New Items List October 2018

This Months Staff Picks From Librarian’s Choice

A Necessary Marriage by Elisa Lodato Jane is sixteen when she falls in love with her teacher. Leonard Campbell is every-thing she has ever wanted: handsome, intelligent and attentive. He singles Jane out, giving her novels to read and discuss over long walks and cosy dinners. It is only once married, tied down and tied down with

two children in 1980s suburbia that Jane realises she might have settled too early, losing much of herself in the process. Then Marion and Andrew, a couple whose pas-sion frequently tips into violence, move in next door, forc-ing Jane to confront feelings she didn't know she could have. And when Marion abandons her family, Jane steps in to help with the couple's two boys, setting in motion a series of events, all of which expose the push and pull within every relationship. Greenlight by Benjamin Stevenson So reads the opening titles of Jack Quick’s new true-crime documentary. A skilled pro-ducer, Jack knows that the bigger the con-spiracy, the higher the ratings - and he claims Curtis Wade was convicted on flimsy evidence and shoddy police work. Millions of viewers agree. Just before the final epi-sode, Jack uncovers a minor detail that may prove Curtis guilty after all. Convinced it will ruin his show, Jack dis-poses of the evidence and delivers the finale unedited, leading to Curtis's eventual release. Then a new victim is found bearing horrifying similarities to the original murder. Has Jack just helped a killer walk free?

The Right Place by Carla Caruso With her dreams of dominating Mel-bourne's fashion scene in tatters, Nella Martini has returned to the last place she wants to be – Torrente Blu, the market gar-den inherited from her late nonna. She just needs to clean up the property, sell it quickly, and avoid run–ins with her neigh-

bour: surly Adrian Tomaso. But when Nella comes across her nonna's cookbook things start to change. The place, with its endless tomato plants and gallons of olive oil in storage, gets under her skin, as does Adrian with his pas-sion for this life. But her dreams have always meant be-ing anywhere but here – haven't they? Or has the right place been here all this time?

Back After the Break by Osher Gunsberg It's hard to remember a time when Osher Gunsberg (or Andrew G as he was then) wasn't on TV - he's just always been there, looking at ease in the spotlight, beaming a big smile, with a questionable haircut. He was there hanging out with The Offspring backstage at the Warped Tour on Channel

V; announcing to a national audience of three million people that Guy Sebastian was our first Australian Idol; and later capturing the heart of the nation by hosting eve-ry season of The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and now Bachelor in Paradise. But while everything looks great from the outside, the real picture has not always been quite so rosy. Osher has always known he's different to most other people. Struggling with anxiety, panic attacks and weight issues since he was young, he tried for years to drink away the anxiety and depression. He ended up unemployed, divorced, suicidal and certifiable on the oth-er side of the world, yet somehow he managed to put the broken pieces of his mind back together and make a life for himself again. The Killing of Louisa by Janet Lee In New South Wales in1888, Louisa Collins was sentenced to hang after being tried multiple times for the alleged murders of her two husbands. The testimony of her young daughter helped to decide her fate. This clever and compelling novel recreates Louisa’s time in her Darlinghurst prison cell as she reflects on her life and on the grief and loss that delivered her to this place. Despite difficult marriages, financial hardship and the deaths of several children, she remains resilient and determined to have her own identi-ty. But as she faces her final days, will Louisa confess to her crimes? Or is an innocent woman about to be hanged?

Now You See Her by Heidi Perks Charlotte is looking after her best friend’s daughter the day she disappears. She thought the little girl was playing with her own children. She swears she only took her eyes off them for a second. Now, Charlotte must do the unthinkable: tell her best friend Harriet that her only child is missing. The

child she was meant to be watching. Devastated, Harriet can no longer bear to see Charlotte. No one could expect her to trust her friend again. Only now she needs to. Be-cause two weeks later Harriet and Charlotte are both be-ing questioned separately by the police. And secrets are about to surface.

Man Out of Time by Stephanie Bishop When Stella's father, Leon, disappears in September 2001, the police knock at her door. She baulks at their questions, not sure how to answer. 'What if I just write it down for you.' One summer, a long time ago, Stella sat watching her father cry while the sky clouded over. He had tried to make amends:

for his failures, for forgetting to buy the doll she once hoped for, for the terrible things he had done. The first time Stella sensed that something was wrong was on her ninth birthday. There was an accident, and when she opened her eyes there was the tang of blood in her mouth. Leon was beside her. But not quite there. In the winter, when her father finally came home from hospital, he looked different. Looked at her differently. Now he was missing, and Stella held the key to his discovery. But did he want to be found? And after all that has passed, could Stella bring herself to help him? The Sunday Girl by Pip Drysdale Some love affairs change you forever. Some-one comes into your orbit and swivels you on your axis, like the wind working on a rooftop weather vane. And when they leave, as the wind always does, you are different; you have a new direction. And it’s not always north.’ Any woman who’s ever been involved with a bad, bad man and been dumped will understand what it feels like to be broken, broken-hearted and bent on revenge. Taylor Bishop is hurt, angry and wants to destroy Angus Hollingsworth in the way he destroyed her: ‘Insidiously. Irreparably. Like a puzzle he’d slowly dissem-bled … stolen a couple of pieces from, and then discarded, knowing that nobody would ever be able to put it back to-gether ever again.’ So Taylor consults The Art of War and makes a plan. Then she takes the next irrevocable step – one that will change her life forever.

Journeys to the Other Side of the World by David Attenborough Following the success of the original Zoo Quest expeditions, in the late 1950s onwards the young David Attenborough embarked on further travels in a very different part of the world. From Madagascar and New Guinea to the Pacific Islands and the Northern Territory

of Australia, he and his cameraman companion were aim-ing to record not just the wildlife, but the way of life of some of the indigenous people of these regions, whose traditions had never been encountered by most of the British public before. From the land divers of Pentecost Island and the sing-sings of New Guinea, to a Royal Kava ceremony on Tonga and the ancient art of the Northern Territory, it is a journey like no other. Alongside these remarkable cultures he encounters paradise birds, chameleons, sifakas and many more animals in some of the most unique environ-ments on the planet.

New DVDs

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7 Days in Entebbe

Chappaquiddick

Gringo

Hereditary

In Darkness

Just Between Us

Oceans 8

Tag

Tully

Unsane

Latest Release Bestsellers Lethal White by Robert Galbraith When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike's office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something

sincere about him and his story. But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic. Trying to get to the bottom of Billy's story, Strike and Robin Ellacott - once his assistant, now a partner in the agency - set off on a twisting trail that leads them through the backstreets of London, into a secretive inner sanctum within Parliament, and to a beautiful but sinister manor house deep in the countryside. Leverage in Death by J. D. Robb When Paul Rogan sets off a bomb at his office, killing eleven people, no one can understand why. He was a loving husband and father, with everything to live for. Then his wife and daughter are found chained up in the family home, and everything be-comes clear. Rogan had been given a hor-rifying choice - set off the bomb, or see his loved ones suffer and die. Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows the violence won't end here. The men behind the attack are deter-mined, organised and utterly ruthless. In this shocking and challenging case, both Eve and husband Roarke are heading into serious danger.

Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty The retreat at health and wellness resort Tranquillum House promises total transfor-mation. Nine stressed city dwellers are keen to drop their literal and mental bag-gage, and absorb the meditative ambience while enjoying their hot stone massages.

Watching over them is the resort's director, a woman on a mission to reinvigorate their tired minds and bodies. These nine perfect strangers have no idea what is about to hit them. Paris Echo by Sebastian Faulks Here is Paris as you have never seen it before – a city in which every building seems to hold the echo of an unacknowl-edged past, the shadows of Vichy and Al-geria. American postdoctoral researcher Hannah and runaway Moroccan teenager Tariq have little in common, yet both are susceptible to the daylight ghosts of Paris. Hannah lis-tens to the extraordinary witness of women who were present under the German Occupation; in her desire to understand their lives, and through them her own, she finds a city bursting with clues and connections.

Transcription by Kate Atkinson In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of es-pionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathisers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has

ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past for ever. Ten years later, now a producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence. The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon Birch-wood Manor on the banks of the Upper Thames. Their plan: to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay is over, one woman has been shot dead while another has disappeared; a priceless heirloom is missing; and Edward Radcliffe's life is in ruins. Over one hundred and fifty years later, Elodie Winslow, a young archivist in London, uncovers a leather satchel containing two seemingly unrelated items: a se-pia photograph of an arresting-looking woman in Victori-an clothing, and an artist's sketchbook containing the drawing of a twin-gabled house on the bend of a river.

The House Across the Street by Lesley Pearse Twenty-three year old Katy Speed is fasci-nated by the house across the street. The woman who lives there, Gloria, is the most glamorous neighbour on the avenue, own-ing a fashionable dress shop in Bexhill-on-Sea. But who is the woman who arrives in

the black car most Saturdays while Gloria is at work? Sometimes she brings women to the house, other times they have children. Hilda, Katy's mother, disapproves of Gloria. She wonders if these mysterious visitors have just been released from prison. Is Gloria secretly bringing criminals, or worse, into the heart of the community? Juror No. 3 by James Patterson Ruby Bozarth, a newcomer to Rosedale, Mississippi, is also fresh to the Mississippi Bar – and she faces an impossible task defending a college football star accused of murder. The victim is a young woman from one of the town's oldest families, and Rosedale's upper crust are howling for blood. Then news breaks of a second murder, and lurid, intertwining investigations unfold. Ruby discovers that no one in Rosedale can be trusted, especially the twelve men and women on the jury.

Librarian’s Choice titles Fiction Leila / Prayaag Akbar

All the hidden truths / Claire Askew

Snap / Belinda Bauer

The helicopter heist / Jonas Bonnier

The right place / Carla Caruso

Record of a spaceborn few / Becky Chambers

The helpline / Katherine Collette

Dressing the Dearloves / Kelly Doust

The Sunday girl / Pip Drysdale

Him / Clare Empson

The good son / Greg Fleet

Not her daughter / Rea Frey

Death notice / Zhou Haohui

Bellewether / Susanna Kearsley

Wintering / Krissy Kneen

When the lights go out / Mary Kubica

Immigrant, Montana / Amitava Kumar

The Mars room / Rachel Kushner

The killing of Louisa / Janet Lee

The necessary marriage / Elisa Lodato

You found me / Virginia Macgregor

Now we shall be entirely free / Andrew Miller

The last summer of Ada Bloom / Martine Murray

The wolf hour / Sarah Myles

Now you see her / Heidi Perks

Strangers with the same dream / Alison Pick

The overstory / Richard Powers

The hunter / Andrew Reid

Normal people / Sally Rooney

The student / Iain Ryan

The dinner list / Rebecca Serle

Greenlight / Benjamin Stevenson

Just before I died / S. K. Tremayne

How to be perfect / Holly Wainwright

The apology / Ross Watkins

Non-Fiction Journeys to the other side of the world / David

Attenborough

Outspoken / Rod Bower

Small animals : parenthood in the age of fear /

Kim Brooks

Fly! : life lessons from the cockpit of QF32 / Richard de

Crespigny

What will be worn : a McWhirters story / Melissa Fagan

Ghost riders Mark Felton

Back, after the break / Osher Gunsberg

Boom and bust / Royce Kurmelovs

Great Australian bush funeral stories / Bill 'Swampy'

Marsh

Great Australian bush priests stories / Bill 'Swampy'

Marsh

Vodka & apple juice : travels of an undiplomatic wi fe in

Poland / Jay Martin

Yak on track / Heather McNeice

The football solution / George Megalogenis

Endeavour : the ship and the attitude that changed the

world / Peter Moore

Sex, drugs and the electoral roll / Fiona Patten

Gorgeous girl / Mary K. Pershall

Australian heist / James Phelps

Queerstories / edited by Maeve Marsden

The honey factory / Jurgen Tautz & Diedrich Steen

Rocky road : the incredible true story of the fract ured

family behind the Darrell Lea chocolate empire /

Robert Wainwright

Don’t forget the wide range of digital titles also available via BorrowBox, One Click Digital and cloudLibrary. http://libraries.coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/books/Pages/e-books-e-audio.aspx

New & Interesting Non-Fiction Stylish Succulents : Japanese Inspired Container Gardens for Small Spaces Colourful and hardy succulents meet the simple principles of Japanese Bonsai and Ikebana in this unique guide to container gardening. Inexpensive projects

presented along with the spare aesthetic of Japanese design will appeal to everyone from interior designers to small space enthusiasts to gardeners. Stylish Suc-culents approaches container gardens as an art form ranging from low-key to lush. The Yoga Body by Lola Berry Improve your fitness and flexibility, lose weight, and be inspired to live your best life with nutritionist, yoga teacher and bestselling author Lola Berry. Inside you'll discover: The physical, mental, emotional and spiritual bene-fits of yoga; A look at the most popular styles of yoga; An illustrated guide to the core yoga poses, and a range of sequences to target specific areas of the body; A seven-day vegan cleanse to kickstart your clean-eating regime; More than 60 delicious whole-food recipes.

Relaxed Coastal Style by Sally Denning In Relaxed Coastal Style, Sally Den-ning offers decoration inspiration for anyone lucky enough to live by the ocean, as well as those who only dream of it. The first part of the book offers up Sally’s take on coastal

style, celebrating the colours and textures of the ocean. She also looks at lighting, furniture and coastal decorative accents such as maps, charts and nautical-themed accessories, shells, and driftwood. The sec-ond half of the book visits a selection of glorious coastal houses, cabins, cottages, and hideaways around the globe that are guaranteed to enchant and inspire. Sewing Lampshades by Joanna Heptinstall Learn to sew your own stunning lampshades using this comprehensive step-by-step guide from the founder of the Traditional Upholstery School, Jo-anna Heptinstall. The book contains 18 fully illustrated step-by-step pro-jects, featuring tailored, pleated, faux-pleated and loose-cover designs. Each technique is covered in detail, from measuring your fabric, choosing a frame shape, calculating your seams, creating a shade, add-ing trims and choosing a stand.

The Natural Baker by Henrietta Inman In The Natural Baker, Henrietta Inman, best-selling author of Clean Cakes, combines her core ingredients of wholegrain flours, less-refined sweet-eners and good fats with what she calls her magic ingredients – those

extra, natural, wholesome ingredients which transform her recipes and make them shine. Using incredible fresh fruits and vegetables, herbs, spices, flower wa-ters, nuts and seeds, she creates delicious, unique bakes that will make you smile. The Farm Community by Emma & Tom Lane This is the story of a family wanting to live a simpler life and a farm built with the involvement of the local communi-ty. The Farm at Byron Bay has since become a diverse community of its own, made up of organic growers, chefs, bakers – all connected by the common values of simplicity, sustainability and farm-fresh food. The Farm Community is for anyone who craves connec-tion: connection with where food comes from and con-nection with community. Alongside tales of the people who have helped to make The Farm what it is today, you will find simple steps to living more sustainably, whether in the city, the suburbs or the countryside.

Herbal Remedies Handbook by Andrew Chevallier Discover the therapeutic properties of more than 140 medicinal herbs such as turmeric, elderflower and ginger root with the Herbal Remedies Handbook. Relia-ble, authoritative and accessible, it's packed with expert advice and know-how

on essential herbal remedies, including crucial safety and dosage information you can trust. Ever wondered how Echinacea tea could be used to treat a cold or ginkgo biloba to boost brainpower? Discover how to prepare effective home remedies with step-by-step instructions for making herbal teas, decoctions and tinctures. The Happy Gut by Reece Carter As the wellness world is going nuts for guts, naturopath and herb nerd Reece Carter offers traditional holistic remedies you can make at home as well as 'food as medicine' recipes to help treat a range of everyday gut ailments.In this vibrant book, naturopath, Garden Apoth-ecary guru and Herb Nerd Reece Carter offers gentle traditional remedies born of the naturopathic tradition that you can make at home, as well as the most effec-tive, easy and delicious 'food as medicine' recipes to help you feel better.

