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New books

New books in English for the week of:

May 17, 2013 [PDF 88kB]

Also have a look at other recent lists:

May 10, 2013 [PDF 92kB]

May 3, 2013 [PDF 82kB]

December 21, 2012 [PDF 103kB]

December 14, 2012 [PDF 85kB]

December 7, 2012 [PDF 89kB]

November 30, 2012 [PDF 75kB]

Found on our Librarians' Desks...

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If you liked Fifty Shades of Grey

Crimson Petal and the White (The)

by Michael Faber

Sugar is an enigmatic nineteen-year-old prostitute whose story begins in a hellish nineteenth-century London brothel. Struggling to lift her body and soul out of the gutter, Sugar claws her way up the social ladder to gain refuge in the wealthy family of her besotted lover, William Rackham, unwilling heir to a perfumery.

Literary Prizes 2012

Sweetheart

by Alecia McKenzie

Centering on young Jamaican artist and celebrity Dulcinea Evers, this novel begins with her surprising death from what is thought to be cancer — though the real cause is widely suspected to be something else. Her close friend, Cheryl, has one story, but as the narratives of other people in Dulci’s life unfold and shocking details surrounding her are revealed, not even Cheryl’s version turns out to be the whole truth. In the words of Dulci’s angry, disappointed father, her ineffectual mother, the angry wife who came after her with a machete, and the art critic husband whom she used to obtain an American residency permit, Dulci is shown to have been talented, reckless, and fundamentally alone. It is eventually her Aunt Mavis, the solitary and reluctant seer, who finally understands the true challenge of Dulci’s gift. Commonwealth Writers Prize (Caribbean).

For readers age 13 to 18

Goliath

by Tom Gauld

This story reworks the David-and-Goliath myth. Goliath of Gath isn't much of a fighter. Given half a choice, he would pick administrative work over patrolling in a heartbeat, to say nothing of his distaste for engaging in combat. Nonetheless, at the behest of the king, he finds himself issuing a twice daily challenge to the Israelites: "Choose a man. Let him come to me that we may fight. If he be able to kill me then we shall be your servants. But if I kill him, then you shall be our servants." Day after day he reluctantly repeats his speech, and the isolation of this duty gives him the chance to banter with his shield-bearer and reflect on the beauty of his surroundings.

New DVDs

As of April 2013

DVD AFFA L’affaire Dumont / L’Affaire Dumont (2012)
DVD AMER Americano / Americano (2011)
DVD BAGD Bagdad Cafe (1987)
DVD BEAS Beastly / Sortilège (2011)
DVD BEST The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel / Bienvenue au Marigold Hotel (2012)
DVD BLAC Blackadder (1983)
DVD BLUE Blue-eyed Butcher / La bouchère aux yeux bleus (2012)
DVD BOSS Boss (season 1)
DVD BOX The Box / La boîte (2010)
DVD TWIL Breaking Dawn (part 1) / Révélation (partie 1) (2012)
DVD CABL The Cable Guy / Le gars du câble (1996)
DVD CLOS The Closer (season 1) / Closer (saison 1)
DVD DEAN Deanna Durbin Sweetheart Pack / Deanna Durbin Sweetheart Pack
DVD ELLE Elles / Elles (2012)
DVD EMPI Empire Falls / Empire Falls (2005)
DVD FORT Fort Apache / Massacre de Fort Apache (1948)
DVD FRAM Framed (2008)
DVD FRIE Friends With Benefits / Amis modernes (2011)
DVD GLAS The Glass Menagerie (1973)
DVD HEKN He Knew He Was Right (2004)
DVD HORS Hors les murs / Beyond the Walls (2012)
DVD HUNT The Hunter / Le chasseur (2012)
DVD INTO Intouchables / Intouchables (2012)
DVD KARA The Karate Kid / Le Karaté Kid (2010)
DVD MANW The Man with the Golden Gun / L’homme au pistolet d’or (1974)
DVD NEIG Les neiges du Kilimandjaro / The Snows of Kilimandjaro (2011)
DVD NICO Nicostratos le pélican (2011)
DVD NORT North and South (2005)
DVD OFFI Office Space / Folie du travail (1999)
DVD OMER Omertà / Omertà (2012)
DVD PERF The Perfect Storm / La tempête (2000)
DVD RESC Rescue me (seasons 1-2-3-4-5-6)
DVD ROMA Romancing the Stone / À la poursuite du diamant vert (1984)
DVD SANS Sans famille / Sans Famille (2000)
DVD SAVI Saving Grace (seasons 1-2-3) / Au secours de Grace (saisons 1-2-3)
DVD SKIN Skins (saison 1)
DVD SMAL Small Island (2009)
DVD SOUR La source des femmes / The Source (2012)
DVD SOUT Southland (season 1) / Southland (saison 1)
DVD STRI Strike Back (season 1) / Strike back (saison 1)
DVD TAMB Tambien la lluvia / Même la pluie / Even the Rain (2010)
DVD TOMB Tomboy / Tomboy (2011)
DVD TOMM Tommy / Tommy (1975)
DVD TORR Le torrent / The Torrent (2012)
DVD WCIE W Ciemnosci / Sous terre / In Darkness (2012)
DVD WIVE Wives and Daughters (2006)
DVD XFIL The X Files (seasons 1-2-3) / Aux frontières du réel (saisons 1-2-3)
DVD 303.44 S Surviving Progress / Survivre au progrès (2012)
DVD 364.1523 P Paradise Lost (2012)
DVD 613.70446 B Bouger à votre rythme (2012)
DVD 613.715 A Ado cardio danse (2012)
DVD 792.8092 O Over my dead body / Over My Dead Body (2012)
DVD 971.4471 I Infiniment Québec / Forever Quebec (2008)

