New books Issue 67January 2019

Your regular update of new titles available for loan and sale from RNIB.

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ContentsBrailleAdult fictionAdult non-fictionAutobiographyFood and DrinkHistoryNatural HistoryReligionSelf HelpSocietyTrue CrimeNewly Available titles for loan and saleChildren and young adult fiction0-4 Suggested Reading Age07+ Suggested Reading Age09+ Suggested Reading Age11+ Suggested Reading Age13+ Suggested Reading Age

15+ Suggested Reading AgeGiant printAdult fictionAdult non-fictionFood and DrinkHistorySelf HelpSocietySportTrue CrimeChildren and young adult fiction09+ Suggested Reading Age13+ Suggested Reading Age15+ Suggested Reading AgeTalking BooksAdult fictionAdult non-fictionAutobiography and biographyHistoryPhilosophyPolitics and GovernmentReligionTrue CrimeA Selection Of Harper Collins TitlesAdult fictionAdult non-fictionBiographyBeauty and FashionFood and DrinkNatural HistoryPolitics and GovernmentSportChildren and young adult fiction

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Adult fiction

Barclay, Linwood. Far From True. 2016. Thriller.Promise Falls: book 2. A freak accident has killed Lucy Brighton's father. And when she goes to his house, she's convinced that someone has broken in. Private investigator Cal Weaver discovers a secret 'playroom' in the basement, complete with video equipment, and it looks as though there's a missing recording. How does the stolen DVD connect to the other disturbing events that are happening in the town?UEB. 7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 26125803

Barker, Pat. The Silence Of The Girls. 2018. Historical fiction.When her city falls to the Greeks, Briseis's old life is shattered. She is transformed from queen to captive, from free woman to slave, awarded to the god-like warrior Achilles as a prize of war. And she's not alone. The Trojan War is known as a man's story: a quarrel between men over a woman. But what of the other women in this story, silenced by history?UEB. 5v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 26158703

Bauer, Belinda. Snap. 2018. Thriller.On a stifling summer's day, 11-year-old Jack and his two sisters sit in their broken-down car, waiting for their mother to come back and rescue them. But she never comes back. Three years later, mum-to-be Catherine wakes to find a knife beside her bed, and a note that says: I could have killed you. Meanwhile Jack is in charge of his sisters, of supporting them, of making sure nobody knows they're alone in the house, and finding out the truth about what happened to his mother.UEB. 5v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 26151403

Burns, Anna. Milkman. 2018. General fiction.In this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman. But when first brother-in-law

sniffs out her struggle, and rumours start to swell, middle sister becomes 'interesting'.UEB. 7v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 26150703

Clancy, Tom. The Teeth Of The Tiger. 2013. Thriller.Jack Ryan: book 12. Just before Jack Ryan stepped down as US President, he created a secret organisation able to use any means to neutralise terrorists who threatened America. Now his son, Jack Ryan, Jr, is part of that organisation and he's on the front line when a group of Islamic terrorists backed up by Colombian drug smugglers strike at the heart of American society. It's left to Jack Ryan Jr to take on the terrorists the only way he knows how.UEB. 9v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 26133703

Claydon, Annie. From Doctor To Princess?. 2018. Mills and Boon romance.Dr Nell Maitland has escaped her unpleasant former boss to become private physician to Dr Hugo DeLeon, who’s also a crown prince! But doctors make the worst patients, especially when they’re as distractingly handsome as Hugo. When her past catches up with her, Nell must fake an engagement to this Prince. Might she become his Princess for real?UEB. 3v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 26127103

Cole, Martina. Broken. 2000. Crime.DI Kate Burrows: book 2. Who would abandon a child in a stretch of woodland? Or at the top of a derelict building? DI Kate Burrows is sure there's a connection between similar incidents and when one child dies, she knows she's in a race against time to stop a ruthless killer.UEB. 9v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 26132203

De Bernières, Louis. So Much Life Left Over. 2018. Literary fiction.The dust that falls from dreams: book 2. Rosie and Daniel have moved to Ceylon with their young daughter to start a new life, attempting to put the trauma of the First World War behind them, and to rekindle their marriage. Back in England, Rosie's three sisters are dealing with different challenges in their searches for family, purpose and happiness. Around them the world is changing, and when Daniel finds himself in Germany he witnesses events taking a dark and forbidding turn.

UEB. 5v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 26134503

Delaney, JP. The Girl Before. 2018. Thriller.Jane stumbles on the rental opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to live in a beautiful ultra-minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect, on condition she abides by a long list of exacting rules. After moving in, she discovers that a previous tenant, Emma, met a mysterious death there. Jane starts to wonder if her own story will be a re-run of the girl before.UEB. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 26132403

Edugyan, Esi. Washington Black. 2018. Historical fiction.Washington Black is an eleven year-old field slave on a sugar plantation in Barbados. The eccentric Christopher 'Titch' Wilde is one of the owners. He is an inventor and abolitionist, whose single-minded pursuit of the perfect aerial machine mystifies all around him. Titch's idealistic plans are soon shattered and Washington finds himself in mortal danger. They escape the island together. Then Titch disappears and Washington must make his way alone, following the promise of freedom further than he ever dreamed possible.UEB. 7v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 26151003

Erskine, Barbara. The Ghost Tree. 2018. General fiction.Ruth has returned to Edinburgh after many years of exile. Left rootless by the death of her estranged father, she is faced with the daunting task of sorting through his possessions. Ruth has opened a door to the past that she can’t close, and meets a ghost in her family tree who wasn’t invited. She will have to draw upon new friends and old in what will become a battle for her very survival.UEB. 10v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 26156103

Evans, Lissa. Old Baggage. 2018. Literary fiction.It is 1928. Matilda Simpkin, rooting through a cupboard, comes across a small wooden club. Mattie is a woman with a thrilling past. During the Women's Suffrage Campaign she was a militant. Giving the wooden club a twirl, she is struck by an idea. It will be derailed by a connection with Mattie’s militant past, one which begins to threaten every principle that she stands for.UEB. 5v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 26143703

Ferrante, Elena. The Story Of A New Name. 2013. Literary fiction.Neapolitan: book 2. Following 'My Brilliant Friend', this title features the two friends Lila and Elena, now in their twenties. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile, Elena continues her journey of self-discovery. The two young women vacillate between hurtful disregard and profound love for the other. With this friendship at the centre of their emotional lives, the two girls mature into women.UEB. 9v. Price: £11.99. Order No: 26143203

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Ferrante, Elena. Those Who Leave And Those Who Stay. 2014. Literary fiction.Neapolitan: book 3.UEB. 8v. Price: £11.99. Order No: 26143303

Ferrante, Elena. The Story Of The Lost Child. 2015. Literary fiction.Neapolitan: book 4.UEB. 9v. Price: £11.99. Order No: 26143403

Goodwin, Rosie. The Little Angel. 2018. Historical fiction.Days of the week: book 2. 1896, Nuneaton. Left on the doorstep of Treetops Children's Home, young Kitty captures the heart of her guardian, Sunday Branning. Then Kitty is summoned to live in London with her birth mother. But she quickly discovers the peril she finds herself in, as an innocent beautiful young girl making her way in the music halls and theatres of the big city.UEB. 8v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 26132003

Gregory, Philippa. The Last Tudor. 2017. Historical fiction.Tudor Court: book 8. Queen Elizabeth measures the threat to her from the two sisters of executed Jane Grey, the Queen of England for nine days. Katherine Grey is a famous beauty and Mary Grey a dwarf. Katherine is in love with an heir to the great family Seymour, and Mary with the queen's sergeant porter. But Elizabeth fears a Tudor heir to the throne.UEB. 10v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 26123703

Gunaratne, Guy. In Our Mad And Furious City. 2018. General fiction.For Selvon, Ardan and Yusuf, growing up under the towers of Stones Estate, summer means what it does anywhere: football, music, freedom. But now, after the killing of a British soldier, riots are spreading across the city, and nowhere is safe. While the fury swirls around them, Selvon and Ardan remain focused on their own obsessions: girls and grime. Their friend Yusuf is caught up in a different tide, a wave of radicalism surging through his local mosque, threatening to carry his troubled brother, Irfan, with it.UEB. 4v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 26151503

Hogan, Ruth. The Wisdom Of Sally Red Shoes. 2018. General fiction.Once a spirited, independent woman with a rebellious streak, Masha's life has been forever changed by a tragic event 12 years ago. But a chance encounter with two extraordinary women - the fabulous and wise Kitty Muriel, and the mysterious Sally Red Shoes, a bag lady with a prodigious voice - opens up a new world of possibilities. Until the fateful day when the past comes roaring back.UEB. 5v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 26131903

Horowitz, Anthony. Forever And A Day. 2018. Spy stories.A James Bond novel. 007 floats in the waters of Marseille, killed by an unknown hand. M, Head of MI6, has to bring forward a replacement. The Secret Service have been preparing a new chap. It's time for James Bond to earn his licence to kill. This is the story of the birth of a legend, in the brutal underworld of the French Riviera.UEB. 5v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 26132303

