Recreation

Fiction New Titles November 2011 (arrived in October)

Adventure

The last minute, Jeff Abbott.
They framed me. They abducted my wife. They took my child. I want him back. Sam Capra has one reason to live: to reclaim his baby son from the people who kidnapped him. Teaming up with a young mother whose daughter went missing, he tracks his child across the country in a dangerous, desperate race against time.
Half-past dawn, Richard Doetsch.
Waking up with suspicious injuries and no memory of the previous night, attorney Harper Keller is horrified to discover that he has been reported murdered and that his wife is missing.
Bloodland, Alan Glynn.
A tabloid star is killed in a helicopter crash and three years later a young journalist is warned off the story which involves dark secrets, shady big business and political corruption.
The deadly touch of the tigress, Ian Hamilton.
First of new crime series featuring Chinese-Canadian forensic accountant Ava Lee who's on the trail of a missing $5 million.
The fear index, Robert Harris.
Set in the world of high finance over the course of one day abd beginning when a very rich hedge fund manager disturbs an intruder at his Geneva mansion.
The queen, Steven James.
While investigating a mysterious double homicide in an isolated northern Wisconsin town, FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers uncovers a high-tech conspiracy that ties together long-buried Cold War secrets with present-day tensions in the Middle East.
Red flags, Juris Jurjevics.
Soldiers and spies in the Vietnamese Highlands where an army cop realises that someone close to him has a stake in the opium smuggling ring and will kill to protect.
Dead centre, Andy McNab.
Indonesia 2005 and Nick Stone is working undercover when he makes a promise that comes back to haunt him in a 2011 world of piracy and extortion.
Robert Ludlum's The Ares decision : a Covert-One novel, Robert Ludlum & Kyle Mills
The US President's Covert One team gets caught up in a rebellion in Africa.
The towers, David Poyer.
Surviving the September 11 attack on the Pentagon only to lose his wife at the World Trade centre, Commander Dan Lenson joins a SEAL team assigned to track down Osama bin Laden and other senior Taliban members, in a high-action tale inspired by the author's true military experiences.
Cold vengeance, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.
Latest in series featuring FBI Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast has him searching for this sister and thereby upsetting a shady and sinister international organisation.
Scarecrow and the army of thieves, Matthew Reilly.
At an abandoned Soviet base in the Arctic, the battle to save the world has begun.

Afrikaans titles

Boereverraaier : teregstellings tydens die Anglo-Boerroorlog, Albert Blake.
Die behoue huis : 'n keur uit die kortverhale, Abraham H. de Vries.
Die verdrinking van Josua van Eden, Carina Diedericks-Hugo.
Bruid vir soetvlei, Sarah du Pisanie.
101 puik projekte vir jou digitale kamera, Simon Joinson.
Boos en bisar : wrede Suid-Afrikaanse misdade met 'n kinkel, Chris Karsten.
Die kruispad, Beverly Lewis.
Die openbaring, Beverly Lewis.
Boheem, Chanette Paul.
Boerumoer : Oom Gysbert se dorpstories, Sarel Pieterse.
Hanlie Retief gesels met, Hanlie Retief.
Een glas dooswit, asseblief? : sober besinnings van 'n skuldenaar, Linette Retief.
Boerseun : memoires van 'n Anglo-Boereoorlogseun, Chris Schoeman.
Diaspora van die nuwe Christene, Flip Schutte.
Bottelnek, Piet Steyn.
Genees jou trauma, Tessa van Wijk
Die roem en die rou : stories agter Honoris Crux, At van Wyk.
Die shack, William P. Young.

