New Titles Digital March 2013 (arrived in February)

Downloadable audiobooks

An Amish kitchen (OverDrive audiobook)

Includes three Amish stories — each celebrating love, family, and faith — all taking place in a tight-knit community where the kitchen truly is the heart of the home.

Anything he wants (OverDrive audiobook), Sarah Fawkes

Lucy Delacourt's temp position isn't quite her dream job but it pays the bills. The highlight of her day is riding the elevator in the mornings with a handsome stranger. Tall, dark, and sexy as hell, Lucy knows he's way out of her league, but a girl can look, right? Everything changes the day the stranger seduces her. Completely out of character, she yields without a fight, but she has no idea her wanton acts with a man whose name she doesn't know will change her life forever. Because the sexy stranger is none other than Jeremiah Hamilton, billionaire CEO of Hamilton Industries, and one taste isn't nearly enough to satisfy his need. As the billionaire pulls Lucy deeper into his world of high stakes business deals and ruthless takeovers, he demands nothing less than her complete surrender. But even as enemies seek deadly revenge against him, she'll discover that her greatest threat is falling for her fiercely guarded boss and yielding to her own darkest needs.

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.

Berlin stories (OverDrive audiobook), Christopher Isherwood

First published in 1935 and 1939, the two related novels, The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin, which make up the Berlin Stories are recognized today as classics of modern fiction. A charming city of avenues and cafes, a grotesque city of night-people and fantasts, a dangerous city of vice and intrigue, a powerful city of millionaires and mobs — all this was Berlin in 1931, the period when Hitler was beginning his move to power.

Beyond Tuesday morning (OverDrive audiobook), Karen Kingsbury

The hope-filled sequel to the bestselling One Tuesday Morning. In this new novel by Karen Kingsbury, three years have passed since the terrorist attacks on New York City. Jamie Bryan, widow of a firefighter who lost his life on that terrible day, has found meaning in her season of loss by volunteering at St. Paul's, the memorial chapel across the street from where the Twin Towers once stood. Here she meets a daily stream of people touched by the tragedy, including two men with whom she feels a connection. One is a firefighter also changed by the attacks, the other a police officer from Los Angeles. But as Jamie gets to know the police officer, she is stunned to find out that he is the brother of Eric Michaels, the man with the uncanny resemblance to Jamie's husband, the man who lived with her for three months after September 11. Eric is the man she has vowed never to see again. Certain she could not share even a friendship with his brother, Jamie shuts out the police officer and delves deeper into her work at St. Paul's. Now it will take the persistence of a tenacious man, the questions from her curious young daughter, and the words from her dead husband's journal to move Jamie beyond one Tuesday morning.

The birdcage (OverDrive audiobook), Marcia Willett

It was Felix who named it The Birdcage - the tall house in Bristol where Miss Pidgeon lived with her tenant, the beautiful and talented actress Angel, and Angel's daughter, Lizzie. It was Felix whom they all adored and who was so in love with Angel, but while Lizzie longed for a father, Felix had other commitments: to his insecure, possessive wife Marina and to their son Piers, both living at beautiful, mellow Michaelgarth. Many years later, when Lizzie comes at last to Michaelgarth and meets Piers for the first time, she finds a family that is in trouble - and which, miraculously, needs her to help them to heal.

Black swan (OverDrive audiobook), Chris Knopf

Sailing back from Maine, Sam Acquillo, his girlfriend Amanda, and his screwball mutt get blown off course by a dangerous gale. With damaged boat and frayed nerves, they limp to the closest harbour, on Fishers Island, a disassociated scrap of Long Island. A summer preserve for the oldest money in America, it is defended by denizens who safeguard their island's insularity with xenophobic fervour. Sam and Amanda are hardly welcomed with open arms - except the arms of the young and beautiful Anika Fey, daughter of the owner of the Black Swan, the island's only hotel, who's only too eager to fold Sam into her embrace. Sam and Amanda are soon swept up in big-money intrigue, dark conspiracy, brutality, murder, the machinations of high-tech millionaires, and autumn storms. Bad timing and a broken rudder could result in the greatest loss of all for Sam Acquillo - his life.

Blowout (OverDrive audiobook), Byron L. Dorgan

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

Blue Gold : a novel from the NUMA files (OverDrive audiobook) Clive Cussler with Paul Kemprecos.

Kurt Austin and his NUMA team must track down extortionists and rescue scientist Francesca Carval, whose plane has vanished over South America along with her revolutionary formula to convert the world's salt water to fresh.

Blush (OverDrive audiobook), Opal Carew

Can a woman who has never believed in love and a genie who distrusts all women break down the barriers between them to find a true love that will last forever?

The bomber (OverDrive audiobook), Liza Marklund

When a bomb destroys Stockholm's new Olympic stadium, worries erupt about a terrorist on the loose, but when journalist Annika Bengtzon investigates, she uncovers a secret source that could reveal the truth behind the bombing.

Boneland (OverDrive audiobook), Alan Garner

Professor Colin Whisterfield spends his days at Jodrell Bank, using the radio telescope to look for his lost sister in the Pleiades. At the same time, and in another time, the Watcher cuts the rock and dances, to keep the sky above the earth and the stars flying. Colin can't remember; and he remembers too much. Before the age of twelve years and nine months is a blank. After that he recalls everything: where he was, what he was doing, in every minute of every hour of every day. But Colin will have to remember what happened when he was twelve, if he wants to find his sister. And the Watcher will have to find the Woman. Otherwise the skies will fall, and there will be only winter, wanderers and moon.

Born at midnight (OverDrive audiobook), C. C. Hunter

Sixteen-year-old Kylie Galen thinks her misbehaviour in the wake of her grandmother's death and her parents' separation are the reasons she has been sent to Shadow Falls Camp, but learns it is a training ground for vampires, werewolves, and other "freaky freaks", of which she may be one.

The bungalow (OverDrive audiobook), Sarah Jio

In the summer of 1942, twenty-one-year-old Anne Calloway, newly engaged, sets off to serve in the Army Nurse Corps on the Pacific island of Bora-Bora. More exhilarated by the adventure of a lifetime than she ever was by her predictable fiance, she is drawn to a mysterious soldier named Westry, and their friendship soon blossoms into hues as deep as the hibiscus flowers native to the island.

Buried alive (OverDrive audiobook), Jacqueline Wilson

Tim is thrilled when his parents allow his best friend Biscuits to come on holiday to Llanpistyll in Wales with them. He and Biscuits are having an absolutely brilliant time eating ice cream, having picnics and making sandcastles - until a Deadly Fiendish Enemy in the form of the bully Prickle-Head and his sidekick Pinch-Face arrive, and things begin to go wrong. The bullies tease Tim, kick down his sandcastle and pick on Biscuits, and before long Tim wonders whether it would be better to avoid the beach for a while and lie low.But Biscuits is determined to enjoy his holiday, and the chums soon find themselves in the middle of a Dire and Dangerous adventure. Luckily, help comes from a rather unexpected source and gives Tim the chance to become Super-Tim and save the day.

Burning bright (OverDrive audiobook), Tracy Chevalier

Flames and funerals, circus feats and seduction, neighbours and nakedness: Tracy Chevalier's new novel 'Burning Bright' sparkles with drama. London 1792. The Kellaways move from familiar rural Dorset to the tumult of a cramped, unforgiving city. They are leaving behind a terrible loss, a blow that only a completely new life may soften. Against the backdrop of a city jittery over the increasingly bloody French Revolution, a surprising bond forms between Jem, the youngest Kellaway boy, and streetwise Londoner Maggie Butterfield. Their friendship takes a dramatic turn when they become entangled in the life of their neighbour, the printer, poet and radical, William Blake. He is a guiding spirit as Jem and Maggie navigate the unpredictable, exhilarating passage from innocence to experience. Their journey inspires one of Blake's most entrancing works. Georgian London is recreated as vividly in Burning Bright as 17th-century Delft was in Tracy Chevalier's bestselling masterpiece, Girl with a Pearl Earring.

By stone, by blade, by fire (OverDrive audiobook), Kate Wilhelm

The case against young Travis Morgan is simple: he walked into his father's house and shot the man at his desk in front of two witnesses. The fact that the murdered man was not his father is immaterial: he still killed a man in cold blood. Although he admits to a passionate hatred and fear of his father, Travis swears he is innocent. This is the case attorney Barbara Holloway is presented with. The trouble is she believes Travis, even though the eyewitness accounts appear irrefutable. As Barbara digs deeper, the case explodes into a dangerous conspiracy, causing Frank, Barbara's father and part-time associate, to hire a bodyguard to protect her.

The cellist of Sarajevo (OverDrive audiobook), Steven Galloway

One day a shell lands in a bread line and kills twenty-two people as the cellist watches from a window in his flat. He vows to sit in the hollow where the mortar fell and play Albinoni's Adagio once a day for each of the twenty-two victims. The Adagio had been re-created from a fragment after the only extant score was firebombed in the Dresden Music Library, but the fact that it had been rebuilt by a different composer into something new and worthwhile gives the cellist hope. Meanwhile, Kenan steels himself for his weekly walk through the dangerous streets to collect water for his family on the other side of town, and Dragan, a man Kenan doesn't know, tries to make his way towards the source of the free meal he knows is waiting. Both men are almost paralyzed with fear, uncertain when the next shot will land on the bridges or streets they must cross, unwilling to talk to their old friends of what life was once like before divisions were unleashed on their city. Then there is Arrow, the pseudonymous name of a gifted female sniper, who is asked to protect the cellist from a hidden shooter who is out to kill him as he plays his memorial to the victims.

Cesar Millan's short guide to a happy dog (OverDrive audiobook), Cesar Millan

Cesar Millan uses his unique insights about dog psychology to create stronger, happier relationships between humans and their canine companions. This book draws on his experience to present ninety-eight essential lessons that will help any owner apply the key aspects of Cesar's celebrated philosophy to create the most fulfilling life possible with their dogs. Cesar delves into crucial themes that go beyond obedience-school basics to reveal the hearts and minds of our beloved pets.

Cotillion (OverDrive audiobook), Georgette Heyer

The three great-nephews of cantankerous Mr Penicuik know better than to ignore his summons, especially when it concerns the bestowal of his fortune — the wily old gentleman has hatched a typically freakish plan for his stepdaughter's future and his own amusement: his fortune will be Kitty's dowry. But while the beaux are scrambling for her hand, Kitty counters with her own inventive, if daring, scheme: a sham engagement should keep wedlock at bay …

Cover of snow (OverDrive audiobook), Jenny Milchman

On a wintry morning, in the remote Adirondack village of Wedeskyull, New York, Nora Hamilton wakes to find her life utterly changed: her rock-solid policeman husband has committed suicide. The life that Nora has grown to know and love in her husband's peaceful hometown is gone. And almost immediately, the pieces don't add up: solid as an oak Brendan was prescribed sedatives a week earlier, an odd local mechanic tells Nora strange stories about her husband's past, Brendan's coworkers on the police force are keeping an eye on her, as is a genial local reporter, hot on the trail of an explosive expose. Relying on the methodical nature that serves her so well as a restorer of old homes, Nora struggles to understand what happened to her husband — even as this insular, frigid mountain town is determined to keep its deadly secrets buried.

Dead even (OverDrive audiobook), Brad Meltzer

Sara Tate, a Manhattan assistant D.A., is about to lose her job. But the case she nabs to secure her professional future is far more complicated, and deadly, than it first appears. While forces within the D.A.'s office conspire against her, an outside threat looms larger: win the case or her attorney husband, Jared, will die. But Jared has been threatened as well. Strong-armed into defending the opposition, he learns that Sara will be killed should he lose the case. In court and at home, husband and wife go head-to-head while harboring the terrible secret of their motives. In a battle of rollercoaster emotions and shocking betrayals, Jared and Sara must face the unthinkable truth: No matter who wins, one of them will die.

Disgrace (OverDrive audiobook), J. M. Coetzee

After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, David Lurie, middle-aged and twice divorced, has an impulsive affair with a student. The affair sours; he is denounced and summoned before a committee of inquiry. Willing to admit his guilt, but refusing to yield to pressure to repent publicly, he resigns and retreats to his daughter Lucy's isolated small holding. For a time, his daughter's influence and natural rhythms of the farm promise to harmonise his discordant life. But the balance of power in the country is shifting. He and Lucy become victims of a savage and disturbing attack which brings into relief all the faultlines in their relationship.

Dracula (OverDrive audiobook), Bram Stoker

Having deduced the double identity of Count Dracula, a wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.

The drowning house (OverDrive audiobook), Elizabeth Black

Returning to the insular Galveston home town of her youth in the wake of a family tragedy, photographer Clare Porterfield is drawn into a century-old mystery involving a woman who drowned during the Hurricane of 1900.

Elysiana (OverDrive audiobook), Chris Knopf

Gwendalynn Anders, a mid-Western girl who's never seen the ocean, wonders what was in that joint she smoked a week before waking up on Elysiana and why it feels like the trip will last the entire summer of 1969. Jack Halcyon, living atop an abandoned twenty-story hotel, wonders how he's able to ponder the incongruities of life after leaving a big chunk of his brain at the scene of an accident. Borough Council President Norman Harlan wonders what cruel God put him on an equal footing with Avery Volpe, the fearsome captain of the Beach Patrol. Twelve miles long and a mile wide, Elysiana is an island off the coast of New Jersey sitting astride the convergence of powerful fault lines, social, political, and existential. It's a place of beauty and insanity, shared by the angelic and profane, where cops, criminals, prodigies, and the promiscuous find themselves at the haphazard mercy of a lunatic providence. Other players include a globe-trotting whiz kid, an Italo-Hispanic crime boss, a surfing aesthete and his vulgar roommate, a career car-stereo thief, and a seven-year-old girl who's probably spent too much time with the dead bodies in the dunes. This is a story that could have only happened on the Jersey shore during the summer of '69, a time when the social fabric was tearing apart, in a place where that fabric had never been very well knit together.

Even now (OverDrive audiobook), Karen Kingsbury

Sometimes hope for the future is found in the ashes of yesterday. Shane Galanter - a man ready to put down roots after years of searching. But is he making the right choice? Or is there a woman somewhere who even now remembers - as does he - those long ago days … and a love that hasn't faded with time. Lauren Gibbs - a successful international war correspondent who gave up on happily-ever-after years ago - when it was ripped away from her. Since then, she's never looked back. So how come she can't put to rest the one question that haunts her: Why is life so empty? Emily Anderson - a college freshman raised by her grandparents who's about to take her first internship as a journalist. But before she can move ahead, she discovers a love story whose tragic ending came with her birth. As a result, she is drawn to look back and search out the mother she's never met. A young woman seeking answers to her heart's deep questions. A man and woman separated by lies and long years, who have never forgotten each other.