Johnson, Daisy. Everything Under. 2018. Literary fiction.As a child, Gretel lived on a canal boat with her mother, and together they invented a language that was just their own. She hasn't seen her mother since the age of sixteen. A phone call from the hospital interrupts Gretel's isolation and throws up questions from long ago. She begins to remember the wild years spent on the river; the strange, lonely boy who came to stay on the boat one winter; and the creature in the water, a canal thief? In the end there will be nothing for Gretel to do but go back.UEB. 4v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 26150903

King, Stephen. The Outsider. 2018. Horror.When an 11-year-old boy is found murdered, forensic evidence and reliable eyewitnesses undeniably point to the town's popular Little League coach, Terry Maitland. But Maitland has an alibi. And further research confirms he was indeed out of town that day. So how can he have been in two places at the same time?UEB. 10v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 26125903

Kushner, Rachel. The Mars Room. 2018. General fiction.Romy Hall is at the start of two consecutive life sentences, plus six years, at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility. Inside is a new reality to adapt to: thousands of women hustling for the bare essentials needed to survive. Romy sees the future stretch out ahead of her until news from outside brings a ferocious urgency to her existence, challenging her to escape her own destiny.UEB. 5v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 26151603

Lee, Georgie. Captain Rose's Redemption. 2018. Mills and Boon romance.Captured by pirates off the Virginia coast, Lady Cassandra Shepherd is shocked to see in the blue eyes of Captain Rose the young man she loved and lost. What has caused him to exchange his honour for a chance at revenge? But now he needs her help. Dare Cass believe the captain can reclaim his life as an upstanding gentleman and with it, her hand in marriage?UEB. 4v. Price: £5.99. Order No: 26113203

Lethbridge, Ann. An Innocent Maid For The Duke. 2017. Mills and Boon romance.Society of wicked gentlemen: book 2. Jacob, Duke of Westmoor, is feeling the weight of his recently inherited title. A stolen kiss with a beautiful woman in his gentlemen’s club breathes life back into him. Then he discovers she’s a maid. He arranges for Rose Nightingale to become his grandmother’s companion. But their attraction becomes impossible to resist.UEB. 4v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 26113303

Mackintosh, Clare. Let Me Lie. 2018. Thriller.The police say it was suicide. Anna says it was murder. They're both wrong. One year ago, Caroline Johnson chose to end her life brutally: a shocking suicide planned to match that of her husband

just months before. Their daughter, Anna, now with a young baby of her own, misses her mother more than ever and starts to question her parents' deaths. But by digging up their past, she'll put her future in danger.UEB. 6v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 26126103

Mackintosh, Sophie. The Water Cure. 2018. General fiction.Imagine a world very close to our own: where women are not safe in their bodies, where desperate measures are required to raise a daughter. This is the story of Grace, Lia and Sky, kept apart from the world for their own good and taught the terrible things that every woman must learn about love. And it is the story of the men who come to find them, three strangers washed up by the sea, their gazes hungry and insistent, trailing desire and destruction in their wake.UEB. 4v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 26150503

Matthews, Carole. Million Love Songs. 2018. Chick lit.After splitting up with her cheating ex-husband, Ruby Brown is ready for a change. Mason Soames represents everything Ruby wants right now: he's charming, handsome and perfect for some no-strings-attached fun. Joe Edwards on the other hand is also lovely and handsome but he comes with the sort of baggage Ruby wants to avoid: an annoyingly attractive ex-wife and two teenage children. Is Ruby ready for a relationship of any kind, and what type of life does she really want?UEB. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 26131703

Montefiore, Santa. The Last Secret Of The Deverills. 2018. Family stories.Deverill chronicles: book 3. It is 1939 and a new generation of the Deverill family is waiting in the wings. American Martha Wallace has lost her heart to the impossibly charming JP Deverill. Bridie Doyle is now Countess di Marcantonio and mistress of Castle Deverill, far surpassing her humble roots. But as the eyes of her flamboyant husband Cesare stray away from his wife, those close to them start to wonder who he really is.UEB. 8v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 26132103

Ondaatje, Michael. Warlight. 2018. General fiction.It is 1945, and London is still reeling from the Blitz and years of war. Nathaniel and his sister, Rachel, are apparently abandoned

by their parents. They are left in the dubious care of an enigmatic figure named The Moth, who introduces them to his band of criminal misfits. Many years later, Nathaniel begins to uncover all he didn't know or understand in that time.UEB. 4v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 26151703

Orwell, George. Coming Up For Air. 2000. Classic.George Bowling, forty-five, mortgaged, married with children, is an insurance salesman with an expanding waistline and a new set of false teeth. In 1939, the Second World War is imminent and George foresees food queues, soldiers, secret police and tyranny. So he decides to escape to the village of his childhood, which he remembers as a rural haven of peace and tranquillity. But his return journey to Lower Binfield may bring disillusionment.UEB. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 26143503

Phinn, Gervase. Secrets At The Little Village School. 2017. Country life fiction.Barton-in-the-Dale: book 5. In the little village of Barton-in-the-Dale, Ashley Underwood and Emmet O'Malley are set to tie the knot, when a revelation from the handsome Irishman's past returns to haunt him. The town's resident nosey-parker discovers some juicy gossip about the primary school's dishy new staff-member, and head teacher Elisabeth Stirling has a very special secret of her own.UEB. 7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 26123403

Powers, Richard. The Overstory. 2018. General fiction.The Overstory unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light. Nine strangers, each summoned in different ways by trees, are brought together in a last and violent stand to save the continent’s few remaining acres of virgin forest.UEB. 10v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 26151803

Robertson, Robin. The Long Take. 2018. Literary fiction.Walker is a D-Day veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder; he can't return home to rural Nova Scotia, and looks instead to the city for freedom, anonymity and repair. As he moves from New

York to Los Angeles and San Francisco we witness a crucial period of fracture in American history, one that also allowed film noir to flourish. The Dream had gone sour but the country needed outsiders to study and dramatize its new anxieties.UEB. 3v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26151203

Rooney, Sally. Normal People. 2018. General fiction.Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in rural Ireland. The similarities end there; they are from very different worlds. When they both earn places at Trinity College in Dublin, a connection that has grown between them lasts long into the following years. This is a love story about how a person can change another person's life.UEB. 4v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 26150603

Ryan, Donal. From A Low And Quiet Sea. 2018. General fiction.Farouk's country has been torn apart by war. Lampy's heart has been laid waste by Chloe. John's past torments him as he nears his end. The refugee. The dreamer. The penitent. From war-torn Syria to small-town Ireland, three men, scarred by all they have loved and lost, are searching for some version of home. Each is drawn towards a powerful reckoning, one that will bring them together in the most unexpected of ways.UEB. 3v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 26151303

Scanlan, Patricia. Love And Marriage. 2011. Family stories.Forgive and forget: book 3. With an unplanned baby on the way, a newly-wed daughter whose marriage is already in trouble, a teenager who won't eat and doesn't think there's anything wrong with her, and hiding secrets from each other, Barry and Aimee are on a rocky road. When love flies out the window married life can be hell.UEB. 8v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 26137303

Sheffield, Jack. Happiest Days: The Alternative School Logbook 1986-1987. 2017. Country life fiction.Jack Sheffield: book 10. It's 1986 and Jack Sheffield returns to Ragley-on-the-Forest School for his tenth rollercoaster year as headteacher. Ruby the caretaker finds happiness at last, Vera the secretary makes an important decision, a new teacher is appointed and a disaster threatens the school. Meanwhile Jack receives

unexpected news, and is faced with the biggest decision of his career.UEB. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 26123603

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Sheffield, Jack. Starting Over: A Ragley Story 1952-53. 2018. Country life fiction.Jack Sheffield: book 11.UEB. 5v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 26134303

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Fall Of Gondolin. 2018. Fantasy.In the tale of 'The Fall of Gondolin' are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is Ulmo, second in might only to Manwë, chief of the Valar. Morgoth learns through an act of supreme treachery all that he needs to mount a devastating attack on Gondolin, with Balrogs and dragons and numberless Orcs.UEB. 5v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 26114703

Adult non-fiction

Autobiography

Brown, Eric Melrose. Wings On My Sleeve. 2007.Eric Brown joined the Fleet Air Arm and went on to be the greatest test pilot in history, flying more aircraft types than anyone else. Here, he tells his amazing life story, from crashing in front of Winston Churchill to unmasking a Neo-Nazi ring in the 1950s to his terrifying flights in primitive jets and rockets.UEB. 17v. Price: £10.99. Order No: 26181203

Food and Drink

Berry, Mary. Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook. 2017.Packed with over 650 everyday recipes, this is an updated edition of Mary Berry's million-selling cookbook. The recipes include mouth-watering dishes, including hummus, paella, dairy-free lasagne, prawn, tacos, chicken pot pie, English roast beef, croissants, cherry cheesecake, and chocolate brownies.UEB. 15v. Price: £30.00. Order No: 26122903

History

Sandbrook, Dominic. Never Had It So Good: A History Of Britain From Suez To The Beatles. 2006.In 1956 the Suez Crisis finally shattered the old myths of the British Empire. Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at the dramatic story of affluence and decline between 1956 and 1963. Arguing that historians have until now been besotted by the supposed cultural revolution of the Sixties, Sandbrook re-examines the myths of this controversial period and paints a more complicated picture of a society caught between conservatism and change.UEB. 24v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 26122503

