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Climate change : a very peculiar: history : with added urgency

Author: Arscott,David
Published: Book House 27-Feb-2020
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My father's house / Joseph O'Connor.

September 1943: German forces occupy Rome. SS officer Paul Hauptmann rules with terror. The war's outcome is far from certain. An Irish priest, Hugh O'Flaherty, dedicates himself to helping those escaping from the Nazis. His home is Vatican City, the world's smallest state, a neutral, independent country within Rome where the occupiers hold no sway. Here Hugh brings together an unlikely band of friends to hide the vulnerable under the noses of the enemy. But Hauptmann's net begins closing in on the Escape Line and the need for a terrifyingly audacious mission grows critical. By Christmastime, it's too late to turn back.
Author: O'Connor, Joseph, 1963-
Published: London : Vintage, 2024.
399 pages : map (black and white) ; 20 cm
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Churchdown (CN) - (Gloucestershire) - Adult Fiction - AF Thriller / Paperback - In-transit from Hucclecote (HE) to Cirencester (CR) (Set: 15 May 2024) - 995248402X
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The spy coast / Tess Gerritsen.

Maggie Bird is a lot of things. A chicken farmer. A courteous neighbor. And a seemingly average 60-year-old woman living a quiet life in bucolic Purity, Maine. She attends a weekly book club where she drinks martinis (stirred, not shaken) with her other retired friends. She's a darned good rifle shot. And she never talks about her past. When a mysterious woman turns up dead in Maggie's driveway, she knows it's a calling card from old times. It's been fifteen years since she ran assets for the CIA and managed Operation Cyrano, which blew apart her life and cost her the man she loved. Maggie and her 'book club' swiftly revert to espionage mode. These old dogs hunt as only Langley alumni can, burning a trail from London to Bangkok to Milan to stay one step ahead of those who want former agent Bird dead. Maggie knows that some parts of the past refuse to stay buried.
Author: Gerritsen, Tess
Published: London : Bantam, 2024.
347 pages ; 24 cm
Average rating: (1 review)
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The world's worst teachers / David Walliams ; illustrated by Tony Ross.

Think your teachers are bad? Wait until you meet this lot. These ten tales of the world's most splendidly sinister teachers will have you running for the school gates. Dr Dread teaches science and is half man, half monster. Watch out for the ghastly Miss Seethe. She is ALWAYS furious - and she's on a detention rampage. And as for Pent, he's a teacher with a real difference. He is bone-shakingly terrified of children!
Author: Walliams, David, 1971-
Published: London : HarperCollins Children's Books, 2024.
307 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
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Community Library Brockworth (BH) - (Gloucestershire) - Older Junior Fiction - OJF - JF School Stories / Paperback - Non-reservable (Set: 14 Feb 2024) - Onloan - Due: 22 May 2024 - 9939265387
Stroud (SD) - (Gloucestershire) - Younger Junior Fiction - JF Humorous Stories / Paperback - Non-reservable (Set: 15 Mar 2024) - Onloan - Due: 30 May 2024 - 9960281574

Black thorn / Sarah Hilary.

Blackthorn Ashes was meant to be their forever home. For the first six families moving into the exclusive new housing development, it was a chance to live a peaceful life on the cliffs overlooking the Cornish sea, safe in the knowledge that it had been created just for them. But six weeks later, paradise is lost. Six people are dead. And Blackthorn Ashes is left abandoned and unfinished, its dark shadows hiding all manner of secrets. One of its surviving residents, Agnes Gale, is determined to find out the truth about what happened. Even if that truth is deadlier than she could have ever believed possible.
Author: Hilary, Sarah
Published: London : Pan Books, 2024.
392 pages ; 20 cm
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Bourton (BN) - (Gloucestershire) - Quick Choice - AF Thriller / Paperback - Available - 9952493339
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The social distance between us : how remote politics wrecked Britain / Darren McGarvey.

