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Years ago, in the Egyptian desert, Ellen Tatham fell wildly in love and exchanged vows with Max Colnebrooke. But, when made to believe Max could not be trusted, she fled. Now, Max is back in England to take up the reins as Duke of Rossenhall. And when he spies Ellen at a ball, the sparks are hard to contain. Little does Max know, though, that Ellen has a secret.
UEB. 5v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 25875503
Mansell, Jill. Meet Me At Beachcomber Bay. 2017. Chick lit.
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, but something isn't quite right. 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.
UEB. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25889803
Mascull, Rebecca. Song Of The Sea Maid. 2016. Historical fiction.
In the 18th century, Dawnay Price is an educated foundling, a woman of science in a time when such things are unheard -of, she overcomes her origins to become a natural philosopher. She sets sail to Portugal to develop her theories. The siren call of science is powerful, but as war approaches she finds herself pulled in another direction by feelings she cannot control.
UEB. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25885703
McDermott, Andy. The Tomb Of Hercules. 2008. Thriller.
Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase: book 2. Studies of an ancient text have convinced archaeologist Nina Wilde that a tomb containing the remains of legendary warrior Hercules may actually exist. If she can locate it, it will be the most important historical find ever to be unearthed. As Nina and Eddie Chase begin their search it's clear that others want to find the tomb.
UEB. 8v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25875703
Also;
McDermott, Andy. The Secret Of Excalibur. 2009. Thriller.
Nina Wilde and Eddie Chase: book 3.
UEB. 8v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25875803
McGrath, Patrick. The Wardrobe Mistress. 2017. Literary fiction.
January 1947. London is in ruins, there’s nothing to eat, and it’s the coldest winter in living memory. Charlie Grice, one of the great stage actors of the day, has suddenly died. His widow Joan 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. Her war isn’t over after all. Contains swear words.
UEB. 5v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 25925603
Moriarty, Liane. The Husband's Secret. 2013. General fiction.
Imagine your husband wrote you a letter, to be opened after his death. Imagine, too, that the letter contains his deepest, darkest secret. It is something with the potential to destroy not just the life you built together, but the lives of others too. Imagine, then, that you stumble across that letter while your husband is still very much alive!
UEB. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24689705
Neill, Fiona. The Betrayals. 2017. General fiction.
Best friends Rosie and Lisa's families had always been inseparable. But one summer, Lisa had an affair with Rosie's husband Nick. And now, after years of silence, she sends Rosie a letter begging for help. Daisy, Rosie's daughter, begins to unravel. Teenage son Max blames himself for everything that happened that long hot summer. And Nick must confront his own version of events.
UEB. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25916303
Nugent, Liz. Lying In Wait. 2017. Thriller.
Lydia Fitzsimons lives in the perfect house with her adoring husband and beloved son. There is just one thing Lydia yearns for to make her perfect life complete, though the last thing she expects is that pursuing it will lead to murder. However, needs must, because nothing can stop this mother from getting what she wants.
UEB. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25921003
O'Farrell, Maggie. This Must Be The Place. 2017. Literary fiction.
A reclusive former film star living in the wilds of Ireland, Claudette Wells is fiercely protective of her privacy. Her husband Daniel, reeling from a discovery about a woman he last saw 20 years ago, is about to embark on a journey. It will send him far away from the life he and Claudette have made together. Will his love for Claudette be enough to bring him back?
UEB. 8v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25916803
Overton, Hollie. Baby Doll. 2016. Thriller.
Lily was abducted from outside her high-school gates. For eight long years she's been locked away from the outside world and had a baby. And now she has seized her chance and escaped. She returns to her family and the life she used to know, to her much-loved twin sister Abby, her mum, her high-school boyfriend. Her return, and the revelation of who took her, will send shockwaves through the whole community.
UEB. 5v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25921203
Pearse, Lesley. The Woman In The Wood. 2017. Thriller.
15 year old Maisy Mitcham and her twin brother Duncan lose their mother to an asylum one night in 1960. The twins are sent to their grandmother's country house, Nightingales. Cold and distant, she leaves them to their own devices. One day Duncan doesn't come home from the woods. It is left to Maisy to uncover what has happened to him.
UEB. 6v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 25892603
Penney, Stef. Under A Pole Star. 2017. Historical romance.
Flora Mackie was twelve when she first crossed the Arctic Circle on her father's whaling ship. Now she is returning to the frozen seas as the head of her own exploration expedition. Jakob de Beyn was raised in Manhattan, but his yearning for new horizons leads him to the Arctic as part of a rival expedition. When he and Flora meet, all thoughts of science and exploration give way before a sudden, all-consuming love.
