Recreation

New Titles Audio and Video February 2020 (arrived in January 2020)

CDs

CHORAL

Anamorfosi, Allegri, Monteverdi.
Hokorua : : Te Roopu Rangatahi Waiata o Aotearoa = New Zealand Youth Choir : 40 years 1979-2019.,
Requiem : lamentations, Magnificat & motets, Manuel Cardoso.

INSTRUMENTAL

Clarinet sonatas and trio performed on historical instruments, Johannes Brahms.
Halo, Psathas.

KEYBOARD

Works & reworks, J.S. Bach.

POPULAR

10 years : the best of Il Volo.,

ROCK

Western stars, plus, Songs from the film, Bruce Springsteen.

VOCAL

Remember me, my dear, Jan Garbarek, Hilliard Ensemble.

DVDs

FILM

Ad astra, directed by James Gray.
Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe. Stars: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Ruth Negga.
Agatha and the truth of murder, directed by Terry Loane.
In 1926, with her personal life in tatters and her writing in crisis, a young Agatha Christie decides to solve a real-life murder. Stars: Dean Andrews, Ruth Bradley, Bebe Cave.
Clint Eastwood collection, directed by Sergio Leone.
A fistful of dollars -- For a few dollars more -- The good the bad and the ugly. Stars: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte, Eli Wallach.
Freaks, directed by Adam Stein and Zach Lipovsky.
A bold girl discovers a bizarre, threatening, and mysterious new world beyond her front door after she escapes her father's protective and paranoid control. Stars: Emile Hirsch, Bruce Dern, Grace Park.
Good boys, directed by Gene Stupnitsky.
After being invited to his first kissing party, twelve-year-old Max is panicking because he doesn't know how to kiss. Eager for some pointers, Max and his best friends Thor and Lucas decide to use Max's dad's drone to spy on a teenage couple making out next door. Stars: Jacob Tremblay, Keith L. Williams, Brady Noon.
Joker, directed by Todd Phillips.
Failed comedian Arthur Fleck encounters violent thugs while wandering the streets of Gotham City dressed as a clown. Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy.
Lean On Pete, written and directed by Andrew Haigh.
A teenager gets a summer job working for a horse trainer and befriends the fading racehorse, Lean on Pete. Stars: Charlie Plummer, Amy Seimetz, Travis Fimmel.
Palm Beach, directed by Rachel Ward.
Lifelong friends reunite for a party at Sydney's Palm Beach. Stars: Frances Berry, Ryan Bown, Bryan Brown.
Rory's way, directed by Mihal Brezis and Oded Binnun.
Rory, a rugged Scotsman, reluctantly leaves his beloved Hebridean island and travels to San Francisco to seek medical treatment. Moving in with his estranged son, Rory sees his life transformed through a newly found bond with his grandson. Stars: Brian Cox, Rosanna Arquette, J.J Feild, Thora Birch.
Take home pay, directed by Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa.
Two brothers; Alama and Popo, arrive for the first time in NZ as Seasonal Workers, making plenty of money to take back home to their family in Samoa. But things take a turn for the worst ...Stars: Tofiga Fepulea'i, Vito Vito, Ronnie Taulafo.
The farewell, written and directed by Lulu Wang.
A Chinese family discovers their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to gather before she dies. Stars: Shuzhen Zhao, Awkwafina, X Mayo.
The kitchen, directed by Andrea Berloff.
Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish and Elisabeth Moss star as three 1978 Hell's Kitchen housewives whose mobster husbands are sent to prions by the FBI.
The physician, directed by Philipp Stolzl.
In Persia in the 11th Century, a surgeon's apprentice disguises himself as a Jew to study at a school that does not admit Christians. Stars: Tom Payne, Stellan Skarsgard, Olivier Martinez.
The goldfinch, directed by John Crowley.
Theodore 'Theo' Decker was thirteen years old when his mother was killed in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The tragedy changes the course of his life, sending him on a stirring odyssey of grief and guilt, reinvention and redemption, and even love. Stars: Ansel Elgort, Oakes Fegley, Aneurin Barnard.

NON-FICTION

Ban cluster bombs : campaign kit : Wellingto Conference on Cluster Munitions, 18-22 February 2008, New Zealand.,
Cluster bombs : banned in New Zealand, executive producer/director, Mary Wareham.
Armstrong, directed by David Fairhead.
Interviews and never-before-seen footage highlight the incredible life of astronaut Neil Armstrong--from his near-death experiences as a fighter pilot and test pilot to his historic Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
Paul Kelly : stories of me, directed by Ian Darling.
An intimate portrait of a leading music icon.
Herbs : songs of freedom, directed by Tearepa Kahi.
Documentary on legendary New Zealand reggae group, Herbs.
The Light horse century., by Nigel Traill.
Retracing the steps of the last great cavalry charge in history.

TV SERIES

Catherine the Great, director, Philip Martin.
Story of the greatest Czarina, Catherine the Great and the Hermitage. Stars: Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Gina McKee.
Cracker,
The funeral of a corrupt police officer lifts some of the weight off Penhaligon, but does't help her relationship with Fitz. At home, Fitz is a new father with more than his share of the burden to carry. Stars: Robbie Coltrane.

Talking Books

ADVENTURE

The nursery, Asia Mackay.

FANTASY

The blacksmith queen, G.A. Aiken.
The killing light, Myke Cole.
The rise of Magicks, Nora Roberts.

FICTION

Golden child, Claire Adam.
Postscript, Cecelia Ahern.
The mother, Yvvette Edwards.
The mother's promise, Sally Hepworth.
The space between time, Charlie Laidlaw.
The heavens, Sandra Newman.
I wanted you to know, Laura Pearson.
Sorry not sorry, Sophie Ranald.
After the peace, Fay Weldon.
This is happiness, Niall Williams.

MYSTERY

I confess, Alex Barclay.
The better sister, Alafair Burke.
The hard way, Lee Child.
The lying room, Nicci French.
Prime suspect. 3, Silent victims, Lynda La Plante.
One night gone, Tara Laskowski.
Begging to die, Graham Masterton.
How the dead speak, Val McDermid.
Lost, James Patterson and James O. Born.
The playground murders, Lesley Thomson.

NON-FICTION

The rebel, Albert Camus.
Under pressure : living life and avoiding death on a nuclear submarine, Richard Humphreys.
Bought & sold : a 14-year-old British girl trafficked for sex by the man she loved, Megan Stephens.
The man in the red coat, Julian Barnes.
Chastise : the Dambusters story, 1943, Max Hastings.
The girl with seven names : a North Korean defector's story, Hyeonseo Lee with David John.

ROMANCE

We met in December, Rosie Curtis.

SAGA

A maiden's voyage, Rosie Goodwin.

SCIENCE FICTION

Waste tide, Chen Qiufan ; translated by Ken Liu.