New Books
Mrs Roberts has bought lots of new books.
These are displayed in the library and the following is just a selection:
Non-fiction:
The
Complete Sourcebook - Shoes, by John Peacock: There
are over 2000 specially drawn illustrations covering the development
of every
kind of footwear for both men and women from Antiquity to the
present day. Ideal for the study of Art, Drama or Fashion design
or just for those who love shoes!
Complete
Digital Photography by Tom Ang: This book will help you
master the basics of digital photography in user-friendly sections
and jargon-free language. Discover all you need to know - from which
type of camera to buy, to designing your personal web pages.
James
Rizzi The New York paintings: A collection of the exuberant,
humorous and colourful paintings showing the unique style of three-dimensional
prints with which James Rizzi has made his name. An upbeat view
of urban life displaying all the boundless sense of fun of the
artist.
An
Illustrated Anthology of War Poems edited by R A Singler: Looking
at war poetry through the ages from poems about Viking battles in
the eleventh century through to the First World War this anthology
allows the reader to see the shifts in the way that war was understood
and thought about. Several of the world's best known and most respected
poets have dedicated themselves to the complex topic of war including
William Shakespeare, Geoffrey Chaucer, Lord Byron and Wilfred Owen.
Fiction
Worse
than Boys by Catherine MacPhail: Hannah and her friends are
the Lip Gloss Girls. They spend as much time together as they can,
both at home and at school. Their rivals are the Hell Cats, and whenever
they encounter each other the verbal attacks rarely stay verbal - more
often than not a fight breaks out. Even so, Hannah feels safe within
the gang..
Until one day she is accused of betraying the Lip Gloss Girls. At a stroke Hannah feels what it is like to be cast out, with no friends to support her and only the Hell Cats circling ever closer.
An emotionally charged story about friendship from prize-winning author Catherine MacPhail.
The
Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini: Twelve
year old Amir is desperate to gain the approval of his father and
resolves to win the local
kite-fighting tournament, to prove that he has the makings of
a man. His loyal friend Hassan promises to help him - for he
always helps Amir- but this is 1970's Afghanistan and Hassan
is merely a low caste servant who is jeered at in the street,
although Amir feels jealous of his natural courage and the place
he folds in his father's heart. But neither of the boys could
foresee what would happen to Hassan on the afternoon of the tournament,
which was to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and
the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one
day he must return, to find the one thing that his new world
cannot grant him: redemption.
The
Dragon Detective Agency - The
Case of the Missing Cats by Gareth P Jones: When Dirk
Dilly gets a call from Holly about her missing
cat, Dirk doesn't really believe it is a case worthy of his great
detective skills. In no time at all Dirk is up to his neck in
intrigue, danger and drama. Is this particular "Dragon Detective"
able to deal with the perils before him?
inside
the mind of gideon rayburn by sarah miller:"He didn't
ask to room with Cullen and Nicholas. But now that he's there,
now that he's been placed in the middle of the school's very upper
reaches, it would be hard to turn his back on it all."
But turn his back on what? Within hours of meeting Cullen and Nicholas, Gideon Rayburn finds himself to be the subject of a bet. A bet that everyone, especially Gideon, is very keen he wins.
Can Gideon keep up with his sophisticated roommates, has he got their stamina for parties and will he get the girl he wants - or the one that his roommates want him to get? And the greatest mystery of all, who is the girl inside the mind of Gideon Rayburn?
Hugo
Pepper by Paul Stewart and Chris Riddell: Hugo Pepper
and his voyage from the lands of the snow giants. Gaze
down at the twinkling lights of Firefly Square, wonder at the amazing
stories of its inhabitants and unravel the mystery of the one-eared
cat!
From
the creators of the bestselling EDGE CHRONICLES.