New Books issue 40 July 2014
Adult non-fiction Autobiography and biography
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Adult non-fictionAutobiography and biographyJason, David. David Jason: my life. TB 20961.David Jason’s life from humble beginnings through his incredible six decades at the top of the entertainment business. 2013. Read by Michael Fenton Stevens. 12 hours 19 minutes. TB 20961. Johnson, Alan. This boy. TB 20727.The story of two incredible women: Alan Johnson's mother, Lily, who battled against poor health, poverty, domestic violence and loneliness to try to ensure a better future for her children; and his sister, Linda, who had to assume an enormous amount of responsibility to protect her family. 2013. Read by Alan Johnson. 7 hours 55 minutes. TB 20727. Morton, Andrew. William and Catherine: their lives, their wedding. TB 19332.All aspects of the royal couple are examined including their intriguing romance, their engagement and the build-up to the big day itself, as well as the wedding in detail. 2011. Read by Phyllida Nash. 3 hours 52 minutes. TB 19332. O'Brien, Edna. Country girl. TB 20238.Edna O’Brien remembers, often painfully, her literary life of high drama and contemplation, her encounters with Hollywood giants, pop stars and literary titans. 2012. Read by Edna O'Brien. 13 hours 33 minutes. TB 20238. Murray, Andy. Seventy-seven: my road to Wimbledon glory. TB 21091.On the 7th July 2013 Murray became the first British man to lift the Wimbledon trophy for 77 years. Focusing on the last two dramatic years, he allows us a glimpse into his world - his intense training regime, his close-knit team and his mental and physical battle to get to the very top. 2013. Read by Ewan Donald. 3 hours 51 minutes. TB 21091. Sixsmith, Martin. Philomena: the true story of a mother and the son she had to give away. TB 20982.The story of a mother and son, whose lives were blighted by the forces of hypocrisy on both sides of the Atlantic and of the secrets they were forced to keep. 2013. Read by Brian Fenton. 14 hours 42 minutes. TB 20982. Vaughan, Michael. Time to declare: my autobiography. TB 20964.From his early days at Yorkshire, to his emergence as a world-class batsman and on to the recurring injuries that ultimately forced his retirement. 2009. Read by David Thorpe. 16 hours 42 minutes. TB 20964. HistoryChurchill, Winston S. A history of the English-speaking peoples. TB 20497.Volume 3: The age of revolution. During the long period of 1688 to 1815 three revolutions took place, and all led to war between the British and the French. 1958. Read by Christian Rodska. 12 hours 45 minutes. TB 20497. Marr, Andrew. A history of the world. TB 20670.The author of two histories of Great Britain turns his attention to the world as a whole and takes readers from the Mayans to Mongolia, from the kingdom of Benin to the court of the Jagiellonian kings of Poland. 2012. Read by David Timson. 26 hours 30 minutes. TB 20670. Morris, Richard. Time's anvil: England, archaeology and the imagination. TB 20967.Zig-zagging between prehistoric stone tools and Tudor theatre, 'Time's Anvil' weaves a series of interconnecting studies of apparently unrelated things and periods that are normally considered only in isolation. 2013. Read by Chris Courtney. 18 hours 34 minutes. TB 20967. Winder, Simon. Danubia: a personal history of Habsburg Europe. TB 20958.For centuries, much of Europe was in the hands of the peculiar Habsburg family. An unstable mixture of wizards, obsessives, melancholics, bores, musicians and warriors, they saw off a number of rivals until finally packing up in 1918. 2013. Read by Kris Dyer. 20 hours 11 minutes. TB 20958. TravelArmitage, Simon. Walking home. TB 20070.An extraordinary - yet ordinary - journey through Britain's remote and overlooked interior. It tells of the wildness of its landscape and the generosity of the locals who sustained him on his journey. 2012. Read by Simon Armitage. 8 hours 56 minutes. TB 20070. Dickson Wright, Clarissa. Clarissa's England. TB 20253.The quintessential Englishwoman Clarissa Dickson Wright, takes us on a personal journey through the country of her birth. 2012. Read by Clarissa Dickson Wright. 14 hours 26 minutes. TB 20253. Krakauer, Jon. Into thin air: a personal account of the Everest disaster. TB 21065.This is the true story of a 24-hour period in March, 1996 on Everest, when members of three separate expeditions were caught in a storm and faced a battle against hurricane-force winds, exposure, and the effects of altitude, which ended the worst single-season death toll in the peak's history. 