Exposed (OverDrive audiobook), Liza Marklund

Young, inexperienced Annika Bengtzon has taken on a work placement at Stockholm's biggest tabloid newspaper in the height of a scorching summer. Manning the tip-off phoneline, notorious for prank calls from time-wasters, Annika isn't sure this is going to aid her career at all.

Eye of the storm (OverDrive audiobook), Marcia Muller

Private investigator Sharon McCone's sister Patsy is involved in fixing up a bed-and-breakfast on an island in the Sacramento delta. The construction is hampered by odd pranks, and Patsy wants Sharon to determine if they are related to a supposed curse on the island. Soon after Sharon meets Patsy's partners and staff, a murder occurs. During a raging storm on the island, Sharon must determine who is the killer.

Firestar (OverDrive audiobook), Michael F. Flynn

It is the dawn of the twenty-first century, and America is in trouble. Public schools breed apathy and ignorance, and politics has become the art of the quick fix. There is one woman, though, who has both the vision and the money to leverage change. Mariesa Gorley van Huyten, heiress to one of the great American fortunes, is determined to bring America, and the rest of the world, back on track.

Frederica (OverDrive audiobook), Georgette Heyer

A Regency romance in which the Marquis of Alverstoke becomes intrigued by a strong-minded relative who seems far more concerned with her family's welfare than his own attentions.

Fresh off the boat (OverDrive audiobook), Eddie Huang

Eddie Huang is the 30-year-old proprietor of Baohaus - the hot East Village hangout where foodies, stoners, and students come to stuff their faces with delicious Taiwanese street food late into the night - and one of the food world's brightest and most controversial young stars. But before he created the perfect home for himself in a small patch of downtown New York, Eddie wandered the American wilderness looking for a place to call his own.

The girl king (OverDrive audiobook), Meg Clothier

Georgia, 1177 For twenty years King Giorgi has defended the throne of his fragile kingdom against all comers. Now on the threshold of old age he faces a grave new threat: he has no son to succeed him. There is only his daughter, Tamar; a clever, indomitable and fearless girl. When a revolt threatens her life, Tamar is sent to live in the mountains, disguised as a boy, until a devastating betrayal places her in the hands of her enemies. Her courageous escape convinces Giorgi she should be his heir, but the nobles are outraged - no woman will ever rule them. While her father is alive, Tamar has some protection from the hostile forces that surround her, but once he is dead, she is truly alone. She must find the strength to control the bitterly warring factions at court. She must win the respect of her friends and the fear of her enemies. And she must marry a man of whom the elders approve. But her heart belongs to a reckless boy from the mountains - a poor match for a queen. With rebellion brewing at home and powerful foes circling her borders, Tamar must make a terrible choice between the man she loves and the land she adores…

The golden cup (OverDrive audiobook), Marcia Willett

Paradise has been home to generations of Trevannions: Paradise, the house at the head of a sheltered Cornish valley where Mrs Trevannion lives, surrounded by her family. Frail and elderly Honor Trevannion, bedridden following a nasty fall, is inexplicably anxious and distressed by the arrival of a young American bearing an old black and white photograph of a double wedding and looking for a long-lost relation. Her children Bruno and Emma, granddaughter Joss and faithful cousin Mousie try to nurse Honor back to health, unaware of the secrets which she keeps from those closest to her. Increasingly troubled and confused, she begs Joss to find a cache of letters which have been hidden for fifty years. Too late to hear the story from Honor herself, the family are faced with revelations which could destroy the tranquillity of life in their beloved valley. Will they be torn apart or can they unite in admiration for one woman's courage in standing by the life-changing decision she made so many years ago

The golden notebook (OverDrive audiobook), Doris Lessing

Anna Wulf is a young novelist with writer's block. Divorced, with a young child, and disillusioned by unsatisfactory relationships, she feels her life is falling apart. Fearing the onset of madness, she records her experiences in four coloured notebooks. The black notebook addresses her problems as a writer; the red her political life; the yellow her relationships and emotions; and the blue becomes a diary of everyday events. But it is the fifth notebook — the Golden Notebook — which is the key to her recovery and renaissance. Bold and illuminating, fusing sex, politics, madness and motherhood, 'The Golden Notebook' is at once a wry and perceptive portrait of the intellectual and moral climate of the 1950s — a society on the brink of feminism — and a powerful and revealing account of a woman searching for her own personal and political identity.

The grapes of wrath (OverDrive audiobook), based on the novel by John Steinbeck ; adapted by Frank Galati

Based on the epic novel by Nobel Laureate John Steinbeck. Set during the Great Depression, The Grapes of Wrath tells the powerful story of the Joad family's trek from the dust bowl of Oklahoma to the promise of a new life in California. But what they find threatens to rip apart their lives, and sever the ties that bind them together

Harry Bosch box set (OverDrive audiobook), Michael Connelly

The narrows: FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she's dreaded for years, the one that tells her the Poet has surfaced. She has never forgotten the serial killer who wove lines of poetry in his hideous crimes, and apparently he has not forgotten her. Former LAPD detective Harry Bosch gets a call, too - from the widow of an old friend. Her husband's death seems natural, but his ties to the hunt for the Poet make Bosch dig deep. Arriving at a derelict spot in the California desert where the feds are unearthing bodies, Bosch joins forces with Rachel. Now the two are at odds with the FBI and squarely in the path of the Poet, who will lead them on a wicked ride out of the heat, through the narrows of evil, and into a darkness all his own

Echo Park: In 1995, Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket in Hollywood. Harry Bosch worked the case but couldn't crack it, and the 22-year-old woman never turned up, dead or alive. Now Bosch is in the Open-Unsolved Unit, where he still keeps the Gesto file on his desk, when he gets a call from the DA.

The overlook: In his first case since he left the LAPD's Open Unsolved Unit for the prestigious Homicide Special squad, Harry Bosch is called out to investigate a murder that may have chilling consequences for national security. A doctor with access to a dangerous radioactive substance is found murdered in the trunk of his car. Retracing his steps, Harry learns that a large quantity of radioactive cesium was stolen shortly before the doctor's death. With the cesium in unknown hands, Harry fears the murder could be part of a terrorist plot to poison a major American city.

Heaven's command (OverDrive audiobook), Jan Morris

The first volume of the Pax Britannica trilogy begins in 1837 when Queen Victoria takes the throne. It spins together historical accounts, description and biography to help us understand events that changed the world. These events take us to Sierra Leone, Zululand, Jamaica, Fiji, and the Canadian prairies. We are there when black Jamaicans revolt against their British masters and Boers decimate England's crack regiments in South Africa.

Hokey Pokey (OverDrive audiobook), Jerry Spinelli

Ever since they were Snotsippers, Jack and the girl have fought, until one day she steals his bike and as he and the Amigos try to recover it, Jack realizes that he is growing up and must eventually leave the "goodlands and badlands of Hokey Pokey".

If you could see me now (OverDrive audiobook), Cecelia Ahern

Every thing in Elizabeth Egan's life has its place. Order and precision keep life under control — and keep her heart safe from pain and hurt. Then Ivan comes into her life. Carefree, spontaneous, and always looking for adventure, Ivan teaches the orderly and precise Elizabeth that life is only worth living when it's blindingly colourful and an occasional mess.

The importance of being earnest (OverDrive audiobook), Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900

This final play from the pen of Oscar Wilde is a stylish send-up of Victorian courtship and manners, complete with assumed names, mistaken lovers, and a lost handbag. Jack and Algernon are best friends, both wooing ladies who think their names are Ernest, that name which inspires absolute confidence. Wilde's effervescent wit, scathing social satire, and high farce make this one of the most cherished plays in the English language …

The inventor and the tycoon (OverDrive audiobook), Edward Ball

The story of Eadweard Muybridge, inventor of stop-motion photography and moving pictures - who was also a murderer - and his relationship with Leland Stanford, the wealthy railway baron and founder of Stanford University.

The invisible man (OverDrive audiobook), H. G. (Herbert George) Wells, 1866-1946

With his face swaddled in bandages, his eyes hidden behind dark glasses and his hands covered even indoors, Griffin the new guest at The Coach and Horses is at first assumed to be a shy accident-victim. But the true reason for his disguise is far more chilling: he has developed a process that has made him invisible, and is locked in a struggle to discover the antidote. Forced from the village, and driven to murder, he seeks the aid of an old friend, Kemp. The horror of his fate has affected his mind, however and when Kemp refuses to help, he resolves to wreak his revenge.

Jail coach (OverDrive audiobook), Hillary Bell Locke

Jay Davidovich is an insurance company apparatchik. Big, blond, and Jewish with Ukrainian parents and an American attitude, Jay joined the National Guard in the late 1990s so that the taxpayers could put him through college but ended up serving in Iraq.

Journey home (OverDrive audiobook), Yoshiko Uchida, 1921-1992

After their release from an American concentration camp, a Japanese-American girl and her family try to reconstruct their lives amidst strong anti-Japanese feelings which breed fear, distrust, and violence.

Kitchen round table: at home with Lidia Bastianich, Madhur Jaffrey, Judith Jones, Betty Fussell, and Deb Perelman (OverDrive audiobook) hosted by Marja Samson

Conversations with gourmet cooks.

Little, big (OverDrive audiobook), John Crowley

Smoky Barnable walks to Edgewood to marry Daily Alice Drinkwater and become a part of her fanciful family.

A little princess (OverDrive audiobook), Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1849-1924

It describes how Sara, a wealthy pupil at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies in London, is forced into drudgery after the death of her father. But there is a happy ending for Sara.

Looking at the stars (OverDrive audiobook), Ian Pattison

Life in Glasgow's West End isn't going well. A one-time aspiring author, now TV script-reader, living in a squalid bedsit, is on a slippery slope. But, as his life goes from bad to worse, an opportunity to fulfil all his dreams presents itself, as long as he's prepared to kill and take the credit for another writer's work.

The lost days of Agatha Christie (OverDrive audiobook), Carole Owens

There was only one mystery Agatha Christie could not solve: her own. Why did she disappear in 1926? The New York Times, seven decades after her disappearance, identified Agatha Christie "as the town's [Harrogate's] most famous non-resident." It is an indication that the mystery of the lost days has never ceased to fascinate Christie fans. Time has not diminished their desire to find a solution. In this psychological mystery, Dr. Carole Owens, a practicing psychotherapist, takes on Agatha Christie as a patient to diagnose her problem and at long last solve the mystery of "The lost days" of Agatha Christie.

The magic world (OverDrive audiobook), E. (Edith) Nesbit, 1858-1924

This is a collection of twelve stories with magic occurrences. There are fairy tale lands inhabited by kings and queens, princes and princesses who have to outwit wicked fairies and evil magicians. Princess Belinda is condemned to be ugly during the week and beautiful on Sundays. Kenneth turns into a fish and has to be caught before he can transform back into a boy again. Annabel opens a wardrobe and discovers an enormous railway-station inside.

May cause miracles: a 40-day guidebook of subtle shifts for radical change and unlimited happiness (OverDrive audiobook), Gabrielle Bernstein

Bernstein believes that simple, consistent shifts in our thinking and actions can lead to the miraculous in all aspects of our daily lives, including our relationships, finances, bodies, and self-image. She offers an exciting plan for releasing fear and allowing gratitude, forgiveness, and love to flow through us without fail.

Miranda Hart's joke shop (OverDrive audiobook), Miranda Hart, James Carey & Simon Dean

Miranda is an unconventional woman. She's six-feet tall, self-conscious and posh, and is frequently mistaken for a man. She's also invested her inheritance in a joke shop that she runs with her friend Stevie while trying to deal with her outrageously embarrassing mother.

Les miserables (OverDrive audiobook), Victor Hugo, 1802-1885

Valjean, the criminal trying to escape his reputation; Javert, the police agent trailing him; the unfortunate Fantine and her daughter, Cosette; the rascally Thenardier; and above all the splendid street urchin, Gavroche. Among the unforgettable descriptions are those of the Paris sewers, the battle of Waterloo and the fighting at the barricades during the July Revolution. There are few more complete, or more vivid, pictures of France at the beginning of the nineteenth century. "Les Miserables" is at once a thrilling narrative and a social document embracing a wider field than any other novel of its time.

The moon of Gomrath (OverDrive audiobook), Alan Garner

Colin, with the help of the wizard Cadellin and the elves, fights to save his sister from the power of the evil witch Morrigan.

Naked lunch (OverDrive audiobook), William S. Burroughs, 1914-1997

Bill Lee, an addict-hustler, travels to Mexico and then Tangier in order to find easy access to drugs, and ends up in the Interzone, a bizarre fantasy world.

Navigating Early (OverDrive audiobook), Clare Vanderpool

Odyssey-like adventure of two boys' incredible quest on the Appalachian Trail where they deal with pirates, buried secrets, and extraordinary encounters.

Never cry wolf (OverDrive audiobook), Farley Mowat

Government biologist Farley Mowat is sent to the Canadian arctic to observe the behaviour of wolves. He finds them to be very different from the creature of legend.

The Oscar Wilde collection (OverDrive audiobook), Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900

Four classic comedies from Oscar Wilde. Also includes a dramatization of the only novel Oscar Wilde wrote, The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Political suicide (OverDrive audiobook), Michael Palmer

Supervising an unrepentant alcoholic doctor who has been implicated in the death of a powerful Congressman, Dr. Lou Welcome uncovers a wealth of incriminating facts, including the doctor's alleged affair with the victim's wife, before stumbling on a high-level conspiracy that places Lou's life at risk.

Pompeii (OverDrive audiobook), Mary Beard

The ruins of Pompeii destroyed by Vesuvius in AD 79 offer the best evidence we have of life in the Roman empire. This book offers a portrait of this ancient town, its life and its re-discovery.

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. It appears to be a hit-and-run accident. 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?

Righteous indignation (OverDrive audiobook), Andrew Breitbart, 1969-2012

Known for his network of conservative websites that draws millions of readers everyday, Andrew Breitbart has one main goal: to make sure the "liberally biased" major news outlets in this country cover all aspects of a story fairly. Breitbart is convinced that too many national stories are slanted by the news media in an unfair way. In Righteous indignation, Breitbart talks about the key issues that Americans face, how he has aligned himself with the Tea Party, and how one needs to deal with the liberal news world head on. Along the way, he details his early years, working with Matt Drudge, the Huffington Post, and so on, and how Breitbart developed his unique style of launching key websites to help get the word out to conservatives all over. A rollicking and controversial read, Breitbart will certainly raise your blood pressure, one way or another.