What staff are Reading / Watching / Listening

Marina is reading - The Secrets She Keeps by Michael Robotham Everyone has an idea of what their per-fect life is. For Agatha, it's Meghan Shaughnessy's. These two women from vastly different backgrounds have one thing in common - a dangerous secret that could destroy everything they hold

dear. Both will risk everything to hide the truth, but their worlds are about to collide in a shocking act that cannot be undone. Tony is watching - Vera Vera Stanhope isn't your average police inspector--solitary, cantankerous, even cruel--but her batting record is one for the books, as she and her long-suffering team patrol the villages of Northumber-land.

Amanda is reading - Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crim for a babysitter. It's not as if Eli's life isn't complicated enough already. He's just trying to follow his heart, learning what it

takes to be a good man, but life just keeps throwing obstacles in the way - not least of which is Tytus Broz, legendary Brisbane drug dealer. Shana is reading - Gun Control by Peter Corris Is Sydney gun city? It certainly seems so when Cliff Hardy is hired by entrepreneur and one-time pistol-shooting champion Timothy Greenhall to investigate the vio-lent death of his troubled son. Soon Har-dy is pitched into a world of crooked cops - former members of the Gun Control Unit - outlaw bikers and honest police trying to quietly clean the stables. Two more murders raise the stakes and relationships are stretched to breaking point.

Alison is reading - Frida Kahlo at Home by Suzanne Barbezat Frida Kahlo at Home explores the influence of Mexican culture and tra-dition, La Casa Azul and other plac-es Frida Kahlo called home, on her life and work. La Casa Azul, now one of the most visited museums in Mexi-

co City, was the artist's birthplace and the home where she grew up, lived with her husband Diego Ri-vera for a number of years, and also where she died, in a room on the upper floor.

Judy is reading - The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton In the summer of 1862, a group of young artists led by the passionate and talented Edward Radcliffe descends upon Birchwood Manor on the banks of the Upper Thames. Their plan: to spend a secluded summer month in a haze of

inspiration and creativity. But by the time their stay is over, one woman has been shot dead while another has disappeared; a priceless heirloom is missing; and Edward Radcliffe's life is in ruins. Catherine is reading - The Book of Swords Edited by Gardner Dozois In The Book of Swords, acclaimed editor and bestselling author Gardner Dozois presents an all-new anthology of original epic tales by a stellar cast of award-winning modern masters—many of them set in their authors’ best-loved worlds. Join today’s finest tellers of fantastic tales, including George R. R. Martin, K. J. Parker, Robin Hobb, Scott Lynch, Ken Liu, C. J. Cherryh, Daniel Abraham, Lavie Tidhar, Ellen Kushner, and more on action-packed journeys into the outer realms of dark enchantment and intrepid derring-do, featuring a stunning assort-ment of fearless swordsmen and warrior women who face down danger and death at every turn with cour-age, cunning, and cold steel.

Beck is reading - Lunch Lady magazine Lunch Lady is a magazine where par-enting is not taken too seriously but where a balanced approach to family life is. Colourful, thoughtful and full of cheek, Lunch Lady Magazine reminds parents to keep things in perspective

and have fun. Cathy is reading - Puberty Blues by Gabrielle Carey & Kathy Lette For Deb and Sue, life is about surfies, panel vans, straight-leg Levis, nicking off from school, getting wasted and fitting in. But why should guys have all the fun? Puberty Blues is raw, humorous and honest: a compelling account of teenag-ers navigating the chaos of life. It is one of the great coming-of-age stories in Australia, and it remains as relevant now as when it was first written over three decades ago.

Jessie is reading - The Ones You Trust by Caroline Overington Emma Cardwell, celebrity mum and host of top-rating morning TV show Cuppa, seems to have it all: fame, money and a gorgeous family. But when her little girl disappears from day-care - captured on CCTV footage at a nearby shopping

centre leaving with someone Emma has never seen before - her world is turned upside down.