2011. Read by Michael FitzPatrick. 11 hours 12 minutes. TB 21065. True crimeColquhoun, Kate. Mr Briggs' hat: a sensational account of Britain's first railway murder. TB 20869.On the 9th of July 1864, Thomas Briggs walked through Fenchurch Station and entered carriage 69 on the 9.45 Hackney-bound train – and so began what would become one of the most gripping murder cases of the age. 2012. Read by Sean Baker. 9 hours 39 minutes. TB 20869. Children and young adult fictionSuggested reading age 5+Hargreaves, Roger. Mr Men stories, volume 2. TB 20784.Join Mr Messy, Mr Snow, Mr Daydream, Mr Bounce, Mr Mean and Mr Chatterbox in these six delightful tales. 2013. Read by Arthur Lowe. 41 minutes. TB 20784. Stone, Rex. Flight of the winged serpent and other stories. TB 20034.The boys set off to explore around the beach and lagoon in their secret dinosaur world. They spot a Quetzalcoatus flying high above them. Suddenly a baby Quetzalcoatus falls off the high cliff next to them! 2012. Read by Daniel Hill. 1 hour 38 minutes. TB 20034. Suggested reading age 9+Angus, Sam. Soldier dog. TB 21018.Stanley's dad hasn't been the same since his wife died and his eldest son went off to fight in the war. Now Stanley's only friend is his dad's prizewinning greyhound, Rocket. Stanley runs away and enlists in the army to train as a messenger dog handler, and is soon heading to France with a great Dane called Bones by his side. 2012. Read by Simon Bubb. 6 hours 33 minutes. TB 21018. Blyton, Enid. Five have plenty of fun. TB 21013.George is not pleased when Berta, a spoilt American girl, turns up at Kirrin Cottage in the middle of the night - dressed in disguise! Berta is in hiding from kidnappers, and she needs help. The Famous Five are the only ones who can protect her . 1955. Read by Louise Jameson. 4 hours 15 minutes. TB 21013. Campbell-Johnston, Rachel. The child's elephant. TB 405152. Carnegie shortlist 2014. When Bat, a young African herd-boy, stumbles upon an orphaned baby elephant, he takes her home and pledges to look after her. As Meya grows and learns, she becomes part of Bat's family, and is soon the joy of the entire village. 2013. Read by female synthetic voice. 9 hours 48 minutes. TB 405152.
Cope, Andrew. Spy Dog - superbrain. TB 20771.A gang of villainous head teachers are plotting to make their school the very best. They're creating a secret formula, and the final ingredient is the brain of a child. Can anyone stop their dastardly plot? 2008. Read by Beth Chalmers. 2 hours 39 minutes. TB 20771. Doyle, Roddy. A greyhound of a girl. TB 20661.12-year-old Mary's beloved grandmother is near the end of her life. Letting go is hard - until Granny's long-dead mammy appears at Mary's door, returning to help her dying daughter say goodbye. 2012. Read by Caroline Lennon. 4 hours 15 minutes. TB 20661. Hitchcock, Fleur. Dear Scarlett . TB 20785,A funny, moving and absorbing story about a young girl's attempts to learn more about her dead father through the objects she finds in a cardboard box he's left her. 2013. Read by Victoria Fox. 4 hours 16 minutes. TB 20785. Horowitz, Anthony. Groosham Grange. TB 21000.Two ghoulish chillers in one fang-tastic volume! David quickly discovers that his new school, Groosham Grange, is a very weird place indeed. New pupils sign their names in blood; the French teacher disappears every full moon and the assistant headmaster keeps something very chilling in his room, and that's just the first year. In his second year, David is on a course to win the Unholy Grail – but something is trying to stop him from winning. 2003. Read by Sean Baker. 3 hours 29 minutes. TB 21000. Nimmo, Jenny. Charlie Bone and the shadow of Badlock. TB 20789.Children of the Red King; book 7. The enchanter Count Harken - the shadow in the painting of the Red King - is back and determined to stop Billy from discovering a life-changing family secret. His incredible power reaches out from the dark, magical land of Badlock. 2013. Read by Joe Coen. 7 hours 11 minutes. TB 20789. Rundell, Katherine. Rooftoppers. TB 405147. Carnegie shortlist 2014. When the Welfare Agency writes to her guardian threatening to send Sophie to an orphanage, she takes matters into her own hands and flees to Paris to look for her mother. She meets Matteo and his network of rooftoppers - urchins who live in the sky. Together they scour the city for Sophie's mother. 2013. Read by female synthetic voice. 5 hours 31 minutes. TB 405147.
