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Braille - New Books May 2008
Summary: Your regular update of new titles available for loan and sale from RNIB.
- Adult fiction
- Adult non-fiction
- Children and young adult fiction
- Children and young adult non-fiction
- Livewire series
- Braille – Grade 1
Adult fiction
All books are available for loan and sale unless otherwise stated.
Darkmans. 2007. 13v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 21237101. Humorous Fiction.
'Darkmans' is a rowdy, riotous tale in which the medieval past takes on a face, name and occupation and roams around the humdrum town of Ashford bringing chaos to the lives of those it picks on.
Life class. 2007. 5v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 21131901. Romance/Historical Fiction.
It is the spring of 1914 and a group of young students at the Slade School of Art have gathered. Paul Tarrant is distracted by an intriguing fellow student, Elinor Brooke. When Kit Neville makes it clear he too is attracted to Elinor, Paul withdraws into a passionate affair with an artist's model, ignoring the complications and dangers presented by her estranged husband. As spring turns to summer, Paul and Elinor each reach a crisis in their relationships until finally, in the first few days of war, they turn to each other.
Bourne, Sam
The righteous men. 2006. 5v. Price: £6.99. Thriller.
A reporter must infiltrate the secret world of a fundamentalist religious group to stop a serial killer, rescue his kidnapped wife and save the world.
Any human heart. 2003. 9v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 21361501. General Fiction.
Through the intimate journals of Logan Mountstuart we travel from Uruguay to Oxford, on to Paris, the Bahamas, New York and West Africa, and meet his three wives, his family, his friends and colleagues, his rivals, enemies and lovers, including notables such as the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Ernest Hemingway and Virginia Woolf.
Brumfield, James McNay
Across the high lonesome. 2006. 6v. Price: £7.70. Western.
A modern western odyssey that invites the reader to hitch a ride through the glacial carved vales and over the high lonesome passes of California’s range of Light. A journey of love, pain and adventure, brimming with unforgettable characters, salty humour, and recalcitrant mules. Brumfield has taken a lifetime of experience packing dudes into the mountains and distilled it into a delightful work of fiction.
Cole, Martina
Close. 2006. 7v. Price: £6.99. Crime Fiction.
Set in London's dark and violent gangland, this novel tells the tale of a gutsy mother and her two sons, and their lives in and out of jail. Contains sex scenes, swear words and violence.
Deaver, Jeffery
The cold moon. 2006. 7v. Price: £14.99. Crime Fiction.
Part of the Lincoln Rhyme series. In the aftermath of two brutal New York City murders, quadriplegic detective Lincoln Rhyme and his team work doggedly to prevent additional killings by a time-obsessed serial murderer.
Practically perfect. 2006. 5v. Price: £10.99. Family Stories.
Anna, a newly qualified interior designer, has risked everything on buying a tiny but adorable cottage, so she can renovate it, sell it on, and prove to her family that she can earn her own living. Anna's soon wondering whether she's bitten off more than she can chew. But, just as Anna's starting to believe she's found the perfect idyll, the good-looking yet impossible Rob Hunter arrives on the scene, putting up more obstacles than the Grand National.
Sharp objects. 2007. 4v. £10.00. Thriller.
When two girls, aged nine and ten are abducted and killed in Wind Gap, Missouri, Camille Preaker is sent back to her home town to investigate and report on the crimes. Working alongside the police chief and a special agent from out of town, Camille tries to uncover the mystery of who killed these little girls and why.
Thirteen moons. 2006. 9v. Price: £17.99. Order No: 20987601. General Fiction.
Will Cooper is sent to the edge of the Cherokee Nation to run a trading post as a bound boy. As his fate becomes intertwined with the destiny of the Cherokee, Will travels to Washington City to fight against the removal of the Indians from their land and to protect Bear's people, their culture and their way of life.
Anansi boys. 2006. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 21054301. Adventure.
Fat Charlie Nancy is not having a good week. His estranged father recently dropped dead on a karaoke stage and has left Fat Charlie with much more than embarrassment. Charlie has discovered that his dad wasn't just any dad - he was Anansi the trickster spider-god. Anansi was the spirit of rebellion, able to overturn the social order, create wealth out of thin air, and even baffle the devil. No wonder Fat Charlie's life is about to be turned upside down.
The sinner. 2004. 6v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 20610801. Crime Fiction.
Part of the Jane Rizzoli series. Within the walls of a convent, lie two nuns, one dead, one critically injured. As medical examiner Maura Isles's autopsy of the murder victim yields a shocking surprise the body of another woman has been found.
The power and the glory. 2001 (originally published 1940). 4v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 21364303. Classic Fiction.
During a vicious persecution of the clergy in Mexico, a worldly priest, the 'whisky priest' is on the run. With the police closing in, his routes of escape are being shut off, his chances getting fewer. But compassion and humanity force him along the road to his destiny, reluctant to abandon those who need him, and those he cares for.
This Christmas. 2005. 7v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 21222301. Romance.
Part of the Zebra books series. This is a collection of three stories from different authors, all with a Christmas theme.
Vacation by Jane Green - The second wife of Reilly by Jennifer Coburn - Mistletoe and Holly by Liz Ireland.
A spot of bother. 2006. 6v. Price: £17.99. Order No: 20714801. Family Stories.
This funny and insightful book exposes a family dealing with ageing and retirement, a homosexual son, marriage and relationship difficulties and the opinions of the world around them.
Fire and ice. 2005. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 20987501. Erotic Fiction.
A Black Lace book. At work Nina is known as the Ice Queen, what they don't know is that she spends her free time acting out sleazy scenarios with her boyfriend, Andrew, in which she's a prostitute and he's a punter. Contains language, and some passages of a sexual nature, which might be considered offensive.
