New Titles Digital June 2020 (arrived in April and May 2020)

Downloadable audiobooks

Anna and the King of Siam (OverDrive audiobook), Margaret Landon.

The aviator's wife (OverDrive audiobook), Melanie Benjamin.

Despite her own major achievements - she becomes the first licensed female glider pilot in the United States - Anne Morrow Lindbergh is viewed merely as Charles Lindbergh's wife. The fairy-tale life she once longed for will bring heartbreak and hardships, ultimately pushing her to reconcile her need for love and her desire for independence, and to embrace, at last, life's infinite possibilities for change and happiness.

Battle ready (OverDrive audiobook) : memoir of a SEAL warrior medic Mark L. Donald with Scott Mactavish.

The gripping memoir of Navy Cross, Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart recipient SEAL Lieutenant Mark L. Donald. 'Battle ready' immerses the listener in the unique life of the elite warrior-medic who advances into combat with life-saving equipment in one hand and life-taking weapons in the other. It is also an uplifting human story that reveals how a young Hispanic American bootstrapped themselves out of a life that promised a dead-end future by enlisting in the military.

Blowout (OverDrive audiobook), Byron L. Dorgan

When a top-secret research team is hired to develop a clean energy source to minimise America's dependence on foreign oil, Sheriff Nate Osborne and journalist Ashley Borden investigate a saboteur's attack on the experimental power station.

The carbon diaries 2015 (OverDrive audiobook), Saci Lloyd.

In 2015, when England becomes the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide rationing in a drastic bid to combat climate change, sixteen-year-old Laura documents the first year of rationing as her family spirals out of control.

The carbon diaries 2017 (OverDrive audiobook), Saci Lloyd.

It's 2015 and the UK is the first nation to introduce carbon dioxide rations, in a drastic bid to cut greenhouse gas emissions. As her family spirals rapidly out of control, Laura Brown chronicles the first year of rationing with scathing abandon. In these dark days, Laura deals with the issues that really matter: love, floods and pigs.

Caring is creepy (OverDrive audiobook), David Zimmerman.

Fifteen-year-old Lynn Marie Sugrue is doing her best to make it through a difficult summer. Her mother works long hours as a nurse, and Lynn suspects that her mother's pill-popping boyfriend has enlisted her in his petty criminal enterprises. Lynn finds refuge in online flirtations, eventually meeting up with a troubled young soldier, Logan Loy, and inviting him home.

The chosen one (OverDrive audiobook), Carol Lynch Williams.

In a polygamous cult in the desert, Kyra, not yet fourteen, sees being chosen to be the seventh wife of her uncle as just punishment for having read books and kissed a boy, in violation of Prophet Childs' teachings, and is torn between facing her fate and running away from all that she knows and loves.

Coming home (OverDrive audiobook), Stacy Hawkins Adams.

If forgiving your ex-husband was easy, everybody would do it. Brent had cheated on Dayna and coldly said goodbye to her seven long years ago — dashing her hopes of having children or growing old with the love of her life. Working hard to make herself successful as a hospital executive, Dayna has moved on, finding comfort in a new dating relationship with a faith-filled colleague, Warren. But when Brent resurfaces on her doorstep at just the wrong time, Dayna's heart threatens to come unglued. Why is Brent asking for forgiveness now? And why are he and his new wife, Tamara, interested in reconciliation with Dayna?

A crown of swords (OverDrive audiobook), Robert Jordan.

In this volume, Elayne, Aviendha, and Mat come ever closer to the bowl ter'angreal that may reverse the world's endless heat wave and restore natural weather. Egwene begins to gather all manner of women who can channel — Sea Folk, Windfinders, Wise Ones, and some surprising others. And above all, Rand faces the dread Forsaken Sammael, in the shadows of Shadar Logoth, where the blood-hungry mist, Mashadar, waits for prey.

A daily rate (OverDrive audiobook), Grace Livingston Hill.

Life holds little joy for Celia Murray. Forced by poverty to leave her aunt, who has been her only source of love and warmth, Celia goes to the city to find a job. There she tries to make the best of her new home: a dreary boarding house. Then everything changes! Celia receives an unexpected inheritance and sets about making her dreams come true.

Deadly ties (OverDrive audiobook), Vicki Hinze.

A horrific crime shatters Lisa Harper's idyllic childhood. Her father is dead and her desperate mother, Annie, quickly marries Dutch Hauk, an abusive monster who soon reveals his hatred for Lisa. To protect her, Annie defies her ruthless husband and forfeits custody to a trusted friend. Enraged, Dutch vows to keep Annie and Lisa apart — and he does. Years later, though keenly aware of Dutch's evil intent, Lisa and her mother seize a chance to be a family, safe in a home where love dwells. But they fail to fathom how far Dutch will go to keep his vow.

Death in Paradise (OverDrive audiobook), Robert B. Parker.

Chief of Police Jesse Stone returns to investigate the murder of a troubled teenager in a seemingly bucolic New England town.

A death in the family (OverDrive audiobook), James Agee.

On a sultry summer night in 1915, Jay Follet leaves his house in Knoxville, Tennessee, to tend to his father, whom he believes is dying. The summons turns out to be a false alarm, but on his way back to his family, Jay has a car accident and is killed instantly, leaving his wife, brother, and young son to deal with his sudden death.

Die, Snow White! Die, damn you! (OverDrive audiobook) : a very Grimm tale written, produced, and directed by Yuri Rasovsky.

At last it can be told! Was Snow White really as pure as the driven snow? Did her allegedly wicked stepmother get a bum rap from the Grimm brothers? What went on behind the closed Dutch doors of the dwarves' cottage? How many handsome princes does it take to screw in a light bulb? These and other burning questions may or may not be answered in this new pseudogothic audio play version of the Snow White fairy tale.

Enter second murderer (OverDrive audiobook), Alanna Knight

Detective Inspector Faro has reopened the case of the 'Gruesome Convent Murders' for which one murderer has already been caught and executed, although he claimed to be innocent of the second murder. Faro's stepson Vince is determined to help with the detection. Behind the middle-class exterior of Victorian Edinburgh society lie betrayal and greed. The list of prime suspects is long because many had good reason for silencing the lovely, exotic, and amoral Lily Goldie, and even a police colleague is under suspicion.

Family pictures (OverDrive audiobook), Jane Green.

As dark truths from the past reveal themselves, two middle-aged women must learn to forgive — for the sake of their children and themselves.

The fate of Mercy Alban (OverDrive audiobook), Wendy Webb

Grace Alban has spent twenty years away from her childhood home, the stately Alban House, for reasons she would rather forget. But when her mother's unexpected death brings Grace and her teen-age daughter home, she finds more haunting the halls and passageways of Alban House than her own personal demons.

First daughter (OverDrive audiobook), Eric Van Lustbader.

A troubled ATF agent receives a call from the President-elect of the United States when his daughter is kidnapped.

The freedom maze (OverDrive audiobook), Delia Sherman

While staying with her grandmother for the summer, thirteen-year-old Sophie discovers a maze that transports her back in time to a sugar plantation where she is mistaken for a slave.

A hundred flowers (OverDrive audiobook), Gail Tsukiyama.

A tale set during the Chinese Cultural Revolution follows the struggles of Kai Ying to safeguard her family when her teacher husband is arrested and sent to a "reeducation" labour camp for criticizing the Communist Party.

Hush money (OverDrive audiobook), Chuck Greaves.

A newly minted member of Henley & Hargrove, Pasadena's oldest and snobbiest law firm, Jack MacTaggart is assigned to handle an insurance claim on behalf of socialite Sydney Everett. Hush Puppy, Sydney's champion show horse, has died unexpectedly, and attending veterinarian George Wells confides to Jack that the great horse's death was anything but natural.

Jitterbug (OverDrive audiobook), Loren D. Estleman.

A tough town in a tough time: Detroit during World War II where the U.S. furiously tried to out-manufacture the Germans and Japanese. Industry imported workers to replace men gone to war?Southern whites and blacks working side by side for the first time. Through this tense, troubled world cuts a killer, a self-appointed soldier savaging ordinary people, the defenseless. Lieutenant Zagreb's most important job is to keep the city from exploding, but his job doesn't stop there. He must catch a mad killer with a cop roster of 4-Fs and near-retirees and he has to save his own soul. But, he can't succeed at all three.

The mark of Zorro (OverDrive audiobook), Johnston McCulley.

1820s California, in a bygone era of sprawling haciendas and haughty caballeros, suffers beneath the whip of oppression. Missions are pillaged, native peasants are abused, and innocent men and women are persecuted by the corrupt governor and his army. But a champion of freedom rides the highways. His identity hidden behind a mask, the laughing outlaw Zorro defies the tyrant's might. A deadly marksman and a demon swordsman, his flashing blade strikes down those who exploit the poor and oppressed. First published in 1919, The Mark of Zorro remains a paradigm of swashbuckling adventure and a popular novel to this day.

Mastering the universe: the complete radio series. (OverDrive audiobook)

Through role play and sketches, Professor Joy Klamp (Dawn French) teaches you how to master the universe through extreme sullenness. With her Sourpussy Posse, Joy will show you the best sulking techniques in the workplace, at parties, on holiday, and with food and drink.

Max (OverDrive audiobook), James Patterson

Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy and Angel, six extraordinary kids who can fly, are back for another wild adventure as they try to save the world …and themselves. Maximum Ride and the other members of the Flock have barely recovered from their last arctic adventure, when they are confronted by the most frightening catastrophe yet. Millions of fish are dying off the coast of Hawaii and someone - or something - is destroying hundreds of ships.

Me and Billy (OverDrive audiobook), James Lincoln Collier.

Life at Deacon Smith's Home for Waifs would be completely dreary if it weren't for Possum's best friend, Billy, who "thinks up lies faster than he can talk" and provides plenty of excitement for the other boys. When Billy hears that gold is hidden in the mountains? "Great big chunks of it, some of 'em big as your fist" he plans to escape, taking Possum with him.

A memory of light (OverDrive audiobook) Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.

The conclusion to the Wheel of Time series draws on notes left by the late Robert Jordan.

Monstrous beauty (OverDrive audiobook), Elizabeth Fama.

Fierce, seductive mermaid Syrenka falls in love with Ezra, a young naturalist. When she abandons her life underwater for a chance at happiness on land, she is unaware that this decision comes with horrific and deadly consequences. Almost one hundred forty years later, seventeen-year-old Hester meets a mysterious stranger named Ezra and feels overwhelmingly, inexplicably drawn to him. With Ezra's help, Hester investigates her family's strange, sad history. The answers she seeks are waiting in the graveyard, the crypt, and at the bottom of the ocean — but powerful forces will do anything to keep her from uncovering her connection to Syrenka and to the tragedy of so long ago.

My wife Melissa (OverDrive audiobook), Francis Durbridge.

When journalist Guy Foster comes home from Fleet Street after a depressing day, the last thing he wants to do is go out for the evening. So he tells his wife Melissa to go to the party with her friends, and settles down to write his novel in peace. It is the last time he will see her alive… As the clues mount up, it soon becomes clear that Melissa was leading a double life - and now it is up to Guy to uncover the truth about his wife and find her killer.

Not this time (OverDrive audiobook), Vicki Hinze.

Sara and Beth have built a multi-million dollar business together, but their once solid friendship is now strained. Beth is leery of Sara's husband, and when he is kidnapped, authorities consider Beth their prime suspect. Then, their small town of Seagrove Village is rocked by an act of terrorism, and Beth doesn't know who to trust. As her world unravels around her, she wonders, is it possible to be beyond redemption?

Path of daggers (OverDrive audiobook), Robert Jordan.

The Seanchan invasion force is in possession of Ebou Dar. Nynaeve, Elayne, and Aviendha head for Caemlyn and Elayne's rightful throne, but on the way they discover an enemy much worse than the Seanchan.

Rage against the dying (OverDrive audiobook), Becky Masterman.

Brigid Quinn's experiences in hunting sexual predators for the FBI have left her with memories she wishes she didn't have and lethal skills she hopes never to need again. Having been pushed into early retirement by events she thinks she's put firmly behind her, Brigid keeps telling herself she is settling down nicely in Tucson with a wonderful new husband, Carlo, and their dogs. But the past intervenes when a man named Floyd Lynch confesses to the worst unsolved case of Brigid's career — the disappearance and presumed murder of her young protegee, Jessica.

Real marriage (OverDrive audiobook) : the truth about sex, friendship & life together Mark and Grace Driscoll.

Most marriage books assume the author did it right. Most marriage books barely mention friendship. Most marriage books use "intimacy" as code for "sex". This is not one of those books. In Real Marriage, Pastor Mark Driscoll and his wife, Grace, share how they have struggled and how they have found healing through the power of the only reliable source: the Bible.

Real mermaids don't wear toe rings (OverDrive audiobook), Helene Boudreau.

When Jade's hormonal change into womanhood also includes developing scales and a tail, she discovers she's inherited her mermaid tendencies from her late mother, and it prompts her to investigate how her mother died.

Red to black (OverDrive audiobook), Alex Dryden.

An upmarket, well informed and incredibly topical thriller that will mark the return of the spy thriller and appeal to readers of John Le Carre and Robert Harris.

Red wolf (OverDrive audiobook), Liza Marklund.

An accidental death? Reporter Annika Bengtzon is working on the story of a devastating crime when she hears that a journalist investigating the same incident has been killed. When Annika unravels a connection with the story she's writing, she is thrown on to the trail of a deadly psychopath. The hunt is on - caught in a frenzied spiral of secrets and violence, Annika finds herself and her marriage at breaking point. Will her refusal to stop pursuing the truth eventually destroy her?

Robert Ludlum's The Bourne deception (OverDrive audiobook) by Eric Van Lustbader.