From poverty and policing, homelessness and overrun prisons to Grenfell and hostile environments, Britain has long been failing those who need our help the most. There is arguably one unifying theme that links all these afflictions: proximity. Proximity is how close we are to the action and how that affects how we assess, relate to and address whatever that action happens to be. Almost every job requires a level of experience and training with the notable exception of the most powerful people in the country - our political class. So this is a book about the distance, whether geographical, economic, or cultural, between those who make decisions and the people on the receiving end of them.
Author: McGarvey, Darren
Published: London : Ebury Press, 2023.
391 pages ; 20 cm
Average rating: (1 review)

Stonehouse (SE) - (Gloucestershire) - Adult Non-Fiction - 320.941 - ANF Politics & Government / Paperback - Available - 9952329164
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Not a happy family / Shari Lapena.

In the quiet, wealthy enclave of Brecken Hill, an older couple is brutally murdered hours after a tense Easter dinner with their three adult children. Who, of course, are devastated. Or are they? They each stand to inherit millions. They were never a happy family, thanks to their vindictive father and neglectful mother, but perhaps one of them is more disturbed than anyone knew. Did someone snap after that dreadful evening? Or did another person appear later that night with the worst of intentions? That must be what happened. After all, if one of the family were capable of something as gruesome as this, you'd know. Wouldn't you?
Author: Lapena, Shari, 1960-
Published: London : Penguin Books, 2022.
432 pages ; 20 cm
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Love, Betty / Laura Kemp.

On the day that Betty meets Guy, her life is changed forever. She never thought she'd see him again, but a few months later, realizes she has something of his that needs returning. So, she writes him a letter. It's the perfect solution for Betty - it means she doesn't need to tell Guy about what really happened that day, and the secret she's been hiding. For Guy, Betty's letter arrives at his repair shop at the perfect time. His whole world has come crashing down around him and for the first time in a long time, he starts to feel hopeful. But can you really begin to fall in love with someone you've only met once?
Author: Kemp, Laura
Published: London : Orion Books, 2022.
368 pages ; 20 cm
Average rating: (1 review)

Cheltenham (CH) - (Gloucestershire) - Quick Choice - AF General Fiction / Paperback - Available - 9952089740
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Don't laugh, it'll only encourage her / Daisy May Cooper.

Life hasn't always been straightforward for Daisy May Cooper: growing up in rural poverty in Gloucestershire with her brother Chaz, she had to work a myriad of low-paid and unrewarding jobs just to make ends meet. 'Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her' is the endearingly honest and hilarious memoir from the creator and star of award-winning BBC comedy 'This Country'.
Author: Cooper, Daisy May
Unabridged edition.
Published: London : Michael Joseph, 2021.
1 online resource (audio files) : digital, WAV file
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The last thing to burn / Will Dean.

Her husband calls her Jane. That is not her name. She lives in a small farm cottage, surrounded by vast, open fields. Everywhere she looks, there is space. But she is trapped. No one knows how she got to the UK: no one knows she is there. Visitors rarely come to the farm; if they do, she is never seen. Her husband records her every movement during the day. If he doesn't like what he sees, she is punished. For a long time, escape seemed impossible. But now, something has changed. She has a reason to live and a reason to fight. Now, she is watching him, and waiting.
Author: Dean, Will (Novelist)
Published: London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2021.
256 pages ; 24 cm
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Cirencester (CR) - (Gloucestershire) - Adult Fiction - AF Thriller / Hardback - Available - 9951322808
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1984 / George Orwell.

Winston Smith rewrites history. It's his job. Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, he helps the Party, and the omnipresent Big Brother, control the people of Oceania. Winston knows what a good citizen of Oceania must do: show his devotion for Big Brother and the Party; abstain from all vices; and, most importantly, possess no critical thoughts of their own. The new notebook he's begun to write in is definitely against the rules - in fact, the Thought Police could arrest him simply for having it. Yet, as Winston begins to write his own history, a seed of rebellion begins to grow in his heart - one that could have devastating consequences. In Orwell's final and most well-known novel, he explores a dystopian future in which a totalitarian government controls the actions, thoughts and emotions of its citizens, exercising power through control of language and history.
Author: Orwell, George, 1903-1950
Published: London : William Collins, 2021.
384 pages ; 18 cm.
Collins classics
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Community Library Berkeley (BK) - (Gloucestershire) - Adult Fiction - AF Classics / Paperback - Non-reservable (Set: 17 Nov 2023) - 9939260415

Starcross Manor / Christie Barlow.

