Poetry Dante Alighieri. The divine comedy. 2013.
'The Divine Comedy' describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as a guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and encounter with his dead love, Beatrice; and, finally, his arrival in Heaven.
6v.
Warfare and defence
Tuchman, Barbara W. The guns of August: the classic bestselling account of the outbreak of the First World War. 2014.
The Guns of August is the narrative history of the first month of World War I. It describes the strategies of the generals, the preparation and morale of the armies of the nations at war, and the everyday problems of the field commanders.
9v.
Children and young adult fiction Suggested reading age 7+ Paws and whiskers: animal tales from Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Morpurgo, Enid Blyton and more! 2014.
This special anthology features the very best stories about cats and dogs from the world of children's literature, chosen by author and Battersea Cats and Dogs Home patron Jacqueline Wilson. The book includes a new story by Jacqueline herself, 'Leonie's Pet Cat', as well as extracts from treasured classics.
3v.
Laird, Elizabeth. The fastest boy in the world. 2014.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
Eleven-year-old Solomon loves to run! The great athletes of the Ethiopian national team are his heroes. When his grandfather announces that he's going to take Solomon to Addis Ababa, Solomon realizes that the Ethiopian running team will be doing a victory parade through the city that day.
1v.
Suggested reading age 9+ McCaughrean, Geraldine. The middle of nowhere. 2013.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
As Stationmaster of the Kinkindele Station, Herbert takes great pride in his job but Comity dreams of a different life where her mother is alive and she has her own horse and a new piano. That is, until the new station assistant arrives and brings Comity and her father sharply back down to earth.
2v.
Suggested reading age 11+
Crossan, Sarah. Apple and Rain. 2014.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
When Apple's mother returns after eleven years of absence, Apple feels whole again. She will have an answer to her burning question - why did you go? But just like the stormy Christmas Eve when she left, her mother's homecoming is bitter sweet, and Apple wonders who is really looking after whom.
3v.
Suggested reading age 13+
Conaghan, Brian. When Mr Dog bites. 2014.
Contains strong language.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
Dylan has Tourette's, life is a constant battle to keep the bad stuff in - the swearing, the tics, the howling dog that escapes whenever he gets stressed. Then at a routine visit to the hospital Dylan discovers that he's going to die next March, so he grants himself three parting wishes: three 'cool things to do before I cack it'.
3v.
Gardner, Sally. Tinder. 2013.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
Otto Hundebiss is tired of war, but when he defies Death he walks a dangerous path. A half beast half man gives him shoes and dice which will lead him deep into a web of dark magic and mystery. He learns the powers of the tinderbox and the wolves whose master he becomes.
2v.
Green, Sally. Half bad. 2014.
One boy's struggle for survival in a hidden society of witches. You can't read, can't write, but you heal fast, you get sick if you stay indoors after dark. You hate white witches but love Annalise, who is one. You've been kept in a cage since you were 14. All you've got to do is escape and find the black witch who eats boys .
3v.
Hardinge, Frances. Cuckoo song. 2014.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
When Triss wakes up after an accident, she knows that something is very wrong. She is insatiably hungry; her sister seems scared of her and her parents whisper behind closed doors. She discovers that what happened to her is more strange and terrible than she could have imagined, and that she is quite literally not herself.
4v.
Landman, Tanya. Buffalo soldier. 2014.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
At the end of the American Civil War, Charley - a young African-American slave - is ostensibly freed. But then her adopted mother is raped and lynched at the hands of a mob and Charley is left alone. In a terrifyingly lawless land, where the colour of a person's skin can bring violent death, Charley disguises herself as a man and joins the army.
3v.
Ness, Patrick. More than this. 2013.
Shortlisted for the Cilip Carnegie Medal 2015.
A boy called Seth drowns, desperate and alone in his final moments, losing his life as the pounding sea claims him. But then he wakes. How is that possible? And where is this place? It looks like the suburban English town where he lived as a child, before an unthinkable tragedy happened and his family moved to America.
2v.
Talking books
Adult fiction
Alder, Mark. Son of the morning. 2014. Fantasy. TB 21557.
