New Books issue 41 – September 2014

Reid, Jamie. Doped: the real life story of the 1960s racehorse doping gang. TB 21052

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Sport

Reid, Jamie. Doped: the real life story of the 1960s racehorse doping gang. TB 21052.

Combining a potent mix of horse racing, drugs, sex, class, crime, gambling and the monarchy, it tells the true story of one of the biggest doping scandals in British racing history.

2013. Read by Philip Bretherton. 10 hours 27 minutes. TB 21052.

Travel

Soskice, Janet Martin. Sisters of Sinai: how two lady adventurers found the hidden gospels. TB 21068.

In 1892, two adventurous sisters made one of the most important religious finds of the century. It traces the footsteps of the Smith sisters as they voyage to Egypt, Sinai and beyond, clutching their Murray's guidebook.

2010. Read by Elizabeth Proud. 12 hours 29 minutes. TB 21068.

Children and young adult fiction

Davenport, Andrew. A lovely present. TB 21037.

Once upon a time in the Night Garden, Makka Pakka had a pile of six stones. He gave a stone to each of his Night Garden friends. A charming story about giving and find out who gives Makka Pakka a present in return.

2011. Read by Lucy Scott. 5 minutes. TB 21037.

Rusbridger, Alan. The coldest day in the zoo. TB 21044.

On the coldest Friday of the coldest week of the year, the central heating breaks down at Melton Mowbray Zoo. Mr Pickles the head keeper asks all the other keepers to take the animal they are in charge of home for the weekend. The results range from disastrous to successful: when for instance the penguin (who always hankered after the good life) decides to eat his tea in Mr Pumbles' bed.

2004. Read by Kris Dyer. 40 minutes. TB 21044.

Rusbridger, Alan. The wildest day at the zoo. TB 21045.

The animals have been teamed with the same keepers for years and quite frankly it's become rather boring. So, in a bid to liven things up, the keepers decide to swap animals for the day.

2005. Read by Kris Dyer. 40 minutes. TB 21045.

Sparkes, Ali. Grasshopper glitch. TB 21059.

S.W.I.T.C.H.; book 3. Josh and Danny let Petty Potts - their barmy next-door neighbour and scientist extraordinaire - give them a lift to school, but after a mix up with their drink and some S.W.I.T.C.H spray the twins suddenly have green feelers, ears in their abdomens and a strange ability to chuck up brown goo.

2011. Read by Lucy Scott. 1 hour 8 minutes. TB 21059.

Barrowman, John. Bone quill. TB 20689.

Hollow Earth series; book 2. 12-year-old twins Matt and Emily Calder are Animare: they can bring art to life and enter paintings at will. They must do everything in their power to prevent a breach in Hollow Earth: a supernatural place that holds all the demons, devils and creatures ever imagined. But the Hollow Earth Society are getting closer to finding the key that will release the beasts.

2013. Read by Angus King. 6 hours 22 minutes. TB 20689.

Berrisford, Judith M. Jackie and the pony boys. TB 21083.

Jackie and Babs are at the seaside and having a great time when they get into trouble with some pony boys.

1973. Read by Lucy Scott. 2 hours 15 minutes. TB 21083.

Blyton, Enid. The circus of adventure. TB 21015.

Why on earth did Bill have to bring the wimpish Gustavus with them on holiday? Neither Jack nor Kiki the parrot like the boy at all. But when Gustavus is kidnapped, along with Philip, Dinah and Lucy-Ann, Jack must bravely follow them to a faraway country and unravel a plot to kill the king.

2007. Read by Lucy Tregar. 5 hours 25 minutes. TB 21015.

Carroll, Emma. Frost Hollow Hall. TB 21011.

In the middle of a frozen lake, a girl is skating. She's not supposed to be here. No one is. Not since Kit Barrington died at Frost Hollow Hall ten years ago. But the dead don't scare Tilly Higgins. The ice is thin. It cracks. Tilly sees a beautiful boy as she falls through the ice. A very troubled ghost.

2013. Read by Charlotte Worthing. 7 hours 32 minutes. TB 21011.

Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl and the last guardian. TB 21009.

Artemis Fowl series; book 8. Opal Koboi, power-crazed pixie, is plotting to exterminate mankind and become fairy queen and to complicate matters, she may involve criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl's four-year-old brothers in destroying the human race. Can Artemis and Captain Holly Short of the Lower Elements Police stop Opal and prevent the end of the world.