Russell, Rachel Renee. Dork diaries. TB 20940.Nikki Maxwell is the opposite of popular - she's a total dork! But Nikki's hoping that by moving to a new school she might just stand a chance of making some friends and leaving her old lame-ways in the past. But life is never that simple! 2010. Read by Kelly Burke. 3 hours 32 minutes. TB 20940. Swindells, Robert. The ghosts of Givenham Keep. TB 20531.When a stranger takes over deserted Givenham Keep, The Outfit decide to investigate and find out what the owner has to hide. 2013. Read by Andy Crane. 1 hour 20 minutes. TB 20531. Stead, Rebecca. Liar & spy. TB 405146. Carnegie shortlist 2014. When Georges moves into a new apartment block he meets Safer, a twelve-year-old self-appointed spy. Soon Georges has become his spy recruit. But as Safer becomes more demanding, Georges starts to wonder: what is a game and what is a lie? How far is too far to go for your only friend? 2013. Read by female synthetic voice. 4 hours 51 minutes. TB 405146.
Wilson, Jacqueline. Four children and It. TB 20197.Echoing the classic E. Nesbit novel, 'Five Children and It', this new story is about children who discover a way to make wishes come true. 2012. Read by Jacqueline Wilson. 7 hours 31 minutes. TB 20197. Wilson, Jacqueline. Queenie. TB 20999.It's 1953, the year of the Coronation. Elsie lives with her Nan and they are very close but Elsie just wishes she was allowed a cat to keep her company sometimes. Then tragedy strikes. Nan and Elsie both fall ill with tuberculosis and Elsie finds herself confined to bed in hospital for months on end. But for the first time she also finds herself surrounded by true friends - including Queenie, the hospital's majestic white cat. 2013. Read by Elizabeth Proud. 10 hours 47 minutes. TB 20999. Suggested reading age 11+Cole, Stephen. The ring of steel. TB 20463.Doctor Who. When the Tardis lands on Orkney in the near future, the Doctor and Amy arrive to find a large demonstration in progress over the construction of new electricity pylons. The Doctor tries to break things up peacefully - but suddenly the road splits open without warning and swallows police, security guards and protestors alike. It’s left to Amy to take charge. 2010. Read by Arthur Darvill. 1 hour 22 minutes. TB 20463. Rosoff, Meg. Picture me gone. TB 20939.Mila is on a roadtrip across the USA with her father. They are looking for his best friend, but Mila discovers a more important truth. Sometimes the act of searching reveals more than the final discovery can. 2013. Read by Penelope Rawlins. 5 hours 47 minutes. TB 20939. Suggested reading age 13+Berry, Julie. All the truth that's in me. TB 405149 Carnegie shortlist 2014.Judith can't speak. Ever since the horrifying trauma that left her best friend dead, she's been a pariah in her community. When her community is attacked, Judith is forced to choose: continue to live in silence or recover her voice, even if what she has to say might change things forever. 2013. Read by female synthetic voice. 6 hours 45 minutes. TB 405149.
