Spydus Search Results - New books https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=BIBITM%3E%20(FILTER%3A%201%20%2B%20ITMFADTE%3A%20%22LASTMONTH%20-%20THISMONTH%22%20-%20MINOR%3A%20ITD16)%20-%20BIBITM%3E%20(FILTER%3A%201%20%2B%20ITMFADTE%3A%20%22%3C%20LASTMONTH%22)%20%2B%20BFRMT%3A%20BK&QRYTEXT=New%20books&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20&ISGLB=0 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. How to be your own therapist : boost your mood and reduce your anxiety in 10 minutes a day / Owen O'Kane. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3650548&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Modern life is a minefield for stress. Whether it's juggling work, relationships or money, we often struggle to make time for ourselves and can find ourselves stuck in a rut with bad habits or worries. Owen O'Kane reveals how smart, short techniques throughout the day can form a healthier perspective and let you ditch harmful thought patterns. Using the latest evidence-based tools and techniques from across a range of therapies including CBT, mindfulness and interpersonal therapy, Owen provides empowering solutions to managing what keeps you stuck so you can move forward. Modern life is a minefield for stress. Whether it's juggling work, relationships or money, we often struggle to make time for ourselves and can find ourselves stuck in a rut with bad habits or worries. Owen O'Kane reveals how smart, short techniques throughout the day can form a healthier perspective and let you ditch harmful thought patterns. Using the latest evidence-based tools and techniques from across a range of therapies including CBT, mindfulness and interpersonal therapy, Owen provides empowering solutions to managing what keeps you stuck so you can move forward.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>O'Kane, Owen<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HQ, 2024.<br />246 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Port Glasgow Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Non Fiction - 155.904 - Onloan - Due: 08 May 2024 - 34106006854322<br /> The brothers / Kimberley Chambers. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3143878&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Beau Bond hates fiercely and loves hard. He'll do anything to protect his twin Brett, and his girlfriend Jolene. Brett is a survivor. He's always followed his brother's lead, even if it means he's lived to regret it. As Beau and Jolene get hitched, their feuding families must put their differences aside. But the brothers have a dark secret that could cause a war between both sides - and what better place to reveal all than at a wedding. When their past sins resurface to threaten those closest to them, will the brothers still have each other's backs? Beau Bond hates fiercely and loves hard. He'll do anything to protect his twin Brett, and his girlfriend Jolene. Brett is a survivor. He's always followed his brother's lead, even if it means he's lived to regret it. As Beau and Jolene get hitched, their feuding families must put their differences aside. But the brothers have a dark secret that could cause a war between both sides - and what better place to reveal all than at a wedding. When their past sins resurface to threaten those closest to them, will the brothers still have each other's backs?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chambers, Kimberley<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024.<br />467 pages ; 24 cm<br />Bonds<br />Bonds ; 2<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Central Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Hardback - F - Onloan - Due: 30 May 2024 - 34106006859909<br />Port Glasgow Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Hardback - F - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - 34106006859917<br /> A celebration on Coronation St / Maggie Sullivan. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3380343&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 It's 1953 and the nation's favourite street is preparing to celebrate Elizabeth II's coronation. Josie Grimshaw has moved to Coronation Street to live with her mother's old friend, Elsie Lappin. The street is excited for the upcoming coronation of the new queen, Elizabeth, but Elsie is finding it hard to celebrate anything after the loss of her husband.Over at the Rovers Return, Annie Walker is distracted by her tearaway son, Billie, who has found himself expelled from school. When Josie starts to help Elsie out at the family grocer's store, it risks bringing a secret out into the open that she is desperate to keep. As the street swoons over the beautiful young queen and her handsome Prince, tensions simmer beneath the surface. Can the street put their troubles behind them and make Coronation Day a celebration to remember? It's 1953 and the nation's favourite street is preparing to celebrate Elizabeth II's coronation. Josie Grimshaw has moved to Coronation Street to live with her mother's old friend, Elsie Lappin. The street is excited for the upcoming coronation of the new queen, Elizabeth, but Elsie is finding it hard to celebrate anything after the loss of her husband.Over at the Rovers Return, Annie Walker is distracted by her tearaway son, Billie, who has found himself expelled from school. When Josie starts to help Elsie out at the family grocer's store, it risks bringing a secret out into the open that she is desperate to keep. As the street swoons over the beautiful young queen and her handsome Prince, tensions simmer beneath the surface. Can the street put their troubles behind them and make Coronation Day a celebration to remember?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Sullivan, Maggie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024.<br />358 pages ; 20 cm.<br />Coronation Street<br />Coronation Street series<br /><br />Gourock Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Hardback - F - Onloan - Due: 29 May 2024 - 34106006860113<br /> What dinosaur am I? : lift-the-flap / Peter Curtis ; based on Dinosaur roar! by Paul Stickland and Henrietta Stickland. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3654658&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Turn the pages to discover awesome dinosaurs and amazing facts in this brilliant board book by Peter Curtis, part of 'The World of Dinosaur Roar!'series, published in association with the Natural History Museum. What dinosaur has feet like an elephant? What dinosaur honks like a car? What dinosaur has teeth the size of bananas? Read the clues and lift the flaps to discover what colourful dinosaur species is on each page. Turn the pages to discover awesome dinosaurs and amazing facts in this brilliant board book by Peter Curtis, part of 'The World of Dinosaur Roar!'series, published in association with the Natural History Museum. What dinosaur has feet like an elephant? What dinosaur honks like a car? What dinosaur has teeth the size of bananas? Read the clues and lift the flaps to discover what colourful dinosaur species is on each page.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Curtis, Peter<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Orchard Books, 2024.<br />16 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 22 cm.<br />World of dinosaur roar!<br />The world of Dinosaur roar!<br /><br />Kilmacolm Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Board Books - JK - Available - 34106006860873<br />Port Glasgow Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Board Books - JK - Onloan - Due: 20 Jun 2024 - 34106006860881<br /> Light / Anna Claybourne and Luke Seguin-Magee. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3654720&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Ever wondered how a mirror works? Or what happens when you go for an x-ray? Meet Professor Pooch and his dopey Doberman assistant, who will teach you all about light in this humorous, comic book science series. Ever wondered how a mirror works? Or what happens when you go for an x-ray? Meet Professor Pooch and his dopey Doberman assistant, who will teach you all about light in this humorous, comic book science series.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Claybourne, Anna<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Wayland, [2024]<br />32 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm.<br />Dogs do science<br />Dogs do science<br /><br />Central Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Non Fiction - 535 - Available - 34106006859594<br />Gourock Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Non Fiction - 535 - Available - 34106006859586<br /> Energy / by Anna Claybourne and Luke Seguin-Magee. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3654721&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Ever wondered where electricity comes from? Or how a piano works? Meet Professor Pooch and his dopey Doberman assistant, who will teach you all about energy in this humourous, comic book science series. Featuring Dr. Whoodle and his time machine, some greedy labradoodles, the intrepid Dogs in Space and Poodle's pop quiz where you can find out if you are top dog or kitty litter. Ever wondered where electricity comes from? Or how a piano works? Meet Professor Pooch and his dopey Doberman assistant, who will teach you all about energy in this humourous, comic book science series. Featuring Dr. Whoodle and his time machine, some greedy labradoodles, the intrepid Dogs in Space and Poodle's pop quiz where you can find out if you are top dog or kitty litter.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Claybourne, Anna<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Wayland, [2024]<br />32 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 29 cm.<br />Dogs do science<br />Dogs do science<br /><br />Kilmacolm Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Non Fiction - 531.6 - Available - 34106006859602<br />Port Glasgow Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Non Fiction - 531.6 - Available - 34106006859610<br /> The 24th hour / James Patterson & Maxine Paetro. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3654739&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 The Women's Murder Club is out celebrating an engagement at San Francisco's finest restaurant when a blood-curdling scream interrupts the festivities. They soon discover a young woman who has been the victim of a violent assault. Sergeant Lindsay Boxer makes an arrest. Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano takes the case. But assigning blame is made impossible due to the victim's chaotic version of events - and the shocking reason behind her ever-changing memory. As Yuki argues the toughest case of her career, Lindsay must chase down a high-society killer whose target practice may leave the Women's Murder Club short a bridesmaid or two. The Women's Murder Club is out celebrating an engagement at San Francisco's finest restaurant when a blood-curdling scream interrupts the festivities. They soon discover a young woman who has been the victim of a violent assault. Sergeant Lindsay Boxer makes an arrest. Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano takes the case. But assigning blame is made impossible due to the victim's chaotic version of events - and the shocking reason behind her ever-changing memory. As Yuki argues the toughest case of her career, Lindsay must chase down a high-society killer whose target practice may leave the Women's Murder Club short a bridesmaid or two.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Patterson, James, 1947-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Century, 2024.<br />369 pages : map (black and white) ; 24 cm.<br />Women's Murder Club<br />The Women's Murder Club ; 24<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Central Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Hardback - F - Onloan - Due: 23 May 2024 - 34106007062487<br />Gourock Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Hardback - F - On reserve shelf at Central Library - 34106007062461<br />South West Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Hardback - F - Onloan - Due: 29 May 2024 - 34106007062479<br /> Things I wish I told my mother / Susan Patterson with Susan DiLallo and James Patterson. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3654741&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Liz and Laurie are mother and daughter, but they couldn't be more different. Laurie is a free spirit whose creative career is about to reach new heights. Her mother Liz is a world-renowned doctor, and everything in her life has always been just so. But when Laurie gets an unexpected call, she decides to take her mother away on a trip to Paris and Norway. As they explore Europe together, Laurie finally starts opening up to her mother. Will unburdening themselves of the secrets that have kept them apart bring them closer together? Liz and Laurie are mother and daughter, but they couldn't be more different. Laurie is a free spirit whose creative career is about to reach new heights. Her mother Liz is a world-renowned doctor, and everything in her life has always been just so. But when Laurie gets an unexpected call, she decides to take her mother away on a trip to Paris and Norway. As they explore Europe together, Laurie finally starts opening up to her mother. Will unburdening themselves of the secrets that have kept them apart bring them closer together?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Patterson, Sue<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>UK : Penguin Books, 2024.<br />309 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Central Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Paperback - F - Available - 34106006859982<br />Port Glasgow Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Paperback - F - Onloan - Due: 25 Jun 2024 - 34106006859990<br /> A gift of poison / Bella Ellis. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3654744&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Haworth 1847 - Anne and Emily Brontë have had their books accepted for publication, while Charlotte's has been rejected everywhere, creating a strained atmosphere at the parsonage. At the same time, a shocking court case has recently concluded, acquitting a workhouse master of murdering his wife by poison. Everyone thinks this famously odious and abusive man is guilty. However, he insists he is many bad things but not a murderer. When an attempt is made on his life, he believes it to be the same person who killed his wife and applies to the detecting sisters for their help. Despite reservations, they decide that perhaps, as before, it is only they who can get to the truth and prove him innocent - or guilty - without a shadow of doubt. Haworth 1847 - Anne and Emily Brontë have had their books accepted for publication, while Charlotte's has been rejected everywhere, creating a strained atmosphere at the parsonage. At the same time, a shocking court case has recently concluded, acquitting a workhouse master of murdering his wife by poison. Everyone thinks this famously odious and abusive man is guilty. However, he insists he is many bad things but not a murderer. When an attempt is made on his life, he believes it to be the same person who killed his wife and applies to the detecting sisters for their help. Despite reservations, they decide that perhaps, as before, it is only they who can get to the truth and prove him innocent - or guilty - without a shadow of doubt.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ellis, Bella<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hodder, 2024.<br />342 pages ; 20 cm<br />Brontë mysteries<br />The Brontë mysteries ; 4<br /><br />Gourock Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Paperback - F - Onloan - Due: 04 Jun 2024 - 34106006859453<br /> The golden hour / Jacquie Bloese. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3654747&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 In the genteel squares of late-Victorian Brighton, Ellen and Reynold Harper - twins, companions, colleagues - ply their trade as portrait photographers. But at the golden hour, the models arrive to pose for the lucrative - and illicit - photographs that really keep the Harpers' business afloat. This is the other, shadowy world of the city: a world of erotic tableaux, boundary-crossing music hall performers, and the sinister figure of the local gangster, the Croc. When Ellen is drawn into the orbit of unhappy newly-wed Clementine, she finds herself torn between loyalty to her brother, her dangerous attraction to new model, Lily, and her burgeoning friendship with Clem. And as the two worlds of Brighton collide, the three women discover that there is only a knife edge between the promise of freedom, and the threat of ruin. In the genteel squares of late-Victorian Brighton, Ellen and Reynold Harper - twins, companions, colleagues - ply their trade as portrait photographers. But at the golden hour, the models arrive to pose for the lucrative - and illicit - photographs that really keep the Harpers' business afloat. This is the other, shadowy world of the city: a world of erotic tableaux, boundary-crossing music hall performers, and the sinister figure of the local gangster, the Croc. When Ellen is drawn into the orbit of unhappy newly-wed Clementine, she finds herself torn between loyalty to her brother, her dangerous attraction to new model, Lily, and her burgeoning friendship with Clem. And as the two worlds of Brighton collide, the three women discover that there is only a knife edge between the promise of freedom, and the threat of ruin.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bloese, Jacquie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2024.<br />376 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Port Glasgow Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Hardback - F - Available - 34106006859461<br /> My mother and I : the inside story of the King and our late Queen / Ingrid Seward. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3655453&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 The upbringing of an heir is especially important and places an extra burden on top of all the cares of motherhood. The demands placed on the monarch are unique and there was no one better placed to know this than the late Queen. She knew that not only must they be figureheads, but they must be seen to care for others less fortunate than themselves. They are also expected to uphold family values. Princess Elizabeth made it a point of maternal honour to try and build her routine around her young son while doing her duty. When she became Queen, it was a more delicate balance, but one which she eventually learnt to sustain. Unlike his self-contained mother, who always put duty above personal happiness, King Charles needed love and support to function properly. This is the story of how Charles was shaped and moulded by his heritage. The upbringing of an heir is especially important and places an extra burden on top of all the cares of motherhood. The demands placed on the monarch are unique and there was no one better placed to know this than the late Queen. She knew that not only must they be figureheads, but they must be seen to care for others less fortunate than themselves. They are also expected to uphold family values. Princess Elizabeth made it a point of maternal honour to try and build her routine around her young son while doing her duty. When she became Queen, it was a more delicate balance, but one which she eventually learnt to sustain. Unlike his self-contained mother, who always put duty above personal happiness, King Charles needed love and support to function properly. This is the story of how Charles was shaped and moulded by his heritage.