Harry, Lilian
The bells of Burracombe. 2006. 5v. Price: £12.99. Family Stories.
Part of the Burracombe Village series. It is the 1950s when Stella Simmons comes to the Devonshire village of Burracombe to start her teaching career. Orphaned as a child and brought up in a children's home, she was separated from her sister Muriel and has never been able to trace her. Stella is soon caught up in the life of the village, and with the help of local artist Luke Ferris sets out to find her sister, but Luke has problems of his own!
Anybody out there? 2006. 9v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 20714601. Humourous Fiction.
Anna Walsh is officially a wreck. Physically broken and emotionally
shattered, she lies on her parents' Dublin sofa with only one thing on her mind: getting back to New York. New York means her best friends,The Most Fabulous Job In The World and above all, it means her husband, Aidan - but Aidan seems to have vanished.
Black Swan Green. 2006. 7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 21363203. General Fiction.
In a dank January in the Worcestershire village of Black Swan Green thirteen-year-old Jason Taylor - covert stammerer and reluctant poet - anticipates a stultifying year in the deadest village on Earth. But Jason hasn't reckoned with a junta of bullies, simmering family discord, the Falklands War, an exotic Belgian emigre, a threatened gypsy invasion and the caprices of those mysterious entities known as girls. Contains language which might be considered offensive.
Amanda in the private house. 2002. 8v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 21358701. Erotic Fiction.
Amanda goes to France in search of Tess, her missing housekeeper. There she meets Michael, an artist with bizarre sexual tastes. He introduces her to a secret society of hedonistic perverts. Amanda revels in her new-found sexual freedom, until she discovers the full extent of the society's plans. Contains some passages of a sexual nature which might be considered offensive.
The damned Utd. 2006. 7v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 21010301. General Fiction.
Overachieving and eccentric football manager Brian Clough was on his way to take over at the country's most successful, and most reviled, football club: Leeds United. The battle he'd face there would make or break the club - or him. David Peace's novel tells the story of a world characterised by fear of failure and hunger for success set in the bleak heart of the 1970s.
The tenderness of wolves. 2006. 8v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 21011101. Thriller/Historical Fiction.
Canada in 1867 - winter tightens its grip on the isolated settlement of Dove River, a man is brutally murdered and a 17-year old boy disappears. Tracks leaving the dead man's cabin head north towards the forest and the tundra beyond. In the wake of such violence, people are drawn to the township - journalists, Hudson's Bay Company men, trappers, traders - but do they want to solve the crime, or exploit it? Contains language which might be considered offensive.
Perry, Anne
A Christmas secret. 2006. 2v. Price: £14.99. Crime Fiction.
When Daniel Corde is given the opportunity to stand in for the vicar of the village of Cottisham over the Christmas season, he is determined to do his best and make a good impression. But when Daniel's clever wife, Clarice, makes a shocking discovery in the cellar, she and Daniel are confronted with a moral dilemma. Suddenly the village of Cottisham is not as idyllic or as safe as it seems.
Odalisque. 2002. 5v. Price: £6.99. Order No: 21017901. Erotic Fiction.
A Black Lace book. Auralie appears to have everything a woman could wish for, except revenge on her respectable cousin Jeanine. They are bitter rivals, locked into a sexual feud, whose facade of respectability masks deception and perverse secrets. Contains language and some passages of a sexual nature which might be considered offensive.
Sovereign. 2006. 8v. Price: £16.99. Crime Fiction/Historical Fiction.
Part of the Shardlake series. Autumn 1541, following the uncovering of a plot against his throne in Yorkshire, King Henry VIII has set out on a spectacular Progress to the North to overawe his rebellious subjects. Shardlake has reluctantly undertaken a special mission - to ensure the welfare of an important but dangerous conspirator being returned to London for interrogation. But the murder of a local glazier involves Shardlake in a deeper mystery, connected not only to the prisoner in York Castle but to the royal family itself.
Scanlan, Patricia
Foreign affairs. 1999. 10v. Price: £6.99. Family Stories.
Four women are at a crossroads in their lives. These women all have difficult choices to make and are in desperate need of a holiday. The four of them stay in a luxurious villa on a Greek island. Amidst rows, arguments, laughter and fun they come to see each other in a different light. Can their friendships be sustained? Indeed, will their lives ever be the same again?
Queen Camilla. 2006. 8v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 20714701. Humorous Fiction.
For the past thirteen years, as England became an increasingly unhappy and fearful place, Prince Charles has been living quietly on a bleak council estate with his wife and love of his life, Camilla. But life is about to change, Charles refuses to follow his destiny unless his wife can be Queen - and public opinion suggests the people would rather have Jordan than Camilla on the throne.
Adult non-fiction
Autobiography and biography
Beckett remembering, remembering Beckett : uncollected interviews with Samuel Beckett and memories of those who knew him. 2006. 5v. Price: £20.00 Order No: 20611101.
Samuel Beckett was one of the towering figures of twentieth-century literature. In the first part of the book Beckett talks about his family, his early youth, his friendship with James Joyce and his Resistance work in Paris during the war. In the second part, some of Beckett's closest friends remember him as a schoolboy, as a struggling writer, and then as an international success in the 1950s with his novels and plays, including the world-famous Waiting for Godot.
Curry, Dayna and Mercer, Heather
Prisoners of hope: the story of our captivity and freedom in Afghanistan. 2002. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 21361701.