Children's DVD

JDVD BRAV Brave / Rebelle (2012)
JDVD SHIR Bright Eyes (Shirley Temple) (1934)
JDVD BYEB Bye bye Chaperon rouge (1989)
JDVD SHIR Curly Top (Shirley Temple) (1935)
JDVD DANG Danger pleine lune (1992)
JDVD DANI Daniel et les Superdogs (2004)
DVD UNEN Die unendliche Geschichte / The Neverending Story / L’histoire sans fin (1984)
JDVD SHIR Dimples (Shirley Temple) (1936)
JDVD HATH Hathi (1998)
JDVD SHIR Heidi (Shirley Temple) (1937)
JDVD PENG I Was a Penguin Zombie / Le zombie du commandant (2010)
JDVD ICEA Ice Age : Continental Drift / L’ère de glace : La dérive des continents (2012)
JDVD STEL It’s Brother And Sister Day / La journée frère et sœur (2012)
JDVD KUNG Kung Fu Panda Holiday / Kung Fu Panda festin d’hiver (2012)
JDVD SHIR The Little Colonel (Shirley Temple) (1935)
JDVD SHIR Little Miss Broadway (Shirley Temple) (1938)
JDVD SHIR The Little Princess (Shirley Temple) (1939)
JDVD SHIR The Littlest Rebel (Shirley Temple) (1935)
JDVD MOUS Moustaches (1997)
JDVD MONS Mutant Pumpkins From Outer Space / Les citrouilles mutantes venues de l’espace (2009)
JDVD PASD Pas de répit pour Mélanie (1990)
JDVD PETI Le petit prince (2012)
JDVD PIXA Pixar Short Films Collection 2 / Collection de courts métrages Pixar 2 (2012)
JDVD SHIR Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Shirley Temple) (1938)
JDVD RETO Le retour des aventuriers du timbre perdu (1994)
JDVD SECR Secret of the Wings / Le secret des ailes magiques (2012)
JDVD SNOW The Snowman / Le bonhomme de neige (1982)
JDVD SHIR Stand Up And Cheer! (Shirley Temple) (1934)
JDVD ANGE Superstar Sisters / Superstar sisters (2012)
JDVD TIRE Tirelire, combines et cie (1992)
JDVD UNDE 1,2,3 Géant (2012)
JDVD VIEN Viens danser sur la lune (1997)
JDVD VINC Vincent et moi (1989)
JDVD ZARA Zarafa (2012)