Natural History

Lewis-Stempel, John. Meadowland: The Private Life Of An English Field. 2015.Meadowland gives a unique and intimate account of an English meadow’s life from January to December. John Lewis-Stempel records the passage of the seasons from cowslips in spring to the hay-cutting of summer and grazing in autumn. He includes the biographies of the animals that inhabit the grass and the soil beneath. Their births, lives, and deaths are stories that thread through the book.UEB. 4v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 26176703

Religion

Pettie, Gordon. Do It Again Lord: The Story Of Some Of The Greatest Revivals The World Has Ever Known. 2017.This book contains the stories of six of the greatest revivals the world has ever experienced. The stories are of the Welsh revival of 1904; the Azusa Street revival of 1906; and the revivals in 1857 America, 1859 Ulster, 1907 Korea, and the Isle of Lewis in the Hebrides in 1949. There are important lessons to learn from each revival. Revivals can be messy, and we need to learn how to discern what is of God and what is man created.UEB. 5v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 26177002

Self Help

Haig, Matt. Notes On A Nervous Planet. 2018.Rates of stress and anxiety are rising. How can we stay sane on a planet that makes us mad? How do we stay human in a technological world? How do we feel happy when we are encouraged to be anxious? After experiencing years of anxiety and panic attacks, these questions became urgent matters of life and death for Matt Haig. Notes on a Nervous Planet is a personal look at how to feel happy, human and whole in the twenty-first century.UEB. 3v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 26134603

Society

Samworth, Neil. Strangeways: A Prison Officer's Story. 2018.For eleven years, Neil Samworth worked as a prison officer in perhaps the most notorious of all prisons: Strangeways, now HM Prison Manchester. Sam tackled cell fires and self-harmers, and went head to head with some of the most dangerous men in the country. He left in 2016 and, having kept a diary for many years, is ready to tell his story.UEB. 5v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 26137603

True Crime

Clarkson, Wensley. The Curse Of Brink's-Mat: Twenty-Five Years Of Murder And Mayhem: The Inside Story Of The Twentieth Century's Most Lucrative Armed Robbery. 2013.On 26 November 1983 six armed robbers escaped with £28 million worth of gold bullion from a Brink's-Mat warehouse at London's Heathrow Airport. The heist made the careers of many of the underworld's biggest names, and changed the face of British crime for ever. In the years following the robbery, many of those involved have been sent to an early grave. The Curse of Brink's-Mat is an epic tale of villainy, gold and revenge.UEB. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 26137503

Newly available titles for loan and sale

Christie, Agatha. Poirot Investigates. 1928. Short stories.In these three stories, Poirot is called upon to investigate threatening letters demanding the return of a diamond belonging to a film star; uncover the whereabouts of the Prime Minister kidnapped by enemy agents during World War I; and investigate a mysterious curse after the death of an archaeologist.SEB. 3v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 26157902

Forester, C.S. The African Queen. 1956. Adventure.Rose Sayer, a prim woman missionary, is thrown together with Charlie Allnut, a Cockney mechanic, during World War I. Marooned in German Central Africa, they battle their way down the river in the African Queen, a 30 foot long, squat, flat-bottomed boat. Rose and Charlie come close to death many times, but they survive all dangers, except the danger of falling in love.SEB. 4v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 26157802

Greene, Graham. Stamboul Train. 1974. Spy stories.Aboard the Orient Express as it heads across Europe towards Constantinople, a relationship develops between Carleton Myatt and Coral Musker, a naïve English chorus girl. Around them a web of espionage, murder and lies twists in a spy thriller that established Graham Greene's reputation.SEB. 4v. Price: £2.75. Order No: 26157602

Kelly, Sheelagh. Shoddy Prince. 1996. Historical romance.Shoddy Prince: book 1. Set in 1890s York. Bright Maguire, poor, beautiful and kind, is the youngest member of a large Irish clan. Nat Prince is the illegitimate son of a prostitute. Bright brings Nat into the bosom of her loving family. But Nat will risk anything to make his fortune and his adventures take him across the world. Although their love is destined never to die, it seems there is a conspiracy to keep Nat and Bright apart.SEB. 13v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 26192302

McDermid, Val. The Distant Echo. 2003. Crime.Student Alex Gilbey and his three best friends stumble upon the dying body of Rosie Duff. She has been raped, stabbed and left for dead. The friends are stained with her blood and are the only suspects. Twenty-five years later, one of the four dies in a suspicious house fire and another in a bungled burglary. If Alex

Gilbey wants to stay alive, he must find out who really killed Rosie all those years ago.SEB. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 26155102

Shute, Nevil. No Highway. 1948. Adventure.Theodore Honey is a shy, inconspicuous aircraft engineer whose eccentric interests in quantum mechanics and spiritualism are frowned upon in aviation circles. But when a passenger plane crashes in unexplained circumstances, Honey must convince his superiors that his unorthodox theories are correct before more lives are lost.SEB. 7v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 26157402

Smith, Wilbur. A Time To Die. 1990. Adventure.Courtney: book 8. Set against a backcloth of the hunting grounds of Zimbabwe, Sean Courtney, professional hunter and veteran guerilla fighter, is swept up in a savage new war. Caught between rival armies, between the love for the woman at his side and his instincts as a fighter, he is tested to the limit, as hunter becomes hunted in a wilderness ravaged by war.SEB. 13v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 26155202

Steel, Danielle. Granny Dan. 1999. Family stories.When Granny Dan died, all that remained was a box wrapped in brown paper, tied with string. Inside, an old pair of satin toe shoes, a gold locket, and a stack of letters tied with ribbon. It was her legacy, her secret past, waiting to be discovered by the granddaughter who loved her but never really knew her. It was a story waiting to be told.SEB. 3v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 26155302

Children and young adult fiction

0-4 Suggested Reading Age

Donaldson, Julia. What The Ladybird Heard On Holiday. 2018.Lanky Len and Hefty Hugh, are back and haven't changed their thieving ways. They're planning to steal a monkey from the zoo and use it to pinch the Queen's crown. It's a pity for them that a certain crime-busting ladybird is holidaying in the very same city

and she's got a good idea that will ensure the dastardly pair won't get away with it!UEB double line spacing, single sided. 1v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 26132603Also available in uncontracted braille. 1v. Order No: 26132605

Mabbitt, Will. This Is Not A Bedtime Story. 2016.Sophie doesn't want a story time filled with cute kittens and birthday parties. Instead she wants rocket-launching helicopters and a giant robot dinosaur. And one thing's for sure. Bedtime will never be the same again.UEB double line spacing, single sided. 1v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 26136703Also available in uncontracted braille. 1v. Order No: 26136705

07+ Suggested Reading Age

Haig, Matt. The Girl Who Saved Christmas. 2017.Boy called Christmas: book 2. When Amelia wants a wish to come true she knows Father Christmas is just the man to ask. But Father Christmas has more to worry about: Upset elves, reindeers dropping out of the sky, angry trolls and the chance that Christmas might be cancelled. If Christmas is going to be saved, he needs Amelia's help.UEB double line spacing. 8v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 26111103Also available in uncontracted braille. 9v. Order No: 26111105

Morpurgo, Michael. The Giant's Necklace. 2017.It all began with a necklace, made of glistening pink cowrie shells. Cherry was determined it would be the longest necklace she had ever made; that it would be fit for a giant! She only needed a few more shells. So, she set out to search for them. As the storm blew in, Cherry realised that she was cut off from the shore. From then on, events began to take a decidedly dark turn.UEB double line spacing. 1v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 26134003Also available in uncontracted braille. 2v. Order No: 26134005

09+ Suggested Reading Age

Kenny, Padraig. Tin. 2018.Christopher is 'Proper': a real boy with a real soul, orphaned in a fire. He works for an engineer, a maker of the eccentric, loyal and

totally individual mechanicals who are Christopher's best friends. But after a devastating accident, a secret is revealed and Christopher's world is changed for ever.UEB. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 26137003

11+ Suggested Reading Age

Le Guin, Ursula K. A Wizard Of Earthsea. 2016.Earthsea: book 1. Ged enters wizard school to learn the rules of magic. Headstrong and naïve, he accidentally unleashes a terrible shadow-creature into the world. He must face and destroy the shadow. Ged's quest takes him to the farthest corner of Earthsea.UEB. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 26127603

13+ Suggested Reading Age

Cole, Stephen. Strike Lightning. 2016.Young Bond: book 8. James stumbles upon a horrific sight. His school is determined to make him believe what happened was an accident, but James believes what he saw was murder. All will be revealed in an adventure that takes James across Europe and puts him within range of a warmongering villain. Has James got what it takes to triumph over this man, who boasts a new kind of weapon?UEB. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 26134103

Fraillon, Zana. The Ones That Disappeared. 2017.Miran, Esra and Isa are three young Syrian children brought to Australia to be slaves. They escape but Miran is captured by the police. Hiding in the shadows of the forest, Esra and Isa are found by a local boy, Skeet. Together they will create a man out of mud, a Riverman who will come to life. He will lead them down into the tunnels of the town in an effort to rescue Miran.UEB. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 26127503

McManus, Karen M. One Of Us Is Lying. 2017.Yale hopeful Bronwyn has never publicly broken a rule. Sports star Cooper only knows what he's doing in the baseball diamond. Nate is one misstep away from a life of crime. Prom queen Addy is holding together the cracks in her perfect life. And outsider Simon, creator of the notorious gossip app at Bayview High, dies 24 hours

before he could post their deepest secrets online. All of them are suspects. Contains swear words.UEB. 7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 26111303

15+ Suggested Reading Age

Pinborough, Sarah. 13 Minutes. 2016.I was dead for 13 minutes. I don't remember how I ended up in the icy water but I do know it wasn't an accident and I wasn't suicidal. They say you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but when you're a teenage girl, it's hard to tell them apart. My friends love me, I'm sure of it. But did they try to kill me? UEB. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 26136803

Giant Print

Adult fiction

Barker, Pat. The Silence Of The Girls. 2018. Historical Fiction.When her city falls to the Greeks, Briseis's old life is shattered. She is transformed from queen to captive, from free woman to slave, awarded to the god-like warrior Achilles as a prize of war. And she's not alone. The Trojan War is known as a man's story: a quarrel between men over a woman. But what of the other women in this story, silenced by history?3v.

