Sideshow banners of the Great American midway
Feast your eyes on our new design books, including a sumptuous and hilarious collection of photos of Manolo Blahnik shoes.
Knitting galore
Lots of new knitting books, plus titles on Norwegian Hardanger and bobbin lace, are listed on our Crafts Recent Picks page.
How to get dinner on the table even if you can’t cook
New cookbooks this month discuss jams & preserves, healthy eating for menopause and great NZ wines.
Romesh Gunesekera, Stephen King, Marian Keyes
New fiction this month includes a new book by Booker Prize winner D.B.C. Pierre, and a book about a wonderful Antiques Roadshow experience.
Reviews are available here, and a complete list of new fiction titles is available here.
There are also recommendations from our new science fiction & fantasy and New Zealand fiction books.
What do our buyer’s recommend?
Books about ghosts, Phar Lap, historic Paris and a Turkish prince. For more information, visit our Buyer’s Recent Picks page.
Ireland: focus on history
Ireland is featured on our History webpage this month.
New bestsellers by Tami Hoag, Jonathan Kellerman
Available in both our bestsellers and general lending collections.
Wallace and Gromit – Curse of the were-rabbit
We’ve got lots of new children’s DVDs, and some of them are fun for adults too!
The fall and rise of Reginald Perrin
The Apu trilogy, House of sand and fog, and other DVDs are recommended by our staff in the DVD section.
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