For 102 days the lives of Christian Aid workers, Heather Mercer and Dayna Curry, lay in the hands of the Taliban. If they were found guilty of trying to spread Christianity in Afghanistan they knew there was a possibility they could be put to death. Here, Dayna Curry and Heather Mercer tell the story of their work in Afghanistan, their love for the people they served, their arrest, trial, imprisonment by the Taliban, and their rescue in the midst of war by US Special Forces.
Kay, Peter
The sound of laughter: the autobiography of Peter Kay. 2006. 3v. Price: £18.99.
Peter Kay's gift for observing the absurdities and eccentricities of family life has earned him a widespread everyman appeal. His autobiography is full of this kind of humour and nostalgia, from his Bolton childhood right up until the time he found fame.
Wild Mary: the life of Mary Wesley. 2006. 7v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 20611301.
Mary Wesley published her first novel when she was 70 and went on to write nine more bestsellers before her death in 2002 at the age of 89. Wesley was a pen-name, derived from the family name of Wellesley. She was born Mary Farmar, descended from the Duke of Wellington, and grew up a rebel. Her experiences in MI5 and her many wartime love affairs form the core of this biography.
Send in the idiots: or how we grew to understand the world. 2006. 4v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 20856001.
In 1982, when he was four years old, Kamran Nazeer was enrolled in a small school in New York City alongside a dozen other children diagnosed with autism. Calling themselves the Idiots, these kids received care that was at the cutting edge of developmental psychology. Twenty-three years later, the school no longer exists. This text is the candid, often surprising and moving investigation into what happened to those children.
No more walls. 2008. 2v. Price: £4.99 Order No: 20958301.
James Nelson was born and brought up in poor district of London. He spent his teens in an approved school and much of the following two decades in institutions. He was admitted 16 times to mental hospital, spent periods in detoxication units and served two prison sentences. In 1972 he stopped drinking and began to campaign about the inadequate provision that is made for people like him. This is his story.
Diaries 1969-1979: the Python years. 2006. 16v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 21011201.
Michael Palin's diaries reveal how the Python emerged, his growing family; here, too, is his solo effort - as an actor in Three Men in a Boat and his writing endeavours that produced Ripping Yarns and even a pantomime.
Piper, Billie
Growing pains. 2006. 3v. Price: £18.99.
Famous since the age of 15 - first as the face of Smash Hits, then as a pop singer - Billie Piper has won over the critics and the British public for a second time by re-inventing herself as an actress. This is the funny, honest story of an extraordinary young life.
A sense of the world: how a blind man became history's greatest traveller. 2006. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 21458201.
James Holman was known simply as "The Blind Traveller" - a solitary, sightless adventurer who, astonishingly, fought the slave trade in Africa, survived a frozen captivity in Siberia, hunted rogue elephants in Ceylon and helped chart the Australian Outback. This book relives his life of exploration.
Keeping mum: a wartime childhood. 2006. 3v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 21010201.
What's it like to be the man of the house when you're still only a boy? In 'Keeping mum', Thompson describes such a story. Whilst other children were evacuated out of the cities, Brian spent much of the war with an eccentric crowd of ribald relations.
The autobiography. 2007. 8v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 21113801.
Johnnie Walker tells the story of how he came to be one of the best known and most loved broadcasters in Britain, with a voice recognised by millions.
Westwater, Judy and Carter, Wanda
Street kid: one child's desperate fight for survival. 2006. 3v. Price: £6.99.
John Peel first brought Judy's moving childhood story to light on 'Home Truths'. Abducted by her psychotic spiritualist father and kept like a dog in the backyard, she went on to suffer at the brutal hands of nuns in a Manchester orphanage, before living wild on the streets. An incredible, heart-wrenching story of a child who refused to give up.
Biography – in French
Arsène Wenger: "the coach". 2006. 9v. For sale only. Price: £6.99. Order No: 21231901.
En Septembre 2006 Arsène Wenger va fêter 10 ans à la tete d'Arsenal. Après 7 trophées majeurs, un style Wenger est né et une philosophie a été developpée. Xavier Rivoire qui a vécu et travaillé à Londres pendant 10 ans, retrace pour la première fois en France ce parcours hors de commun. Il reueille quelques 70 temoignages comme celle de Tony Adams et on découvre aussi les rapports étroits avec Thierry Henri. Avec les anecdotes sur le foot tricolore son destin serait peut-être de prendre en main l'Équipe de France. Voici la Bible du Grand Wenger. [Biography of Arsène Wenger the Arsenal football club manager].
Computer Science
Computational intelligence: an introduction. 2002. 8v. For sale only. Price: £39.95. Order No: 21084801.
This book presents a systematic introduction to the fundamentals of computation intelligence, including in-depth treatments of the more important and most frequently used techniques.
Cookery
Traditional Greek cooking from Cyprus and beyond. 1997. 3v. Price: £16.95. Order No: 21359901.
This book contains recipes for traditional Greek-Cypriot cooking.
Cosmology
The human touch: our part in the creation of a universe. 2006. 13v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 20988101.
Mankind is a tiny and insignificant anomaly in the impersonal vastness of the universe. But what would that universe be like if we were not here to say something about it?
Drama
Modern drama by women 1880s-1930s: an international anthology; edited by Katherine E Kelly. 1996. 11v. For sale only. Price: £24.99. Order No: 21358801.
This text offers the first direct evidence that women playwrights helped create the movement known as Modern Drama. It contains twelve plays by women from the Americas, Europe and Asia, spanning a national and stylistic range from Swedish realism to Russian symbolism. In these plays, the New Woman represents herself and her crises in all of the styles and genres available to the modern dramatist.
The comedy of errors; edited by R.A. Foakes. 2001. 5v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 21010101.
