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Braille, non-fiction for adults - New Books November 2008

Summary: Your regular update of new titles available for loan and sale from RNIB

• Autobiography and biography
• Computing
• Customs
• Drama
• Food and drink
• Geography
• History
• Language
• Map
• Music
• Music scores
• Natural history
• Parenting
• Poetry
• Religion
• Science
• Travel
• True crime

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Autobiography and biography

Beah, Ishmael
A long way gone: memoirs of a boy soldier. 2008. 4v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 21389301.
The story of Ishmael Beah's childhood. Aged just 12, he fled from rebels attacking his village to wander a violent land, before being conscripted into the army - where he learnt that he too was capable of terrible acts. Once he emerged he decided to tell his story, of the loss of innocence and the power of redemption.

Edwards, Nick
In stitches: the highs and lows of life as an A&E doctor. 2007. 4v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 21356001.
Dr Nick Edwards is an Accident and Emergency (A&E) doctor working in the UK and a passionate believer in the NHS. However the reforms, political correctness and the Anglo-Saxon culture of binge drinking and fighting and the resulting A&E visits are a strain on his sanity. So to keep up his morale he began writing down his feelings.

Flintoff, Andrew
Being Freddie: the story so far. 2006. 3v. For loan only.
Andrew 'Freddie' Flintoff's story so far in his own words, taking us up to and including the summer of 2005. Freddie will highlight the moments and matches in his career that helped him dramatically on his way forward, and reveals what it is like to play for one of the most successful England cricket teams in history.

Galloway, George
Fidel Castro handbook. 2006. 4v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 21062701.
A fresh look at Fidel Castro's life from childhood, through his dramatic conquest of power, and his extraordinary, charismatic leadership of Cuba over forty-seven years.

Griffiths, Nick
Dalek I loved you. 2007. 5v. Price: £8.44. Order No: 21405103.
Dalek I Loved You is the hilarious and touching memoir of a love affair, of a life lived with the Doctor. It is also an evocative memoir of a 1970's childhood, and of being a teenager and a student in the 1980's and a music journalist in the 1990s.

Hammond, Richard
On the edge: my story. 2007. 5v. Price: £18.99. Order No: 21389801.
On September 20, 2006, Richard Hammond suffered a serious brain injury following a high-speed car crash, and the nation held its breath. On the Edge is his compelling account of life before and after the accident and an honest description of his year of recovery, full of drama and incident.

Light, Alison
Mrs Woolf and the servants. 2007. 8v. Price: £20.00.
Order No: 21355401.
Virginia Woolf's relationship with her servants was central to her life. Like thousands of her fellow Britons she relied on live-in domestics for the most intimate of daily tasks. But unlike many of her contemporaries, Virginia Woolf was frequently tormented by her dependence on servants.

Prince, Mary
The history of Mary Prince: a West Indian slave. 2000. 3v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 21354801.
This book was the first narrative of a black woman to be published in Britain. It describes Prince's sufferings as a slave in Bermuda, Turks Island and Antigua, and her eventful arrival in London with her brutal owner Mr Wood in 1828. Prince escaped from him and sought assistance from the Anti-Slavery Society, where she dictated her remarkable story.

Shortt, Rupert
Rowan Williams: an introduction. 2003. 5v. For loan only.
This is the first book to chart the Archbishop's career and evolution as a thinker. A long biographical chapter is followed by further sections on key aspects of Williams' theology, spirituality and politics. The result is a sympathetic but not uncritical profile of a leader with unmatched talents for enhancing dialogue between Christianity and secular culture. Donated by the Guild of Church Braillists.

Smith, Liz
Our Betty: scenes from my life. 2007. 2v. For loan only.
Liz Smith, is most often recognised for her role of Nana in The Royle Family. Our Betty is Liz's life story - from her cosseted yet lonely childhood to her escape into acting. Liz was 50 when her career took off and she has worked with some of the most famous names in the entertainment business.

