stumbles on a house with a secret as shocking as his own twisted nature - it opens onto other times. He uses it to stalk his carefully chosen 'shining girls' through the decades. Chicago, 1992. Kirby Mazrachi, whose life was shattered after a brutal attempt to murder her is still struggling to find her attacker, her only ally is Dan, an ex-homicide reporter who covered her case and now might be falling in love with her.
2013. 6v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 24557603.
Boyne, John. This house is haunted. Ghost story.
1867. Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as
governess at Gaudlin Hall on a dark and chilling night. She is greeted by the two children in her care, Isabella and Eustace. There are no parents, no adults at all, and no one to represent her mysterious employer.
2013. 4v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24626803.
Bulawayo, NoViolet. We need new names. General fiction.
Man Booker Shortlist 2013. Darling is a young girl from a slum in Zimbabwe called Paradise. Out of school because the teachers have all emigrated, she spends her days running with her pack of friends and stealing guavas. But everyone wants to go to the real paradise in America or Britain.
2013. 4v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24608305.
Catton, Eleanor. The luminaries. Historical fiction.
Man Booker winner 2013. It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune in the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery.
2013. 15v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 24608105.
Chadwick, Elizabeth. The summer queen. Historical fiction.
Eleanor of Aquitaine series; book 1. Eleanor has everything to look forward to as the heiress to wealthy Aquitaine. But when her beloved father dies suddenly, she is forced to marry the young prince Louis of France. Catapultedto being crowned King and Queen of France. Eleanor must face the complex and vivacious French court.
2013. 9v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 24627203.
Colgan, Jenny. The loveliest chocolate shop in Paris. General fiction.
When an accident changed everything, Anna was thrown back in touch with her French teacher, Claire, who offered her the chance of a lifetime - to work in Paris with her former sweetheart, Thierry, a master chocolatier.
2013. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24562003.
Connelly, Michael. The black box. Crime fiction.
Harry Bosch; book 18. When Harry Bosch finds the body of a female journalist executed in an alley, he cannot accept that he will never be able to bring her killer to justice. But then, 20 years later, Harry finds himself working in the Open Unsolved Unit, and suddenly the past comes back to haunt him.
2013. 6v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 24573403.
Crace, Jim. Harvest. General fiction.
Man Booker Shortlist 2013. In a remote, unnamed English hamlet, perhaps in the 17th Century, a trio of outsiders set up camp on the outskirts. That same night the local manor house is set on fire. Over the course of 7 days a chain of disastrous and shocking events play out, narrated by labourer Walter Thirsk.
2013. 4v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24607805.
Flynn, Katie. A Christmas to remember. Family story.
A few days before Christmas, Tess Williams rushes into Albert Payne's tobacconist shop, with two boys in hot pursuit saying she's a thief. Albert chases the boys away and changes her life.
2013. 6v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24627303.
Also available in uncontracted braille. 8v. Order No: 24627305.
Gregory, Philippa. The white princess. Historical fiction.
The cousins' war series; book 5. Eldest daughter of Edward IV, the young princess Elizabeth faces a conflict of loyalties between the red rose and the white. Forced into marriage with Henry VII, she must reconcile her slowly growing love for him with her loyalty to the House of York.
2013. 8v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24627403.
Hill, Joe. NOS-4R2: 1938: a novel. Horror.
Summer. Massachusetts. An old Silver Wraith with a frightening history. A story about one serial killer and his lingering, unfinished business. Anyone could be next. We're going to Christmasland. 'NOS4R2' is an old-fashioned horror novel in the best sense.
2013. 11v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 24580903.
Hislop, Victoria. The thread. Historical fiction.
Thessaloniki, 1917. As Dimitri Komninos is born, a devastating fire sweeps through the Greek city where Christians, Jews and Muslims live side by side. Five years later, Katerina Sarafoglou's home in Asia Minoris destroyed by the Turkish army. Losing her mother in the chaos, she flees across the sea to an unknown destination in Greece.
2012. 7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24589903.
Hornby, Gill. The hive. General fiction.
It's the start of another year at St Ambrose. But while the children are in the classroom colouring in, their mothers are learning sharper lessons on the other side of the school gates. Lessons in friendship, betrayal, the laws of community, and the transience of power.
2013. 6v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 24600903.
Iggulden, Conn. The blood of gods. Historical fiction.
Emperor series; book 5. Rome's great hero Julius Caesar has been brutally murdered by his most trusted allies. While these self-appointed liberatores seek refuge in the senate, they have underestimated one man: Caesar's adopted son Octavian, a man whose name will echo through history as Augustus Caesar.
2013. 7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24581203.
James, Peter. Dead man's time. Crime fiction.