American Fiction

The outward room, Millen Brand ; afterword by Peter Cameron.
Excellent reprint of a book about a young woman's journey from madness to self-discovery. It created a sensation when it was first published in 1937, and has lost none of its immediacy or its power to move the reader.
The grief of others, Leah Hager Cohen.
The death of a newborn shatters a family but eventually they learn to share one another's burdens in this poignant family drama.
The inverted forest, John Dalton.
Interesting story of a camp for developmentally disabled adults and the unusual man who is in charge.
Nightwoods : a novel, Charles Frazier.
Named the guardian of her murdered sister's troubled twins, Luce struggles to build a family with the children before being targeted by the twins' father, her sister's killer, who believes that the children are in possession of a stolen cache of money. 1960s set story by the author of the bestselling "Cold Mountain."
Alice Bliss, Laura Harrington.
An American soldier is sent to Iraq, leaving his wife to cope on the home front. Their story is told through the eyes of the 14 year old daughter.
The baker's wife, Erin Healy.
A minister loses his church when a scandal is exposed and he and his wife buy a fading bakery business.
When she woke, Hillary Jordan.
In the future, abortion has become a crime as a series of events threatens the existence of the United States. One woman wakes up to discover that her skin color has been changed to red as punishment for having the procedure done. Now she must embark on a dangerous journey in order to find refuge from a hostile and threatening society.
The night circus, Erin Morgenstern.
Much publicised first novel about circus people at the turn of the 20th century and one of them who hatches a scheme to pit his young daughter against a rival magician.
Light from a distant star, Mary McGarry Morris.
A 13 year old girl who has to look after her young brother as her parents work has to be a witness in court where nobody believes the truth she tries to relate.
The Buddha in the attic, Julie Otsuka.
The stories of six Japanese mail-order brides whose new lives in early twentieth-century San Francisco are marked by backbreaking migrant work, cultural struggles, children who reject their heritage, and the prospect of wartime internment.
The Christmas wedding, James Patterson and Richard DiLallo.
Since her husband died three years ago, Gaby's four children have drifted apart and haven't celebrated Christmas together since their father's death. When Gaby announces that she's getting married--and that the groom will remain a secret until the wedding day--she may finally be able to bring them home for the holidays.
In malice, quite close, Brandi Lynn Ryder.
Years after staging her kidnapping and death to run away with the heir to a renowned art collection, Karen finds her carefully constructed world falling apart when their daughter discovers the truth and brings about Karen's reunion with her sister.
This beautiful life, Helen Schulman.
An explicit video sent around by teenagers has explosive consequences for the affluent New York set their families inhabit in this sharp and timely tale of how we live now.
The best of me, Nicholas Sparks.
Former teenage sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks come back to their hometwon for the funeral of the mentor who gave them shelter.
We the animals, Justin Torres.
First novel about three brothers coming of age in upstate New York in a volatile passionate family.
The Winters in bloom, Lisa Tucker.
Kyra and David Winter have a comfortable life but when their son disappears things turn for the worse and secrets are revealed. Despite the grim theme, this is a strong life affirming tale.
American boy, Larry Watson.
On Thanksgiving Day 1962, the shooting of a young woman sets off a chain of unsettling events in Willow Falls, Minnesota, all revolving around Matthew Garth, who becomes obsessed with the shooting victim and with the lavish lifestyle of a local doctor's family.
The outlaw album : stories, Daniel Woodrell.
As in his novel "Winter's bone " (memorably filmed last year). All the stories in this interesting collection are set in the Ozarks and involve people living on the edge.

Australian fiction

Spirit house, Mark Dapin.
The story of a seventyish Burma-Thai railway survivor who gets a visit from his grandson and is able to tell him what he experienced so that he can lay the past to rest.
With my body, Nikki Gemmell.
Addresses the question of what is intimacy and whether it is ever truly possible to know another person. It is at once a manifesto of married mothers everywhere and a highly personal story of one woman's sexual awakening.
Jack and Jill, Helen Hodgman.
Jill and her widower father live a simple outback life until Jack arrives. Engrossing tale set between the Depression era and the 1960s.
Autumn Laing, Alex Miller.
A woman who had broken up two marriages, her own and that of her lover, seeks redemption 53 years later in this perceptive tale of life, love, loyalty and creativity.
The hypnotist's love story, Liane Moriarty.
Hypnotist discovers her new boyfriend has a stalker in this tale of romance and a very unusual love triangle.
The street sweeper, Elliot Perlman.
In New York a hospital janitor strikes up a friendship with a holocaust survivor while a prominent civil rights lawyer faces a personal criisi. A tale of guilt, resilience and redemption spanning over 50 years and ranging from New York to Melbourne, Chicago, Warsaw and Auschwitz.
Animal people, Charlotte Wood.
Set in Sydney over a single day and focusing on Stephen - aimless and unfulfilled - and how his feelings about his life come crashing down until he realises only love can set him free.