Carnegie shortlist 2014. In the winter of his eleventh year, Little Hawk goes deep into the forest, where he must endure a three month test of survival, which will turn him into a man. Outside the woods, the world is changing. English settlers are landing on the shores of the New World, and tensions between native tribes and the invaders are rising. 2013. Read by female synthetic voice. 7 hours 48 minutes. TB 405148.
Carnegie shortlist 2014. Edward is 4 when he is locked away by his abusive stepfather, Harris. By the time a neighbour spots his pale face peering through a crack, he is seven. Rescued, but damaged, Edward struggles to adapt to normal life. Then one day he catches a glimpse of himself in a photograph. What he sees is a vision of Harris. 2013. Read by female synthetic voice. 7 hours. TB 405145.
Delaney, Joseph. The spook's secret. TB 20995.Spook's; book 3. As the nights draw in the Spook decides to travel to his winter house. His apprentice, Tom, hates the desolate place. There are feral witches in the cellar; menacing creatures stirring on the nearby moors and a sinister stranger threatening Tom's master. 2007. Read by Richard Teverson. 10 hours 31 minutes. TB 20995. McFall, Claire. Ferryman. TB 20994.When teenager Dylan pulls herself free from a train wreck she believes she is the only survivor. Seeing the figure of a boy on the bank she enlists his help. But Tristan is no ordinary passerby, and Dylan soon learns that she is in fact the only fatality. Tristan is her ferryman tasked with guiding her through the wasteland to her afterlife. 2013. Read by Lynne Livingstone. 9 hours 56 minutes. TB 20994. McKenzie, Sophie. Hit squad. TB 20520.The four extraordinary teens brought together to form crime-fighting force, The Medusa Project, are due to be disbanded. But Nico, Ketty, Ed and Dylan are determined to investigate claims that a drug conveying the same powers as the Medusa gene has been developed. 2012. Read by Lisa Coleman. 6 hours 2 minutes. TB 20520. Pratchett, Terry. Dodger. TB 20526.Dodger is a tosher - a sewer scavenger living in the squalor of Dickensian London. Everyone who is nobody knows Dodger. Anyone who is anybody doesn't. But when he rescues a young girl from a beating, suddenly everybody wants to know him. And Dodgers tale of skulduggery, dark plans and even darker deeds begins. 2012. Read by Stephen Briggs. 9 hours 23 minutes. TB 20526. Sutcliffe, William. The wall: a modern fable. TB 405150. At the edge of his town is a high wall which can only be crossed through a heavily fortified checkpoint. Joshua has been taught that The Wall is the only thing keeping him and his people safe. One day, Joshua finds a tunnel which leads towards this forbidden territory, but nothing has prepared him for what he finds. 2013. Read by female synthetic speech. 7 hours 48 minutes. TB 405150.
Swindells, Robert. Brother in the land. TB 20956.Teenage Danny is one of the unlucky ones, a survivor, one of those who have come through a nuclear holocaust alive. In Shipley, an ordinary town in the North of England, there are still some other survivors to be found. 2000. Read by Roddy Peters. 4 hours 48 minutes. TB 20956. Suggested reading age 15+Brooks, Kevin. The bunker diary. TB 20884.Carnegie shortlist 2014. I can't believe I fell for it. It was still dark when I woke up this morning. As soon as my eyes opened I knew where I was. A low-ceilinged rectangular building made entirely of whitewashed concrete. There are six little rooms along the main corridor. There are no windows. No doors. The lift is the only way in or out. What's he going to do to me? 2013. Read by Philip Elstob. 6 hours 53 minutes. TB 20884. Books narrated by volunteersAdult fictionJenkins, Robin. The cone-gatherers. TB 405136. General fiction. Set during the Second World War and on a large Scottish estate where two brothers, Calum and Neil, are employed as cone-gatherers, Robin Jenkins' novel is a powerful examination of good and evil and mankind's propensity for both. 2004. 2 hours 4minutes. TB 405136
Toye, Joanna. The Archers: the Ambridge chronicles. Family. TB 405129.The Archer family, Dan, Doris, and their grown-up children, Jack, Philip and Christine, start 1951 at Brookfield Farm in Borsetshire, wishing for better weather. The farm is soon the least of their worries. 1998. 5 hours 11minutes. TB 405129 Adult non-fictionAutobiographies and biographiesByrne, Paula. The real Jane Austen: a life in small things. TB 405142. The real Jane was a less cosy, more spiky, more modern figure than she is usually imagined to be. Byrne's book uses new research and new techniques to give us Jane Austen for the 21st century. 2013. 16 hours 45 minutes. TB 405142
Richardson, Eddie. The last word. TB 405128.Eddie Richardson was for many years a dominant figure in Britain's criminal underworld. With brutal honesty, he describes the motivations behind his lifestyle and explains why, for him, it was only ever a question of survival. 2012. 8 hours 56 minutes. TB 405128. Sheldrick, Daphne. An African love story: love, life and elephants. TB 405133. A typical day for Daphne involves rescuing baby elephants from poachers; finding homes for orphan elephants, all the while campaigning against the possibility that the ivory trade might be re-opened. 2013. 14 hours and 39 minutes. TB 405133.