Banners of blood; book 1. As the Hundred Years War rages and Edward III and Philip of Valois prepare to fight to the death, angels and demons stalk the earth.
Read by Leighton Pugh. 29 hours 5 minutes. TB 21557.
Barstow, Stan. The right true end. 1976. General fiction. TB 21445.
The Vic Brown trilogy; book 3. As a divorced man, Vic has made it on his own terms in London. A prize job, a flash car, and as much sex as he can handle. Ten years ago, with Donna, he knew he had something real, so that when she comes back into his life, he is scared to death he'll mess up his chances the second time around.
Read by Mark Elstob. 6 hours 53 minutes. TB 21445.
Brand, Max. Bad man's gulch. 2012. Western. TB 21165.
Three short western stories in one: The Adopted Son; Billy Angel, Trouble Lover; and Bad Man's Gulch.
Read by Jeff Harding. 8 hours. TB 21165.
Burley, W J. Wycliffe and the pea-green boat. 2007. Crime. TB 21553.
Wycliffe; book 6. When Cedric Tremain is charged with murdering his father by booby-trapping his fishing boat, all the locals are agreed that he is an unlikely murderer. The case against him is strong – he has the motive, the opportunity and know-how, but Chief Superintendent Wycliffe has a strong sense that something about the case just doesn't fit.
Read by Terry Wilton. 6 hours 49 minutes. TB 21553.
Burnet, Graeme Macrae. The disappearance of Adele Bedeau. 2014. Thriller. TB 21716.
Manfred Baumann is a loner. Socially awkward and ill at ease, he spends his evenings surreptitiously observing Adele Bedeau, the sullen but alluring waitress at his local bistro. Then one day she vanishes into thin air. When Georges Gorski, a detective haunted by his failure to solve one of his first murder cases, is called in to investigate the girl's disappearance, Manfred's repressed world is shaken to its core and he is forced to confront the dark secrets of his past.
Read by James Bryce. 9 hours 46 minutes. TB 21716.
Carriger, Gail. Soulless. 2010. Fantasy. TB 21307.
The parasol protectorate; book 1. Alexia Tarabotti is labouring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there?
Read by Olivia Mace. 8 hours 50 minutes. TB 21307.
Collins, Jackie. Chances. 2012. General fiction. TB 21277.
Lucky Santangelo; book 1. Gino Santangelo - a boy from the New York slums - carves himself out a crime empire that takes him all the way to the top. His daughter, Lucky, proves herself to be as deadly as her father. Sensual and provocative, she is too much like him not to make a bid for his empire. Contains strong language and passages of a sexual nature.
Read by Stephanie Ellyne. 27 hours 7 minutes. TB 21277.
Court, Dilly. A loving family. 2014. Family story. TB 21330.
Stella Barry is forced into service as a kitchen maid when her father dies at sea and the family find themselves living hand-to-mouth. Leaving her mother and younger brother and sister in the slums of London's docklands, Stella goes to a big country house outside London. A year later, having not seen them in all that time, Stella walks to London with a cake for her mother for mothering Sunday. But she discovers the family has disappeared.
Read by Annie Aldington. 11 hours 37 minutes. TB 21330.
Cussler, Clive. Devil's gate. 2012. Thriller. TB 21560.
NUMA files; book 9. A Japanese cargo ship cruises the eastern Atlantic near the Azores when it bursts into flames. Racing to help, Kurt Austin and the NUMA team are beaten to the scene by heavily armed pirates. But when the ruthless gang's own boat explodes as they're making their escape, the men from NUMA are suddenly plunged from a disaster into a mystery.
Read by Jeff Harding. 12 hours 50 minutes. TB 21560.
Cussler, Clive. Dragon. 2005. Thriller. TB 21510.
Dirk Pitt; book 10. Buried off the coast of Japan, lies one of the greatest drowned secrets of World War Two - a crashed B-29 Bomber that was carrying a third atomic bomb to Japan in 1945. A small group of Japanese nationalist fanatics, set out to neutralise and blackmail the USA - with nuclear weapons planted strategically in the country's major cities.
Read by Jeff Harding. 18 hours 6 minutes. TB 21510.