British Fiction

Boxer, beetle, Ned Beauman.
Strange clever tale described as "intellectual slapstick." A first novel that's a blackish comedy taking on the British class system, anti-semitism, sex and fascism. Not for the faint hearted.
Ragnarok : the end of the gods, A.S. Byatt.
Recently evacuated to the British countryside and with World War Two raging around her, one young girl is struggling to make sense of her life. Then she is given a book of ancient Norse legends and her inner and outer worlds are transformed. Intensely autobigraphical tale that some felt should have been on the Booker shortlist.
Half blood blues, Esi Edugyan.
1930s Berlin, the threat of imprisonment and the desire to make something good despite the horrors around. Hieronymus Falk, rising cabaret star, is arrested and never heard from again and fifty years later an old bandmate tries to find out the story. Impressive novel shortlisted for the 2011 Booker Prize.
Me and my sisters, Sinead Moriarty.
Julie used to be the easy-going sister. But now she's mother of four boys under five, her marriage is under strain and she is struggling to keep sane. She needs support, but her sisters don't understand. After all, their lives are perfect. The Devlin sisters think they have little in common. They might just be in for a surprise.
The illustrated Gormenghast trilogy, Mervyn Peake with an introduction by China Mieville.
Peake's books are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experience. (C.S. Lewis).
Unusual uses for olive oil, Alexander McCall Smith
Professor Dr Moritz-maria von Igelfeld and a romance with a cheerful heiress.
The Oriental wife, Evelyn Toynton.
Two Jewish childhood friends, who fled the Nazis, meet again after they are grown and marry, but their lives are changed dramatically when the wife suffers a debilitating accident.
The quality of mercy, Barry Unsworth.
Nearly twenty years after Sacred Hunger, his Booker-winning novel about the slave trade, Barry Unsworth's sequel recounts the further fortunes of two of its characters. It's 1767 and Erasmus Kemp has tracked down the men who took over his father's slaving ship and brought him to ruin.
What I did, Christopher Wakling.
Story that's in a smilar vein to the Christos Tsiolkas novel "The slap." The tale of a father accused of child abuse after being seen to smack his child, told through the eyes of the child.
The German boy, Patricia Wastvedt.
The moving story of two families divided by prejudice and war when a teenage boy, orphaned by war, comes to stay with his English aunt.
The echo chamber, Luke Williams.
Amassing a collection of historical artifacts through the use of her extraordinary hearing, Evie Steppman, a woman who grew up in mid-20th-century British- occupied Nigeria, realizes that she is losing her abilities and resolves to document the remarkable story of each object.

Chinese titles

Cai Lan chao shai Riben, Cai Lan.
Qing ren de bao ge : Cao mei tu teng de mei wei can zhuo, Cao mei tu teng zhu.
Lun shi. Zhongguo pian : Cao Renchao chuang fu qi shi lu, Cao Renchao zhu.
Lun xing : Cao Renchao chuang fu zhi hui shu, Cao, Renchao zhu.
Lun zhan : Cao Renchao chuang fu zhan guo ce, Cao Renchao zhu.
Taibei ba ba, Niuyue ma ma, Chen Junzhi.
Hai xiang yu dao wo ma, Deng Huiwen zhu.
Shi guang ji, DTT zhu.
Jian kang shi mo chu lai de, Gui Changqing, You Li bian zhu.
Bu guai : bi biao zhun da an geng zhong yao de shi, Hou Wenyong.
Xiang hao le jiu huo chu qu, Xie Jiahua zhu
Lu Xun de hu zi, Jiang Yitan zhu.
Ren zhi chu xing ben "se", Le Jia zhu.
Ling'nan mei shi chuan qi = Food stories in South China, Liang Mou bian zhu.
Gai zao lao fang zi, wan cheng yi bei zi de meng xiang. jia, Lin Dailing zuo.
Wei ren min fu wu, Lin Liu Qingyi zhu
Hai zi ni man man lai, Long Yingtai zhu.
Qi ye ri ji, Maimaishi zhu.
1Q84 : a novel, Cunshang Chunshu zhu
Fang xia xin zhong de niu, Yixing chan shi zhu
Wo shi ai qing ke dai biao, Wang Fang zhu.
Hong zao, Wen Di bian zhu ; Zhang Qunxiang shen ding.
Zhe xie ren, na xie shi, Wu Nianzhen zhu.
Zhong nian nan ren di xia shou ji, Xu Changde.
Yan xuan ai mu zhe, Zhang Xiaoxian.