The river swimmer (OverDrive audiobook), Jim Harrison

The River Swimmer," is Harrison at his most memorable: a brilliant rendering of two men striving to find their way in the world, written with freshness, abundant wit, and profound humanity. In "The Land of Unlikeness," sixty-year-old art history academic Clive - a failed artist, divorced and grappling with the vagaries of his declining years - reluctantly returns to his family's Michigan farmhouse to visit his aging mother. The return to familiar territory triggers a jolt of renewal - of ardour for his high school love, of his relationship with his estranged daughter, and of his own lost love of painting. In "Water Baby," Harrison ventures into the magical as an Upper Peninsula farm boy is irresistibly drawn to the water as an escape, and sees otherworldly creatures there. Faced with the injustice and pressure of coming of age, he takes to the river and follows its siren song all the way across Lake Michigan. "The River Swimmer" is a striking portrait of two richly-drawn, profoundly human characters, and an exceptional reminder of why Jim Harrison is one of the most cherished and important writers at work today.

Road trip (OverDrive audiobook), Jim and Gary Paulsen

A father and son embark on a road trip to a distant animal shelter to save a homeless border collie puppy.

Rogue star (OverDrive audiobook), Michael Flynn

The continuing story of a 21st century project to colonize the universe. Its promoter is philanthropist Mariesa van Huyten, who wants to assure the survival of humanity in case Earth is destroyed.

Shadow woman (OverDrive audiobook), Linda Howard, pseud.

Lizette Henry, possessing unusual detection skills but struggling with a memory disorder, accepts help from the mysterious and seductive Xavier--a stranger who triggers disturbing images of an unspeakable crime of which Lizette may or may not be the perpetrator.

The shape of dread (OverDrive audiobook), Marcia Muller

Private eye McCone is assigned to the baffling murder case of a young stand-up comic that had made headlines two years earlier in San Francisco.

Strip Jack (OverDrive audiobook), Ian Rankin

Gregor Jack, MP, well-liked, young, married to the fiery Elizabeth - to the outside world a very public success story. But Jack's carefully nurtured career plans take a tumble after a 'mistake' during a police raid on a notorious Edinburgh brothel. Then Elizabeth disappears, a couple of bodies float into view where they shouldn't, and a lunatic speaks from his asylum … Initially Rebus is sympathetic to the MP's dilemma - who hasn't occasionally succumbed to temptation? - but with the disappearance of Jack's wife the glamour surrounding the popular young man begins to tarnish. Someone wants to strip Jack naked and Rebus wants to know why.

The taker (OverDrive audiobook), Alma Katsu

Dr. Luke Findley arrives at his Maine hospital expecting another unremarkable day. Instead, he meets Lanore McIlvrae, who is brought in under arrest for murder. As Luke treats Lanore, she shares the secret of her immortality and reveals the love that has possessed her for centuries. It is a love that has been brutal at times, yet Lanore has remained true--until now.

Tender is the night (OverDrive audiobook), F. Scott (Francis Scott) Fitzgerald, 1896-1940

Set in the South of France in the decade after World War I, Tender Is the Night is the story of a brilliant and magnetic psychiatrist named Dick Diver the bewitching, wealthy, and dangerously unstable mental patient, Nicole, who becomes his wife and the beautiful, harrowing ten-year "pas de deux" they act out along the border between sanity and madness.

The tenth justice (OverDrive audiobook), Brad Meltzer

When Ben Addison, a new clerk for a Supreme Court justice, makes an error in judgement that leaves him open to blackmail, he turns for help to Lisa, a fellow clerk, and his housemates, who work in the State Department, a senator's office, and a Washington newspaper.

There's nothing to be afraid of (OverDrive audiobook), Marcia Muller

Sharon McCone, female detective, is hired by Vietnamese refugees occupying a seedy Tenderloin district hotel to investigate some strange goings-on.

These old shades (OverDrive audiobook), Georgette Heyer, 1902-1974

Set amid the corrupt splendour of 18th-century Versailles and the dignified mansions of England, this tale tells of Justin's plot to revenge himself on the Comte de Saint Vire, and of the part which the ravishing beauty, Leonie, plays in all this.

Tombstoning (OverDrive audiobook), Douglas Johnstone

Your best mate just fell of a cliff in mysterious consequences and you were the last person to see him alive. What do you do? Well, if you're David Lindsay from Arbroath, you get the hell out of there and don't return. Not until Nicola Cruickshank gets in touch and demands that you go back for a school reunion. The place you've been running from 15 years. Of course you go. And when someone else takes a dive off the cliffs - an act the locals have taken to calling "tombstoning" - while David's there, he has a choice: run away again, or finally find out why people keep dying around him…

The tragedy paper (OverDrive audiobook), Elizabeth LaBan

While preparing for the most dreaded assignment at the prestigious Irving School, the Tragedy Paper, Duncan gets wrapped up in the tragic tale of Tim Macbeth, a former student who had a clandestine relationship with the wrong girl, and his own ill-fated romance with Daisy.

Twelve angry men (OverDrive audiobook), Reginald Rose, 1920-2002

Depicts a jury of men who must decide the fate of a teenage boy who has murdered his abusive father. The jurors are from all walks of life, and bring with them their own opinions, prejudices, fears, and personal demons.

The unknown Ajax (OverDrive audiobook), Georgette Heyer, 1902-1974

Lord Darracott is more irascible than ever, especially after the drowning of his eldest son. He is forced to send for the offspring of the uncle that the family never talk about - the weaver's brat. He is the heir apparent and Darracott is angry.

Vanished (OverDrive audiobook), Liza Marklund

At a derelict port in Stockholm, two brutally murdered men are found by a security guard. In the same area a young woman, Aida, is on the run from a deranged gunman. Meanwhile, journalist Annika Bengtzon is approached by a woman wanting her story published in the Evening Post. She claims to have founded an organization to erase people's pasts - giving vulnerable individuals a completely new identity. Annika helps Aida to get in touch with the foundation. But as she begins to investigate this woman's story, more bodies turn up and she finds herself getting dangerously close to the truth - that all is not as it seems…

Voices of poetry. Volume 1 (OverDrive audiobook)

Hear rare recordings from some of the world's most-respected poets reading their own works.

Waiting for Godot (OverDrive audiobook), Samuel Beckett, 1906-1989

By the side of a deserted country road, two tramps await the arrival of the mysterious Godot. The more they argue, question and complain, the more their predicament begins to resemble that of humanity looking for meaning in an absurd universe.

Weight loss for people who feel too much (OverDrive audiobook), Colette Baron-Reid.

A 4-step, 8-week plan to finally lose the weight, manage emotional eating, and find your fabulous self.

The weirdstone of Brisingamen (OverDrive audiobook), Alan Garner

A young girl and her brother are catapulted into a battle between good and evil for possession of a magical stone of great power that is contained in her bracelet.

Wheat belly (OverDrive audiobook), William Davis

A provocative look at how eliminating wheat from our diets can help us lose weight, shrink unsightly bulges, and reverse a broad spectrum of health problems - from acne to diabetes and serious digestive disorders. Since the introduction of dietary guidelines calling for reduced fat intake in the 1970s, a strange phenomenon has occurred: Americans have steadily, inexorably become heavier, less healthy, and more prone to diabetes than ever before. After putting more than two thousand of his at-risk patients on a wheat-free regimen and seeing extraordinary results, cardiologist William Davis has come to the disturbing conclusion that it is not fat, not sugar, not our sedentary lifestyle that is causing America's obesity epidemic - it is wheat. How this once-benign grain - now genetically modified almost beyond recognition and found in virtually every course of every meal - has come to have such a profound and deleterious effect on our collective well-being is one of the great untold health stories of our generation.

Where rainbows end (OverDrive audiobook), Cecelia Ahern

Novel about two childhood friends whom fate and destiny can't help toying with.

Whispers at moonrise (OverDrive audiobook), C. C. Hunter

Even at a camp for supernatural teens, Kylie Galen has never been normal. Not only can she see ghosts but she doesn't seem to belong to any one species, instead she exhibits traits from them all. Her boyfriend Lucas, seems to be having problems accepting her for what she is and what she isn't. With his werewolf pack standing in the way, Kylie finds herself turning to Derek who seems willing to accept the impossible. As if life isn't hard enough, she starts getting visits from the ghost of Holiday, but Holiday isn't dead yet.

Wild card (OverDrive audiobook) Lora Leigh

Returning to Texas three years after a mission went disastrously wrong, leaving him a captive and his wife believing that he is dead, Navy SEAL Nathan Malone is forced to assume a new identity in order to woo the woman he had left behind, but danger threatens to tear them apart forever.

Downloadable e-books

12 stupid mistakes people make with their money (OverDrive e-book), Dan Benson

Financial advisor Dan Benson exposes the twelve biggest mistakes people make with their money and clearly demonstrates how readers can move from financial insecurity to financial freedom. Proven, practical help for negotiating the financial minefields of life.

The 25-day money makeover for women (OverDrive e-book), Francine L. Huff

This clear, practical guide for women includes useful advice on paying off debt, saving money for retirement, cutting expenses, and sticking to a budget. With more financial independence and control over money than ever before, women can find themselves stumbling into debt and other financial difficulties. The 25-Day Money Makeover for Women is a clear, practical guide for the woman who is ready to get serious about her financial situation. Huff avoids difficult financial jargon while effectively illuminating financial pitfalls.

Absolute Mayhem: confessions of an Aussie porn star (OverDrive e-book), Monica Mayhem.

'Do you really want to know what it's like to be a porn star? Brace yourself, because I'm not going to pull any punches. Here's what a "busy day at the office" might mean for me …' So begins the no-holds-barred autobiography of Brisbane-born Monica Mayhem - a porn star and proud of it. In her funny and disarmingly candid voice, she reveals the ins and outs of making it big in Los Angeles, the pornography capital of the world. Just how did a girl who was taunted at school because her eyes were 'too big', and who carved out a respectable career for herself in the financial markets of Sydney and London, go on to make over 400 hardcore adult movies (and counting), win numerous industry awards and even land herself a role in the recent SEX AND THE CITY movie? ABSOLUTE MAYHEM lifts the lid on the sex, rock and mayhem of Monica's truly extraordinary professional life - and unveils the private person behind it all.

Adventures in Caravanastan (OverDrive e-book), Greg Bearup

Greg Bearup and his partner, Lisa Upton, survived three years living together in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but life with the Taliban was nothing compared to taking a toddler to Caravanastan. Following the trail of the superannuated wildebeest, they wind up the jockey wheel, check the safety chains and hitch up the van for the great lap of Australia with their baby son, Joe. Along the way they park the van behind the Dagwood Dog stand and run away with the showies, break down in croc-infested waters, talk iambic pentameter with the great poet Les Murray, share tunes with John Butler and pimp Lisa to a brothel in the Pilbara.

African Pens 2011 (OverDrive e-book)

Against the wind (OverDrive e-book), Kat Martin

Secrets don't stay buried long in cattle country. Sarah Allen the beautiful girl who humiliated Jackson Raines in high school is back in town. Not so long ago, she couldn't wait to leave Wind Canyon behind her. But recently widowed, she has nowhere else to go and finds herself on Jackson's ranch. Despite everything, Jackson is reluctant to get rid of her. He can't resist trouble, and Sarah brings her own special kind. Enemies of her dead husband show up on the ranch making threats claiming she has something they're owed. They're not taking no for an answer, but what they will take is the one thing she has left her daughter. And Jackson may be the only hope she has of getting little Holly home alive.

All cry chaos (OverDrive e-book), Leonard J. Rosen

Mathematician James Fenster falls victim to a perplexing assassination just hours before he was to give a landmark speech at a World Trade Organization meeting. Assigned to the case, Interpol agent Henri Poincare begins a globetrotting quest for the truth. However, Fenster had a long list of high-profile enemies, with the Peruvian leader of the Indigenous Liberation Front, and Fenster's own fiance among them.

All good children (OverDrive e-book), Catherine Austen

It's the middle of the twenty-first century and the elite children of New Middletown are lined up to receive a treatment that turns them into obedient, well-mannered citizens. Maxwell Connors, a seventeen-year-old prankster, misfit and graffiti artist, observes the changes with growing concern, especially when his younger sister, Ally, is targeted. Max and his best friend, Dallas, escape the treatment, but must pretend to be "zombies" while they watch their freedoms and hopes decay. When Max's family decides to take Dallas with them into the unknown world beyond New Middletown's borders, Max's creativity becomes an unexpected bonus rather than a liability.

All in a don's day (OverDrive e-book), Mary Beard

Her central themes are the classics, universities and teaching - and much else besides. In this second collection following on from the success of It's a Don's Life, Beard ponders whether Gaddafi's home is Roman or not, we share her 'terror of humiliation' as she enters 'hairdresser country' and follow her dilemma as she wanders through the quandary of illegible handwriting on examination papers and 'longing for the next dyslexic' - on whose paper the answers are typed, not handwritten.

All in the family (OverDrive e-book), Judy Gill

Can a once-burned single dad and a pregnant divorcee find romance? Jed Cotts has put his foot down with his matchmaking-obsessed daughters: No more blind dates! But that's before he meets Karen Andersen. The striking, petite Audrey Hepburn lookalike is worlds away from Jed's fantasy of a tall, Nordic blonde, but something about her intrigues him. And before he realizes what he's doing, the single father has accepted her invitation to attend a wedding in the wilds of Montana. Karen has her own set of rules for romance. Rule No. 1: Don't get involved in a new relationship, especially when you're having another man's baby! But while her ex did a pretty good job of extinguishing Karen's faith in love, sensual, caring Jed is making her rethink everything. As they take to the road en route to a western oasis, are two people who have given up on happy endings ready to give each other a chance?

All she ever wanted (OverDrive e-book), Rosalind Noonan

For years, Chelsea Maynard has longed to be a mother. She's imagined caring for a new baby in the lovely house she shares with her husband, Leo, fondly planning every detail. But after a difficult birth, those dreams of blissful bonding evaporate. Chelsea battles sleep deprivation and feelings of isolation. Little Annabelle cries constantly, and Chelsea has dark visions fueled by exhaustion and self-doubt. Her sister, Emma, insists she gets help for post-partum depression, but Chelsea's doctor dismisses her worries as self-indulgent. Doubting her ability to parent - even doubting her own sanity - Chelsea is close to collapse. Then an unthinkable crisis hits. And suddenly, Chelsea is compelled to face both the fragility and resilience of life, and the extraordinary depths of love.

All things new (OverDrive e-book), Lynn N. Austin

In the aftermath of the Civil War, Josephine vows to rebuild her family's once-grand Virginia plantation. But in the face of such destruction, is redemption and faith in God possible? The difficult years of the Reconstruction era are brought to life by interweaving the stories of three women daughter, mother, and freed slave in a riveting tale.