The Bourne deception picks up where the Bourne sanction left off. Jason Bourne's nemesis, Arkadin, is still hot on his trail and the two continue their struggle, reversing roles of hunter and hunted. When Bourne is ambushed and badly wounded, he fakes his death and goes into hiding. In safety, he takes on a new identity, and begins a mission to find out who tried to assassinate him. Jason begins to question who he really is, how much of him is tied up in the Bourne identity, and what he would become if that was suddenly taken away from him.

The secret society of demolition writers (OverDrive audiobook) by Aimee Bender …et al.; edited by Marc Parent.

Short stories capture the lives of such offbeat characters as a delusional schizophrenic, an egg donor with second thoughts, and a young girl who discovers a portal to another, ghostly world.

Smart talk (OverDrive audiobook), Lisa B. Marshall.

Saying the right thing isn't just about feeling comfortable. It's also essential for building successful relationships, getting ahead at work, and increasing your income. To get what you want, you have to know how to ask for it, how to negotiate, how to react. That's where Lisa Marshall's book comes in.

A son of the middle border (OverDrive audiobook), Hamlin Garland.

An epic story of the quest for new frontiers during the last half of the nineteenth century and of the gradual, heartbreaking failure of America's pioneer ideal. Drawing on the history of his own family, Pulitzer Prize winner Hamlin Garland chronicles the experiences of a generation.

The spin (OverDrive audiobook), Rebecca Lisle.

Stormy is an orphan and a kitchen skivvy. But Stormy has a secret. He wants to be a sky-rider, to soar amongst the clouds on spitfyres: flying horses that spit fire and smoke, and answer only to their riders. A chance meeting with an escaped convict turns Stormy's life upside down. Sent up to the Academy he uncovers a web of lies, deceits and neglect, at the centre of which lies the mysterious thirteenth horse. Can Stormy save Thirteen, defeat the dark forces at work within the Academy and prove himself worthy as a sky-rider?

Spy the lie: former CIA officers show you how to detect deception (OverDrive audiobook), Philip Houston … et al..

Spy the Lie is a fascinating study of deception and a comprehensive lesson in how to identify and combat it. Featuring case studies based on the authors' real-life experiences in the field - involving 'turned' assets, KGB moles and criminal government officials - it reveals the methodology developed and used by the CIA to detect deception in the realms of counterterrorism and criminal investigation, and shows you how you can apply these techniques in your daily life. Whether hiring a new employee, investing money, knowing whether your boss is being straight with you, or finding out what your kids have been up to, this ingenious book will enable you to identify deceptive behavior in all its forms, and show you the techniques that will help you reach the truth.

Sticks and stones (OverDrive audiobook), Emily Bazelon.

Being a teenager has never been easy, but in recent years, with the rise of the Internet and social media, it has become exponentially more challenging. Bullying, once thought of as the province of queen bees and goons, has taken on new, complex, and insidious forms, as parents and educators know all too well. No writer is better poised to explore this territory than Emily Bazelon, who has established herself as a leading voice on the social and legal aspects of teenage drama.

Stone cold (OverDrive audiobook), Robert B. Parker.

Investigating a thrill-seeking pair of serial killers who are targeting the residents of an affluent suburban town, police chief Jesse Stone finds his job complicated by local politicians, the media, his drinking problem, and his ex-wife.

Strands of bronze and gold (OverDrive audiobook), Jane Nickerson.

The Bluebeard fairy tale retold. When seventeen-year-old Sophia Petheram's beloved father dies, she receives an unexpected letter. An invitation — on fine ivory paper, in bold black handwriting — from the mysterious Monsieur Bernard de Cressac, her godfather. With no money and fewer options, Sophie accepts, leaving her humble childhood home for the astonishingly lavish Wyndriven Abbey, in the heart of Mississippi.

Street smarts (OverDrive audiobook), Jim Rogers.

Street Smarts is another great read from one of the most astute global investors of our time. With wisdom, humour, and amusing antidotes, the Investment Biker recounts his life's experiences in a manner that is as entertaining as it is educational. As an added surprise, readers may find his insight on fatherhood even more valuable than his perspective on history, economics, and the financial markets.

There's something in a Sunday (OverDrive audiobook), Marcia Muller

It's a cold Sunday in San Francisco, Sharon McCone's alone on a routine surveillance job, following a man named Frank Wilkonson through the city's lush horticultural hot spots to the sere foothills of the Diablos. But when she returns to find her kindly old client in a pool of blood, nothing she's learned explains it.

A time for war (OverDrive audiobook), Michael Savage.

Discovering that the U.S. is being targeted by a secret and lethal conspiracy, disgraced television host Jack Hatfield taps the expertise of an idealistic staffer from the Office of Naval Intelligence to expose an imminent biochemical attack.

Trophies and dead things (OverDrive audiobook), Marcia Muller.

A series of murders is only just news for San Francisco investigator Sharon McCone, until one of her firm's clients is a victim. Amongst his possessions is a holograph document. It's a will which leaves his large estate to four strangers, and disinherits his children. Sharon discovers a link to the Vietnam war.

Two rings (OverDrive audiobook) : a story of love and war, Millie Werber and Eve Keller.

At the heart of this wrenching memoir of a teenage girl's wartime survival is something utterly unexpected: a love story that blazes briefly in a dark corner of occupied Poland.

The Violets of March (OverDrive audiobook), Sarah Jio.

In a mystical place where violets bloom out of season and the air is salt drenched, a heartbroken woman stumbles upon a diary and steps into the life of its anonymous author.

What we saw at night (OverDrive audiobook), Jacquelyn Mitchard.

After glimpsing an older man in a room with a dead girl, sixteen-year-old Allie, who has a life-threatening allergy to sunlight, discovers she is the lone key to stopping a serial killer.

The winter witch (OverDrive audiobook), Paula Brackston.

Mute fledgling witch Morgana is married for her safety to a kind farmer in the mountains of Wales before she is targeted by townspeople who are being manipulated by a dark force that compels Morgana to harness her powers.

The year we disappeared : a father-daughter memoir (OverDrive audiobook) Cylin Busby, John Busby.

When Cylin Busby was nine years old, she was obsessed with the Muppets and her pet turtle. Then everything changed. Her police officer father, John, was driving to work when someone levelled a shotgun at his window. Overnight, the Busbys went from being an average family to one under 24-hour armed protection, with police escorts to school and no contact with friends. Worse, the gunman was still on the loose, and it seemed only a matter of time before he would come after John again - or someone else in the family! With few choices left, the Busby family went into hiding, severing all ties to the only life they had ever known. This hard-hitting, graphic and compelling account of Cylin's family's escape from the mob is ultimately a story of survival and triumph.

Zombie (OverDrive audiobook), J. R. Angelella.

Fourteen-year-old Jeremy Barker, facing his first year of Catholic high school and major family issues, sees the code he lives by, gleaned from zombie movies, put to the test as he tries to set right what he thinks are terrible wrongs committed by his father.

Downloadable e-books

10 hungry rabbits (OverDrive e-book), Anita Lobel.

Ten rabbits are hungry for supper but Mama Rabbit has nothing to put in her soup pot, so Papa sends the little ones to the garden where they discover increasing numbers of foods in many different colours.

45-love : my yearlong quest to fulfill a lifelong dream in the sport of tennis. (OverDrive e-book), Ray Krueger.

Ray Krueger's story - that of a 275-pound teenager who fears leaving his own home for fear of running into his own father, but goes on to become an elite, top 20 tennis player in the 45-and-over age division - veritably glows with the incandescent passion that enables some lucky souls to experience participatory sports as a glorious, life-shaping and transforming experience.

The accident (OverDrive e-book), Ismail Kadare.

On the autobahn in Vienna a taxi leaves the carriageway and strikes the crash barrier, flinging its male and female passengers out of its back doors as it spins through the air. The driver cannot explain why he lost control; only saying that the mysterious couple in the back seat seemed to be about to kiss. Somewhere between vivid hallucination and cold reality, Ismail Kadare's new novel is a bold departure and an intense exploration of the contours of a union that moves inexorably towards its own demise.

The adulteress (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

Is it possible for people to be possessed? That's the question happily married Zipporah Ransome asks herself when she journeys from Clavering Court to her family's ancestral home in Eversleigh. At nearby Enderby House, a mysterious place connected to her notorious grandmother Carlotta, Zipporah discovers the power of her untapped desires - and the price of their fulfillment. Enigmatic Frenchman Gerard d'Aubign changes Zipporah's life forever. Unable to resist his sensual charms, Zipporah embarks on an illicit affair that leaves her with a haunting secret. Soon her life begins to mirror Carlotta's, as scandal, violence, and deception threaten to destroy her home.

Aftertime (OverDrive e-book), Sophie Littlefield.

Awakening in a bleak landscape as scarred as her body, Cass Dollar vaguely recalls surviving something terrible. Having no idea how many weeks have passed, she slowly realises the horrifying truth: Ruthie has vanished. And with her, nearly all of civilisation. Where once-lush hills carried cars and commerce, the roads today see only cannibalistic Beaters — people turned hungry for human flesh by a government experiment gone wrong. In a broken, barren California, Cass will undergo a harrowing quest to get Ruthie back.

Albatross (OverDrive e-book), J. M. Erickson.

Alexander J. Burns, a seasoned field operative, was stationed abroad and tasked with eliminating America's most dangerous terrorists. Four years ago, he was injured en route to a critical mission and was sent home. The Department of Defense Foreign Intelligence Agency Operations Center want him sedated and watched very carefully. They hope he never recovers, and that his secrets will remain forever undisclosed. With the help of Dr. David Caulfield, Burns does begin to remember — and the agency is doing everything it can to stop him.

Also known as Rowan Pohi (OverDrive e-book), Ralph J. Fletcher

After impulsively lying his way into an elite preparatory school, sophomore Bobby Steele hopes to escape the shame of his father's well-publicized incarceration but keeps waiting for his secret to be revealed.

Angel gone bad (OverDrive e-book), Sabine Starr.

By day Angel Morgan reads her thrilling dime novels about the Wild West to the corseted members of the Red River Book club. But when the sun sets on the Texas border her own life proves to be stranger than fiction, especially when a friend's life depends on her utilizing her many secret talents.

Angels at war (OverDrive e-book), Freda Lightfoot.

Two years have passed since Livia and her sisters suffered at the hands of their brutal father and all seems well in the Lake District: Livia is set to marry Jack Flint while her sisters are content at Todd Farm. Yet Livia dreams of running the neglected drapery business, that her father left her.

Answering the call: the doctor who made Africa his life: the remarkable story of Albert Schweitzer (OverDrive e-book), Ken Gire.

As a young man, Albert Schweitzer seemed destined for greatness. His immense talent and fortitude propelled him to a place as one of Europe's most renowned philosophers, theologians, and musicians in the early twentieth century. Yet Schweitzer shocked his contemporaries by forsaking worldly success and embarking on an epic journey into the wilds of French Equatorial Africa, vowing to serve as a lifelong physician to the least of these in a mysterious land rife with famine, sickness, and superstition. Enduring hardship, conflict, and personal struggles, he and his beloved wife, Hane, became German prisoners of war during WWI, and Hane later battled persistent illnesses. The legacy of this 1952 Nobel Prize honoree endures in the thriving African hospital community that began in a humble chicken coop, in the millions who have drawn inspiration from his example, and in the challenge that emanates from his life story into our day.

Antipasti : the little dishes of Italy. (OverDrive e-book), Julia Della Croce.

Much more than just Italian appetizers, antipasti are coming into their own as snacks, side dishes, and meals in themselves. Simple to prepare and easily combined, these light and savoury dishes offer the unsurpassed wealth of flavour inherent in their authentic Italian ingredients: extra-virgin olive oil, aged cheeses, briny black and green olives, air-cured prosciutto, dried porcini mushrooms, and the freshest seasonal vegetables.

Anywhere but here (OverDrive e-book), Jenny Gardiner.

Mary Kate Dupree has been spinning her wheels for too long. Trapped in an abusive marriage to an overbearing good ol' boy, she finally decides break the cycle when she heads out to pick up her husband's dry cleaning and instead picks up a handsome hitchhiker.

Appaloosa (OverDrive e-book), Robert B. Parker.

Artist, the cook, and the gardener (OverDrive e-book), Maryjo Koch.

Great artists and great cooks have long been inspired by gardens and the many sensory gifts they provide. This connection between art, cooking, and the garden is celebrated in this cookbook by artist Maryjo Koch.

The Auschwitz violin (OverDrive e-book), Maria Angels Anglada.

In the winter of 1991, at a concert in Krakow, an older woman with a special violin meets a fellow musician who is instantly captivated by it. When he asks her how she obtained it, she reveals its remarkable story: imprisoned at Auschwitz, the notorious concentration camp, Daniel feels his humanity slipping away. Then Daniel's former identity as a crafter of fine violins is revealed. The camp's two most dangerous men use this information to make a cruel wager: If Daniel can build a successful violin within a certain number of days, the Kommandant wins a case of the finest burgundy. If not, the camp doctor, a torturer, gets hold of Daniel. — From publisher description.

The aviator's wife (OverDrive e-book), Melanie Benjamin.

Despite her own major achievements - she becomes the first licensed female glider pilot in the United States - Anne Morrow Lindbergh is viewed merely as Charles Lindbergh's wife. The fairy-tale life she once longed for will bring heartbreak and hardships, ultimately pushing her to reconcile her need for love and her desire for independence, and to embrace, at last, life's infinite possibilities for change and happiness.

Awkward (OverDrive e-book), Marni Bates.

When a humiliating accident at school is captured on video and posted on the internet, clumsy Mackenzie is turned into an overnight internet sensation, and is sucked into the world of rock stars, paparazzi, and worldwide popularity.

