Lacking a good book to read? Why not head down to Ventnor library and take your pick from their latest titles. There’s large print, DVDs and other activities available too.
DVDs
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – The remake starring Daniel Craig, which do you prefer?
Ghost Protocol – new “Mission Impossible” film
The Lady – the extraordinary story of Aung San Suu Kyi
Vampires suck – some sagas just won’t die
Van Diemen’s Land – Based on true events of an escaped convict
The Informers – basedon book by ‘American Psycho’ author Brett Easton-Ellis
How Do You Know – rom com
Dream Warrior – In a world where some have super human powers
The Company Men – ‘ We give our lives to our jobs. It’s time to take them back!
Potiche – rom com
Death at a Funeral – Comedy
Resident Evil: Afterlife – Fantasy
Cedar Rapids – “.. a small town guy headed for big-time..” Ed Helms, John C Reilly
Dream House – “..scary thrills..” Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz
The Back-up Plan – Jennifer Lopez – “fall in love, get married, have a baby”¦”
Titanic – the truth will surface – series by Julian Fellowes of Downton Abbey
The Other Guys – Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg – “..insanely funny film..”
Open Season 2 – “..this time its pets against wilds”¦
Lilo & Stitch, Two-Disc Special Edition – Walt Disney
Fiction
Stephen HUNT Jack Cloudie – an airborner adventure of epic proportions!
Patrick GALE A perfectly good man – from the author of “Notes from an exhibition”
Kate GRENVILLE Sarah Thornhill – from the author of “The Secret Rive”r
M J TROW Maxwell’s crossing – local author!
Hans FALLADA A small circus – “….small town Germany in the early 20thC”¦”
Clare Morrall The roundabout man
Mario READING The Third Anti-Christ – Evil will rise
Jessica Francis KANE The report – inspired by the blitz of Bethnal Green tube station
Catherine KING The lost and found girl – 1 twin lived in luxury”¦..
Annie MURRAY My daughter, my mother”¦
Kay BRELLEND The family – don’t get in their way”¦
Pamela EVANS Whispers in the town – two sisters”¦
Dean KOONTZ 77 Shadow Street – evil is real”¦
Val WOOD The Gypsy girl”¦
Dan JAMES Unsinkable – a man with a secret past”¦
L A LARKIN The Genesis Flaw – ..taut and pacy..
Rosie THOMAS, The Kashmir Shawl – a tale of family secrets and love in wartime
SJ WATSON Before I go to Sleep – crime thriller of the year
Deborah MOGGACH , The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – book of the film
George RR MARTIN, A Dance with Dragons: After the Feast – 2nd of Seven Kingdoms
Katie FLYNN, First Love, Last Love – Family saga set in World Word Two
Mark BILLINGHAM, Good as Dead – DI Tom Thorne thriller
Simon TOYNE, The Key – thriller set in Turkey
Non Fiction
Admiral Sandy WOODWARD One hundred days – memoirs of the Falklands Battle Group Commander
David KYNASTON Family Britain 1951-57
Karen ABBOTT American Rose – Gypsy Rose Lee
Ruth SINGER Sew eco – sewing sustainable and re-used materials
Arthur JACKSON Tales from a country practice
Sunrise on the Southbound Sleeper – the new Telegraph book of great railway journeys
Dr Steve PETERS The Chimp Paradox – mind management
Howard HUGHES When Eagles Dared – filmgoers history of World War 2
Peter FYANS Captivity, slavery and survival as a Far East POW
John ANDERSON, Parallel Motion – a biography of Nevil Shute (Norway)
Jeanette WINTERSON, Why be Happy When you Could be Normal? Lessons – in pursuit of happiness and love and search for a mother
David FENNER, Mini-lathe Tools and Projects – workshop practice series number 48
Mary J MACLEOD, The Island Nurse, a district nurse on a Scottish Island in the 70s
Tim BIRKHEAD, Bird Sense – what it’s like to be a bird
Lonely Planet, The World’s Best Street Food – where to find it and how to make it
Emma GRAY One girl and her dogs -life, love and lambing in the middle of nowhere
Lesley Jacobs SOLMONSON Gin a global history
Charles WAITE Survivor of the long march – five years as a POW 1940-45
Kate SUMMERSCALE Mrs Robinson’s Disgrace – the private diary of a Victorian lady
Patricia JORDAN District Nurse – my life as a nurse in the 1950s
Large Print
THE MEDIEVAL MURFERERS The Sacred Stone – meteorite with a curse upon it.
Mark BILLINGHAM Bloodline – A DI Tom Thorne thriller
Paul MAGRS Conjugal Rites – A romance with a difference!
Tom HARPER Lost Temple- ‘A dead man. A hidden code. A devastating secret.
Fred VARGAS The Chalk Circle Man – Commissaire Adamsberg investigates”¦
Fred VARGAS This Night’s Foul Work – Commissaire Adamsberg investigates”¦
Stephen CLARKE Dial M for Merde – Sun, sea and murder in the South of France
and many new books for young people!
Don’t forget”¦”¦
RhymeTime for babies, toddlers and whoever they bring! – Friday at 11am
Woolly-Minded Gardening Club – knitting and crochet with a difference! Wednesday at 3pm
Unemployed? Looking for a job? Checkout daily lists of job opportunities and our dedicated Friday morning free internet access.