The amber amulet (OverDrive e-book), Craig Silvey

Meet Liam Mckenzie, a lonely twelve-year-old boy whose alter ego is the Masked Avenger, a superhero with powers so potent, so vast, not even he can fully comprehend their extent. Dressed in his superhero outfit and accompanied by his best friend, Richie the Powerbeagle, the Masked Avenger roams his neighbourhood late at night fixing sprinklers and putting away forgotten rubbish bins. But all is not well on the quiet street. The Masked Avenger is concerned about Joan, a woman who lives down the end of the street and weighed down by her troubles. The Masked Avenger believes the Amber Amulet can save Joan, and over a secret mission late one evening, they meet face-to-face, and an extraordinary friendship is formed. Craig Silvey, best-selling author of Jasper Jones and Rhubarb, has created a new generation of superhero in this stunning and hilarious coming of age story, filled with pathos and humour.

An Amish gathering (OverDrive e-book)

Three heartwarming tales of old friends and new beginnings that span one year in an Amish community.

An Amish kitchen (OverDrive e-book)

Includes three Amish stories — each celebrating love, family, and faith — all taking place in a tight-knit community where the kitchen truly is the heart of the home.

An Amish love (OverDrive e-book)

Collects three tales of Amish love and courtship, including a newcomer who falls in love with a farmer's daughter; a young woman distrusting in love after losing her sight; and a couple who must regain their trust and faith.

And what do you do, Mr Gable (OverDrive e-book), Richard Flanagan

The collected short pieces of nonfiction from one of Australias pre-eminent novelists.

Anna Karenina (OverDrive e-book), Leo Tolstoy

Presents the working out of the parallel moral and religious dilemmas of Anna Karenina with her soldier-lover, Vronsky, and Konstantin Levin with his young, very loving wife, Kitty.

Around India in 80 trains (OverDrive e-book), Monica Rajesh

To understand India you have to see it, hear it, breathe it and feel it. Living through the good, the bad and the ugly is the only way to know where you fit in and where India fits into you. In 1991 Monisha and her family uprooted from Sheffield to Madras in the hope of making India their home again. But fed up with soap-eating rats, severed human heads, paying bribes, and the creepy colonel across the road, they soon returned to England, determined never to go back again. But twenty years later, Monisha takes a page out of Jules Verne's classic tale, turns to a map of the Indian railways and embarks on an adventure around India in 80 trains connecting 80 cities, covering 40,000km the circumference of the Earth. The Indian railways carry over twenty million passengers every day, ploughing through cities, crawling past villages, climbing up mountains and skimming along coasts. India Version 2.0 is now up and running and Monisha hopes that 80 train journeys up, down and across India (including the world's second longest train journey) will lift the veil on a country that has become a stranger. As one of the largest civilian employers in the world, featuring luxury trains, toy trains, Mumbai's infamous commuter trains, and even a hospital on wheels, Monisha discovers that the railways have more than a few stories to tell, not to mention an amazing cast of characters. And with a self-confessed 'militant devout atheist' in tow, her personal journey around a country built on religion isn't quite what she bargained for.

Aunt Erma's cope book: how to get from Monday to Friday - in 12 days. (OverDrive e-book), Erma Bombeck, 1927-1996

Erma Bombeck's hilarious guide to using self-help books to prosper or, more likely, to perish. As far as Erma can tell, her life is going well. Her children speak to her, her husband smiles at her, and she's capable of looking in a mirror without screaming. But her friends know better. No matter how happy Erma thinks she is, she's in need of help, and the only way to fulfillment is a ten-foot stack of self-improvement books. From Sensual Needlepoint to Fear of Buying, Erma will try them all. One book recommends bringing roleplay into the bedroom, so she dresses up in her son's football pads. She tries to meditate but gets stuck in the lotus position. She spends more time in the kitchen but only succeeds in melting her son's retainer. No matter how hard she tries to improve her family life, her schemes keep backfiring. As she soon learns, you may not always be able to fix what's not broken, but with enough self-help books, you can break anything you want.

Avenger (OverDrive e-book), Andy McNab and Robert Rigby

Seventeen-year-old Danny, his grandfather, Fergus, who is an ex-SAS explosives expert, and friend Elena set out to stop the evil computer hacker who is sending teenaged suicide bombers to their deaths around the world.

Bake it in a cup: simple meals and sweets kids can bake in silicone cups. (OverDrive e-book), Julia Myall

Bake It in a Cup! is a must-have follow-up to the bestselling Cook It in a Cup!, the cookbook kids love! With twenty-five simple recipes, kids will build on basic baking skills to whip up mouthwatering recipes and comfort food favorites, like calzones, tamales, casseroles, fruit cobbler, madeleines, and more.

Beautiful lies (OverDrive e-book), Jessica Warman

Eighteen-year-old identical twins Alice and Rachel have always shared a very special bond, so when one is abducted the other uses their connection to try to locate her.

The beauty experiment (OverDrive e-book), Phoebe Baker Hyde

A fascinating memoir of one woman's journey to reclaim her sense of self-worth - and ultimately redefine what beauty means - through a year-long extreme "make-under."

Beowulf (OverDrive e-book), translated by Frances B. Gummere

The epic tells the tale of the Scandinavian hero Beowulf as he struggles against three adversaries; the monster Grendel, Grendel's mother and an unnamed dragon.

Best friends (OverDrive e-book), Jacqueline Wilson

Gemma and Alice, born on the same day, have been devoted friends ever since. Despite Gemma's larger-than-life personality and Alice's quieter character, the two are inseparable - until that is Alice has to move house, all the way to Scotland.

Big Sky River (OverDrive e-book), Linda Lael Miller

Sheriff Boone Taylor has his job, friends, a run-down but decent ranch, two faithful dogs and a good horse. He doesn't want romance - the widowed Montanan has loved and lost enough for a lifetime. But when a city woman buys the spread next door, Boone's peace and quiet are in serious jeopardy. With a marriage and a career painfully behind her, Tara Kendall is determined to start over in Parable. Reinventing herself and living a girlhood dream is worth the hard work. Sure, she might need help from her handsome, wary neighbour. But life along Big Sky River is full of surprises…like falling for a cowboy-lawman who just might start to believe in second chances.

Billy Bragg : still suitable for miners (OverDrive e-book), Andrew Collins

Billy Bragg remains to this day a much-loved songwriter and performer, whose campaigning has now spanned three decades and shows no sign of relenting. Still Suitable For Miners is his official story updated with Billy's thoughts on the London bombings and the BNP's success in his hometown of Barking in May 2006, both of which lead to debates on multiculturalism and Englishness, subjects increasingly close to Billy's heart.

The black box (OverDrive e-book), Michael Connelly

In a case that spans 20 years, Harry Bosch links the bullet from a recent crime to a file from 1992, the killing of a young female photographer during the L.A. riots. Harry originally investigated the murder, but it was then handed off to the Riot Crimes Task Force and never solved. Now Bosch's ballistics match indicates that her death was not random violence, but something more personal, and connected to a deeper intrigue. Like an investigator combing through the wreckage after a plane crash, Bosch searches for the 'black box,' the one piece of evidence that will pull the case together.

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 moon (OverDrive e-book), Garry Disher

When hordes of eighteen-year-olds descend on the Peninsula to celebrate the end of exams, the overstretched police of Waterloo know what to expect. Party drugs, public drunkenness; maybe even drink-spiking and sexual assault. What they don't count on is a brutal bashing that turns political. The victim is connected. And for Detective Inspector Hal Challis, newly embarked on a relationship with his sergeant, Ellen Destry, this is not the best time to have the brass on his back. Especially when a bludgeoned corpse is found outside town and it becomes clear something much darker than adolescent craziness is going down.

Book thing (OverDrive e-book), Laura Lippman

A thief targets a local bookstore and it will take a bibliophile PI to save the shop Tess Monaghan wants to like - the Children's Bookstore. It's bright, cozy, and packed with the kinds of books that she is dying for her daughter to fall in love with. But no matter how badly she wants to support this adorable local business, the owner's attitude stops her in her tracks. What kind of children's bookseller hates children? What's eating Octavia, the grouchy owner, is more than the pressures of running a small business. Each Saturday, someone steals a stack of her priciest, most beautiful children's books, and the expense threatens to force her fledgling store out of business. Luckily, Tess is more than a book lover - she's a private investigator who doesn't mind working pro bono to help out an independent bookshop. Her simple act of kindness will make Octavia smile for the first time in months and uncover a crime more suitable for the mystery aisle than the children's section.

Boy soldier (OverDrive e-book), Andy McNab, pseud.

Danny Watts's grandfather, Fergus, was a traitor. One of the worst sort. An SAS explosives expert who betrayed his country and his Regiment for money. Drug money. He was arrested and left to rot and die in a Columbian jail. At least, that's what seventeen-year-old Danny is told when his hopes of becoming a soldier are destroyed forever. But he knows something the army doesn't seem to know. Fergus Watts is alive and in the UK, living in secret under an assumed name — but where? Fergus is Danny's only living relative. Burning with fury and desire for revenge, Danny sets out to track down his grandfather and expose him. In doing so he sets in train an explosive sequence of events which throw Danny and Fergus together on the run from the people who want Fergus, and now Danny, dead.

Breaking news (OverDrive e-book), Fern Michaels, pseud

Teresa Toots Amelia Loudenberry is extending her stay in Charleston to help care for her ailing housekeeper, Bernice. Here in her beloved hometown, the air is rich with the scent of azaleas and honeysuckle and there's always a pitcher of sweet tea (or something a little stronger) close to hand. Not that the ladies have much time for relaxing. Ida's new line of cosmetics, Seasoned, is about to launch, and Toots, Mavis, and Sophia are relishing their new careers as models. Most exciting of all, Toots's daughter, Abby, is getting married. Toots has her hands full, especially when Abby's criminal ex-boss resurfaces and the bride-to-be jeopardizes her big day in order to catch him. Toots is so busy taking care of the upcoming nuptials that she's blindsided by her own unexpected romance. After eight husbands, she's sworn never to get involved again. But every godmother, fairy or otherwise, loves a story that ends with happily-ever-after.

Buried alive! (OverDrive e-book), Jacqueline Wilson

Tim is thrilled when his parents allow his best friend Biscuits to come on holiday to Llanpistyll in Wales with them. He and Biscuits are having an absolutely brilliant time eating ice cream, having picnics and making sandcastles - until a Deadly Fiendish Enemy in the form of the bully Prickle-Head and his sidekick Pinch-Face arrive, and things begin to go wrong. The bullies tease Tim, kick down his sandcastle and pick on Biscuits, and before long Tim wonders whether it would be better to avoid the beach for a while and lie low.But Biscuits is determined to enjoy his holiday, and the chums soon find themselves in the middle of a Dire and Dangerous adventure. Luckily, help comes from a rather unexpected source and gives Tim the chance to become Super-Tim and save the day.

Candyfloss (OverDrive e-book), Jacqueline Wilson

Floss loves spending weekends with her dad in his greasy spoon cafe, even if it isn't the smartest place in town and only has three regular customers. Even Floss' best friend Rhiannon turns her nose up at it. When Floss' mum and her new husband Steve move to Australia, Floss faces a difficult choice, but decides to stay at home with Dad. He's not much good at ironing school clothes or putting up garden swings, but they muddle along happily on a diet of chip butties and candy floss from the local funfair. But then disaster strikes and they find themselves homeless. Will their new fairground friends help out? Could Dad and Floss be destined for a life on the road?

A case of exploding mangoes (OverDrive e-book), Mohammed Hanif

Teasing, provocative, and funny, Hanif's debut novel imagines a connection between the still mysterious 1988 plane crash that ended the life of the Pakistani dictator General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq and the events of 9/11.

Castle of wizardry (OverDrive e-book), David Eddings, 1931-2009

Garion and his companions now have the Orb of Aldur, carried by an innocent young boy, and must return it to its rightful home on the pommel of the sword in the Great Hall on the island of Riva. As they journey across the lands, Murgo soldiers and Grolim sorcerers try to stop them. But Garion's true adversary, the evil God Torak - is waking up in his dark tomb - ready for the final conflict.

Chain of evidence (OverDrive e-book), Garry Disher

A change of heart (OverDrive e-book), Beth Wiseman

Leah is no good at cooking, cleaning, sewing, gardening-the skills that young women need to make a proper Amish wife. All she wants to do is write stories, but she's sincerely tired of being a disappointment. Will she ever find someone who accepts her just as she is? And can an almost-Amish angel in red polka dots help her find her way?

Clean break (OverDrive e-book), Jacqueline Wilson

'I thought it was going to be the best Christmas ever…' When Dad and Mum break up, Em does her best to cheer up her little brother and sister, even though she's miserable too. She dances around and tells wonderful tales all about their favourite glove puppet. Em knows how a good story can make life seem better - she is always cheered up by reading one of her favourite books. If Em got to meet the author, it would be a dream come true. But could her other greatest wish be granted? Is any story powerful enough to bring Dad back?

Clubland (OverDrive e-book), Kevin Sampson

The Mersey might still be one of the world's muddiest rivers, but the Liverpool depicted in Kevin Sampson's Clubland is keen to leave its murky past behind. Brussels-bound bureaucrats toast the success of the post-Toxteth regeneration; young people are flocking to its universities and money men are clambering over each other for a slice of the lucrative club trade. Veteran gangster - and hero of Sampson's earlier thriller Outlaws - Ged Brennan wouldn't normally turn down an opportunity to earn more money. He's got a wife and kids with decidedly upmarket tastes, after all. But he's also got strong principles. The idea of a decriminalised zone in the heart of clubland - where prostitution and drug use would be tolerated - appals him. Unfortunately, he's not in the best position to fight a crusade. The council are head-hunting him as the figurehead for their latest scheme. He's just handed over a string of strip clubs to his wayward - and distinctly warped - cousin Moby. And there's Marguerite, hot-shot lawyer and Haitian ice-queen. Who, in addition to being the widow of Ged's dead brother, has very much her own ideas about the future of clubland. This is a highly original tale of tangled loyalties, set against a backdrop of shifting values. Ged Brennan is a protagonist to rival TV's Tony Soprano: gentlemanly and coarse, principled yet disarmingly ruthless. His journey through the mean streets of Merseyside is sometimes shocking, sometimes disturbing, always tinged with wit.

Cold Comforts (OverDrive e-book), Tom Piccirilli

After years toiling in obscurity, Thomas, a crime fiction author, is finally able to leave personal tragedy and poverty behind. A Hollywood benefactor has offered him a chance at success and celebrity. But deadly trouble looms when a beautiful woman comes between them. And Thomas discovers that the pain that drives him and ghosts haunting him aren't content with staying in the past, but begin to appear in the night at every turn.

Cold quiet country (OverDrive e-book), Clayton Lindemuth

On his last day in power, with a blizzard threatening Wyoming with 18 inches of snow, Sheriff Bittersmith is called to the scene of a crime. A farmer has been stabbed clean through the neck with a pitchfork. Two sets of tracks lead from the barn, and the dead man's frantic wife exclaims her daughter is missing. Convinced it was Gale G'Wain, the orphan who worked at the farm, Bittersmith follows the vanishing footprints into the storm. Three miles away, Gale G'Wain is alone and close to dead. He's holed up in an empty farmhouse, half-dressed and nearly dead after falling through lake ice. Innocent, but unlikely to ever stand trial in a town as corrupt as Bittersmith, he loads his gun and prepares to defend himself against the dead man's bloodthirsty sons and the Sheriff's Department.

The convenient groom / The wedding machine (OverDrive e-book), Denise Hunter

Corruption city (OverDrive e-book), Horace McCoy, 1897-1955

A young law professor is hired to clean up a city strangled by corruption. Nemo Crespi's organization has a hand in everything from gambling rackets to hotels to newspapers. To combat him, the governor needs a special prosecutor he can trust, someone free of political ambitions … someone like John Conroy, a twenty-nine-year-old law professor as unlikely for the prosecutor job as anyone. Cynical, hardscrabble Conroy is reluctant to accept, until he realizes that the work will put his theory - that all power corrupts - to a welcome real-life test. It will be a formidable mission, and not just because of the caliber of the enemy. Conroy's own father, a cop promoted to the role of chief investigator, has a close friend in Crespi's ranks, and he knows his fair share of dirty secrets. As the investigation gains speed, Conroy and those closest to him will have to grapple with the full reach of the vicious syndicate. This ebook features an extended biography of Horace McCoy.

Cosmo Cosmolino (OverDrive e-book), Helen Garner

Janet is a skeptic, a journalist; Maxine revels in New Age fantasies; and Ray, a drifter, is a born-again Christian. The common ground is the house they share. But their fragile domestic balance is about to explode amid the smashing of ukeleles, an unexpected ascension of an angel, and a sudden shower of jonquils.

Cover of snow (OverDrive e-book), Jenny Milchman

On a wintry morning, in the remote Adirondack village of Wedeskyull, New York, Nora Hamilton wakes to find her life utterly changed: her rock-solid policeman husband has committed suicide. The life that Nora has grown to know and love in her husband's peaceful hometown is gone. And almost immediately, the pieces don't add up: solid as an oak Brendan was prescribed sedatives a week earlier, an odd local mechanic tells Nora strange stories about her husband's past, Brendan's coworkers on the police force are keeping an eye on her, as is a genial local reporter, hot on the trail of an explosive expose. Relying on the methodical nature that serves her so well as a restorer of old homes, Nora struggles to understand what happened to her husband — even as this insular, frigid mountain town is determined to keep its deadly secrets buried.

Cradle song (OverDrive e-book), Robert Edric, pseud.

Against the backdrop of a world of pornography and child murder, this dark and intense novel reads like a game of chess where every piece is invested with a deceptive significance. Set in Hull, the novel is told in the wry tones of a very troubled private investigator called Leo Rivers.

Damage control (OverDrive e-book), John Gilstrap

The hostages are young: a bus full of teenagers on a church mission. The ransom demands are explicit: deliver three million dollars - with zero involvement from law enforcement - or all captives will be executed. But rescue specialist Jonathan Grave doesn't believe in ultimatums. For him and his elite team at Security Solutions, it's all about protecting the innocent. Now Grave must face the chilling possibility that someone within the U.S. government has a deadly secret to protect - one that could jeopardize national security like never before…

Daniel's gift (OverDrive e-book), Barbara Freethy

Years after a summertime romance that left her pregnant and brokenhearted, Jenny St. Claire is reunited with Luke Sheridan by their determined young son and an unorthodox guardian angel.

The day before happiness (OverDrive e-book), Erri De Luca

Just after World War II, a young orphan living in Naples comes under the protection of Don Gaetano, the superintendent of an apartment building. He is a generous man and is very attached to the boy, telling him about the war and the liberation of the city by the Neapolitans. He teaches him to play cards, shows him how to do odd jobs for the tenants, and even initiates him into the world of sex by sending him one evening to a widow who lives in the building. But Don Gaetano possesses another gift as well: he knows how to read people's thoughts and guesses correctly that his young friend is haunted by the image of a girl he noticed by chance behind a window during a soccer match. Years later, when the girl returns, the orphan will need Don Gaetano's help more than ever.

Deadline (OverDrive e-book), Fern Michaels, pseud

The latest book in the Godmothers series continues the stories of a group of close-knit women who are discovering how much life still has to offer them.

Deadly offer (OverDrive e-book), Caroline B. Cooney

The friendless Althea yearns to be a beautiful, popular cheerleader. She gets her chance when she makes an evil bargain with the vampire. Althea is a nobody who wants to be somebody. She wants to be noticed, to have friends, to be part of the popular crowd. Then she meets the vampire who lives in the circular tower in her new house. The vampire says that he can make her popular--more popular than she ever imagined she could be. All Althea has to do is agree to a simple deal. So simple a promise, but so evil.

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.

The dilemma of Charlotte Farrow (OverDrive e-book), Olivia Newport

During the exciting days of the 1893 Chicago Exposition a young woman's social position forces her to make difficult choices.

The dirt cheap green thumb (OverDrive e-book), Rhonda Massingham

Fortunately, gardeners don't have to choose between frugal and fantastic. In "The Dirt Cheap Greeen Thumb", Rhonda Massingham Hart provides practical, commonsense advice that helps growers save money…without compromising the harvest. Using an accessible tip format, Hart offers time-tested solutions that stretch a dollar, even as they yield beautiful, bountiful plants. From starting seeds to preserving produce, and from compost to water conservation, Hart's advice ensures that readers waste neither time nor money. The book offers dozens of helpful lists, including 'pennywise plants' and 'best ofs', and it covers all types of gardens - including vegetables, flowers, houseplants, and landscape foliage. Sidebars offer innovative moneysaving tips and simple instructions. The book will appeal to the first-time gardener, as well as to more experienced growers who are newly budget-conscious.

The diving pool (OverDrive e-book), Yoko Ogawa

A haunting trio of novellas about love, fertility, obsession, and how even the most innocent gestures may contain a hairline crack of cruel intent. A lonely teenage girl falls in love with her foster brother as she watches him leap from a high diving board into a pool - a peculiar infatuation that sends unexpected ripples through her life. A young woman records the daily moods of her pregnant sister in a diary, taking meticulous note of a pregnancy that may or may not be a hallucination - but whose hallucination is it, hers or her sister's? A woman nostalgically visits her old college dormitory on the outskirts of Tokyo, a boarding house run by a mysterious triple amputee with one leg. Hauntingly spare, beautiful, and twisted, The Diving Pool is a disquieting and at times darkly humorous collection of novellas about normal people who suddenly discover their own dark possibilities.

Dolly (OverDrive e-book), Susan Hill

Susan Hill, author of "Woman in Black", is the greatest living writer of ghost stories, and here is a perfect chiller: a story of two damaged children filled with unease. The remoter parts of the English Fens are forlorn, lost and damp even in the height of summer. At Iyot Lock, a large decaying house, two young cousins, Leonora and Edward are parked for the summer with their ageing spinster aunt and her cruel housekeeper. At first the unpleasantness and petty meannesses seem simply unpleasant, calculated to destroy Edward's equanimity. But when spoilt Leonora is not given the birthday present of a specific dolly that she wants, affairs inexorably take a much darker turn with terrifying, life destroying consequences for everyone.

The dragon man (OverDrive e-book), Garry Disher

In a beachside town outside Melbourne, Australia the bodies of murdered women begin to turn up. Then the killer sends taunting letters to the local newspaper. People in this small resort community are becoming panicky. It is up to Detective Inspector Hal Challis and his crew of policemen and policewomen, each with an individual quirk or obsession, to find the serial killer before he can strike once again. Challis himself has had his share of life's absurdities: this professional policeman's wife has tried to have him murdered and she telephones from prison from time to time to beg his forgiveness. His girlfriend is the editor of the newspaper, the one that is publishing information the police would rather keep confidential. The Inspector is reserved, an outsider; his form of recreation is restoring antique airplanes, and flying alone, far above the earth. He is a sympathetic observer of human nature, an honest and dedicated man amid a cop culture of compromise and corruption. He understands human frailty, though he may not forgive it. Just as the investigation seem to be stymied, the daughter of his sergeant is abducted. The hunt for the killer takes on a new dimension of urgency. Can they catch him before he kills again?

Duck & Goose, Goose needs a hug (OverDrive e-book), Tad Hills

Goose is feeling sad and really needs something, but what? A game of tag? A splash in a puddle? Or maybe just a big hug?

The earth, my butt, and other big round things (OverDrive e-book), Carolyn Mackler

Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.

Eat that frog! (OverDrive e-book), Brian Tracy

There's an old saying: if you eat a live frog the first thing each morning, you'll have the satisfaction of knowing that it's probably the worst thing you'll do all day.

An edible mosaic (OverDrive e-book), Faith E. Gorsky

When Faith Gorsky married her Syrian husband, she was introduced to a cultural and culinary world that would forever change how she experienced food and cooking. Faith's mother-in-law took her under her wing and in 6 months gave her a thorough course in Middle Eastern cooking that became the basis for her popular website, An Edible Mosaic and now this book. The growth and success of her website and her own growing interest in dishes from the Middle East led to even more trips to the region where she deepened her knowledge of the food and acquired more recipes to cook and share with her husband and her online community. In this book, Faith shares her favorite Middle Eastern recipes; dishes like Kebab Platter with Lamb Chops and Skewered Meats (Mashawi); Creamy Chickpea, Bread, and Yogurt Casserole (Fetteh); Parsley & Bulgur Wheat Salad (Tabbouleh); Sumac-Spiced Chicken and Onion Wraps (Musakhan); and Spicy Oil-Cured Eggplant Stuffed with Walnuts (Makdous). Her love for the cuisine of her husband's homeland shows in her enthusiasm for these dishes and the awareness that food is more than just a means of sustenance for the people of the Middle East--it lies at the epicenter of their gatherings with family and friends.

Endless things (OverDrive e-book), John Crowley

Endless Things is the fourth and final novel in John Crowley's AEgypt sequence. Crowley explores transformations physical, magical, alchemical, and personal, through the interwoven histories of philosopher-martyr Giordano Bruno, the marriage of the Winter King and the beginning of the Thirty Years War, the fragmented story of the Brotherhood of the Rose Cross, and the restoration of Pierce Moffett to the world and time and place which he has made for himself.

Essays in biography (OverDrive e-book), Joseph Epstein

Who is the greatest living essayist writing in English? Unquestionably Joseph Epstein. Epstein is penetrating. He is witty. He has a magic touch with words, that hard to define but immediately recognizable quality called style. Above all, he is impossible to put down. How easy it is today to forget the simple delight of reading for no intended purpose. Each of the 40 pieces in this book is a pure pleasure to read.

The face on the milk carton (OverDrive e-book), Caroline B. Cooney

A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search for her real identity.

Fairy house handbook (OverDrive e-book), Liza Gardner Walsh

From selecting a site to accessorizing, this simple book shows how you and your child can build a house that will attract a fairy. Includes a recipe for faerie cookies, and a fairy flower person.

Family pride (OverDrive e-book), Michael Shelton

Family Pride is the first book for queer parents, families, and allies that emphasizes community safety. Drawing on his years as a dedicated community activist and on the experiences of LGBT parents, Michael Shelton offers concrete strategies that LGBT families can use to intervene in and resolve difficult community issues, teach their children resiliency skills, and find safe and respectful programmes for their children.

Flight of the earls (OverDrive e-book), Michael K. Reynolds

The epic story of an Irish family in the 1840s immigrating to America, where love, adventure, tragedy, and a terrible secret are waiting.

The folded world (OverDrive e-book), Amity Gaige

Tells the story of an idealistic young social worker drawn into the lives of his mentally ill clients.

From Edison to Marconi (OverDrive e-book), David J. Steffen

This history examines a newly created technology and industry in search of itself. It follows the story from the earliest efforts to capture sound, to the fight among wire, cylinder and disk recordings for primacy in the market, to the growth and development of musical genres, record companies and business practices.

The girls in blue (OverDrive e-book), Lily Baxter, pseud.

When her home is destroyed in a bombing raid over London, Miranda Beddoes is forced to take refuge with her grandparents down on the Dorset coast. With both her parents doing their duty for king and country, Miranda longs to do the same. She joins the WAAF and is soon working hard to help win the war. Despite her determination to dedicate herself to her work, Miranda falls for charismatic fighter pilot Gil Maddern a man known for his recklessness and passion for flying. As the battle rages in the skies above them and she learns that Gil's plane has been hit, it is only the friendship of her fellow girls in blue that keeps Miranda going as she waits for news

Golden lies (OverDrive e-book), Barbara Freethy

A novel about three remarkable families; the fifty-year-old promise that once bound them together, the fiery betrayal that tore them apart, and the ancient bronze dragon that could destroy their future.

Hard stop (OverDrive e-book), Chris Knopf

In this, the fourth installment in the Sam Acquillo series, Sam's past reaches out to pull him back into the world of big money and even bigger egos, where the term "corporate intrigue" is redundant and ambition the only virtue. It seems a woman vital to the private life of a very important person has gone missing in the Hamptons. And it looks like the best way to get her back is to extort the cooperation of Sam Acquillo. After finally achieving some measure of peace and contentment on Long Island, Sam is yet again an accidental player in other people's dramas. It takes him into the world of private security goons, predatory financiers and lifestyles of young hedonists, some brave, some beautiful, all a bit lost. This time Sam has a few ambitions of his own that lead him into something all his battles in the ring and corporate boardrooms could never have prepared him for.

Hat shop: 5 projects to sew, from practical to fascinating (OverDrive e-book), compiled by Susanne Woods

This is a gorgeous collection of 25 stylish hat projects from flimsy fascinators to practical sunhats. You can discover the wonderful world of hats with this fabulous collection of 25 projects from contemporary designers all over the world, each hand-selected for their freshly sewn flair and skilled millinery work. From playful to practical, sassy to sophisticated, there is something for everyone to make and wear for any occasion.

Head Wounds (OverDrive e-book), Chris Knopf

Sam Acquillo can hide in his windswept waterfront cottage all he wants, but the demons of his past are going to find him. Part-time carpenter, full-time drinker and co-conspirator with an existential mutt named Eddie Van Halen, Sam tries to lead the simple life. But as always, fate intervenes, this time in the form of Robbie Milhouser, local builder and blundering bully who shares at least one thing with Sam - an irresistible attraction to the beautiful Amanda Anselma. Peel back the glitz and glory of the fabled Hamptons and you'll find a beautiful place filled with ugly secrets. This is Sam Acquillo's world. Moving effortlessly across the social divide with wry pal Jackie Swaitkowski and rich guy Burton Lewis, the ex-boxer, ex-corporate infighter seems doomed to straddle the thin red line between envy and love, hate and forgiveness, goodness and greed

Healing hearts: three Amish novellas. (OverDrive e-book), Beth Wiseman

Three hope-filled stories about second chances, trusting your heart, and the power of forgiveness

House of spells (OverDrive e-book), Robert Pepper-Smith

Follows the friendship between teenagers Rose and Lacey and their search for self-confidence, acceptance, and love in a small village in south-eastern British Columbia. When Rose becomes pregnant, the childless Giacomo family, whose wealth is well-known in the community, offers to adopt the child. As Rose wrestles with the decision to give up her baby, Lacey recounts her efforts to help her friend. With gentle humour and righteous anger, she faces the destructive forces of greed and realizes her own capacity for courage and love.

The housekeeper and the professor (OverDrive e-book), Yoko Ogawa

He is a brilliant maths professor, with a peculiar problem - since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory. She is an astute young housekeeper with a ten-year-old son who is hired to care for him. And between them a strange, beautiful relationship blossoms. Though the professor can hold new memories for only eighty minutes, his mind is still alive with elegant equations from the past; and through him, the numbers, in all of their articulate order, reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the housekeeper and her son. "The Housekeeper and the Professor" is an enchanting story about what it means to live in the present, and about the curious equations that can create a family where one before did not exist.

How to eat an elephant: achieving financial success one bite at a time. (OverDrive e-book), Frank Wiginton

Getting your financial house in order is a big job. At first, you might even feel like you've bitten off more than you can chew. But don't give up! In How to Eat an Elephant, you'll gain vital understanding of important personal finance basics in just one day a month. Rather than tackle the beast in one bite, you'll master it a little bit at a time. Supported by online resources, tools, and reports, you'll complete fundamental tasks and gain fundamental understanding in an orderly and effective way.

Howard's End is on the landing: a year of reading from home (OverDrive e-book), Susan Hill

This is a year of reading from home, by one of Britain's most distinguished authors. Early one autumn afternoon in pursuit of an elusive book on her shelves, Susan Hill encountered dozens of others that she had never read, or forgotten she owned, or wanted to read for a second time. The discovery inspired her to embark on a year-long voyage through her books, forsaking new purchases in order to get to know her own collection again. A book which is left on a shelf for a decade is a dead thing, but it is also a chrysalis, packed with the potential to burst into new life. Wandering through her house that day, Hill's eyes were opened to how much of that life was stored in her home, neglected for years. "Howard's End is on the Landing" charts the journey of one of the nation's most accomplished authors as she revisits the conversations, libraries and bookshelves of the past that have informed a lifetime of reading and writing.

A hummingbird dance (OverDrive e-book), Garry Ryan

Detectives Lane and Harper are back for the third Detective Lane Mystery in this gripping twister of a novel that baffles with its ever-increasing body count and suspect list. When Ryan Dudley ventures out on horseback and his horse returns without him, Lane and Harper are summoned to unravel the mystery. Dudley's disappearance marks the first anniversary of a young boy's murder in the same neighbourhood, and mounting evidence ties the two incidents together. When Dudley's roommate also goes missing and mysterious shootings shake the area, Harper and Lane are swept into a feud between neighbours, racial groups, and land owners. Now they must risk their own lives while desperately searching for a murderer on the loose for much too long.

I should have stayed home (OverDrive e-book), Horace McCoy, 1897-1955

Ralph Carston, a handsome young man from Georgia, and roommate Mona Matthews work as extras and dream of Hollywood stardom when a courtroom fracas by Mona gives them a flash of notoriety. This leads to a swank Hollywood party and an introduction to Ethel Smithers, a rich older woman with a less than pure interest in Carston.

In zodiac light (OverDrive e-book), Robert Edric, pseud.

It is December 1922, and ex-soldier, poet and composer, Ivor Gurney, suffering from paranoid schizophrenia is transferred to the City of London Mental Hospital, Dartford. Neglected by the military and by his own family, Gurney begins a descent into the madness and oblivion which he believes has long been waiting to claim him.

Intimate betrayal (OverDrive e-book), Adrienne Basso

Fiercely independent Alyssa Carrington deftly ran her father's English estate for years. But before his death, he auctioned Westgate Manor to the highest bidder, leaving her penniless. Now there was a new lord of the manor and Alyssa found herself at his mercy…

Just a wish away (OverDrive e-book), Barbara Freethy

Alexa Parker and Braden Elliott fell in love when they were twelve years old. On a summer day, while searching for sea glass on the beaches of Washington State, they discovered an unusually shaped blue bottle. The ever-imaginative Alexa declared it a genie's bottle. Popping the cork, they were surprised by a rogue wave that sprayed them with a fine, cool mist. Closing their eyes, they each made a wish … Before their love had a chance to grow, life, family and tragedy separated the two best friends. Now fifteen years later, Alexa returns to Sand Harbor after her aunt is injured in a mysterious break-in at her antique store. Braden is also back, but he's not the innocent boy Alexa remembers. His military service has left him with physical and emotional scars. Can the sweet love of youth be recaptured by two now cynical souls? Can solving the mystery of the past bring them to a new future? Or will it take a wish, maybe two …

The kidnapping of Aaron Greene (OverDrive e-book), Terry Kay

Aaron Greene a shy, 18-year-old mail clerk for a powerful Atlanta bank, disappears on his way to work. A ransom note appears demanding 10 million dollars for Aaron's safe return, but there's a twist. The money must come from the bank, which is none too eager to pay.

The kingdom of ashes (OverDrive e-book), Robert Edric, pseud.

The scene is set in Germany, spring 1946. The Nuremberg Trials are underway. Three hundred miles north, in the Rehstadt Institute, a British "Assessment and Evaluation" centre, Alex Foster interrogates a succession of lesser war criminals, exploring their pasts and their crimes, and deciding their futures in the soon-to-be-reborn Germany. But Rehstadt, a town largely untouched by the war, is a place of old hostilities and burnished hatreds; a place still not entirely at peace; a place where the certainties of the past are still weighed favourably against the deprivations of the present and the vague, uncertain promises of the future. As spring progresses, and as events in the wider world quicken to their own closely observed conclusion, Alex Foster finds himself at the centre of a conflict involving British, American and German interests; and for the first time in his career he also finds himself compromised - forced into subterfuge and deceit as he struggles to weigh personal convictions and loyalties against the greater political and military good.

A kiss before you go (OverDrive e-book), Danny Gregory

After the loss of his wife in a tragic accident, artist Danny Gregory chronicled his grief in the medium he knows best?the pages of his illustrated journals. This intimate reproduction of his journal is a stirring visual memoir of Gregory's journey towards recovery. Uniquely sincere, and by turns tender, raw, and hopeful, Gregory's idiosyncratic text and illustrations capture the darkest and lightest moments of his "year of magical drawing." Gregory's process reminds us that creative expression offers its own therapy, and that living each day to its fullest may be as simple as putting pen to paper. Anyone who has experienced loss will take solace in this refreshingly candid look at grieving, while art lovers will marvel at the artist's beautiful celebration of the power of creation.

Kittyhawk down (OverDrive e-book), Garry Disher

An unidentified man is fished out of the sea with an anchor wrapped around his waist. And for Detective Inspector Hal Challis, this sparks the beginning of a mysterious series of deaths and strange events.

Ladies in waiting (OverDrive e-book), Laura L. Sullivan

In the seventeenth-century court of England's King Charles II, three young ladies-in-waiting discover a palace teeming with love, intrigue, and treachery.

Late edition (OverDrive e-book), Fern Michaels, pseud

Toots and the Sisters travel to Charleston, where they search for the murderer of Ida's late husband--and try to protect Ida from similar fate.

Leaving paradise (OverDrive e-book), Simone Elkeles

In alternating chapters, seventeen-year-olds Caleb and Maggie relate the difficulties of readjusting to school, and changing relationships with family, friends, and one another, a year after a drunk driving accident sent her to the hospital with a crippling leg injury and him to prison.

Leaving the world (OverDrive e-book), Douglas Kennedy

Aged thirteen, Jane makes a vow to herself and to her feuding parents - she will never marry, have children and lead the resentful life they chose. Years later, now a Harvard professor and living with Theo, a filmmaker, Jane falls unexpectedly pregnant. Resolved as she's been to childlessness, she begins to warm to the idea of motherhood, even with a partner who is increasingly absent. But a devastating turn of events takes the decision out of her hands in a way she could never have predicted. Her familiar world torn apart, Jane feels forced to leave her old life behind, and piece by piece begins to destroy the little that is left. She resigns from her job, cuts all ties with friends and family and moves to a place where no one will find her. Isolated, she feels she has finally succeeded in leaving her world. Yet when a young girl disappears, prompting a high-profile police investigation, Jane is drawn in. Convinced that the person at the heart of the case is much closer to her new community than anyone realises, she has to make a decision - stay hidden or bring to light a shocking truth.

Looking for me (OverDrive e-book), Betsy R. Rosenthal

In 1936 Baltimore, an eleven-year-old Jewish girl, one of twelve siblings, tries to find her place in her overcrowded family.

The lost dog (OverDrive e-book), Michelle De Kretser

Tom Loxley is holed up in a remote cottage in the bush, trying to finish a book on "Henry James and the Uncanny" when his dog goes missing, trailing a length of orange twine, tied with firm knots. Tom's lonely childhood in India taught him to tie knots but not to hold on. The house belongs to Nelly Zhang, a seductive, mysterious artist with whom Tom has become enthralled. The narrative spans ten days while Tom searches for his dog… and loops back in time to take the reader on a breathtaking journey into glittering worlds far beyond the present tragedy, from an Anglo-Indian childhood to the brittle contemporary Melbourne art scene, from Tom's scratchy, unbearably poignant relationship with his ailing mother to the unanswered puzzles in Nelly's past - her husband also disappeared in the bush. And the reader fears for Tom as well as for the dog. This is an impressive, haunting, beautifully written work by a remarkable writer, brilliantly counterpointing new city scapes and their inhabitants with the ancient continent beyond. With its atmosphere of menace and an acute sense of the persistence of the past, "The Lost Dog" is a gripping contemporary novel which explores the weight of history as well as different ways of seeing and trying to grasp the world.

Love saves the day (OverDrive e-book), Gwen Cooper

Losing her home when her owner passes away, Prudence the brown tabby cat is taken in by her former owner's grieving daughter, who maintains a meticulously organized life to avoid the pain of past losses and memories about her dynamic relationship with her mother.

Malabarista (OverDrive e-book), Garry Ryan

Under investigation by the Calgary Police Department, Lane finds himself fighting for his career. Then, when an Eastern European war criminal winds up dead in the city, and his partner Arthur is diagnosed with cancer, Lane must contend with dangerous criminals, broken allegiances, pressure from his superiors, a determined bomber, and the very real fear of losing the person he cares for most of all.

The man in the picture (OverDrive e-book), Susan Hill

A mysterious depiction of masked revellers at the Venice carnival hangs in the college rooms of Oliver's old professor in Cambridge. On this cold winter's night, its eerie secret is revealed by the ageing don. The dark art of the Venetian scene, instead of imitating life, has the power to entrap it.

The man who wouldn't stand up (OverDrive e-book), Jacob M. Appel

Arnold Brinkman is a shy and retiring botanist: he loves his plants more than his country. But when his refusal to stand for the national anthem at a baseball game causes a major media incident, he is thrown into a world of pushy patriots, preachers and press. And it's not going to get any easier when he refuses to apologise. A hilarious bullet into the heart of modern America, The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up mixes the literary sensibilities of Jonathan Franzen with the raucous satire of DBC Pierre. It's the debut novel of one of the most acclaimed and controversial authors to emerge from the USA in years.

The marrying kind (OverDrive e-book), Judith Anne McCarthy

Jane O'Hara has decided to take a sabbatical from her University teaching job in order to follow her bliss and work on a horse farm. Nora Hannon hires the self-effacing Jane instantly, hoping to match her up with her handsome, successful, but emotionally arrested son. Nora loves Mark, but she wants grandchildren. Upon Nora's request, Mark Hannon returns home ostensibly to help with estate business, but also to evade his latest conquest, supermodel Veronica, whose innumerable phone messages and texts to Mark go unheeded and unreturned. Mark and Jane feel an immediate connection. However, Jane must overcome the sadness of her past, rooted in the untimely death of her father when she was ten and the consequent estrangement from her mother. Mark, who has never had to confront his irresponsible, cavalier nature, must deal with the fallout of having ill-used Veronica, who seeks to revenge herself. Only if Mark and Jane master themselves can they come together.

Me, you (OverDrive e-book), Erri De Luca

The unnamed narrator recalls a summer spent on an idyllic island off the coast of Naples in the 1950's, when he was just sixteen. There he spends his days with Nicola, a local fisherman, who shares his love of the sea and his memories of war with the boy. There too he falls in love with Caia, a Jewish girl who had been saved by Italian soldiers from the Nazis, who killed the rest of her Yugoslav family. Outraged by what he's learned of war and Italy's complicity with the Nazis, and inspired by his newfound manhood, his love for Caia, and his ardent patriotism, he commits a flamboyant, cataclysmic act of destruction.

The memory thief (OverDrive e-book), Emily Colin

Before Madeleine Kimble's mountaineer husband, Aidan, climbs Mount McKinley's south face, he makes her a solemn vow: I will come back to you. But late one night, Maddie gets the devastating news that Aidan has died in an avalanche, leaving her to care for their son - a small boy with a very big secret. The call comes from J.C., Aidan's best friend and fellow climber, whose grief is seasoned with survivor's guilt and something more. J.C. has loved Maddie for years, but he never wanted his chance with her to come at so terrible a cost. Across the country, Nicholas Sullivan wakes from a motorcycle crash with his memory wiped clean. Yet his dreams are haunted by visions of a mysterious woman and a young boy, neither of whom he has ever met. Convinced that these strangers hold the answers he seeks, Nicholas leaves everything behind to find them. What he discovers will require a leap of faith that will change all of their lives forever.

The mist in the mirror (OverDrive e-book), Susan Hill

An inveterate traveller, Sir James Monmouth has spent most of his life abroad. He arrives in England on a dark and rainy night with the intention of discovering more, not only about himself but his obsession with Conrad Vane, an explorer. Warned against following his trail, Sir James experiences some extraordinary happenings - who is the mysterious, sad little boy, and the old woman behind the curtain? And why is it that only he hears the chilling scream and the desperate sobbing?

Mister Death's blue-eyed girls (OverDrive e-book), Mary Downing Hahn

Narrated from several different perspectives, tells the story of the 1956 murder of two teenaged girls in suburban Baltimore, Maryland.

A monster calls (OverDrive e-book), Patrick Ness

The monster showed up after midnight. As they do. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the one he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming… This monster is something different, though. Something ancient, something wild. And it wants the most dangerous thing of all from Conor. It wants the truth.

Monsters of men (OverDrive e-book), Patrick Ness

'War', says the Mayor. 'At last'. Three armies march on New Prentisstown, each one intent on destroying the others. Todd and Viola are caught in the middle, with no chance of escape. As the battles commence, how can they hope to stop the fighting? How can there ever be peace when they're so hopelessly outnumbered? And if war makes monsters of men, what terrible choices await? But then a third voice breaks into the battle, one bent on revenge - the electrifying finale to the award-winning "Chaos Walking" trilogy, "Monsters of Men" is a heart-stopping novel about power, survival, and the devastating realities of war.

Morning is a long time coming (OverDrive e-book), Bette Greene

En route to Germany in search of the maternal love she never had, eighteen-year-old Patty Bergen lingers in Paris and experiences her first love affair.

Mountains beyond mountains (OverDrive e-book), Tracy Kidder

Profound and powerful, Mountains Beyond Mountains takes us from Harvard to Haiti, Peru, Cuba and Russia, as the charismatic but flawed genius Dr Paul Farmer challenges widely-held preconceptions about poverty and healthcare. As a medical student, Farmer found his life's calling: to cure infectious diseases and to bring the lifesaving tools of modern medicine - so readily available in the developed world - to those who need them most. Beginning in Haiti, he tackles the conditions that contribute to so many unnecessary deaths with his trademark combination of world-class expertise, unlimited compassion, and the unstinting dedication of friends and colleagues.

Muhammad Ali: champion of the world.(OverDrive e-book), Jonah Winter

Provides a profile of this legendary and flamboyant boxer and the complicated life he led, from changing his religion and his name to dodging the draft during the Vietnam Era and fighting his way to regain a stripped title.

My brilliant career (OverDrive e-book), Miles Franklin, 1879-1954

In the ironically titled My Brilliant Career, Sybylla tells the story of growing up passionate and rebellious in rural NSW, where the most that girls could hope for was to marry or to teach. Sybylla will do neither, but that doesn't stop her from falling in love, and it doesn't make the choices any easier.

My story (OverDrive e-book), Marilyn Monroe, 1926-1962

The actress and sex symbol tells her own story, describing her meteoric rise through the entertainment industry, her relationships, and much more.

The Nantucket love stories (OverDrive e-book), Denise Hunter

This Nantucket Romance Bundle contains three Christian love stories from Denise Hunter: Surrender Bay, The Convenient Groom, and Seaside Letters.

Navigating Early (OverDrive e-book), Clare Vanderpool

Odyssey-like adventure of two boys' incredible quest on the Appalachian Trail where they deal with pirates, buried secrets, and extraordinary encounters.

Nick's blues (OverDrive e-book), John Harvey

Nick lives on a tough estate in north London. On his sixteenth birthday, his mother gives him a box left to him all those years ago. The contents lead Nick to discover what took his father from being a successful blues singer to taking his own life. Against a background of shifting allegiances, involving the violent gangs on the estate and his first serious involvement with a girl, Nick is forced to come to terms, not only with whom his father was but who he is himself.

One came home (OverDrive e-book), Amy Timberlake

In 1871 Wisconsin, thirteen-year-old Georgia sets out to find her sister Agatha, presumed dead when remains are found wearing the dress she was last seen in, and before the end of the year gains fame as a sharpshooter and foiler of counterfeiters.

The Parthenon (OverDrive e-book), Mary Beard

Oscar Wilde compared it to a white goddess, Evelyn Waugh to Stilton cheese. In observers from Lord Byron to Sigmund Freud to Virginia Woolf it met with astonishment, rapture, poetry, even tears-and, always, recognition. Twenty-five hundred years after it first rose above Athens, the Parthenon remains one of the wonders of the world, its beginnings and strange turns of fortune over millennia a perpetual source of curiosity, controversy, and intrigue. At once an entrancing cultural history and a congenial guide for tourists, armchair travellers, and amateur archaeologists alike, this book conducts readers through the storied past and towering presence of the most famous building in the world. Who built the Parthenon, and for what purpose? How are we to understand its sculpture? Why is it such a compelling monument? The classicist and historian Mary Beard takes us back to the fifth century B.C. to consider the Parthenon in its original guise-as the flagship temple of imperial Athens, housing an enormous gold and ivory statue of the city's patron goddess attended by an enigmatic assembly of sculptures. Just as fascinating is the monument's far longer life as cathedral church of Our Lady of Athens, as "the finest mosque in the world," and, finally, as an inspirational ruin and icon. Beard also takes a cool look at the bitter arguments that continue to surround the "Elgin Marbles," the sculptures from the Parthenon now in the British Museum. Her book constitutes the ultimate tour of the marvellous history and present state of this glory of the Acropolis, and of the world.

The perfect balance (OverDrive e-book), Hannah McQueen

Hannah McQueen is a financial personal trainer. She knows that if you want to lose weight, going on a diet isn't the answer - you need to permanently change the way you eat. Hannah believes the same logic should apply to finance. If you want to change your financial situation, you need to change your relationship with money. It is possible to get ahead financially and still have a life and in The Perfect Balance, Hannah shares her secrets on how to: Face up to your financial reality; Get the maximum satisfaction from every dollar you spend; Deal with debt as quickly and painlessly as possible; Set financial goals and stay accountable to the results; Spend less than you earn and still be happy.

A pig in Provence (OverDrive e-book), Georgeanne Brennan

Thirty years ago, this award-winning author and her family set out to realize the dream of a peaceful, rural existence. This evocative and passionate memoir--filled with delicious recipes and local colour--describes her life cooking and living in the South of France.

Pompeii (OverDrive e-book), Mary Beard

The ruins of Pompeii destroyed by Vesuvius in AD 79 offer the best evidence we have of life in the Roman empire. This book offers a portrait of this ancient town, its life and its re-discovery.

The pox party (OverDrive e-book), M. T. Anderson

Various diaries, letters, and other manuscripts chronicle the experiences of Octavian, a young African American, from birth to age sixteen, as he is brought up as part of a science experiment in the years leading up to and during the Revolutionary War.

The pursuit of happiness (OverDrive e-book), Douglas Kennedy

Manhattan, Thanksgiving Eve 1945. War is over and Eric Smythe's party is swinging. Everyone is there, including his sister Sara. Then in walks the gatecrasher - Jack Malone, an army journalist fresh from a defeated Germany. This chance meeting between Sara and Jack will have profound consequences.

Questions of travel (OverDrive e-book), Michelle De Kretser

A mesmerising literary novel, Questions of Travel charts two very different lives. Laura travels the world before returning to Sydney, where she works for a publisher of travel guides. Ravi dreams of being a tourist until he is driven from Sri Lanka by devastating events. Around these two superbly drawn characters, a double narrative assembles an enthralling array of people, places and stories - from Theo, whose life plays out in the long shadow of the past, to Hana, an Ethiopian woman determined to reinvent herself in Australia. Award-winning author Michelle de Kretser illuminates travel, work and modern dreams in this brilliant evocation of the way we live now. Wonderfully written, Questions of Travel is an extraordinary work of imagination a transformative, very funny and intensely moving novel.

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.

Safe in his arms (OverDrive e-book), Colleen Coble

When Margaret's father hires Daniel Cutler as a new foreman, she's frustrated and suspicious. Daniel swears he's turned over a new leaf and isn't involved with the thieves he used to run with, but Margaret is not convinced. When she finds out he's an undercover Texas Ranger, sparks fly. Can she help Daniel extricate his younger brother who is still involved? And can Daniel convince her he's the safe haven he's promised for her heart.

Salt water (OverDrive e-book), Charles Simmons

On a family holiday by the sea, a 16-year-old boy falls in love with a 20-year-old woman next door. The father, a womanizer, is also attracted to her, jealousy is born and one of them will drown.

Say what? the weird and mysterious journey of the English language. (OverDrive e-book), Gena K. Gorrell

Presents the history of the modern English language and how previous languages and civilizations influenced its development.

Scenes from provincial life (OverDrive e-book), J. M. Coetzee

Here, for the first time in one volume, is J. M. Coetzee's trilogy of fictionalised memoir, Boyhood, Youth and Summertime. Scenes from Provincial Life opens in a small town in the South Africa of the 1940s. We meet a young boy who, at home, is ill at ease with his father and stifled by his mother's unconditional love. At school he passes every test that is set for him, but he remains wary of his fellow pupils, especially the rough Afrikaners. As a student of mathematics in Cape Town he readies himself to escape his homeland, travel to Europe and turn himself into an artist. Once in London, however, the reality is dispiriting: he toils as a computer programmer, inhabits a series of damp, dreary flats and is haunted by loneliness and boredom. He is a constitutional outsider. He fails to write. Decades later, an English biographer researches a book about the late John Coetzee, particularly the period following his return to South Africa from America. Interviewees describe an awkward man still living with his father, a man who insists on performing dull manual labour. His family regard him with suspicion and he is dogged by rumours: that he crossed the authorities in America, that he writes poetry. Scenes from Provincial Life is a heartbreaking and often very funny portrait of the artist by one of the world's greatest writers.

The secret keeper (OverDrive e-book), Kate Morton

During a party at the family farm in the English countryside, sixteen-year-old Laurel Nicolson has escaped to her childhood tree house and is dreaming of the future. She spies a stranger coming up the road and sees her mother speak to him. Before the afternoon is over, Laurel will witness a shocking crime that challenges everything she knows about her family and especially her mother, Dorothy. Now, fifty years later, Laurel is a successful and well-regarded actress, living in London. She returns to the family farm for Dorothy's ninetieth birthday and finds herself overwhelmed by questions she has not thought about for decades. From pre-WWII England through the Blitz, to the fifties and beyond, discover the secret history of three strangers from vastly different worlds Dorothy, Vivien, and Jimmy who meet by chance in wartime London and whose lives are forever entwined. "The Secret Keeper" explores longings and dreams, the lengths people go to fulfill them, and the consequences they can have. It is a story of lovers, friends, dreamers, and schemers told in Morton's signature style against a backdrop of events that changed the world.

Siren song (OverDrive e-book), Robert Edric, pseud.

When the luxury yacht Helen Brooks was last seen on is found abandoned amid the treacherous marshlands of the Humber Estuary, foul play is suspected. However, in the absence of a body, nothing can be proven. The owner of the yacht, ambitious businessman Simon Fowler, seems unprepared even to offer any sort of explanation as to what Helen was doing on board. A year later, Hull private investigator Leo Rivers is approached by Alison Brooks, Helen's mother, to investigate both the background to this disappearance and Fowler. Rivers is drawn through a long, hot summer into a world of human trafficking and governmental corruption at every turn. In the stifling heat there are many questions and few people prepared to offer adequate answers. Each unravelled piece of the mystery moves Rivers further from the vanished girl and deeper into a web of exploitation, greed, temptation, revenge and violence, from which even he is unable to extricate himself without unforeseen and tragic consequences…

The small hand (OverDrive e-book), Susan Hill

Returning home from a client visit late one evening, Adam Snow takes a wrong turn and stumbles across the derelict old White House. Compelled by curiousity he decides to enter, only to be repelled when he feels the unmistakeable sensation of a small hand creeping onto his own. This is just the beginning of a series of odd experiences.

Snapshot (OverDrive e-book), Garry Disher

The neat suburban homes of the peninsula seem like an improbable setting for sex parties, blackmail and murder. Winter is closing in on the coastal community of Waterloo, and behind closed doors its residents have some peculiar ways of keeping warm. When Detective Inspector Hal Challis is called to investigate the brutal murder of Janine McQuarrie, his progress is hampered by a web of lies and secrets. It doesn't help that Janine's father-in-law is Challis's superior: bureaucrat, golfer and toady Superintendent McQuarrie. The Waterloo coppers battle personal and political agendas from all sides. Everybody has something to hide, something to lose. And someone in Waterloo is determined to kill again.

The spare room (OverDrive e-book), Helen Garner

A woman's friend, suffering from cancer, has come to stay while undertaking a controversial Vitamin-C based treatment she believes will cure her; Australian novel.

A special relationship (OverDrive e-book), Douglas Kennedy

Sally Goodchild, 37-year old American journalist, finds herself pregnant and in London, married to an English foreign correspondent. But her adjustment problems turn to nightmare when she finds her spouse now considers her an unfit mother and wants to bar her from ever seeing her child again.

The start of everything (OverDrive e-book), Emily (Emily Carroll) Winslow

When a Cambridge murder is tied to the inadvertent reading of a private letter, Detective Inspector Chloe Frohmann is forced to consider a life-changing betrayal while investigating a hallowed university, a troubled young woman and a modest country manor overshadowed by a deadly secret.

Stranger magic: charmed states & the Arabian nights. (OverDrive e-book), Marina Warner

Summer (OverDrive e-book), Karen Kingsbury

Hollywood actor Dayne Matthews and Katy Hart are married and living in Bloomington, Indiana, where Dayne has found a solution to his on-camera love scenes - he wants Katy to star in his next film. Katy wins the part and is cast opposite her superstar husband. The story of a small-town girl's dream come true is too much for the press to resist, and in an effort to appease them, the couple agrees to a twelve-episode reality show. It seems like the perfect compromise, but by the time Dayne and Katy finish filming the movie, they feel cracks around the edges of their marriage. Now they face an uncertain future and possibly the end of everything that truly matters to them. The Baxter family rejoices that Ashley and Kari are both pregnant, but an ultrasound reveals that something is wrong with one of the babies. As the summer progresses, the sisters pray for a miracle while trying to face the unthinkable. It's in this trying season that they must all learn the lesson God has been trying to teach them - He is still in control, and He will be with them regardless of the outcome. The Flanigans continue to draw closer to their only daughter, yet Bailey struggles to find her way amid the turmoil of adolescence. Her friendship with Cody Coleman, the young boarder staying with the Flanigans, continues to blossom in this summer after his graduation. But when Cody decides to enlist in the army, he'll have to say good-bye to the family he's come to love and the girl he'll never forget.