Drake, John. Skull and bones. 2011. Adventure. TB 21508.
John Silver; book 3. When infamous 'gentleman of fortune' Captain Flint is captured by the Royal Navy and condemned to hang for mutiny and piracy, it seems that the secret location of his buried treasure will die with him. Meanwhile, aboard Flint's former vessel The Walrus, Long John Silver seeks one final prize before retiring from privateering.
Read by Richard Derrington. 14 hours 11 minutes. TB 21508.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott The great Gatsby. 1993. Classic fiction. TB 21669.
Through the narration of Nick Carraway, the reader is taken into the superficially glittering world of the mansions which lined the Long Island shore in the 1920s, to encounter Nick's cousin Daisy, her brash but wealthy husband Tom Buchanan, Jay Gatsby and the mystery that surrounds him.
Read by Peter Brooke. 6 hours 27 minutes. TB 21669.
Follett, Ken. The key to Rebecca. 2012. Thriller. TB 21288.
Set in North Africa in the summer of 1942, during Rommel's campaign against the British, this is the story of a master spy who treks across the Sahara to enter the plot-ridden streets of wartime Cairo - and of the British officer sworn to destroy him.
Read by Paul Herzberg. 13 hours 37 minutes. TB 21288.
George, Elizabeth. Believing the lie. 2012. Crime. TB 21298.
Inspector Lynley series; book 17. Detective Inspector Lynley is approached by business magnate Bernard Fairclough for a confidential review - not a formal investigation - of the circumstances of his nephew's demise. The coroner's verdict is accidental death. He heads to the Lake District and uncovers layers of deceit and betrayal that expose the lies at the heart of the Cumbrian community.
Read by Tim Bentinck. 22 hours 9 minutes. TB 21298.
Hart, Ellen. Taken by the wind. 2013. Thriller. TB 21382.
PI and restaurateur Jane Lawless must track down two missing teenagers. Although Eric and Andrew have been trying to keep up a semblance of normal life, they know their thirteen-year-old son Jack has been having a tough time of it since they separated. They've been concerned, but now they're terrified - Jack has run away from home with his cousin and not been seen for more than twenty-four hours.
Read by Christy Meyer. 9 hours 5 minutes. TB 21382.
Herries, Anne. The rebel captain's royalist bride. 2014. Mills and Boon historical romance. TB 21395.
Orphaned and without protection, Babette Harvey must suffer in silence when her uncle gives shelter to a band of Rebels - though her Royalist blood boils! But other dangerous passions must also be quieted - including those aroused by the handsome and commanding Rebel leader Captain James Colby.
Read by Cally Lawrence. 7 hours 9 minutes. TB 21395.
Hewitt, Kate. Commanded by the sheikh. 2014. Mills and Boon romance. TB 21516.
To protect his throne, Sheikh Aziz al Bakir needs someone trustworthy to temporarily impersonate his missing fiancée. So the legendary Lothario of Europe demands that his housekeeper, Olivia Ellis, fulfil the role! Despite reluctance, Olivia soon finds herself playing Queen in public and lover in his bed!
Read by Lucy Tregear. 5 hours 13 minutes. TB 21516.
Jardine, Quintin. Lethal Intent. 2005. Crime. TB 21235.
Skinner; book 15. Gangsters have infiltrated Edinburgh. MI5 are on their case and, unknown to Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner, have set up a drug-dealing sting to flush them out. The resulting mayhem throws everyone into confusion until they realise the gangsters are preparing a hit on one of the Royal family. Meanwhile someone is trying to wreak revenge on the police force. Are the crimes linked?
Read by James Bryce. 12 hours 52 minutes. TB 21235.
Kendrick, Sharon. His to command: The Housekeeper. 2013. Mills and Boon romance. TB 21396.
Three modern romances in one: The Prince’s chambermaid by Sharon Kendrick; The billionaire’s housekeeper mistress by Emma Darcy; The Tuscan tycoon’s pregnant housekeeper by Christina Hollis.
Read by Karina Fernandez, Sarah Kants and Veejay Kaur. 16 hours 8 minutes. TB 21396.
Kendrick, Sharon. The housekeeper's awakening. 2014. Mill and Boon romance. TB 21520.
