Jun 18, 2013 ... Whispers Underground, Ben Aaronovitch. Doctor Who screenwriter's third book
in the supernatural crime series set in. London. Something ...
What’s New in the Library Issue No. 24 May/June 2013 “You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.” Ray Bradbury. News
Author Visit: Wednesday 24th April. We were privileged and delighted to welcome actor, author and comedian, Charlie Higson, to The John Lyon School. Mr Higson entertained Years 7 and 8, together with a number of neighbouring schools, by sharing his love of all things horror and offering a fascinating and humorous insight into the origins of zombies and vampires. Carnegie Shadowing at Ruislip High: Monday 17th June. Our Carnegie Group are busily working their way through the shortlisted books. Early favourites are Code Name Verity and Wonder. Pupils are reminded that meetings take place on Tuesdays at 1.15 in The New Memorial Library. Author Visit at St. Helen’s School, Northwood: Tuesday 18th June 2013. The John Lyon School has been invited to join other local schools in attending a presentation by multi award-winning author and screenwriter, Malorie Blackman, who will talk about her latest book, Noble Conflict, which is due to be published in June. Pupils are invited to contact the Librarian if they wish to participate in this morning event.
DVDs: New titles include ‘Argo’, ‘Dante’s Peak’, ‘The Hobbit’, ‘Jack Reacher’, ‘Les Miserables’, ‘Life of Pi’, ‘Meet the Romans’, ‘Penguins: Spy in the Huddle’, ‘There Will be Blood’, ‘Twister’, and ‘Wonders of the Universe’.
A Selection of New Non-Fiction Stock Careers Getting into Medical School 2014, Simon Horner, (CAREERS MED). Getting into Oxbridge 2014 Entry, Jenny Blaiklock, (CAREERS OXF). Succeeding in the Biomedical Admissions Test (BMAT), Nicola Hawley and Matt Green, (610.711 BMA). Classics Classical Archaeology, Susan E. Alcock and Robin Osborne (Eds.) (938 ALC). How Art Made the World, Nigel Spivey, (709 SPI). Invisible Romans, Robert Knapp, (937 KNA). Looking at Greek Vases, Tom Rasmussen and Nigel Spivey, (738.382 RAS).
Drama An Actor’s Handbook, Constantin Stanislavski, (792.028 STA). The Director and the Stage, Edward Braun, (792.0233 BRA).
Geography Sea Change: Britain’s Coastal Catastrophe, Richard Girling (551.46 GIR). The Atlas of Climate Change, Kirstin Dow and Thomas E. Downing, (363.738 DOW). PE & Sport Qualitative Diagnosis in Human Movement, Duane V. Knudson, (612.76 KNU). I am the Secret Footballer: Lifting the Lid on the Beautiful Game, Anonymous, (796.334 ANO).
Religious Studies Beyond Good and Evil, Friedrich Nietzsche, (193 NIE). Nietzsche, Godfather of Fascism? On the Uses and Abuses of a Philosophy, Jacob Golomb and Robert S. Wistrich, (Eds.), (193 GOL). Science How the Weather Works, Christiane Dorion, (551.6 DOR). Plagues, Pox and Pestilence, Richard Platt, (614.49 PLA). Science Experiments, Robert Winston, (507.8 WIN). “Surely you’re Joking Mr Feynman!” Adventures of a Curious Character as told to Ralph Leighton, Richard P. Feynman, (530.092 FEY).
A Selection of New Fiction Stock Code Name Verity, Elizabeth Wein. Shortlisted for this year’s Carnegie Prize, this harrowing yet ultimately uplifting story is set during world war two and focuses on two friends – Queenie, an SOE agent, captured by the Nazis and Maddie, the pilot who flew her into France. Eve and Adam, Michael Grant. Exceptional sci-fi thriller from the author of the ‘Gone’ series, featuring 16 year-old Evening Spiker, who is recovering from a near-fatal road accident. Bored and confined to a wheelchair while she heals, Eve is set a challenge by her genetic scientist mother to design the perfect boy, using a state of the art virtual reality system. Inferno, Dan Brown. The latest so-called thriller from the author of The Da Vinci Code is set in Florence and Venice and uses Dante’s Divine Comedy as its inspiration. Lacks pace and tension. Bestseller – definitely, page-turner – no! Spud, John van de Ruit. Read the hilarious diary of Spud Milton, as he embarks on his first year at an elite boys-only private school, with a dormitory full of strange characters. The Weight of Water, Sarah Crossan. Shortlisted for both the Carnegie Prize and the CLPE Poetry Award, this poignant coming-of-age novel is written entirely in verse. Kasienka, a 12 year-old Polish girl, has been brought to England by her mother to search for the father who has abandoned them. Movingly describes the alienation experienced by many young immigrants, both inside and outside of school. Whispers Underground, Ben Aaronovitch. Doctor Who screenwriter’s third book in the supernatural crime series set in London. Something sinister is taking place in the labyrinth of tunnels that make up the tube system and the city’s ancient foundations and PC Peter Grant is learning magic fast, as he discovers forgotten crafts and vengeful ghosts.
