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New additions to library stock

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

To request an item, free of charge, follow the book link to the Library Catalogue.

Non-Fiction

David Attenborough: David Attenborough: Life Stories

Sir David Attenborough looks at the wildlife that has captured his imagination and enthusiasm over his distinguished career. The book offers the complete texts of the first five months of his 'Life Stories' radio talks along with his selection of pictures old and new and his commentary on each.
David Attenborough: Life Stories

Jenson Button: My Championship Year

After spending nine years driving some of the slowest and most unreliable F1 cars on the grid, Jenson Button's career was reignited thanks to the newly-formed Brawn GP team. In 'My Championship Year' Jenson describes the highs and lows of his 2009 season as he tries to claim the 'holy grail' of motorsport - the F1 world championship.
Jenson Button: My Championship Year

Ranulph Fiennes: Mad Dogs and Englishmen: an expedition round my family

Sir Ranulph Fiennes takes a journey around his eccentric family tree, and reveals how he came to be described by the Guinness Book of Records as 'the world's greatest living explorer'.
Ranulph Fiennes: Mad Dogs and Englishmen: an expedition round my family

Mark Hammond: Immediate Response

In this work, Major Mark Hammond, a Royal Marine flying with the RAF, tells the inside story of the Chinook squadrons' war. It is a combination of hi-tech and old-fashioned grit; an action-packed story shot through with a mix of aviation fuel and cordite.Mark Hammond: Immediate Response

Jim Krane: Dubai: The story of the world's fastest city

Over the last 50 years, the city of Dubai has leapfrogged major stages of development to become Las Vegas on steroids, a vision of the future. This book tells its story.
Jim Krane: Dubai: The story of the world's fastest city

Robert Lacey: Inside the Kingdom

In 'Inside The Kingdom', Robert Lacey tells the complex story of what's been happening within Saudi Arabia while the West wasn't looking.
Robert Lacey: Inside the Kingdom

Fiction

Anna Chilvers: Falling Through Clouds

Kat, a 22-year-old student, returning home to Devon for the summer holidays meets Gavin on the train. They spend the summer in Cornwall but he has something on his mind. He is plagued with nightmares after having been held hostage in Iraq and she soon finds she is out of her depth, but in too deep to get out unscathed.
Anna Chilvers: Falling Through Clouds

Michael Crichton: Pirate Latitudes

Michael Crichton's classic historical adventure novel transports the reader into the world of the swashbuckling pirates of the 17th century.
Michael Crichton: Pirate Latitudes

Rosie Goodwin: A Rose among Thorns

Despite losing her mother at a young age, Sassy has grown up surrounded by love: although poor, she is happy. So Sassy is devastated when her father marries wealthy widow Elizabeth Bonner. Social climber Elizabeth despairs of a step-daughter who is more at ease with servants than those above stairs.
Rosie Goodwin: A Rose among Thorns

John Grisham: Ford County

This is a collection of seven stories of the American Deep South, set in fictional Ford County, Mississippi.John Grisham: Ford County

Cynthia Harrod-Eagles: The Fallen Kings

1918: German troops flood back from the Russian front for an all-out assault in France. The under-strength British reel back; the spectre of defeat haunts the land. In the front line, Bertie struggles to bring out his battered battalion; at home Jessie, carrying his child, faces her family's censure.
Cynthia Harrod-Eagles: The Fallen Kings

Shaun Hutson: Last Rites

Almost beaten to death by a gang of violent teenagers, school master Peter Mason wants nothing more than to escape the violence of London, his broken marriage and the memories of his daughter's death. The perfect chance comes in the form of a position at a prestigious boarding school in the heart of the Buckinghamshire countryside.
Shaun Hutson: Last Rites

Andy McNab: Exit Wound

Ticking like a time-bomb, brimming with terror and threat, Andy McNab's latest Nick Stone adventure is a high-voltage story of corruption, cover-up and suspense.
Andy McNab: Exit Wound

James Patterson: I, Alex Cross

Detective Alex Cross is celebrating his birthday when he receives an urgent call from work. There's been a homicide, nothing new there. But then comes news Alex wasn't expecting, this time the victim is his niece. Devastated and grief-stricken, Cross vows to track down the killer.
James Patterson: I, Alex Cross

Anita Shreve: A Change in Altitude

Margaret and Patrick have been married just a few months when they travel to Kenya with the intention of staying a year. In a dizzying multicultural city, she struggles to maintain her balance as her sense of self, her marriage, and her understanding of the world are shaken to the core.
Anita Shreve: A Change in Altitude

We also welcome suggestions for titles we do not currently hold. If after checking the library catalogue, you would like to suggest a title, complete the appropriate stock suggestion form: Book suggestion form  or Sound and vision suggestion form.

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