SMSA (Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts)December New Book Highlights
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ANIMAL STORIES
Adams, Saskia (ed) – Unconditional Love: Pet Rescue’s Animal Stories
Ahern, Pam – The Gift of Kindness: Rescued Farm Animals
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AUSTRALIANA
Dando-Collins, Stephen – Sir Henry Parkes: The Australian Colossus (920.71)
Greer, Germaine – White Beech: The Rainforest Years (333.75)
Hoskins, Ian – Coast: A History of the New South Wales Edge (307.7)
Macklin, Robert – Dark Paradise: Norfolk Island (940.54)
Perry, Roland – Horrie: The War Dog (940.54)
Wright, Clare – The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka (994.59)
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BIOGRAPHY
Carnarvon, Catherine – Lady Catherine and the Real Downton Abbey
Chang, Jung – Empress Dowager CIXI: The Concubine who Launched China
Evans, Matthew – The Dirty Chef
Greig, Joyce & Mark – Tony Greig
Jason, David – David Jason: My Life
Laver, Rod – Rod Laver: A Memoir
Mundle, Rob – Cook: From Sailor to Legend
Pointing, Ricky – At the Close of Play
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COOKING
Hardy, Isabel – Quick Meals
CRAFT
None this month.
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HISTORICAL NOVELS
Bartulin, Lenny – Infamy
Challinor, Deborah – Girl of Shadows
Hearn, Lian – The Storyteller and His Three Daughters
Iggulden, Conn – War of the Roses: Stormbird
Manbfredi, Valerio M. – Odysseus: The Oath
Scarrow, Simon – The Blood Crows
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HISTORICAL ROMANCE
Eikli, Beverley – The Reluctant Bride (pbk)
Hawkins, Karen – How to Treat a Lady (pbk)
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MYSTERY
Carter, Alan – Getting Warmer
Creed, Adam – Kill and Tell
Disher, Garry – Bitter Wash Road
Faletti, Girgio – The Pimp
Gentill, Sultari – Gentlemen Formerly Dressed
Greenwood, Kerry – Medea
Hamilton, Steve – Let it Burn
Haynes, Elizabeth – Under a Silent Moon
Hill, Casey – Hidden
Hillerman, Anne – Spider Woman’s Daughter
Indridason, Arnaldue – Stranger You Know
Kane, Andrea – The Stranger You Know
Kasasian, M.R.C. – The Mangle Street Murders (pbk)
Keller, Julia – Bitter River
Kent, G.W. – Killman (pbk)
Lansdale, Joe R. – The Thicket
Lawson, Dylan – Every Second Lost
Lief, Katia – The 12th Victim (pbk)
Loubiere, Sophie – The Stone Boy
Malliet, G.M. – Wicked Autumn (pbk)
Marklund, Liza – The Long Shadow
McIlvanney, Liam – Where the Dead Men Go
Nadel, Barbara – An Act of Kindness
Ohlsson, Kristina – The Disappeared
Paretsky, Sara – Critical Mass
Patterson, James – Cross My Heart
Pelecanos, George – The Double
Persson, Leif, G.W. – He Who Kills the Dragon
Pryor, Mark – The Crypt Thief (pbk)
Rankin, Ian – Saints of the Shadow Bible
Runcle, James – Sidney Chambers and the Perils of the Night (pbk)
Shoham, Liad – Lineup
Sandford, John – Storm Front
Viner, P.D. – The Last Winter of Dani Lancing
Walters, Minette – A Dreadful Murder & other Compulsive Tales
Weaver, Tim – Never Coming Back (pbk)
Yu, Ovidia – Aunty Lee’s Delights (pbk)
Zan Koethi – The Never List
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NON FICTION
Berthoud, Ella – The Novel Cure: An A-Z of Literary Remedies (011.73)
Hadfield, Chris – An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth (629.45)
King, Greg – The Assassination of the Archduke (909.80)
Langley, Phillipa – The Search for Richard III: The King’s Grave (942.04)
Minutaglio, Bill – Dallas 1963: The Road to the Kennedy Assassination (973.92)
Porter, Linda – Crown of Thistles: The Fatal Inheritance of Mary Queen of Scots (941.10)
Safran, John – Murder in Mississippi (364.15)
Shorto, Russell – Amsterdam: A History of the World’s Most Liberal City (949.2)
Winchester, Simon – The Men Who United the States (973)
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NOVELS
Appignanesi, Lisa – Paris Requiem (pbk)
Baldacci, David – King and Maxwell
Bond, Jenny – Perfect North
Bowman, Jack – High Rollers
Cartwright, Justin – Lion Heart
Chamberlain, Diane – The Bay at Midnight
Cole, Martina – Revenge
