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Here’s a small selection of new titles during June at Ventnor Library

DVD
Kite Runner – film of the book
National Treasure 2 – Nicolas Cage
Cloverfield- A Monster of a movie!
Jumpers
Black Water-‘very…very…scary”
Dan In Real Life-“ A feel Good Treat”
Cleaner- thriller
Juno – off-beat comedy
River Queen – set in 19the century New Zealand

Fiction
James BRADLEY The Resurrectionist-( Richard & Judy )Delve into the sinister underworld of Georgian London
Sadie JONES The Outcast-(R&J) “An elegant, subtle and haunting novel”
Margaret CEZAIR-THOMPSON The Pirates Daughter- (R&J) “1946.Hollywood “
Toni JORDAN Addiction-(R&J)”A Comedy that counts”
John HART Down River-(R&J) murder thriller
Scott BAKKER Neuropath- “A Killer who will get inside your head, literally”
Julian GREGSON East Of The Sun- (R&J) A novel of India
Doris LESSING Alfred and Emily – the new novel
Laura LIPPMAN What the dead know –“..surpasses..The Lovely Bones..”-
Caroline SMAILES In search of Adam – motherless, rootless and unprotected
Jeff SOMERS The digital plague – “action filled noir thriller”
Douglas PRESTON & Lincoln CHILD Cabinet of curiosities – fear the past
Patricia CORNWELL The front
Michael MORLEY Spider – “a terrifying read that will keep you hooked”
Sebastian FAULKS Devil may care – the new James Bond
Charles CUMMING Typhoon “..the best of a new generation of British spy writers..”
Quintin JARDINE Aftershock
Mark BILLINGHAM Death message – a D I Thorne mystery
Lynda LAPLANTE Entwined
Martina COLE Faces
Andrew MARTIN Death on a branch line – Jim Stringer steam detective
Jacqueline WINSPEAR An incomplete revenge – a Maisie Dobbs mystery
Claude IZNER The Montemarte Investigation- A Victor Legris mystery
John BOYNE Mutiny on the Bounty
James MCGEE Rapscallion – Matthew Hawkwood – soldier, spy, prisoner
Kathleen WINSOR Forever Amber – remember this?
Susan Holloway SCOTT The royal harlot – Charles 11 and the Countess of Castlemaine
Bryce COURTENAY Sylvia – “..I think myself born around 1196 …”
Bernard CORNWELL Sword song – “here is Alfred’s world restored”
Erica JAMES Tell it to the skies - “suddenly in a …crowded Venice street..”
Julia QUINN Secret diaries of Miss Miranda Cheever “Jane Austen meets Bridget Jones..”
Lauren WEISBERGER Chasing Harry Winston – by the author of The Devil wears Prada
Niamh GREENE Confessions of a demented housewife – “..Dear Reader…
Annie MURRAY The bells of Bournville Green – sequel to the Chocolate Girls
Patricia GAFFNEY The goodbye summer
Dee WILLIAMS All that jazz “..harsh times, brave hearts..”
Katherine KERR The shadow isle – book six of the Dragon Mage
David Anthony DURHAM Acacia – the start of a new series

Non Fiction
Swami SARADANANDA Chakra meditation
John EATON M.M.Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia
Nigel LAWSON An Appeal To Reason: A Cool Look At Global Warming.
KUNZIG & BROECKER Fixing climate
HERMAN & CHOMSKY Manufacturing consent – political economy of the media
Gordon KERR Rats and squealers
Phil CLARKE Executioners
LONELY PLANET Egypt
LONELY PLANET New England
LONELY PLANET Mongolia
Johnny WALKER The autobiography
Frank ROBERTS Maggots – a binman’s woeful tale
Ronnie WOOD Ronnie – “ a candid incredible journey…”
Derek LONGDEN Paws in the proceedings – from the author of Lost for words
Jonathan KNIGHT Coolcamping England
Simon PARRY War torn skies – Battle of Britain – Surrey

And lots for young people as well!

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