Spydus Search Results - Large Print Items https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?QRY=BIBCOLX%3A%20(AFLP%20%2F%20ANFLP)&QRYTEXT=Large%20Print%20Items&SETLVL=SET&CF=BIB&SORTS=DTE.DATE1.DESC&NRECS=20 Spydus Search Results en © 2022 Civica Pty Limited. All rights reserved. Christmas baby with her ultra-rich https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3755703&CF=BIB <span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Smart, Michelle<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Harlequin Mills and Boon 2024<br />288<br /><br />Stubbington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016853347<br /> Rimrock rider [text(large print)] / Walker A. Tompkins. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3721512&CF=BIB Only a hunted fugitive stood between a logger baron and an empire of ruined ranches! When Buck Temple got out of the Territorial death house, he headed straight back to Coppertooth Pass with vengeance in his triggers. A liar's perjured testimony had cost Buck his ranch, his friends, his girl - and almost his life. But there was more behind that frame-up than Buck realized. It took a bushwhacker's bullet to show Buck that he was in a bigger fight than any personal gun duel. Only a hunted fugitive stood between a logger baron and an empire of ruined ranches! When Buck Temple got out of the Territorial death house, he headed straight back to Coppertooth Pass with vengeance in his triggers. A liar's perjured testimony had cost Buck his ranch, his friends, his girl - and almost his life. But there was more behind that frame-up than Buck realized. It took a bushwhacker's bullet to show Buck that he was in a bigger fight than any personal gun duel.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Tompkins, Walker A.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Thorndike : Center Point, 2024.<br />280 pages (large print)<br /><br />Petersfield - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847897<br />Romsey - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 30 May 2024 - C016847901<br /> Wagon wheel gap [text(large print)] / Allan Vaughan Elston. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3721511&CF=BIB Tony Darrow lost his job at Wagon Wheel Ranch when owner Mark McCarron learned of his past. The cowboy had done time for horse stealing. With Tony out of the way, it looked like Blaise Amory, the country's most respected citizen, was a sure bet to win the love of redheaded Margie, Mark McCarron's daughter. Tony Darrow lost his job at Wagon Wheel Ranch when owner Mark McCarron learned of his past. The cowboy had done time for horse stealing. With Tony out of the way, it looked like Blaise Amory, the country's most respected citizen, was a sure bet to win the love of redheaded Margie, Mark McCarron's daughter.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Elston, Allan Vaughan, 1887-1976<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Thorndike : Center Point, 2024.<br />288 pages (large print)<br /><br />Farnborough - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Item unavailable/missing (Set: 22 Apr 2024) - C016847896<br />Lymington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Westerns - Onloan - Due: 30 May 2024 - C016847900<br /> Loosely based on a made-up story [text(large print)] : a non-memoir / James Blunt. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3721140&CF=BIB While James Blunt's crimes against music are well-documented, he also has some stories that are not. In' Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story', James reveals his most riotous anecdotes to date for your amusement - and his parents' horror - in this non-memoir. From his questionable Norfolk roots, eccentric family, boarding school antics, misjudged military service, rise to music stardom and tour escapades, James delves into his (surprisingly) fascinating life to date. What do you do when your mother writes irate emails to the future prime minister defending your honour? What does it take to run a male escort agency? And why exactly should you refrain from crowd-surfing? Find out here, folks. Were the stories in this book grossly exaggerated in an attempt to impress? Maybe. But one thing is for certain: you won't want to miss it. While James Blunt's crimes against music are well-documented, he also has some stories that are not. In' Loosely Based On A Made-Up Story', James reveals his most riotous anecdotes to date for your amusement - and his parents' horror - in this non-memoir. From his questionable Norfolk roots, eccentric family, boarding school antics, misjudged military service, rise to music stardom and tour escapades, James delves into his (surprisingly) fascinating life to date. What do you do when your mother writes irate emails to the future prime minister defending your honour? What does it take to run a male escort agency? And why exactly should you refrain from crowd-surfing? Find out here, folks. Were the stories in this book grossly exaggerated in an attempt to impress? Maybe. But one thing is for certain: you won't want to miss it.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Blunt, James, 1974-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />330 pages (large print)<br /><br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Non-Fiction Large Print - 782.421 - Available - C016847894<br /> Toxic [text(large print)] : women, fame and the noughties / Sarah Ditum. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3721139&CF=BIB Told through the careers and life stories of some of the most high profile women of the decade - including Britney Spears, Jennifer Aniston, Janet Jackson and Paris Hilton - this title will explore how the media, empowered through the tools of the early internet age, created a new and brutal environment in which the rules of engagement between celebrities, the press and the public were changed. Told through the careers and life stories of some of the most high profile women of the decade - including Britney Spears, Jennifer Aniston, Janet Jackson and Paris Hilton - this title will explore how the media, empowered through the tools of the early internet age, created a new and brutal environment in which the rules of engagement between celebrities, the press and the public were changed.