SMSA (Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts)New Book Highlights
These books and more are reviewed below.
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ANIMAL STORIES
| Grumpy Cat | The Grumpy Cat Guide to Life |
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AUSTRALIANA
| Melbourne Athenaeum | The Melbourne Athenaeum: 1839 – 2009 | AUS 027.29 MELB |
| State Library of NSW | Sir William Dixon: A Passion for Collecting | AUS 027.509 NEVI |
| State Library of NSW | A Grand Obsession: The DS Mitchell Story | AUS 027.5944 MITC |
| Kelly, Paul | Triumph and Demise | AUS 324.29407 KELL |
| McGrath, Amy | The Stolen Election: Australia 1987 | AUS 324.660994 McGR |
| Fraser, Malcolm | Dangerous Allies | AUS 327.994 FRAS |
| Reid, Richard | No Cause for Alarm: Submarine Attacks on Sydney and Newcastle | AUS 359.009 REID |
| Bevan, Scott | Battle Lines: Australian Artists at War | AUS 709.94 BEVA |
| Parkinson, Robert James | Picture Shows on the Far South Coast of NSW | AUS 791.43 PARK |
| Parkinson, Robert James | Silver Screen in the Shoalhaven | AUS 791.43 PARK |
| Cherry Roger | Sydney Cove: Writers Walk Plaques | AUS 809.933 CHER |
| Rickety Kate | Feet on the Ground | AUS 821.3 RICK |
| Ramsland, John | From Antarctica to the Gold Rushes | AUS 919.89 RAMS |
| Bosler, Nan | The Story of Bob Waterer and his Family | AUS 929.209 BOSL |
| Stone, Barry | Desert ANZACS: Forgotten Conflicts in Mesopotamia, North Africa & Palestine | AUS 940.41294 STON |
| Maynard, Roger | Ambon: One of the most Brutal POW Camps of WW2 | AUS 940.547252 MAYN |
| Dyster, Barry | Servant & Master: Building and Running the Grand Houses of Sydney | AUS 994.4102 DYST |
| Barber, Laurie E. | Massacre at Myall Creek | AUS 994.44 BARB |
Maynard, Roger
Ambon.
In February of 1942, 1150 Australian soldiers were captured when Japanese forces seized control of Ambon, an Indonesian island. The following three and a half years would provide a veritable plethora of torment: incarceration, starvation as well as routine beatings and torture. In the midst of it all, however, heroic acts of kindness and bravery remain preserved in the minds of the 300 who made it out alive. Former BBC reporter, Roger Maynard, draws on nearly five decades of journalistic experience, as well as two years of investigation, to reveal the truth about one of the most brutal POW camps of World War II and the triumph of the Aussie spirit.
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BIOGRAPHY
| Brown, Bob | Optimism |
| Oddie, John | Flight Command |
| Rae, Ruth | Tony Windsor: The Biography |
| Snow, Richard | I Invented the Modern Age – Henry Ford |
| Williamson, John | Hey True Blue |
Snow, Richard
I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford
Cars. More than merely a means of conveying individuals, in varying degrees of comfort, from one locale to another, the car has become the ultimate symbol of effortless convenience representative of the modern world. But where did they come from? In I invented the modern age, Snow masterfully weaves together the fascinating narrative of Ford’s rise to fame. Through his childhood as a Michigan farm boy, to his intense rivalry with competitors, and finally the dizzying heights of his greatest invention, the Model T. Henry Ford has made his mark on the world, he was the engine behind a century of explosive growth and he laid the foundation for all highways to come.
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COOKING
| Csardas, Katalin | My Hungarian Kitchen Rhapsody |
| Ling, Kong Foong | The Asian Kitchen |
| Murray, Rose | 125 Best Casseroles & One-Pot Meals |
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CLASSICS
None this month
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CRAFT
None this month
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GARDENING
None this month
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GENERAL NOVELS
| Amis, Martin | The Zone of Interest |
| Atwood, Margaret | Stone Mattress |
| Backman, Fredrik | A Man Called Ove |
| Beaufoy, Kate | Liberty Silk |
| Bond, Jenny | The President’s Lunch |
| Carroll, Ber | Worlds Apart |
| Chamberlain, Diane | Reflection |
| Child, Lee | Personal |
| Cole, Jessie | Deeper Water |
| Condran, Jeffrey | Prague Summer |
| Conroy, Pat | Beach Music |
| Cussler, Clive | The Eye of the Heaven |
| Dean, Jason | The Hunter’s Oath |
| Feldman, Ellen | The Unwitting |
| Fergusson, Ben | The Spring of Kasper Meier |
| Finder, Joseph | Suspicion |
| Grant, Linda | Upstairs at the Party |
| Hein, Cathryn | The French Prize |
| Henderson, Paul J. | Las Bus to Coffeeville |
| Hiraide, Takashi | The Guest Cat |
| Hopkins, Sarah | The Picture of You |
| Howard, Sandra | Tell the Girl |
| Jacobson, Howard | J |
| Kavanagh, Linda | The Secret Wife |
| Laukkanen, Owen | The Professionals |
| Leather, Stephen | White Lies |
| Lewis, Steve | The Mandarin Code |
| Matthews, Carol | The Christmas Party |
| McCall Smith, Alexander | Fatty O’Leary’s dinner party |
| McEwan, Ian | The Children Act |
| O’Neill, Joseph | The Dog |
| Parrett, Favel | When the Night Comes |
| Pekkanen, Sarah | Catching Air |
| Pham, Hoa | The Other Shore |
| Quirk, Matthew | The 500 |
| Roffey, Monique | House of Ashes |
| Romer, Anna | Lyrebird Hill |
| Schaffert, Timothy | The Swan Gondola |
| Seymour, Gerald | Vagabond |
| Sheng, Keyi | Death Fugue |
| Swift, Graham | England and Other Stories |
| Thomas, Matthew | We Are Not Ourselves |
| Vaughan, Sarah | The Art of Baking Blind |
| Waters, Sarah | The Paying Guests |
| Wood, Daniel Davis | Blood and Bone |
| Wood, Danielle | Mothers Grimm |
Grant, Linda
Upstairs at the Party
Set in the early seventies, Liverpool. A group of teenagers filled with radical ideas and dreams befriend an androgynous couple known as Evie/Stevie. Adele, the protagonist of the story, becomes obsessed with Evie and the legacy of events during a party (upstairs, as per the title!) steers the course of the rest of Adele’s life. This novel explores youth from University life in the 70s through to the 21st Century and the life led as a result of things that happened and how people you may no longer know, can still shape your life. Written from the perspective of Adele in her fifties, she writes of how these moments in youth, the secrets and obsessions, can change your life forever.
Hopkins, Sarah
This Picture of You
Written by Australian author Sarah Hopkins, this novel is written about a family, seemingly happy and comfortable. One day, Martin (the father and husband) leaves a family lunch and is involved in an accident and has a stroke. As a result his mind starts to unravel and his life starts to revolve around a memory of a day in New York when he met his wife, Maggie, 40 years before.
Waters, Sarah
The Paying Guests
Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2014. Set in London in 1922, as people attempt to re-build following the First World War. Formerly wealthy, Frances and her widowed mother have no but to take in Lilian and Leonard Barber in as lodgers in their large house. From the “clerk class”, they bring modern times – music, colour and fun. This opens up the world to Frances, through open doors, she gets a glimpse of the new life, which brings with it relationships, love, passion and drama. For those who have read any of Sarah Walters’ previous novels, this is sure to please.
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HISTORICAL NOVELS
| Freeman, Anna | The Fair Fight |
| Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith | Run Them Ashore |
| Gregory, Philippa | The King’s Curse |
| Napier, William | Ivan the Terrible |
| Young, Robyn | Kingdom |
Gregory, Philippa
The King’s Curse
The King’s Curse follows the life of Margaret Pole, cousin of Elizabeth of York, a potential rival to Henry VII’s claim to the throne. This is the final novel in the Cousin’s War Series by Philippa Gregory (“The White Queen” etc), this is the story of Margaret’s rise and fall, from living a quiet married life in Wales, to being thrown into poverty and rising again as Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Katherine (wife of new King Henry VIII). From her trusted position she sees the tyrannical Henry VIII tear down the religion she loved, and the ruin of her Queen. Caught between the old world and the new, Margaret Pole has to find her own way as she carries the knowledge of an old curse on all the Tudors.