Fiction from the rest of the World

The monsoon bride, Michelle Aung Thin.
Young Burmese woman from arranged marriage travels to Rangoon to meet the man she will marry. Impressive first novel by woman born in Rangoon, raised in Canada and now resident of Melbourne.
New selected stories, Alice Munro.
Spanning her last five collections and bringing together her finest work from the past fifteen years, this new selection of the Canadian author's stories infuses everyday lives with a wealth of nuance and insight.
Pereira maintains, Antonio Tabucchi.
An extraordinary novel from one of Italy's most acclaimed contemporary writers. In the sweltering summer of 1938 in Portugal, a country under the fascist shadow of Spain, a mysterious young man arrives at the doorstep of Dr Pereira. So begins an unlikely alliance that will result in a devastating act of rebellion. This is Pereira's testimony.

German titles

Isola, Isabel Abedi
Der kleine Bankhofer : Gesundheitstipps fur alle Lebenslagen, Hademar Bankhofer
Das Tal der Hundertjahrigen : eine Reise zum Ort der ewigen Jugend, Ricardo Coler
Und ewig grut das Moppel-Ich, Susanne Frohlich.
Unser allerbestes Jahr, David Gilmour
Die Ernahrungsluge : wie uns die Lebensmittelindustrie um den Verstand bringt, Hans-Ulrich Grimm.
Krauterspiralen, Terrassengarten & Co. : planen, bauen, pflanzen, Josef Andreas und Claudia Holzer
Hummeldumm : das Roman, ne, Tommy Jaud.
Der Aussenseiter, Sadie Jones
In der Mitte des Lebens, Margot Kassmann.
Ich und Kaminski, Daniel Kehlmann.
Laienspiel : Kluftingers vierter Fall, Volker Klupfel, Michael Kobr.
Krokodil im Nacken, Klaus Kordon.
Das Gold der Maori, Sarah Lark.
Prime time, Liza Marklund
Brief an mein Leben : Erfahrungen mit einem Burnout, Miriam Meckel.
Achtung Baby!, Michael Mittermeier.
Die Dienstagsfrauen, Monika Peetz.
Was in zwei Koffer pat : Klosterjahre, Veronika Peters.
Plotzlich Shakespeare, David Safier.
Besser essen : Leben leicht gemacht ; das Ernahrungsprogramm mit 75 leichten Rezepten fur die ganze Familie ; [das Praxisbuch zur ProSieben-Serie], Nicola Sautter & Stefan
Biokisten-Kochbuch : Gemusegenuss fur alle Jahreszeiten, Cornelai Schinharl
Der Junge und die Taube, Meir Shalev
Der Koch : Roman, Martin Suter.

Japanese titles

Nanji no na : Woman, Akeno Teruha.
Kou un wo hikiyoseru, Ehara Hiroyuki.
Chibusa, Ijuin Shizuka.
Furansujin no tezukuri ren ai seikatsu, Sato Eko.
Jusansai kara no kokoro o tsuyoku suru kosodate, Yanagimachi Michihiro.

Korean titles

Mom i arumdwojunun Ch'oe Yun-yong ui yoga 30 - pun, Ch'oe Yun-yong.
Peisu syopo : Chong Su-hyon changpyon sosol.
Ku yoja Chon Hye-rin : Chong To-sang changp'yon sosol.
Yongso rul wihayo : kuriun irum, Kim Su-hwan Ch'ugigyong : Han Su-san changp'yon sosol.
Na nun ajik, orun i toeryomyon morotta, Kang Se-hyong chium.
Kutpai, Yondo : Kim Chang-hwan changp'yon sosol.
Nae cholmun nalui sup, Kim Hun.
Kaendul pullawo : Kim Son-u changpyon sosol.
Kuraeso na nun ant'i p'aen kwa kyorhon haetta : Kim Un-jong changp'yon sosol.
Na nun chukchi ank'etta : Kong Son-ok sosolchip.
Pulgasari chonson, Kwon Hye-rin.
Singgul manch'an : tu kaji chaeryo ro mandunun 147-kaji resip'i = The single's great recipe, Mun In-yong chium.
Haengbok han chasu wa ap'ullik'e, Ooch'uk'a Ayak'o chium
Un kyo : Pak Pom-sin changpyon sosol.
Chaewa ppalgang, Pyon Hye yong.
Kyonggwan ui pi : Sasaki Jo changpyon sosol, Kim Son-yong omgim.
Kijok ui kolgyok chinjong, Yang I-ung, Yang Chae-won chium.
4-chonman i komsaekhan onul ui yori, Yoanna Yi Hye-yong chium.