Stirling, Richard
Julie Andrews: an intimate biography. 2007. 10v. Price: £17.99. Order No: 21366803.
Julie Andrews is the last of the great Hollywood musical stars – her extraordinary career spans more than forty years. Richard Stirling's deeply researched biography - based on many years of contact with Julie - is a frank but affectionate portrait of an enduring icon of stage and screen.

Sugden, John
Sir Francis Drake. 2006. 16v. Price: £9.99. Order No: 21062601.
More than four hundred years after his death, Sir Francis Drake remains one of the legendary figures of history. The most daring of the corsairs who raided the West Indies and Spanish Main, he led the English into the Pacific, and circumnavigated the world to bring home the Golden Hind laden with Spanish treasure. His exploits marked the emergence of England as a major maritime nation.

Townsend, Martin.
The father I had. 2007. 4v. For loan only.
Martin Townsend grew up with a father, Ron, who had suffered recurring mental illness since the early 1950s. The Father I Had is a moving and marvellously written account of a close family nearly torn apart by mental illness, and a thoughtful reflection on that most sensitive of relationships that between a father and a son.

Computing

Vise, David A
The Google story. 2006. 6v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 21194101.
Every day over sixty-four million people use Google in more than one hundred languages, running billions of searches for information on everything and anything. This book works through the creation and growth of a company that has become so familiar its name is used as a verb around the world.

Customs

Oliver, Harry
Black cats and April fools. 2006. 3v. For loan only.
We have all touched wood to ward off misfortune, or seen a bride throw a bouquet over her head at a wedding. Behind many of our daily rituals and beliefs lies a fascinating history of weird and wonderful notions. The author has delved into the stories behind our rich traditions to explain them to us.

Drama

Shakespeare, William.
King Henry V. 1997. 11v. Price: £5.99. Order No: 21533201.
The Arden Shakespeare. Third series. This book provides an authoritative text; detailed notes and commentary; an introduction to the play's historical, cultural and performance contexts; a full index to the introduction and notes and a select bibliography of references and further reading.

Shakespeare, William
A midsummer night's dream. 2000. 9v. Price: £15.99.
Order No: 21053901.
The Arden Shakespeare. Third series. This book provides an authoritative text; detailed notes and commentary; an introduction to the play's historical, cultural and performance contexts; a full index to the introduction and notes and a select bibliography of references and further reading.

Food and drink

Berry, Mary
Mary Berry's Christmas collection: over 100 fabulous recipes and tips for a trouble-free festive season. 2006. 4v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 21068301
Includes traditional roast turkey and classic Victorian Christmas cake, but also a variety of new food ideas for the festive period. With tips on leftovers, buffets, a Christmas Day countdown and a trouble-shooting section.

Eastwood, Harry
Cook yourself thin: the delicious way to drop a dress size. 2007. 3v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 21356101.
"The Cook Yourself Thin" team don't do denial or sums or regimes, simply discover the foods that are your downfall, swap for fantastic skinny alternatives and watch the pounds drop off.

Goode, Jamie
Wine science: the application of science in winemaking. 2005. 7v. Price: £30.00. Order No: 21222801.
This book details all the key scientific developments relating to the viticultural, oenological, and social issues surrounding wine and winemaking.

Geography

Cruickshank, Dan
Around the world in 80 treasures. 2005. 6v. For loan only.
Dan Cruickshank's quest is to tell the story of civilisation through the greatest of man's achievements. It will also be the story of his travels, and who and what he meets along the way. Whether standing before the solemn heads of Easter Island, investigating the mysterious Nazca lines in Peru or the magnificent temple of Borobodur in Java.

History

Brown, Mike
Christmas on the home front. 2004. 4v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 21056001.
Drawing upon personal recollections, contemporary Mass Observation reports, newspaper articles and advertisements, personal and archive photographs, the author looks at each wartime Christmas on the British Home Front, from 1939 to 1944.

