Recreation

New Titles Audio and Video May 2013 (arrived in April)

CDs

BLUES

The golden age of song, Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra.

Classical

Missa solemnis, Beethoven.
Anne Schwanewilms, soprano, and the London Philharmonic, recorded live at the Royal Festival Hall.
Symphonies nos. 1 and 2 ; Overture in D major, Muzio Clementi.
Orchestra sinfonica di Roma and Francesco La Vecchia, conductor.
Piano concerto ; Worldes blis, Peter Maxwell Davies.
Kathryn Stott, pinao, and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
Stabat Mater, Dvorak.
Janice Watson, soprano, Peter Auty, tenor, recorded in London 2010.
The longed-for light : Elgar's music in wartime, Edward Elgar.
Susan Gritton, soprano, and Simon Callow, orator.
Septem verba a Christo, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi.
Sophie Karthauser, soprano.
Satie & compagnie : pieces pour piano seul de Satie, Ravel, Debussy, Hahn.
Anne Queffelec, piano.
Divertimento ; Oboe concerto ; Elegie and dance ; Studies for orchestra, Eugene Zador.
Laszlo Hadady, oboe, and Budapest Symphony.

COUNTRY

Give me all you got, Carrie Rodriguez.

EASY LISTENING

The Tenors.
Viva duets, Tony Bennett.

FILM

Django unchained : original motion picture soundtrack.
Everyone from James Brown to Ennio Morricone.
Quartet : original motion picture soundtrack.

JAZZ

Eight classic albums, Cannonball Adderley.
Eight classic albums, Count Basie.
Seven classic albums, Ella Fitzgerald.
Eight classic albums, Red Garland.
Eight classic albums, Stan Getz.
Five classic albums, Charles Mingus.

POPULAR

The Partridge Family notebook ; Crossword puzzle, The Partridge Family.
Then, now, always, The Hollies.
Woman to woman, Keyshia Cole.
Connie Francis sings modern Italian hits, Connie Francis.
Girl on fire, Alicia Keys.
Anthology, Bic Runga.

ROCK

Awayland, Villagers.
Blue lines, Massive.
Christopher, The Ruby Suns.
Clubbers guide to 2013.
In2ition, 2Cellos.
Lost sirens, New Order.
The greatest hits, 3 Doors Down.
Wretched and divine, Black Veil Brides.
Long. Live. A$AP, A$AP Rocky.
It's a man's world, Anastacia.
Adam Ant is the blueblack hussar in marrying the gunner's daughter., Adam Ant
Fire it up, Joe Cocker.
Lover's light, Denny Laine with Paul McCartney and friends.
Ghetto Barbie, Nicki Minaj.
5.0, Nelly.

WORLD

Wonderwaltz, De Danann.

DVDs

COMEDY

Funny chokers, The Laughing Samoans.
The Good life : the complete series 1, Written by John Esmonde and Bob Larbey.
Live at the Festival Theatre, Danny Bhoy.

FILM

Becoming Jane, Directed by Julian Jarrold.
With Anne Hathaway, Maggie Smith, Laurence Fox, Julie Walters, etc.
Bernie, Directed by Richard Linklater.
Black comedy with Jack Black and Shirley MacLaine.
Cocktail, Directed by Roger Donaldson.
Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown behind the bar.
Journey to Shiloh, Directed by Howard Christie.
Civil War tale with Jan Michael Vincent, James Caan and Harrison Ford.
Letters to Father Jacob, Directed by Klaus Haro.
Much praised Finnish drama about a convict and a blind pastor.
Life is a bed of roses, Directed by Alain Resnais.
Ruggero Raimondi, Geraldine Chaplin and Vittorio Gassman.
Mental, Written and directed by P.J. Hogan.
With Toni Collette, Live Schreiber, Kerry Fox and Rebecca Gibney.
The good life : the complete series 3.
The intouchables, Written and directed by Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache.
The hugely successful French comedy-drama.
The lost Valentine, Directed by Darnell Martin.
Jennifer Love Hewitt, Betty White and Sean Faris.
The quiet American, Written for the screen and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
The 1958 version with Audie Murphy, Michael Redgrave and Claude Dauphin.

MUSIC

The last night of the BBC Proms : the grand finale from the 2011 Proms.
Water from the well : the Chieftains live over Ireland., The Chieftains
Rodgers and Hammerstein's State fair, Directed by Walter Lang.
1945 version of the Rogers & Hammerstein musical with Jeanne Crain and Dana Andrews.

Non-fiction

Stephen Hawking's grand design.
AM & PM yoga for beginners,
Intro to yoga,
Dambusters : building the bouncing bomb.
The food truck : the complete first series.
Sound City, Directed by Dave Grohl.
Documentary about the history of Los Angeles recording studio, Sound City Studios.
The Rolling Stones : Crossfire hurricane.
Agatha Christie's garden : murder & mystery in Devon.
A jubilee tribute to the Queen, The Prince of Wales.
Joanna Lumley's Greek odyssey.