Dobbs, Michael – A Ghost at the Door
Duncan, Susan – Gone Fishing
Gee, Sue – Coming Home
Gold, Alan – Bloodline
Hancock, Penny – The Darkening Hour
Harrison, Chris – Happy Eva After
Howard, Elizabeth Jane – All Change
Johanbsen, Iris – Silencing Eve
Keneally, Tom – Shame and the Captives
Leary, Ann – The Good House
Lewis, Susan – The Truth About You
Lustbader, Eric Van – Father Night
McInnes, William – The Birdwatcher
McIntosh, Fiona – The Tailor’s Girl
McNab, Andy – Silencer
Morrissey, Di – The Winter Sea
Ninn, Judy – Elianne
Park, Tony – The Prey
Roode, Marli – Call it Dog
Simmons, Dan – The Abominable
Smith, Martin Cruz – Tatiana
Tan, Amy – The Valley of Amazement
Tartt, Donna – The Goldfinch
Thor, Brad – Hidden Order
Trollope, Joanna — Sense & Sensibility
Tsiolkas, Christos – Barracuda
Turow, Scott – Identical
van Heugten, Antionette – The Tulip Eaters
Williams, Nigel – Unfaithfully Yours
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OCCULT
Jones, Stephen Lloyd – The String Diaries
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ROMANCE
Deveraux, Jude – True Love
Roberts, Nora – Dark Witch
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SCIENCE FICTION
Adams, John J. – Brave New World (Short Stories)
Martinez, Michael J. – The Daedalus Incident
Robinson, Kim Stanley – Shaman
Reynolds, Alastair – On the Steel Breeze
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SEA STORIES
Stockman, Julian – Caribee
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TRAVEL
Barclay, Jennifer – Falling in Honey: Life and Love on a Greek Island (pbk) (914.50)
Cope, Tim – On the Trail of Genghis Khan (915.04)
Humphreys, Alastair – Lonely Planet’s: 1000 Ultimate Adventures (910.20)
New additions to eBooks at SMSA
EBOOKS
Benjamin, Malanie – The Aviator’s Wife (Historical Fiction)
Clacy, Ellen – A Lady’s Visit to the Gold Diggings in Australia in 1852-53 (Nonfiction History)
Foxley, Karen – The Midnight Dress (Mystery)
George, Elizabeth – Playing for the Ashes (Mystery)
Graham, Heather – The Night is Watching (Thriller)
Greene, Bette – Summer of My German Soldier, Book I (Historical Fiction)
Hammett, Dashiell – The Return of the Thin Man (Mystery)
Higgins, Kristan – All I Ever Wanted (Novel)
Laube, Lydia – Behind the Veil (Biography)
Lawrence, D.H. – Sons and Lovers (Classic)
Lawrence, D.H. – Women in Love: Brangwen Family Series, Book 2 (Classic)
Mankell, Henning – The Man Who Smiled (Mystery)
Mankell, Henning – The Pyramid (Mystery)
Morton, James – Gangland Sydney (Nonfiction True Crime)
Northrup, Solomon – Twelve Years a Slave (History)
Parker, Robert B. – Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe (Mystery Short Stories)
Pilger, Sam – The Ashes Match of My Life ((Nonfiction Sport)
Roberts, Nora – Luring a Lady (Novel)
Ryan, Chris – Australia (Nonfiction Sport)
Selby, Hubert – Last Exit to Brooklyn (Classic)
Shand, Adam – The Skull (True Crime)
Smart, Elizabeth – My Story (Biography)
Styron, William – Sophie’s Choice (Classic)
Thompson, Archie – What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger (Nonfiction Sports)
Audiobooks
Chandler, Raymond – The Big Sleep (Mystery)
Chandler, Raymond – Farewell My Lovely (Mystery)
Chandler, Raymond – Red Wind (Mystery – Short Stories)
Chandler, Raymond – Trouble is My Business (Mystery – Short Stories)
Coben, Harlan – One False Move (Mystery)
Coben, Harlan – The Final Detail (Mystery)
Cornwell, Patricia – The Body Farm (Mystery)
Cornwell, Patricia – From Potter’s Field (Mystery)
Cornwell, Patricia – Cause of Death (Mystery)
Crais, Robert – Chasing Darkness (Mystery)
Crais, Robert – Stalking the Angel (Mystery)
Greenwood, Kerry – Out of the Black Land (Historical Fiction)
Grisham, John – The Firm (Suspense)
Hammett, Dashiell – The Maltese Falcon (Mystery)
Wilhelm, Kate – The Good Children (Suspense)
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New Books for December 2013
The new books for December 2013, including ebooks and audiobooks, are now available to borrow.
We hope you enjoy them!
- New books may be borrowed for a period of two weeks only and may not be renewed.
- Books remain listed as “New Books” for three months.