Recreation

New Titles Audio and Video August 2014 (arrived in July 2014)

CDs

BLUES

Wine dark sea, Jolie Holland.
Back to the well, Midge Marsden.
A special life, John Mayall.
Man & guitar, Ian Siegal.

CLASSICAL

Poems of love and war, Jack Body.
Jack Body is one of New Zealand’s leading composers. His fascination with Asian traditional music has had a profound impact on music which often tells ‘dark stories of repression and unjust political imprisonment’.
Landscapes of the soul, Lyell Cresswell.
Stephen de Pledge, pinao, & NZSO.
The silver album., Anne-Sophie Mutter
With Lambert Orkis, piano.
Corybas, John Psathas.
This new album from the NZCS features all of renowned New Zealand composer, John Psathas' works for chamber ensemble that include piano - most originally commissioned for the ensemble.

COUNTRY

10,000 towns, Eli Young Band.
Long time--, Seldom Scene.
Put your needle down, Secret Sisters.
Live from Austin, TX, Guy Clark.
Tarpaper sky, Rodney Crowell.
Wrecking ball, Emmylou Harris.
Dangerous spirits, Ray Wylie Hubbard.
Platinum, Miranda Lambert.
Blue moon junction, Jim Lauderdale.
Our year, Bruce Robison, Kelly Willis.

EASY LISTENING

Live in London, Acoustic Alchemy.
Live, love, sing!, Geoff Sewell.

JAZZ

Dig it, Down to the Bone.
Extended circle, Tord Gustavsen Quartet.
The imagined savior is far easier to paint, Ambrose Akinmusire.
The Boston record, John McLaughlin & the 4th Dimension.
Songbook classics, Ella Fitzgerald.
Radio music society, Esperanza Spalding.
The Mercury recordings, 1954-1960, Sarah Vaughan.

KEYBOARD

If you could read my mind, Cameron Carpenter.
Carpenter and his International Touring Organ.

POPULAR

9 dead alive, Rodrigo y Gabriela.
Is there anybody out there?, A Great Big World.
Now that's what I call feel good.
The power of love, Sam Bailey.
Judy Collins live in Ireland., Judy Collins
Nightclubbing, Grace Jones.
Sorry I'm late, Cher Lloyd.
The candlelight concerts : live at Montreux, 2013, Brian May & Kerry Ellis.
Stuff, Eleanor McEvoy.
Caustic love, Paolo Nutini.
Brightly painted one, Tiny Ruins.

ROCK

4, Boozoo Bajou.
Amplified heart, Everything But the Girl.
Cool planet, Guided by Voices.
Do to the beast, The Afghan Whigs.
Escape from the shadow garden, Magnum.
Fanatic live from Caesars Colosseum, Heart.
Fortuna, Popstrangers.
Indie Cindy, Pixies.
Live in Holland 1976, Little Feat.
Live in Poland : 35th anniversary, Toto.
Luminous, The Horrors.
Made in Japan, Deep Purple.
Meteorites, Echo and the Bunnymen.
Phosphorescent harvest, CRB.
R.I.P., The Zombies.
RNB superclub. Volume 14.
Saudade, Thievery Corporation.
Skylarking, XTC.
Stay gold, First Aid Kit.
This is dubstep. 2014,
Time travelers & bonfires, Sevendust.
Underwater dub, Sly & Robbie.
Sheezus, Lily Allen.
Give 'em hell, Sebastian Bach.
Silver rails, Jack Bruce.
Changing states, Keith Emerson.
Someday world, Eno, Hyde.
Built on glass, Chet Faker.
Forget the past, Greg Fleming.
Welcome to Florida, Flo Rida.
A matter of trust : the bridge to Russia, Billy Joel.
Some other place, some other time : the Greg Johnson anthology, Greg Johnson.
Supernova, Ray Lamontagne.
Natural avenue, John Lodge.
I never learn, Lykke Li.
All I ever wanted : the anthology, Kirsty MacColl.
Lights out, Ingrid Michaelson.
Vauxhall and I, Morrissey.
Something to talk about, Bonnie Raitt.
American interior, Gruff Rhys.
Life journey, Leon Russell.
Dreaming of the prophet, Patti Smith.
Are we there, Sharon Van Etten.
All night long, Joe Walsh.

WORLD

Moods and visions, Strunz & Farah.
The rough guide to African blues.
The rough guide to the music of Mali.
The ultimate guide to Spanish folk, In association with Mundofonias.
Romantic Spanish guitar. Volume 1, Armik.
Tomokia, Toni Huata.
Didgeridoo street music, Dieter Iby.
Echoes, Emily Smith.
Magic of the Greek bouzouki : Ionicos cosmos, Michalis Terzis.