DS Roy Grace; book 9. A robbery at a Brighton mansion leaves its elderly occupant dying and millions taken in valuables. But there is one item, of sentimental value, that her powerful family care about above all else, and they are ready to take the law into their own hands.
2013. 7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24588803.
Kelly, Sheelagh. A different kind of love. Family story.
When Probyn's wife dies he is touched to find that in his hour of need his sisters step in to care for the children. But Probyn's attempt to keep his family together leads to their oppression and abuse.
2003. 13v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24578203.
Krinard, Susan. Lord of the beasts. Romance.
Mills & Boon nocturne. Enchanted blood flows through vet Donal Fleming's veins but Donal's attraction to Cordelia has unleashed his most primal instincts. He must face the consequences of an impossible choice - between human love and the powers that, to him, are life itself.
2013. 7v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24573503.
Lahiri, Jhumpa. The lowland. General fiction.
Man Booker Prize shortlisted, 2013. Udayan finds himself drawn to the Naxalite movement, a rebellion waged to eradicate inequity and poverty. The repercussions of his actions reverberate across continents and seep through the generations that follow.
2013. 6v. Price: £5.99. Order No: 24607405.
L'Amour, Louis. UtahBlaine. Western.
Colonel Utah Blaine, held captive by the army of the revolution,breaks out of jail and heads north. He finds new trouble struggling at the end of a noose, and steps in just in time to save the life of a Texas rancher. The executioners are the rancher's own men, looking to steal his land.
2006. 3v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 24600603.
Lindsay, Jeff. Dexter is delicious. Crime fiction.
Dexter series; book 5. Everything's changing for our friendly neighbourhood serial killer. As if getting married wasn't enough Dex is now the proud father of a baby girl. And disconcertingly, he actually seems to care.
2011. 7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24600503.
McKenzie, Sophie. Close my eyes. Thriller.
It's been eight years since Gen Loxley lost her daughter, Beth. Then a woman arrives on Gen's doorstep, saying the very thing she longs to hear: that her daughter was not stillborn, but was spirited away as a healthy child, and is out there, waiting to be found.
2013. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24601203.
Moyes, Jojo. Me before you. Romance.
Lou Clark knows lots of things but she doesn't know she's about to lose her job or that knowing what's coming is what keeps her sane. Will Traynor knows his motorcycle accident took away his desire to live. What Will doesn't know is that Lou is about to burst into his world in a riot of colour.
2012. 7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 23506503.
Myerson, Julie. The quickening. Horror.
Rachel and Dan expecting their first baby, go on honeymoon in Antigua. As furniture shifts and objects fly around a waitress begs her to leave. But Dan seems to have his own reasons for wanting to stay.
2013. 3v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 24572403.
Ozeki, Ruth. A tale for the time being. General fiction.
Man Booker Shortlist 2013. Ruth discovers a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the shore of her beach home. Within it lies a diary that expresses the hopes and dreams of a young girl. With every turn of the page, she is sucked deeper into an enchanting mystery.
2013. 7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24608405.
Pearse, Lesley. Forgive me. Family fiction.
Cheltenham, 1991. Eva Patterson returns home from work to find her mother, Flora, dead in the bath. Beside her is a note saying only: 'Forgive Me'. In her will Flora left Eva an artist's studio in London, she realises how little she knows about her mother's past.
2013. 7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24572503.
Roberts, Nora. Bed of roses. Romance.
The bride quartet; book 2. Emmaline Grant has always loved romance, so it's really no surprise that she has found her calling as a wedding florist. Yet while men swarm around her, she still hasn't found Mr Right.
2009. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24591203.
Shaw, Rebecca. Village secrets: tales from Turnham Malpas. Countrylife fiction.
Kate Pascoe is the new head teacher of the village school. She arrives at Turnham Malpas with very different ideas to those of her predecessor. In the end Kate finds a place she can call home and then her obsessions are forgiven if not forgotten.
1999. 4v. Price: £5.99. Order No: 24578503.
Shriver, Lionel. Big Brother. General fiction.
When Pandora picks up her older brother Edison at the airport, she literally doesn't recognise him. Edisondrives hers health-and-fitness freak husband Fletcher insane who delivers his wife an ultimatum - it's him or me. Pandora chooses her brother - who, without her support in losing weight, will surely eat himself into an early grave.
2013. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24588703.
Sparks, Nicholas. A walk to remember. Romance.
Landon Carter would never have dreamed of asking Jamie Sullivan out, but a twist of fate throws them together. In the months that follow they begin to fall in love. Then he discovers that Jamie has a reason for not letting people close.
2013. 3v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24600403.
