The latest issue of our reading guide – ALL ABOUT BOOKS – is out now. Pick up your free copy at any of our library branches or click on the cover to download a copy. It’s filled with lots of amazing fiction and non-fiction books that are being published in the next 3 months. Reserve these pre-publication titles before the rush!
Category Archives: New Arrivals
New Biography – Katherine’s Pick
What Katherine has picked this week?
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What’s New in LGBTQIA reads
Last week Katherine recommended some new LGBTQIA reads and they’re all very interesting reads
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The river of consciousness – a librarian’s pick
Title: The river of consciousness
Author: Oliver Sacks
Yan’s Pick
Like most of his other works, this book of Sacks, two weeks before his demise, is a collection of extraordinary stories of our brain, plus many more. Some stories are informative and others are inspiring all with the author’s very conscious observations and research.
In the chapter called ‘Darwin and the meaning of flowers’ I first read detailed stories about Darwin who after the publication of ‘On the origin of the species’, he turned his full attention to plants.’ Sacks mentions that ‘where his early work was primarily as an observer and a collector, experiments had now become his chief way of obtaining new knowledge’. Indeed, Darwin was a biologist as well as a botanist, if we want to describe him. The meaning of flowers is clear to Sacks ‘life on our planet is several billion years old and we literally embody this deep history in our structures, our behaviors, our instincts, our genes’. Therefore, human beings are one of those living organism, just like any plant, and related to each other – ‘humans are related not only to apes and other animals but to plants too.’ (p 24 – 25)
Librarians Choice Top 10 February 2018
The Top 10 New Reads for February 2018 as voted for by Australian Library Staff – why not reserve your copy now?
The secrets of ocean’s edge – Kali Napier
“Every family has secrets that bind them together.” A heart-rending story of a guesthouse keeper and his wife who attempt to start over.
Dustfall – Michelle Johnston
A tale of the crashing consequences of medical error, the suffering caused by asbestos mining and the power of storytelling.
The ruin – Dervla McTiernan
A crime novel that draws us deep into the dark heart of Ireland and asks who will protect you when the authorities can’t – or won’t.
The Tattooist of Auschwitz – Heather Morris
The incredible story of the Auschwitz-Birkenau tattooist, Ludwig (Lale) Sokolov, and the woman he loved. This story, full of beauty and hope, is based on years of interviews author Heather Morris conducted with Lale.
Between us – Clare Atkins
A stunning new novel about two teenagers separated by cultural differences, their parents’ expectations and twenty kilometres of barbed-wire fence.
Spinifex & Sunflowers – Avan Judd Stallard
Nick Harris has been drifting for years – until the day he finds himself amid red dirt and razor wire, a refugee-prison guard in a detention centre.
The cage – Lloyd Jones
A powerful allegorical tale about humanity and dignity and the ease with which we can justify brutality.
The girl in the tower – Katherine Arden
For a young woman in medieval Russia, the choices are stark: marriage or a life in a convent. Vasya will choose a third way: magic…
Look for me – Lisa Gardner
Detective DD Warren and Flora Dane are in a race against time to save a young girl’s life – or bring her to justice.
The seven deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle – Stuart Turton
Evelyn Hardcastle will die. Every day until Aiden can identify her killer. But every time the day begins again, Aiden wakes in the body of a different person. And some hosts are most helpful than others…