UEB. 10v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25913103
Rendell, Ruth. A Judgement In Stone. 1978. Crime.
Four members of the Coverdale family - George, Jacqueline, Melinda and Giles - died in the space of fifteen minutes on St Valentine's Day. Eunice Parchman, the illiterate housekeeper, shot them down on a Sunday evening while they were watching opera on television. Two weeks later she was arrested for the crime. But the tragedy neither began nor ended there.
UEB. 4v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25827303
Rhys, Rachel. Dangerous Crossing. 2017. Thriller.
England, September 1939. Lily Shepherd boards a cruise liner for a new life in Australia and is plunged into a world of cocktails, jazz and glamorous friends. But as the sun beats down, poisonous secrets begin to surface. Australia, six-weeks later. The world is at war, the cruise liner docks, and a beautiful young woman is escorted onto dry land in handcuffs. What has she done?
UEB. 7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25913003
Robinson, Peter. When The Music's Over. 2017. Crime.
Inspector Banks: book 23. When the body of a 15-year-old is found in a remote countryside lane, beaten and broken, DI Annie Cabbot is brought in to investigate. Newly promoted Detective Superintendent Alan Banks is faced with a cold case. Now in her 60s, Linda Palmer was attacked aged 14 by celebrity entertainer Danny Caxton. As each steps closer to the truth, they'll unearth secrets darker than they could have guessed.
UEB. 8v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25925903
Sawyer, Robert J. Mindscan. 2012. Science fiction.
Transplanting his consciousness into an android body in order to escape death, Jake Sullivan falls in love with the android version of Karen, a woman rediscovering all the joys of life. But Karen's son sues her, claiming that by uploading into an immortal body, she has done him out of his inheritance. And then Jake's biological body takes hostages and demands its mind back.
UEB. 6v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 25872903
Scanlan, Patricia. Happy Ever After? 2009. Family stories.
Forgive and forget: When the honeymoon is over real life begins. Newly married Debbie, worried about mounting debts and with wedding bills still to pay, is at her wits end with coke-sniffing, champagne-swilling hubby, Bryan. But he has no desire to give up the high life and become a -stay-at-home husband. Meanwhile, her dad has just found out his workaholic second wife, Aimee, is pregnant. He couldn't be happier, but she's horrified.
UEB. 7v. Price: £11.99. Order No: 25896603
Steel, Danielle. Blue. 2016. General fiction.
Since the tragic accident that killed her husband and young son, Ginny has struggled to truly find meaning in her life. Then, on the anniversary of the fateful accident, she meets thirteen-year-old Blue Williams, who has been living on the streets. Ginny reaches out to him. Just as Blue is truly beginning to trust her, she learns he has been hiding a shocking secret.
UEB. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25872603
Styles, Daisy. The Bomb Girls. 2015. Family stories.
Bomb girls: book 1. Ernest Bevin's 1941 announcement that all women between 18 and 30 must register for war work has made Emily furious; she's just landed her dream job and the last thing she wants is to have to give it up for a bomb factory in Lancashire. The glamorous Lillian and studious Alice are not too happy either. But for downtrodden Elsie and determined Agnes, the promise of a new challenge brings renewed hope.
UEB. 6v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25875903
Thynne, Jane. A war Of Flowers. 2015. Thriller.
Clara Vine: book 3. August, 1938. British actress, Clara Vine, is in Paris to film her latest movie, having left Berlin under a cloud. With war becoming increasingly likely, Clara is approached by an undercover British operative, Guy Hamilton, who asks her to befriend Eva Braun, Hitler's girlfriend, and to pass on any information she can gather.
UEB. 8v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25893203
Tinti, Hannah. The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley. 2017. Literary fiction.
After years spent living on the run, Samuel Hawley moves with his teenage daughter Loo to Olympus, Massachusetts. There, in his late wife's hometown, Hawley finds work as a fisherman, while Loo struggles to fit in at school and grows curious about her mother's mysterious death. Haunting them both are twelve scars Hawley carries on his body, from twelve bullets in his criminal past.
UEB. 8v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 25875103
Toon, Paige. The One We Fell In Love With. 2016. Chick lit.
Phoebe is caught between a rock and a hard place. Settle down and get married, or return to the French Alps to pursue her passion? Eliza is in love with someone who is no longer hers. Rose is out of a job and out of a boyfriend. But these very different girls have one thing in common. Angus. The one they fell in love with.