Flanders, Judith
Consuming passions: leisure and pleasure in Victorian Britain. 2006. 17v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 21247601.
This book tells the story of how, over two centuries, leisure became an industry offering a cornucopia of entertainment for a new mass audience, as demand was fuelled by newspapers, by advertising, by publicity - all eighteenth-century creations.

Marr, Andrew
A history of modern Britain. 2007. 15v. Price: £25.00. Order No: 21247301.
This history follows all the political and economic stories, but deals too with comedy, cars, the war against homosexuals, Sixties anarchists, oil-men and punks, Margaret Thatcher's wonderful good luck, political lies and the true heroes of British theatre. Contains language which might be considered offensive.

Language

Bragg, Melvyn
The adventure of English 500AD to 2000: the biography of a language. 2004. 7v. Order No: 21193601. Price: £8.99.
In this book Melvyn Bragg shows us the story of the English language; from its beginnings as a minor guttural Germanic dialect to its position today as a truly established global language.

Map

Map of Regent's Park, Primrose Hill and Belsize Park, London [Based on Collins Street Atlas: Greater London]. 2007. 1v. Price: £4.00; £12.00; £21.00. Order No: 21272301. For sale only.
The area covered by this map is from Marylebone/Euston Road in the south to Belsize Lane in the north, Eversholt Road/Chalk Farm Road/Haverstock Road in the east to Park Road/Wellington Road/Finchley Road in the west. The map starts by giving an overview of the area to be covered. This is followed by a detailed map showing the roads and streets; named public buildings, places of interest, railway lines and stations, underground stations, churches, parks and open spaces. An enlarged map of Regent's Park including footpaths follows the detailed map.

Music

Lebrecht, Norman
Maestros, masterpieces and madness: the secret life and shameful death of the classical record industry. 2007. 7v. For loan only.
Norman Lebrecht compellingly demonstrates that classical recording has reached its end point. The full story of a minor art form, celebrating the genius of Schnabel, Toscanini, Karajan, Callas, Rattle, Pavarotti and many others and the ways that their work has enriched our lives.

Weller, Paul
Suburban 100. 2007. 2v. Price: £17.99. Order No: 21368901.
Paul Weller first burst onto the British music scene with his band, The Jam, in 1977 and was quickly marked apart from his contemporaries as a brilliant lyricist. This selection contains some of these lyrics and Paul Weller's reflection on his lyrics.

Music scores

Selected piano exam pieces 2007-2008. Grade 1. Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, 2006. 1v. Order no. 20609501. Price £3.95.

Selected piano exam pieces 2007-2008. Grade 5. Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, 2006. 2006. 1v. Order no. 20609101. Price £5.75.

Bach, Johann Sebastian
Christmas Oratorio = Weihnachts-Oratorio [Bass chorus part]; vocal score arranged by Alfred Durr; Klavierauszug von Alfred Durr. Basel: Barenreiter Kassel, 1989. Open score, 1v. Price: £0.76; £2.65; £6.50. Order No: 21536001.
Contents: Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage = Shout ye exultant this day of salvation - Wie soll ich dich empfangen = How can I fitly greet thee - Ach mein herzliebes Jesulein = Ah, Jesus child, my heart's delight - Brich an, o schones Morgenlicht = Break forth, o beauteous morning light - Schaut hin, dort liegt im finstern Stall = Behold, in gloomy stable stall - Ehre sei Gott in der Hohn = Glory to God in the highest - Wir singen dir in deinem Heer = In chorus now to thee we raise - Herrscher des Himmels, erhore das Lallen = Ruler of Heaven, tho' weak be our voices - Lasset uns nun gehen gen Bethlehem = Let us even go now to Bethlehem - Dies hat er alles uns getan = That God has blessed his people thus - Ich will dich mit Fleiss bewahren = Thee, my master, faithful serving - Seid froh dieweil = Rejoice and sing - Fallt mit Danken, fallt mit Loben = Bow ye, thankful, kneel and praise ye - Jesus richte mein Beginnen = Jesus, be my firm foundation.