Mystery

The diamond chariot, Boris Akunin
Another case for Erast Fandorin. This time he's charged with protecting the Trans-Siberian Railway from Japanese sabotage in an adventure thriller with double agents and ticking bombs.
Picture her dead, Lin Anderson.
An art student mysteriously disappears wheile visiting a derelict Glasgow cinema to take photographs.
A mortal terror, James R. Benn.
In his time investigating crimes for both the Boston cops and General Ike's European forces, Lieutenant Billy Boyle hasn't encountered a serial killer. But now it looks like he may--a serial killer with a particularly frightening agenda.
Death sentence, Mikkel Birkegaard
A murder committed on paper, safely within the confines of a novel, is one thing. To see that same crime in the real world, is something else entirely... Frank Fons is a very successful crime writer. His novels, famed for their visceral descriptions of violent death, have made him a household name. But now someone is copying his crimes.
Robert B. Parker's killing the blues, Michael Brandman.
Massachusetts police chief Jesse Stone's investigation of a violent series of car thefts is complicated by political pressures, the summer tourist season, and the questionable goals of an ambitious PR executive.
Lethal, Sandra Brown.
After Honor Gillette is visited by Lee Coburn, a suspected murderer seeking a valuable object that Honor's late husband left behind, they find themselves running from the FBI and untangling a web of corruption and depravity.
Queen without a crown, Fiona Buckley.
The ninth murder mystery to feature Ursula Blanchard, special aide to Elizabeth I.
A feast day of fools, James Lee Burke.
When an alcoholic former boxer begs to be locked up even though he's sober, Sheriff Hackberry Holland finds that the man had witnessed a vivious killing. Gripping tale set in Southwest Texas.
The potter's field, Andrea Camilleri
An unidentified corpse is found near Vigata, a town known for its soil rich with potter's clay. Meanwhile, a woman reports the disappearance of her husband, a Colombian man with Sicilian origins who turns out to be related to a local mobster. Inspector Montalbano investigates.
Temporary perfections, Gianrico Carofiglio
Guerrieri is hired by an old colleague to work a missing-persons case that the police have failed to solve. As he digs deep into the victim's life and activities, he stumbles into a sinister cover-up.
The way between the worlds, Alys Clare.
The new "Lassair" Aelf Fen historical mystery, set in 1092, has the apprentice healer finding that a nun had been murdered at Chatteris Abbey
The blood royal, Barbara Cleverly.
Murder and espionage in 1922 London against the background of the Romanov murders and the disappearance of the Tsar's fortune.
The evil that men do, Jeanne M. Dams.
Dorothy Martin and her retired policeman husband are holidaying in an idyllic English village when they come across a man suspiciously found...
The dinosaur feather, Sissel-Jo Gazan
A compelling Scandinavian (Demark this time) crime tale that cleverly interweaves a murder investigation with the central mystery of the theory of the origin of birds.
Dead beat, Patricia Hall.
1960s Swinging London where Kate, an aspiring photographer, tries to track down her missing brother in Soho. First of a new series.
Damage control : a novel, Denise Hamilton.
Struggling in her competitive public relations firm, Maggie Silver is assigned to the toughest client of her career in a California senator, the father of her former best friend, during an effort to prevent a scandal surrounding the murder of a young female aide.
The great leader : a faux mystery, Jim Harrison.
Retired Detective Sunderson must get past his troubles with alcohol if he and an unlikely 16-year-old sidekick are ever going to expose an elusive cult leader called The Great Leader.
The lost women of lost lake, Ellen Hart.
Caring for an injured friend, restaurateur Jane Lawless discovers that her friend has been harboring a secret fear about a tragic accident that occurred years earlier and involves a suspicious reporter.
Next of kin, David Hosp.
Boston attorney Scott Finn agrees to defend the reprobate son of a notorious mobster so that he might be able to get to the real big name criminals in the city.
Prey, Linda Howard.
Wilderness guide tries to put feelings aside when an ex-soldier turns rival guide but a murderous animal means they must combine to stop it before it kills again.
Vacuum, Bill James.
When a drug kingpin gives up his evil ways, he leaves his empire open for takeover. Harpur and Iles try to prevent a bloody war as other firms fight to fill the vacuum.
A rhumba in waltz time, Robert S. Levinson.
All that glitters is not gold in the Golden Age of Hollywood after ex-LAPD detective Chris Blanchard goes to work for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios mogul Louis B. Mayer and stumbles into the murders of Photographer to the Stars Otto Rothman and B-movie actor Day Covington
Into dust, Jonathan Lewis.
The Minister for Defence is blown to smithereens in his car on a lonely road in the Brecon Beacons, where he has a weekend hideaway. DI Ned Bale is on the crime scene within seconds, but neither he nor forensics can work out how on earth the crime was committed, let alone who did it, or with what motive
The most dangerous thing, Laura Lippman.
Once the best of friends until a terrible secret tore them apart, a group of friends are suddenly brought back together under tragic circumstances and wonder if their long-ago lie is the reason for their troubles today and if someone is out to destroy them.
Wicked autumn, G. M. Malliet.
Max Tudor, vicar in an idyllic English village, investigates the death of the unpopular president of the local Women's Institute at the Harvest Fayre.
Tag man, Archer Mayor.
In a wealthy part of Vermont, a burglar named Tag Man who doesn't actually steal anything seems to be fleeing from his discovery of some sinister murders.
Suspects all!, The Mulgray twins.
Death and danger stalk undercover investigator DJ Smith when she is seconded to the Portuguese Drug Enforcement Agency on Madeira, island of orchids and the flamboyant bird of paradise flower.
Cold cruel winter, Chris Nickson.
Historical mystery featuring Richard Nottingham, Constable of the City of Leeds.
Dublin dead, Gerard O'Donovan.
Journalist Siobhan Fallon and DI Mike Mulcahy work on the links between the murder of a retired drug dealer in Spain, a realestate agent's suicide in Bristol and a yacht abandoned off the coast of Ireland.
Kill Alex Cross, James Patterson.
Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene of the biggest case he's ever been part of. The President's son and daughter have been abducted from their school - an impossible crime, but somehow the kidnapper has done it.
The impossible dead, Ian Rankin.
About a department called The Complaints which deals with dirty and compromised cops where a major inquiry reveals past secrets and reputations on the
Cell 8, Anders Roslund & Borge Hellstrom
Scandinanvian crime story featuring detectivesd involved in a case that looks at the worst possible consequences of the death penalty as repercussions reach from death row in Utah to Stockholm's police H.Q.
The Ronin's mistress, Laura Joh Rowland.
A twist on the fabled tale of the 47 Ronin where Sano Ichiro has days to solve the greatest mystery of samurai legend while his own fortunes hang in the balance.
A Killing season : a medieval mystery, Priscilla Royal.
Prioress Eleanor of Tyndal Priory investigates when the Baron's sons begin dying in strange accidents.
Shock wave, John Sandford.
The superstore chain PyeMart has its sights set on a Minnesota river town, but two very angry groups want to stop it: the local merchants fearing for their businesses, and the environmentalists predicting ecological disaster. The protests don't seem to be slowing the project down, though, until someone decides to take matters into his own hands.
A bitter truth, Charles Todd.
A battlefield nurse during World War I, Bess Crawford, returning to London for a well-earned Christmas leave, finds her holiday fraught with mystery and murder when she agrees to help a bruised and battered woman return to her small village in Sussex.
Son of Stone, Stuart Woods.
It seems that lawyer Stone Barrington had a son, fathered years ago to a very wealthy lady.