UEB. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25930503
Vincenzi, Penny. Forbidden Places. 2006. General fiction.
Grace Marchant marries Charles Bennett at the beginning of the Second World War, and loses him before she has really begun to know him. In the five years while he is away, she finds a new love, overwhelming and exciting in a way that her relationship with her husband never was. The return of Grace's husband, long thought dead, presents her with an agonizing dilemma.
UEB. 13v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25893003
Newly available for loan and sale.
Archer, Jeffrey. A Twist In The Tale. 1988. Short stories.
A dozen mysterious adventures ranging from a game of chess with a sexy stranger to a wine expert challenged to a tasting with a bizarre difference. The first story involves a man visiting his mistress; on arrival he sees her in the arms of another man, waits until he has gone and then begins an argument that ends in death. No one has seen him come or go. Has he just committed the perfect murder?
SEB. 4v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25953202
Barnes, Julian. Cross Channel. 1996. Short stories.
A collection of ten short stories with a linking theme: the British in France through several centuries. It begins with a group of mercenaries raiding a Protestant village in southern France in the late 17th century, and closes with a journey on the antiquated Eurostar express in 2015.
SEB. 4v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25974102
Barnes, Julian. England, England. 1998. Literary fiction.
As every schoolboy knows, you can fit the whole of England on the Isle of Wight. The grotesque, visionary tycoon Sir Jack Pitman takes the saying literally. Starting from the premise that most tourists are as satisfied with a replica as with the real thing, he constructs, on the island, "The project", a vast heritage centre containing everything "English". The project is monstrous, risky and vastly successful.
SEB. 6v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25974502
Bennett, R.A. A Short Walk To Death. 1995. Crime.
Steve Riley returns to the North of England to discover how his seventeen -year old sister, Christine, came to die in a strange town. A great house occupied by a strange lady; a massage parlour over a dilapidated row of shops; a sinister police sergeant. These, and even more strange occurrences, are all connected with his sister, but his own life is in danger as he tries to uncover the truth.
SEB. 4v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25953102
Carson, Paul. Ambush. 2004. Thriller.
Scott Nolan's life is shattered one wintry Dublin morning when his young wife Laura is brutally murdered on her way to work. In a desperate attempt to claim back his life and find the killer, Scott enters into an uneasy alliance with Laura's brother, Detective Mark Higgins. Together they slowly and systematically infiltrate the drug scene. Snatching criminals and dealers from the street, they search for the weak link in the intricate network of the Irish drug cartel.
SEB. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25961302
Feinstein, Elaine. All You Need. 1991. General fiction.
When her husband is sent to prison for his dubious business dealings, Nell is rudely pitchforked from her provincial backwater to the front line of Thatcher's London. Unprotected and broke, she battles for survival among opportunist poets, shady financiers, radical feminists, family therapists and TV journalists. And she discovers that she has more resources than she realised.
SEB. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25954302
Forster, E.M. A Passage To India. 1991. Classic.
Dr Aziz is a young Muslim physician in the British Indian town of Chandrapore. One evening he comes across an English woman, Mrs Moore, in the courtyard of a local mosque; she and her younger travelling companion Adela wish to see something of the 'real' India. But when Aziz kindly offers to take them on a tour of the Marabar caves with his close friend Cyril Fielding, the trip results in a shocking accusation that throws Chandrapore into a fever of racial tension.
SEB. 7v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25950203
Fox, Catherine. Angels And Men. 1997. General fiction.
Mara is still suffering from the wounds inflicted by a sinister sect, and has built an invisible fortress around herself. Initially rebutting the overtures of her fellow students, she hadn't reckoned on the persistent attentions of handsome Johnny, the giddy warmth of Maddy and May or the noble desires of Rupert. Awkwardly succumbing to the lure of college romance and rivalry Mara slowly begins to confront her raging dilemma.
SEB. 9v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25961802
Francis, Dick. Banker. 1982. Thriller.
Tim Ekaterin's merchant bank, like all banks, invests only in sure things. Now he is about to involve it in a £5 million stallion. Top breeders reckon it's the safest bet in racing, but racing is riddled with dubious dealmakers - people to whom no bet is safe until it's paid in blood.
SEB. 7v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25973002
Francis, Dick. Bolt. 1986. Thriller.
Jockey Kit Fielding's patron, Princess Casilia, is in trouble. Her invalid husband is being threatened by a ruthless business partner who wants to use the firm to manufacture arms. At the same time, some of the Princess's best horses are being killed - shot by a bolt.The only person the Princess can turn to is Kit.
SEB. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25973202
Hornby, Nick. About A Boy. 1998. General fiction.
Will doesn't want children and can't see why everyone keeps recommending them, but he likes single mothers, especially if they look like Julie Christie. As a result he gets involved in a single parents' group and invents a two year old son whose absence needs constant explanations.
SEB. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25953302
Mitchell, David. Cloud Atlas. 2004. Literary fiction.
A reluctant voyager crossing the Pacific in 1850, and a young Pacific Islander witnessing the nightfall of science and civilization - these and the other narrators of 'Cloud atlas' hear each other's echoes down the corridor of history, and their destinies are changed in ways great and small.
SEB. 7v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25974002
Smith, Wilbur. Blue Horizon. 2003. Adventure.
Courtney series: book 11. The children of Tom and Dorian Courtney travel the infamous "Robber's Road" en route to a claim in southern Africa, encountering along the way the area's beautiful wilderness, warring tribes, and wild animals.
SEB. 12v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25973102
Tyler, Anne. A Patchwork Planet. 1998. Literary fiction.
Barnaby Gaitlin has less in life than he once had. His ex-wife Natalie left him and their native Baltimore several years ago, taking their baby daughter Opal with her. He acquired an unalterably fixed position as the black sheep of the family. And this family isn't one where black sheep are tolerated. The Gaitlins are rich and worthy, supposedly guided by their own special angel to do the right thing.
SEB. 6v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25951502
Quick reads
Patterson, James. The McCullagh Inn in Maine. 2016.
Chelsea O'Kane escapes to Maine with fresh bruises. She's ready to begin anew, until she runs into her old flame, Jeremy Holland. As he helps fix up her inn, her heart heals and they rediscover what they once loved about each other. But as the two play house, it starts to seem too good to last.
UEB double line spacing, single sided. 10v. Price: £2.49. Order No: 25704303
Also available in uncontracted braille. 12v. Order No: 25704305
Adult non-fiction
Autobiography
Cooper, Gwen. Homer's Odyssey. 2011.
The last thing Gwen Cooper wanted was another cat. She already had two, not to mention a phenomenally underpaying job and a recently broken heart. But Homer was no ordinary cat. He was a three week old, abandoned, eyeless kitten and Gwen was unable to resist his charm. Homer's Odyssey is the story of one cat's unswerving loyalty, his infinite capacity for love and his constant happiness in the face of all obstacles.
UEB. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25797603
Didion, Joan. The Year Of Magical Thinking. 2006.
'The Year of Magical Thinking' is an intensely personal and harrowing memoir. Several days before Christmas 2003, John Gregory Dunne and Joan Didion saw their only daughter, Quintana, fall ill. She was put into an induced coma and placed on life support. Days later John suffered a massive and fatal coronary. This book is Didion’s attempt to make sense of the weeks and months that followed.
UEB. 3v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25873803
Gordon, Bryony. Mad girl. 2016.
Bryony Gordon is a successful journalist, married to a man she loves with a two-year-old daughter she adores. She is also engaged in a daily battle with mental illness. Fighting with OCD, bulimia and depression, like millions of others in this country, sometimes she finds it a struggle just to get out of bed. In 'Mad Girl' she tackles these subjects with humour, warmth and honesty.
UEB. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25921303
Readfern-Gray, Jane. Onions In The Washing Machine. 2016.
What happens when you wake up one morning to find you can no longer see? How do you deal with the stark reality of realising that all the things you could do yesterday, you can no longer do today? From the poignant to the humorous, this is Jane Readfern-Gray's story.
UEB. 8v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25943703
Biography
Fraser, Antonia. Mary Queen Of Scots. 2015.
Mary Queen of Scots passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France at the age of sixteen. Widowed less than two years later, she returned to Scotland as Queen. Then came her fatal marriage to Lord Darnley and his mysterious death followed by her marriage to the Earl of Bothwell, the chief suspect. This led directly to her long English captivity and her execution at the age of forty-four.
UEB. 17v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25870103
Herrmann, Dorothy. Helen Keller: A Life. 1999.
Dorothy Herrmann's biography of Helen Keller tells the whole story of the controversial and turbulent relationship between Helen and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. Herrmann also chronicles Helen's doomed love affair, her struggles to earn a living, her triumphs at Radcliffe College, and her work as an advocate for the disabled.
UEB. 10v. Price: £12.00. Order No: 25873703
Moorehead, Caroline. Dancing To The Precipice: Lucie de la Tour du Pin and the French Revolution. 2010.
Lucie de la Tour du Pin was the Pepys of her generation: her diaries provide a vivid picture of Versailles, the French Revolution and Napoleon. Caroline Moorehead's vivid biography tells the tale of the wife of a French aristocrat who narrowly escaped the French Revolution.
UEB. 12v. Price: £10.99. Order No: 25968402
Morton, Andrew. Diana: Her True Story. 1993.
The publication of this book caused a world-wide sensation. Based on named interviews with Diana's family and closest friends, it was accepted by many to be just what its title claimed - her true story. The first, hardcover, edition was an international bestseller. This 1993 edition includes an additional chapter by the author, concerning the furore about the publication of his book.
SEB. 6v. Price: £10.99. Order No: 25974202
Pollock, John. Wesley The Preacher. 2000.
Wesley lived for ninety years, traversed a quarter of a million miles on horseback, preached 42,000 sermons, and trained 192 itinerant evangelists! A decade after his death there were 825 Wesleyan chapels with 90,000 members in total. John Pollock's biography of this extraordinary man brings him vividly to life.
UEB. 5v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25945603
Tremlett, Giles. Isabella Of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen. 2017.
In 1474, a twenty-three year old woman ascended the throne of Castile, the largest and strongest kingdom in Spain. She faced the challenge of reforming a major European kingdom that was riddled with crime, corruption, and violent political factionism. Her marriage to Ferdinand of Aragon was crucial to her success, bringing together two kingdoms.
UEB. 14v. Price: £25.00. Order No: 25876203
Family and Relationships
Carr, Allen. Allen Carr's Easy Way To Control Alcohol. 2003.
Step by step Allen dispels all the illusions that surround the subject of drink and can make it impossible to imagine a life without alcohol. He shows that once we step away from the imagined pleasure of alcohol and understand how we are duped into believing that we receive real benefits from it, we can lead our lives free from any desire or need to drink.
SEB. 4v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25961202
Food and Drink
Pallett, Sue. Sue's Kitchen. 2016.
Sue's Kitchen is far more than just an ordinary recipe book. It will become a companion in the kitchen to a blind or partially-sighted person, their family members and friends. It offers advice for support workers, teachers, social workers and rehabilitation officers. It will prove that someone with little or no sight can cook safely and confidently in no time at all.
UEB. 11v. Price: £10.99. Order No: 25930703
A Taste Of Mey: Recipes And Memories: Inspired By The Castle Of Mey, Caithness, Home Of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. 2011.
A Taste of Mey is a collection of favourite recipes and personal memories of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother from her friends, members of her household, present-day employees of the castle, and patrons and friends of the Castle of Mey.
UEB. 3v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 25930403
Gardening
Smit, Tim. Eden. 2002.
This is the story of the Eden Project, a living theatre of plants and people and their interdependence, contained in the world's largest greenhouses. Told by its creator Tim Smit, from its genesis in the Lost Gardens of Heligan, its design and construction against the odds, the personalities of the team, the energy that brought the vision to life, and the future for the Eden Project.
SEB. 4v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25974402
Health and Fitness
Wolff, Christianne. The Body Rescue Plan. 2015.
The Body Rescue Plan teaches you the following: how to control the mind so the mind is not controlling you; rid addictive behaviour with foods; balance your hormones for effective weight loss; energise your body so you feel 10 years younger; strengthen and tone your body into a gorgeous, athletic physique; relaxation techniques, so you are calm and stress free; prepare meals that are delicious and clean; and lose up to 2.5 stone in 12 weeks.
UEB. 3v. Price: £19.99. Order No: 25930303
History
Frankel, Glenn. High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist And The Making Of An American Classic. 2017.
The story behind the classic movie High Noon and the toxic political climate in which it was created. It's one of the most revered movies of Hollywood's golden era. In the middle of the film shoot, screenwriter Carl Foreman was forced to testify before the House Committee on Un-American Activities about his former membership in the Communist Party. Refusing to name names, he was eventually blacklisted and fled the United States.
UEB. 9v. Price: £30.00. Order No: 25876003
Kurlansky, Mark. Havana: A Subtropical Delirium. 2017.
On the heels of restored diplomatic relations with the United States, award-winning author Mark Kurlansky presents an insider's view of Havana: the elegant and tattered city he has come to know over more than thirty years. Part cultural history, part travelogue, with recipes throughout, Havana celebrates the city's exceptional music, literature, baseball and food.
