Whilst we at VentnorBlog take a break from the usual output, you might want to find alternative ways to occupy your time by visiting Ventnor Library.
During October they got masses of new stock in, books, DVDs and even audio books. Take a look at the list below and if you’re inspired to pop in, do let them know where you read about it. Ed
DVDs
Dangerous Parking: Even the fast lane comes to an end- director of ‘Sliding Doors’
Lost In Austen- TV series
Mongol: Genghis Khan – ” Carnage, bloodshed & testosterone-fuelled manliness!!!”
Cassandra’s Dream- “Family is family, blood is blood”- thriller by Woody Allen
Made of Honour- “It takes a real man to become a maid of honour!”
Flashbacks of a fool – Daniel Craig is a washed up Hollywood star “¦.
September Dawn – September 11th 1857 “¦Jon Voight and Terence Stamp
The air I breathe – Kevin Bacon, Forest Whitaker, “¦.
Daylight Robbery – “a fun nuts and bolts heist movie”¦”
The Flock- Hard edged thriller starring Richard Gere
Felon- “No rules. No hope. No way out!”
The Incredible Hulk-
Superhero Movie- From the makers of ‘Scary Movie’
Priceless- Rom Com
Wanted – Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy
Adulthood – after Kidulthood comes “¦.
The Edge of Love – Dylan Thomas’ circle
Iron Man- super hero action
And many more for youngsters including “¦
Another Cinderella story – dancing ever after – a magical musical
Fiction
We’ve had most of the best sellers on the Top Ten lists including ..
Wendy HOLDEN Filthy Rich- a raunchy romp!
Maeve BINCHY This Tear It Will Be Different- Short stories about Christmas.
Stephen KING Duma Key- “A family’s buried past reaching into the present.”
James PATTERSON Double Cross- A serial killer with a hunger for celebrity
Julia LLEWELLYN The Model Wife- “Marriage ought to be a piece of cake”
Tess GERRITSEN The Bone Garden
Josephine COX Songbird
Lewis CROFTS The pornographer of Vienna – a novel of Egon Schiele
Irene NEMIROVSKY The Courilof Affair – Kiev during the Bolsevik revolution
Alexander McCall SMITH The Comfort of Saturdays- An Isabel Dalhousie novel
Gregory MAGUIRE A Lion Among Men- another novel in the ‘Wicked’ series
Peter F. HAMILTON The Temporal Void- Intersolar Commonwealth is in turmoil!
Wendy K HARRIS Rocken Edge- The 3rd in the Island based UnderCliff series
Connie MONK A Second Spring – A compelling new family saga
Ian RANKIN Doors Open – beyond Rebus
Andrew NUGENT Soul murder – a crime novel by the prior of an Irish Abbey
Martina COLE The business – “.. a blinding good read..”
David HEWSON Dante’s Numbers – A murderer with a Dante obsession!
Karin SLAUGHTER Martin misunderstood – “a darkly comic tale..”
Bernard CORNWELL Azincourt – the epic battle of Agincourt
Elizabeth CHADWICK The time of singing – set in the court of Henry second
Elizabeth NOBLE Things I want my Daughter to Know
Sam HOLDEN Growing Pains of a Hapless House Husband- “Behind enemy lines, parenthood is uthless.”
Stella RIMINGTON Deadline -Liz Carlyle MI5 agent!
David BALDACCI Divine Justice- Assassination thriller
Greg ILES Black Cross
Barbara Taylor BRADFORD Being Elizabeth
Susan LEWIS Out Of The Shadows -“What would you sacrifice for love”
We’ve also have lots of new titles in large print for those who find normal sized print difficult, such as “¦.
Catriona McPHERSON Bury her deep –
Mark JOHNSON Wasted – “..shocking and inspirational..”
Sarah DUNANT Another woman’s husband -could you resist temptation?
Gillian GALBRAITH Where The Shadow Falls
Jodi PICOULT Change of Heart
Patricia WENTWORTH The girl in the cellar
Jane GREEN Second Chance
J. D ROBB Reunion in Death -“For some murder is a labour of love”¦”
Erika MAILMAN The Witch’s – persecution in medieval Germany
Norah LOFTS The Lost Queen- A novel about the youngest sister of George III
Paul MCAULEY Players- A deadly game of survival
Ronan O’BRIAN Confessions of a Fallen Angel- narrator cursed with visions
Jay PARINI The Last Station- A novel of Tolstoy’s final year’
Virginia ANDREWS Black Cat
Joshua FERRIS Then We Came to the End.
And have you tried “¦Books on tape
Jodi PICOULT Mercy ( CD)
Peter JAMES Dead Man’s Footsteps (CD)
Harlan COBEN Hold Tight (CD)
Donna LEON The Girl of His Dreams (CD)
Marian KEYES The Charming Man (CD)
Neil CROSS Natural History (CD)
Janelle BROWN All We Ever Wanted Was Everything (CD)
Jo REES Platinum (CD)
Edward ENFIELD Dawdling By The Danube : journeys in Bavaria and Poland (CD)
Rory STEWART Occupational Hazards: My Time Governing in Iraq (CD)
Jonathan POWELL Great hatred, little room – making peace in Northern Ireland(CD)
Non-Fiction
Richard Van MEDEN & Victor PUIK Famous 1914-1918
David BENNETT A Magnificent Disaster: The Failure of Market Garden
Trevor ROYLE National Service: The Best Years of Their Lives
Richard MABEY The Full English Cassoulet : Making-do and improvisation
Jamie OLIVER Jamie’s Ministry of Food: Anyone Can Learn to Cook in 24 Hours
James MARTIN Great British Winter Cookbook
Anne O’CONNELL Early Vegetarian Recipes
Lucinda BRUCE-GARDYNE How to cook for food allergies
Patrick HOLFORD Food glorious food
Rosie BOYCOTT Spotted Pigs & Green Tomatoes: A Year in the Life of Our Farm
Jacob TEITELBAUM From Fatigued to Fantastic! -help with Chronic fatigue & Fibromyalgia
Gayle GREEN Insomniac
David THOMSON ‘Have You Seen?’: A personal Introduction to 1,000 films
John EMSLEY The Shocking History of Phosphorus: A biography of the Devil’s element.
Sameem ALI Belonging A true story of abuse
Lynne TRUSS Tennyson and His Circle- A brief account of the poet and his friends
Russell BRAND Articles of faith – the controversial writer talks about football
