Recreation

New Titles Audio and Video March 2019 (arrived in February)

CDs

COUNTRY

Drivin' wheel, The Warratahs.

INSTRUMENTAL

Cello sonatas, Shostakovich, Kabalevsky.

KEYBOARD

Life, Igor Levit.
Sonatas, Weber, Schubert.

OPERA

Antonio Vivaldi.,

ORCHESTRAL

Terpsichore: apothéose de la danse baroque, J-F. Rebel & G. Ph. Telemann.

POPULAR

Get weird, Little Mix.

ROCK

If you wait, London Grammar.
Live at Shea Stadium: the concert, Billy Joel.
Deafman glance, Ryley Walker.

VOCAL

Distant beloved, Simon O'Neill, Terence Dennis.

DVDs

FILM

Alpha, directed by Albert Hughes.
In the prehistoric past, a young man struggles to return home after being separated from his tribe during a buffalo hunt. He finds a similarly lost wolf companion and starts a friendship that would change humanity. Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Marcin Kowalczyk.
A-X-L, written and directed by Oliver Daly.
A.X.L. is a top-secret, robotic dog who develops a special friendship with Miles and will go to any length to protect his new companion. Stars: Alex Neustaedter, Becky G, Alex MacNicoll.
Ghost stories, written & directed by Jeremy Dyson & Andy Nyman.
Skeptical professor Phillip Goodman embarks on a trip to the terrifying after being given a file with details of three unexplained cases of apparitions. Stars: Andy Nyman, Martin Freeman, Paul Whitehouse.
Hunter killer, directed by Donovan Marsh.
An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general. Stars: Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common.
North by Northwest, produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
A hapless New York City advertising executive is mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies, and is pursued across the country while he looks for a way to survive. Stars: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason.
Venom, directed by Ruben Fleischer.
A failed reporter is bonded to an alien entity, one of many entities who have invaded Earth. But the entity takes a liking to Earth and decides to protect it. Stars: Tom Hardy, Michelle Williams, Riz Ahmed.
The mortal instruments: city of bones, directed by Harald Zwart.
When her mother disappears, Clary Fray learns that she descends from a line of warriors who protect our world from demons. She joins forces with others like her and heads into a dangerous alternate New York called the Shadow World. Stars: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan.

MUSIC

Guys and dolls, written for the screen and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.
A gentleman-gambler falls in love with a missionary, while a floating crap-game operator avoids marriage to his long-time fiancee. Stars: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra.
Smoke + mirrors live, Imagine Dragons.

TV SERIES

The Bletchley circle, director, Andy de Emmony.
In 1952, four women who worked at the wartime code-breaking centre, Bletchley Park, reunite to track down a serial killer. Stars: Rachael Stirling, Julie Graham, Sophie Rundle.

Talking Books

ADVENTURE

War of the wolf, Bernard Cornwell.
Night flight to Paris, David Gilman.

FICTION

Little Lady, Big Apple, Hester Browne.
How to rule the world, Tibor Fischer.
The distance, Zoë Folbigg.
Pieces of me [Talking book CD], Natalie Hart.
Pieces of me [Playway], Natalie Hart.
The Valentine house, Emma Henderson.
The mother-in-law, Sally Hepworth.
Days of awe, A.M. Homes.
An equal stillness, Francesca Kay.
The lacuna/ Barbara Kingsolver.
Unsheltered, Barbara Kingsolver.
China rich girlfriend, Kevin Kwan.
Crazy rich Asians, Kevin Kwan.
I invited her in, Adele Parks.

HISTORICAL

Love is blind, William Boyd.
Amber, Deborah Challinor.
Blood queen, Joanna Courtney.
House of glass, Susan Fletcher.
The blood of Rome, Simon Scarrow.

MYSTERY

Telling tales, Ann Cleeves.
Every breath, Nicholas Sparks.
The Lincoln lawyer, Michael Connelly.
Dead in the water, Ann Granger.
Pulse, Michael Harvey.
The Brighton Mermaid, Dorothy Koomson.
Every breath, Nicholas Sparks.
Mephisto waltz, Frank Tallis.
The accusation, Zosia Wand.

Non-fiction

How the world thinks: a global history of philosophy, Julian Baggini.
Beastie Boys book, Michael Diamond and Adam Horovitz.
The flame, Leonard Cohen
Heat: extreme adventures at the highest temperatures on earth, Ranulph Fiennes.

ROMANCE

The French adventure, Lucy Coleman.
To sin with the tycoon, Cathy Williams.

SAGA

The man who made husbands jealous, Jilly Cooper.
The orphans of Ardwick, Emma Hornby.
Beauchamp Hall, Danielle Steel.
A place to call home, Val Wood.

SCIENCE FICTION

Death's end, Cixin Liu.