Bauer, Belinda. Snap. 2018. Thriller.On a stifling summer's day, 11-year-old Jack and his two sisters sit in their broken-down car, waiting for their mother to return and rescue them. But she never comes back. Three years later, mum-to-be Catherine wakes to find a knife beside her bed, and a note that says: I could have killed you. Meanwhile Jack is in charge of his sisters, making sure nobody knows they're alone, or finds out the truth about what happened to his mother.4v.

Burns, Anna. Milkman. 2018. Literary fiction.In this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman. But when first brother-in-law sniffs out her struggle, and rumours start to swell, middle sister becomes 'interesting'.4v.

Clancy, Tom. The Teeth Of The Tiger. 2013. Thriller.Jack Ryan: book 12. Just before Jack Ryan stepped down as US President, he created a secret organisation able to use any means to neutralise terrorists who threatened America. Now his son, Jack Ryan, Jr, is part of that organisation, and he's on the front line when a group of Islamic terrorists backed up by Colombian drug smugglers strike at the heart of American society.5v.

Claydon, Annie. From Doctor To Princess? 2018. Mills and Boon romance.Dr Nell Maitland has escaped her unpleasant former boss to become private physician to Dr Hugo DeLeon, who’s also a crown prince! But doctors make the worst patients, especially when they’re as distractingly handsome as Hugo. When her past catches up with her, Nell must fake an engagement to this Prince. Might she become his Princess for real?2v.

Cole, Martina. Broken. 2000. Crime.DI Kate Burrows: book 2. Who would abandon a child in a stretch of woodland? Or at the top of a derelict building? DI Kate Burrows is sure there's a connection between similar incidents and when one child dies, she knows she's in a race against time to stop a ruthless killer.5v.

Cole, Martina. The Ladykiller. 2009. Crime.DI Kate Burrows: book 1. A killer is on the loose. It's up to DI Kate Burrows to stop him. But Kate has a problem. The Grantley Ripper has attacked the daughter of one of London's most infamous gangsters, Patrick Kelly, and now Kate's investigation, along with

her heart, are dangerously entwined with him. Will Kate take down the Ladykiller, or will he be her undoing?7v.

De Bernières, Louis. So Much Life Left Over. 2018. Literary fiction.The dust that falls from dreams: book 2. Rosie and Daniel have moved to Ceylon with their daughter to start a new life, attempting to put the trauma of the First World War behind them. Back in England, Rosie's three sisters are dealing with different challenges in their searches for family, purpose and happiness. Around them the world is changing, and when Daniel finds himself in Germany he witnesses events taking a dark and forbidding turn.3v.

Delaney, JP. The Girl Before. 2018. Thriller.Jane stumbles on the rental opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to live in a beautiful ultra-minimalist house designed by an enigmatic architect, on condition she abides by a long list of exacting rules. After moving in, she discovers that a previous tenant, Emma, met a mysterious death there. Jane starts to wonder if her own story will be a re-run of the girl before.3v.

Erskine, Barbara. The Ghost Tree. 2018. General fiction.Ruth has returned to Edinburgh after many years of exile. Left rootless by the death of her estranged father, she is faced with the daunting task of sorting through his possessions. Ruth has opened a door to the past that she can’t close, and meets a ghost in her family tree who wasn’t invited. She will have to draw upon new friends and old in what will become a battle for her very survival.6v.

Ferrante, Elena. The Story Of A New Name. 2013. Literary fiction.Neapolitan: book 2. Following 'My Brilliant Friend', this title features the two friends Lila and Elena, now in their twenties. Marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile, Elena continues her journey of self-discovery. The two young women vacillate between hurtful disregard and profound love for the other. With this friendship at the centre of their emotional lives, the two girls mature into women.

5v.

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Ferrante, Elena. Those Who Leave And Those Who Stay. 2014. Literary fiction.Neapolitan: book 3.5v.

Goodwin, Rosie. The Little Angel. 2018. Historical fiction.Days of the week: book 2. 1896, Nuneaton. Left on the doorstep of Treetops Children's Home, young Kitty captures the heart of her guardian, Sunday Branning. Then Kitty is summoned to live in London with her birth mother. But she quickly discovers the peril she finds herself in, as an innocent beautiful young girl making her way in the music halls and theatres of the big city.5v.

Gregory, Philippa. The Last Tudor. 2017. Historical fiction.Tudor Court; book 8. Queen Elizabeth measures the threat to her from the two sisters of executed Jane Grey, the Queen of England for nine days. Katherine Grey is a famous beauty and Mary Grey a dwarf. Katherine is in love with an heir to the great family Seymour, and Mary with the queen's sergeant porter. But Elizabeth fears a Tudor heir to the throne.6v.

Hogan, Ruth. The Wisdom Of Sally Red Shoes. 2018. General fiction.Once a spirited, independent woman with a rebellious streak, Masha's life has been forever changed by a tragic event 12 years ago. But a chance encounter with two extraordinary women - the fabulous and wise Kitty Muriel, and the mysterious Sally Red Shoes, a bag lady with a prodigious voice - opens up a new world of possibilities. Until the fateful day when the past comes roaring back.3v.

Horowitz, Anthony. Forever And A Day. 2018. Spy stories.A James Bond novel. 007 floats in the waters of Marseille, killed by an unknown hand. M, Head of MI6, has to bring forward a replacement. The Secret Service have been preparing a new

chap. It's time for James Bond to earn his licence to kill. This is the story of the birth of a legend, in the brutal underworld of the French Riviera.3v.

Kushner, Rachel. The Mars Room. 2018. Literary fiction.Romy Hall is at the start of two consecutive life sentences, plus six years, at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility. Inside is a new reality to adapt to: thousands of women hustling for the bare essentials needed to survive. Romy sees the future stretch out ahead of her until news from outside brings a ferocious urgency to her existence, challenging her to escape her own destiny.3v.

Lee, Maureen. Nothing Lasts Forever. 2009. General fiction.Brodie Logan's idyllic life with her once-loving husband, Colin, seems to have come to an end. So when she lets out the big house in Liverpool with its enchanting garden where she grew up, she decides to leave Colin and share the house with the other women who have come to live there. Friendships form that will last a lifetime. But nothing lasts forever.4v.

Mackintosh, Clare. Let Me Lie. 2018. Thriller.The police say it was suicide. Anna says it was murder. They're both wrong. One year ago, Caroline Johnson chose to end her life brutally: a shocking suicide planned to match that of her husband just months before. Their daughter, Anna, now with a young baby of her own, misses her mother more than ever and starts to question her parents' deaths. But by digging up their past, she'll put her future in danger.4v.

Matthews, Carole. Million Love Songs. 2018. Chick lit.After splitting up with her cheating ex-husband, Ruby Brown is ready for a change. Mason Soames represents everything Ruby wants right now: he's charming, handsome and perfect for some no-strings-attached fun. Joe Edwards on the other hand is also lovely and handsome but he comes with the sort of baggage Ruby wants to avoid. Is Ruby ready for a relationship of any kind, and what type of life does she really want?4v.

Montefiore, Santa. The Last Secret Of The Deverills. 2018. Family stories.Deverill chronicles: book 3. It is 1939 and a new generation of the Deverill family is waiting in the wings. American Martha Wallace has lost her heart to the impossibly charming JP Deverill. Bridie Doyle is now Countess di Marcantonio and mistress of Castle Deverill, far surpassing her humble roots. But as the eyes of her flamboyant husband Cesare stray away from his wife, those close to them start to wonder who he really is.5v.

Norris, Barney. Five Rivers Met On A Wooded Plain. 2016. Literary fiction.One quiet evening in Salisbury, the peace is shattered by a serious car crash. At that moment, five lives collide - those of a flower seller, a schoolboy, an army wife, a security guard and a widower - all facing their own personal disasters. As one of those lives hangs in the balance, the stories of all five unwind, drawn together by connection and coincidence into a web of love, grief, disenchantment and hope.2v.

Ondaatje, Michael. Warlight. 2018. Literary fiction.It is 1945, and London is still reeling from the Blitz and years of war. Nathaniel and his sister, Rachel, are apparently abandoned by their parents. They are left in the dubious care of an enigmatic figure named The Moth, who introduces them to his band of criminal misfits. Many years later, Nathaniel begins to uncover all he didn't know or understand in that time.3v.