Bach, Johann Sebastian
Mass in B minor [tenor]. Bèarenreiter, 1955. Piano reduction based on the Urtext of the New Bach Edition by Gottfried Mueller. Open score, 1v. Price: £0.76; £2.65; £6.50. Order No: 21535701.

Chopin, Frederic
Sonaty: op. 35 and op.58; edited by Jan Ekier. Krakow: Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, 2006. Bar over bar, 3v. Price: £1.26; £3.79; £11.00. Order No: 21391001.

Duffy, Catherine
Voice for life: singer's workbook: light blue. Royal School of Church Music, 2004. 1v. Price: £1.13; £3.15; £10.00. Order No: 21566601.
Module A; Using the voice well - Module B; Musical skills and understanding - Mondule C; Repertoire - Module D; Belonging to the choir - Module E; Choir in context.

Hall, Pauline
Tunes for ten fingers: a first piano book. 1992. Bar over bar, 1v. Price: £0.88; £2.65; £7.50. Order No: 21485501.
Series: The Oxford piano method.

Jenkins, Karl
Requiem: complete vocal score: SATB and piano [1st soprano part]. London: Boosey and Hawkes, 2005. Open score, 1v. Price: £0.76; £2.65; £6.50. Order No: 21489401.
Introit - Dies irae - The snow of yesterday - Rex tremendae - Confutatis - From deep in my heart - Lacrimosa - Now as a spirit - Pie Jesu – Having seen the moon - Lux aeterna - Farewell - In paradisum.

Zahnhausen, Markus
Lux aeterna: fuer altblockfloete solo (tenor/voice-flute). Wolfenbuttel: Mosler Verlag, 1995. Single line, 1v. Price: £0.76; £1.51; £4.00. Order No: 21563101.

Natural history

Attenborough, David
Life in cold blood. 2008. 3v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 21443001.
Reptiles and amphibians ruled the world for nearly 200 million years and today there are still over 12,500 of them. In "Life in Cold Blood", David traces the story of their evolution and overturns the myth that these creatures are just primitive killers to reveal them for what they truly are.

Parenting

Newton, Sarah
Help! My teenager is an alien: the everyday situation guide for 2007. 4v. Price: £12.99. Order No: 21405003.
Sarah Newton has years of experience working with teenagers. By following her advice you will see how the barriers can be broken down and a new level of understanding reached between you and your child.

Poetry

Fenton, James
Selected poems. 2006. 2v. For loan only.
James Fenton selects the best of his prize-winning poetry .

The Oxford book of Christmas poems. 2005. 2v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 21055801.
A collection of over 120 poems old and new, with many favourites to give a wide-ranging mix for the Christmas season.

O'Brien, Sean
The drowned book. 2007. 1v. Price: £8.99. Order No: 21539301.
Many of the poems in Sean O'Brien's new collection take their emotional tenor and imaginative cue from his acclaimed translation of Dante's Inferno. "The Drowned Book" contains a number of powerfully moving poems written in memory of fellow poets and artists.

Religion

Bible. English. New International Version. 2002.
Preface - Table of weights and measures - Bible guide. 3v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21391101.
Genesis. 2v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21153501.
Exodus. 2v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21153601.
Leviticus. 1v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21153901.
Numbers. 2v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21154301.
Deuteronomy. 2v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21154401.
Joshua. 1v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21154501.
Judges and Ruth. 1v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21154701.
1 Samuel. 1v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21155001.
2 Samuel. 1v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21155101.
1 Kings. 2v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21155201.
2 Kings. 1v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21155301.
1 Chronicles. 2v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21156001.
2 Chronicles. 2v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21156301.
Ezra, Nehemiah and Esther. 2v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21156401.
Job. 1v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21156601.
Psalms. 3v. Price £1.00. Order No: 557815
Proverbs. 1v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21156701.
Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs. 1v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21157701.
Isaiah. 3v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21157901.
Jeremiah and Lamentations. 3v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21158001.
Ezekiel. 2v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21158101.
Daniel, Hosea, Joel and Amos. 2v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21158201.
Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah and Malachi. 1v. Price: £1.00. Order No: 21158401.

