New Books

ANIMAL STORIES

None this month

AUSTRALIANA

Overington, Caroline

Last woman hanged

AUS 364.15230944 OVER

BIOGRAPHY

Archer, Jeffrey	A prison diary
Bevan, Scott	Bill
Dann, Lotta	Mrs D is going without
Fraser, Antonia	Must you go?
Hilton, Lisa	Elizabeth I
Holt, Hazel	A lot to ask
Shah, Sami	I, migrant

COOKING

None this month

CLASSICS

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CRAFT

Orriss, Linda

Craft bookbinding

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GARDENING

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GENERAL NOVELS

Appignanesi, Lisa	Sacred ends
Baldacci, David	The escape
Barker, Susan	The incarnations
Brown, Helen	Tumbledown Manor
Burke, James Lee	Wayfaring stranger
Carter, John	Last judgement
Connor, Alexandra	The Bosch deception
Cussler, Clive	Havana storm
Egan, Jennifer	A visit from the Goon Squad (Large print)
Ferrante, Elena	My brilliant friend
Follett, Ken	Edge of eternity
Fowler, Karen Joy	We are all completely beside ourselves
Fraser, Caro	Errors of judgment
Freeman, Kimberley	Evergreen Falls
Griffin, W. E. B.	Top secret
Hancock, Penny	A trick of the mind
Holtby, Winifred	South Riding
James, Cormac	The surfacing
Jansson, Tove	The summer book
Jenoff, Pam	The winter guest
Lanagan, Margo	Sea hearts
Laukkanen, Owen	Criminal enterprise
McNab, Andy	For valour
Morrissey, Di	The road back
Nakamura, Fuminori	Evil and the mask
Newton, P. M.	The old school
Packer, Nigel	The restoration of Otto Laird
Petterson, Per	I refuse
Quirk, Matthew	The directive
Rawson, Jane	A wrong turn at the office of unmade lists
Reilly, Matthew	The great zoo of China
Rinaldi, Nicholas	The remarkable courtship of General Tom Thumb
Ryan, Chris	Hunter killer
Self, Will	Shark
Shaw, Rebecca	Village rumours
Smiley, Jane	Some luck
Smith, Ali	How to be both
Steel, Danielle	Pegasus
Swan, Karen	Christmas in the snow
Tsiolkas, Christos	Merciless gods
Williams, John	Butcher’s Crossing
Williams, Niall	History of the rain
Various	Award winning Australian writing

Fowler, Karen Joy

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

Short-listed for this year’s Man Booker Prize, Karen Joy Fowler’s sixth novel is said to be her most accomplished yet – high praise considering the reception that greeted her “unforgettable and incandescent” first book, Sarah Canary, and her bestseller The Jane Austen Book Club. The Cookes aren’t quite your average American family. Rosemary’s father is a pedantic college professor, her mother has had a nervous breakdown, her brother is wanted by the FBI, and her sister Fern is – well, without giving away the story, something happened that meant Fern had to be sent away, and the mystery of what happened exactly is the hook that pulls the reader into this novel. Fowler’s compelling story of an extraordinary family life “examines what it means to be human, nonhuman and something in between…holds a mirror up to reflect what we’re really made of” (Elena Seymenliyska, The Telegraph).

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HISTORICAL NOVELS

Carey, Mike	The house of war and witness
Davies, J. D.	The battle of all the ages
Donald, Angus	Holy warrior
Kingsnorth, Paul	The wake
Severin, Timothy	Privateer

Angus, Donald

Holy Warrior

It is 1190 anno domini and Richard the Lionheart has launched his epic crusade to seize Jerusalem from the Saracens. It will prove to be no mean feat, but fortunately for the King he rides alongside Britain’s most famous, most feared, and most fictionalised folk hero: Robin Hood himself. From the crimson battlefield of the Holy Land to a danger lurking in his very own camp, the notorious Outlaw of Nottingham will face his most deadly challenge yet. Once again the tale is told through the voice of Alan Dale, one of Robin’s most trusted advisors, the characters reveal yet more of themselves in this, the second instalment of Angus’ Outlaw Chronicles, and one again the author doesn’t shy away from the “portrayal of the brutality and malice born of the fear and ignorance,” providing the reader with a vivid examination of “the dangers of dogmatic religious hatred” (Hoover Book Reviews).

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HISTORICAL ROMANCE

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MYSTERY

Allen, Robin	If you can’t stand the heat (Large print)
Andrews, Donna	Duck the halls
Ash, Maureen	Murder for Christ’s mass
Bowen, Gail	Deadly appearances
Brody, Frances	Death of an avid reader
Brown, Rita Mae	A nose for justice
Casey, Donis	Hell with the lid blown off
Castle, Richard	Wild storm
Christie, Agatha	Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore folly
Clark, Mary Higgins	The Cinderella murder
Clark, Mary Jane Behrends	Nowhere to run
Connolly, Sheila	Picked to die
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels	Flesh and blood
Gentill, Sulari	A murder unmentioned
Hess, Joan	Murder as a Second Language
Hill, Susan	The soul of discretion
Jaffarian, Sue Ann	Twice as dead (Large print)
James, Peter	A twist of the knife
McRae, Cricket	Wined and died (Large print)
Nadel, Barbara	Poisoned ground
Ng, Celeste	Everything I never told you
Patterson, James	Hope to die
Penny, Louise.	Bury your dead
Rose, Karen	Closer than you think
Sandford, John	Deadline
Todd, Charles	An unwilling accomplice
Winspear, Jacqueline	The care and management of lies
Winspear, Jacqueline	Leaving everything most loved
Various	Death sentences