Phinn, Gervase. Secrets At The Little Village School. 2017. Country life fiction.Barton-in-the-Dale: book 5. In the little village of Barton-in-the-Dale, Ashley Underwood and Emmet O'Malley are set to tie the knot, when a revelation from the handsome Irishman's past returns to haunt him. The town's resident nosey-parker discovers some juicy gossip about the primary school's dishy new staff-member, and head teacher Elisabeth Stirling has a very special secret of her own.5v.

Powers, Richard. The Overstory. 2018. Literary fiction.The Overstory unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light. Nine strangers, each summoned by trees, are brought together in a last, violent stand to save the continent’s few remaining acres of virgin forest.7v.

Robertson, Robin. The Long Take. 2018. Literary fiction.Walker is a D-Day veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder; he can't return home to rural Nova Scotia, and looks instead to the city for anonymity and repair. As he moves from New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco, we witness a crucial period of fracture in American history, one that also allowed film noir to flourish. The Dream had gone sour but the country needed outsiders dramatize its new anxieties.2v.

Ryan, Donal. From A Low And Quiet Sea. 2018. Literary fiction.Farouk's country has been torn apart by war. Lampy's heart has been laid waste by Chloe. John's past torments him as he nears his end. The refugee. The dreamer. The penitent. From war-torn Syria to small-town Ireland, three men, scarred by all they have loved and lost, are searching for some version of home. Each is drawn towards a powerful reckoning, one that will bring them together in the most unexpected of ways.2v.

Scanlan, Patricia. Forgive And Forget. 2008. Family stories.Forgive and forget: book 1. There's nothing like a good wedding to start world war three! And that's what's going to happen if Connie Adams, the mother of the bride, can't smooth things over between Debbie and her dad. He's hell bent on bringing his stuck-up second wife and their sulky teenage daughter to the big day, but Debbie doesn't want them there. Plus, Debbie's starting to suspect that her fiancé’s getting cold feet.4v.

Sheffield, Jack. Starting Over: A Ragley Story 1952-53. 2018. Country life fiction.Jack Sheffield: book 11. It's 1952 and Lily Briggs has just arrived in Ragley, ready to begin her first school year as a teacher at the village school. There to welcome her is John Pruett who, after his years in the war, has settled into the role of headmaster. Tom Feather, the local bobby, is also on hand to make her feel at home up north. But Lily has a secret lurking in her past that threatens the new life she's trying to build.3v.

Adult non-fiction

Food and Drink

Berry, Mary. Mary Berry's Complete Cookbook. 2017.Packed with over 650 everyday recipes, this is an updated edition of Mary Berry's million-selling cookbook. The recipes include mouth-watering dishes, including hummus, paella, dairy-free lasagne, prawn, tacos, chicken pot pie, English roast beef, croissants, cherry cheesecake, and chocolate brownies.9v.

History

Sandbrook, Dominic. Never Had It So Good: A History Of Britain From Suez To The Beatles. 2006.In 1956, the Suez Crisis finally shattered the old myths of the British Empire. Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at the story of affluence and decline between 1956 and 1963. Arguing that historians have until now been besotted by the supposed cultural revolution of the Sixties, he re-examines the myths of this period, and paints a more complicated picture of a society caught between conservatism and change.14v.

Self Help

Haig, Matt. Notes On A Nervous Planet. 2018.How can we stay sane on a planet that makes us mad? How do we stay human in a technological world? How do we feel happy when we are encouraged to be anxious? After experiencing years of anxiety and panic attacks, these questions became urgent matters of life and death for Matt Haig. Notes on a Nervous Planet is a personal look at how to feel happy, human and whole in the twenty-first century.2v.

Society

Samworth, Neil. Strangeways: A Prison Officer's Story. 2018.For eleven years, Neil Samworth worked as a prison officer in perhaps the most notorious of all prisons: Strangeways, now HM Prison Manchester. Sam tackled cell fires and self-harmers, and went head to head with some of the most dangerous men in the country. He left in 2016 and, having kept a diary for many years, is ready to tell his story.3v.

Sport

Fay, Stephen. Arlott, Swanton And The Soul Of English Cricket. 2018.For more than a quarter of a century after the Second World War, as the BBC tightened its grip on the national consciousness, two of the most famous English voices were commentators on games of cricket. John Arlott and E.W. ('Jim') Swanton transformed the broadcasting of the nation's summer game into a national institution. They never grew to like each other, but both typified the contrasting aspects of post-war Britain.4v.

True Crime

Clarkson, Wensley. The Curse Of Brink's-Mat: Twenty-Five Years Of Murder And Mayhem: The Inside Story Of The Twentieth Century's Most Lucrative Armed Robbery. 2013.On 26 November 1983, six armed robbers escaped with £28 million worth of gold bullion from a Brink's-Mat warehouse at

London's Heathrow Airport. The heist made the careers of many of the underworld's biggest names, and changed the face of British crime for ever. In the years following the robbery, many of those involved have been sent to an early grave. This is an epic tale of villainy, gold and revenge.3v.

Children and young adult fiction

09+ Suggested Reading Age

Kenny, Padraig. Tin. 2018.Christopher is 'Proper': a real boy with a real soul, orphaned in a fire. He works for an engineer, a maker of the eccentric, loyal and totally individual mechanicals who are Christopher's best friends. But after a devastating accident, a secret is revealed and Christopher's world is changed for ever.3v.

13+ Suggested Reading Age

Cole, Stephen. Strike Lightning. 2016. Spy stories.Young Bond: book 8. James stumbles upon a horrific sight. His school is determined to make him believe what happened was an accident, but James believes what he saw was murder. All will be revealed in an adventure that takes James across Europe and puts him within range of a warmongering villain. Has James got what it takes to triumph over this man, who boasts a new kind of weapon?2v.

15+ Suggested Reading Age

Pinborough, Sarah. 13 Minutes. 2016. Thriller.I was dead for 13 minutes. I don't remember how I ended up in the icy water but I do know it wasn't an accident and I wasn't suicidal. They say you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but when you're a teenage girl, it's hard to tell them apart. My friends love me, I'm sure of it. But did they try to kill me?4v.

Talking Books

Adult fiction

Apuleius. The Golden Ass. 2017. Classic. TB24535.The Golden Ass tells the story of the many adventures of a young man whose fascination with witchcraft leads him to be transformed into a donkey. The bewitched Lucius passes from owner to owner. He encounters a desperate gang of robbers and is forced to perform lewd 'human' tricks on stage. Finally the Goddess Isis breaks the spell and Lucius is initiated into her cult.Read by Jonathan Keeble. 9 hours 53 minutes. TB24535.

Baker, Anne. A Mersey Duet. 1997. Family stories. TB24495.When Elsa dies in childbirth on Christmas Eve, 1912, her grief-stricken husband is unable to cope with Lucy and Patsy, so the twins are separated. Lucy is taken home with Elsa's parents, who run, Mersey Antiques. Patsy lives with their father and other grandmother above the Railway Arms. Then Patsy is invited to work for her grandfather at Mersey Antiques. Read by Elaine Fellows. 12 hours 47 minutes. TB24495.

Bauer, Belinda. Snap. 2018. Thriller. TB24554.11-year-old Jack and his two sisters sit in their broken-down car, waiting for their mother to come and rescue them. But she never comes back. Three years later, mum-to-be Catherine wakes to find a knife beside her bed, and a note that says: I could have killed you. Jack is in charge of his sisters, of making sure nobody knows they're alone and finding out what happened to his mother.Read by Andrew Wincott. 9 hours 42 minutes. TB24554.

Brown, Benita. The Promise. 2009. Family stories. TB24475.When her father, a journalist, is murdered, Marion vows to care for her younger sister. The girls believe they have found a refuge when Victor proposes to Marion and they move into his luxurious home. But Marion's friend Daniel is conducting an investigation into Henry’s death. He learns the journalist was closing in on a child prostitution racket when he was killed. Read by Dorothy Lawrence. 17 hours 48 minutes. TB24475.

Cookson, Catherine. The Invitation. 1993. Family stories. TB24501.Maggie Gallacher had all but read the print off the elegant, gold-trimmed card. An invitation from the Duke of Moorshire to an evening at Lea Hall? But had Maggie, or any of the Gallachers, foreseen how it would turn out, how irrevocably it would change the lives of all of them, she would have torn that invitation into tiny pieces and thrown them on the fire.Read by Rowena Gray. 9 hours 52 minutes. TB24501.

Dunnett, Dorothy. Dolly And The Singing Bird. 1982. Crime. TB24505.Johnson Johnson: book 1. Tina Rossi, a famous coloratura soprano who arrives to sing at the Edinburgh Festival, only to find a murder victim in a cupboard. At the same time her lover, top scientist Kenneth Homes, has gone missing. Johnson Johnson, an artist and amateur detective, helps her unravel the mystery.Read by Antonia Beamish. 9 hours 56 minutes. TB24505.

Edugyan, Esi. Washington Black. 2018. Historical fiction. TB24614.Washington is an eleven year-old slave on a plantation in Barbados. 'Titch' Wilde is one of the owners, an inventor and abolitionist, whose pursuit of the perfect aerial machine mystifies all. Titch's plans are soon shattered and Washington finds himself in mortal danger. They escape the island together. Then Titch disappears and Washington must make his way alone.Read by James Goode. 14 hours 25 minutes. TB24614.