Recovering from a terrible car accident, world-renowned playboy Luis Martinez is bored, grumpy and frustrated. He demands that his sweet, innocent housekeeper massage him back to health! Carly Conner is whisked away to his villa in the south of France but, how long will she be able to deny the temptation he poses, especially when he makes a second, shocking proposition?
Read by Sherry Baines. 5 hours 43 minutes. TB 21520.
Kernick, Simon. Siege. 2012. Thriller. TB 21568.
People are dead and many more lives hang in the balance as gunmen storm the Lanchester Hotel on Park Lane. They have given the government five hours to meet their demands before blowing up the building. The guests are all are united by one thing: fear for their lives. All except one man who has information so dangerous it must be kept safe - even if this means sacrificing the lives of innocent bystanders.
Read by Paul Thornley. 10 hours 14 minutes. TB 21568.
Kinghorn, Judith. The last summer. 2012. Historical fiction. TB 21376.
It is 1914, the beginning of a blissful, golden summer. When Clarissa meets Tom Cuthbert, home from university and staying with his mother, the housekeeper at Deyning Park, she is dazzled. Ambitious, clever, his sights set on a career in law, Tom is an acute observer, and a man who knows what he wants. For now, that is Clarissa. But the world - and all that they know - is rocked irrevocably by a war that changes their lives forever.
Read by Veronika Hyks. 15 hours 24 minutes. TB 21376.
Laski, Marghanita. Little boy lost. 1949. Classic fiction. TB 21640.
Hilary Wainwright, poet and intellectual, is enduring a grim wartime Christmas at his mother's house when a Frenchman, Pierre, turns up to give him news of the small son that he had to leave in occupied France. After the war, Hilary returns to a blasted and impoverished France in order to trace the child. Pierre thinks he may have found him. Is the child really Hilary's? And, after five years of having kept the child's possible existence a secret, does Hilary want him?
Read by Andrew Cullum. 6 hours 52 minutes. TB 21640.
Leather, Stephen. True colours. 2013. Thriller. TB 21424.
Spider Shepherd; book 10. When a set of Russian oligarchs are assassinated in London, the Russian expat community become anxious. One man appeals to the British government for protection and MI5 assigns Spider Shepherd to the case. But he soon discovers that the killings aren't political - they're personal, and the assassin is much nearer than anyone could conceive.
Read by Paul Thornley. 14 hours 44 minutes. TB 21424.
Lee, Rachel. Defending the eyewitness. 2014. Mills and Boon romance. TB 21272.
Conrad County romantic suspense series. The note wasn't exactly a threat but to Corey Donahue, who witnessed her mother’s murder as a child, it felt menacing. She showed the note to her lodger, Austin Mendez. Six years undercover had caused Austin to shut everyone out, until he met Corey. The vulnerability she hid made him yearn to break down the walls around her heart. With a killer closing in, two souls were discovering the trust they'd lost, and much more, in each other’s arms.
Read by Rachel Lee. 7 hours 26 minutes. TB 21272.
Lyman, John. Secret chapel. 2011. Thriller. TB 21542.
God's lions; book 1. Summoned to Rome by an old friend, a Jesuit scholar finds himself using a code discovered in the Bible to unearth an ancient, hidden chapel in the catacombs under the city. When a rogue force of Vatican security officials are alerted to his discovery, the priest flees to the Holy Land with a clue... a clue that will lead him and a team of Israeli Christians to a much larger secret in the middle of the barren Negev Desert.
Read by Jonathan Oliver. 14 hours 23 minutes. TB 21542.
Lyman, John. House of Acerbi. 2012. Thriller. TB 21543.
God's lions; book 2. Returning to Rome from a forced sabbatical, a newly appointed Jesuit cardinal discovers a dark force that has ruled a single family for over seven hundred years has been unleashed against the world. With the clock ticking, he joins with a dedicated group of Israeli and Spanish scientists who are thrust into an end-game scenario as they race across the globe in an effort to stop the greatest threat mankind has ever faced, only to discover that they may already be too late.
Read by Jonathan Oliver. 16 hours 27 minutes. TB 21543.
Lyman, John. The dark ruin. 2013. Thriller. TB 21544.
God's lions; book 3. Forty years after a mysterious billionaire disappears, he suddenly resurfaces with a dark secret that shocks the world. In this enthralling third novel in the "God's Lions" series, Cardinal Leopold Amodeo is once again teamed with a group of scientists and archaeologists who are led to the inescapable conclusion that a very real evil has arrived in the world.
Read by Jonathan Oliver. 18 hours 4 minutes. TB 21544.
Martin, George R R. A dance with dragons. 2012. Fantasy. TB 21260.
A song of ice and fire; book 5. Daenerys Targaryens has brought the young dragons in her care to their terrifying maturity. Now the war-torn landscape of the Seven Kingdoms is threatened by destruction as vast as in the violent past. On all sides bitter conflicts are re-igniting, played out by a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchanger, nobles and slaves. The tides of destiny will inevitably lead to the greatest dance of all.
Read by Roy Dotrice. 48 hours 53 minutes. TB 21260
Monroe, Lucy. An heiress for his empire. 2014. Mills and Boon romance. TB 21515.
Innocent debutante Madison Archer has hit the headlines for a scandal not of her making. Now, marriage to the unscrupulous Viktor Beck is the only way to save what is left of her reputation. There is intense attraction between them but Viktor is in for a shock - his wild socialite is still a virgin!
Read by Laurence Bouvard. 5 hours 18 minutes. TB 21515.
Mills, Mark. The long shadow. 2013. Thriller. TB 21168.
Ben Makepeace, a screenwriter, is invited to meet Victor Sheldon, a hedge fund billionaire who wants to bankroll his latest script. Yet when Ben meets him he's bemused, for Victor is none other than old schoolfriend, Daniel, last seen some 25 years ago. Ben finds himself caught up in a vicious endgame with roots buried deep in the past of his childhood.
Read by Peter Kenny. 10 hours 3 minutes. TB 21168.
Morris, Barbara. One missed step. 2013. General fiction. TB 21506.
Isle of Skye, 1993. At seventeen, Kate Wilder is sure of only two things: that life will never be the same without her mother and that she has no interest in communicating with her Canadian father, David. But Fiona Wilder had made plans for Kate and her sister Hazel to travel to the Vancouver Island home after her death and both girls gradually settle into life there. However, it becomes apparent that the old house has a story concealed amidst its dated rooms and David Wilder must fight to keep the sisters’ relationship intact.
Read by Sally Armstrong. 14 hours 4 minutes. TB 21506.
Mortimer, Carole. Tall, dark and gorgeous. 2013. Mills and Boon romance. TB 21317.
Three books in one: To Marry McKenzie; To Marry McCloud and To Marry McAllister. They are all eligible, elusive and about-to-be engaged?
Read by Madeleine Brolly. 15 hours 47 minutes. TB 21317.
Nicholls, David. Us. 2014. General fiction. TB 21530.
Douglas Petersen understands his wife's need to 'rediscover herself' now that their son is leaving home. He just thought they'd be doing their rediscovering together. So when Connie announces that she will be leaving, too, he resolves to make their last family holiday the trip of a lifetime: one that will draw the three of them closer, and win the respect of his son. One that will make Connie fall in love with him all over again. Read by Justin Salinger. 12 hours 44 minutes. TB 21530.
Pearse, Lesley. Survivor. 2014. General fiction. TB 21246.
Belle; book 3. Mariette Carrera is a defiant, strong -willed and selfish eighteen-year-old. Her doting parents, Belle and Etienne, fear for her reputation so, with the world on the brink of war, Mari leaves home on the SS Rimutaka, bound for her aunt and uncle's house in London. Mari loves her new life and earns her own money as a typist until it is all snatched away by the war.
Read by Nicolette McKenzie. 16 hours 59 minutes. TB 21246.
Penman, Sharon K. Lionheart. 2013. Historical fiction. TB 21249.
Lionheart; book 1. In this gripping narrative of passion, intrigue, battle and deceit, Penman reveals a true and complex Richard I - a man remarkable for his power and intelligence, his keen grasp of warfare and his concern for the safety of his men, who followed him against all odds.