DVDs

COMEDY

How I met your mother. Season two,

FILM

Age of uprising : the legend of Michael Kohlhaas, director, Arnaud des Pallieres.
Attack Force Z, directed by Tim Burstall.
World War II story with Sam Neill and Mel Gibson.
Carry on nurse, directed by Gerald Thomas
The second of the venerable British comedy series.
Closed circuit, directed by John Crowley.
Eric Bana, Rebecca Hall & Jim Broadbent.
Delete, directed by Steve Barron.
Seth Green & Erin Karpluk.
Delicatessen, directed by Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
French black comedy.
Faintheart, directed by Vitto Rocco.
British comedy with Eddie Marsan and Ewen Bremner.
For greater glory the true story of Cristiada, director, Dean Wright.
Andy Garcia, Ruben Blades, Peter O'Toole.
Grudge match, directed by Peter Segal.
Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro and Kim Basinger.
Hell and Mr. Fudge, directed by Jeff Wood.
Tale of a Bible Belt preacher in 1970s Alabama.
Here comes the boom, directed by Frank Coraci.
Henry Winkler and Salma Hayek.
Inside Llewyn Davis, written and directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen.
Oscar Isaak, Carey Mulligan and Justin Timberlake.
The misfits, directed by John Huston.
Marilyn in the movie written for her by Arthur Miller.
Morituri, directed by Bernhard Wicki.
War drama with Marlon Brando and Yul Brynner.
My life without me, directed by Isabel Coixet.
Sarah Polley and Mark Ruffalo.
Natural causes, directed by Vernon Lawrence.
Comedy with George Cole and Prunella Scales.
Peeples, written and directed by Tina Gordon Chism.
Craig Robinson and Kerry Washington.
Pork Chop Hill, directed by Lewis Milestone.
Gregory Peck and George Peppard.
Red sorghum, directed by Zhang Yimou.
Runner runner, directed by Brad Furman.
Ben Affleck, Justin Timberlake & Gemma Arterton.
Son of Batman, directed by Ethan Spaulding.
Based on the comic book characters.
The big year, directed by David Frankel.
Jack Black, Steve Martin.
The breakfast club, written and directed by John Hughes.
The 1980s classic with Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald and Judd Nelson.
The children's hour, produced and directed by William Wyler.
Shirley MacLaine and Audrey Hepburn in film that was once banned in New Zealand.
The crocodile, written and directed by Lin Lisheng.
Chinese drama set around a crocodile farm.
The English teacher, directed by Craig Zisk.
Julianne Moore in the classroom with Lily Collins and Greg Kinnear.
The five obstructions, A film by Jorgen Leth & Lars Von Trier.
Von Trier challenges Leth to remake one of his films.
The gilded cage, A film by Ruben Alves.
Portuguese comedy set in Paris.
The honey pot, written for the screen and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
1960s modern day take on "Volpone" with Rex Harrison, Maggie Smith, Susan Hayward and Cliff Robertson.
The secret life of words, written and directed by Isabel Coixet.
Sarah Polley, Julie Christie & Tim Robbins.
Wild in the country, directed by Philip Dunne.
Elvis and Hope Lange.
The sweet hereafter, directed by Atom Egoyan.
Ian Holm in adaptation of the Russell Banks novel.
Dances with wolves, directed by Kevin Costner.
Kevin Costner and Mary McDonnell.
Ender's game, directed by Gavin Hood.
Harrison Ford in adaptation of the Orson Scott Card novel.
Mr. Pip, directed by Andrew Adamson.
Hugh Laurie in adaptation of the Lloyd Jones novel.
The secret life of Walter Mitty, directed by Ben Stiller.
Remake of the classic adaptation of James Thurber.

Non-fiction

Top gear. The perfect road trip,
Make hummus not war : a film about love, war, sex & politics - with chickpeas, writer & director, Trevor Graham.
Meeting James Gleeson, directed by Geoffrey Sykes.
Documentary about the Aussie painter.
Muscle Shoals, directed by Greg "Freddy" Camalier.
Documentary celebrating the founder of the music studio in Alabama.
Freestyle : the art of rhyme, directed by DJ Organic.
Heavenly voices : the legacy of Farinelli, A film by Gino Pennacchi and Alessandro Scillitani.
The class of '92 : the players who inspired a generation.
The rise to fame of six Man U. players including Beckham and Ryan Giggs.
Stars in Brazil : the ultimate guide to the players on the road to Rio, directed by Billy Simpson.
Love the beast, directed by Eric Bana.
Eric Bana's long love affair with his car.
The blitz on Berlin,
The dust bowl, directed by Ken Burns.
The terrible story of 1930s America. Narrated by Peter Coyote.
Echoes that remain, adapted for the screen and directed by Arnold Schwartzman.
Story of traditional Jewish life before the Holocaust.
Little Dieter needs to fly, a film by Werner Herzog.
Documentary about the woman who was sole survivor of plane crash in Peru in 1971.