Base camp (OverDrive e-book), H.I. Larry.

Book 1 in the interlinked Zac Power Mega Mission Super Series! When Zac is pulled out of school by the head of GIB, he knows his next mission must be important…

The beauty chorus (OverDrive e-book), Kate Lord Brown.

New Year's Eve, 1940: Evie Chase, the beautiful debutante daughter of a rich and adoring RAF commander, listens wistfully to the swing music drifting out from the ballroom, unable to join in the fun. With bombs falling nightly in London, she is determined that the coming year will bring a lot more than dances, picnics and tennis matches. She is determined to make a difference to the war effort. 5th January, 1941: Evie curses her fashionable heels as they skid on the frozen ground of her local airfield. She is here to join the ATA, the civilian pilots who ferry Tiger Moths and Spitfires to bases across war-torn Britain.

Becoming Madame Mao (OverDrive e-book), Anchee Min.

Madame Mao is almost universally known as the "white-boned demon" — ambitious, vindictive, and cruel — whose bid to succeed her husband led to the death of millions. But Min's story begins with a young girl named Yunhe, the unwanted daughter of a concubine who ignored her mother's pleas and refused to have her feet bound. Min uses the facts of history and her lush, penetrating psychological imagination to take us beyond the myth of the person who so greatly influenced an entire generation of Chinese.

Beginning iPad application development (OverDrive e-book), Wei-Meng Lee

Learn to develop successful — and profitable — iPad applications. This comprehensive, hands-on approach to iPad development walks you through all the necessary tools and skills required for successful iPad app programming …

Belomor (OverDrive e-book), Nicolas Rothwell.

In this entrancing new book from one of our most original writers, we meet European dissidents from the age of postwar communism, artists in remote Australia, snake hunters, opal miners and desert magic healers. Belomor is a meditation on time, and loss: on how the most bitter recollections bring happiness, and the meaning of a secret rests in the thoughts surrounding it.

Berenstain Bears' life with papa (OverDrive e-book), Stan Berenstain.

Papa Bear takes care of things at home while Mama Bear goes away for a day.

Big Nate: ball work and no play : a collection of Sundays (OverDrive e-book), Lincoln Peirce.

The first Sundays-only and first full-colour Big Nate collection both debut in Big Nate All Work and No Play. Enjoy more than two years of Sunday cartoons, portraying the colourful life of Nate Wright. This spunky eleven-year-old holds the school record for detentions and is in little chance of losing that distinction, but that doesn't stop him from dreaming big!

Bittersweet summer (OverDrive e-book), Anne Warren Smith.

Nine-year-old Katie and her four-year-old brother, Tyler, have an emotional summer during which their father considers moving them to Portland and they are surprised by a visit from their mother, a country singer.

Black radishes (OverDrive e-book), Susan Meyer.

Gustave, having been forced to move from Paris to the countryside after his parents decided it was not safe for Jews to live in the city during World War II, meets a Catholic girl named Nicole, whose family is part of the French Resistance, and together they devise a plan to rescue his friend and family members from the Nazi occupied territory.

The black swan (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

After her father is murdered, Lucie Lansdon's eyewitness testimony sends a fanatical Irish terrorist to the gallows. Fate claims another victim when Lucie receives news that her fiancé has died in Africa. Reeling from the deaths of the two men she loved most, and convinced that her life is cursed, Lucie finally finds happiness when she marries the gentle Roland Fitzgerald. But her domestic life with Roland and his sister is not all it should be. Someone is watching - and waiting to carry out a cunningly orchestrated plan of retribution.

Blood and roses (OverDrive e-book), Sylvia Day.

When insurance investigator Anastasia Miller sets out to retrieve the rose-hued pink diamonds stolen in a recent heist, she finds herself working alongside former flame, deputy U.S. Marshal Jake Monroe, the man she loved enough to leave behind.

Blood sins (OverDrive e-book), Kay Hooper.

All clues to the recent rash of murders point to the enigmatic Church of the Everlasting Sin and its charismatic leader, the Reverend Adam Deacon Samuel. But getting to the man known as 'Father' will be no easy task, for he is insulated within his flock of loyal minions — closely guarded by those who would gladly give their lives for his.

Blood work (OverDrive e-book), Michael Connelly.

Pensioned off from the FBI, Agent Terry McCaleb wants nothing more than a quiet life until Graciela Rivers, the sister of the woman whose heart beats in his chest, comes into his life. Graciela's sister was murdered and she persuades McCaleb to find the killer.

Blue skies tomorrow (OverDrive e-book), Sarah Sundin.

Helen Carlisle, a young war widow covers her pain with the frenzy of volunteer work until the spark of her romance with Lt. Raymond Novak, a WWII pilot, propels them both into peril.

The Blue-Ribbon Jalapeno Society Jubilee (OverDrive e-book), Carolyn Brown.

Miss Clawdy's Cafe has won the Jubilee blue ribbon every year since the dawn of time. This year, town matron Violet Prescott is going after that ribbon with an iron-clad determination only thinly disguised by her perfect coiffure and flawless manners, bless her heart. It's time for cafe owners Cathy and Marty and their best friend Trixie to pull out their secret weapon.

Body double (OverDrive e-book), Vicki Hinze.

Amanda West had been buried alive, only to escape her early grave. The Special Forces captain knew she'd been captured by the enemy while on assignment, but Amanda didn't understand where the mysterious IV wound on her arm came from, or where she'd even been for the past three months.

The Bold frontier (OverDrive e-book), John Jakes.

"These tales capture the glory and suffering of the men and women of the era — from a strange saloon shootout and a trapper seeking vengeance against a fur company to double-crossing outlaws and a duel between medicine men. John Jakes's thrilling stories span the legacy — and fuel the imagination — of the American frontier.

The book of royal useless information (OverDrive e-book), Noel Botham and Bruce Montague.

Book of virtue (OverDrive e-book), Ken Bruen.

The old man was an abusive, self-absorbed drunk, and when cancer takes him to his deathbed, his son is there to watch. At Frank's final moment he leans over and whispers in his ear, letting the dying man know that he's glad to see him go. His only inheritance is a heavy, leather-bound book. He has never seen it before, and has trouble believing that his brutal, ignorant father ever touched something so beautiful. But the volume is well-thumbed, full of aphorisms and advice written in the dead man's hand. Soon after he reads it, the son finds his life spiraling out of control. If he doesn't want to follow Daddy to the grave, he had best heed the lessons of the book.

Boomer's big day (OverDrive e-book), Constance W. McGeorge.

Moving day proves confusing for Boomer, a golden retriever, until he at last explores his new home and finds his own favourite and familiar things.

Born to fly (OverDrive e-book), Michael Ferrari.

In 1942, an eleven-year-old girl who longs to be a pilot and her family try to manage their lives in Rhode Island when the father goes to fight in World War II.

Bountiful baby purees (OverDrive e-book), Anni Daulter.

This cookbook with a conscience shows parents how to replace bland processed shelf staples with flavourful, pesticide-free meals that babies will love, laying the groundwork for a lifetime of good nutrition and enthusiastic eating. It also includes important information about nutrition for children, common food allergies, and a handy feeding journal.

The bunnies are not in their beds (OverDrive e-book), Marisabina Russo.

Here's the perfect bedtime read-aloud for the very youngest child. The text is filled with fun noises — click clack, click clack — and a repeating refrain - good night, good night, sleep tight - that's sure to have kids chiming in as they follow the antics of these bunnies who won't stay in bed. children will identify with the mischievous bunnies and their desire to play. Meanwhile, parents will empathize with Mama and Daddy's struggle to get them to sleep.

By the book (OverDrive e-book), Mary Kay McComas.

Could a mysterious stranger tempt her to take a chance for a change? Jonah Blake was a spy, they said, or maybe a war hero, or possibly he worked for the FBI, but Ellen Webster figured no guy that gorgeous could be gazing at her through the bank window.

Cat getting out of a bag and other observations (OverDrive e-book), Jeffrey Brown.

A collection of comics based on the author's cat, depicting its antics as it eats, plays, purrs, and engages in other distinctively feline behaviours.

Catch that Tiger : Churchill's secret order that launched the most astounding and dangerous mission of World War II (OverDrive e-book), Noel Botham and Bruce Montague.

Unleashed by Hitler in 1942, the German Tiger tank was by far the most powerful tank ever built at the time — the 60-ton monster could destroy any Allied tank from more than a mile away. Desperate to discover the secret technology used in its manufacture, Winston Churchill chose a brilliant young army engineer, Major Doug Lidderdale, as his special agent. In a late-night briefing in the subterranean war rooms under Whitehall he ordered him "Go catch me a tiger." Doug did not hesitate, and by February 1943 was facing Rommel's desert army.

Cats are weird (OverDrive e-book), Jeffrey Brown.

This collection of comic strips loosely follows the adventures of a pair of cats as they explore the world around them, indoors and out.

The changeling (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

Rebecca Mandeville arrives at Manorleigh with her mother amid rumours that Rebecca's politically ambitious stepfather may have murdered his first wife. Homesick for her native Cornwall, Rebecca feels she'll never belong at Benedict Lansdon's ancestral estate - a place haunted by the phantoms of past crimes. When tragedy strikes, Rebecca struggles to move on, and becomes inextricably linked to two young girls: her half-sister Belinda and an orphan named Lucie.

The changeling (OverDrive e-book), Zilpha Keatley Snyder.

Had it not been for the firm belief of two young girls that one of them was a changeling, their lives would have been very different.

Cheaper, better, faster (OverDrive e-book), Mary Hunt.

Personal finance expert and founder of Debt-Proof Living shares thousands of tips that help you save time and money every day.

The cheating curve (OverDrive e-book), Paula T. Renfroe.

Every other Sunday, best friends Aminah Anderson and Langston "Lang" Rogers get their nails done in trendy downtown Brooklyn and then go out for brunch. The two share everything with each other - almost - Lang's been keeping a secret from Aminah.

The city files (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

The sixth Zac Power Special Files book, containing two classic Zac stories! In Mind Games, Zac races through Bladesville to catch a gang of super-smart hackers. Then in Fossil Fury, he goes up against a crazy scientist who says he's brought a dinosaur back to life. Can Zac take on Bladesville - and win?

The climbing essays (OverDrive e-book), Jim Perrin.

Long recognised as one of Britain's finest mountain writers, this collection brings together the best of Jim Perrin's essays and articles on climbing.

The cloud book (OverDrive e-book), Tomie DePaola.

Introduces the ten most common types of clouds, the myths that have been inspired by their shapes, and what they can tell about coming weather changes.

Code red (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Book 2 in the interlinked Zac Power Mega Mission Super Series! Zac might have aced the first phase of the mission, but strange things are going on back at headquarters. What is the hologram projector, and why doesn't Zac's boss want him to know about it?

A cold and lonely place (OverDrive e-book), Sara J. Henry.

Freelance writer Troy Chance is snapping photos of the Saranac Lake Winter Carnival ice palace when the ice-cutting machine falls silent. Encased in the ice is the shadowy outline of a body.

Comedy in a minor key (OverDrive e-book), Hans Keilson.

The corpse's tale (OverDrive e-book), Katherine John.

Dai Morgan has the body of a man and the mind of a child. He lived with his mother in the Mid Wales village of Llan, next door to bright, beautiful 19 year old Anna Harris. The vicar found Anna's naked, battered body in the churchyard one morning. The police discovered Anna's bloodstained earring in Dai's pocket. The judge gave Dai life. After ten years in gaol Dai appealed against his sentence and was free. Sergeants Trevor Joseph and Peter Collins are sent to Llan to reopen the case. But the villagers refuse to believe Dai innocent. The Llan police do not make mistakes or allow murderers to walk free.

Corsets & clockwork : 13 steampunk romances (OverDrive e-book), edited by Trisha Telep.

Collects thirteen original stories set during the Victorian era, including tales of steam-powered machines, family secrets, and love.

Country driving : a journey through China from farm to factory. (OverDrive e-book), Peter Hessler.

In this penetrating narrative account, Hessler investigates China's lurch into modernity as he survives the advent of the nation's uniquely terrifying car culture, probes the transformation of village life, and explores China's frantic industrialisation.

Crime beat : true stories of cops and killers. (OverDrive e-book), Michael Connelly.

Crime Beat is a riveting collection of true stories which reveals, time and again, the connection between Connelly the crime reporter and Connelly the novelist.

Dark tower (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

The second piece of the evil IRIS is hidden deep in a dangerous forest. Zac has to battle an army of androids, but there are more surprises in store.

Daughters of England (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

When fifteen-year-old Sarah Standish runs off to London to be an actress, she discovers a city beyond her wildest dreams. But the most exciting fantasy of all is the real-life stranger who sweeps her off her feet. Sarah marries Jack Adair, the thrillingly handsome Lord Rosslyn. She's deliriously happy, until she learns her husband's secret. Years later, the Adairs' daughter Kate comes of age. Her father is desperate to retain control of Rosslyn Manor. To do this he needs a strategic alliance and the proper heir, but Kate has promised her heart to someone else. As England battles for its throne, Kate fights for the right to lead her own life, and discovers that love can triumph over the ambitions and follies of men and kings.

Dawn of the dreadfuls (OverDrive e-book), Steve Hockensmith.

When a funeral at the local parish goes strangely and horribly awry and corpses suddenly spring from the soft earth, only one person can stop them. As the bodies pile up, Elizabeth Bennet evolves from a naive young teenager into a savage slayer of the undead in this prequel to "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies."

Deadly honeymoon (OverDrive e-book), Lawrence Block.

