Animals and nature
Hick, Gillian. Vet among the pigeons. TB 21142.
With a mixed base animal practice in Wicklow, Gillian also travels regularly to inner city Dublin to work in the Bluecross animal welfare clinic. From six foot snakes to snuffling hedgehogs, Gillian encounters it all, along with the help of her ever-expanding young family.
2010. Read by Grainne Gillis. 6 hours 19 minutes. TB 21142.
Wigan, Michael. The salmon. TB 21080.
A fascinating journey into the extraordinary world of this king of fish.
2013. Read by Tom Carter. 11 hours 50 minutes. TB 21080.
Autobiography and biography
Donaldson, Gerald. Fangio: the life behind the legend. TB 21124.
Gerald Donaldson provides a fitting tribute to this iconic figure who many consider to be the greatest racing driver in history. His record of five World Championships stood for 45 years and he won nearly half the Grand Prix he entered.
2009. Read by Matt Addis. 11 hours 42 minutes. TB 21124.
Everett, Rupert. Red carpets and other banana skins. TB 21203.
Rupert Everett was in Moscow during the fall of communism, in Berlin the night the wall came down, and in downtown Manhattan on 9/11. His memoir swoops from the lifestyle of the British upper classes to the madness of Hollywood.
2007. Read by Greg Wagland. 18 hours 32 minutes. TB 21203.
Holman, Robert. Woodbine Willie: an unsung hero of World War One. TB 21205.
Woodbine Willie was the affectionate nickname of the Reverend Geoffrey Studdert Kennedy, an Anglican priest who volunteered as a chaplain on the Western Front during the First World War. This biography is based on original interviews with those who knew and loved him. A deep and real concern for his fellow men drove him relentlessly and it shows how vital was the role he played, first in the battlefields of the trenches and later in the slums.
2013. Read by Bob Rollett. 7 hours 41 minutes. TB 21205.
Humble, Kate. Humble by nature: life, lambs and a dog called Badger. TB 21152.
In 2010, Television presenter Kate Humble persuaded the Wye Valley council to let her and her husband take on a nearby farm as a working farm rather than be broken up into lots. Even though they hadn't the first clue of how to run a farm.
2013. Read by Kate Humble. 8 hours 9 minutes. TB 21152.
Yousafzai, Malala. I am Malala: the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban. TB 21093.
The inspiring story of a schoolgirl who was determined not to be intimidated by extremists, and faced the Taliban with immense courage.
2013. Read by Barathy Jones. 10 hours 47 minutes. TB 21093.
Health and fitness
Jones, Hilary. A day in your life. TB 21036.
Following an average family and their daily routine, Dr Hilary Jones tackles the questions that matter and examines what makes us tick in a fascinating and highly entertaining way.
2013. Read by Adrian Grove. 11 hours 26 minutes. TB 21036.
Wilson-Howarth, Jane. The essential guide to travel health: don't let bugs, bites and bowels spoil your trip. TB 21108.
Aimed at travellers to the tropics, mountainous regions and other remote areas of the developing world, this book gives advice on what to expect when you get to your destination, how to treat bites and stings, and general first aid.
2009. Read by Peter Crerar. 25 hours 34 minutes. TB 21108.
History
Gregson, Jonathan. Cathedrals in a nutshell. TB 21155.
A guide to the development of the cathedral from its earliest beginnings as a Bishops house, through the Romanesque and Gothic Periods and up to the most extravagant contemporary designs around the world.
2010. Read by Jonathan Gregson. 1 hour 21 minutes. TB 21155.
Higginbotham, Susan. The Woodvilles: the Wars of the Roses and England's most infamous family. TB 21134.
In 1464, the most eligible bachelor in England, Edward IV, stunned the nation by revealing his secret marriage to Elizabeth Woodville, a beautiful, impoverished widow whose father and brother Edward himself had once ridiculed as upstarts and so bringing them into the thick of the Wars of the Roses.
2013. Read by Sherry Baines. 10 hours 18 minutes. TB 21134.
Music and entertainment
Smillie, Thomson. An introduction to Gilbert and Sullivan. TB 21158.
The timeless popularity of the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan is explained, highlighting Gilbert’s mastery of language, his wit, his brilliant lyrics and the special melodic gift which enabled Arthur Sullivan to write music of such beauty and style.
2007. Read by David Timson. 2 hours 41 minutes. TB 21158.
Smillie, Thomson. Cosi fan tutte: an introduction to Mozart's Opera. TB 21157.
A guide to the opera that considers how on one level this is purely a social anecdote about young people falling in and out of love but how it was also invested with Mozart’s understanding of humanity and young love.
2007. Read by David Timson. 1 hour 21 minutes. TB 21157.
Poetry
Beowulf. Translated by Seamus Heaney. TB 21028.
In his new translation, Seamus Heaney has produced a work which is both true, line by line, to the original poem, and an expression, in its language and music, of something fundamental to his own creative gift.
2000. Read by Brian Fenton. 4 hours 18 minutes. TB 21028.
Machiavelli, Niccolo. The prince. TB 21156.
The Prince is a treatise that systematically charts the best strategies for successful governing. But it can also be read as the work of a secret republican subtly undermining the despotism of the ruling Medici family.
2011. Read by Nigel Carrington. 3 hours 15 minutes. TB 21156.
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