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Ditum, Sarah<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />396 pages (large print)<br /><br />Romsey - (HANTS) - Adult Non-Fiction Large Print - 302.230 - Available - C016847893<br /> The maid of Lindal Hall [text(large print)] / Katie Hutton. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3721138&CF=BIB Barrow-in-Furness, 1933. The days of the Barrow Union at Roose are numbered and it is due be closed, along with all the other workhouses. Instead 'Cottage Homes' have been set up for pauper children, where they live under the care of a resident mother and father. Robert and Annie McClure are tasked with taking care of several children. A skilled tailor, Robert trains boys to his profession whilst his wife prepares the girls to go into service. Molly Dubber has been at the Home since the age of three, though she has never been told the truth about the terrible event that brought her there. When a request comes in for a new girl to work at Lindall Hall, Annie decides to put Molly forward. Resigned to the fact that her love for Annie's stepbrother is not requited, Molly takes up the position at the ramshackle hall. Then she finds herself with some unexpected attention - and an unwelcome visitor from her past. Barrow-in-Furness, 1933. The days of the Barrow Union at Roose are numbered and it is due be closed, along with all the other workhouses. Instead 'Cottage Homes' have been set up for pauper children, where they live under the care of a resident mother and father. Robert and Annie McClure are tasked with taking care of several children. A skilled tailor, Robert trains boys to his profession whilst his wife prepares the girls to go into service. Molly Dubber has been at the Home since the age of three, though she has never been told the truth about the terrible event that brought her there. When a request comes in for a new girl to work at Lindall Hall, Annie decides to put Molly forward. Resigned to the fact that her love for Annie's stepbrother is not requited, Molly takes up the position at the ramshackle hall. Then she finds herself with some unexpected attention - and an unwelcome visitor from her past.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hutton, Katie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Lamplight Large Print Books, 2024.<br />444 pages (large print)<br /><br />Waterlooville - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847868<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 11 Jun 2024 - C016847876<br /> The nursemaid's journey [text(large print)] / Sheila Newberry. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3721137&CF=BIB 1906. A high-spirited, unconventional girl who can turn her hand to anything, Molly Sparkes is on the verge of a big adventure. At just eighteen, she is leaving her convent school in the heart of rural Kent to accompany the formidable Mrs Alexa Nagel on a tour of Australia, acting as her companion and nursemaid to Alexa's motherless granddaughter, Fay. After a long voyage at sea, they finally arrive in New South Wales. Living in rural Australia and far away from everything she knows, Molly is forced to do some rapid growing up. Fascinated by a cool, laconic stockman, Molly is heartbroken when he tells her he is about to return to his native Denmark. Desperate to forget him, she turns her attentions to Rory Kelly, a circus acrobat. Will Molly flout convention and be tempted by the romance of a circus life? And what does the future hold for the irrepressible Molly Sparkes? 1906. A high-spirited, unconventional girl who can turn her hand to anything, Molly Sparkes is on the verge of a big adventure. At just eighteen, she is leaving her convent school in the heart of rural Kent to accompany the formidable Mrs Alexa Nagel on a tour of Australia, acting as her companion and nursemaid to Alexa's motherless granddaughter, Fay. After a long voyage at sea, they finally arrive in New South Wales. Living in rural Australia and far away from everything she knows, Molly is forced to do some rapid growing up. Fascinated by a cool, laconic stockman, Molly is heartbroken when he tells her he is about to return to his native Denmark. Desperate to forget him, she turns her attentions to Rory Kelly, a circus acrobat. Will Molly flout convention and be tempted by the romance of a circus life? And what does the future hold for the irrepressible Molly Sparkes?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Newberry, Sheila<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Lamplight Large Print Books, 2024.<br />420 pages (large print)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Petersfield - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - On reserve shelf at Hythe - C016847867<br />Romsey - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 23 May 2024 - C016847875<br /> The other side of Mrs Wood [text(large print)] / Lucy Barker. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3721136&CF=BIB The irresistible historical comedy about two rival mediums in Victorian London. The irresistible historical comedy about two rival mediums in Victorian London.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Barker, Lucy<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Lamplight Large Print Books, 2024.<br />534 pages (large print)<br /><br />Fleet - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847866<br />Gosport DC - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847874<br /> The revels [text(large print)] / Stacey Thomas. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3721135&CF=BIB England, 1645. After his half-brother dies, aspiring playwright Nicholas Pearce is apprenticed to Judge William Percival, an infamous former witch-hunter who is under pressure to resume his old profession. In a country torn apart by civil war, with escalating tensions between Catholics and Protestants, Royalists and Roundheads, and rumours of witchcraft, Nicholas hides a secret: the dead sing. He hears their secrets, but will he find the courage to speak up to save innocent lives, even if it means putting himself in great danger? England, 1645. After his half-brother dies, aspiring playwright Nicholas Pearce is apprenticed to Judge William Percival, an infamous former witch-hunter who is under pressure to resume his old profession. In a country torn apart by civil war, with escalating tensions between Catholics and Protestants, Royalists and Roundheads, and rumours of witchcraft, Nicholas hides a secret: the dead sing. He hears their secrets, but will he find the courage to speak up to save innocent lives, even if it means putting himself in great danger?