Dave and Jill Wade come to Pennsylvania, the ink still wet on their marriage licence, expecting three weeks of lakeside honeymooning bliss. All is lovely until gunshots shatter their first night together. Killers have come for the man in the next cabin, and afterwards they decide to silence the happy couple, battering Dave and dragging his virgin bride into the dead man's bedroom. The Wades say nothing to the police, but afterwards take a second set of vows: death for the men who ruined their honeymoon.

The death of Vishnu (OverDrive e-book), Manil Suri.

Vishnu, the odd-job man in a Bombay apartment block, lies dying on the landing. In his fevered state, he looks back on his affair with the seductive Padmini while around him is played out the drama of the apartment block dwellers. This novel blends Hindu mythology with acute social detail.

Deep wizardry (OverDrive e-book), Diane Duane.

During a summer vacation at the beach, thirteen-year-old wizard Nita and her friend Kit assist the whale-wizard S'reee in combating an evil power.

Dem bones (OverDrive e-book), Bob Barner.

A rendition of a traditional African American spiritual.

The desert files (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

The eighth Zac Power Special Files book, containing two classic Zac stories! In Sudden Drop, Zac uncovers an evil plan to melt the polar ice caps and flood the entire world! Zac has to go into the desert to stop BIG from hijacking a secret water supply. Then, in Tomb of Doom, Zac has to rescue one of GIB's best agents who has gone missing near the Vanishing Tomb, somewhere in the desert region of the Amber Sands.

The devil's staircase (OverDrive e-book), Helen FitzGerald.

Bronny, a young Australian, finds herself down and out in London. She's never taken drugs, had sex or killed anyone. Within six weeks she's done all three. "The Devil's Staircase" combines a chick-lit voice and a dark crime noir environment. Not for the faint-hearted, "The Devil's Staircase" is funny, sexy and disturbing - it will keep you on the edge of your seat from start to finish.

The dinner (OverDrive e-book), Herman Koch.

Paul Lohman and his wife, Claire, are going out to dinner with Paul's brother Serge, a charismatic and ambitious politician, and his wife, Babette. Paul knows the evening will not be fun, but as the evening wears on it becomes clear that tonight's dinner will be even more difficult than usual. There is something the two couples have to discuss. It's about their teenage sons and the very bad thing they have been doing. And it's about how far two sets of parents will go to save their children from the consequences of their actions.

Dirty Gert (OverDrive e-book), Tedd Arnold.

Little Gert loves to play in the dirt so much that she turns into a tree.

Dissection (OverDrive e-book), Jacinta Halloran.

"Dissection is a perfectly judged and beautifully written account of a 43-year-old doctor managing her own general practice. With a malpractice suit in process against her, she is no longer sure she can get it right, at least not every time. The novel gradually unfolds the complexities involved in making a diagnosis, and becoming involved in the consequences of an error. Or was it an error?"

A distant melody (OverDrive e-book), Sarah Sundin.

Never pretty enough to please her mother, Allie will do anything to gain her approval — even marry a man she doesn't love. Will a chance meeting in a time of war change her life forever? An exciting and tender story of love, courage, and sacrifice during World War II.

Don't vote (OverDrive e-book), P. J. O'Rourke.

America's most subversive conservative, O'Rourke describes government as a devil's bargain between power, freedom, and responsibility, and goes on to hilariously skewer the politicians who have bargained with us to consolidate power, and the many mini-bargains and evasions that citizens have made with the consequences of their choice.

Dracula unleashed (OverDrive e-book), Linda Mercury.

After centuries as the Dracula of Legend, disguised as a male, Valerie Tate's current incarnation is the last thing she expected: mother of a precocious half-angel, half-vampire, and wife to two men. Yet in a world where humans and paranormals uncomfortably co-exist, Valerie's peace will be short-lived. Tensions have erupted with bombings and the emergence of creatures heralding the apocalypse itself and Valerie's vampire brother and nemesis, Radu, is at the centre of the conflict.

Dracula's desires (OverDrive e-book), Linda Mercury.

It's a fact that vampires do not get pregnant. But Valerie is definitely pregnant. Worse, six months ago her lover, Lance Soleil, abandoned her. Determined to find answers, Valerie goes on a quest one that leads her to Lance's childhood friend, John Jante, a man with whom she shares a strong bond and an intense lust. But when John is kidnapped, Valerie's attempt to rescue him uncovers more than she bargained for.

Dracula's secret (OverDrive e-book), Linda Mercury.

She calls herself Valerie Tate. One of the few vampires left on earth, as beautiful as she is powerful, Valerie has resisted her craving for human blood for years, just as she once hid her true gender. But the night she lays eyes on the most enticing man she's ever seen, her appetite can no longer be denied. He radiates goodness and light — and searing sexual energy. Valerie must have him. Taste him. Consume him. For he is temptation — and he is her destiny.

Dreadfully ever after (OverDrive e-book), Steve Hockensmith.

Four years after Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy marry, Fitzwilliam is infected with a zombie bite, and Elizabeth must find a rumoured antidote soon — or face beheading her beloved.

The drop of the dice (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

Clarissa Field never knew her mother, but hears whispers that she was a notorious femme fatale. As civil strife threatens to ignite revolution, Clarissa is accused of being a spy. She faces a terrible choice, and must transform her life to prepare her daughter, Zipporah, for her legacy.

The drowners (OverDrive e-book), Jennie Finch.

In Somerset it is carnival season once more, but Alex Hastings is not in the mood to join the festivities. Struck down by a potentially lethal illness, she is beset by problems both at work and within her family. Then, one night out on the marshes a local man is found dead amidst reports of flickering lights and strange music - and rumours grow of the return of an ancient evil.

Ella Minnow Pea (OverDrive e-book) : a progressively lipogrammatic epistolary fable., Mark Dunn.

Nevin Nollop left the islanders of Nollop with the treasured legacy of his pangram "the quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog". But as the letters begin to crumble on the monumental inscription, the island's council forbids the use of the lost letters and silence threatens Ella and her family.

Emergency room (OverDrive e-book), Caroline B. Cooney.

Volunteers Diana and Seth are eager to help in the hospital emergency room, but they are completely unprepared for what lies ahead as they struggle to find their roles in a place unlike any they've ever experienced.

Endless chain (OverDrive e-book), Emilie Richards.

When local minister Sam Kinkade's plans to welcome the area's growing Hispanic community to the church are met with resistance, he asks Elisa Martinez for guidance, and together they make things work with the help of a special group of women.

Enslaved by ducks (OverDrive e-book), Bob Tarte.

Describes the author's move from the Michigan suburbs to the country and the unruly menagerie he and hs wife accumulated along the way — including Stanley Sue, a gender-switching African grey parrot; Hector, a grumpy Muscovy duck who likes sitting on shoulders; and Howard, an amorous dove.

Escape (OverDrive e-book), Barbara Delinsky.

Emily Aulenbach is thirty, a lawyer married to a lawyer, working in Manhattan. An idealist, she had once dreamed of representing victims of corporate abuse, but now she spends her days in a cubicle talking with victims of tainted bottled water — and she's on the bottler's side.

The eternal kiss (OverDrive e-book), Trisha Telep.

Supernatural forces and desires come alive in these thirteen vampire tales.

Executive Intent (OverDrive e-book), Dale Brown.

When the United States develops a new, state-of-the-art missile defence weapon, it threatens global stability and pits the world's superpowers in a contest for dominance in the space around Earth's orbit.

The fall of the stone city (OverDrive e-book), Ismail Kadare.

In September 1943, German soldiers advance on the ancient gates of Gjirokaster, Albania. It is the first step in a carefully planned invasion. Soon rumours circulate, in cafes, houses and alleyways, that the Nazi Colonel in command of the German Army was once a school acquaintance of a local dignitary, Doctor Gurameto. In the town square, Colonel von Schwabe greets his former classmate warmly; in return, Doctor Gurameto invites him to dinner. The very next day, the Colonel and his army disappear from the city. But as the citizens celebrate their hero, a conspiracy surfaces which leads some to place Gurameto and the stone city at the heart of a plot to undermine Socialism. Enigmatic and compelling, The Fall of the Stone City displays Ismail Kadare at the height of his considerable powers.

Fatal north : adventure and survival aboard USS Polaris, the first U.S. expedition to the North Pole. (OverDrive e-book), Bruce B. Henderson.

An account of the first U.S. expedition to the North Pole describes a mission that ended in the suspicious death of its leader, Charles Hall, and a desperate struggle for survival on the polar ice.

Fatality (OverDrive e-book), Caroline B. Cooney.

Fifteen-year-old Rose Lymond swears to the police that her crimson leather-bound diary doesn't contain any information about the terrible murder at the Loffts' lake house that fateful weekend four years ago. When Rose's diary is confiscated by police, she steals it back and destroys some pages, no matter the consequences. Is this simply a case of teenage vanity gone awry or is Rose hiding something vastly more sinister? As Rose attempts to protect her secrets, she is drawn back to a murder she may not even know she holds the key to solving.

The fear files (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

The first Zac Power Special Files book, containing two classic Zac stories! In Horror House, Zac's SpyPad intercepts a message from BIG! The address in the message leads him to a creepy house that's full of surprises. Will Zac get to the bottom of BIG's plans? Then, in Thrill Ride, there's a sinister invention at Shark Park that's about to be unleashed! Zac's spy senses are on high-alert. He must ride the scariest roller-coaster, stop the invention and save the world …

Find a cow now! (OverDrive e-book) by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel.

Tired of hearing Dog yipping at chairs and trying to round up rugs, Bird tells him to go to the country to find a cow, but this is one cattle dog who does not know a cow when he sees one.

Finding Jordie (OverDrive e-book), H. J. Harley.

Jordie is a survivor, tough and independent. For the last eight years, raising her daughter and owning a popular New York City bar has kept Jordie plenty busy, leaving her no time for much of anything else. Then she meets Nathan, one of Hollywood's most adored celebrities, and he changes everything with one crooked smile, triggering a chain of life-altering events for the two of them, filled with romance, chaos, and deadly peril. Neither of them could ever imagine their relationship would resurrect an unknown darkness from Jordie's past, lurking in the shadows, just waiting for the perfect moment to strike.

First daughter (OverDrive e-book), Eric Van Lustbader.

A troubled ATF agent receives a call from the President-elect of the United States when his daughter is kidnapped.

Flying changes (OverDrive e-book), Sara Gruen.

Twenty years after her competitive riding career died, Annemarie Zimmer worries that her relationship with the man she loves is off-course, and fears that daughter Eva's own dreams of Olympic glory will carry her far away from home and into harm's way. It is a time of change at Maple Brook, when fears must be saddled and broken. And one remarkable family must learn how to deal with all the changes coming their way.

The fog (OverDrive e-book), Caroline B. Cooney.

Something is terribly wrong with the Shevvingtons. Something evil. Ever since moving into the Shevvingtons' boarding house, Christina's schoolmates have started acting strangely. Christina is certain the seemingly perfect Mr. and Mrs. Shevvington are behind it all, but no one will believe her. Are her friends going crazy in the Schooner Inne — or is Christina?

Following fish (OverDrive e-book), Samanth Subramanian.

In a coastline as long and diverse as India's, fish inhabit the heart of many worlds - food of course, but also culture, commerce, sport, history and society. Journeying along the edges of the peninsula, Samanth Subramanian delivers a kaleidoscope of extraordinary stories. Pulsating with pleasure, adventure and discovery, and tempered by nostalgia and loss, Following Fish reveals a series of unknown Indias in a book as revealing of the subcontinent as any three times its length.

Forever and always (OverDrive e-book), Christy Smith.

Forever and Always tells of the ups and downs of the freshly discovered love of a young couple, Patricia Heifelmeyer and John McDougal, at the end of the Civil War. The location of the book is New Orleans Parish, the year of our Lord 1864. The war was almost over.

Forget me not (OverDrive e-book), Vicki Hinze.

Crossroads Crisis Center owner Benjamin Brandt was a content man - in his faith, his work, and his family. Then in a flash, everything he loved was snatched away. Now, a mysterious woman appears at Crossroads seeking answers and help - a victim who eerily resembles Ben's deceased wife, Susan. Their only hope for survival is to work together, trust each other, and face whatever they discover head on, no matter how painful. But will that be enough to save their lives and heal their tattered hearts?

Forgetting English : stories (OverDrive e-book), Midge Raymond.

Explores the indelible imprint of home upon identity and the ways in which new frontiers both defy and confirm who we are. From a biologist navigating the stark, icy moonscape of Antarctica to a businesswoman seeking refuge in the lonely islands of the South Pacific, the characters in these stories abandon their native landscapes — only to find that, once separated from the ordinary, they must confront new interpretations of who they really are, and who they're meant to be.

The forsaken (OverDrive e-book), Estevan Vega.

The first victim has no natural wounds. No prints left behind. No lacerations. But the life has been gruesomely drained from the corpse, and a broken cross is now imprinted inside the skin. Detective Judy Foster has seen this method of murder before. Now he must come to terms with the fractured memories of his past, attempt to keep his younger brother safe, and chase down a ghost killer who is collecting human souls.

Frankie's letter (OverDrive e-book), Dolores Gordon-Smith.

"There's a spy in England. Frankie's letter. Read Frankie's letter." These were the last words said by a dying man to Anthony Brooke in Kiel, the heart of Imperial Germany, during the height of World War One.

French fries (OverDrive e-book), Zac Williams.

Who doesn't love the traditional twice-fried potato, our hot and salty friend? This innovative cookbook offers recipes for every kind of fry imaginable, from Parmesan to pesto to sweet potato fries.

Furies : war in Europe, 1450-1700. (OverDrive e-book), Lauro Martines.

We think of the Renaissance as a shining era of human achievement - a pinnacle of artistic genius and humanist brilliance, the time of Shakespeare, Michelangelo, and Montaigne. Yet it was also an age of constant, harrowing warfare. Armies, not philosophers, shaped the face of Europe as modern nation-states emerged from feudal society. In Furies, one of the leading scholars of Renaissance history captures the dark reality of the period in a gripping narrative mosaic. For centuries, notes Martines, the history of this period has favored diplomacy, high politics, and military tactics. Furies puts us on the front lines of battle, and on the streets of cities under siege, to reveal what Europes wars meant to the men and women who endured them.

Gallows Hill (OverDrive e-book), Lois Duncan.

When seventeen-year-old Sarah works in the fortune-telling booth at a school carnival, she finds that sometimes she can really see the future in the crystal ball, a talent that disturbs some of the other students and makes them suspect her of being a witch.

Garden of stones (OverDrive e-book), Sophie Littlefield.

Lucy Takeda is just fourteen years old, living in Los Angeles, when the bombs rain down on Pearl Harbor. Within weeks, she and her mother, Miyako, are ripped from their home, rounded up - along with thousands of other innocent Japanese-Americans - and taken to the Manzanar prison camp. Corruption and abuse creep into every corner of Manzanar, eventually ensnaring beautiful, vulnerable Miyako. Ruined and unwilling to surrender her daughter to the same fate, Miyako soon breaks. Her final act of desperation will stay with Lucy forever…and spur her to sins of her own.

The geek girl and the scandalous earl (OverDrive e-book), Gina Lamm.

Jamie and Micah are worlds apart. He's a peer of the realm. She can barely make rent. He's horse-drawn. She's Wi-Fi. But in the game of love, these two will risk everything to win.

The girl, the gold tooth, and everything (OverDrive e-book), Francine LaSala.

Mina Clark is losing her mind - or maybe it's already gone. She isn't quite sure. Feeling displaced in her over-priced McMansion-dotted suburban world, she is grappling not only with deep debt, a mostly absent husband, and her playground-terrorizer, 3-year old Emma, but also with a significant amnesia she can't shake - a "temporary" condition now going on several years, brought on by a traumatic event she cannot remember, and which everyone around her feels is best forgotten.

The girls (OverDrive e-book), Helen Yglesias.

A novel on a geriatric community in Miami Beach, featuring three Jewish sisters. It is narrated by the youngest, who is 85. She describes everyday activity, as well as attitudes to life and death, some people hoping to go soon, others fighting to stick around.

The gossamer cord (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

Violetta Denver and her twin sister Dorabella are inseparable - until Dorabella falls in love with Dermot Tregarland. The newlyweds settle in Dermot's isolated ancestral home along the Cornish coast, and Dorabella soon has a little boy. But Violetta can't shake the terrible foreboding she's felt since her sister's marriage.

The haunted book (OverDrive e-book) Jeremy Dyson with Aiden Fox.

In 2009 Jeremy Dyson was contacted by a journalist wanting help bringing together accounts of true life ghost stories from across the British Isles. The Haunted Book chronicles the journey Dyson, formerly a hardened sceptic, went on to uncover the truth behind these tales.

The helpful puppy (OverDrive e-book), Kim Zarins.

What can the puppy do to help? He can't crow like the rooster; he's too small to pull like the ox; and he can't give his fur as the sheep give wool. Playful text and exuberant illustrations follow a puppy as he finds the job that no other animal on the farm can do.

Her living image (OverDrive e-book), Jane Rogers.

What happens when your husband falls in love with the woman you might have become? Eighteen-year-old Carolyn Tanner lies in a hospital bed. Recovering from an accident, she imagines herself returning to her parents' home, marrying her childhood sweetheart and becoming a mother. Instead, she joins a women's cooperative and becomes a landscape architect. But as her dream and her real life entangle, she must search to find her true self.

High stakes (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

In the final phase of the mission, Zac is racing against the clock to stop the enemy. And the survival of GIB depends on his success.

The history of Vegas (OverDrive e-book), Jodi Angel.

Trouble. From the first page of each of the edgy and unrelentingly intense stories in this debut collection, the teenaged characters are headed for big trouble. The stories burn hot and fast, providing searing insights into their world of sex, drugs, drinking, violence, and accidental grace, played out in small, tough towns. Written with raw directness and understanding that makes these nine stories impossible to forget, The History of Vegas announces an exciting, fresh talent with the impact of Mary Gaitskill, Mary Karr, and Jayne Anne Phillips.

Holidays in Heck (OverDrive e-book), P. J. O'Rourke.

A follow-up to "Holidays in hell" collects classic travel pieces written throughout the author's post-retirement years, a period marked by his haphazard journeys with and without family to such regions as China, Kyrgyzstan, and America.

Horizon (OverDrive e-book), Sophie Littlefield.

As hope emerges from beneath the wastelands of California, Cass Dollar must overcome the worst of what's inside her to defeat the Beaters once and for all.

House of angels (OverDrive e-book), Freda Lightfoot.

It's the Lake District, 1908. To all appearances, Livia, Ella and Maggie Angel lead a privileged life in a large country estate, with seemingly little to disturb their happiness, but since the death of their mother, their family home has been a far from a quiet haven for them. Their bully of a father, Josiah Angel, who runs a high-class department store and has aspirations of becoming the town mayor, sees his daughters as mere bargaining tools in his property empire. When the sisters discover their father had an affair many years ago, which resulted in the birth of a baby girl, they determine to find their half-sister, and their search begins in the local workhouse. Mercy, however, is not so sure she wants to be found - throughout the hardships of life in the Angel family, the four sisters must learn to pull together to survive, and to choose their own destiny.

How to really ruin your financial life and portfolio (OverDrive e-book), Benjamin Stein.

"Hilarious advice on what not to do with money, from financial funny man Ben Stein. Everyone's searching for the secrets to financial success, but what about the best ways to lose money, fast?! In How To Really Ruin Your Financial Life and Portfolio, bestselling author, economist, financial commentator, and media personality Ben Stein explains exactly what to do to go bust! Fully revised and updated, this new edition presents all-new missteps that can destroy any portfolio." — Provided by publisher.

I have a garden (OverDrive e-book), Bob Barner.

Dog relates the wonderful things that can be found in a garden.

Ice patrol (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac's whole family has been recruited to sneak into the City of Snow. They have to save the third piece of IRIS - but it's hidden in the crown of the king himself! And when Zac's family is taken hostage, he's faced with the toughest decision of his spy career. Will he stay and fight for his family, or go and save the world from BIG and IRIS?

The identity man (OverDrive e-book), Andrew Klavan.

John Shannon has run out of second chances, and now he's running out of time. Moving through the darkness in the burnt-out shambles of a dirty town, he must ferret out the secret of his new life, before he is left with no life at all.

If I should lose you (OverDrive e-book), Natasha Lester.

Camille herself is a mother to Addie - five years old, critically ill and in desperate need of the very organs her mother and grandmother work with.

If you were my baby : a wildlife lullaby. (OverDrive e-book), Fran Hodgkins.

At bedtime, a parent explains how animals, like humans, care for their young children and help them grow and thrive.

The India fan (OverDrive e-book), Victoria Holt.

Beautiful as its peacock feathers may be, the priceless fan hidden deep within the Framling mansion has a legacy of death and destruction. And Drusilla Delany has no idea she's been marked by its curse… But the fan's dark past might prove less of a danger than Fabian Framling himself.

Into the silence : the Great War, Mallory and the conquest of Everest. (OverDrive e-book), Wade Davis.

While the quest for Mount Everest may have begun as a grand imperial gesture, it ended as a mission of revival for a country and a lost generation bled white by war. In a monumental work of history and adventure, Davis asks not whether George Mallory was the first to reach the summit of Everest, but rather why he kept climbing on that fateful day.

Kalahari passage (OverDrive e-book), Candi Miller.

Now I must go back to squat in the sand with my people; I must get my water from roots and my food with a bow and arrow. Orphaned as a young child, Koba, a San bushman, has lived most of her life as the adopted daughter of a white, farming family. But when her love affair with their son, Mannie, is discovered, Koba is forcibly repatriated to the lands of the Kalahari Desert. To survive she must find her nomadic tribe. But will she stay alive long enough to succeed after years of living among whites?

Kill zone (OverDrive e-book), Vicki Hinze.

Dr. Morgan Cabot, the intuitive psychologist head of a new Secret Assignment Security Specialist corps, moves her unit front and centre to combat the latest attack by terrorist and black market intelligence broker Thomas Kunz in this latest captivating thriller.

Kiss of the night (OverDrive e-book), Sylvia Day.

Special Task Force agent Alexei Night has been in lust with Interstellar Council Representative Briana Michaels ever since the first time he saw her on the vid comm. But their lives are worlds apart. He's a vampire. She's not.

Kite day (OverDrive e-book) : a Bear and Mole story., Will Hillenbrand.

Bear and Mole build a kite and take it out on a windy day, but when the weather suddenly turns stormy there are unexpected consequences for some birds.

Lady justice (OverDrive e-book), Vicki Hinze.

The Consortium, an international group of businessmen, launches a silent war against the United States using biological contaminates to destroy crops and create the need for medical technology it intends to black market. The goal? Financial Gain. But the Consortium didn't plan on the Special Detail Unit Senior Special Agent, Gabby Kincaid, discovering there is a war and it's being fought and won by the enemy: a discovery that exposes Gabby's cover and marks her for elimination by her partner, Special Agent Max Grayson.

Lady Liberty (OverDrive e-book), Vicki Hinze.

U.S. Vice President Sybil Stone, code-named Lady Liberty, has seventy-two hours to forestall a catastrophe that would propel the United States into a devastating war, and her only hope for success is Agent Jonathan Westford.

Lady of ashes (OverDrive e-book), Christine Trent.

In 1861 London, Violet Morgan is struggling to establish a good reputation for the undertaking business that her husband has largely abandoned. Unbeknownst to his wife, Graham, who has nursed a hatred of America since his grandfather soldiered for Great Britain in the War of 1812, becomes involved in a scheme to sell arms to the South. But her position remains precarious, especially when Graham disappears and she begins investigating a series of deaths among the poor. And the closer she gets to the truth, the greater the danger for them both.

Ladybugs (OverDrive e-book), Gail Gibbons.

Using simple text and colourful illustrations, this book describes the physical attribute, habits, and life cycle of the ladybug.

Lament for a lost lover (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

Under the sway of the puritanical Oliver Cromwell, England simmers with religious persecution and political unrest. Like their exiled king, Arabella Tolworthy and her parents have retreated to France but yearn for their native country. When Arabella is separated from her family, she makes her way alone in an increasingly dangerous world and meets two people who will change her life: an actress named Harriet Main and the dashing nobleman, Edwin Eversleigh.

The last wolf (OverDrive e-book), Jim Crumley.

Jim Crumley explores the place of the wolf in Scotland - past, present and future - and challenges many of the myths that have been regarded for centuries as biological fact.

Last-minute knitted gifts (OverDrive e-book), Joelle Hoverson.

Joelle Hoverson, owner of Purl, the hip knitting supply store in downtown Manhattan, has designed more than 30 fun, fresh, beautiful patterns, most of which can be made in less than ten hours - some in as little as two!

Life goes on (OverDrive e-book), Hans Keilson, 1909-2011.

Published when the author was just twenty-three, Life Goes On was Hans Keilson's literary debut, an extraordinary autobiographical novel that paints a dark yet illuminating portrait of Germany between the world wars. At the age of one hundred, with his one copy of the first edition of Life Goes On in hand, Keilson told The New York Times that he would love to see his first novel reissued, and translated as well. 'Then you would have my whole biography', he told them.

Light at the edge of the world (OverDrive e-book), Wade Davis.

Wade Davis presents 80 images from the many thousands of photographs he has taken over the course of his explorations. Setting the photographs in context, his text looks at the ethnosphere and what traditional cultures have to teach us about different ways of living and thinking.

Lily Vanilli's sweet tooth (OverDrive e-book), Lily Vanilli.

In Sweet Tooth, Lily takes you behind the scenes of her bakery and shows you how to master some of the core skills of baking - the cake, the custard, the coulis, the pastry, the ganache and much more - arming you with the skills you need to develop your own recipes, and move beyond the cupcake once and for all.

The lion triumphant (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

Played out against the seething rivalry between Inquisition-torn Spain and Elizabethan England, The Lion Triumphant traces the linked fates of strong-willed Catherine Farland and Captain Jake Pennlyon.

Love bites (OverDrive e-book) edited by Trisha Telep.

Twenty-four short stories of hot blood, midnight pleasures and inhuman passions.

The love child (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

While Restoration England continues to be torn apart by political and religious turmoil, fourteen-year-old Priscilla Eversleigh gives herself to fugitive Jocelyn Frinton in a moment of youthful passion. Desperate to conceal her shameful secret from her family, Priscilla journeys to Venice, Italy, where her illegitimate daughter, Carlotta, is passed off to another woman - and a conspiracy is born.

Love in the years of lunacy (OverDrive e-book), Mandy Sayer.

Sydney, 1942. Pearl is eighteen, beautiful and impetuous. She plays saxophone in an all-girl jazz band at the Trocadero and occasionally sits in on underground gigs with her twin brother Martin, who also plays the sax. On one such evening black GI and jazz legend James Washington blows into her life, and nothing is ever the same again, especially not Pearl. Moving, tender and audaciously original, Love in the Years of Lunacy is a love story with a haunting jazz soundtrack and a war story like no other.

The mammoth book of futuristic romance (OverDrive e-book) edited by Trisha Telep.

The good news is, in the future there will be no shortage of romance. On space ships, on newly-colonized planets or on a barely recognizable Earth, life forms, whether human, alien or something in between, will find their way to love.

The mammoth book of ghost romance (OverDrive e-book) edited by Trisha Telep.

A wonderful collection of stories of supernatural love. In happy-ever-after endings, ghosts come to life so that lovers can be united in the flesh.

The mammoth book of Irish romance (OverDrive e-book) edited by Trisha Telep.

The mammoth book of paranormal romance (OverDrive e-book) edited and with an introduction by Trisha Telep.

The mammoth book of paranormal romance. 2 (OverDrive e-book) edited and with an introduction by Trisha Telep.

The mammoth book of Regency romance (OverDrive e-book) edited by Trisha Telep.

The mammoth book of Scottish romance (OverDrive e-book) edited by Trisha Telep.

Contemporary romantic fiction from bestselling writers set in Scotland and concerning ever-popular Highlanders from every historical period. A collection which ranges widely, including both contemporary and historical settings, time travel, ghosts, and plenty of fantastic and paranormal elements.

The mammoth book of special ops romance (OverDrive e-book) edited by Trisha Telep.

Stirring romance featuring the heroes of the Navy SEALs, Delta Force, Air Force Pararescue, the Green Berets, the Army Rangers and other special forces.

The mammoth book of steampunk (OverDrive e-book), Sean Wallace.

Presents a collection of thirty short stories which explores alternate worlds from the past in which women and social classes are oppressed and anachronistic technology is used to bring about a better future.

The Mammoth Book of Time Travel Romance (OverDrive e-book) edited by Trisha Telep.

Time travel romance is not the same thing as sci-fi romance, though some stories may be set in an imagined future; it is romantic fiction set in various different eras, usually from around the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.

The mammoth book of vampire romance (OverDrive e-book) edited by Trisha Telep.

Let the biggest and brightest names in the paranormal romance business show you the bewildering array of complex vampire codes of conduct, dark ritual, and dating practices, as they chat up the locals and engage in the most erotic encounters you will sink your teeth into this side of un-Death.

Man who loved Pride and prejudice (OverDrive e-book), Abigail Reynolds.

Marine biologist Cassie Boulton likes her coffee with cream and her literature with happy endings. Her favourite book is Pride and Prejudice, but Cassie has no patience when a modern-day Mr. Darcy appears in her lab.

Mark Forsyth's Gemel edition (OverDrive e-book), Mark Forsyth.

'Gemel' is an old English word meaning 'twin'. Mark Forsyth's Gemel Edition brings together a Sunday Times Number One bestseller and its highly anticipated sequel in an easy-to-read single ebook.

A memory between us (OverDrive e-book), Sarah Sundin.

Landing in the army hospital after a plane crash, Major Jack Novak tries to win the heart of army nurse Lieutenant Ruth Doherty, but Jack soon realises that he has his work cut out for him as he tries to break down her defences.

Midnight murders (OverDrive e-book), Katherine John.

Compton Castle is a Victorian psychiatric hospital long overdue for demolition. Its warrens of rooms and acres of grounds, originally designed as a sanctuary for the mentally ill, now provide the ideal stalking ground for a serial killer.

Midsummer's eve (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

On a fateful midsummer's eve, Annora Cadorson witnesses a horrifying event that shatters her innocence. Expected to marry Rolf Hanson, the hero of her girlhood dreams, Annora instead flees to London, far from her family, her home in Cornwall, and her unsettling memories. Unexpected tragedy will send Annora back to where it all began, as she comes face to face with the man she never stopped loving … a man who may be lost to her forever.

Misled (OverDrive e-book), Sylvia Day.

Special Task Force agent Derek Atkinson has a craving for luscious vampire Sable Taylor. Despite the obvious attraction between them, she won't give him a chance and after two years, he's tired of waiting for her to come around. So he's got a plan to give them both what they want … each other. Now he's getting shot at and asking questions she shouldn't answer. Sable has to reveal the truth… Derek's love has been misled.

Moon ride (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac may have solved the mystery of the hologram projector, but now he has a rescue mission on his hands. On the dark side of the moon.

The moon ring (OverDrive e-book), Randy DuBurke.

One hot night, Maxine goes on a wild adventure thanks to the magic of the blue moon.

Moonglow (OverDrive e-book), Michael Griffo.

When Mason Robineau was just sixteen, he made a terrible mistake - and earned his first-born an unthinkable curse. With her sixteenth birthday approaching, Dominy Robineau can't help noticing that she's changing - and it's not just hormones. When her best friend, Jess, is murdered, a devastated Dominy sets out to find Jess' killer. But the truth is worse than she could have imagined, and soon Dominy and her friends must find a way to help her reverse the curse and live a normal life - before someone else dies…

More last-minute knitted gifts (OverDrive e-book), Joelle Hoverson.

Among the projects featured are sachets, bracelets, ornaments, mittens, gloves, hats, sweaters, baby blankets, and throws. Understanding that knitters today love to personalize their projects but also need guidance along the way, Hoverson showcases many of the projects in several colours and yarn weights, and with optional embellishments and creative ideas for gift-wrapping.

Ms. Miller and the Midas Man (OverDrive e-book), Mary Kay McComas.

Ms. Augusta Miller has experienced more than her fair share of disappointment. A promising violinist, she once played with the New York Philharmonic, but after a career-ending injury, she wound up in a small-town elementary school, teaching music classes and giving violin lessons on the side. Can Augusta overcome her past and take a chance on love again?

Murder in paradise (OverDrive e-book), Alanna Knight.

The young Inspector Faro stumbles on a plot involving the stealing of a priceless jewel. His investigation leads him to Kent, and on the trail of his nemesis Macheath.

Murders most foul (OverDrive e-book), Alanna Knight.

1861. When the body of an unknown woman is found in an Edinburgh close, Detective Constable Faro assumes the killing is a random act of violence - until he finds a playing card, the nine of diamonds, underneath her corpse. Beset by hostile superiors and a police-hating public, Faro feels he may never crack this confounding case.

My lady deceiver (OverDrive e-book), Freda Lightfoot.

1905. Rosie Belsfield feels as if her life has ended when she is rejected from Ellis Island and put on the next boat back to England, leaving her family behind. But fate gives her a second chance when she befriends Lady Rosalind, a pregnant widow on her way to the home of her late husband's father, the wealthy Sir Ralph Tregowan. The promise of a new life beckons, one of riches and even a title in beautiful Cornwall, but it is also one fraught with danger should her deceit be discovered.

My Life in France (OverDrive e-book) Julia Child with Alex Prud'homme.

In her own words, here is the story of Julia Child's years in France, where she fell in love with French food and found her "true calling."

The mysterious Lady Law (OverDrive e-book), Robert Appleton.

In a time of grand airships and steam-powered cars, the death of a penniless young maid will hardly make the front page. But part-time airship waitress and music hall dancer Julia Bairstow is shattered by her sister's murder. When Lady Law, the most notorious private detective in Britain, offers to investigate the case pro bono, Julia jumps at the chance — even against the advice of Constable Al Grant, who takes her protection surprisingly to heart.

Norwegian by night (OverDrive e-book), Derek Miller.

Sheldon Horowitz - 82 years old, impatient, and unreasonable - is staying with his granddaughter's family in Norway when he disappears with a stranger's child. To Norway's cops, Sheldon is just an old man who is coming undone at the end of a long and hard life. But Sheldon is clear in his own mind. He'd heard the boy's eastern European mother being murdered, and he's determined to protect the child from the killer and his Balkan gang. Norwegian by Night is the last adventure of a man coming to terms with the tragedy of his own life as he tries to save another's. It combines laconic, deadpan humour, moral seriousness, visceral grief, and narrative tension in a remarkable way.

Not this time (OverDrive e-book), Vicki Hinze.

Sara and Beth have built a multi-million dollar business together, but their once solid friendship is now strained. Beth is leery of Sara's husband, and when he is kidnapped, authorities consider Beth their prime suspect. Then, their small town of Seagrove Village is rocked by an act of terrorism, and Beth doesn't know who to trust. As her world unravels around her, she wonders, is it possible to be beyond redemption?

One more skein : 30 quick projects to knit. (OverDrive e-book), Leigh Radford.

One more skein features 30 diverse projects that can be completed with one or two average-sized skeins of yarn or multiple bits of leftover yarn.

One mountain away (OverDrive e-book), Emilie Richards.

With nothing but brains, ambition and sheer nerve, Charlotte Hale built a career as a tough, do-anything-to-succeed real-estate developer. One terrifying day, facing her own mortality, she realises that her ambition has almost destroyed her chance at happiness. So Charlotte vows to make amends, not simply with her considerable wealth, but by offering a hand instead of a handout. With each wrenching, exhilarating decision, Charlotte finds that climbing a new mountain - one built on friendship, love and forgiveness - will teach her what it truly means to build a legacy.

An outback life (OverDrive e-book), Mary Groves.

In An Outback Life, Mary Groves describes the heart-breaking isolation, the hard work and the rises and falls in her family fortunes as they battle to survive in the Top End. An earthy tale of love, hope, loss and survival in the outback, Mary tells her story at a lively pace, with one entertaining yarn after another.

Over in the ocean : in a coral reef. (OverDrive e-book), Marianne Collins Berkes.

The coral reef in this book is like a marine nursery, teeming with mamas and babies! In the age-old way of kids and fish, children will count and clap to the rhythm of "Over in the Meadow" while pufferfish "puff", gruntfish "grunt" and seahorses "flutter". The colourful art is fresh and fun-constructed entirely from polymer clay-and invites young fingers to fashion fishy forms.

Overseas (OverDrive e-book), Beatriz Williams.

When twenty-something Wall Street analyst Kate Wilson attracts the notice of the legendary Julian Laurence at a business meeting, no one's more surprised than she. Julian's relentless energy and his extraordinary intellect electrify her, but she's baffled by his sudden interest. Why would this handsome British billionaire Manhattan's most eligible bachelor pursue a pretty but bookish young banker who hasn't had a boyfriend since college? The answer is beyond imagining - at least at first.

The owl that fell from the sky : stories of a museum curator. (OverDrive e-book), Brian Gill.

Natural history museums contain many thousands of zoological specimens and each has a tale to tell - often involving extraordinary people, daring explorations, unquenchable scientific curiosity, and strange coincidences. This perfectly presented book, with its engaging pictures, is rich in stories and unveils many secrets. The author is a fabulous storyteller, and this book will be loved by museum-goers, animal-lovers, and anyone with a curiosity about the natural world.

The paleo slow cooker : healthy, gluten-free meals the easy way. (OverDrive e-book), Arsy Vartanian.

The Paleo diet has been the latest health movement, taking the low carb diet a step further by eliminating grains and legumes and eating only lean, grass-fed meat. In short they consume only what was available to ancient humans or cavemen. The theory says that by eating what human bodies were designed to eat, people will be healthier, have fewer illnesses and lose weight.

The people speak (OverDrive e-book) compiled by Colin Firth, Anthony Arnove, David Horspool.

The People Speak tells the story of Britain through the voices of the visionaries, dissenters, rebels and everyday folk who took on the Establishment and stood up for what they believed in.

The perfume garden (OverDrive e-book), Kate Lord Brown.

High in the hills of Valencia, a forgotten house guards its secrets. Guided by a series of letters and a key bequeathed in her mother's will, Emma Temple has left her job as London's leading perfumier to restore this dilapidated villa to its former glory. It is the perfect retreat: a wilderness redolent with strange and exotic scents, heavy with the colours and sounds of a foreign time. But for her grandmother, Freya, a British nurse who stayed here during Spain's devastating civil war, Emma's new home evokes terrible memories. As the house begins to give up its secrets, Emma is drawn deeper into Freya's story: a story of crushed idealism, of lost love, and of families ripped apart by war.

The physician (OverDrive e-book), Noah Gordon.

Eleventh-century England and Persia are the backgrounds of this story of an orphan named Rob Cole, who is apprenticed to a travelling barber-surgeon and, discovering in himself a gift for healing, decides to study medicine with the legendary Avicenna.

Pictures of you (OverDrive e-book), Caroline Leavitt.

Two women running away from their marriages collide on a highway, leaving the survivor to pick up the pieces of both of their lives.

Pieces of Georgia (OverDrive e-book), Jennifer Bryant.

In journal entries to her mother, a gifted artist who died suddenly, thirteen-year-old Georgia McCoy reveals how her life changes after she receives an anonymous gift membership to a nearby art museum.

Pilgrimage (OverDrive e-book), Jacinta Halloran.

At forty-nine, Celeste has long renounced the religion of her childhood, yet she finds herself reluctantly accompanying her mother and sister to a pilgrimage site in Romania, where her devout mother seeks a miracle a cure for her terminal illness. As Celeste tries to come to terms with her mother's impending decline, she realises she has to confront the unspoken conflicts buried in the foundations of her family. Away from her husband, she must also face her fear of what the future hold for them both.

The pool of St. Branok (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

Young Angelet is fascinated by the haunting rumors surrounding the Pool of St. Branok - superstitious tales of its cursed, bottomless waters. The innocent Cornish girl shares the ghostly story with Benedict Lansdon, the handsome, illegitimate grandson of a family friend, and promises to show him the spot. But tragedy strikes when they meet at the pool, and Angelet and Ben become complicit in a crime that could send Ben to the gallows.

Prehistoric clock (OverDrive e-book), Robert Appleton.

Airship officer Verity Champlain is well-respected by her crew. But after a vital mission nearly goes wrong, she is having second thoughts about her career. Lord Garrett Embrey is on the run. The Leviacrum Council, the secretive scientific body that holds sway over the Empire, executed his father and uncle and now they want him dead too. Professor Cecil Reardon is consumed by grief. Since his wife and son died he's been obsessed with his work, and now he is on the verge of an extraordinary scientific breakthrough: his machine is about to breach time itself, to undo fate's cruel taking of his loved ones. But the time jump doesn't go according to plan, and part of London winds up millions of years in the past. Verity and her crew - Lord Embrey, Professor Reardon and others stranded with them - must pull together to survive in a world ruled by dinosaurs…and to somehow get home.

Pride and prejudice and zombies (OverDrive e-book), Seth Grahame-Smith.

"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains." So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of the beloved Jane Austen novel featuring all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie mayhem.

The promise (OverDrive e-book), Freda Lightfoot.

London, 1948. When Chrissie Kemp travels to the Lake District to visit her grandmother Georgia, she is not prepared for the shocking revelation that is about to throw her family into turmoil. As a last act of vengeance on her death bed, Prudence makes an astonishing claim. As the truth unfurls, the passion, emotion and astounding love that blossomed in San Francisco forty years earlier is revealed, and three generations of one family are tested to their limits.

The raven's gift (OverDrive e-book), Don Rearden.

Lured north to a Yup'ik village on the Alaskan tundra in search of adventure, John Morgan and his wife Anna can barely contain their excitement. But something is about to go terribly wrong. What happens when an epidemic strikes and no one comes to help? Shifting from contemporary Eskimo village life to a gripping post-apocalyptic nightmare, The Raven's Gift dares to confront the terrifying possibility of an impending catastrophic loss of human life and love.

Ready, set, go! (OverDrive e-book), Nina Laden.

Illustrations and simple text describe a variety of rhyming actions: throwing, blowing, rowing, and more.

The real life Downton Abbey : how life was really lived in stately homes a century ago. (OverDrive e-book), Jacky Hyams.

Real mermaids don't need high heels (OverDrive e-book), Helene Boudreau.

While unrest stirs the mer-world, Jade faces the challenges of ninth grade, including seeking a plus-sized dress for the Fall Formal, keeping her mer-ness secret, and figuring out if she and Luke are officially dating.

Real mermaids don't wear toe rings (OverDrive e-book), Helene Boudreau.

When Jade's hormonal change into womanhood also includes developing scales and a tail, she discovers she's inherited her mermaid tendencies from her late mother, and it prompts her to investigate how her mother died.

Red azalea (OverDrive e-book), Anchee Min.

Born into a devoutly Maoist family in 1950s Shanghai and forced to work on a communal farm from the age of seventeen, Anchee Min found herself in an alienating and hostile political climate, where her only friendships were perilous and intense. Both candid and touching, this compelling memoir documents her isolation and illicit love against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution.

Return of the gypsy (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

From the moment the handsome, raffish stranger with the gold earring throws her a kiss, Jessica Frenshaw is enchanted. Rumoured to be a half-Spanish wanderer who can predict the future, Romany Jake is unjustly put on trial for murder. After the verdict banishes him from England, Jessica despairs of ever seeing him again. But one fateful day, Jake Cadorson returns to reclaim what he has lost - including the woman who saved him from the gallows.

The ridge (OverDrive e-book), Michael Koryta.

On an isolated ridge in the Kentucky woods stands a homemade lighthouse, hundreds of miles from any substantial body of water. Local reporter Roy Darmus has always found it an amusing oddity - until he is selected as the recipient of a suicide note from its builder. With a haunting atmosphere and tension-coiled plot, The Ridge is a terrifying journey into the heart of darkness.

Riding lessons (OverDrive e-book), Sara Gruen.

As a world-class equestrienne and Olympic contender, Annemarie Zimmer lived for the thrill of flight atop a strong, graceful animal. Then, at age 18, a tragic accident destroyed both her riding career and Harry, her beloved and distinctively marked horse. Now, many years later, Annemarie is coming home to her dying father's New Hampshire horse farm. Jobless and abandoned, she is bringing her troubled teenaged daughter to this place of pain and memory, where ghosts of an unresolved youth still haunt the fields and stables, and where hope lives in the eyes of the gentle veterinarian Annemarie loved as a girl, and in the seductive allure of a trainer with a magic touch.

River notes (OverDrive e-book), Wade Davis.

Plugged by no fewer than twenty-five dams, the Colorado is the world's most regulated river drainage, providing most of the water supply of Las Vegas, Tucson, and San Diego, and much of the power and water of Los Angeles and Phoenix, cities that are home to more than 25 million people. If it ceased flowing, the water held in its reservoirs might hold out for three to four years, but after that it would be necessary to abandon most of southern California and Arizona, and much of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. For the entire American Southwest the Colorado is indeed the river of life, which makes it all the more tragic and ironic that by the time it approaches its final destination, it has been reduced to a shadow upon the sand, its delta dry and deserted, its flow a toxic trickle seeping into the sea.

The rock star files (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

The second Zac Power Special Files book, containing two classic Zac stories! In Blockbuster, Zac is invited to the premiere of a new spy movie - in Hollywood! But Zac soon realises that BIG have plotted to brainwash the world's best spies. Only he can save them…Then, in Shock Music, has Zac's favourite band turned evil? In this mission, Zac will have to use all his awesome rock star skills to work out what's going on…

Rogue forces (OverDrive e-book), Dale Brown.

Scion Aviation International has been hired by the Pentagon to take over aerial patrols in northern Iraq as the U.S. military begins to downsize its presence there. But when Kurdish nationalist attacks led by the Republic of Turkey and joined by the new government in Persia invade northern Iraq, retired Air Force lieutenant-general Patrick McLanahan makes the decision to take the fight to the Turks.

The Rosie project (OverDrive e-book), Graeme C. Simsion.

Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. Then a chance encounter gives him an idea. He will design a questionnaire - a sixteen-page, scientifically researched document - to find the perfect partner. She will most definitely not be a barmaid, a smoker, a drinker or a late-arriver. Rosie Jarman is all these things. She is strangely beguiling, fiery and intelligent. And she is also on a quest of her own. She's looking for her biological father, a search that a certain DNA expert might just be able to help her with - even if he does wear quick-dry clothes and eat lobster every single Tuesday night.

The safe man (OverDrive e-book) : a ghost story., Michael Connelly.

Published for the first time under his own name, a dark and haunting story from bestselling crime author Michael Connelly. Like his father before him, Brian Holloway is a safe man. That is, his specialty is opening safes. Every job is a little mystery, and he has yet to encounter a lock he can't break or a box he can't crack. But the day Holloway gets called in to open a rare, antique safe in a famous author's library, his skills open a door that should have remained closed.

Sand storm (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Super Series! When Zac Power's grandpa drags him on a new mission in the middle of the night, Zac is pumped. They're racing to find the four parts of a powerful gadget called IRIS - and their first stop is a stormy desert! But Grandpa won't say what IRIS does, or why it's been broken up. The only thing Zac knows is that this time, the threat is bigger than to just GIB. If they don't find IRIS before their enemies do, the whole world will be in danger…

Saraband for two sisters (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

Twins Angelet and Bersaba Landor may look alike, but their personalities couldn't be more different. After years apart, the twins are reunited within the echoing halls of Far Flamstead. As Angelet finds herself at the mercy of the manor's secret past, Bersaba gives in to a perilous temptation. Against the backdrop of seventeenth-century England, a time of bloody revolt and new beginnings, Bersaba and Angelet discover that the ties that bind them can also tear them apart.

The seal king murders (OverDrive e-book), Alanna Knight.

1861. Constable Faro is heading back to Orkney to enjoy some home comforts, armed with a private investigation into the death of an ex-colleague's relative, champion swimmer Dave Claydon, who had drowned in mysterious circumstances. Meanwhile, at Scarthbreck Faro's mother is determined to find him a wife… but as the legend of the Seal King's annual claim of a human bride becomes reality, Faro's holiday and original secret mission turn into a nightmare.

The secret society of demolition writers (OverDrive e-book) by Aimee Bender …et al. ; edited by Marc Parent.

Short stories capture the lives of such offbeat characters as a delusional schizophrenic, an egg donor with second thoughts, and a young girl who discovers a portal to another, ghostly world.

Shadows in the sun (OverDrive e-book), Wade Davis.

Ranging from the British Columbian wilderness to the jungles of the Amazon and the polar ice of the Arctic Circle, Shadows in the Sun is a testament to a world where spirits still stalk the land and seize the human heart. Its essays and stories, though distilled from travels in widely separated parts of the world, are fundamentally about landscape and character, the wisdom of lives drawn directly from the land, the hunger of those who seek to rediscover such understanding, and the consequences of failure.

Silk Road (OverDrive e-book), Colin Falconer.

1260 AD: Josseran Sarrazini is a man divided in his soul. A Christian Knight Templar haunted by a shameful past, he hopes to find redemption in a dangerous crusade: a journey from Palestine to Xanadu, to form a crucial allegiance against the Saracens at the legendary court of Kubilai Khan - the seat of the Mongol Empire. Instead he finds the solace he seeks in a warrior-princess from a heathen tribe. Worse, he must travel with William, a Dominican friar of fearsome zeal who longs for matyrdom, but whose life Josseran is sworn to protect. Winding through the plains of Palestine and over the high mountains of the Hindu Kush, from the empty wastes of the Taklimakan desert to the golden palaces of China, Silk Road weaves a spellbinding story of sin, desire, conflict and human frailty onto the vast tapestry of the medieval orient.

Silver like dust : one family's story of America's Japanese internment. (OverDrive e-book), Kimi Cunningham Grant.

Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, all Kimi ever wanted to do was fit in, spurning traditional Japanese cuisine and her grandfather's attempts to teach her the language. But there was one part of Obaachan's life that fascinated and haunted Kimi ever since the age of eleven — her gentle yet proud Obaachan was once a prisoner, along with 112,000 Japanese Americans, for more than five years of her life. Obaachan never spoke of those years, and Kimi's own mother only spoke of it in whispers. It was a source of haji, or shame. But what really happened to Obaachan, then a young woman, and the thousands of other men, women, and children like her? Obaachan would meet her husband in the camps and watch her mother die there, too. From the turmoil, racism, and paranoia that sprang up after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the terrifying train ride to Heart Mountain, to the false promise of V-J day, Silver Like Dust captures a vital chapter of the Japanese-American experience through the journey of one remarkable woman. Her story is one of thousands, yet is powerful a testament to the enduring bonds of family and an unusual look at the American dream.

Sister's choice (OverDrive e-book), Emilie Richards.

When Jamie Dunkirk agrees to become a surrogate for her sister Kendra and Kendra's husband, she hopes that this unselfish act will absolve her of all the mistakes she's made in her life - and especially the hurt she's caused Kendra - in this compelling new family drama.

The sky files (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

The fourth Zac Power Special Files book, containing two classic Zac stories! In Lunar Strike, Zac rockets into space to save a charity rock concert from the bad guys. Then in Sky High, he has to sneak onto a plane to find some stolen top-secret technology - in mid-air! Zac's going higher than ever before!

So you want to be a wizard (OverDrive e-book), Diane Duane.

Thirteen-year-old Nita, tormented by a gang of bullies because she won't fight back, finds the help she needs in a library book on wizardry which guides her into another dimension.

Son of destruction (OverDrive e-book), Kit Reed.

When Lucy Cartaret dies, her journalist son Dan returns to her hometown, Fort Jude, Florida, in search of his real father, claiming he's here to investigate the mysterious deaths of three elderly women. Spontaneous human combustion, experts say. But why?

The song of the siren (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

Carlotta, the love child of Priscilla Eversleigh and Jocelyn Frinton, grows up in the shadow of war during the reign of Queen Anne. Carlotta's personal struggle begins when she's abducted by the charismatic Jacobite leader Lord Hessenfield. During her time as his hostage, they fall into a passionate affair. When she's released, the pregnant Carlotta marries to save her daughter Clarissa's legitimacy, but plunges into reckless affairs with other men - including the man beloved by her half-sister, Damaris.

Sticks, stones (OverDrive e-book), Christos Tsiolkas.

'My God', she thought, a coldness settling in her, 'do I hate him?'. After witnessing her teenage son insult a disabled girl, a mother struggles with contempt for her child. Compelling short fiction from Australia's master of dark suburbia.

Stigmata (OverDrive e-book), Colin Falconer.

1205 AD: Philip of Vercy sails away from the roasting wasteland where he has passed the last year. As a Knight of the Realm, he has fought the infidel in the Holy Land. Now, after twelve months of savage, bloody warfare in the scorching sun, he is finally coming home to his castle, to peace, and to his beloved wife. But France offers neither comfort or peace. His wife has died in childbirth, his young son is dying of a wasting disease, and, in the south, his Cathar countrymen are being brutally persecuted. When Philip hears rumours of a healer in the Languedoc, a young woman blessed by God and marked with Christ's Stigmata, he rides out on a desperate quest to save his son. His journey takes him into a vision of hell that outstrips even what he saw in Outremer. Disgusted by the senseless slaughter, Philip gradually becomes embroiled in the Cathar cause. And then he finds his miracle: Fabrisse Berenger, the beautiful, loving daughter of Cathar parents. She is bewildered by her strange wounds, but Philip is fascinated by them and more fascinated by the serene goodness of Fabricia herself. Together, the pair must flee persecution under cover of darkness but they cannot hold off the Pope's soldiers forever. Their destiny will be decided in the snows of the Black Mountains where Fabricia and Philip must make choices not just to save their lives, but their souls.

Strindberg's star (OverDrive e-book), Jan Wallentin.

When a Swedish cave diver discovers a dead body wearing an ancient ankh, religious symbol expert Don Titelman is wrongly accused of the cave diver's subsequent murder, which reveals ties to the 1897 Arctic crash of a hydrogen balloon and 1942 experiments on concentration camp victims.