TV SERIES

Grey's anatomy : complete eighth season : extraordinary moments.
The old curiosity shop, Directed by Kevin Connor.
With Peter Ustinov, Julia McKenzie, Tom Courtenay and James Fox.

Talking Books

ADVENTURE

Revenger (Playaway), Tom Cain.
The race, Clive Cussler, with Justin Scott.
The race(MP3), Clive Cussler and Justin Scott.
The panther, Nelson DeMille.
Assassin, Duncan Falconer.
Assassin(MP3), Duncan Falconer.
Dr No (Playaway), Ian Fleming.
From Russia with love (Playaway), Ian Fleming.
Goldfinger (Playaway), Ian Fleming.
On Her Majesty's secret service (Playaway), Ian Fleming.
The man with the golden gun (Playaway), Ian Fleming.
The spy who loved me (Playaway), Ian Fleming.
Thunderball (Playaway), Ian Fleming.
You only live twice (Playaway), Ian Fleming.
First daughter, Eric Van Lustbader.
Hit girls (Playaway), Dreda Say Mitchell.
The surgeon's mate, Patrick O'Brian.
Treason's harbour, Patrick O'Brian.
Sword and scimitar, Simon Scarrow.
The wolves of the North (Playaway), Harry Sidebottom.
The fallen angel, Daniel Silva.
Dirty little secret, Jon Stock.
Betrayal, Julian Stockwin.

FICTION

The house of rumour, Jake Arnott.
Scent of drakness, Margot Berwin.
Lawless (Playaway), Lawrence Norfolk.
The better woman, Ber Carroll.
The better woman (MP3), Ber Carroll.
A terribly strange bed, Wilkie Collins.
Little sister, Lucy Dawson.
The double, Fyodor Dostoyevsky.
The garden of evening mists, Tan Twan Eng.
The forgotten waltz (Playaway), Anne Enright.
The silver dark sea (Playaway), Susan Fletcher.
The lost [i.e. last] post, Ford Madox Ford.
Independence Day, Richard Ford.
Farundell, L.R. Fredericks.
Hard twisted, C. Joseph Greaves.
The patchwork marriage (Playaway), Jane Green.
The good father, Noah Hawley.
Ex-wives (MP3), Sandra Howard.
Zoo time (Playaway), Howard Jacobson.
Fifty shades of Grey, E.L. James.
Fifty shades of Grey (MP3), Sandra Howard.
The Wow o' the Rivven, George Macdonald.
The girl you left behind (Playaway), Jojo Moyes.
Archipelago (Playaway), Monique Roffey.
The casual vacancy, J.K. Rowling.
The casual vacancy (MP3), J.K. Rowling.
A village deception, Rebecca Shaw.
A village deception (MP3), Rebecca Shaw.
Trains and lovers, Alexander McCall Smith.
Trains and lovers (MP3), Alexander McCall Smith.
The lucky one, Nicholas Sparks.
The lucky one (MP3), Nicholas Sparks.
The lower river (Playaway), Paul Theroux.
Rebuilding Coventry (Playaway), Adriana Trigiani.
One last thing before I go, Jonathan Tropper.
The next best thing, Jennifer Weiner.
An imaginative experience, Mary Wesley.

HISTORICAL

The painter's apprentice, Charlotte Betts.
The painter's apprentice (MP3), Charlotte Betts.
1356, Bernard Cornwell.
Master and God, Lindsey Davis.
The sealed letter, Emma Donoghue.
The hidden shore, Cynthia Harrod-Eagles.
Abdication (Playaway), Juliet Nicolson.
John Saturnall's feast (Playaway), Lawrence Norfolk.
Merivel (Playaway) : a man of his time, Rose Tremain.
A dangerous inheritance (Playaway), Alison Weir.
Habits of the house (Playaway), Fay Weldon.
The potter's hand (Playaway), A.N. Wilson.

MYSTERY

The accident (Playaway), Linwood Barclay.
Trust your eyes, Linwood Barclay.
To die for (MP3), Tessa Barclay.
Rogue's gallery, Robert Barnard.
Rogue's gallery (MP3), Robert Barnard.
Rubbernecker (MP3), Belinda Bauer.
Agatha Raisin. Hiss and hers, M.C. Beaton.
Robert B. Parker's Fool me twice, Michael Brandman.
The corpse on the court, Written and read by Simon Brett.
The corpse on the court (MP3), Written and read by Simon Brett.
Cage of bones (MP3), Tania Carver.
The life, Martina Cole.
The life (MP3), Martina Cole.
Hornet's nest (Playaway), Patricia Cornwell.
The bone bed, Patricia Cornwell.
Gone in seconds, A.J. Cross.
Gone in seconds (MP3), A.J. Cross.
The midnight man, Paul Doherty.
The trip to Jerusalem (MP3), Paul Doherty.
Watching the ghosts, Kate Ellis.
Watching the ghosts (MP3), Kate Ellis.
Wicked business, Janet Evanovich.
Wicked business (MP3), Janet Evanovich.
Gold digger, Frances Fyfield.
Gold digger (MP3), Frances Fyfield.
A particular eye for villainy, Ann Granger.
The chamber, John Grisham.
The case of the deadly butter chicken (Playaway), Tarquin Hall.
The glass key, Dashiell Hammett.
Shakespeare's Christmas, Charlaine Harris.
The treatment (MP3), Mo Hayder.
Into the valley of death, H.R.F. Keating writing as Evelyn Hervey.
Dolly, Susan Hill.
The alibi man (MP3), Tami Hoag.
Landed Gently, Alan Hunter.
Landed Gently (MP3), Alan Hunter.
Fireproof, Alex Kava.
The make, Jessie Keane.
A killing in the hills (MP3), Julia Keller.
I'll catch you, Jesse Kellerman.
I'll catch you (MP3), Jesse Kellerman.
Backlash (Playaway), Lynda La Plante.
Prime supect. 3, Silent victims, Lynda La Plante.
The jewels of paradise, Donna Leon.
Voices of the dead (Playaway), Peter Leonard.
The drop, Howard Linskey.
Last wil (Playaway), Liza Marklund.
The taste of wormwood, Keith McCarthy.
The twenty-third man, Gladys Mitchell.
Shadow of the rock (Playaway), Thomas Mogford.
Eye of the storm : a Sharon McCone investigation, Marcia Muller.
Bitter medicine, Sara Paretsky.
Killing orders, Sara Paretsky.
Private games, James Patterson & Mark Sullivan.
Private games (MP3), James Patterson & Mark Sullivan.
Standing in another man's grave, Ian Rankin.
The secret house of death, Ruth Rendell.
To fear a painted devil, Ruth Rendell.
McQueen's Agency, Maureen Reynolds.
McQueen's Agency (MP3), Maureen Reynolds.
Watching the dark, Peter Robinson.
Watching the dark (MP3), Peter Robinson.
Did you miss me?, Karen Rose.
The city of shadows, Michael Russell.
Lady killer (Playaway), Lisa Scottoline.
Lady of the shades, Darren Shan.
The execution of Sherlock Holmes : and other new adventures of the great detective, Donald Thomas.
The garden party, Peter Turnbull.
The garden party (MP3), Peter Turnbull.
Limitations (MP3), Scott Turow.
Let the devil sleep, John Verdon.
No night is too long, Barbara Vine.
The bull of Mithros (Playaway), Anne Zouroudi.

Non-fiction

The 10-step stress solution, Neil Shah.
Home to roost (MP3), Tessa Hainsworth.
The horologicon, Mark Forsyth.
The science of Discworld. II, The globe (Playaway), Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart & Jack Cohen.
The science of Discworld. III, Darwin's watch (Playaway), Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart and Jack Cohen.
Kitchen round table: at home with Lidia Bastianich, Madhur Jaffrey, Judith Jones, Betty Fussell, and Deb Perelman.
A spoonful of sugar, Brenda Ashford.
First class, Chris West.
First class (MP3), Chris West.
Mick Jagger, Philip Norman.
Marilyn (Playaway) : a biography, Norman Mailer.
Desert island discs : 70 years of castaways from one of BBC Radio 4's best-loved programmes, [edited] by Sean Magee & [foreword by] Kirsty Young.
My old man : a personal history of music hall, John Major.
On Helwig Street, Richard Russo.
Time to be in earnest, P.D. James.
The folklore of Discworld (Playaway), Terry Pratchett & Jacqueline Simpson.
Destiny in the desert, Jonathan Dimbleby.
Narrow dog to Wigan Pier, Terry Darlington.
Narrow dog to Wigan Pier (MP3), Terry Darlington.
Brazil (Playaway), Michael Palin.

ROMANCE

A family for the rugged rancher, Donna Alward.
Tug of love, Penny Jordan.

SAGA

Skylarks at sunset (MP3), Rita Bradshaw.
The handkerchief tree, Anne Douglas.
The Nightingale girls, Donna Douglas.
Beyond the blue hills (MP3), Katie Flynn.
Perhaps tomorrow, Jean Fullerton.
Perhaps tomorrow (MP3), Jean Fullerton.
The misfit, Rosie Goodwin.
The misfit (MP3), Rosie Goodwin.
A brighter dawn, Rosie Harris.
Softly grow the poppies (Playaway), Audrey Howard.
Yew Tree Gardens, Anna Jacobs.
Yew Tree Gardens (MP3), Anna Jacobs.
The ice cream girls, Dorothy Koomson.
The summer house (Playaway), Santa Montefiore.
Full circle (MP3), Pamela Oldfield.
The sea garden (Playaway), Marcia Willett.

WESTERN

Iron dust, Max Brand.
Spanish grant, L.L. Foreman.
Gunman, Lauran Paine.
Montana gunfighter, Lewis B. Patten.