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Thomas, Stacey<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Lamplight Large Print Books, 2024.<br />450 pages (large print)<br /><br />Basingstoke Discovery Centre - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847864<br />Fareham - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847872<br /> The novelist from Berlin [text(large print)] / V.S. Alexander. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3721134&CF=BIB Even a woman as resourceful and intelligent as Niki Rittenhaus needs alliances in order to survive. Her marriage to Rickard Länger seems convenient for them both. When Rickard succumbs to increasing pressure from the Nazis to make propaganda movies, a horrified Niki turns away from her own film aspirations and instead, begins to write. Niki's first novel, is published under a pseudonym to great success. However, the Nazis are cementing their power over Germany - and over her husband. Though she succeeds in escaping Rickard, he directs Hitler's Brownshirts to do the unthinkable - kidnap their daughter. With her books blacklisted, her life in danger, and Europe descending into war, Niki travels to Amsterdam, joins the Dutch Resistance, and then returns to war-torn Berlin determined to claim freedom for herself and her child, and to write her own story at last. Even a woman as resourceful and intelligent as Niki Rittenhaus needs alliances in order to survive. Her marriage to Rickard Länger seems convenient for them both. When Rickard succumbs to increasing pressure from the Nazis to make propaganda movies, a horrified Niki turns away from her own film aspirations and instead, begins to write. Niki's first novel, is published under a pseudonym to great success. However, the Nazis are cementing their power over Germany - and over her husband. Though she succeeds in escaping Rickard, he directs Hitler's Brownshirts to do the unthinkable - kidnap their daughter. With her books blacklisted, her life in danger, and Europe descending into war, Niki travels to Amsterdam, joins the Dutch Resistance, and then returns to war-torn Berlin determined to claim freedom for herself and her child, and to write her own story at last.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Alexander, V. S.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Lamplight Large Print Books, 2024.<br />528 pages (large print)<br /><br />Andover - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847863<br />Chandlers Ford - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847871<br /> Murder and the moggies of Magpie Row [text(large print)] / Kate High. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3721133&CF=BIB When Clarice Beech finds her friend Peter Ramsey dead in his kitchen, she believes he's succumbed to a fatal heart attack. Peter, who lived in one of the five cottages on Magpie Row in the Lincolnshire Wolds, was a keen supporter of stray cats - which made him very unpopular with the neighbours. And after Chris Morris, an alcoholic neighbour, disrupts Peter's funeral, insisting Peter was murdered - and he knows who the murderer is - Clarice discovers there's no shortage of possible suspects among the Magpie Row inhabitants. Who, behind Magpie Row's idyllic facade, might have had murder in mind? And, after his outburst at Peter's funeral, where is Chris? And is Clarice, with her mission to tend to Peter's strays, as well as uncover the truth about her friend's death, putting herself in danger's way? When Clarice Beech finds her friend Peter Ramsey dead in his kitchen, she believes he's succumbed to a fatal heart attack. Peter, who lived in one of the five cottages on Magpie Row in the Lincolnshire Wolds, was a keen supporter of stray cats - which made him very unpopular with the neighbours. And after Chris Morris, an alcoholic neighbour, disrupts Peter's funeral, insisting Peter was murdered - and he knows who the murderer is - Clarice discovers there's no shortage of possible suspects among the Magpie Row inhabitants. Who, behind Magpie Row's idyllic facade, might have had murder in mind? And, after his outburst at Peter's funeral, where is Chris? And is Clarice, with her mission to tend to Peter's strays, as well as uncover the truth about her friend's death, putting herself in danger's way?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>High, Kate (Contemporary artist)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Lamplight Large Print Books, 2024.<br />408 pages (large print)<br /><br />Waterlooville - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847862<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847870<br /> Murder in an Italian village [text(large print)] / Michael Falco. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3721132&CF=BIB On the surface, Bria's Mediterranean life radiates beauty - the kind her late husband, Carlo, dreamed about when he concocted the romantic idea to start a bed and breakfast on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast. With the grand opening of Bella Bella approaching six months after Carlo's tragic death, Bria and her eight-year-old son Marco brace for a bittersweet new beginning by the sea. Before celebratory vino flows on opening day, a stranger appears in an otherwise pristine guest room, lifeless and covered in blood. As suspicions fall on a B&B employee, what's certain is that saving her reputation - and surviving - depend on catching the real killer before it's too late. Bria vows to prove to everyone in Positano that no one at Bella Bella was involved with the crime. But it will take everything they've got to name the murderer and avoid becoming the next target of someone's deadly vendetta. On the surface, Bria's Mediterranean life radiates beauty - the kind her late husband, Carlo, dreamed about when he concocted the romantic idea to start a bed and breakfast on the breathtaking Amalfi Coast. With the grand opening of Bella Bella approaching six months after Carlo's tragic death, Bria and her eight-year-old son Marco brace for a bittersweet new beginning by the sea. Before celebratory vino flows on opening day, a stranger appears in an otherwise pristine guest room, lifeless and covered in blood. As suspicions fall on a B&B employee, what's certain is that saving her reputation - and surviving - depend on catching the real killer before it's too late. Bria vows to prove to everyone in Positano that no one at Bella Bella was involved with the crime. But it will take everything they've got to name the murderer and avoid becoming the next target of someone's deadly vendetta.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Falco, Michael (Mystery writer)<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />474 pages (large print).<br />Bria Bartolucci mystery<br /><br />Bordon - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847891<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 31 May 2024 - C016847884<br /> Mistress of life and death [text(large print)] : the dark journey of Maria Mandl, head overseer of the women's camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau / Susan J Eischeid. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3721131&CF=BIB By the time of her execution at thirty-six, Maria Mandl had achieved the highest rank possible for a woman in the Third Reich. As Head Overseer of the women's camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, she was personally responsible for the murders of thousands, and for the torture and suffering of countless more. In this riveting biography, Susan J. Eischeid explores how Maria Mandl, regarded locally as 'a nice girl from a good family', came to embody the very worst of humanity. Mandl's life mirrors the period in which she lived: turbulent, violent, and suffused with paradoxes. At Auschwitz-Birkenau, she founded the notable women's orchestra and 'adopted' several children from the transports - only to lead them to the gas chambers when her interest waned. After the war, Maria was arrested for crimes against humanity. Following a public trial attended by the international press, she was hanged in 1948. By the time of her execution at thirty-six, Maria Mandl had achieved the highest rank possible for a woman in the Third Reich. As Head Overseer of the women's camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, she was personally responsible for the murders of thousands, and for the torture and suffering of countless more. In this riveting biography, Susan J. Eischeid explores how Maria Mandl, regarded locally as 'a nice girl from a good family', came to embody the very worst of humanity. Mandl's life mirrors the period in which she lived: turbulent, violent, and suffused with paradoxes. At Auschwitz-Birkenau, she founded the notable women's orchestra and 'adopted' several children from the transports - only to lead them to the gas chambers when her interest waned. After the war, Maria was arrested for crimes against humanity. Following a public trial attended by the international press, she was hanged in 1948.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Eischeid, Susan J.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />504 pages (large print)<br /><br />Lymington - (HANTS) - Adult Non-Fiction Large Print - B/MAN - Available - C016847892<br /> Sunshine and sweet peas in Nightingale Square [text(large print)] / Heidi Swain. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3721130&CF=BIB Kate is on the run from her almost-divorced husband who is determined to have her back, and she has found the perfect place to hide - a little cottage on Nightingale Square in Norwich, far away from her old life in London. But the residents of Nightingale Square don't take no for an answer, and Kate soon finds herself pulled into a friendship with Lisa, her bossy but lovely new neighbour. Within a matter of days Kate is landed with the job of campaigning the council to turn the green into a community garden, meanwhile all the residents of Nightingale Square are horrified to discover that the Victorian mansion house on the other side of the square has been bought by developers. But when all hope is lost, the arrival of a handsome stranger is sure to turn things around! Kate is on the run from her almost-divorced husband who is determined to have her back, and she has found the perfect place to hide - a little cottage on Nightingale Square in Norwich, far away from her old life in London. But the residents of Nightingale Square don't take no for an answer, and Kate soon finds herself pulled into a friendship with Lisa, her bossy but lovely new neighbour. Within a matter of days Kate is landed with the job of campaigning the council to turn the green into a community garden, meanwhile all the residents of Nightingale Square are horrified to discover that the Victorian mansion house on the other side of the square has been bought by developers. But when all hope is lost, the arrival of a handsome stranger is sure to turn things around!<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Swain, Heidi<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />456 pages (large print)<br /><br />Romsey - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847883<br />Totton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 11 May 2024 - C016847890<br /> Together, again [text(large print)] / Milly Johnson. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3721129&CF=BIB Three sisters, all seven years apart, who are not close at all, must convene after their mum's death to arrange the funeral and pack everything up. Their mother has left the family home and most of the money to the youngest sister Annis, who she didn't get on with at all. As they pack everything up, the sisters become closer than they have ever been before as they begin to let each other into their lives for the first time. Three sisters, all seven years apart, who are not close at all, must convene after their mum's death to arrange the funeral and pack everything up. Their mother has left the family home and most of the money to the youngest sister Annis, who she didn't get on with at all. As they pack everything up, the sisters become closer than they have ever been before as they begin to let each other into their lives for the first time.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Johnson, Milly<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />438 pages (large print)<br /><br />Lymington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 04 Jun 2024 - C016847882<br />Stubbington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 11 Jun 2024 - C016847889<br /> Summer at the French café [text(large print)] / Sue Moorcroft. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3721128&CF=BIB As soon as Kat Jenson set foot in the idyllic French village of Kirchhoffen, she knew she'd found her home. Now she has a dreamy boyfriend, a delightful dog and the perfect job managing a bustling book café in the vibrant Parc Lemmel. But when she learns her boyfriend isn't all he seems, it's the start of a difficult summer for Kat. Vindictive troublemakers, work woes and family heartache follow, and the clear blue sky that was her life suddenly seems full of clouds. Then she gets to know the mysterious Noah, and her sun begins to shine brighter than ever. But Noah has problems of his own - ones that could scupper their new-found happiness. Together, can they overcome their many obstacles, and find love again? As soon as Kat Jenson set foot in the idyllic French village of Kirchhoffen, she knew she'd found her home. Now she has a dreamy boyfriend, a delightful dog and the perfect job managing a bustling book café in the vibrant Parc Lemmel. But when she learns her boyfriend isn't all he seems, it's the start of a difficult summer for Kat. Vindictive troublemakers, work woes and family heartache follow, and the clear blue sky that was her life suddenly seems full of clouds. Then she gets to know the mysterious Noah, and her sun begins to shine brighter than ever. But Noah has problems of his own - ones that could scupper their new-found happiness. Together, can they overcome their many obstacles, and find love again?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Moorcroft, Sue<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />426 pages (large print)<br /><br />Gosport DC - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847878<br />New Milton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - In-transit from Romsey to New Milton (Set: 03 May 2024) - C016847888<br /> Bitter wind [text(large print)] / Wayne D. Overholser. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3720641&CF=BIB Bill Lang wasn't exactly on the run. He had been hired out as a gunman to enforce a big rancher's claims to open range. A range war had ensued & a county election had brought in a new sheriff. That was what had prompted Bill to head for Wyoming. Bill Lang wasn't exactly on the run. He had been hired out as a gunman to enforce a big rancher's claims to open range. A range war had ensued & a county election had brought in a new sheriff. That was what had prompted Bill to head for Wyoming.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Overholser, Wayne D., 1906-1996<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Thorndike : Center Point, 2024.<br />272 pages (large print)<br /><br />Waterlooville - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 30 May 2024 - C016847898<br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Westerns - Available - C016847902<br /> Elizabeth, by name [text(large print)] / Will Cook. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3720640&CF=BIB Setting up a trading post to take advantage of passing cattle herders, Elizabeth Retting finds the land plagued by harsh weather, Native Americans, and lawless men, and she finds further challenges in a long line of unwanted suitors. Setting up a trading post to take advantage of passing cattle herders, Elizabeth Retting finds the land plagued by harsh weather, Native Americans, and lawless men, and she finds further challenges in a long line of unwanted suitors.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cook, Will<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Thorndike : Center Point, 2024.<br />352 pages (large print)<br /><br />Fleet - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847895<br />Gosport DC - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Westerns - Available - C016847899<br /> Harlem after midnight [text(large print)] / Louise Hare. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3720398&CF=BIB 1936, September 17th, 1am. In the middle of Harlem, in the dead of night, a woman falls from a second storey window. In her hand, she holds a passport and the name written on it is Lena Aldridge. Nine days earlier. Lena arrived in Harlem less than two weeks ago, full of hope for her burgeoning romance with Will Goodman, the handsome musician she met on board the Queen Mary. Will has arranged for Lena to stay with friends of his, and this will give her the chance to find out if their relationship is going anywhere. But there is another reason she's in Harlem - to find out what happened in 1908 to make her father flee to London. As Lena's investigations progress, not only does she realise her father lied to her, but the man she's falling too fast and too hard for has secrets of his own. And those secrets have put Lena in terrible danger. 1936, September 17th, 1am. In the middle of Harlem, in the dead of night, a woman falls from a second storey window. In her hand, she holds a passport and the name written on it is Lena Aldridge. Nine days earlier. Lena arrived in Harlem less than two weeks ago, full of hope for her burgeoning romance with Will Goodman, the handsome musician she met on board the Queen Mary. Will has arranged for Lena to stay with friends of his, and this will give her the chance to find out if their relationship is going anywhere. But there is another reason she's in Harlem - to find out what happened in 1908 to make her father flee to London. As Lena's investigations progress, not only does she realise her father lied to her, but the man she's falling too fast and too hard for has secrets of his own. And those secrets have put Lena in terrible danger.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hare, Louise<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Lamplight Large Print Books, 2024.<br />456 pages (large print)<br /><br />Farnborough - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847865<br />Lymington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847873<br /> Bonfire night [text(large print)] / Anna Bliss. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3720397&CF=BIB London, 1936: At 21, Kate Grifferty is a press photographer in a Fleet Street agency, an unusual job for a young woman. But Kate is both talented and daring, recklessly going wherever the story might be - including, one October day, to an anti-fascism protest in East London. There, she meets David Rabatkin, a brilliant Jewish medical student. While his idealistic brother is eager to go to Spain and join the fight for the Republic, David knows where his path lies: at home, fulfilling the expectations of his profession and his family. Kate is exposed for the first time to the dangers and demands of David's world, where marrying within the Jewish faith is seen as not only preferable, but key to survival. Brighton, 1940: Catastrophe forces Kate to flee London and the onslaught of war finds her working at her sister's seaside boarding house, while David tends patients at a busy London hospital as the Blitz rages. London, 1936: At 21, Kate Grifferty is a press photographer in a Fleet Street agency, an unusual job for a young woman. But Kate is both talented and daring, recklessly going wherever the story might be - including, one October day, to an anti-fascism protest in East London. There, she meets David Rabatkin, a brilliant Jewish medical student. While his idealistic brother is eager to go to Spain and join the fight for the Republic, David knows where his path lies: at home, fulfilling the expectations of his profession and his family. Kate is exposed for the first time to the dangers and demands of David's world, where marrying within the Jewish faith is seen as not only preferable, but key to survival. Brighton, 1940: Catastrophe forces Kate to flee London and the onslaught of war finds her working at her sister's seaside boarding house, while David tends patients at a busy London hospital as the Blitz rages.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bliss, Anna<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Lamplight Large Print Books, 2024.<br />474 pages (large print)<br /><br />Petersfield - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 23 May 2024 - C016847861<br />Romsey - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847869<br /> How to build a boat [text(large print)] / Elaine Feeney. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3720396&CF=BIB Jamie O'Neill loves the colour red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of many objects, books with dust jackets, cats, rivers and Edgar Allan Poe. At age 13 there are two things he especially wants in life: to build a Perpetual Motion Machine, and to connect with his mother Noelle, who died when he was born. In his mind these things are intimately linked. And at his new school, where all else is disorientating and overwhelming, he finds two people who might just be able to help him. 'How to Build a Boat' is the story of how one boy and his mission transforms the lives of his teachers, Tess and Tadhg, and brings together a community. Written with tenderness and verve, it's about love, family and connection, the power of imagination, and how our greatest adventures never happen alone. Jamie O'Neill loves the colour red. He also loves tall trees, patterns, rain that comes with wind, the curvature of many objects, books with dust jackets, cats, rivers and Edgar Allan Poe. At age 13 there are two things he especially wants in life: to build a Perpetual Motion Machine, and to connect with his mother Noelle, who died when he was born. In his mind these things are intimately linked. And at his new school, where all else is disorientating and overwhelming, he finds two people who might just be able to help him. 'How to Build a Boat' is the story of how one boy and his mission transforms the lives of his teachers, Tess and Tadhg, and brings together a community. Written with tenderness and verve, it's about love, family and connection, the power of imagination, and how our greatest adventures never happen alone.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Feeney, Elaine<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />378 pages (large print)<br /><br />Chandlers Ford - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 24 May 2024 - C016847880<br />Havant - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847887<br /> The house of broken bricks [text(large print)] / Fiona Williams. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3720395&CF=BIB Ain't nothing wrong with being broken. Nothing at all. You're like these houses, not a whole brick in em and look how strong they are. As Tess traces the sunrise over the floodplains, light that paints the house a startling crimson, she yearns for the comforting chaos of life as it once was. Instead of Max and Sonny tracking dirt through the kitchen - Tess and Richard's 'rainbow twins' - Tess absorbs the quiet. The nights draw in, the soil cools and Richard fights to get his winter crops planted rather than deal with the discussion he cannot bear to have. Secrets and vines clamber over the broken red bricks and although its inhabitants seem to be withering, in the damp, crumbling soil Sonny knows that something is stirring. As the seasons change, and the cracks let in more light, the family might just be able to start to heal. Ain't nothing wrong with being broken. Nothing at all. You're like these houses, not a whole brick in em and look how strong they are. As Tess traces the sunrise over the floodplains, light that paints the house a startling crimson, she yearns for the comforting chaos of life as it once was. Instead of Max and Sonny tracking dirt through the kitchen - Tess and Richard's 'rainbow twins' - Tess absorbs the quiet. The nights draw in, the soil cools and Richard fights to get his winter crops planted rather than deal with the discussion he cannot bear to have. Secrets and vines clamber over the broken red bricks and although its inhabitants seem to be withering, in the damp, crumbling soil Sonny knows that something is stirring. As the seasons change, and the cracks let in more light, the family might just be able to start to heal.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Williams, Fiona<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />378 pages (large print)<br /><br />Eastleigh - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 24 May 2024 - C016847886<br />Waterlooville - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016847879<br /> The Lake House [text(large print)] / Christie Barlow. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3720394&CF=BIB There's a newcomer to the village of Heartcross and she's never been more in need of a friend. As the new manager of local bistro, The Lake House, Ella is ready to start afresh - and that could mean there's love on the horizon in the form of the gorgeous Roman, the local water taxi driver. Every day Roman is there to ferry Ella to the restaurant on the other side of the lake and every night he makes sure she gets home safe. But Roman has secrets of his own. Can the Love Heart Lane community offer Ella a chance of a new life? Or will the ghosts of her past catch up with her? There's a newcomer to the village of Heartcross and she's never been more in need of a friend. As the new manager of local bistro, The Lake House, Ella is ready to start afresh - and that could mean there's love on the horizon in the form of the gorgeous Roman, the local water taxi driver. Every day Roman is there to ferry Ella to the restaurant on the other side of the lake and every night he makes sure she gets home safe. But Roman has secrets of his own. Can the Love Heart Lane community offer Ella a chance of a new life? Or will the ghosts of her past catch up with her?<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Barlow, Christie<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Rearsby : Clipper Large Print Books, 2024.<br />318 pages (large print).<br />Love Heart Lane series ; 5.<br /><br />Fareham - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 21 May 2024 - C016847881<br /> The white lie [text(large print)] / J.G. Kelly. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3715250&CF=BIB The legend 1913. Captain Scott and his four companions reach the South Pole to find their Norwegian rival Roald Amundsen has won the race. Defeated, they set out on the 850-mile journey to their ship. Apsley Cherry-Garrard, the explorer sent out to meet them at One Ton depot, peering South through thick spectacles, sees only an infinity of white, and turns back. A year later Scott's pitched tent is found, just ten miles from the depot, and the bodies within speak of hunger and the brutal winter cold. They lie in a tomb of ice. Cherry is left forever tormented by thoughts of what might have been. The truth 1969. Ten years after Cherry's death, Falcon Grey receives a bequest: a small red notebook that was found in Scott's tent. A diary that states that they were not victims of the cold, or hunger, but murder, in the coldest of blood. Vital clues lie in the tent, so Falcon goes South to the ice to see it for himself. The legend 1913. Captain Scott and his four companions reach the South Pole to find their Norwegian rival Roald Amundsen has won the race. Defeated, they set out on the 850-mile journey to their ship. Apsley Cherry-Garrard, the explorer sent out to meet them at One Ton depot, peering South through thick spectacles, sees only an infinity of white, and turns back. A year later Scott's pitched tent is found, just ten miles from the depot, and the bodies within speak of hunger and the brutal winter cold. They lie in a tomb of ice. Cherry is left forever tormented by thoughts of what might have been. The truth 1969. Ten years after Cherry's death, Falcon Grey receives a bequest: a small red notebook that was found in Scott's tent. A diary that states that they were not victims of the cold, or hunger, but murder, in the coldest of blood. Vital clues lie in the tent, so Falcon goes South to the ice to see it for himself.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Kelly, Jim, 1957-<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Charnwood, 2024.<br />474 pages (large print) : maps (black and white) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Winchester Library - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016853351<br />Yateley - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016853379<br /> A stroke of the pen [text(large print)] : the lost stories / Terry Pratchett. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3715249&CF=BIB An exclusive collection of 20 early short stories by one of the world's best loved authors - these are rediscovered tales that Pratchett wrote under a pseudonym for newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. Whilst none of the stories are set in the Discworld, they hint towards the world he would go on to create in his award-winning and globally bestselling series, containing all of his trademark wit, satirical wisdom and fantastic imagination. These are tales which entertain, enlighten and, most importantly, make you laugh. An exclusive collection of 20 early short stories by one of the world's best loved authors - these are rediscovered tales that Pratchett wrote under a pseudonym for newspapers during the 1970s and 1980s. Whilst none of the stories are set in the Discworld, they hint towards the world he would go on to create in his award-winning and globally bestselling series, containing all of his trademark wit, satirical wisdom and fantastic imagination. These are tales which entertain, enlighten and, most importantly, make you laugh.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Pratchett, Terry<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Charnwood, 2024.<br />234 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Romsey - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016853353<br />Whitchurch - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016853381<br /> The fake wife [text(large print)] / Sharon Bolton. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3715248&CF=BIB You're not who you say you are. But neither is she. In a hotel restaurant, a stranger sits down at Olive Anderson's dinner table and pretends to be her wife. But as much as the fake wife has her secrets, Olive just might have more. You're not who you say you are. But neither is she. In a hotel restaurant, a stranger sits down at Olive Anderson's dinner table and pretends to be her wife. But as much as the fake wife has her secrets, Olive just might have more.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Bolton, Sharon<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Charnwood, 2024.<br />438 pages (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Lymington - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016853349<br />West End - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 18 May 2024 - C016853377<br /> The figurine [text(large print)] / Victoria Hislop. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3715247&CF=BIB Of all the ancient art that captures the imagination, none is more appealing than the Cycladic figurine. An air of mystery swirls around these statuettes from the Bronze Age and they are highly sought after by collectors - and looters - alike. When Helena inherits her grandparents' apartment in Athens, she is overwhelmed with memories of the summers she spent there as a child, when Greece was under a brutal military dictatorship. Her remote, cruel grandfather was one of the regime's generals and as she sifts through the dusty rooms, Helena discovers an array of valuable objects and antiquities. How did her grandfather amass such a trove? What human price was paid for them? Her desire to find answers about her heritage dovetails with a growing curiosity for archaeology, ignited by a summer spent with volunteers on a dig on an Aegean island. Of all the ancient art that captures the imagination, none is more appealing than the Cycladic figurine. An air of mystery swirls around these statuettes from the Bronze Age and they are highly sought after by collectors - and looters - alike. When Helena inherits her grandparents' apartment in Athens, she is overwhelmed with memories of the summers she spent there as a child, when Greece was under a brutal military dictatorship. Her remote, cruel grandfather was one of the regime's generals and as she sifts through the dusty rooms, Helena discovers an array of valuable objects and antiquities. How did her grandfather amass such a trove? What human price was paid for them? Her desire to find answers about her heritage dovetails with a growing curiosity for archaeology, ignited by a summer spent with volunteers on a dig on an Aegean island.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Hislop, Victoria<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Charnwood, 2024.<br />1 volume (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">1 reserve</span><br /><br />Emsworth - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 15 May 2024 - C016853312<br />Farnborough - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 23 May 2024 - C016853284<br /> Loyalty [text(large print)] / Martina Cole. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3715246&CF=BIB If you want to survive in this world there's one thing you need to value above all else: loyalty. If you want to survive in this world there's one thing you need to value above all else: loyalty.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Cole, Martina<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Charnwood, 2024.<br />1 volume (large print) ; 24 cm<br /><br />Bridgemary - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 21 May 2024 - C016853310<br />Fleet - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016853282<br /> Inheritance [text(large print)] / Nora Roberts. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3715245&CF=BIB 1806. Astrid Poole is murdered on her wedding day. Her last words - a promise to her husband never to leave him. After finding her fiancé in a compromising position with her cousin, Sonya MacTavish needs an escape. When a lawyer turns up on her doorstep out of the blue with news that she has inherited a beautiful Victorian house, Sonya thinks maybe this is just the change of scene she needs. The house - nicknamed Lost Bride manor - is beautiful, the setting idyllic and the local town offers Sonya the smalltown comforts she craves after life in a big city. So what if there are sometimes shadows in the windows, objects move of their own accord and music starts playing out of nowhere. Sonya can live with the house being a little haunted. But things soon start to take a darker turn and it becomes clear that Sonya has inherited far more than a house. 1806. Astrid Poole is murdered on her wedding day. Her last words - a promise to her husband never to leave him. After finding her fiancé in a compromising position with her cousin, Sonya MacTavish needs an escape. When a lawyer turns up on her doorstep out of the blue with news that she has inherited a beautiful Victorian house, Sonya thinks maybe this is just the change of scene she needs. The house - nicknamed Lost Bride manor - is beautiful, the setting idyllic and the local town offers Sonya the smalltown comforts she craves after life in a big city. So what if there are sometimes shadows in the windows, objects move of their own accord and music starts playing out of nowhere. Sonya can live with the house being a little haunted. But things soon start to take a darker turn and it becomes clear that Sonya has inherited far more than a house.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Roberts, Nora<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Charnwood, 2024.<br />534 pages (large print) ; 24 cm.<br />Lost bride trilogy ; 1.<br /><br />Gosport DC - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 23 May 2024 - C016853354<br />Overton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - In-transit from Hythe to Overton (Set: 02 May 2024) - C016853382<br /> Escape to Cornwall [text(large print)] / Angela Britnell. https://hampshire.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=3715244&CF=BIB Divorce had left a bitter taste in Grace's mouth, leaving her questioning everything about her life - especially the fakeness of her Hollywood career. Escaping to Cornwall, she hoped for peace and quiet to sort everything out in her mind. But what she hadn't bargained on was Merryn Clemo and his family, and the impact they would have upon her heart. Divorce had left a bitter taste in Grace's mouth, leaving her questioning everything about her life - especially the fakeness of her Hollywood career. Escaping to Cornwall, she hoped for peace and quiet to sort everything out in her mind. But what she hadn't bargained on was Merryn Clemo and his family, and the impact they would have upon her heart.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Author: </span>Britnell, Angela<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Published: </span>Leicester : Linford, 2024.<br />318 pages (large print) ; 19 cm<br /><br />Totton - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Onloan - Due: 24 May 2024 - C016853369<br />Yateley - (HANTS) - Adult Fiction Large Print - Available - C016853397<br />