Read by Andrew Cullum. 30 hours 54 minutes. TB 21249.
Phinn, Gervase. Trouble at the little village school. 2013. Country life fiction. TB 21164.
Barton-in-the-Dale; book 2. Elisabeth Devine rocked the boat when she took over as head teacher of the primary school in Barton-in-the-Dale. Now after winning over the wary locals, she can settle into her new role. But now the school is to be merged with its rival.
Read by Gervase Phinn. 10 hours 50 minutes. TB 21164.
Phinn, Gervase. The school inspector calls. 2014. Country life fiction. TB 21433.
Barton-in-the-Dale; book 3. Summer has arrived in Barton-in-the -Dale and as a new term begins at the little primary school, it's not just the warm weather that's getting people hot under the collar. Meetings with the teachers from Urebank School to discuss the merger are producing more than a few fireworks, a disruptive new pupil arrives and a surprising staff love affair is exposed.
Read by Gervase Phinn. 12 hours 24 minutes. TB 21433.
Roberts, Gareth R. Whatever happened to Billy Parks? 2014. General fiction. TB 21356.
October 17th 1973: all England had to do was beat Poland to qualify for the World Cup. They didn't. Left on the bench that night was West Ham's Billy Parks: beautiful, gifted and totally flawed. Fast-forward forty years, Billy's life is a testament to wasted talent, his liver failing. What if he could be given a second chance? What if he could go back in time and win the game for England? Contains strong language.
Read by Daniel York. 7 hours 15 minutes. TB 21356.
Roe, Paula. The pregnancy plot. 2014. Mills and Boon romance. TB 21519.
After one mind-blowing night Matthew Cooper never expected to see AJ Reynolds again. But they meet again unexpectedly at a wedding and Matt is confident of a repeat performance. AJ refuses to succumb to Matt’s charms – he’s an extra complication she doesn’t need right now. Yet he can help her get the one thing she wants if she’s willing to admit that one night wasn’t enough!
Read by Nicolette McKenzie. 6 hours 31 minutes. TB 21519.
Saunders, John. A colt for the kid. 2009. Western. TB 21521.
Johnnie Callum was a half-grown boy when Donovan's riders stamped his parents' homestead flat and sent him running terrified into the night. He ran far and fast over the trackless range that was Donovan's empire and fetched up in the hands of Josh Manders, a brutal sheepherder.
Read by Peter Brooke. 5 hours 16 minutes. TB 21521.
Shaw, Rebecca. Village matters: tales from Turnham Malpas. Country life fiction. 1999. TB 21580.
Turnham Malpas; book 3. Jimbo's daughter is knocked down by the unpopular barman, and before the shock of that has past a bitter dispute springs up over the houses Sir Ralph wants to build.
Read by Helen Dickens. 8 hours 9 minutes. TB 21580.
Shaw, Rebecca. Village rumours. 2014. Country life fiction. TB 21608.
Turnham Malpas; book 18. While clearing out the rectory's loft, Reverend Peter Harris makes an unsettling discovery and a dark secret is exposed that soon sets tongues wagging in the village.
Read by Helen Dickens. 8 hours 45 minutes. TB 21608.
Taylor, Marsali. A handful of ash. 2014. Crime. TB 21540.
Cass Lynch; book 3. Liveaboard skipper and amateur sleuth Cass Lynch is busy at marine college in Scalloway, until one night she finds an acquaintance dead in a doorway, whose hand is smeared with peat ash. Rumours spread of a strange ritual linked to the witches once burned in Shetland's ancient capital, of horned figures abroad in the night, and townsfolk behaving strangely. At first Cass dismisses these as mere superstition, until there's a second murder, and she begins to wonder if the devil really does walk in Scalloway.
Read by Trish Mullin. 12 hours 40 minutes. TB 21540.
York, Rebecca. Diagnosis - attraction; Relentless; Rebecca York and HelenKay Dimon. 2014. Mills and Boon romance. TB 21345.
Two stories in the Mills and Boon Intrigue series.
Read by Daniela Acitelli. 12 hours 20 minutes. TB 21345.
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