The surrogate (OverDrive e-book), Kathryn Mackel.

When Kyle and Bethany hire a surrogate after their last surviving embryos die, they allow themselves to hope again. Laurel seems perfect in every way, but what dark secrets is she hiding?

Survivors (OverDrive e-book), Sophie Littlefield.

When a young boy and his dying grandmother are brought to the Box, the survivalist community where Cass takes shelter, she realises that without her help he won't be long for this unforgiving new world, but while the Box is a haven from the roaming marauders and the flesh-hungry Beaters it forbids children within its confines. The boy will be turned out to fend for himself, and all that stands between him and the brutal wilderness is Cass's protective instincts and the stubborn resolve that's gotten her this far Aftertime.

A tall story (OverDrive e-book), adapted by Janet Keegans ; illustrated by Harriet Matseart.

An amusing story with charming illustrations which retells — with a twist — the Nguni creation legend about why the giraffe has such a long neck. The little giraffe in this book is a very inquisitive character determined to find out everyone's secrets. His curiosity leads him right across Africa with only a faithful oxpecker for company. Giraffe's thirst for knowledge brings unexpected results — whether for better or worse depends on your point of view.

Tell me what you see? (OverDrive e-book), Shannon Hale.

A beautiful picture book for anyone who has ever delighted in the quiet beauty of "Goodnight Moon" or "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" Sure to tug on the heart strings of children and adults alike.

There stands my house : a memoir. (OverDrive e-book), Hans Keilson.

In this unique work, which was composed in the 1990s and only recently rediscovered, Keilson brings back a bygone era in snapshots from a life spanning one hundred years. The external stations of this life - his youth in Brandenburg, his student years and the fast life in Berlin, his exile in Holland, his survival in hiding, and the loss of his parents - are framed by economic crisis, anti-Semitism, and war, but also by friendship, music, and hope. Hans Keilson reveals these themes in gentle, quizzical reflections and fragments, producing an unforgettable portrait of his time.

A time for silence (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

In 1912, with war looming on the horizon, thirteen-year-old Lucinda Greenham is sent to an exclusive boarding school in Belgium. Her joy in sharing this adventure with her best friend, Annabelinda, is cut short when Annabelinda has a clandestine affair leading to pregnancy. As a blackmail plot erupts in murder, and war eradicates a way of life forever, Lucinda discovers that there is a time for love … and a time for silence.

Tom-All-Alone's (OverDrive e-book), Lynn Shepherd.

London, 1850. Fog in the air and filth in the streets, from the rat-infested graveyard of Tom-All-Alone's to the elegant chambers in Lincoln's Inn Fields, where the formidable lawyer Edward Tulkinghorn has powerful clients to protect, and a deadly secret to hide.

Travels with the flea (OverDrive e-book), Jim Perrin.

Travel writer Jim Perrin is a regular contributor to "The Great Outdoors", "Climber" and "The Daily Telegraph". This volume collects the best of his recent work and covers venues as far apart as Garhwal and Montana, Kirgizstan and the High Arctic, Hungary and Cuba.

Trouble on his wings (OverDrive e-book), L. Ron Hubbard.

Johnny Brice is a hotheaded, hard-working "picture-chaser" for the newsreels. He loves to fly into the mouth of danger (whether forest fire, shipwreck or flood), get the story first, shoot it and send the film back fast so that it can be turned into newsreels for theatres all across America. He's the best there ever was as a "top dog" reporter… up till the day he inadvertently saves the life of a golden-haired girl he pulls out of the ocean while covering a ship burning at sea.

The trouble with magic (OverDrive e-book), Mary Kay McComas.

Harriet Wheaton is out of options. Her manor house on Jovette Island is in foreclosure and, in a desperate attempt to save it, she invites Payton Dunsmore to view her home. She feels sure that once he sees how important it is to her, he will stop pressing for the foreclosure and compromise with her. But when Payton arrives, it's not the house that captures his attention. He's undeniably drawn to stubborn, passionate Harriet, but still has no intention of saving the manor. Past the point of an amicable resolution, Harriet plays her last card, marooning them on the island and turning to the old Jovette legend that those who arrive as enemies will leave as lovers. But will the legend really work its magic and save her family legacy?

Turtle in paradise (OverDrive e-book), Jennifer L. Holm.

In 1935, when her mother gets a job housekeeping for a woman who does not like children, eleven-year-old Turtle is sent to stay with relatives she has never met in far away Key West, Florida.

Twins (OverDrive e-book), Caroline B. Cooney.

Mary Lee and Madrigal are twin sisters, beautiful and deeply attached to each other. Then in high school, Mary Lee and Madrigal's parents decide to send Mary Lee away to boarding school, cruelly separating the girls. Madrigal seems to be thriving in her new solo life, and even finds a fabulous boyfriend. Mary Lee, lonely and unhappy at boarding school, begins to wish she had her sister's seemingly perfect life. But when her secret wish disastrously comes true during a weekend ski trip, Mary Lee learns more about Madrigal's new life than she could have ever dreamed … or feared.

Under the rushes (OverDrive e-book), Amy Lane.

Ten years after Dorjan trusted a boy's word over his superior officer's, he and his best friend, Areau, are still living the aftermath - and trying to stop the man responsible. Locked in a careful dance to bring down a corrupt government, Dorjan struggles to balance his grief with Areau's anger. Powers clash and a world's fate dangles between Areau's madness and Dorjan's nobility. While Dorjan fights to save the world, Taern joins the battle simply to save Dorjan, knowing everything hinges on the heart of a man in armour and the strength of the man who loves him.

The undercover files (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

It's down to Zac to find an evil double agent working at GIB. It's the biggest test of Zac's career - and time is running out.

The value investors : lessons from the world's top fund managers. (OverDrive e-book), Ronald W. Chan.

In an attempt to understand exactly what kind of temperament Buffett was talking about, Ronald W. Chan interviewed 12 value-investing legends from around the world, learning how their personal background, culture, and life experiences have shaped their investment mindset and strategy.

Voices in a haunted room (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

Raised in the grand chateau of Tourville, lovely young Claudine, with her widowed mother, had fled the solitude of the French countryside as revolution torched it, sparking flames that would alter forever the landscape, their destiny, and the face of history itself. Warmly ensconced and safe from harm in her mother's ancestral English home, Claudine discovers a new kind of danger; turning ripe and sensous overnight, she is torn between the love of her new stepbrothers. Theirs is an amorous triangle that will burn bright through the years when England and all Europe struggle in a tyrant's grasp, till a moment on a rocky beach when one of the two men Claudine adores falls victim to a power beyond destiny.

The volcano files (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

The seventh Zac Power Special files book, containing two classic Zac stories. In Poison Island, Zac must track down Dr Drastic, an enemy scientist. Zac has 24 hours - and his family's life depends on him succeeding! Then in Volcanic Panic, he discovers his enemy's secret base - and gets trapped there! Zac knows that something isn't quite right, and soon he discovers a secret that GIB has been trying to uncover for years…

Wanted! (OverDrive e-book), Caroline B. Cooney.

When her father is murdered and the police obtain an e-mail confession that implicates her, Alice Robie realises she will have to flee and prove her innocence.

Water blaster (OverDrive e-book), H.I. Larry.

The final piece of IRIS is hidden deep in the ocean, protected by an underwater minefield. Zac is running out of time to rescue his family and take IRIS before his enemies do. The whole world is at stake, and it all comes down to Zac…

Weekend knitting (OverDrive e-book), Melanie Falick.

Melanie Falick brings together a treasure trove of unique and innovative projects, many of which can be completed in a single weekend.

We'll meet again (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

The German army is advancing through Europe and the Battle of Britain is grimly underway. With their fates hanging in the balance, twin sisters are bound by a shocking secret. Dorabella risks her life to follow her heart … and Violetta refuses to give up hope that one day she will be reunited with her lost love.

West : a journey through the landscapes of loss. (OverDrive e-book), Jim Perrin.

West tells the story of Jim Perrin's life against the lives and deaths of his cherished wife and son, and the landscapes through which they travelled together. It is a complex and sensual love-story, a celebration of the beauty and redemptive power of wild nature and an extraordinary account of one man's journey towards the acceptance of devastating personal loss.

What happened in Vegas (OverDrive e-book), Sylvia Day.

One minute they were riding the same elevator and the next he was riding her, the attraction so fierce and immediate he couldn't remember how they reached his room or even shed their clothes. But when Robin suggested they take their relationship to the next level, Paul panicked, prompting her to walk out on him with her head held high and his heart in her hands. Four months later, he's got her in an elevator again, ready and willing, but with her emotions tucked safely away. He's got one shot to prove that what happened in Vegas can happen anywhere in the world, for the rest of their lives.

What we saw at night (OverDrive e-book), Jacquelyn Mitchard.

After glimpsing an older man in a room with a dead girl, sixteen-year-old Allie, who has a life-threatening allergy to sunlight, discovers she is the lone key to stopping a serial killer.

Wildflowers : the first story in the orphan train trilogy. (OverDrive e-book), Robert Noonan.

Eleven-year-old Hillary Cook works six days a week at the Alton Textile Mill. On Sunday afternoons, she and her two friends pick flowers, dream and play pretend in the nearby countryside. The girls pledge to be friends for eternity and call themselves "wildflowers". In this difficult world, innocent children are forced to operate dangerous machinery at the mill and even darker abuses are committed against them. When tragedy befalls Hillary and her mother, Hillary is forced into a situation that may have disastrous consequences.

Wish list (OverDrive e-book), Sylvia Day.

When Nicholas James draws Stephanie Martin's name in their law firm's Secret Santa exchange he knows he's in for a merry Christmas - if he can figure out what to give the woman he's wanted for months. When he works late and finds a crumpled piece of paper listing Steph's personal wish list, he knows he's in luck. Because all Steph wants for Christmas is him, in a number of naughty ways.

The witch from the sea (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

Linnet Pennlyon, proud daughter of a sea captain, finds herself in a vicious trap: pregnancy has forced her to marry the cunning Squire Colum Casvellyn. Once their baby is born, she devotes herself to their son. Yet, little by little, against her will, Linnet finds herself drawn to her passionate, mercurial husband.

With every letter (OverDrive e-book), Sarah Sundin.

A wartime correspondence between a World War II flight nurse and an army engineer takes an unexpected twist when she arrives to evacuate the wounded in his battalion.

Woman in the window (OverDrive e-book), Thomas Gifford writing as Dana Clarins.

A woman's life is upended after she witnesses the aftermath of a deadly crime.

Wonder show (OverDrive e-book), Hannah Rodgers Barnaby.

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step inside Mosco's Traveling Wonder Show, a menagerie of human curiosities and misfits guaranteed to astound and amaze! But perhaps the strangest act of Mosco's display is Portia Remini, a normal among the freaks, on the run from McGreavy's Home for Wayward Girls, where Mister watches and waits. It's a story for the ages, and like everyone who enters the Wonder Show, Portia will never be the same.

A year in a Scots kitchen : celebrating summer's end to worshipping its beginning (OverDrive e-book), Catherine Brown ; illustrations by Fiona Taylor.

In A Year In A Scots Kitchen, Catherine Brown presents and explores a feast of seasonal and celebratory foods throughout the year.

You are my baby (OverDrive e-book), Lorena Siminovich.

Match the baby animals to their parents, and learn some early concepts along the way.

You'll be sorry (OverDrive e-book), Josh Schneider.

Young Samantha does not believe her parents when they tell her to stop hitting her brother or she will be sorry, but she soon learns just how right they are when his tears flood their entire town.

Zac's bank bust (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac has two new gadgets to test drive. Are they enough to help stop a bank robbery?

Zac's double dare (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac has two new gadgets to test drive. Will they help him get the secret GIB plans back?

Zac's freaky frogs (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac has two new gadgets to test drive. Will they get him to the poisoned frogs in time?

Zac's high dive (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Description Zac has two new gadgets to test drive. Will he be able to stop BIG polluting the sea?

Zac's icy pole (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac has two new gadgets to test drive. Can they help Zac stop the ice caps from melting?

Zac's moon trip (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac has two new gagdets to test drive. Will they help him clean a dirty space station?

Zac's power on (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac has two new gadgets to test drive. Can he stop BIG stealing power from the theme park?

Zac's quicksand (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac has two new gadgets to test drive. Can they help him find the mission drivers?

Zac's rocket launch (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac has two new gadgets to test drive. Will he be able to stop an out-of-control blimp?

Zac's shark attack (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac has two new gadgets to test drive. Can they help him chase sharks away from the swimmers?

Zac's skate break (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac has two new gadgets to test drive. Will he be able to rescue the trapped skaters?

Zac's ski mission (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac has two new gadgets to test drive. Can he use them to save a man lost in the snow?

Zac's space race (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac has two new gadgets to test drive. Can he use them to escape from the space lasers?

Zac's sticky fix (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac has two new gadgets to test drive. Will they work - even deep under the water?

Zac's water world (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac has two new gadgets to test drive. Can he stop fake missions being sent to GIB agents?

Zac's wild rescue (OverDrive e-book), H. I. Larry.

Zac has two new gadgets to test drive. Are they cool enough for Zac's wild rescue at the zoo?

Zipporah's daughter (OverDrive e-book), Philippa Carr.

Discovering that the man who raised her was not her birth father comes as a great shock to teenage Lottie. She always thought she'd marry her childhood love, Dickon, and stay at the family estate, Eversleigh. But fate takes Lottie across the sea to France and the mysterious palace of Versailles. As Louis XVI takes the throne with his queen, Marie Antoinette, Lottie is called back to England, where she finds that Dickon may not be the man she thought he was. Meanwhile, France descends into revolution and Lottie's family becomes increasingly endangered.