The Arden Shakespeare second series. A dramatic comedy about a family divided exactly in half by a shipwreck. Each half contains one parent, one twin son and one twin slave. Their attempts to become reunited cause many mistaken identity mix-ups and are complicated by the father's impending execution if he does not produce a ransom. This guide provides detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text, a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play and appendices presenting sources and relevant extracts.
The tempest; edited by Virginia Mason Vaughan and Alden T. Vaughan. 1999. 10v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 20926501.
The Arden Shakespeare series. A romantic drama about a duke who is ousted from his throne and banished with his daughter to an enchanted island. He releases spellbound spirits who help to undo his usurper. This guide provides detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text, a full introduction discussing the critical and historical background to the play and appendices presenting sources and relevant extracts.
English language
The English dialect of South Pembrokeshire. 1982. 2v. For sale only. Price: £4.99. Order No: 21357701.
An introduction and word-list to the English language dialect of South Pembrokeshire, the "Little England beyond Wales".
Introduction to early modern English. 1991. 11v. For sale only. Price: £43.00. Order No: 21132101.
This book provides a thorough and linguistically informed synchronic description of Early Modern English, dealing with its varieties, with writing and orthography, phonetics and phonology, syntax and the lexicon, including sections on problems of language contact and the lexicographical tradition.
Pathways to language: from fetus to adolescent. 2001. 5v. for sale only. Price: £26.95. Order No: 21368601.
This book is a comprehensive overview of the theory and practice of language acquisition, from foetal speech processing to the development of child grammar to the sophisticated linguistic accomplishments of adolescence, such as engaging in conversation and telling a story.
Essays
At the same time: essays and speeches; edited by Paolo Dilonardo and Anne Jump. 2007. 4v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 21363503.
This collection gathers sixteen essays and addresses written in the last years of Sontag's life.
Family history
The family detective: discover your family history and bring your past to life. 2006. 5v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 20959701.
Nick Barratt, the man behind the interactive strand of the series "Who do you think you are?", brings his expertise to this book, which will open the door to the world of genealogy.
Health and wellbeing
The dilemma of the alcoholic marriage. 1971. 1v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 21360001.
The relatives and friends of alcoholics openly and honestly talk about their marriages and how to deal with problems.
How to look good naked: the complete style guide. 2007. 2v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 21433701.
Packed with health, beauty and styling advice to make you look and feel fabulous without cosmetic surgery or drastic dieting.
History
Face of Britain. 2006. 4v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 21007201.
Written into our facial features is a story going back generations. It is the story of who we are and where we are from. This book combines science, history and personal biographies to reveal who we are and how we got here.
Scottish place-names: their study and significance. 2001. 8v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 21132001.
From names which date from the dawn of time - such as the river names Tay or the Avon - to more modern names, such as Fort William or Helensburgh. Few are aware of the implications, symbolism and history of the names which we use and take for granted every day.
The ethnic cleansing of Palestine. 2006. 8v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 21010401.
This work sheds new light on the origins and development of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, asking questions that the world has so far failed to ask to reveal the real story behind the events of 1948.
The twelve Caesars; translated by Robert Graves; revised with an introduction by Michael Grant. 1979. 8v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 20992101.
This text chronicles the public careers and private lives of the men who wielded absolute power over Rome, from the foundation of the empire under Julius Caesar and Augustus, to the decline into depravity and civil war under Nero, and the recovery that came with his successors.
Housekeeping
Woodburn, Kim and MacKenzie, Aggie
How clean is your house? 2004. 2v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 20846801.
Tackling all manner of cleaning challenges, from streaky windows to smelly fridges. Each chapter is packed with tools of the trade, star tips, 'don't do that's', step-by-steps and 'before's and after's'.
Japanese
Japanese in three months. 1998. 5v. Price: £5.95. Order No: 21150901.
Designed to give the reader a working knowledge of Japanese within three months. It explains essential grammar in a simple and practical way, and provides short exercises and conversational drills.
Knitting
Wash'n'wear crepe double knitting: sweater and slipover: 28-50 in (71-127cm): (No. 5065): [part work]; Sirdar. 1v. For sale only. Price: £4.99. Order No: 21272501.
Literature
Assessing the 1984 Ulysses. 1986. 6v. Price: £14.95. Order No: 517384.
A conference held in Monaco in 1985 brought together experts on Joyce to discuss this 1984 edition of one of the most important literary texts of this century. This book reproduces papers from that conference.
Maps
Map of Australia and Tasmania [Based on The Times comprehensive atlas of the world]. 2007. Braille Tactile Map. 1v. Price: £4.00; £12.00; £21.00. Order No: 705146.
The map starts with an overview of Australia and Tasmania in relation to the surrounding countries. This is followed by an overview of the states and territories that make up Australia and Tasmania showing main deserts, main mountain ranges, plains and other named areas. The map then goes into more detail, taking each state and territory in turn and showing the main cities, roads, national and state parks and any other interesting features.
Music
Le Rouge Gorge: (Erithacus rubecula). Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1988. Bar over bar, 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3.00. Order No: 21379101.
Piano handbook 2006: Step 1; compiled by Peter Wild. 2006. Bar over bar, 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3.00. Order No: 21384301.
Exercises: Mr smoothie snail - Walking - Bouncing balls - Hopping – Cross country - Flying through the air - Spring lambs - Marching triads - Beating drums - To a garden rose. List A pieces: Play ball – Building bricks - Hopscotch - Happy song - Sailing. List B pieces: Sunny day – The little windmill - The spring is here - The church on the hill - When the saints go marching in. Sample questions.
Selected flute exam pieces 2008-2013 Grade 1. London: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, 2007. Single line, Accompaniment, with outline, 1v. Price: £0.76; £2.65; £6.50. Order No: 21375501.