New Zealand Fiction

Huia short stories. 9 : contemporary Maori fiction.
Here are the best short stories and novel extracts from the Pikihuia Awards for Maori Writers 2011, as judged by Keri Hulme, Katie Wolfe, Erima Henare and Reina Whaitiri.
The cup : a comic novel, Dan Cleary ; illustrations by Trace Hodgson.
A comic novel about the 2011 Rugby World Cup that is also an affectionate and informed crack at rugby, politics and the unholy combination of the two through its central character, Baldy.

Romance

Shadow in Serenity, Terri Blackstock.
Romantic faith based tale of a young Texan woman feeling that a slick businessman in town needs stopping in his tracks even if it looks like he might be Mister Right.

Russian titles

Sindrom zhertvy, Chingiz Abdullaev.
Diabet--zhizn prodolzhaetsia! : vse o vashem diabete, Mikhail Akhmanov.
Pro sladkoe, Margo Akopian
Liubovnitsa smerti : roman, Boris Akunin.
Iskushenie astrologiei, ili predskazanie kak iskusstvo, Devid Berlinski
Dedushka na vydane, Daria Dontsova.
Koroleva bez bashni, Daria Dontsova.
Tysiacha siiaiushchikh solnts, Khaled Khosseini
The flying carpet to Baghdad : one woman's fight for two orphans of war, Hala Jaber.
"Faust": Pasternak protiv Stalina : zasifrovannaja poema, Ju. Jurcenko.
Vsia zhizn' pered glazami, Laura Kasischke.
Puteshestvie k tsentru Moskvy, Mikhail Lipskerov.
Nevidimaia reka, Edrian Makkinti.
Goriachie bliuda, Elmira Medzhitova
V shkure lva, Maikl Ondatzhe.
Trizhdy do voskhoda solntsa, Tatiana Poliakova.
100 luchshikh bliud na skoruiu ruku : [domashnie kulinarnye retsepty], G. Poskrebysheva.
Bolshoi rif, Nora Roberts.
Sindrom Petrushki, Dina Rubina.
Pereigrat' voinu! V "kotle" vremeni, Artem Rybakov.
Konets Monplezira, Olga Slavnikova.
Otoiti v storonu i posmotret, Tatiana Solomatina.
Nemtsy, Irina Velembovskaia.
Detorodnyi vozrast, Natalia Zemskova.

Saga & Historical

Letter from a stranger, Barbara Taylor Bradford.
Moving from Connecticut to Istanbul to Berlin then around the decades, the story of a letter that leads a young woman to explore the pastr of her family.
Death of kings, Bernard Cornwell.
9th century and the story of King Alfred and the making of a nation.
The favored queen : a novel of Henry VIII's third wife, Carolly Erickson.
Inspired by the life of Jane Seymour that follows her dedicated service as a Maid of Honor to Catherine of Aragon until a scheming Anne Boleyn throws the court into turmoil, a situation that culminates in Jane's dangerous relationship with Henry VIII.
The lady of the rivers, Philippa Gregory.
The story of Jacquetta, daughter of the Count of Luxembourg, married to the Duke of Bedford, Henry VI's uncle, then widowed whereupon she took the enormous risk of marrying for love - to a gentleman of her household.
The queen's mistake, Diane Haeger.
When the young and beautiful Catherine Howard becomes the fifth wife of King Henry VIII, she seems to be on top of the world. Yet her reign is destined to be brief and heartbreaking, as she is forced to do battle with enemies far more powerful than she could have ever imagined.
The secret bride : in the court of Henry VIII, Diane Haeger.
Mary Tudor, the headstrong younger sister of the ruthless King Henry VII, has always been her brother's favourite-but now she is also an important political bargaining chip. When she is promised to the elderly, ailing King Louis of France, a heartbroken Mary accepts her fate, but not before extracting a promise from her brother
The beloved of Isis, Christian Jacq
Vienna 1789. A season of darkness has spread throughout Europe as the French Revolution stirs up civil unrest and provokes fear among the authorities. Struggling to makes ends meet, and plagued by a never ending assault from his enemies, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is determined to fulfil his destiny, as foretold in the ancient secrets of the Pharaohs. 4th in the Mozart series.
A heart revealed, Julie Lessman.
Historical faith-based romantic tale of a woman whose husband had been abusive and how she falls for the charming brother of a friend.
The mercy, Beverly Lewis.
Following "The judgement," the third book in The Rose Trilogy.
The ballad of Tom Dooley, Sharyn McCrumb.
A story inspired by a true crime made famous by the Kingston Trio's folk song recording reimagines the events surrounding the murder of North Carolina mountain girl Laura Foster and the hanging of her lover, Tom Dula, in a meticulously researched account that reveals additional information that may prove Dula's innocence.
Cavalier queen, Fiona Mountain.
Queen Henrietta Maria, wife of Charles I, and her love for another man as she is torn betweeen duty and passion.
Manu, Christopher Nicole.
The story of one Englishwoman's relationship with an Indian princess at the height of the British Empire.
Lionheart, Sharon Kay Penman.
The story of a great medieval warrior king, the son of Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine: Richard the Lionheart.
To have and to hold, Tracie Peterson, Judith Miller.
A young woman struggles to keep her ancestral property in 1886 Georgia in this faith-based tale.

Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror

Blood and other cravings, Ellen Datlow.
Stories of the favourite monsters of our time, vampires, from authors such as Bill Pronzini, Carol Emshwiller, Elizabeth Bear and more.
The year's best dark fantasy and horror 2011, Paula Guran.
Includes stories by Neil Gaiman, George R.R. Martin, Simon R, Green, Tanith Lee and others.
Zombies! zombies! zombies!, Edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler.
Stories of zombies over the years with undead tales from August Derleth, Stephen King, Richard Matheson, Theodore Sturgeon and others.
Little star, John Ajvide Lindqvist
A baby found in a forest is adopted secretly by a couple but when she grows up she kills her parents and her scheming adopted brother makes her into a singing star but… things turn very sinister.
Into the hinterlands, David Drake, John Lambshead.
A young hero comes of age in the crucible of war and galactic struggle in this mix of military science and space opera.
Crack'd pot trail, Steven Erikson.
A Malazan tale of Bauchelain and Korbal Broach
Jack Cloudie, Stephen Hunt.
A tale of high adventure and skullduggery set in the same Victorian style world as his last colourful and exciting tales.
Lord of souls, Greg Keyes.
Second in the Elder Scrolls fantasy series.
Changes, Mercedes Lackey.
Magpie, Lena, and Bear continue on their individual quests as they work to attain the status of full Heralds, Bards, and Healers of Valdemar.
Henry VIII : wolfman, A. E. Moorat.
The latest in the horror story mash ups from the author of "Queen Victoria: demon hunter."
Ganymede, Cherie Priest.
4th in the "Clockwork century" fantasy series.
REAMDE, Neal Stephenson.
An addictive role playing fantasy game turns deadly when the carefully mediated violence online spills over into reality.
How firm a foundation, David Weber.
Third in the science fiction "Safehold" series, following "A mighty fortress."
Bedbugs, Ben H. Winters.
Couple search for perfect Brooklyn home and they find it but there's one problem: bedbugs. He isn't affected but she's seen them, felt them and…

Thai titles

Huachai lap fa-- thi Khapri, [Amira].
London kap khwamlap nai roi chup, Anuson Tipayanon.
Khun pa mahaphai. [ton thi 4, Thang dn morana], M.C. Beaton
Fak rak wai--nai chai th, Clear Ice.
Song nag soo phooying yai, Koo Long
Nafakfani huachaimirak : khamrusukdi...thiriakwarak chudphised, Na Mon.
Khun cho int, Nara.
Khwamrak rim fang mnam them, Uratsaya.
Cool case-- khadi rai khlai pom rak, Waliwilai.
Rabam lom nao, Watwara.
Nung chan klang chai, Yayoi.