Finlay, Linda. The Sea Shell Girl. 2016. Family stories. TB24508.Seventeen-year-old Merryn has been helping her mother to knit fisherman's jumpers in a Cornish village since she was a young girl. When she gets the chance at a job in a nearby city she jumps at it, despite her mother's reservations. However, once out of her village she begins to uncover long-buried secrets about her past that threaten to unravel everything that she thought she knew.Read by Annette Holland. 11 hours 43 minutes. TB24508.

Friday, Penelope. The Sisterhood. 2016. Gay fiction. TB24498.When Charity visits London for the Season, she has no idea what adventures lie ahead. But a chance meeting with the beautiful

Isobelle will have long term consequences as Charity discovers things about London society, about slavery, and most of all about herself. But it's the introduction to The Sisterhood, a secret society of ladies, that will impact and change her life forever.Read by Emma Carter. 10 hours 33 minutes. TB24498.

Galbraith, Robert. Lethal White. 2018. Crime. TB24613.Cormoran Strike: book 4. Billy comes to private eye Cormoran Strike's office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child. But Billy bolts from his office in a panic. Strike and Robin once his assistant, now a partner in the agency, set off on a twisting trail. It leads them through London, into Parliament, and to a beautiful but sinister manor house.Read by Robert Glenister. 22 hours 30 minutes. TB24613.

Gunaratne, Guy. In Our Mad And Furious City. 2018. General fiction. TB24553.For Selvon, Ardan and Yusuf, growing up under the towers of Stones Estate, summer means football, music, freedom. But now riots are spreading across the city. Selvon and Ardan remain focused on their own obsessions, girls and grime. Their friend Yusuf is caught up in a wave of radicalism surging through his local mosque, threatening to carry his brother, Irfan, with it.Read by Ben Bailey Smith and Lou Marie Kerr. 6 hours 48 minutes. TB24553.

Harrison, Sarah. A Spell Of Swallows. 2007. Historical romance. TB24516.Swan music: book 3.Vivien loves her husband, and is adored by him in return. But she is drawn to Ashe, the stranger who appears in Eadenford the summer after the Great War ends. Helping around the house and garden, Ashe quickly makes himself indispensable. As the vicar's wife, Vivien must be above suspicion. Will the pull of passion prove too strong for her to resist?Read by Christopher Oxford. 13 hours 30 minutes. TB24516.

Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia. The Winter Journey. 1998. TB24520.Morland Dynasty: book 20. In 1851 the fortunes of the Morland family are buoyant. Charlotte, now Duchess of Southport, is shortly to give birth to her second child. Cavendish is engaged to the beautiful but silly Miss Phipps. Then the British army is forced to defend Turkey against the Tsar. Within weeks Cavendish is in the

Crimea and disappears in the Charge of the Light Brigade.Read by Frances Jeater. 21 hours 48 minutes. TB24520.

James, Sophia. Marriage Made In Hope. 2016. Mills and Boon romance. TB24098.Penniless lords: book 4. Measured Lady Sephora Connaught knows there is another, more reckless side to her. When she’s rescued from the fast-flowing Thames by the wild and dangerous Francis St Cartmail, Earl of Douglas, suddenly her confined world bursts into vibrant life. She offers him hope. Time will tell if their fragile marriage is enough to banish his demons for ever.Read by Madeleine Brolly. 7 hours 29 minutes. TB24098.

Johnson, Daisy. Everything Under. 2018. Literary fiction. TB24615.Gretel lived on a canal boat with her mother, and together they invented a language. She hasn't seen her mother since she was sixteen. A phone call from the hospital interrupts Gretel's isolation. She begins to remember the years spent on the river; the strange, boy who came to stay on the boat one winter; and the creature in the water. In the end there will be nothing for Gretel to do but go back.Read by Charlie Saunderston. 7 hours 7 minutes. TB24615.

Kushner, Rachel. The Mars Room. 2018. General fiction. TB24560. Romy Hall is at the start of two consecutive life sentences, plus six years, at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility. Inside is a new reality to adapt to: thousands of women hustling for the bare essentials needed to survive. Romy sees the future stretch out ahead of her until news from outside brings a ferocious urgency to her existence, challenging her to escape her own destiny.Contains violence, sex scenes and swear words.Read by Stephanie Cannon. 9 hours 29 minutes. TB24560.

McGrath, Patrick. The Wardrobe Mistress. 2017. Literary fiction. TB24231.January 1947. London is in ruins, there’s nothing to eat, and it’s the coldest winter in living memory. Charlie, one of the great stage actors of the day, has suddenly died. His widow Joan, the wardrobe mistress, is beside herself with grief. Then one night she discovers her dead husband's secret. Plunged into a dark new

world, Joan realises that though fascism might hide, it never dies. Contains swear words.Read by Annie Aldington. 8 hours 7 minutes. TB24231

MacLeary, Claire. Cross Purpose. 2017. Crime. TB24512.Maggie and Wilma: book 1. When her disgraced ex-police husband dies, Maggie takes on his struggling detective agency, with the help of her neighbour 'Big Wilma'. The discovery of a mutilated body draws Maggie and Wilma into a world of sink estates, drug abuse and dealers. It also gives Maggie a chance to clear her dead husband's name.Contains swear words.Read by Sally Armstrong. 11 hours 13 minutes. TB24512.

Mackintosh, Sophie. The Water Cure. 2018. General fiction. TB24551.Imagine a world where women are not safe in their bodies, where desperate measures are required to raise a daughter. This is the story of Grace, Lia and Sky, kept apart from the world for their own good and taught about love. It is the story of the men who come to find them, three strangers washed up by the sea, their gazes hungry and insistent, trailing desire and destruction in their wake.Read by Hannah Murray, Gemma Whelan and Morfydd Clark. 7 hours 13 minutes. TB24551.

Mansell, Jill. Meet Me At Beachcomber Bay. 2017. Chick lit. TB24358.Love is in the air in St Carys. The man Clemency loves belongs to someone else. For the first time in Ronan's life his charm has failed him in winning over the woman he wants. Belle seems to have the perfect boyfriend. And now a long-buried secret is slowly rising to the surface. The truth has a funny way of revealing itself, and when it does St Carys will be a very different place indeed.Read by Imogen Church. 11 hours 54 minutes. TB24358.

Ondaatje, Michael. Warlight. 2018. General fiction. TB24561. It is 1945, and London is still reeling from the Blitz and years of war. Nathaniel and his sister are apparently abandoned by their parents. They are left in the dubious care of an enigmatic figure named The Moth, who introduces them to his band of criminal misfits. Many years later, Nathaniel begins to uncover all he didn't know or understand in that time.

Read by George Blagden. 7 hours 36 minutes. TB24561.

Powers, Richard. The Overstory. 2018. General fiction. TB24562.Overstory unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fables that range from antebellum New York to the late twentieth-century Timber Wars. A partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light. Nine strangers are brought together in a last and violent stand to save the continent’s few remaining acres of forest.Read by Matthew Hendrickson. 21 hours 22 minutes. TB24562.

Rankin, Ian. In A House Of Lies. 2018. Crime. TB24580.Inspector Rebus: book 22. A missing private investigator is found, locked in a car hidden deep in the woods. Worse still is that his body was in an area that had already been searched. Detective Inspector Siobhan Clarke is part of a new inquiry, combing through the mistakes of the original case. There were always suspicions over how the investigation was handled. Read by James McPherson. 11 hours 42 minutes. TB24580.

Robertson, Robin. The Long Take. 2018. General fiction. TB24577.Walker is a D-Day veteran with post-traumatic stress; he can't return home to rural Nova Scotia, and looks instead to the city for freedom, anonymity and repair. As he moves from New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco we witness a crucial period of fracture in American history. This is a novel written in verse.Read by Kerry Shale. 5 hours 29 minutes. TB24577.

Rooney, Sally. Normal People. 2018. General fiction. TB24552.Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in rural Ireland. The similarities end there; they are from very different worlds. When they both earn places at Trinity College in Dublin, a connection that has grown between them lasts long into the following years. This is a love story about how a person can change another person's life.Read by Aoife McMahon. 7 hours 38 minutes. TB24552.

Ryan, Donal. From A Low And Quiet Sea. 2018. General fiction. TB24563.Farouk's country has been torn apart by war. Lampy's heart has been laid waste by Chloe. John's past torments him as he nears his end. From war-torn Syria to small-town Ireland, three men, scarred by all they have loved and lost, are searching for some version of home. Each is drawn towards a powerful reckoning, one that will bring them together in the most unexpected of ways.Read by Stephen Hogan, Gerry O'Brien and Ramon Tikaram. 5 hours 12 minutes. TB24563.

Adult non-fiction

Autobiography and biography

Bradford, Ernle. Drake: England's Greatest Seafarer. 2014. TB24397.Drake became the first Englishman to sail around the world. Drake also played a key role in the defeat of the Spanish Armada when England was threatened with invasion in 1588. He was a brilliant navigator, intrepid explorer, and fearsome warrior in Queen Elizabeth's Royal Navy. He was also a pirate and profiteer who made a small fortune trading slaves. Read by Ric Jerrom. 13 hours 16 minutes. TB24397.