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Seward, Ingrid<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon & Schuster, 2024.<br />296 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Kilmacolm Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Non Fiction - 941.086 - Available - 34106006858554<br /> Please don't take mummy away : the true story of two sisters left frightened, cold and alone / Maggie Hartley with Heather Bishop. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3655472&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 When police are called to a local supermarket late one evening, they find an angry shopkeeper and a silent young woman. It's the third time 24-year-old Zoe has been caught stealing in the past few days. Eyes filled with panic, Zoe has been hiding bread, milk, Calpol and nappies under her coat. As police officers break down the door of Zoe's flat they find seven-year-old Coco and two-year-old Lola, home alone, huddled on the floor in a freezing cold bedroom, crying out for their mummy. When Social Services are called in, the girls are taken into care and are soon tucked up safely in bed at Maggie's house. It looks like a simple case of neglect, but things aren't always what they seem and, with Maggie's help, can Zoe convince Social Services that love is enough to be a good mum? When police are called to a local supermarket late one evening, they find an angry shopkeeper and a silent young woman. It's the third time 24-year-old Zoe has been caught stealing in the past few days. Eyes filled with panic, Zoe has been hiding bread, milk, Calpol and nappies under her coat. As police officers break down the door of Zoe's flat they find seven-year-old Coco and two-year-old Lola, home alone, huddled on the floor in a freezing cold bedroom, crying out for their mummy. When Social Services are called in, the girls are taken into care and are soon tucked up safely in bed at Maggie's house. It looks like a simple case of neglect, but things aren't always what they seem and, with Maggie's help, can Zoe convince Social Services that love is enough to be a good mum?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hartley, Maggie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Seven Dials, 2024.<br />ix, 246 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Gourock Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Non Fiction - 362.733 - Available - 34106006860287<br /> Moonshifter / Penny Chrimes ; illustrated by Manuel Sumberac. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3655515&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 The shifting of shape grew upon her as she grew. As slow and stealthy as a polecat stalking a vole. A twitch of long ears, as yet unseen. The sudden thump of a powerful hind-leg, hers yet not yet hers. The sleekening of the flank. A change in the smell of the earth and the scents on the wind. And then it was fully upon her and she was Hare. Silver Hare - that most magical of all shape-shifters. Loveday Gwynne is a shapeshifter. When she transforms into Hare, she is full of joy, running and leaping through the grass on the moors, a silver hare with a special connection to the silver moon. But as a girl, she must be quiet and stay unnoticed, because the old magic of the shapeshifters is no longer trusted in the village of Penros. The new Elder of Penros is determined both to rid the village of Shapeshifters and to mine the cliffs below for gold, something forbidden by the old magic. The shifting of shape grew upon her as she grew. As slow and stealthy as a polecat stalking a vole. A twitch of long ears, as yet unseen. The sudden thump of a powerful hind-leg, hers yet not yet hers. The sleekening of the flank. A change in the smell of the earth and the scents on the wind. And then it was fully upon her and she was Hare. Silver Hare - that most magical of all shape-shifters. Loveday Gwynne is a shapeshifter. When she transforms into Hare, she is full of joy, running and leaping through the grass on the moors, a silver hare with a special connection to the silver moon. But as a girl, she must be quiet and stay unnoticed, because the old magic of the shapeshifters is no longer trusted in the village of Penros. The new Elder of Penros is determined both to rid the village of Shapeshifters and to mine the cliffs below for gold, something forbidden by the old magic.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Chrimes, Penny<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Orion, 2024.<br />262 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Inverkip & Wemyss Bay Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Fiction Paperback - JF - Available - 34106006860733<br />Kilmacolm Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Fiction Paperback - JF - Available - 34106006860741<br /> 1, 2, 3, what can Bird see? / Carly Gledhill. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3655531&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Bird is looking for her best friend Bee. She searches high in the sky and deep underground - she can't find Bee anywhere - but who else will she meet along the way? Bird is looking for her best friend Bee. She searches high in the sky and deep underground - she can't find Bee anywhere - but who else will she meet along the way?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Gledhill, Carly<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Macmillan Children's Books, 2024.<br />25 unnumbered pages (some folded) : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 25 cm<br /><br />Kilmacolm Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Picture Books - JK - Onloan - Due: 21 May 2024 - 34106006859560<br />Port Glasgow Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Picture Books - JK - Onloan - Due: 07 Jun 2024 - 34106006859578<br /> Medieval horizons : why the Middle Ages matter / Ian Mortimer. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3655557&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe progress is the consequence of science and technological innovation, and that it was the inventions of recent centuries which created the modern world. We couldn't be more wrong. As Ian Mortimer shows in this fascinating introduction to the Middle Ages, people's horizons - their knowledge, experience and understanding of the world - expanded dramatically. All aspects of life were utterly transformed between 1000 and 1600, marking the transition from a warrior-led society to that of Shakespeare. We tend to think about the Middle Ages as a dark, backward and unchanging time characterised by violence, ignorance and superstition. By contrast we believe progress is the consequence of science and technological innovation, and that it was the inventions of recent centuries which created the modern world. We couldn't be more wrong. As Ian Mortimer shows in this fascinating introduction to the Middle Ages, people's horizons - their knowledge, experience and understanding of the world - expanded dramatically. All aspects of life were utterly transformed between 1000 and 1600, marking the transition from a warrior-led society to that of Shakespeare.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Mortimer, Ian, 1967-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Vintage, 2024.<br />246 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour), maps (colour) ; 20 cm<br /><br />Inverkip & Wemyss Bay Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Non Fiction - 942.03 - Available - 34106006859495<br /> Maurice and Maralyn : a whale, a shipwreck, a love story / Sophie Elmhirst. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3655587&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Maurice and Maralyn couldn't be more different. He is as cautious and awkward as she is charismatic and forceful. It seems an unlikely romance, but it works. Bored of 1970s suburban life, Maralyn has an idea: sell the house, build a boat, leave England - and its oil crisis, industrial strikes and inflation - forever. It is hard work, turning dreams into reality, but finally they set sail for New Zealand. Then, halfway there, their beloved boat is struck by a whale. It sinks within an hour, and the pair are cast adrift in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. On their tiny raft, over the course of days, then months, their love is put to the test. Filled with danger, spirit and tenderness, this is a book about human connection and the human condition; about how we survive - not just at sea, but in life. Maurice and Maralyn couldn't be more different. He is as cautious and awkward as she is charismatic and forceful. It seems an unlikely romance, but it works. Bored of 1970s suburban life, Maralyn has an idea: sell the house, build a boat, leave England - and its oil crisis, industrial strikes and inflation - forever. It is hard work, turning dreams into reality, but finally they set sail for New Zealand. Then, halfway there, their beloved boat is struck by a whale. It sinks within an hour, and the pair are cast adrift in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. On their tiny raft, over the course of days, then months, their love is put to the test. Filled with danger, spirit and tenderness, this is a book about human connection and the human condition; about how we survive - not just at sea, but in life.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Elmhirst, Sophie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Chatto & Windus, 2024.<br />261 pages : map (colour) ; 23 cm<br /><br />Central Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Non Fiction - 910.916 - Available - 34106006860360<br /> Was that your bottom, Bear? / written by Sam Taplin ; illustrated by Ana Larrañaga. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3655627&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Press the buttons in this hilarious sound book to hear just how noisy a bear's bottom can be! With fun rhyming text and lively illustrations by Ana Martin Larranaga, giggles are guaranteed. On the first four pages you meet not only the bear but a variety of other parping woodland animals, and then at the end, just when you thought it couldn't get any funnier, they all let rip at once. Press the buttons in this hilarious sound book to hear just how noisy a bear's bottom can be! With fun rhyming text and lively illustrations by Ana Martin Larranaga, giggles are guaranteed. On the first four pages you meet not only the bear but a variety of other parping woodland animals, and then at the end, just when you thought it couldn't get any funnier, they all let rip at once.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Taplin, Sam<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Usborne Publishing Ltd., 2024.<br />10 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 17 cm.<br />Usborne sound books<br />Usborne sound books<br /><br />Inverkip & Wemyss Bay Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Board Books - JK - In-transit from Gourock Library to Inverkip & Wemyss Bay Library (Set: 09 May 2024) - 34106006858836<br />South West Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Board Books - JK - Onloan - Due: 24 May 2024 - 34106006858828<br /> It all started with a lie / Denise Brown. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3655674&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 When Pearl discovers a newspaper clipping showing a picture of her dad holding a baby he found abandoned outside a hospital years ago, it sets off a chain of events of betrayal, obsession, murder. And it all started with a lie. When Pearl discovers a newspaper clipping showing a picture of her dad holding a baby he found abandoned outside a hospital years ago, it sets off a chain of events of betrayal, obsession, murder. And it all started with a lie.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Brown, Denise<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hashtag Press, 2024.<br />279 pages ; 20 cm<br /><br />Kilmacolm Library - (Inverclyde) - Young Adult - T - Available - 34106006861384<br />Port Glasgow Library - (Inverclyde) - Young Adult - T - Available - 34106006861392<br /> Death under a little sky / Stig Abell. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3656004&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 For years, Jake Jackson has been a high-flying detective in London. But then one day he receives a letter from his reclusive uncle - he has left Jake his property in the middle of the countryside. For Jake, it is the perfect opportunity for a fresh start. At first, life in the middle of nowhere is everything Jake could wish for. His new home is beautiful, his surroundings are stunning, and he enjoys getting back to nature. But then, what starts as a fun village treasure hunt turns deadly, when a young woman's bones are discovered. And Jake is thrust once again into the role of detective, as he tries to unearth a dangerous killer in this most unlikely of settings. For years, Jake Jackson has been a high-flying detective in London. But then one day he receives a letter from his reclusive uncle - he has left Jake his property in the middle of the countryside. For Jake, it is the perfect opportunity for a fresh start. At first, life in the middle of nowhere is everything Jake could wish for. His new home is beautiful, his surroundings are stunning, and he enjoys getting back to nature. But then, what starts as a fun village treasure hunt turns deadly, when a young woman's bones are discovered. And Jake is thrust once again into the role of detective, as he tries to unearth a dangerous killer in this most unlikely of settings.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Abell, Stig<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Hemlock Press, 2024.<br />356 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm<br />Jake Jackson<br />Jake Jackson ; 1<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Port Glasgow Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Paperback - F - In-transit from Port Glasgow Library to Central Library (Set: 13 May 2024) - 34106006860139<br /> Daddy's girl / Josephine Cox with Gilly Middleton. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3656026&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Heartbroken Sarah Quinn is left to care for her father and siblings when their beloved mother dies. Putting her own dreams aside to keep the family together, she's watchful of her youngest sister, Janette, fast on the way to becoming a tearaway. Her father Fred, often in the pub rather than striving to pay the bills, delivers a shock. He's taken up with Mavis Swindel, the landlady of a shabby boarding house and swiftly marries her, moving them all into her lodgings. Forced to do most of the dirty and backbreaking housework, and often at the sharp end of Mavis's spite, Sarah becomes convinced that her father's new wife has something to hide. But as her quest becomes an obsession, does Sarah risk destroying everything that matters to her in the search for the truth? Heartbroken Sarah Quinn is left to care for her father and siblings when their beloved mother dies. Putting her own dreams aside to keep the family together, she's watchful of her youngest sister, Janette, fast on the way to becoming a tearaway. Her father Fred, often in the pub rather than striving to pay the bills, delivers a shock. He's taken up with Mavis Swindel, the landlady of a shabby boarding house and swiftly marries her, moving them all into her lodgings. Forced to do most of the dirty and backbreaking housework, and often at the sharp end of Mavis's spite, Sarah becomes convinced that her father's new wife has something to hide. But as her quest becomes an obsession, does Sarah risk destroying everything that matters to her in the search for the truth?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cox, Josephine<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2024.<br />424 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Central Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Hardback - F - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - 34106006860204<br />Gourock Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Hardback - F - Onloan - Due: 24 May 2024 - 34106006860196<br /> Friends / Dan Lester and Madeleine Marie. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3656205&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Friends are people we like to spend time with, we can have fun with our friends and they can also teach us new things. But sometimes we have arguments with our friends, in this book learn about how friends make up. Friends are people we like to spend time with, we can have fun with our friends and they can also teach us new things. But sometimes we have arguments with our friends, in this book learn about how friends make up.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Lester, Dan<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Franklin Watts, 2024<br />32 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 24 cm.<br />All about me<br /><br />South West Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Non Fiction - 302.34 - Onloan - Due: 07 May 2024 - 34106006859628<br /> A mother's secret / Katie Flynn. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3656294&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 1941: Libby's life is a far cry from the bustling streets of London where she grew up, but after the tragic death of her parents she moved to Liverpool to be closer to her long-lost aunt and uncle. When she discovers they are far from the decent people they claimed to be and have spun a web of lies about her late mother, Libby's world is shaken. But she is determined to set the story straight and embarks on a journey to unravel the devastating secret her mother kept until her dying day. 1941: Libby's life is a far cry from the bustling streets of London where she grew up, but after the tragic death of her parents she moved to Liverpool to be closer to her long-lost aunt and uncle. When she discovers they are far from the decent people they claimed to be and have spun a web of lies about her late mother, Libby's world is shaken. But she is determined to set the story straight and embarks on a journey to unravel the devastating secret her mother kept until her dying day.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Flynn, Katie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London: Penguin Books, 2024.<br />415 pages ; 20 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Central Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Paperback - F - Onloan - Due: 23 May 2024 - 34106006859859<br /> Gigantic / written and illustrated by Rob Biddulph. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3656645&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Meet Gigantic, the smallest blue whale in the Atlantic. Dwarfed by the other whales, Gigantic keeps to himself, making new friends and perfecting his somersaults and flips in the bay. But one day when Gigantic's brother, Titan, gets stuck on the sand, it's down to Gigantic and his smallest sea creature friends to save the day. Can they show it's possible to be tiny and tough? Meet Gigantic, the smallest blue whale in the Atlantic. Dwarfed by the other whales, Gigantic keeps to himself, making new friends and perfecting his somersaults and flips in the bay. But one day when Gigantic's brother, Titan, gets stuck on the sand, it's down to Gigantic and his smallest sea creature friends to save the day. Can they show it's possible to be tiny and tough?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Biddulph, Rob<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2024.<br />30 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm<br /><br />Inverkip & Wemyss Bay Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Picture Books - JK - Onloan - Due: 09 May 2024 - 34106006858588<br />South West Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Picture Books - JK - Available - 34106006858570<br /> Burma sahib : a novel / Paul Theroux. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3656684&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Before George Orwell was Orwell - the pen name he took on becoming a writer - he was Eric Blair, an unlikely policeman in Burma. 19 years old, unusually tall, highly intelligent, a diffident loner fresh from Eton, Blair stood out amongst his fellow trainees in 1920s Mandalay. It was here, over five years in the narrow colonial world of the Raj - a decaying system steeped in overt racism and petty class-conflict - that Eric Blair became the George Orwell we know: an anti-imperialist, a socialist and a writer of rare commitment. The inner journey he made in these years is remarkable, but in the absence of letters or diaries from the period, this richly complex transformation can only be told in fiction, as it is here by Paul Theroux, in one of his most striking and accomplished novels. Before George Orwell was Orwell - the pen name he took on becoming a writer - he was Eric Blair, an unlikely policeman in Burma. 19 years old, unusually tall, highly intelligent, a diffident loner fresh from Eton, Blair stood out amongst his fellow trainees in 1920s Mandalay. It was here, over five years in the narrow colonial world of the Raj - a decaying system steeped in overt racism and petty class-conflict - that Eric Blair became the George Orwell we know: an anti-imperialist, a socialist and a writer of rare commitment. The inner journey he made in these years is remarkable, but in the absence of letters or diaries from the period, this richly complex transformation can only be told in fiction, as it is here by Paul Theroux, in one of his most striking and accomplished novels.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Theroux, Paul<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>UK : Hamish Hamilton, 2024.<br />390 pages : map (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Kilmacolm Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Hardback - F - Onloan - Due: 29 May 2024 - 34106006859438<br /> Ali the Great and the paper plane flop / by Saadia Faruqi ; illustrated by Debby Rahmalia. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3656783&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Ali Tahir joins in a paper plane contest with a surprise twist. On a rainy day, Ali brings the fun to indoor break by sharing his talent for building paper planes with his friends. But in a contest to see whose plane can fly furthest, Ali is baffled by the results. Will aeroplane expert Ali flop or come out on top? Ali Tahir joins in a paper plane contest with a surprise twist. On a rainy day, Ali brings the fun to indoor break by sharing his talent for building paper planes with his friends. But in a contest to see whose plane can fly furthest, Ali is baffled by the results. Will aeroplane expert Ali flop or come out on top?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Faruqi, Saadia<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Oxford : Raintree, 2024<br />27 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm.<br />Ali the Great<br />Ali the Great<br /><br />Central Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Quick Reads - JF - Available - 34106006863752<br />Gourock Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Quick Reads - JF - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - 34106006863745<br /> Ali the Great and the Eid party surprise / by Saadia Faruqi ; illustrated by Debby Rahmalia. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3656784&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Eid Mubarak! Can Ali Tahir use his creative powers to save the holiday party? It's Eid, Ali's favourite day of the year! The family has fun plans for this special day after the Muslim holiday Ramadan. But Ali's brother, Fateh, is being cranky and keeps spoiling everything! Can Ali find a way to cheer up Fateh and bring the fun back to the holiday? Eid Mubarak! Can Ali Tahir use his creative powers to save the holiday party? It's Eid, Ali's favourite day of the year! The family has fun plans for this special day after the Muslim holiday Ramadan. But Ali's brother, Fateh, is being cranky and keeps spoiling everything! Can Ali find a way to cheer up Fateh and bring the fun back to the holiday?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Faruqi, Saadia<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Oxford : Raintree, [2024]<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>©2024<br />27 pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 23 cm.<br />Ali the Great<br /><br />Port Glasgow Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Quick Reads - JF - Available - 34106006861657<br />South West Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Quick Reads - JF - Available - 34106006861640<br /> Has anyone seen Charlotte Salter? / Nicci French. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3656794&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 1990. When beautiful and vivacious Charlotte Salter fails to turn up to her husband Alec's 50th birthday party, her kids are worried, but Alec is not. As the days pass and there's still no word from Charlie, her daughter, Etty, and her sons, Niall, Paul and Ollie, all struggle to come to terms with her disappearance. Now. After years away, Etty returns home to the small East Anglian village where she grew up to help move her father into a care home. Now in his eighties, Alec has dementia and often mistakes his daughter for her mother. All the Salter children have spent decades running and hiding from their mother's disappearance. When their childhood friends, Greg and Morgen Ackerley, decide to do a podcast about Charlotte's disappearance, it seems like the town's buried secrets might finally come to light. 1990. When beautiful and vivacious Charlotte Salter fails to turn up to her husband Alec's 50th birthday party, her kids are worried, but Alec is not. As the days pass and there's still no word from Charlie, her daughter, Etty, and her sons, Niall, Paul and Ollie, all struggle to come to terms with her disappearance. Now. After years away, Etty returns home to the small East Anglian village where she grew up to help move her father into a care home. Now in his eighties, Alec has dementia and often mistakes his daughter for her mother. All the Salter children have spent decades running and hiding from their mother's disappearance. When their childhood friends, Greg and Morgen Ackerley, decide to do a podcast about Charlotte's disappearance, it seems like the town's buried secrets might finally come to light.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>French, Nicci<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon & Schuster, 2024.<br />530 pages ; 25 cm<br /><br />Central Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Hardback - F - In-transit from Kilmacolm Library to Central Library (Set: 13 May 2024) - 34106006859826<br />Port Glasgow Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Hardback - F - Onloan - Due: 28 May 2024 - 34106006859834<br /> Fervour / Toby Lloyd. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3656804&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Hannah and Eric are devout Jews living in North London with their three children and Eric's father Yosef, a Holocaust survivor. Both intellectually gifted and deeply unconventional, the Rosenthals believe in the literal truth of the Old Testament and in the presence of God (and evil) in daily life. As Hannah prepares to publish a sensationalist account of Yosef's years in war-torn Europe - unearthing a terrible secret from his time in the camps - Elsie, her perfect daughter, starts to come undone. And then, in the wake of Yosef's death, she disappears. When she returns, just as mysteriously as she left, she is altered in disturbing ways. Witnessing the complete transformation of her daughter, Hannah begins to suspect that Elsie has delved too deep into the labyrinths of Jewish mysticism and got lost among shadows. Hannah and Eric are devout Jews living in North London with their three children and Eric's father Yosef, a Holocaust survivor. Both intellectually gifted and deeply unconventional, the Rosenthals believe in the literal truth of the Old Testament and in the presence of God (and evil) in daily life. As Hannah prepares to publish a sensationalist account of Yosef's years in war-torn Europe - unearthing a terrible secret from his time in the camps - Elsie, her perfect daughter, starts to come undone. And then, in the wake of Yosef's death, she disappears. When she returns, just as mysteriously as she left, she is altered in disturbing ways. Witnessing the complete transformation of her daughter, Hannah begins to suspect that Elsie has delved too deep into the labyrinths of Jewish mysticism and got lost among shadows.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Lloyd, Toby<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Sceptre, 2024.<br />308 pages ; 24 cm<br /><br />Kilmacolm Library - (Inverclyde) - Adult Fiction Hardback - F - Onloan - Due: 25 Jun 2024 - 34106006862077<br /> Click clack / Pip Jones & Robert Starling. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3656828&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 Nitwig is tired of being alone, so she sets out to find a friend. And when she does, she uses her click-clacking knitting needles to make them something special. But Nitwig doesn't stop there - she knits mittens for mice and cowls for kittens, beanies for bunnies and blouses for baboons. She's on a mission to knit the whole world warm. Nitwig is tired of being alone, so she sets out to find a friend. And when she does, she uses her click-clacking knitting needles to make them something special. But Nitwig doesn't stop there - she knits mittens for mice and cowls for kittens, beanies for bunnies and blouses for baboons. She's on a mission to knit the whole world warm.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Jones, Pip (Children's story writer)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon & Schuster, 2024.<br />31 unnumbered pages : chiefly illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm<br /><br />Kilmacolm Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Picture Books - JK - Available - 34106006858760<br />South West Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Picture Books - JK - Available - 34106006858752<br /> Attack of the stink monster! / Nadia Shireen. https://inverclyde.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3656829&CF=BIB&ISGLB=0 A Bigfoot is on the loose! Ted, Nancy, Willow and the rest of the Grimwood gang must embark on their greatest adventure yet to save their home from a nasty, thieving stink monster. Monster hunters are GO! A Bigfoot is on the loose! Ted, Nancy, Willow and the rest of the Grimwood gang must embark on their greatest adventure yet to save their home from a nasty, thieving stink monster. Monster hunters are GO!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Shireen, Nadia<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>London : Simon & Schuster, 2024.<br />238 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white). ; 20 cm.<br />Grimwood<br /><br />Central Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Fiction Paperback - JF - Available - 34106006860600<br />Gourock Library - (Inverclyde) - Junior Fiction Paperback - JF - Available - 34106006860592<br />