If you didn’t get that book or DVD you were expecting from around the Christmas tree, why not see whether your local library has it? Below are the new titles at Ventnor Library for November and December.
Fiction
Jeffrey ARCHER A prisoner of birth – the new one! – Top Ten
Clive CUSSLER The chase – Top Ten
Alice SEBOLD The Almost Moon – Top Ten
David BALDACCI The whole truth – Top Ten
Danielle STEEL Amazing Grace (Top Ten)
Chris KUZNESKI The Lost Throne (Top Ten)
James PATTERSON & Howard ROUGHAN You’ve Been Warned-( Top ten)
Katie FLYNN Such Sweet Sorrow- Family saga top ten
Lyn ANDREWS Days of Hope.
Doris DAVIDSON Waters of the Heart -Family Saga
Doris DAVIDSON Time Shall Reap- Family Saga
Doris DAVIDSON The Nickum- Family Saga
Paul McAULEY The quiet war – 23rd century Earth”¦
Alex KAVA Exposed- A Maggie O’Dell thriller
James ANDERSON The affair of the thirty-nine cufflinks – in the vein of Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot!
David STONE The Orpheus deception – another “Micah” Dalton thriller
Catherine Ryan HYDE Chasing windmills – a chance meeting on a train”¦
Danielle STEEL A good woman.
Hallie RUBENHOLD Lady Worsley’s whim – the tale of sex, scandal and divorce of a local landowner!
Michael CONNELLY The brass verdict – by the author of the Lincoln Lawyer
Maeve BINCHY Heart and soul – Clara Casey has more than enough on her plate”¦
Stephen KING Just after sunset
Alexander McCALL SMITH La’s Orchestra saves the world
Sue TOWNDEND The Lost diaries of Adrian Mole
Clive CUSSLER Arctic drift
Valerie WOOD The Long Walk Home (family saga)
Kelley ARMSTRONG Living With The Dead -“Some secrets are best left buried”
James PATTERSON Cross Country- The New Alex Cross thriller
Jane ELLIOTT Mummy’s Little Girl: A desperate race to save a lost child
Andy MCNAB Brute Force- A Nick Stone Thriller
P.J.PARRISH South of Hell- “On the edge suspense”
John BOYNE The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas – the novel the film is based on
Lori WILDE My secret life – Mills and Boon
Susanne JAMES The millionaire’s chosen bride – Mills and Boon
Annie GROVES Daughters of Liverpool- family saga
Dilly COURT A mother’s Promise
Andy MCDERMOTT The Secret of Excalibur- Thriller
Mo HAYDER Ritual- A Jack Caffery Thriller
Patricia CORNWELL Scarpetta
Laurell K. HAMILTON Swallowing Darkness- The glorious new Merry Gentry adventure
Paul MAGRS Conjugal Rites- A Breda & Effie Mystery
Anne BENNETT A Mother’s Spirit- family Saga
Nina BELL The Inheritance- “3 warring sisters, 1 inheritance!”
Mary Jane STAPLES Katerina’s Secret- “A wartime hero and a mysterious woman”¦.”
Belle De JOUR Playing the Game
Elizabeth MOON Oath of gold
LP
Maggie KINGSLEY A wife worth waiting for – Mills and Boon
Books on Tape
M R JAMES The complete ghost stories of M R James
Non Fiction
Basil MAHON The Man Who Changed Everything: The Life of James Clerk Maxwell (Scientist)
Whitaker’s Almanac 2009
Henry ALLINGHAM Kitchener’s last volunteer
Sophie CONRAN Sophie Conran’s soups and stews
Dan KIERAN Three Men in a Float: Across England at 15 mph””Travels in a milk float!
Andrew RODEN The Duchesses: The Story of Britain’s Ultimate Steam Locomotives.
Nigel WILLIAMSON The Best music You’ve Never Heard: Musical adventures off the beaten track.