The next book in the heartwarming 'Love Heart Lane Series' - where friends are there for you no matter what.
Author: Barlow, Christie
Published: London : One More Chapter, 2020.
400 pages ; 20 cm.
Love Heart Lane series ; 4.
Average rating: (1 review)

Churchdown (CN) - (Gloucestershire) - Adult Fiction - AF Romance / Paperback - Available - 9951583733
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Cable knits from Nordic lands : beauty and ingenuity in over 20 unique patterns / Ivar Asplund.

More than 20 sumptuously beautiful cable knitting patterns for novices and veterans with items for adults and children.
Author: Asplund, Ivar, 1973-
Published: Tunbridge Wells, Kent : Search Press, 2019.
159 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 28 cm
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Sleeping late on judgement day / Tad Williams.

Bobby Dollar thinks he's seen it all - after all, he's been to Hell and back again. Literally. But he has another thing coming. 'Sleeping Late on Judgement Day' will find Bobby back in his adopted hometown of San Judas, California, trying to stay out of trouble - and failing. His love life is still a mess, there are one too many people who have it out for him, and drowning his sorrows in a nice glass of whisky won't keep the demons at bay forever. Bobby's going to have to pull himself together and make a few tough decisions before time runs out. The problem is, time could run out at any moment.
Author: Williams, Tad
Published: London : Hodder, 2015.
viii, 439 pages ; 20 cm.
Bobby Dollar
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Gloucester (GL) - (Gloucestershire) - Adult Fiction - AF Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 9934842491
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Happy hour in hell / Tad Williams.

Bobby Dollar has a problem or four of epic proportions. Problem one: his best friend Sam has given him an angel's feather that also happens to be evidence of an unholy pact between Bobby's employers and those who dwell in the infernal depths. Problem two: Eligor, Grand Duke of Hell, wants to get his claws on the feather at all costs. Problem three: Bobby has fallen in love with Casimira, Countess of Cold Hands, who just happens to be Eligor's girlfriend. Problem four: Eligor, aware of Problem three, has whisked Casimira off to the Bottomless Pit itself, telling Bobby he will never see her again unless he hands over the feather.
Author: Williams, Tad
Published: London : Hodder, 2014.
404 pages ; 20 cm.
Bobby Dollar
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Gloucester (GL) - (Gloucestershire) - Adult Fiction - AF Fantasy / Paperback - Available - 9934562863

The pilgrimage / Paulo Coelho ; translated by Alan R. Clarke.

'The Pilgrimage' recounts the spectacular trials of Paolo Coelho and his mysterious mentor, Petrus, as they journey across Spain in search of a miraculous sword.
Author: Coelho, Paulo, 1947-
Published: London : HarperCollins, 2003.
226 p. : map ; 20 cm.
Average rating: (1 review)

Gloucester (GL) - Gloucester Ground Floor Store - (Gloucestershire) - Adult Fiction - AF General Fiction - In-transit from Cirencester (CR) to Gloucester (GL) (Set: 10 May 2024) - 9924920228

Unseen / Mari Jungstedt ; translated from the Swedish by Tiina Nunnally.

The holiday island of Gotland is in the middle of a busy tourist season when a young woman is discovered murdered. Suspicion falls on her husband. Inspector Anders Knutas is hoping it will be a straight-forward case, but more out of an interest in protecting the tourist trade than any desire to see justice served.
Author: Jungstedt, Mari, 1962-
Published: London : Corgi, 2008.
365 p. : map ; 20 cm.
Average rating: (1 review)

Community Library Painswick (PK) - (Gloucestershire) - Adult Fiction - AF General Fiction / Paperback - In-transit from Moreton (MO) to Community Library Painswick (PK) (Set: 01 May 2024) - 993655812X