Thompson, E V. The bonds of Earth. Historical fiction.
In 1837 when rich deposits of copper ore are discovered, a huge influx of miners flock to the area, bringing with them problems alien to the countrymen. Goran, whose working life is divided between two farms finds himself caught between two cultures.
2012. 4v. Price: £11.99. Order No: 24573703.
Toibin, Colm. The testament of Mary. General fiction.
Man Booker Shortlist 2013. For Mary, her son has been lost to the world, and now, living in exile and in fear, she tries to piece together the memories of the events that led to her son's brutal death.
2012. 1v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24607505.
Townsend, Sue. The lost diaries of Adrian Mole, 1999-2001. Humourous fiction.
Adrian Mole; book 7. Entering 'early middle age' Adrian Mole lives alone with his two sons and a growing suspicion that life is passing him by. Forced to move his family to the notorious Gaitskell Estate, Adrian is soon doing battle once again with the fickle finger of fate.
2012. 3v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 24588303.
Also available in uncontracted braille. 4v. Order No: 24588305.
Vincenzi, Penny. An absolute scandal. General fiction.
It was one of the biggest financial scandals of the 1980s. It startedwith just a few requests for money from various names, but then the demands got bigger . Soon, thousands of people have found their comfortable lives ruined, all because of their greed for more money. How will Lucinda, Elizabeth and Flora cope?
2008.17v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24577503.
Adult non-fiction
Animals and nature
Bowen, James. The world according to Bob.
The sequel to the bestselling 'A Street Cat Named Bob' continues theremarkable adventures of James and Bob.
2013. 3v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24591603.
Autobiography and biography
Connors, Jimmy. The outsider: my autobiography.
Jimmy Connors took the tennis world by storm . A working-class kid from the wrong sideof the tracks, he was prepared to battle for every point, to shout andscream until he was heard, and he didn't care whom he upset in doing so.
2013. 7v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 24629903.
Crace, John. Harry's games.
Who is Harry Redknapp? Football genius or football chancer? Mastertactician or practical joker? How is it that even when he was facing courtproceedings for tax evasion so many people were still seriously tippinghim to be the next England manager?
2013. 4v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24562103.
Dunn, Jane. Daphne Du Maurier and her sisters: the hidden lives ofPiffy, Bird and Bing.
The Du Mauriers - three beautiful, successful and rebellious sisters,whose lives were bound in a family drama that inspired Angela and Daphne'sbest novels.
2013. 8v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 23580803.
Harrington, Suzanne. The liberty tree: drunk to sober via love, death,disintegration & freedom.
Suzanne Harris did all the things adults do long before she'd grown up.She married, had babies, was homeless for a while - and drank. Later freedfrom herdemons she embraced life, while her husband chose escape.
2013. 4v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 24627803.
Johnson, Alan. This boy.
This is the story of two incredible women: Alan Johnson's mother,Lily, who battled against poor health, poverty, domestic violence andloneliness to try to ensure a better future for her children; and hissister, Linda, who had to assume an enormous amount of responsibility toprotect her family.
2013. 4v. Price: £16.99. Order No:24600803.
Monk, Ray. Inside the centre: the life of J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Reveals the motivationsand complexities of this brilliant and divisive man. Oppenheimer haddiverse interests and phenomenal intellectual attributes, but also acomplicated and fragile personality.
2012. 20v. Price: £30.00. Order No: 23601403.
Muamba, Fabrice. Fabrice Muamba: I'm still standing.
Muamba was the BoltonWanderers player who collapsed during a televised FA Cup match againstTottenham Hotspur. Muamba's heart stopped beating for 78 minutes. But amazinglyhesurvived.
2012. 4v. Price: £12.99. Order No:24591412.
Prentis, Evelyn. A nurse in action: my life as a nurse in the Second World War.
Not only did the nurses have to cope with stray bombs and influxes ofpatients from as far away Dunkirk, but there were also RAF men stationednearby - which caused considerable entertainment and disappointment, and agood number of marriages.
2011. 4v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 24578303.
Widdecombe, Ann. Strictly Ann: the autobiography.
These are the memoirs of a woman who joined the old Conservative Partyin 1964, was politically formed by the 70s and saw Thatcherism in the 80s- then ministerial office and later the Shadow Cabinet. It is also a bookfor people who struggle with moral dilemmas even if they are not convertsto RomanCatholicism like Ann.
2013. 8v. Price: £20.00. Order No:24581303.
Health and fitness
Davis, Martha, Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman, and Matthew McKay. The relaxation and stress reduction workbook.
Each chapter of this workbook follows a practical format, including ahistory of the technique covered, symptom effectiveness, examples,checklist, further reading and homework.