Young, Robyn
Kingdom : Two Nations One Destiny
This novel is the third in the Insurrection Series covering the story of Robert the Bruce and the Battle of Bannockburn. Robert the Bruce has been pronounced King of Scotland, but has angered King Edward II of England – who proceeds to march North to recapture the kingdom. Robert is not enjoying his Kingdom, as he has murdered his arch enemy John Comyn and hence created splits and unrest within Scotland. Robert must retreat to the caves (and watch spiders climb walls, I fear) and rebuild his army and gain strength in the mountains before meeting Richard on the battlegrounds of Bannockburn.
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HISTORICAL ROMANCE
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MYSTERY
| Arnaldur Indridason | Reykjavik Nights |
| Asrsenault, Emily | What Strange Creatures |
| Barclay, Linwood | No Safe House |
| Box, C. J. | Shots Fired |
| Cain, Chelsea | One Kick |
| Carr, Caleb | The Alienist |
| Castillo, Linda | The Dead Will Tell |
| Child, Lincoln | The Third Gate |
| Culver, Chris | By Any Means |
| Dalbuono, Nadia | The Few |
| Doherty, P. C. | Roseblood |
| French, Tana | The Secret Place |
| Granger, Ann | The Testimony of the Hanged Man |
| Harper, Tom | Zodiac Station |
| Henshaw, Mark | The Snow Kimono |
| Jackson, Lisa | Close to Home |
| Johnson, Craig | Kindness Goes Unpunished – Walt Longmire Mystery |
| Lord, Gabrielle | Dishonour |
| McDermid, Val | The Skeleton Road |
| Mosby, Steve | The Nightmare Place |
| Nunn, Malla | Present Darkness |
| Oswald, James | Dead Men’s Bones |
| Penny, Louise | The Long Way Home |
| Perry, Anne | Acceptable Loss |
| Phillips, Louise | Last Kiss |
| Reichs, Kathy | Bones Never Lie |
| Robinson, Peter | Abattoir Blues |
| Sefton, Maggie | Unraveled |
| Slater, Sean | The Unforgiven |
| Stanley, J. B. | Black Beans & Vice |
| Tapply, William G. | Outwitting Trolls |
| Taylor, Andrew | The Silent Boy |
| Williams, Amanda Kyle | Don’t Talk to Strangers |
| Wilson, D. K. | The Traitor’s Mark |
| Zimler, Richard | The Night Watchman |
Box, C. J.
Shots fired
Edgar Award-winning author, C. J. Box, returns with a collection short stories set in Joe Pickett County. Pickett, a Wyoming game warden, first made an appearance in 2001’s Open Season, and has since featured in thirteen of Box’s novels. In this collection, Pickett takes on landowner up to no good and investigates a radio call which very nearly turns out to be his end. Additionally, we meet a pair of European toughs who pick the wrong Wyoming locals to tangle with, and explore Disneyland Paris with a Lakota Indian, who takes a job portraying a ‘noble savage’, only to meet a femme fatale who is rather ‘savage’ herself!
Dalbuono, Nadia
The Few
Detective Leone Scamarcio, the son of a former leading Mafioso, has turned away from the family business and joined the Rome police force. When he is handed a file of compromising photographs which lead him all the way to the Italian Prime Minister, Scamarcio has a big job on his hands.
Johnson, Craig
Kindness goes Unpunished
With over ten books to his name, not to mention a TV series based on his character, Johnson’s Walt Longmire is very nearly a household name. In this, the third instalment of the series, the straight-shooting Wyoming sheriff joins his old friend, Henry Standing Bear, on a trip to Philadelphia. The plan is to visit his daughter, Cady, and have some long overdue R&R, but when Cady is viciously attacked, Walt has no choice but to dispense a little Western style justice.