List A: Greensleeves / Trad English arranged Ian Denley - Shepherd, Shepherd / Henry Purcell arranged Robin De Smet - March / GF Handel – List B: Vieille chanson / Charles Koechlin - Hot Chilli / Pam Wedgwood – Fun run / John Widger - List C: Duetto no. 6 / Charles Nicholson - Study in F / Wilhelm Popp - Short waltz / James Rae.
Selected flute exam pieces 2008-2013 Grade 3. London: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, 2007. Single line, Accompaniment, with outline, 1v. Price: £0.88; £2.65; £7.50. Order No: 21375401.
List A: Tyrolean Air / Beethoven - Andante alla Siciliana / Saverio Mercadante arranged by Sally Adams and Nigel Morley - Allegro / JC Pepusch - List B: High School Dixie / Heinz Both - Seashore / Christopher Norton - Hurdy-Gurdy / Dmitry Shostakovich - List C: Plaintive Flute / Alan Bullard - Mélodie polonaise / Jules Demersseman - Flowing / Russell Stokes.
Beécvaérovskây, Antonin Frantiések
Polonaise [n.d.]. Bar over bar, 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No: 21329301.
Missa solemnis, op.123: for soloists and mixed chorus [Soprano chorus parts]. Peters, [n.d.]. 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.51; £4.00. Order No: 513207. Thermoform
Kyrie - Gloria - Credo - Sanctus - Agnus Dei.
A little jazz mass: for mixed voices, piano, and optional bass and drum kit [tenor part]. Oxford University Press, 2006. Open score, 1v. For sale only. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3.00. Order No: 21400501.
Kyrie - Gloria - Sanctus - Benedictus - Agnus Dei.
Balladen; nach Eigenschriften Abschriften und Erstausgaben herausgegeben von Ewald Zimmermann; fingersatz von Hans-Martin Theopold. Munchen: G. Henle Verlag, 1976. Urtext. Bar over bar, 1v. Price: £0.76; £2.65; £6.50. Order No: 21411801.
Op.23 G-moll = G minor.
Balladen; nach Eigenschriften Abschriften und Erstausgaben herausgegeben von Ewald Zimmermann; fingersatz von Hans-Martin Theopold. Munchen: G. Henle Verlag, 1976. Urtext. Bar over bar, 1v. Price: £0.76; £2.65; £6.50. Order No: 21421201.
Op.38 F-dur = F major.
Balladen; nach Eigenschriften Abschriften und Erstausgaben herausgegeben von Ewald Zimmermann; fingersatz von Hans-Martin Theopold. Munchen: G. Henle Verlag, 1976. Urtext. Bar over bar, 1v. Price: £0.88; £2.65; £7.50. Order No: 21421301.
Op.47 As-dur = A flat major.
Balladen; nach Eigenschriften Abschriften und Erstausgaben herausgegeben von Ewald Zimmermann; fingersatz von Hans-Martin Theopold. Munchen: G. Henle Verlag, 1976. Urtext. Bar over bar, 1v. Price: £1.02; £2.65; £8.50. Order No: 21421501.
Op.52 f-moll = f minor.
Sonate: pour violoncelle et piano; arranged by Louis Hasselmans. op.109. Paris: Editions Durand and Cie, 1918. Single line, Accompaniment, with outline, 1v. Price: £1.40; £4.43; £12.00. Order No: 21310901.
Suite: for flute and pianoforte; edited by Colin Bradbury. London: Lazarus Edition, 2007. Single line, Accompaniment, with outline, 1v. Price: £1.26; £3.79; £11.00. Order No: 21341601.
Valse Gracieuse - Souvenir - Gipsy Dance.
Sing a song of sixpence: a new setting on an old rhyme; arranged by J. Michael Diack. London: Paterson's Publications Ltd, [n.d.]. Open score, Accompaniment, with outline, 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No: 21416201.
Variations: for treble recorder and harpsichord (or piano). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf and Hèartel, 2000. Single line, 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3.00. Order No: 21350101.
Crucifixus pro nobis: cantata for tenor or soprano solo, SATB and organ: op. 38: words by Patrick Carey and Phineas Fletcher. London: Novello, 1961. Open score,
1st soprano part. 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3.00. Order No: 21332501.
1st bass part. 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3.00. Order No: 21332701.
Let all the world in every corner sing: anthem for SATB and Organ: words by George Herbert. 1965. Open score,
1st soprano part. 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No: 21333901.
1st bass part. 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No: 21334001.
Prélude pour piano: les sons impalpables du rêve... Paris: Durand and Cie, 1930. Bar over bar, 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3.00. Order No: 21375201.
Agnus dei. From "Geistliche Arien fűr hohe Stimme und Klavier"; edited by Walter Braufnels. [Germany]: Universal Edition. Open score, Accompaniment, with outline, 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3.00. Order No: 20529201.
Spiegel im Spiegel: fűr Violine und Klavier. Wien: Universal Edition, 1986. Single line, Accompaniment, with outline, 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3.00. Order No: 21390901.
The Crucifixion: a meditation on the sacred passion of the Holy Redeemer [alto chorus part]; the words selected and written by the Rev. J. Sparrow-Simpson. London: Novello, [n.d.]. Rev. ed. Open score, 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.51; £4.00. Order No: 21400701.
The firebird (Der Feuervogel): Ballet suite 1945 for orchestra [part work]. London: Ernst Eulenberg, 1946. Full score, 1v. Price: £1.02; £2.65; £8.50. Order No: 21259101.
Five mystical songs: for baritone solo, chorus and orchestra: words by George Herbert. The well-tempered press, [n.d.]. Open score,
1st soprano part. 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No: 21333101.
