Ventnor Blog

Books worms and film buffs - here’s the latest on what’s new at the Library. Some corkers this month and with DVD rentals at only £2.75 per week or £1 a night what are you waiting for?

DVDS
The Nines – The Matrix via Donnie Darko
Butterfly on a wheel – paying the ransom is just the beginning

Southland Tales – from the director of Donnie Darko
The Golden Compass – Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig in the adaptation of Philip Pullman’s “Northern Lights”
I Am Legend- Action Epic starring Will Smith
The Assassination of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford – Brad Pitt !
Rescue Dawn – Werner Herzog directs Christian Bale in a film based on a true story
The Darjeeling limited – “one of the most satisfying films of 2007” Total Film
Miss Austen regrets – in case you missed it on TV this week
Lust and caution – prize winning, foreign language, erotic thriller
Sleuth – the remake starring Michael Caine and Jude Law
Death at a Funeral – a comedy of grave proportions
Martian Child-“One of the best family films of the year!” Fox TV
Feast of love – Morgan Freeman and Greg Kinnear
Waitress – romantic comedy
And lots for kiddies!

Fiction
Sebastian FAULKS Engleby
Irene NEMIROVSKY Le Bal –Two classic tales from the author of ‘Suite Francaise’
Marina LEWYCKA Two caravans – “..better than Ukranian Tractors!..”
TOLKIEN The children of Hurin – set in the time before The Lord of the Rings
Iain BANKS The steep approach to Carbadale
Simon SCARROW Centurion - rebellion threatens the Roman empire
Tim SEVERIN Buccaneer – a Hector Lynch novel
Carol SMITH Fatal attraction – “..Rosie has killed before..”
Simon BRETT Blood at the bookies - a Fethering mystery
Peter ROBINSON Friend of the devil – the new Chief Inspector Banks
Meg CABOT Queen of babble in the big city “..the G B Shaw of chicklit..”
Anita SHREVE Body surfing
Emily BARR The sisterhood – what bonds us can break us
Margaret DICKINSON Sing as we go
Jodi PICOULT Nineteen minutes –as chosen by the Times Book Group
Lisa JEWELL 31 Dream Street “..studded with warmth and humour..”

Non-Fiction
Nick CLAYDON The Guardian guide to working abroad
Windy DRYDEN & Jack GORDON How to cope with difficult parents
A A Gill Table talk – sweet and sour, salt and bitter
GARDENER’S WORLD 101 garden projects
Julia ANDRUS Paper transformed – a handbook of design
Matthew WHARMBY – The London Titan (bus of the London double decker bus)
Roy STRONG A Little History of the English Country Church- LP
Charles WHITING British Liberation Army 1944-45
Gavin STAMP Britain’s lost cities
Louis LAWRENCE Ventnor – town of a thousand steps - just in time for the Walking Festival!

Young People
Colin BRAKE– Decide your destiny – Dr WHO – Lost your luggage – you decide!
Helen SALTER Do secrets count as sabotage?
Up close - Space survival – for young adults
Joe CRAIG Jimmy Coates
Anthony HOROWITZ The Night Bus- “It’s the journey from hell….”
USING SCIENCE – be a crime scene investigator
Andra SerlinABRAMSON Submarines up close
Clive GIFFORD Football
The INCREDIBLES – the essential guide
Daisy MEADOWS Zoe the skating Fairy
Sue BENTLEY Magic Puppy – star of the show
Linds CHAPMAN Not quite a mermaid – mermaid rescue
Carrie BRIGHT Gothic Goddess – destiny, darkness and deadly drama!
Morris GLEITZMAN Aristotle’s nostril – is that too much for a germ to ask?
Ian BONE Philomena Wonderpen is a very naughty teacher
And many more!

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