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NON FICTION
| McFedries, Paul | PC’s for Grown-Ups | 005.4460846 McFE |
| Horowitz, Alexandra | On Looking | 158.1 HORO |
| Bates, Denise | Breach of Promise to Marry: How Jilted Brides Settled Scores | 306.810941 BATE |
| Kennedy, Robert F. | Thirteen Days | 327.73047 KENN |
| Glaser, Gabrielle | Her Best-Kept Secret | 362.292082/0973 GLAS |
| Garner, Helen | This House of Grief: the story of a murder trial | 364.15230994 GARN |
| Peters, Virginia | Have you Seen Simone? | 364.15230994 PETE |
| McGregor, Jane | The Empathy Trap | 616.8582 McGR |
| Taylor, Barbara | The Last Asylum | 616.890092 TAYL |
| Williams, Olivia | Gin Glorious Gin | 641.255 WILL |
| Eckersley, Jill | Helping Elderly Relatives | 649.80846 ECKE |
| Monro, Alexander | The Paper Trail: An Unexpected History of the Worlds Greatest Invention | 676.09 MONR |
| Hales, Dianne R. | Mona Lisa | 759.5 HALE |
| Wagner, Robert | You Must Remember This | 791.43 WAGN |
| Kennedy, Emma | The Killing Handbook | 791.4572 KENN |
| Porter, Darwin | Pink Triangle | 810.9 PORT |
| Chaline, Eric | History’s Lost Treasures: and the Stories Behind Them | 930.1 CHAL |
| Deary, Terry | Dangerous Days in the Roman Empire | 937.06 DEAR |
| Angela, Alberto | The Reach of Rome | 937.63 ANGE |
| McAuliffe, Mary Sperling | Dawn of the Belle Epoque | 944.361081 McAU |
Garner, Helen
This House of Grief
On Father’s Day in 2005, three young boys drowned when the car their father, Robert Farquharson, was driving went off the road and plunged into a dam. The tragedy of such an event cannot be denied, but even more horrifying is the possibility this was a deliberate act of revenge, perpetrated by Farquharson, against the woman who left him.
Peters, Virginia
Have you seen Simone?
This is a true crime story about Simone Strobel, a German backpacker who went missing in Lismore, New South Wales in 2005. Written in a similar vein to Helen Garner’s Joe Cinque’s Consolation, the author endeavours to uncover the truth behind the crime. At the inquest, Simone’s boyfriend, Tobias Suckfuell, the main suspect, was not charged with any offence concerning her. The author follows different avenues and leads, including a trip to Germany to speak to friends and relatives to uncover more about the events that lead to Simone’s death. This book covers her story, as well as looking at the grief and loss experienced when someone is lost.
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OCCULT
| Adrian, Lara | Crave the Night |
| Harkness, Deborah | The Book of Life – All Souls Trilogy, volume 3 |
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ROMANCE
| Castle, Jayne | The Hot Zone |
| Clark, Lucy | Dr Perfect on her Doorstep |
| Hardy, Kate | It Started with no Strings |
| Lynn, Janice | Flirting with the Doc of her Dreams / After One Forbidden Night |
| Marinelli, Carol | More Precious than a Crown |
| Michaels, Fern | Kiss and Tell |
| Monroe, Lucy | Heiress for his Empire |
| Roberts, Nora | The Calhouns |
| Taylor, Jennifer | One More Night with her Desert Prince / Flirting with Dr Off-Limits |
| Tremayne, Avril | From Fling to Forever |
| Wallace, Barbara | The Unexpected Honeymoon |
Roberts, Norah
The Calhouns Volume 1: Includes the stories Courting Cathering and A Man for Amanda
Books 1 and 2 of the Calhouns series. Courting Catherine is the story of how two people from different backgrounds, who appear to have very little in common, can come together against the odds. In the search for some missing emeralds, Trenton St. James, a hotel magnate of a determined nature, clashes with Catherine and her desire not to have a faceless hotel chain built from her beloved home. However Trenton was more determined than she would have thought. In A Man for Amanda, another Calhoun sister falls for an arrogant cowboy architect who she knew was trouble when she first laid eyes on him. She feared he was after the family’s emeralds more than their family home, but it appeared that he was also falling for her.