Higham, Charles. Olivia And Joan: A Biography Of Olivia de Havilland And Joan Fontaine. 1986. TB24500.Joan had a sickly and lonely childhood overshadowed by her older and popular sister Olivia. But both Olivia and Joan went on to gain Hollywood stardom. They also received acclaim for their acting and remain the only siblings to have won major acting Academy Awards. Charles Higham covers their complicated, fraught and ultimately estranged relationship.Read by Christopher Douglas. 10 hours 12 minutes. TB24500.

History

Green, M. R. London: A Travel Guide Through Time. 2016. TB24518.Let time traveller Dr Matthew Green be your guide to six periods in London's history - the ages of Shakespeare, medieval city life,

plague, coffee houses, the reign of Victoria and the Blitz. You'll meet pornographers and traitors, actors and apothecaries, the mad, bad and dangerous to know, who will show you the thrilling history of London. Contains swear words.Read by Luke de Belder. 16 hours 45 minutes. TB24518.

Stourton, Edward. Auntie's War: The BBC During The Second World War. 2017. TB24499.Stourton investigates archives, diaries, letters and memoirs to examine what the BBC was and what it stood for. Recounting stories and anecdotes he has written much more than a portrait of a beloved institution at a critical time. 'Auntie's War' provides a vivid new perspective on the war; it also offers an incomparable insight into the broadcasting culture we still have today.Read by Philip Bretherton. 14 hours 49 minutes. TB24499.

Philosophy

Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Antichrist. 2016. TB24533.The Antichrist was originally published in 1895. The Antichrist of the title is an attack on the slave morality and apathy of Western Christianity. Nietzsche's basic claim is that Christianity is a poisoner of western culture and perversion of the words of and practice of Jesus. Nietzsche is very critical of institutionalized religion and its priest class.Read by Christopher Oxford. 4 hours 25 minutes. TB24533.

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Ecce Homo. 2016. TB24534.In late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche set out to compose his autobiography. Nietzsche traces his life, work and development as a philosopher. He examines the heroes he has identified with, struggled against and then overcome - Schopenhauer, Wagner, Socrates, Christ. Read by Christopher Oxford. 4 hours 36 minutes. TB24534.

Politics and government

Orwell, George. The Lion And The Unicorn: Socialism And The English Genius. 2018. TB24497.George Orwell's moving reflections on the English character and his passionate belief in the need for political change. 'The Lion and

the Unicorn' was written in London during the worst period of the blitz. It is vintage Orwell, a dynamic outline of his belief in socialism, patriotism and an English revolution.Read by David Thorpe. 2 hours 56 minutes. TB24497.

Religion

Allen, Charles. Buddha And The Sahibs: The Men Who Discovered India's Lost Religion. 2015. TB24523.For nearly 1000 years, from the destruction of temples and monasteries in the 11th and 12th centuries Buddhism vanished from its country of origin. From the late 18th century, amateur linguists, archaeologists and explorers began investigating the subcontinent’s lost past. This is the story of the men from the British Raj who re-discovered the history of the Buddha.Read by Sam Dastor. 12 hours 21 minutes. TB24523.

Blomfield, Vishvapani. Gautama Buddha. The Life And Teachings Of The Awakened One. 2015. TB24525.Blomfield brings the Buddha to life as a passionate and determined individual, a strikingly modern figure who rejected contemporary beliefs and found his own answers by mastering his mind. Even after he gained enlightenment and became the Buddha (the "Awakened One"), Gautama experienced struggles as well as triumphs as he trod India's dusty paths.Read by Jonathan Keeble. 12 hours 13 minutes. TB24525.

Santideva. The Bodhicaryavatara: A Guide To The Buddhist Path To Awakening. 2016. TB24522.Written in India in the early eighth century CE, Santideva's Bodhicaryavatara takes as its subject the profound desire to become a Buddha and save all beings from suffering. The person who enacts such a desire is a Bodhisattva. Santideva sets out what the Bodhisattva must do and become; he also invokes the intense feelings of aspiration which underlie such a commitment.Read by William Hope. 4 hours 54 minutes. TB24522.

True crime

Clarkson, Wensley. The Curse Of Brink's-Mat: Twenty-five Years Of Murder And Mayhem - The Inside Story Of The Twentieth Century's Most Lucrative Armed Robbery. 2013. TB24521.On 26 November 1983 six armed robbers escaped with £28 million worth of gold bullion from a Brink's-Mat warehouse at Heathrow Airport. The heist made the careers of many of the underworld's biggest names, and changed the face of British crime for ever. In the years following many of those involved have been sent to an early grave. Contains violence and swear words.Read by John Hopkins. 9 hours 2 minutes. TB24521.

A selection of Harper Collins titles

Adult Fiction

Ahern, Cecelia. Roar. 2018. Short stories. TB703658.From The Woman Who Slowly Disappeared to The Woman Who Was Kept on the Shelf and The Woman Who Returned and Exchanged her Husband, discover thirty touching, often hilarious, stories and meet thirty women. Witty, tender, surprising, these keenly observed tales speak to us all, and capture the moment when we all want to roar.Read by Aisling Bea, Adjoa Andoh, Lara Sawalha. 7 hours 50 minutes. TB703658.

Bradford, Barbara Taylor. A Sudden Change Of Heart. 2018. Romance. TB703654.Laura is a successful art historian who runs her own company. She and husband Douglas have a happy marriage marred only by the fact that they are still childless. Claire tells her she is dying and begs Laura to become her daughter Natasha's guardian. It is then that Laura's troubles begin - with Natasha, with the girl's father and grandmother, who suddenly reappear in her life, and with Douglas.Read by Laurence Bouvard. 10 hours 42 minutes. TB703654.

Burnell, Mark. The Rhythm Section. 2018. Thriller. TB703646.Stephanie’s life is destroyed by the crash of flight NE027: her family was on board and there were no survivors. Devastated, she falls into a world of drugs and prostitution - until the day she discovers that the crash was an act of terrorism. Filled with rage,

she joins a covert intelligence organization. But throughout her training she remains focused on one goal above all: revenge.Read by Elizabeth Knowelden. 14 hours 51 minutes. TB703646.

Dyachenko, Sergey. Vita Nostra. 2018. General fiction. TB703657.While on holiday with her mother, Sasha meets the mysterious Farit. The teenage girl is powerless to refuse when this strange man directs her to perform strange tasks. He rewards her efforts with a golden coin. Her new mentor directs her to use her gold to enter the Institute of Special Technologies. The institute's `special technologies' are unlike anything she has ever encountered. Read by Jessica Ball. 18 hours 21 minutes. TB703657.

Fink, Joseph. Alice Isn't Dead. 2018. Horror. TB703664.Keisha mourned the loss of her wife, Alice, who disappeared two years ago. There was a search, there was a funeral. But then Keisha began to see her wife in the background of news reports from all over America. Alice isn't dead. And she is showing up at the scene of every tragedy in the country. Keisha shrugs off her old life and hits the road as a trucker.Read by Jasika Nicole. 8 hours 44 minutes. TB703664.

Hollows, M. J. Goodbye For Now. 2018. War fiction. TB703629.While George has always been the brother to rush towards the action, fast becoming a boy-soldier when war breaks out, Joe thinks differently. Refusing to fight, Joe stays behind as a conscientious objector battling against the propaganda. By the end of The Great War only one brother will survive, but which?Read by Peter Kenny. 11 hours 46 minutes. TB703629.

Jeffrey, Diane. Those Who Lie. 2018. Thriller. TB703672.Emily doesn't know she has killed her husband until the day of his funeral. But the accident is only the beginning. Because while Emily's physical scars will heal, the trauma of the accident has awakened old ghosts. Before long, everywhere she looks, she seems to see her husband. And suddenly, Emily finds herself asking can she really trust herself?Read by Karen Cass. 9 hours 8 minutes. TB703672.

Lafaye, Vanessa. Miss Marley: The Untold Story Of Jacob Marley's Sister. 2018. Historical fiction. TB703662.Orphans Clara and Jacob Marley live by their wits, scavenging for scraps in the poorest alleyways of London. Every night, Jake promises his little sister `tomorrow will be better' and when the chance to escape poverty comes their way, he seizes it despite the terrible price. And so Jacob Marley is set on a path that leads to his infamous partnership with Ebenezer Scrooge. Read by Josie Dunn. 3 hours 33 minutes. TB703662.

Lally, Caitriona. Eggshells. 2018. General fiction. TB703628.Vivian is an oddball. Vivian boldly goes through life doing things in her own peculiar way, whether that be eating blue food or wishing people happy Christmas in April. But behind her heroic charm and undeniable logic, something isn't right. With each attempt to connect with a stranger or her estranged sister doomed to misunderstanding, someone should ask: is Vivian OK?Read by Olivia Caffrey. 7 hours 27 minutes. TB703628.

Oates, Joyce Carol. Hazards Of Time Travel. 2018. Literary fiction. TB703812.A recklessly idealistic girl in a dystopian future society dares to test the perimeters of her tightly controlled world, she is punished by being sent back in time to Wainscotia, Wisconsin. Cast adrift in time in this idyllic town, she is set upon a course of `rehabilitation' but she falls in love with a fellow exile and starts to question the constraints of her new existence, with results that are both devastating and liberating.Read by Andi Arndt. 8 hours 48 minutes. TB703812.