1st bass part. 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £2.50. Order No: 21333601.
No.1. Easter - No.2. I got me flowers - No.3. Love bade me welcome - No.4. The call [tacet] - No.5. Antiphon.
Mass in G minor: for soli (SATB) and double chorus: London: Curwen, 1922. Open score,
1st soprano part. 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3.00. Order No: 21332301.
1st bass part. 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.26; £3.00. Order No: 21332401.
Note - 1. Kyrie - 2. Gloria - 3. Credo - 4. Sanctus - Osanna I - Benedictus - Osanna II - 5. Agnus Dei.
Parenting
Byron, Tanya and Baveystock, Sacha
Little angels. 2005. 3v. Price: £9.99.
Dr Tanya Byron and Sacha Baveystock offer a concise and effective guide to developing co-operative behaviour in your family. The authors demonstrate a simple series of steps that you can take to encourage your children to behave as you would like and make life more pleasant for them.
Poetry
Shakespeare's sonnets. 2005. 11v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 20954001.
The Arden Shakespeare third series. Part of a series aiming to guide the reader to a deeper understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's work. This book provides an authoritative text; detailed notes and commentary; an introduction to the sonnets' historical, intellectual and cultural contexts; and a survey of critical approaches.
Psychology
Psychology first. 2006. 4v. Price: £16.99. Order No: 21361201.
Coverage of key topics for all students of GSCE Psychology, particularly the OCR course. It includes many features designed to aid and consolidate students' understanding and revision, concise chapter summaries; group activities; sample examination questions from past papers and a glossary for further reading and useful resources.
Religion
The ministry of the word: a handbook for preachers on the Common Worship Lectionary; edited by Naomi Starkey. 2000. 10v. For sale only. Price: £20.00. Order No: 21359701.
This text is aimed at Methodist lay or ordained preachers as guidance for Sunday Services throughout the year. It is also useful for home or group bible reading.
The Bible in cockney: well bits of it anyway. 2001. 2v. Price: £5.99. Order No: 21184301.
The Bible has been translated into cockney rhyming slang for people to enjoy reading the Bible stories in a very-down to earth version. Read how Jesus feeds five thousand geezers with just five loads of Uncle Fred (bread) and Lilian Gish (fish).
The message of Mark: the mystery of faith. 1992. 6v. For sale only. Price: £9.99. Order No: 21409901.
Series: The Bible speaks today: New Testament. This book covers who Jesus was, and how people responded to Him.
A hymn lover's diary. 1995. 3v. For sale only. Price: £4.99. Order No: 21361601.
This text is partly autobiographical. It includes reflections on modern hymnology. It also contains information on tunes and composers.
The life: a portrait of Jesus. 2003. 3v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 21359501.
A biography of Jesus Christ.
In my own words; compiled and edited by Anthony F Chiffolo. 2005. 1v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 21358901.
Quoting extensively from a variety of sources, this book provides inspiration from Pope John Paul II. His reflections emphasise the meaning and direction of life through the presence of God.
Communities of the last days: the Dead Sea Scrolls, the New Testament and the story of Israel. 2000. 8v. For sale only. Price: £14.99. Order No: 21360101.
This book tackles concrete themes - messianism, mysticism, exile and eschatology, law and justification, monotheism and covenant, the hermeneutics of restoration, and the reinterpretation of the story and symbols of Israel - all viewed through a comparison of Qumran and New Testament texts.
Desiring God: meditations of a Christian hedonist. 2002. 10v. For sale only. Price: £9.99. Order No: 21359801.
The pursuit of pleasure is not optional. Scripture reveals that the great business of life is to glorify God by enjoying Him forever. In this work, John Piper reveals that the debate between duty and delight doesn't truly exist: Delight is our duty.
From optimism to hope: thoughts for the day. 2004. 2v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 21359201.
The Rabbi selects his favourite pieces from Radio 4's Thought for the Day broadcasts.
Shelter from the storm: caring for victims from Kosova. 2003. 2v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 21368701.
This book tells the story of a refugee centre in Manchester during and after the 1999 Kosovan conflict. It is an account of how a comfortable suburban church became deeply involved in the shattered lives of the Kosovan Albanian families who had experienced ethnic cleansing. It documents, through Christian eyes, the emotional, psychological and spiritual costs to all involved - and the author's own journey, from his involvement with the victims of atrocity, and his hope for a future beyond suffering.
Ex-files. 2002. 2v. For sale only. Price: £4.99. Order No: 21359101.
This text contains the personal reflections on the author's year in office as the first Welsh speaking Vice President of the Methodist Conference 2000/2001.
True crime
Under the banner of heaven: a story of violent faith. 2004. 7v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 21358101.
Brothers, Ron and Dan Lafferty, insist they were commanded to kill by God. Krakauer's investigation is a research into savage violence and unyielding faith.
War
Leningrad: city under siege 1941-1944. 2005. 8v. Price: £14.95. Order No: 20841901.
An account of one of the pivotal campaigns of World War II.
Children and young adult fiction
Age ranges are given as a guide only
Age range 5-7
Trick or treat? 2007. 1v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 21010703. Magic and Fairy Stories.
Part of The Magic Factory series. Midden the Messy Witch and her team of helpers run the famous magic factory in Starling Castle. All sorts of people go there to buy spell ingredients, or for cauldron, broomstick and wand repairs, or just for helpful advice. In Trick or treat? there's a bad tempered imp determined to spoil a party, a box of magical tricks mixed up by some mischievous school children, and a startling air display by the Terrible Twins.
Midsummer magic. 2007. 1v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 21010001. Magic and Fairy Stories.