UEB. 4v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 25876403
Languages
Greek Phrase Book & Dictionary. 2012.
A Greek language guide, designed for travellers with little or no knowledge of the language, this phrase book is packed with even more everyday phrases that every traveller needs to speak confidently. This new edition focuses on business travel, travel with children and travel for the disabled.
UEB. 5v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 25930203
Literature
Austen, Jane. Selected Letters. 2009.
Jane Austen's letters have a freedom and familiarity that only intimate writing can convey. Her letters are a fascinating record not only of her own day-to-day existence, but of the pleasures and frustrations experienced by women of her social class which are so central to her novels. Vivien Jones's selection includes very nearly two-thirds of Austen's surviving correspondence.
UEB. 8v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25861303
Natural History
Wohlleben, Peter. The Hidden Life Of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries From A Secret World. 2017.
In The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben makes the case that the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or struggling, and even warn each other of impending dangers.
UEB. 4v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 25935903
Science
Kolata, Gina. Clone: The Road To Dolly And The Path Ahead. 1997.
On July 5th 1996 the most famous lamb in history entered the world. Created in Edinburgh's Roslin Institute by embryologist Ian Wilmut, Dolly was born from the genetic material of a single cell taken from a six-year-old sheep. Acclaimed science writer, Gina Kolata, provides the first full account of the most extraordinary scientific breakthrough of our time.
SEB. 6v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25973902
Self Help
The Little Red Book. c1986.
This is the original study guide to the Big Book, Alcoholics Anonymous. Filled with practical information for those first days of sober living, this little book: offers newcomers advice about the program, how long it takes, and what to look for in a sponsor. It also provides in-depth discussions of each of the Twelve Steps.
UEB. 3v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25930603
Society
Glass, Cathy. Cruel To Be Kind: Saying No Can Save A Child's Life. 2017.
'Cruel to be Kind' is the true story of Max, aged 6. He is fostered by Cathy while his mother is in hospital with complications from type 2 diabetes. Fostering Max gets off to a bad start when his mother, Caz, complains and threatens Cathy even before Max has moved in. Cathy and her family are shocked when they first meet Max. But his social worker isn't the only one in denial; his whole family are too.
UEB. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 25930903
Travel and Tourism
Barkham, Patrick. Islander: A Journey Around Our Archipelago. 2017.
The British Isles are an archipelago made up of two large islands and 6,289 smaller ones. Some, like the Isle of Man, resemble miniature nations, with their own language and tax laws; others, like Ray Island in Essex, are abandoned and mysterious places haunted by myths, ghosts and foxes. Patrick Barkham explores some of the most beautiful landscapes in Britain as he travels to ever-smaller islands in search of their special magic.
UEB. 7v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 25931203
True Crime
Edwards, Owen Dudley. Burke & Hare. 1993.
At Christmastide, 1827, in a boarding house in Edinburgh's West Port, an old army pensioner dies of natural causes. Instead of burying the body, the landlord, William Hare, and his friend William Burke fill the coffin with bark and sell the corpse to Dr Robert Knox, an ambitious anatomist. Owen Dudley Edwards tells the story behind the infamous pair and reconstructs the drama of their trial.
SEB. 9v. Price: £10.99. Order No: 25973402
Graeber, Charles. The Good Nurse: A True Story Of Medicine, Madness And Murder. 2013.
After his December 2003 arrest, registered nurse Charlie Cullen was quickly dubbed 'The Angel of Death' by the media. He was a favourite son, husband, beloved father, best friend, and celebrated caregiver. Implicated in the deaths of as many as 300 patients, he was also perhaps the most prolific serial killer in American history.
UEB. 7v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 24675705
Warfare and Defence
Deighton, Len. Blitzkrieg: from the rise of Hitler to the fall of Dunkirk. 2014.
This is a history of Blitzkrieg: the ‘lightning war’ by which Hitler and his generals overwhelmed the Allied armies in Western Europe. ‘Blitzkrieg’ begins with a chilling portrait of Hitler’s rise to power in pre-war Germany, setting the stage for the outbreak of the Second World War and his conquests of Poland and Norway. The author then sets out the tactical thinking behind Blitzkrieg.
UEB. 6v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 25861403
McNab, Andy. Bravo Two Zero. 1993.