Food and DrinkChristmas made extra easy. TB 405135. 60 gorgeous slimming recipes for a very Merry Christmas. 2010. 2 hours and 4 minutes. TB 405135.
Walker, N. W. Fresh vegetables and fruit juices: what's missing in your body? TB 405130.The author explains how the lack or deficiency of certain elements from our diet is the primary cause of nearly every sickness and disease. 2009. 7 hours 29 minutes. TB 405130. HistoryBurrowes, John. Irish: the remarkable saga of a nation and a city. TB 405139. 'Irish' tells how Glasgow would not have become the powerhouse of the Industrial Revolution had it not been for the labours and skills of the tens of thousands who flooded in during and following Ireland's Great Famine. 2004. 15 hours 24 minutes. TB 405139.
MusicCollis, John. Van Morrison: inarticulate speech of the heart. TB 405123.Van Morrison has been regarded for nearly 30 years as one of the world's greatest rock musicians. John Collis's sympathetic biography looks at the musician and the man 1996. 6 hours 52 minutes. TB 405123. PoliticsGamble, Andrew. Britain in decline: economic policy, political strategy, and the British state. TB 405122.For a hundred years, Britain's decline as a great power has gone hand in hand with the relative decline of the British economy. Andrew Gamble's book provides a historical account of Britain's rise and fall and a succinct introduction to the main explanations of decline and political strategies for reversing it. 1994. 14 hours 23 minutes. TB 405122. Popular scienceThe good shopping guide. TB 405138. It details an enlightened approach to 21st-century consumerism that is easy to follow. By intelligently channelling our spending power, we can all easily support animal welfare, human rights and the environment. 2012. 23 hours and 6 minutes. TB 405138.
ReligionTen Boom, Corrie. This day is the Lord's: daily meditations from the author of 'The hiding place'. TB 405144.Corrie Ten Boom travelled across the world broadcasting her message of faith and forgiveness. With This Day is the Lord's, she offers a message, Scripture text and prayer for each day. 1999. 5 hours and 3 minutes. TB 405144. SocietyThe Driver. The bloodbus: tales from the Glasgow buses. TB 405134. This title is an insight into a bizarre underworld of villainy and madness, describing a Glasgow even more rowdy and riotous than the one we know during daylight hours. 2007. 5 hours. TB 405134. For sale items – no copy supplied Directory: sites -> default -> files files -> Answer True False 2 points Question 2 files -> Northern England’s set-jetting locations files -> Nstructions for Acquiring Excess Equipment online, through the 1033 Program files -> Occupational health and safety files -> The Black Panther Party’s Ten Point Program files -> International programs roel profile files -> Fermi Questions a guide for Teachers, Students, and Event Supervisors Lloyd Abrams, Ph. D. DuPont Company, cr&D/ccas experimental Station Wilmington, de 19880 files -> Personal Information Name: Maha Al-Ammari Nationality: Saudi Relationship Status Download 131.93 Kb. Share with your friends:
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