Arnold, Eberhard
Salt and light: living the Sermon on the Mount. 1998. 2v. Price: £8.00. Order No: 21361801. For sale only.
The author chose to live out Jesus' teachings by embracing their self-sacrificing demands. In this collection of talks and essays, he calls the reader to live for the overturning of the prevailing order of injustice. In its place we must build a peaceable society motivated by love.

Ashton, Cyril and Nicholls, Jack
A faith worth sharing?: a church worth joining? 1995. 3v. For loan only.
Most people have never been to church, and, if they have, their impressions are often negative. The authors of this book are convinced that this need not be the case by providing resources to encourage and build confidence, both in the Gospel itself and in the Church's ability to proclaim it. Donated by the Guild of Church Braillists.

Endicott, Mike
Find the way!: more stories of Yates, the guide dog with a dog collar. 2002. 1v.
A fascinating account of the complex, demanding and extremely responsible job of being a guide dog and the spiritual lessons which can be learned.

Etchells, Ruth
Safer than a known way: personal prayers with Christmas supplement. 2006. 2v. For loan only.
Presents a daily pattern of prayer, providing material for those who want to revitalise their prayer life. With general prayers for morning and evening, this work also includes additional prayers for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany at the end of Safer than a Known Way. Donated by the Guild of Church Braillists.

Spring, Beth
Childless: the hurt and the hope.1995. 1v. For loan only.
Part of the 'Pocketbook' series, this book is for couples who are having trouble conceiving and for those who counsel couples who are childless. It takes readers through the stages of grief and offers a balanced Christian view of family and personal worth. Donated by the Guild of Church Braillists.

Stanford, Shane
The seven next words of Christ: finding hope in the Resurrection sayings. 2006. 2v. For loan only.
This book details the conversations and encounters of Jesus following the Resurrection. These words or conversations provide insight into the heart and mind of Jesus as he encouraged, prepared, and deployed the disciples for ministry to the world through seven powerful encounters. Donated by the Guild of Church Braillists.

Westlake, David and Borlase, Craig
Upwardly mobile: how to live a life of significance. 2000. 1v. For loan only.
The glossy mags will give you all the advice you need for a fast-track route to flash cars, crisp suits and a seat on the board. But God's blueprint for life has rather different goals: feeding the hungry, sheltering the poor and loosing the chains of injustice. Upwardly mobile will help you discover your potential to make a
real difference in the world in which we live. Donated by the Guild of Church Braillists

Science

Stringer, Chris
Homo Britannicus: the incredible story of human life in Britain. 2006. 5v. Price: £25.00. Order No: 21247701.
This book tells the epic history of life in Britain, from man's very first footsteps to the present day. Chris Stringer describes times when Britain was so tropical that man lived alongside hippos and sabre toothed tigers, times so cold we shared this land with reindeer and mammoth, and times colder still when we were forced to flee altogether.

Travel

Fogle, Bruce
A dog abroad: one man and his dog journey into the heart of Europe. 2007. 5v. Price: £14.99. Order No: 21424103.
Macy, an endearing and vivacious golden retriever, and her master, the bestselling vet Bruce Fogle, journey into the very heart of Europe in search of the Fogle ancestors.

Parry, Bruce
Tribe: adventures in a changing world. 2007. 6v. Price: £20.00. Order No: 21421701.
Over four years, Bruce Parry spent a month at a time living with fifteen different tribes in remote regions of the world. The result is an insight into wildly differing cultures that are vibrant, hospitable and full of spirit despite numerous hardships.

True crime

Carcaterra, Lorenzo.
Sleepers. 1996. 5v. Price: £7.99. Order No: 21424803.
The true story of a group of four boys brought up in New York's notorious Mafia-run "Hell's Kitchen" during the 1960s. After nearly causing a man's death, they were sent to a reformatory where guards routinely brutalised them, leaving them with nothing but an undying loyalty to one another.

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