On the night of 22 January 1991, at a remote airfield in Saudi Arabia, under cover of darkness and in conditions of utmost secrecy, 8 members of the SAS regiment boarded a helicopter to infiltrate deep behind enemy lines. They were to sever the underground communication link between Baghdad and north east Iraq and to destroy Scud launchers before Israel was provoked into entering the war. Their call sign was Bravo Two Zero.
SEB. 8v. Price: £10.99. Order No: 25973302
Children and young adult fiction
07+ Suggested Reading Age
Bradford, Chris. Gamer. 2015.
Barrington Stoke teen. Scott is selected as a games tester for Virtual Kombat, the most realistic fighting video game ever invented, so real it hurts! Once a gamer enters the fighting world, it becomes hard to distinguish between what is real and what is not. Scott must work his way up the ranks to make it out alive. This is a high interest, low reading age book for reluctant readers with a reading age of 8+ and interest age of 13+.
UEB double line spacing. 3v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25909403
Also available in uncontracted braille. 3v. Order No: 25909405
Brett, Cathy. Graphic. 2013.
Barrington Stoke teen. Joe is a keen artist with a massive crush on Honey. Unfortunately Honey is dating Cal and he is nothing but a bully. When Joe imagines all the horrible things that could happen to Cal and draws them, horrible things begin happening and other drawings start to appear before his very eyes. Is it possible he could literally draw his dreams into reality? This is a high interest, low reading age book for reluctant readers with a reading age of 8+ and interest age of 13+.
UEB double line spacing. 2v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25909603
Also available in uncontracted braille. 2v. Order No: 25909605
Fletcher, Tom. The Christmasaurus. 2016.
'The Christmasaurus' is a story about a boy named William Trundle, and a dinosaur, the Christmasaurus. It's about how they meet one Christmas Eve and have a magical adventure. It's about friendship and families, sleigh bells and Santa, singing elves and flying reindeer, music and magic. It's about discovering your heart's true desire, and learning that the impossible might just be possible.
UEB double line spacing. 9v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25907603
Also available in uncontracted braille. 10v. Order No: 25907605
O'Connell, David. Monster and Chips. 2013.
Monster and chips: book 1. Somewhere there is a very special diner. It does the best chips anywhere but also its customers are a little bit ‘unusual’. Some people say they are monsters. When Joe the ‘hooman’ gets a job at Fuzzby’s diner, he learns to bake zombie-cupcakes, exploding milkshakes and not to stare at the customers, even the ones who are see-through. He also foils a terrible plan to sabotage the annual Grand Cooking Competition.
UEB double line spacing. 3v. Price: £5.99. Order No: 25841803
Also available in uncontracted braille. 3v. Order No: 25841805
09+ Suggested Reading Age
Baddiel, David. AniMalcolm. 2016.
Malcolm doesn't like animals. Which is a problem because his family love them. Their house is full of pets. Then the Year Six school trip takes Malcolm to a farm. Over the next days, Malcolm learns a lot about animals. He learns what it's really like to be an animal. A whole series of animals, in fact. But will he end up the same as before? Because sometimes the hardest thing to become is yourself.
UEB. 3v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25843303
Kinney, Jeff. Double Down. 2016.
Diary of a wimpy kid: book 11. The pressure's really piling up on Greg Heffley. His mom thinks video games are turning his brain to mush, so she wants her son to put down the controller and explore his 'creative side'. Halloween's just around the corner and the frights are coming at Greg from every angle. When Greg discovers a bag of gummy worms, he wonders can he get his mom off his back by making a movie?
UEB. 2v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25859703
Read, Anthony. The Case Of The Limehouse Laundry. 2012.
Baker Street Boys: book 4. London's docklands: home to a large Chinese community and rife with smuggling. Into the fray burst Sherlock Holmes' Irregulars, who find themselves swinging into action (at no little risk to themselves) to stop a thriving racket shanghaiing children into slavery. And never is the cause more desperate than when one of those children is their very own Rosie.
UEB. 2v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 25907203
Russell, Rachel Renee. Party Time. 2015.
Dork diaries: book 2. When Nikki overhears mean girl Mackenzie bragging that Brandon's taking her to the Halloween dance, a bummed Nikki agrees to spend Halloween at a kids' party for her little sister Brianna. After she finds out Mackenzie was lying and her dream of going to the party with Brandon could be a reality, Nikki has two events to juggle.
UEB. 2v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25853703
Also available in uncontracted braille. 3v. Order No: 25853705
Walliams, David. Bad dad. 2017.
A high-speed cops and robbers adventure with heart and soul about a father and son taking on the villainous Mr Big and winning! This riches-to-rags story will have you on the edge of your seat and howling with laughter! Bad Dad is a fast and furious, heart-warming story of a father and son on an adventure and a thrilling mission to break an innocent man into prison!
UEB. 4v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25940303
11+ Suggested Reading Age
Harris, M. G. Ice Shock. 2010.
Joshua files: book 2. Josh is certain that his father's death was no accident. To make things worse, he's starting to wonder if he can really trust his closest allies. But when he finds out a secret about the legendary Ix Codex, he must journey to the secret Mexican city of Ek Naab, where the riddle of the mysterious Bracelet of Itzamna awaits him.
UEB. 6v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25907703
Also available in uncontracted braille. 7v. Order No: 25907705
Paolini, Christopher. Eragon. 2005.
Inheritance: book 1. When poor farm boy Eragon finds a polished stone in the forest, the stone brings a dragon hatchling. Eragon soon realizes he has stumbled upon a legacy nearly as old as the Empire itself. With only an ancient sword and the advice of an old storyteller for guidance, Eragon and the fledgling dragon must navigate the dangerous terrain and dark enemies of an Empire ruled by a king whose evil knows no bounds.
SEB. 7v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 25974702
13+ Suggested Reading Age
Bell, Alex. The Haunting. 2016.
Emma is confined to a wheelchair after a terrible accident which took place when she was 10. Seven years later, when she finds out that her grandmother hasn't long to live, she decides to return to Cornwall to the place where the awful event occurred. But the ancient Waterwitch pub still has its ghosts, having been built from timber salvaged from a notorious shipwreck.
UEB. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25907903
Cassidy, Anne. Dead Time. 2012.
Murder notebooks: book 1. Rose and Joshua first met when Joshua and his dad came to live with Rose and her mum. Then their world turns upside down when their mother and father go out for dinner one evening and never return. With police inquiries going nowhere, Rose is dispatched to live with her chilly, unfriendly grandmother and Joshua is sent to live with his uncle.
UEB. 6v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25852603
Crossan, Sarah. We Come Apart. 2017.
Appearances matter to Jess. She's got a lot to hide. Nicu thinks Jess is beautiful but Nicu's parents want to go back home to find Nicu a wife. His dad's fists are the most powerful force in Nicu's life, and in the end, he'll have to do what his dad wants. As Nicu and Jess get closer, their secrets come to the surface like bruises. The only safe place they have is with each other. But they can they be together forever?
UEB. 3v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25874703
Green, John. Turtles All The Way Down. 2017.
Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred thousand dollar reward at stake and her Best and Most Fearless Friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together, they navigate the short distance and broad divides that separate them from Russell Pickett's son, Davis.
UEB. 5v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 25926403
Marks, Graham. Bad Bones. 2015.
Gabe is feeling the pressure. His family has money troubles, he’s hardly talking to his dad, plus lowlife Benny is on his case. Needing some space, he heads off into the hills surrounding LA. And he suddenly stumbles across a secret that will change everything. A shallow grave. Gabe doesn’t think twice about taking the gold bracelet he finds buried there. Even from the clutches of skeletal hands. But he has no idea what he’s awakening.
UEB. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 25907803
Pullman, Philip. La Belle Sauvage. 2017.
Book of dust: book 1. Eleven-year-old Malcolm Polstead and his dæmon, Asta, live with his parents at the Trout Inn near Oxford. Across the River Thames (which Malcolm navigates often using his beloved canoe, a boat by the name of La Belle Sauvage) is the Godstow Priory where the nuns live. Malcolm learns they have a guest with them; a baby by the name of Lyra Belacqua.
UEB. 10v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 25930103
15+ Suggested Reading Age
Clare, Cassandra. City of Bones. 2007.
The mortal instruments: book 1. 16-year-old Clary Fray is an ordinary teenager, who likes hanging out in Brooklyn with her friends. But everything changes the night she witnesses a murder, committed by a group of teens armed with medieval weaponry.
UEB. 8v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 24698403
Shannon, Samantha. The Song Rising. 2017.
Bone season: book 3. Paige Mahoney has risen to the dangerous position of Underqueen, ruling over London's criminal population. Having turned her back on Jaxon Hall and with vengeful enemies still at large, the task of stabilising the fractured underworld is challenging. Little does Paige know that her reign may be cut short by the introduction of Senshield, a deadly technology that spells doom for the clairvoyant community.
UEB. 7v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 25874903
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