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SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY
| Corey, James S. A. | Adaddon’s Gate – The Expanse, volume 3 |
| Czerneda, Julie E. | A Turn of Light |
| Deas, Stephen | Dragon Queen – The Silver Kings, volume 1 |
| Esslemont, Ian C. | Assail |
| Hobb, Robin | Fool’s Assassin – Fitz and the Fool trilogy, volume 1 |
| Hurley, Kameron | God’s War – Bel Dame Apocrypha, volume 1 |
| Koch, Gini | Alien in the Family – Katherine ‘Kitty’ Katt, volume 3 |
| Leckie, Ann | Ancillary Justice – Imperial Radch, volume 1 |
| Liney, Peter | The Detainee – Detainee, volume 1 |
| Robertson, Freya | Sunstone – Elemental Wars, volume 2 |
| Shinn, Sharon | The Alleluia Files – Samaria, volume 3 |
| Shinn, Sharon | The Thirteenth House – Twelve Houses, volume 2 |
| Walton, Jo | Farthing – Small Change, volume 1 |
| Wilson, Geoffrey | Land of Hope and Glory – Land of Hope and Glory Trilogy, volume 1 |
Hurley, Kameron
Gods War
Gritty, noir Science Fiction at its best. Nyx is a former government assassin turned bounty hunter, paid to collect the heads of terrorists and deserters. Cast out from her honorable assassins’ guild and imprisoned for breaking one rule too many, Nyx and her crew of mercenaries are driven by money, not loyalty. But when a dubious deal with an alien emissary goes awry, her name is at the top of the government’s list to head a covert recovery. While the centuries-long war rages on only one thing is certain: the world’s best chance for peace rests in the hands of its most ruthless killers. . .
Leckie, Anne
Ancillary Justice
This must-read novel has won every major Science Fiction award in 2014. On a remote, icy planet, the soldier known as Breq is drawing closer to completing her quest. Breq is both more than she seems and less than she was. Years ago, she was Justice of Toren – a colossal starship with an artificial intelligence linking thousands of corpse soldiers in the service of the Radch, the empire that conquered the galaxy. An act of treachery has ripped it all away, leaving her with only one fragile human body. And only one purpose–to revenge herself on Anaander Mianaai, many-bodied, near-immortal Lord of the Radch.
Walton, Jo
Farthing
Set in an alternate timeline where Britain and Germany made a peace deal that prevented World War II, Farthing is a murder-mystery with a difference. Although her relationship with her family is somewhat strained, Lucy has returned to her family’s country estate with her husband David for a weekend retreat. But the partying of the upper-crust “Farthing set” is interrupted when the eminent Sir James Thirkie is found murdered—with a yellow Star of David pinned to his chest. Lucy begins to realize that her Jewish husband is about to be framed for the crime—an outcome that would be convenient for altogether too many of the various political machinations underway in Parliament in the coming week. But whoever’s behind the murder, and the frame-up, didn’t reckon on the principal investigator from Scotland Yard being a man with very private reasons for sympathizing with outcasts and underdogs—and prone to look beyond the obvious as a result.
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SEA STORIES
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TRAVEL
| Bolingbroke-Kent, Antonia | A Short Ride in the Jungle: The Ho Chi Minh Trail | TRV 915.90454 BOLI |
| Eyewitness Travel | New England | TRV 917.40444 NEW |
| Hoffman, Carl | Savage Harvest: Cannibals, Colonialism and Michael Rockefeller | TRV 995.1 HOFF |
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New additions to eBooks at SMSA
EBOOKS
| Camilleri, Andrea | The Fourth Secret |
| Connelly, Michael | The Burning Room – Harry Bosch Series |
| Jance, J. A. | Desert Heat – Joanna Brady Series |
| Jance, J. A. | Remains of Innocence – Joanna Brady Series |
| Jance, J. A. | The Old Blue Line – Joanna Brady Series |
| King, Laurie R. | A Darker Place – Anne Waverly Series |
| King, Laurie R. | The Moor – Mary Russell & Sherlock Holmes Mystery Series |
| Lawhead, Stephen R. | Taliesin – The Pendragon Cycle |
| Learner, Tobsha | Soul |
| Michaels, Fern | Countdown – Men of the Sisterhood Series |
| Michaels, Fern | Take Down – Men of the Sisterhood Series |
| Michaels, Fern | Upside Down – The Men of the Sisterhood Series |
| Picoult, Jodi | Leaving Time |
| Vonnegut, Kurt | God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian |
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AUDIOBOOKS
| Adams, Douglas | The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: The Primary Phase |
| Adams, Douglas | The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: The Quandary Phase |
| Adams, Douglas | The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: The Quintessential Phase |
| Adams, Douglas | The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: The Secondary Phase |
| Adams, Douglas | The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: The Tertiary Phase |
| Follett, Ken | Under the Streets of Nice |
| Mosley, Walter | Black Betty: An Easy Rawlins Mystery |
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New Books for November 2014
The new books for November 2014 are now available to borrow, with new ebooks and audiobooks.
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.
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