Summer desserts (OverDrive e-book), Nora Roberts

Could a cordon bleu chef be a junk-food addict? The more Blake Cocharan learned about Summer Lyndon, dessert chef extraordinaire, the more intrigued he became - and the more determined he was to hire her. Blake wanted the Best, and Summer looked extremely good to him. Her superb credentials were icing on the cake. Summer was accustomed to travelling around the world, creating the perfect ending to perfect meals. But Blake had a unique appeal. Summer found herself responding to the challenge, both professionally and personally. For the first time, Summer was planning a meal from start to finish - and creating a perfect ending all her own.

Summer of my German soldier (OverDrive e-book), Bette Greene

Sheltering an escaped German prisoner of war is the beginning of some shattering experiences for a 12-year-old Jewish girl in Arkansas.

Summertime (OverDrive e-book), J. M. Coetzee

From the South African writer now domiciled in Australia comes the final volume in his fictionalised memoir.

Sunrise (OverDrive e-book), Karen Kingsbury

In preparation for their long-awaited wedding day, Dayne and Katy are determined to keep the ceremony a secret from the paparazzi. Their relationship grows closer and stronger as they plan together, but in the end it takes the help of the Baxter family and many of the CKT kids so that they'll even have a chance at a private wedding. John Baxter is thrilled that his oldest son will be settling down a few miles away, but he isn't sure how any of his kids will handle a situation he can no longer run fromthe feelings he is having for his friend Elaine. In the meantime, the Flanigan family is struggling with their young boarder, Cody Coleman, Jim Flanigan's star receiver. After an alcohol overdose, Cody fights for his life. Only God's grace and a miracle can bring him back from the brink of death, physically and spiritually.

Swan song (OverDrive e-book), Robert Edric, pseud.

Hull private investigator Leo Rivers finds himself in a battle to keep tabloid sensationalism out of his quest for the truth behind the savage murder of a young prostitute.

Taming Natasha (OverDrive e-book), Nora Roberts

In "Taming Natasha", a wild-spirited toy store owner is seduced by a young customer's father, while in "Luring a Lady," Mikhail Stanislaski finds unexpected love with classy society princess Sydney Hayward.

Target (OverDrive e-book), Simon Kernick

Did someone try to kill me or am I going mad? When writer Rob Fallon gets drunk one night and ends up joining his best-friend's girlfriend, Jenny, in her apartment in London's West End, he's feeling guilty before anything's even happened. But guilt quickly turns to shock when two men break into the apartment, abduct Jenny, and try to kill Rob. But when Rob reports the abduction to the police no one believes him. Jenny's father claims she's on holiday abroad, her apartment appears untouched, and the doorman didn't see or hear anything. Rob can't let things lie - not with Jenny's life in danger. But when he starts asking questions, he finds himself the target of killers. But what is it they're so desperate to hide? And what does it have to do with an ordinary girl like Jenny? Either Rob finds out, or he's dead. It's that simple.

Temptation (OverDrive e-book), Douglas Kennedy

Like all Hollywood screenwriters, David Armitage wants to be rich and famous. But for the past eleven years, he's tasted nothing but failure. Living on the outskirts of Los Angeles with his wife, an out of work actress, and daughter, he struggles to get by on low paid jobs, each day bringing a fresh round of disappointment.

Testing the current (OverDrive e-book), William McPherson

Growing up in a small upper Midwestern town in the late 1930s, young Tommy MacAllister is scarcely aware of the Depression, much less the rumblings of war in Europe. For his parents and their set, life seems to revolve around dinners and dancing at the country club, tennis dates and rounds of golf, holiday parties, summers on The Island, and the many sparkling occasions full of people and drinks and food and laughter. With his curiosity and impatience to grow up, however, Tommy will soon come to glimpse something darker beneath the genteel complacency.

This morning: poems. (OverDrive e-book), Michael Ryan

A collection by an award-winning poet applies darkly comic language, classic and freestyle forms, and observations that explore a range of themes, in a volume that features such entries as "Half Mile Down," "Sixtieth-Birthday Dinner," and "Airplane Food."

Three horses (OverDrive e-book), Erri De Luca

Somewhere along the coastline of Italy, a man passes his days in solitude and silence, tending a garden and reading books of travel and adventure. Through these simple routines he seeks to quiet the painful memories of the past: a life on the run from Argentina's Dirty War; a young bride 'disappeared' by the military; a terrifying escape through the wilds of Patagonia.

The Tobermory cat (OverDrive e-book), Debi Gliori,

Once upon a time, the little Hebridean village of Tobermory, on the isle of Mull, was fortunate to number among its citizens a very special ginger cat the cat who had special writ large all over him, but was too modest to know it. He was the cat who walked to the beat of his own drum; the cat who lived by himself; the cat who spoke to the otters; the cat who drove the big yellow digger; the cat who rode the cars; the cat who was a legend in his own lifetime. Ladies, gentlemen and cats we give you The Tobermory Cat. This is his story. In this delightful book, which will appeal to all readers of five and over, acclaimed author and illustrator Debi Gliori follows the exploits of this world-famous cat as he samples all kinds of places from the top of the fish van to the Lairds downstairs loo to find the ideal spot for the perfect snooze.

Torn clouds (OverDrive e-book), Judy Hall

Torn clouds features time-traveller Megan McKennar, whose past-life memories thrust themselves into the present day as she traces a love affair that transcends time.

Treasures lost, treasures found (OverDrive e-book), Nora Roberts

Ky Silver had awakened her to love. It had been almost impossible to walk out on him, but Kate Hardesty had. She'd been certain back then that she'd made the right choice, but when an unexpected legacy from her father forced her back to Ocracoke Island and Ky, nothing seemed certain. Had she lost a priceless treasure, or had she found one?

True stories: selected non-fiction (OverDrive e-book), Helen Garner

Winner of the 1997 Kibble Award for Literature, True Stories spans twenty-five years of work by one of Australia's great writers. In this extraordinary collection of non-fiction stories, Helen Garner visits the morgue and goes cruising on a Russian ship. She watches women giving birth and gets the sack for teaching her students about sex. She attends a school dance and a gun show. She writes about dreaming, about turning fifty and about the storm caused by her book "The first stone".

Tuna (OverDrive e-book), Kenneth Cook

Written with compelling simplicity, Tuna recalls Hemingway's masterpiece The Old Man and the Sea. Jack Foster, a tough Australian fisherman struggling to earn his living from the sea, has one all-consuming dream - to own his own tuna boat. The chance of a bargain boat unexpectedly comes his way and Jack plunges deeply into debt to buy it. With a sudden twist of fortune, he finds himself with a week to make a big catch or lose everything he owns to his creditors. Tensions reach breaking point as Jack battles desperately against time and the sea to save his dream.

The unapologetic fat girl's guide to exercise and other incendiary acts (OverDrive e-book), Hanne Blank

An empowering guide for plus-size women shares non-judgmental, practical information and motivational strategies for incorporating exercise into an everyday lifestyle, profiling a range of options from WiiFit to extreme sports while covering such topics as common sports injuries, nutritional guidelines and working with a trainer.

Unfinished business (OverDrive e-book), Nora Roberts

Vanessa Sexton returns to Hyattown and her high school sweetheart, Brady Tucker. He'd stood her up on the most important night of her life; could she ever trust him again?

Vintage wedding style : more than 25 simple projects and endless inspiration for designing your big day. (OverDrive e-book), Elizabeth Demos

A photo-driven wedding look book that's two parts inspiration one part DIY, Vintage Wedding Style is packed with ideas, projects, resources and above all gorgeous photographs of real weddings to help brides-to-be design and dream about their special day.

Wake in fright (OverDrive e-book), Kenneth Cook

Wake In Fright was first published in 1961 and the film version, Outback, starring Donald Pleasance was released in 1971. Both the book and the film have achieved a cult status as the Australian answer to US and UK novels and films of 1960s youthful alienation. Wake In Fright is the gruelling story of a young Australian schoolteacher on his way back from the outback to Sydney and civilisation, when things start to go wrong. He finds himself stuck overnight in Bundanyabba ('the Yabba')- a rough outback mining town. The heat and the misery are described in painful detail as this one evening changes the course of John Grant's life for ever - all on the flip of a coin. An ill-advised and drink-fuelled visit to a gambling den leaves Grant broke and he realizes he has no way of escaping the Yubba. He descends into a cycle of hangovers, fumbling sexual encounters and increasing self-loathing as he becomes more and more immersed in the grotesque and surreal nightmare that his life has become, revealing the baser side of his own nature as well as the harshness of life in the Australian outback.

A walker in the city (OverDrive e-book), Alfred Kazin, 1915-1998

In A Walker in the City, Alfred Kazin recalls his childhood in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn with such tactile specificity that readers, too, will smell "that good and deep odor of lox, of salami, of herrings and half-sour pickles" that emanated from the neighbourhood pushcarts. His story is set in the working-class Jewish community of New York City in the decade preceding the Great Depression, but this classic memoir of the first-generation American experience resonates universally. Kazin depicts his younger self as a smart, unhappy kid who dreamed of escape from a confining local landscape. He found in books the road map to a freer territory. In Kazin's case, this was "the city" ("everything just out of Brownsville") whose glamorous institutions - the New York Public Library, the Metropolitan Museum, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden - spoke of an American past and an intellectual community that this son of eastern European immigrants was determined to make his own. Kazin came to understand that the roots he had been so anxious to tear up were the source of his deepest identity.

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 realizes she will have to flee and prove her innocence.

The weekend homesteader: a twelve-month guide to self-sufficiency. (OverDrive e-book), Anna Hess

Organized by month, this homesteading manual will guide you through short projects which you can use to slowly acclimate to the alternate lifestyle without becoming overwhelmed.

What do you do with a tail like this? (OverDrive e-book), Steve Jenkins

Simple text presents the many things animals can do with their ears, eyes, mouths, noses, feet, and tails.

When wishes collide (OverDrive e-book), Barbara Freethy

Adrianna Cavello's life changed in an instant when a break-in at her restaurant took the life of her boyfriend and left her too traumatized to return to work. Months later, with everything she's ever wanted on the line, Adrianna makes a wish by tossing a coin into a fountain known for making miracles.Wyatt Randall is also in need of a miracle. Two years earlier, his ex-wife kidnapped their daughter, and Wyatt is desperate to find his little girl. A new lead raises his hopes, but quickly fizzles out. When his coin clashes with another, he sees what little hope he has flying away. Adrianna and Wyatt soon learn that they have more in common than two coins that collided. In fighting for the lives they lost, they must learn how to trust again. Only then will they discover that meeting each other might not be what they wished for, but exactly what they need.

Whispering death (OverDrive e-book), Garry Disher

Hal Challis is in trouble at home and abroad: carpeted by the boss for speaking out about police budget cuts; missing his lover, Ellen Destry, who is overseas on a study tour. But there's plenty to keep his mind off his problems. A rapist in a police uniform stalks Challis's Peninsula beat, there is a serial armed robber headed in his direction and a home invasion that's a little too close to home. Not to mention a very clever, very mysterious female cat burglar who may or may not be planning something on Challis's patch. Meanwhile, at the Waterloo Police Station, Challis finds his offsiders have their own issues. Scobie Sutton, still struggling with his wife's depression, seems to be headed for a career crisis; and something very interesting is going on between Constable Pam Murphy and Jeanne Schiff, the feisty young sergeant on secondment from the Sex Crimes Unit. In his sixth Peninsula murder mystery, Garry Disher keeps the tension and intrigue ramped up exquisitely on multiple fronts, while he takes his regular characters in compelling new directions.

The Winter Palace: a novel of Catherine the Great. (OverDrive e-book), Eva Stachniak

An imaginative retelling of Catherine the Great's improbable rise to power--as seen through the ever-watchful eyes of an all-but-invisible servant close to the throne.

The woman In the Fifth (OverDrive e-book), Douglas Kennedy

Harry Ricks is a man who has lost everything. Just when Harry begins to think that he has hit rock bottom, romance enters his life. Her name is Margit - and, like Harry, alone. But she keeps her distance. However, Harry's frustrations with her reticence are soon overshadowed by a ever-growing preoccupation that a dark force is at work in his life.

Writing: a user manual: a practical guide to the craft of planning, starting and finishing a novel. (OverDrive e-book), David Hewson

When your project starts to take off you will find yourself managing a writhing tangle of ideas, possibilities and potential potholes. How do you turn your inspiration into a finished novel? Writing : a user manual offers practical insight into the processes that go into writing a novel, from planning to story development, research to revision and, finally, delivery in a form which will catch the eye of an agent or publisher. This book shows you how to manage the day to day process of writing. Writers will learn how to get the best out of software and novel writing packages such as Scrivener, which help you view your novel not as one piece of text, but as individual linked scenes, each with their own statistics, notes and place within the novel structure. As you write, you will need to assemble the main building blocks to underpin your artistry: story structure; genre - and how that affects what you write; point of view; past, present or future tense; software for keeping a book journal to manage your ideas, research and outlining; organization and more. The advice contained in this book could mean the difference between finishing your novel, and a never-ending work in progress. An essential tool for writers of all kinds.

Wyatt (OverDrive e-book), Garry Disher

Wyatt's been away. Now he's back. That's as much as anyone really knows about him. The rest is rumour, the kind that makes people wary. And that's fine with Wyatt. Eddie Oberin thinks he knows enough about Wyatt to make him an offer. A jewel heist - inside information courtesy of Lydia Stark, Eddie's much smarter ex-wife. The target is an intentional courier of stolen items: Alain Le Page. Wyatt doesn't know the name Le Page and he doesn't know Lydia.

The Wyatt butterfly (OverDrive e-book), Garry Disher

Wyatt snatches the cash easily enough. He bypasses the alarm system, eludes the cops, but can he make it safely back to his bolthole in Hobart? Port Vila Blues is Wyatt's fifth heist, this time leading him to a reckoning far from home. The Fallout takes off where Port Vila Blues left Wyatt: on a boat with policewoman Liz Redding and a fortune in stolen gems. He escapes, triggering a manhunt, but who exactly is hunting him? In this sixth Wyatt novel, Wyatt joins forces with his nephew to pull off one of his trickiest robberies. In doing so he faces his most dangerous task yet.

The year of open doors (OverDrive e-book), edited by Rodge Glass.

In one of the most ambitious collections of recent years, Somerset Maugham Prizewinner Rodge Glass edits an exciting assembly of Scotland's most promising new writers. Writing on contemporary Scotland, The Year of Open Doors features stories from Saltire First Book award shortlisted Sophie Cooke, James Black Tait Memorial Prize nominee Suhayl Saadi, acclaimed novelist and poet Kevin MacNeil and renowned performer and novelist Alan Bissett. Throw in renowned international authors like Kapka Kassabova and Jason Donald and renowned figures of Scottish literature like Duncan McClean and you have a collection that aims to show a changing and dynamic new Scotland.