2013. Read by Kevin Moore. 8 hours 34 minutes. TB 21009.

Coolidge, Susan. In the High Valley. TB 21098.

What Katy Did; book 5. Lionel Young and his sister leave their hometown of Devonshire, England and travel to High Valley in Colorado. Lionel wants part of a cattle business. Imogen, however, dislikes America, and finds the way of life difficult.

2011. Read by Liza Ross. 5 hours 5 minutes. TB 21098.

Kinney, Jeff. Cabin fever. TB 21067.

Diary of a wimpy kid series; book 6. School property has been damaged and Greg is the prime suspect. The authorities are closing in, but then a surprise blizzard hits and the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he's going to have to face the music but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays?

2011. Read by Simon Lee Phillips. 2 hours 13 minutes. TB 21067.

Kinney, Jeff. Hard luck. TB 21066.

Diary of a wimpy kid series; book 8. Greg Heffley's on a losing streak. His best friend, Rowley Jefferson, has ditched him, and finding new friends in middle school is proving to be a tough task. Greg decides to take a leap of faith and turn his decisions over to chance. Will a roll of the dice turn things around, or is Greg's life destined to be just another hard-luck story?

2013. Read by Simon Lee Phillips. 2 hours 2 minutes. TB 21066.

Montgomery, Ross. Alex, the dog and the unopenable door. TB 21070.

Alex Jennings is a boy with problems. His father, the most famously failed explorer in the history of the Cusp, has escaped from hospital again, yelling 'squiggles'. Now the evil Davidus Kyte and all his henchmen are after Alex, convinced he alone knows the meaning of the word 'squiggles'.

2013. Read by Kris Dyer. 8 hours 10 minutes. TB 21070.

Pichon, Liz. Everything's amazing (sort of). TB 21042.

Tom Gates series; book 3. Tom Gates is back at school, but it's not all bad: sport's day, the school fair and his birthday are coming up, so this term's going to be amazing! What could possibly go wrong?

2012. Read by Ryan Watson. 2 hours 20 minutes. TB 21042.

Stine, R L. Frankenstein's dog. TB 21078.

Kat‘s Uncle Vic Frankenstein is rumoured to be a mad scientist like his great-grandfather, Victor Frankenstein, who created a monster that came alive and terrorized the town. But Kat is relieved to find Uncle Vic is a quiet, gentle man, interested in building robots with artificial intelligence. But after an accident occurs in her uncle's lab, strange things begin to happen.

2013. Read by Penelope Rawlins and John Chancer. 2 hours 56 minutes. TB 21078.

Townsend, John. Crash dive. TB 21076.

Barney's wanted - but he doesn't know who is after him until he discovers a deadly terrorist plot. After a series of lucky escapes, he tries to strike back and get help but no-one will believe him. The only person who will listen is Laura, but can two teenagers outwit such a sinister terror attack?

2012. Read by Roddy Peters. 6 hours 28 minutes. TB 21076.

Wilson, Jacqueline. Diamond. TB 21079.

Born to penniless parents, Diamond discovers that she has an extraordinary gift for acrobatics. A mysterious, cruel-eyed stranger spots her performing and makes a deal with her father. Diamond is sold for five guineas and is taken to become an acrobat at Tanglefield's Travelling Circus.

2013. Read by Bryony Reiss. 7 hours 3 minutes. TB 21079.

The young Oxford book of war stories. TB 21085.

The tragedy, waste, and brutality of the two World Wars, and of the Vietnam War, are conveyed in this collection of stories and poems.

2001. Read by various narrators. 5 hours 3 minutes. YB 21085.

Scarrow, Alex. The Mayan prophecy. TB 21049.

TimeRiders; book 8. Liam O'Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance - to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history.

2013. Read by Brian Fenton. 11 hours 59 minutes. TB 21049.

Cabot, Meg. Mean spirits. TB 21127.

The mediator; book 3. It's a hot summer and Suze's best friend Gina is visiting from New York, but being a mediator makes relaxing on the beach pretty hard, especially when the spirits of four high school students killed in a car crash are hungry for revenge.

2010. Read by Laurence Bouvard. 6 hours 22 minutes. TB 21127.

Cabot, Meg. Young blood. TB 21128.

The mediator; book 4. Suze should be spending the summer vacation at the beach. Instead she's expected to look after some boring brat, so Suze is surprised to find that her charge is actually a budding mediator - with a totally hot older brother.

2010. Read by Laurence Bouvard. 6 hours 50 minutes. TB 21128.

Cabot, Meg. Grave doubts. TB 21129.

The mediator; book 5. Suze has to contend with fellow ghost-hunter, Paul Slater, who gives her a deadly ultimatum.

2010. Read by Laurence Bouvard. 6 hours 14 minutes. TB 21129.

Cabot, Meg. Heaven sent. TB 21130.

The mediator; book 6. Suze should be on cloud nine. She's going out with Jesse, the most gorgeous ghost of all time. But her fellow mediator, Paul Slater, wants Suze all to himself. When creepy Paul threatens to travel back in time and stop Jesse from dying, Suze is seriously spooked.

2010. Read by Laurence Bouvard. 6 hours 28 minutes. TB 21130.

Camden, Steven. Tape. TB 21082.

In 1993, Ryan records a diary on an old tape. He talks about his mother's death, about his dreams, about his love for a new girl at school who doesn't even know he exists. In 2013, Ameliah moves in with her grandmother after her parents die. There, she finds a tape with a boy's voice on it which seems to be speaking to her.

2014. Read by Natalie Macaluso. 7 hours 5 minutes. TB 21082.

Cast, P C. Untamed. TB 21073.

House of Night; book 4. A week ago Zoey had a group of special friends, three boyfriends and a (kinda) clear conscience. Now she has none of the above. Luckily ice-queen Aphrodite is showing signs of melting and ex-roomie Stevie Rae isn't as dead as she'd thought.

2013. Read by Rachael Louise Miller. 11 hours 33 minutes. TB 21073.

Clare, Cassandra. City of ashes. TB 21010.

The mortal instruments; book 2. With her mother in a coma and her father hell-bent on destroying the world, Clary is dragged deeper into New York's terrifying underworld of werewolves, demons and the mysterious Shadowhunters.

2008. Read by Kelly Burke. 15 hours 11 minutes. TB 21010.

Croggon, Alison. The singing. TB 21021.

Pellinor; book 4. In a desperate race against the Dark, Maerad must solve the final Riddle of the Treesong. Only then will the Nameless One be defeated and peace restored to the Seven Kingdoms. But Maerad only holds the key to half the riddle - her long-lost brother, Hem, has the other.

2012. Read by Sarah Whitehouse. 16 hours 4 minutes. TB 21021.

Desborough, Natasha. Weirdos vs quimboids. TB 21020.

Cursed by the initials BUM, saddled with woolly liberal-minded hippies for parents and an undying love for the Proper Real-Time HOT Felix Winters, Blossom Uxley-Michael is a seething mass of sexual frustration and political confusion. But when she's invited to work on the school radio, Blossom's convinced her status is about to rocket from Weirdo to Winner.

2013. Read by Antonia Reid. 6 hours 36 minutes. TB 21020.

Green, John. Paper towns. TB 21030.

Quentin has always loved Margo Roth Spiegelman so when she one day climbs through his window and summons him on an all-night road trip of revenge he cannot help but follow. But the next day Margo doesn't come to school and a week later she is still missing. Q soon learns that there are clues in her disappearance - and they are for him.

2013. Read by Christopher Ragland. 9 hours 4 minutes. TB 21030.

Riordan, James. When the guns fall silent. TB 21053.

Jack, standing among the war graves, sees a face he recognizes. Suddenly, it's 1914 again and he's a young lad back in the trenches. But then Jack remembers too the incredible moment when the guns fell silent for a short time, and fighting gave way to football on the frozen ground of No-Man's-Land.

2013. Read by David Graham. 4 hours 5 minutes. TB 21053.

Smale, Holly. Geek girl. TB 21058.

"My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek." Harriet Manners knows that bats always turn left when exiting a cave and that peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite. But she doesn't know why nobody at school seems to like her. So when Harriet is spotted by a top model agent, she grabs the chance to reinvent herself.

2013. Read by Becky Wright. 8 hours 3 minutes. TB 21058.

Books in other languages

Welsh adult fiction

Bianchi, Tony. Ras olaf Harri Selwyn. General fiction. TB 20443.

Mae meddwl Harri Selwyn yn llawn paratoadau ar gyfer rhedeg ras drannoeth; ond heb yn wybod iddo, mae ei wraig yn gorwedd yn farw yn ei gwely lan llofft. Dyma nofel arall gan awdur sy'n gwthio'r ffiniau llenyddol.

2012. Read by Robin Griffith. 9 hours 50 minutes. TB 20443.

Evans, Gwennan. Bore da. Humorous fiction.TB 20446.

Nofel lawn hiwmor gan nofelydd newydd sydd hefyd yn llais adnabyddus ar Radio Cymru - Gwennan Evans. Mae Bore Da yn dilyn hanes Alaw Mai sydd wedi gweithio'n ddiflino ar raglen radio foreol Richie ar PAWB FM. Ond, un bore, daw ei chyfle mawr.

2012. Read by Enid Hughes. 5 hours 39 minutes. TB 20446.

Welsh children and young adult fiction.

Chilton, Dafydd. Dim. TB 20442.

Nofel yng nghyfres y Dderwen. Stori am ymdrech dyn i oroesi mewn byd o rymoedd sy'n llawer fwy pwerus nag ef ei hun, yn benodol felly rymoedd Dyn a Natur. Sut mae dyn i ddelio a'r grymoedd hyn? Drwy wrthryfela neu drwy gydymffurfio?

2012. Read by Sian Bassett-Roberts. 3 hours 8 minutes. TB 20442.

Books narrated by volunteers

Adult fiction

Neale, Kitty. Lost angel. Historic novel. TB 405163.

Hilda Stone and her daughter’s world is shattered when Doug - their beloved husband and father - is lost at sea. Hilda is one day approached by a strange woman with a message - and both she and Ellen are astounded when the prediction becomes a reality.

2009. 10 hours 17 minutes.

Pilcher, Rosamunde. Voices in summer. Romance. TB 405157.

Laura, newly married and conscious she may be living in the shadow of her husband ‘s first wife, takes a holiday with his family in Cornwall. In time her spirit is soothed and her restless heart calmed. With the arrival of an anonymous letter, one accusing her of having an affair, Laura's world is thrown into turmoil .

1984. 9 hours 9 minutes.

Adult non-fiction

Gardening

Hessayon, D G. The greenhouse expert. TB 405155.

This book covers: structure and equipment; plants; care; plant troubles; and the calendar.

1994. 12 hours 39 minutes.

Health and fitness

Harvie, Michelle. The 2 day diet: diet two days a week, eat normally for five. TB 405154.

A simple, effective and medically proven diet to get thin and healthy, developed by acclaimed scientists Dr Michelle Harvie and Professor Tony Howell at the Genesis Breast Cancer Prevention Centre in Manchester.

2014. 15 hours 6 minutes.

History

Eyre, Kathleen. Seven golden miles: the fantastic story of Blackpool. TB 405162.

A history of Blackpool.

1975. 9 hours 4 minutes.

King, Gemma. Haunted Boston. TB 405156.

An eerie journey through the historic town of Boston, where ghostly friars still occupy the land of their thirteenth-century monastery, and where Sarah Preston's disembodied cries of 'Pestilence!' can sometimes be heard as her ghostly apparition jumps from the top of St Botolph's Church.

2013. 3 hours 52 minutes.

Taylor, A J P. The origins of the Second World War. TB 405158.

A.J.P. Taylor caused a storm of outrage debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War. Fiercely attacked for vindicating Hitler, Taylor's stringent re-examination of the events preceding the Nazi invasion of Poland is now recognized as a brilliant and classic piece of scholarly research.

1991. 14 hours 39 minutes.

Religion

Barclay, William. Letters to the Seven Churches. TB 405153.

Each chapter begins with a sketched account of the city in which the church addressed lived, followed by an exposition of the Letter to that church. This book is aimed at teachers, preachers and Bible readers.

2012. 3 hours 50 minutes.

Flynn, Vinny. 7 secrets of confession. TB 405161.

The author reveals 7 key secrets or hidden truths about the great spiritual beauty, power and depth of Confession.

2013. 4 hours 3minutes.

Wigglesworth, Smith. Wigglesworth on the Anointing. TB 405159.

Smith Wigglesworth holds the secret of God's anointing that brings healing to body, soul and spirit.

1999. 5 hours 38 minutes.

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