Part of The Magic Factory series. In Midsummer Madness it's the silly season. The heat is going to everybody's heads. Will the Magic Factory Midsummer Party be a success - or a melting, magical mess?
Horrid Henry. 2000. 1v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 21011803. Humorous Fiction.
Part of the Horrid Henry series. Horrid Henry is everyone's favourite awful child! The riotous stories of Henry and his little brother Peter.
Horrid Henry and the secret club. 1996. 1v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 21011703. Humorous Fiction.
Part of the Horrid Henry series. Yet again Henry is out to cause trouble but this time Perfect Peter has other ideas. Why doesn't anyone notice when Peter is being horrid? A naughty tale of fun and wickedness.
Age range 8-11
Artemis Fowl: the seventh dwarf. 2004. 1v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21012103. Fantasy.
Part of the Artemis Fowl series. Mulch Diggums, a dwarf on the run from the lower elements police, is trying to get his hands on the priceless Fei Fei tiara. But stealing it seems too easy. That's because it is too easy. Artemis Fowl, the legendary twelve year-old criminal mastermind, has set him up. He needs Mulch's help.
Chasing the Falconers. 2007. Single sided braille. 2v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 21010803. Adventure.
Part of the On the run series. Your parents are in jail for life. There's one piece of evidence that might save them, but it's hundreds of miles away. You're trapped on a prison farm in the middle of nowhere, and there are people out there who want you dead.
The fugitive factor. 2007. Single sided braille. 2v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 21010903. Adventure.
Part of the On the run series. Can you call it paranoia when everyone really is out to get you? Your parents are in jail. You're on the run. But being a fugitive can't be that bad when you're holed up in a luxury hotel. Until your story hits the national news.
Undercover in the underworld. 2007. Single sided braille. 2v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 21011003. Adventure.
Part of the On the run series. Who can you trust? There's one man who holds the key to your parents' freedom, but he's on the other side of the country, and the FBI are close behind you. You need help - badly. But will your new "friends" back you up or sell you out?
Age range 12-14
Flash flood. 2006. 4v. Price: £5.99. Order No: 20768701. Adventure.
Ben's on a trip to London to meet his mum. But an accident at the Thames Barrier, combined with a tidal surge and a dramatic thunderstorm - and suddenly his trip turns into something totally different as the Barrier is breached and London is flooded. As Ben tries to get across London to meet his mother, little does he know that two terrorists have a similar rendezvous.
Young adult
Missing person. 1995. 4v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 20176202. Crime Fiction.
Part of the Point crime. The beat… series. Fifteen-year-old Hannah Brown is missing - just another teenage runaway. Or is she? Only PC Clare Coppola, working on her first case, thinks otherwise. But how can she prove that Hannah is in danger? And what connection does a missing teenager have with a spate of local burglaries?
Hellbent. 2006. 3v. Price: £5.99. Fantasy.
Sent to Hell for typical teenage misdemeanours, Conor is surprised to find that it's not all pitchforks and leaping flames. But an eternity in a fusty cave full of philosophy books and obscure classical music is actually worse. Then Conor realizes that his personal version of Hell might be someone else's idea of Heaven - and vice versa. He sets out on a filthy, funny and forbidden journey to search for his opposite number, accompanied by his repulsive pet dog, a depressed cross-dressing Viking and a stumpy devil called Clarence. What he discovers is shocking, but oddly enough Conor learns a hell of a lot about life - now that he's dead!
Set in stone. 2006. 5v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 21007001. Thriller.
When Samuel Godwin, a young and naive art tutor, accepts a job with the Farrow family at their majestic home, little does he expect to come across such a web of secrets and lies. But his discoveries lead to revenge and betrayal - and lives all around are turned upside down as life and death combat each other for supremacy. Winner of the 2006 Costa Prize for Children’s Fiction.
The alibi. 1996. 4v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 20175702. Crime Fiction.
When Stuart Burrage is found dead at his home the police soon track down the killer. But Stuart's son, Kieran, isn't so sure. He thinks the police have got it wrong – dead wrong. Because Kieran's stepmother, Rhia, has a motive too, and Kieran suspects her of murder!
Double date. 1998. 3v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 20176402. Horror.
Part of the Point horror: Unleashed series. Travis and Christie are wild. They love playing crazy practical jokes. But when Tracy and her boyfriend Kyle go on a double date with them, they don't expect to be frightened to death.
Return of the mummy. 1995. 2v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 20176302. Horror.
Part of the Goosebumps series. Gabe can't wait to get back to Egypt. His uncle has discovered an ancient tomb - and Gabe and his cousin Sari are going to be there when he opens it! Of course, last year Gabe found the tombs a bit scary, but he's not going to let anything spook him out this time. Then they find the mummy in the tomb. It's creepy enough when it's dead. But can Gabe stay cool now it's coming back to life?
Children and young adult non-fiction
Age range 5-7 (KS1)
John Lennon. 2000. Single sided braille, 1v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 20965601.
Part of the Famous people, famous lives series. John Lennon hated school but soon found something he was good at: playing in a band. The Beatles became the most popular band of the 1960s and still have millions of fans all over the world.
Boudicca. 2002. Single sided braille, 1v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 20966301.
Part of the Famous people, famous lives series. Two thousand years ago Boudicca was born into a Britain much wilder than it is today. And there is trouble ahead. The Romans, recently arrived from Italy, are hungry for more land and they want the land where Boudicca lives. But Boudicca, now Queen of the Iceni, decides to fight back.
Alfred the Great. 2002. Single sided braille, 1v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 20966101.
Part of the Famous people, famous lives series. Alfred the Great fights many battles against the Viking invaders before he can settle down as King of Wessex. He then becomes so popular with his people that they call him "Alfred the Great".