Tony CURTIS American Prince: my autobiography
CHAMBERS Ghosts and spirits
Tina OGLE Catherine Tate – laugh it up – the unauthorised biography
Andrew LAMBERT Admirals – the naval commanders who made Britain great
Sue CLIFFORD and Angela KING England in particular – a celebration “¦.
David ROTHKOPF Superclass – the global power elite “¦.
M J TROW War crimes – underworld Britain in the second world war
Kenny SANSOM To cap it all ..my story
Major General Dare WILSON With 6th Airborne Division in Palestine 1945-1948
John EMSLEY The Elements of Murder: A History of Poison
Charley BOORMAN By any means
Christopher STOCKS Forgotten Fruits: A Guide to Britain’s Traditional Fruit & Vegetables
Stephen DAVIS Watch You Bleed: The Saga of Gun’s n’ Roses
Darcy BUSSELL Life in Dance
Oliver SACKS Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain
Les CUMMINGS Forgotten: An Abusive Children’s Home, a Childhood Destroyed
Jane MULVAGH Madresfield: The Real Brideshead- “One house,one family, one thousand years.”
David GRITTEN Halliwell’s The Movies That Mater.
Stefan KANFER Somebody- The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando.
Francis LANCELOTT The Queens of England and their times “¦.
Andy McNAB Seven troop – autobiography
Mary RAY Superdog – clicker training for obedience
Fern BRITTON Fern:My Story (autobiography)
Quentin LETTS 50 People Who Buggered Up Britain
ANDREW Roberts Masters and Commanders; How Roosevelt, CHURCHILL, Marshall & Alanbrooke won the war in the west.
Walter REID Churchill 1940-1945: Under Friendly Fire.
For Love and Courage : the letters of Colonel E.W.Hermon from the Western Front 1914-1917
Tom HICKMAN Called Up Sent Down: The Bevin Boys’ War
Helene BERR Journal – dairy of a young Jewish woman in occupied Paris
Kim FULLBROOK A Guide to Digital Railway Photography
Alwyn W TURNER Halfway to Paradise: The birth of British Rock- photographs by Harry Hammond from the V&A Collection.
Eileen CONDON & Amanda EDWARDS Bullies, Bitches and bastards: The Ultimate Guide to the Utter Gits in your Life.
Jeremy LEWIS Grub Street Irregular: Scenes From Literary Life
Darwin PORTER and Danforth PRINCE Hollywood Babylon – its back1
DVDs
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey- A warm hearted family film
Journey to the Centre of the Earth- Jules Verne classic starring Brendan Fraser
Terry Pratchett’s The Colour of Magic
Simon Schama The American Future: A History- The BBC Series
Shine a Light- Martin Scorseses film of the Rolling Stones
The Happening- An apocalyptic thriller by the director M. Night Shyamalan
Speed Racer – “..heartfelt family humour and groundbreaking visual effects..”
Savage Grace – Julianne Moore – “..darkly perverse, brittle and brilliant..the mother of all sex scenes..”
Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull
Shrek the Halls
Kung fu Panda
The forbidden Kingdom
The Mist – Stephen King
The chronicles of Narnia – Prince Caspian
Shaun the Sheep – Wash Day
Numberjacks: Counting Down to Christmas- fun with numbers!
WALL.E- from the director of ‘Finding Nemo’
Fred Claus- festive family fun
Mamma Mia!: The Movie
The X Files: I Want to Believe
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
Wild Child
The Fox and the Child
HellBoy:The Golden Army
The Dark Knight
Star Wars: The Clone Wars -animation
Children
Sally FRASER Grandma’s Saturday soup – in Polish and English
Dawn CASEY Fox Fables- in Polish and English
John FARDELL Manfred the Baddie
Anthony READ The case of the stolen sparklers
Hilary ROBINSON Snow White and the Enormous Turnip
Andrew PARKINSON Haynes Pirate Manual: Loads for Young Pirates to Make and Do.
J.K.Rowling The Tales of Beedle The Bard