Casey, Donis

Hell with the lid blown off

In the summer of 1916, a big twister brings destruction to the land around Boynton, Oklahoma. Alafair Tucker’s family and neighbours are not spared the ruin and grief spread by the storm. But no one is going to mourn for Jubal Beldon, who made it his business to know the ugly secrets of everyone in town. As Sheriff Scott Tucker and his deputy Trenton Calder look into the circumstances surrounding Jubal’s demise, Alafair, with injuries of her own, has her suspicions… Donis Casey has twice won the Arizona Book Award and her latest novel promises “a solid mystery with a sophisticated plot and a satisfying ending” (Sandra Dallas, New York Times) and “a good mystery with an odd final twist…eclipsed by frighteningly detailed descriptions of the terrors of tornadoes” (Kirkus Reviews).

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NON FICTION

Cannon, Christopher P.	The anti-inflammation diet	616.0473 CANN
Clancy, Robert	Mapping Antarctica	526.09989 CLAN
Deary, Terry	Dangerous days in Elizabethan England	942.055 DEAR
Entwisle, Timothy J.	Sprinter and sprummer	577.230994 ENTW
Kirn, Walter	Blood will out	364.1523092 KIRN
Klein, Naomi	This changes everything	363.73874 KLEI
Nafisi, Azar	The Republic of imagination	306.4880973 NAFI
Pickford, N. A.	Lady Bette and the murder of Mr Thynn	941.066 PICK
Porter, Richard	Top Gear epic failures	629.222 PORT
Richtel, Matt	A deadly wandering	303 RICH
Turner-Vesselago, Barbara	Writing without a parachute	808.02 TURN
McGrath, Amy (editor)	Wolves in sheep’s clothing	335.14 MCGR

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OCCULT

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POETRY

Various

The best Australian Poems 2014

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ROMANCE

Douglas, Michelle	Snowbound surprise for the billionaire
George, Louisa	A baby on her Christmas list
Kendrick, Sharon	Christmas on Da Conti’s bed
Lane, Soraya	The billionaire in disguise
Lee, Miranda	Taken over by the billionaire
MacKay, Sue,	A family this Christmas
McArthur, Fiona,	Midwife’s Christmas proposal
Milburne, Melanie,	The Valquez bride
Roberts, Alison	In her rival’s arms
Roberts, Alison	A little Christmas magic

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SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

Benford, Gregory	Bowl of heaven
Kenyon, Sherrilyn	Born of silence
Koch, Gini	Alien diplomacy
Lowell, Nathan	Half share
Marillier, Juliet	Dreamer’s pool
Shinn, Sharon	Angel-seeker
Shinn, Sharon	Reader and raelynx
Shinn, Sharon	Fortune and fate
Walton, Jo	Half a crown
Wilson, Geoffrey	The war of the Grail

Kenyon, Sherrilyn

Born of Silence

As leader of The Resistance, Zarya Starska has only one goal: toppling the corrupt government which destroyed her family and left her penniless. Her greatest asset in this struggle is known only to one other, but this other has a secret of his own. His real name is Darling Cruel, and he is none other than the heir to the very government Zarya is fighting against! As the fifth on Kenyon’s The League series unfolds, we learn that even the noblest of hearts are not incorruptible, and that the corrupt may be more pure of heart that those fighting against them.

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TRAVEL

None this month

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New additions to eBooks at SMSA

eBooks & Audiobooks help

EBOOKS

Castle, Richard	A Raging Storm: Derrick Storm Series
Castle, Richard	A Bloody Storm: Derrick Storm Series
Deveny, Catherine	The Happiness Show: A Novel
Deveny, Catherine	Stamping Ground: Stories of the Northern Suburbs of Melbourne
Hasluck, Nicholas	Dismissal
Krauth, Kirsten	Talking Writing: 50 Contemporary Writers on Novels
Macomber, Debbie	White Lace and Promises
Slaughter, Karin	A Grant County Collection
Alan Tansley	Bold, Brash and Brave
Clarke, Gerald	Capote: A Biography
Enright, Skeeter	Carnival Charlatan
Hedges, Carol	Honour & Obey
Seaman, Damien	Berlin Burning: A Weimar Republic Murder Mystery Novella
Spencer, Matt	Chapel of the Falcon
Halleck, Mindy	Return to Sender
Ames, Ritter	Organized for Homicide: Organized Mysteries Series
Bator, Diane	Death of a Jaded Samurai: Yin-Yang Mystery Series
Byrne, Wendy	Hard to Kill: Hard Targets Series
DeLeon, Jana	Louisiana Longshot: Miss Fortune Mystery Series
DeLeon, Jana	Rumble on the Bayou
Hart, Jennifer	Murder Al Dente: Southern Pasta Shop Mystery Series
Jones, Gin	A Dose of Death: Helen Binney Mystery Series
Nelson, Kerri	Remote Consequences: Working Stiff Mystery Series
Swan, Maria	Murder Under the Italian Moon: Lella York Mystery Series

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AUDIOBOOKS

Adams, Richard	Watership Down
Callinan, Ian	The Russian Master
Dickens, Charles	A Tale of Two Cities
Penny, Louise	The Cruelest Month: Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Series
Tolstoy, Leo	War and Peace
Twain, Mark	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn