Ventnor Blog

We’ve lots of new items at Ventnor Library this month. DVDs for all and lots of great new books.

DVD’s for adults
Atonement – Oscar nominated from the novel by Ian McEwan
Elizabeth :The Golden Age – Oscar nominated
Sense and Sensibility- BBC Series
As You Like It –Directed by Kenneth Brannagh

Eastern Promises- David Cronenburg directs Viggo Mortensen – brutal and compelling
The Brave One – Jodie Foster
The Invasion- Daniel Craig & Nicole Kidman – a remake of the Invasion of the Body Snatchers
War – Jet LI & Jason Statham
Michael Clayton – George Clooney and Oscar winner Tilda Swinton
The Hoax – Richard Gere – based on the true story of Clifford Irving
And When did You Last See Your Father? – Colin Firth and Jim Broadbent - based on the memoir of Blake Morrison
The Last Legion: Before King Arthur there was Excalibur
Stardust – the fairy tale that won’t behave
Run Fat Boy Run- Comedy
Nanny Diaries – Scarlett Johansson
Two Days in Paris - “..an absolute joy!..” Marie-Claire
Nancy Drew – remember the books?
Heartbreak Kid - Ben Stiller

DVDs for children
Ratatouille
Rosie’s Walk.. and 11 other stories for children
Angelina Ballerina – Mouse of the year! – for youngsters
Here come the Rubadubbers! – for youngsters
Fireman Sam – Let it snow – for youngsters
The Aristocrats - Disney special edition
Mopatops Shop – Grand opening “
Pingu – Bouncy fun!
Barney – The land of make believe
Fraggle Rock and many more!

Fiction
John CONNOLLY The Unquiet- Private detective Charlie Parker is back!
John GRISHAM The Appeal
Richard North PATTERSON The race – can an honest man become President?
Sophie HANNAH The Point of Rescue
Joanna TROLLOPE Friday Nights
James MEEK We are now beginning our descent
Justine PICARDIE Daphne – a novel of Daphne Du Maurier
Alexander McCall SMITH The good husband of Zebra Drive
Maureen LEE- Mother of Pearl
Fiona NEIL The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy
Josephine COX Songbird
Dorothy KOOMSON The chocolate run
Sarah PAYNE The death chamber – psychological thriller set in Cumbria
Roberta KRAY The lost – “..a page turner from the widow of Reggie Kray..”
Clare FRANCIS Unforgotten – new crime from the author of Homeland
Lesley DOWNER The last concubine – Japan in the 1860’s
Bradford SCOTT The Pecos Trail- Western
David GIBBINS The last gospel “..cross Indiana Jones and Dan Brown…”
J. D ROBB Strangers in Death- Futuristic thriller
Sheri s TEPPER the Margarets “…Tepper weaves science fiction and fantasy superbly..”

Non-Fiction
Julia BAIRD Imagine This: Growing Up With My Brother John Lennon
Anthony KIEDIS Scar tissue - memoir from the singer of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Katherine JENKINS Time to say hello – the autobiography
Mark SALISBURY Burton on Burton – Tim Burton the director
Mary COCKER Crow country – a naturalists “prose Poem” of the countryside
Robert HENSON The Rough Guide to Climate Change
Rosemary PARSLOW The Isle of Scilly
Nigel J COLLAR Birds and people; bonds in a timeless landscape – worth a look for the photography alone!
Elisabeth HARDEN The watercolour flower painters pocket palette
Iain Rice Railway Modelling: The Realistic Way
John LEETE Under Fire: Britain’s Fire Service at War (1942-45)
Max ARTHUR The faces of World War 1 – the Great War in words and pictures
Toby GREEN Inquisition: the Reign of Terror
Michael KATER The twisted muse – musicians and the a3rd Reich
Edward DOLNICK Stealing The Scream: The Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece
John ROBBINS Still Healthy at 100
The Diet Doctors Inside and Out: The Ultimate 12-week Diet Plan
Patricia MACNAIR IBS for dummies

Young People
Grace DENT Diary of a CHAV: Too Cool For School
Karen WALLACE Spike Carbuncle and the Truly Enormous Egg
Ian SMITH Rooster’s alarm - easy reading

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