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New additions to book stock

A selection of new books recently added to Calderdale Libraries' stock.

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There is a charge for this service: £1 for adults aged 16 and over, 60p for Passport to Leisure holders.

Non-Fiction

Fiona Carnarvon: Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey

Lady Fiona Carnarvon, chatelaine of Highclere Castle, the setting for the hit TV show 'Downton Abbey', discovers a fascinating history of the place and the people who lived there.
Fiona Carnarvon: Lady Almina and the real Downton Abbey

Richard Dawkins: The magic of reality

Richard Dawkins and Dave McKean have created a dazzling celebration of our planet with explanations of space, time, evolution and more, taking us on a journey through scientific reality.
Richard Dawkins: The Magic of Reality

Pierre Dukan: The Dukan diet life plan

Dr Pierre Dukan has spent his career helping people to lose weight permanently. In 'The Dukan Diet Life Plan' the author offers clear and simple guidelines for weight loss success.
Pierre Dukan: The Dukan Diet Life Plan

Max Hastings: All hell let loose

The seminal narrative history of the Second World War from one of our finest historians. A book which depicts what the war was like to live through - whether you were a starving child in Leningrad, a soldier in North Africa, or a civilian in Dresden.
Max Hastings: All Hell Let Loose

Jamie Oliver: Jamie's Great Britain

Jamie Oliver learned to cook in the kitchen of his parents' traditional country pub. There, he was taught to love and respect British food. And, throughout his career, Jamie's not been shy about championing UK ingredients, farmers and producers. Now he is going to share the best of British cooking with you.
Jamie Oliver: Jamie's Great Britain

Claire Tomalin: Charles Dickens

Claire Tomalin paints an unforgettable portrait of Dickens, capturing brilliantly the complex character of this great genius.
Claire Tomalin: Charles Dickens

Fiction

Martina Cole: Faithless

To the outside world, Cynthia Tailor is a woman to envy; she has a devoted husband, a lovely home and two children. But Cynthia is deeply unhappy; she has always craved the best things in life, and is determined to get them. She will let nothing stand in her way, even if it means devastation and tragedy for those nearest to her.
Martina Cole: Faithless

John Grisham: Litigators

Oscar Finley: street cop turned street lawyer. Wally Figg: expert hustler and ambulance-chaser. David Zinc: Harvard Law School graduate. Together, this unlikely trio make up Finley & Figg: specialists in injury claims, quickie divorces and DUIs. They are about to take on one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the States.
John Grisham: Litigators

Victoria Hislop: The thread

Thessaloniki, 1917. As Dimitri Komninos is born, a devastating fire sweeps through the Greek city where Christians, Jews and Muslims live side by side. 5 years later, Katerina Sarafoglou's home in Asia Minoris destroyed by the Turkish army. Losing her mother in the chaos, she flees across the sea to an unknown destination in Greece.
Victoria Hislop: The Thread

Terry Pratchett: Snuff

Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is on holiday in the pleasant and innocent countryside, but not for him a mere body in the wardrobe. There are many bodies and an ancient crime more terrible than murder. He is out of his jurisdiction, out of his depth, and occasionally snookered and out of his mind, but never out of guile.
Terry Pratchett: Snuff

Ian Rankin: The impossible dead

Malcolm Fox and his team from Internal Affairs are back. They've been sent to Fife to investigate whether fellow cops covered up for a corrupt colleague, Detective Paul Carter. But what should be a simple job is soon complicated by intimations of conspiracy and cover-up - and a brutal murder.
Ian Rankin: The Impossible Dead

Danielle Steel: Hotel Vendome

Hugues Martin has worked for the world's most prestigious hotels, so when he takes over a small, tired, run-down hotel in New York, everyone thinks he must be mad. But he transforms it into a beautiful boutique hotel of impeccable elegance the - Hotel Vendome - run with the efficiency he learnt through his hotelier schooling in Europe.
Danielle Steel: Hotel Vendome

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