TV SERIES

Downton Abbey : the London season.

Talking Books

ADVENTURE

Command authority, Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney.
Dead or alive, Tom Clancy with Grant Blackwood.
Red storm rising, Tom Clancy.
The hunt for Red October, Tom Clancy.
Threat vector, Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney.
The tombs, Clive Cussler & Thomas Perry.
Hazardous duty, W.E.B. Griffin and William E. Butterworth IV.
The Chinaman, Stephen Leather.
Beloved enemy, Eric Van Lustbader.
The accident, Chris Pavone.
Masters of war, Chris Ryan.
Outlaw, Mark Sullivan.
The war of the dragon lady, John Wilcox.

FANTASY

Silverthorn, Raymond E. Feist.
Anansi boys, Neil Gaiman.
The eternity gate, Traci Harding.
Impossible things, Kate Johnson.

FICTION

Fractured, Dani Atkins.
This dark road to mercy, Wiley Cash.
Little Beach Street bakery, Jenny Colgan.
The tell-tale heart, Jill Dawson.
A hundred pieces of me, Lucy Dillon.
Andrew's brain, E.L. Doctorow.
The only meaning of the oil-wet water, Dave Eggers.
The perfect match, Katie Fforde.
The seance, John Harwood.
The best Australian yarns and other true stories, Jim Haynes.
The world is a wedding, Wendy Jones.
Beyond black, Hilary Mantel.
The secret children, Alison McQueen.
The one plus one, Jojo Moyes.
Stonecliff, Robert Nathan.
The first fifteen lives of Harry August, Claire North.
The first fifteen lives of Harry August, Claire North.
Snow, Orhan Pamuk
Village fortunes, Rebecca Shaw.
Village fortunes, Rebecca Shaw.
The winter garden, Jane Thynne.
The legacy of Hartlepool Hall, Paul Torday.
Balancing act, Joanna Trollope.
Balancing act, Joanna Trollope.
Cat out of Hell, Lynne Truss.

HISTORICAL

Stormbird, Conn Iggulden.
Stormbird, Conn Iggulden.
The passionate enemies, Jean Plaidy.
At break of day, Elizabeth Speller.
At break of day, Elizabeth Speller.

MYSTERY

Resolutions, Jane A. Adams.
Resolutions, Jane A. Adams.
The facts of life and death, Belinda Bauer.
The dead in their vaulted arches, Alan Bradley.
One shot, Lee Child.
Harbour Street, Ann Cleeves.
Harbour Street, Ann Cleeves.
Screwed, Eoin Colfer.
The wolf in winter, John Connolly.
The wolf in winter, John Connolly.
Trouble in mind : the complete stories, Jeffery Deaver.
Long way home, Eva Dolan.
Damsel in distress, Carola Dunn.
Ruddy gore, Kerry Greenwood.
Unnatural habits, Kerry Greenwood.
Brothers' tears, J.M. Gregson.
Brothers' tears, J.M. Gregson.
Cry of the children, J.M. Gregson.
Cry of the children, J.M. Gregson.
The telling error, Sophie Hannah.
The telling error, Sophie Hannah.
Wolf, Mo Hayder.
Wolf, Mo Hayder.
Dark paradise, Tami Hoag.
Still waters, Tami Hoag.
The 9th girl, Tami Hoag.
A pleasure and a calling, Phil Hogan.
Trophies and dead things, Marcia Muller.
Cat of many tails, Ellery Queen.
Death on a pale horse : Sherlock Holmes on Her Majesty's secret service, Donald Thomas.
Next to die, Neil White.

NON-FICTION

The great train robbery, Nick Russell-Pavier & Stewart Richards.
Peas & queues, Sandi Toksvig.
Seeds of hope : wisdom and wonder from the world of plants, Jane Goodall with Gail Hudson.
Allen Carr's easy way to stop smoking, introduced by Allen Carr.
Do no harm : stories of life, death and brain surgery, Henry Marsh.
Under a mackerel sky, written & read by Rick Stein.
Drinking & dating : P.S. social media is ruining romance, Brandi Glanville with Leslie Bruce.
One pair of hands, Monica Dickens.
One pair of hands, Monica Dickens.
The pike, Lucy Hughes-Hallett.
1914 : the year the world ended, Paul Ham.
War dog : the no-man's land puppy who took to the skies, Damien Lewis.

ROMANCE

Behind palace doors, Jules Bennett.
Desperate remedies, Christina Courtenay.
The secret kiss of darkness, Christina Courtenay.
Street game, Christine Feehan.

SAGA

Cavendon Hall, Barbara Taylor Bradford.
Fairfield Hall, Margaret Dickinson.
Beauty, Louise Mensch.
Beauty, Louise Mensch.
Meet me under the clock, Annie Murray.
A sister's secret, Mary Jane Staples.
A sister's secret, Mary Jane Staples.