Age range 8-11 (KS2)
Grammar and punctuation. 2002. 1v. Price: £7.50.
Introductory book. Order No: 20845901.
Book 2. Order No: 20846101.
Focus on grammar and punctuation series. This language course provides a straightforward, practical approach to teaching essential grammatical concepts step-by-step.
Age range 12–14 (KS3)
Collins French dictionary; editors, Christine Penman et al. 2004. 30v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 20435401.
This easy learning French dictionary provides sections on dictionary skills, French in action, French verbs, and a French-English, English-French dictionary. Practical tips and activity pages are also provided to help the reader find out more about the language and culture.
GCSE higher maths revision guide for Edexcel A. 2007. 4v. Price: £7.50. Order No: 21306303.
Easy learning series. This revision guide is designed to help with GCSE Maths Edexcel A higher exam. The book is divided into four sections: handling data, number, shape, space and measures and algebra.
Livewire series
The Livewire series provides stimulating reading materials with a teenage/adult interest level for those with reading ages below ten or for adult students learning English as a foreign language.
Liverpool. 2003. 1v. Price: £4.25. Order No: 20829301.
Livewire Real Lives series. Liverpool is one of the most successful football clubs of all time. In the club's history there have been highs and lows. Read about the players and their most famous victories.
Braille – Grade 1
Children and young adult fiction
Age range 5-7
Trick or treat? 2007. 2v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 21010704. Magic and Fairy Stories.
Part of The Magic Factory series. Midden the Messy Witch and her team of helpers run the famous magic factory in Starling Castle. All sorts of people go there to buy spell ingredients, or for cauldron, broomstick and wand repairs, or just for helpful advice. The Magic Factory Mail Order Service is really big as well - spells delivered to your door any time of the day or night! In Trick or treat? there's a bad tempered imp determined to spoil a party, a box of magical tricks mixed up by some mischievous school children, and a startling air display by the Terrible Twins.
Midsummer magic. 2007. 2v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 21010002. Magic and Fairy Stories.
Part of The Magic Factory series. In Midsummer Madness it's the silly season. The heat is going to everybody's heads. Will the Magic Factory Midsummer Party be a success - or a melting, magical mess?
Age range 8-11
Artemis Fowl: the seventh dwarf. 2004. 2v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21012104. Fantasy.
Part of the Artemis Fowl series. Mulch Diggums, a dwarf on the run from the lower elements police, is trying to get his hands on the priceless Fei Fei tiara. But stealing it seems too easy. That's because it is too easy. Artemis Fowl, the legendary twelve year-old criminal mastermind, has set him up. He needs Mulch's help.
Chasing the Falconers. 2007. Single sided braille. 3v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 21010804. Adventure.
Part of the On the run series. Your parents are in jail for life. There's one piece of evidence that might save them, but it's hundreds of miles away. You're trapped on a prison farm in the middle of nowhere, and there are people out there who want you dead.
The fugitive factor. 2007. Single sided braille. 3v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 21010904. Adventure.
Part of the On the run series. Can you call it paranoia when everyone really is out to get you? Your parents are in jail. You're on the run. But being a fugitive can't be that bad when you're holed up in a luxury hotel. Until your story hits the national news.
Undercover in the underworld. 2007. Single sided braille, 3v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 21011004. Adventure.
Part of the On the run series. Who can you trust? There's one man who holds the key to your parents' freedom, but he's on the other side of the country, and the FBI are close behind you. You need help - badly. But will your new "friends" back you up or sell you out?
Horrid Henry. 2000. 1v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 21011804. Humorous Fiction.
Part of the Horrid Henry series. Horrid Henry is everyone's favourite awful child! The riotous stories of Henry and his little brother Peter.
Horrid Henry and the secret club. 1996. 1v. Price: £4.99. Order No: 21011704. Humorous Fiction.
Part of the Horrid Henry series. Yet again Henry is out to cause trouble but this time Perfect Peter has other ideas. Why doesn't anyone notice when Peter is being horrid? A naughty tale of fun and wickedness.
Age range 12-14
Flash flood. 2006. 4v. Price: £5.99. Order No: 20768601. Adventure.
Ben's on a trip to London to meet his mum. But an accident at the Thames Barrier, combined with a tidal surge and a dramatic thunderstorm - and suddenly his trip turns into something totally different as the Barrier is breached and London is flooded. As Ben tries to get across London to meet his mother, little does he know that two terrorists have a similar rendezvous.
Children and young adult non-fiction
Age range 5-7 (KS1)
John Lennon. 2000. Single sided braille, 1v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 20965602.
Part of the Famous people, famous lives series. John Lennon hated school but soon found something he was good at: playing in a band. The Beatles became the most popular band of the 1960s and still have millions of fans all over the world.
Boudicca. 2002. Single sided braille, 1v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 20966302.
Part of the Famous people, famous lives series. Two thousand years ago Boudicca was born into a Britain much wilder than it is today. The Romans want the land where Boudicca lives. But Boudicca, now Queen of the Iceni, decides to fight back.
Alfred the Great. 2002. Single sided braille, 1v. Price: £3.99. Order No: 20966102.
Part of the Famous people, famous lives series. Alfred the Great fights many battles against the Viking invaders before he can settle down as King of Wessex. He then becomes so popular with his people that they call him "Alfred the Great".
Livewire series
The Livewire series provides stimulating reading materials with a teenage/adult interest level for those with reading ages below ten or for adult students learning English as a foreign language.
Liverpool. 2003. 1v. Price: £4.25. Order No: 20829201.
Part of the Livewire Real Lives series. Liverpool is one of the most successful football clubs of all time. In the club's history there have been highs and lows. Read about the players and their most
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