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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.