Sherratt, Mel. Hush Hush. 2018. Crime. TB703633.DS Grace Allendale book 1. A killer is on the loose, attacking people in places they feel most safe: their workplaces, their homes. It's up to DS Allendale to stop the murders, and prove herself to her new team. All clues lead to local crime family the Steeles, but that's where things get complicated. Because the Steeles aren't just any family, they're Grace's family. Read by Colleen Prendergast. 10 hours 18 minutes. TB703633.

Wells, Rachel. Alfie In The Snow. 2018. Animal stories. TB703631.When a new family moves onto Edgar Road, Alfie and George can't wait to welcome them - especially when they discover they have a cat too! Alfie imagines they'll be the perfect neighbours, but when one misunderstanding gets blown out of proportion, the street is suddenly at war! As the snow starts to fall, Alfie and George have their work cut out to bring the street back together. Read by Edward Killingback. 8 hours 1 minute. TB703631.

Adult Non-Fiction

Biography

Watson, Casey. A Boy Without Hope. 2018. TB703659.A history of abuse and neglect has left Miller destined for life's scrap heap. In this turbulent story of conflict and struggle, Casey is determined to help Miller overcome his demons, show him love and give him hope. Soon the emotional demands of Miller's case start to take their toll on Casey and Mike. Just how far is Casey willing to go to help Miller and save him from his demons?Read by Kate Lock. 10 hours 12 minutes. TB703659.

Beauty and Fashion

Magrath, Victoria. In The Frow: The New Fashion Rules. 2018. TB703663.The most influential blogger on the scene takes us behind the glowing lights of the catwalk on an exclusive tour of everything you should know about the constantly evolving, ever shining world of fashion.Read by Victoria McGrath. 4 hours 20 minutes. TB703663.

Food and Drink

Cheddar Gorge: A Book Of English Cheeses. 2018. TB703641.Where can you read that the invention of the bicycle directly, and poorly, impacted sales of cheddar? This classic and charming book, a timeless love letter to English cheeses was first published in 1937. Each of the distinguished ten contributors champion an

individual cheese, setting forward their passionate and compelling arguments, celebrating the differences and delights of each type.Read by Robert Portal. 3 hours 34 minutes. TB703641.

Natural History

Sykes, Bryan. The Wolf Within: A Genetic History Of Man's Best Friend. 2018. TB703653.The genetic history of the dog is a sensational example of the co -evolution of two species, man and wolf, to each other's mutual benefit. But how did this ancient partnership begin? To answer this question, Professor Bryan Sykes identifies tantalising clues in the recently mapped genetic makeup of both species. Sykes paints a vivid picture of the dog as an ancient and essential ally.Read by Charles Armstrong. 8 hours 3 minutes. TB703653.

Politics and Government

Collins, Philip. Start Again: How We Can Fix Our Broken Politics. 2018. TB703640.This is a life-raft for all those who find themselves politically adrift and a rallying cry for a better kind of politics. Drawing on lessons from history Collins proposes new answers to today's most urgent questions: questions of education, work, health, housing, security, nationhood, and of how we can achieve a better future. This is a book for anyone who feels that politics no longer speaks to them.Read by Philip Collins. 5 hours 15 minutes. TB703640.

Sport

Fogle, Ben. Up: My Life's Journey To The Top Of Everest. 2018.TB703642.In April 2018, seasoned adventurer Ben Fogle and Olympic cycling gold medallist Victoria Pendleton, along with mountaineer Kenton Cool, took on their most exhausting challenge yet - climbing Everest for the British Red Cross to highlight the environmental challenges mountains face. Part memoir, part thrilling adventure, this is Ben and Marina's account of his ascent.Read by Ben Fogle and Marina Fogel. 7 hours 10 minutes. TB703642.

Ronay, Barney. How Football (Nearly) Came Home: Adventures In Putin's World Cup. 2018. TB703681.The summer of 2018 our national football team did the unthinkable in the World Cup: they didn't screw it up. Ronay was there through the whole tournament, criss-crossing over Russia as he followed the England team, and the rest, on their quest for glory. Here, he captures the sights and sounds, the twists and turns, the bad food and the great football.Read by Rupert Farley. 7 hours 50 minutes. TB703681.

Stafford, Ed. Adventures For A Lifetime. 2018. TB703811.An inspiring selection of hand-picked adventures, chosen by Ed Stafford. Get a taste of freedom as you soar like an eagle over mountains and lakes. Come-face-to-fin with ocean giants as you kayak spectacular coastlines. Strap on your skis and head off for an adventure in the frozen wastes. Experience jaw-dropping sights and lung-bursting trails from the seat of your saddle...and more.Read by Ed Stafford and Peter Noble. 6 hours 7 minutes. TB703811.

Children and young adult fiction

07+ Suggested Reading Age

McCall Smith, Alexander. Freddie Mole, Lion Tamer. 2017. TB24462.Join Freddie Mole as he tumbles through the air, flies around the big tent and tames four growling lions! Freddie is an ordinary boy who joins the circus one day. He can't believe his luck as he is asked to understudy some of the acts. But is he brave enough to go into the lions' cage?Read by Dan Bottomley. 1 hour 22 minutes. TB24462.

MacDonald, Alan. Ask Oscar. 2018. TB24519.Meet Oscar. He's no ordinary dog. Sam has wanted a dog for ages, so when Oscar turns up on this doorstep he can't believe his luck. And when he finds out Oscar's secret he can't believe his ears! Oscar thinks humans are silly and badly trained - but when the freedom of the town's dogs is under threat, Oscar's about to discover that a dog's best friend is his boy.

Read by Kris Dyer. 2 hours 9 minutes. TB24519.

Simmons, Jo. I Swapped My Brother On The Internet! 2018. TB24502.Everyone has dreamed of being able to get rid of their brother or sister at one time or another but for Jonny, the dream is about to become a reality with SiblingSwap.com! What could be better than someone awesome to replace Ted, Jonny's obnoxious older brother? But finding the perfect brother isn't easy. Suddenly old Ted isn't looking so bad. But can Jonny ever get him back? Read by Lucy Scott. 3 hours 26 minutes. TB24502.

09+ Suggested Reading Age

Bunzl, Peter. Cogheart. 2017. TB24454.Cogheart adventures: book 1. Lily's life is in mortal peril. Her father is missing and now silver-eyed men stalk her through the shadows. With her friends - Robert, the clockmaker's son, and Malkin, her mechanical fox - Lily is plunged into a murky and menacing world. Murder, mayhem and mystery meet in this gripping Victorian adventure.Read by Rachael Beresford. 8 hours 27 minutes. TB24454.

Murray, Tamsyn. Drama Queen. 2016. TB24466.Completely Cassidy: book 3. Cassidy can't wait to enrol at Dance and Drama Academy summer school. She's always dreamed of discovering her hidden talent. But with auditions looming, Cassidy is gripped by stage fright. Brother, Liam, keeps reminding her, she does have a knack for embarrassing herself. What if Cassidy's stage debut turns out to be an all-singing, all-dancing disaster?Read by Melody Grove. 3 hours 38 minutes. TB24466.

Nye, Bill. At The Bottom Of The World. 2017. TB24464.Jack and the geniuses: book 1. Meet Jack and his foster siblings, Ava and Matt, who are orphans. Ava speaks multiple languages and builds robots for fun. Matt is into astronomy and a whiz at math. As for Jack, it's hard to stand out when he's surrounded by geniuses. Scientist, Dr Hank Witherspoon and the kids travel to Antarctica for a prestigious science competition.Read by Jonathan Todd Ross. 5 hours 50 minutes. TB24464.

13+ Suggested Reading Age

Bourne, Holly. It Only Happens In The Movies. 2017. TB24442.Audrey is over romance. Since her parents' relationship imploded her mother's been catatonic, so she takes a cinema job to get out of the house. But there she meets wannabe film-maker Harry. Nobody expects Audrey and Harry to fall in love as hard and fast as they do. But that doesn't mean things are easy. Because real love isn't like the movies.Read by Josephine Arden. 12 hours 53 minutes. TB24442.

Cole, Stephen. Red Nemesis. 2017. TB24542.Young Bond: book 9. James is on home soil when he receives a package with a message from beyond the grave. The package's contents put James at the heart of a long-running plot that, if it runs its course, will paint London's streets red with blood. Not only will James have to fight to stay alive and save the country he loves, but to clear the Bond family name, which he holds so dear. Read by Alexander Stutt. 8 hours 35 minutes. TB24542.

Higson, Charles. The Fallen. 2014. TB24517.Enemy: book 5. First the sickness rotted the adults' minds. Then their bodies. Now they stalk the streets, hunting human flesh. The Holloway crew are survivors. They've fought their way across London and made it to the History Museum. The kids at the museum are looking for a cure. All they need are medical supplies. Read by Tidor Nieddu. 13 hours 43 minutes. TB24517.

15+ Suggested Reading Age

Bertie, Alex. Trans Mission: My Quest To A Beard. 2017.TB24474.Alex is an ordinary teenager: he likes pugs, donuts, retro video games and sleeps with his socks on. He's also transgender, and was born female. He's been living as a male for the past few years and he has recently started his physical transition. Alex will share what it means to be in his shoes, as well as his personal advice to other trans teens.Read by Robert Nairne. 5 hours 24 minutes. TB24474.

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