Great Reads from your local area

And then it all kicked off in Narellan Vale...

Fancy a read from your local area? The books below focus on the history, culture, society, challenges and triumphs of the Camden LGA. Why not get acquainted with your local area a little more and try one of these great reads available at Camden and Narellan branches.

1001 Life Story Questions by Bob Mitchell

A History of St. Claire by S.J. Tazewell

A Glimpse of Cawdor by John W. Burge

78 Fighter Squadron, RAAF by L.A.C. Burns

A History of Nepean and District Street Names by Lorna Parr

A Treasury of Australian Folklore by Bill Beatty

The Age of Macquarie by James Broadbent and Joy Hughes

Australia will be there: Growing Up in the First World War

Belgenny Farm: Birthplace of Australian Agriculture by Richard Wood

The Best of Back Then by John Wrigley

Brilliant Biographies

Some great bios up here! Why not click one for more details or come in to Camden and Narellan for your celeb/sport/interest fix.

What Remains by Denise Leith

We meet Kate Price as a raw new war correspondent and travel with her as she develops her skills and resilience, witnessing ever more horrific events. She is at Sarajevo and Rwanda to name but two. The tide of media ebbs and flows around the successive war zones and the same journalists and photographers connect and separate endlessly in the waves. How do you build an emotional life when you are in the midst of so much chaos and suffering? We need these events to be witnessed but at what cost? This is a powerful and heartbreaking story.
Wendy

Bryant & May on the Loose by Christopher Fowler

“The inmates at Pentonville prison were fond of inking themselves with fake Russian gang symbols, most of them poorly copied and misspelled. The one on Mac’s arm was actually a produce stamp for a soviet state farm…he.. was advertising turnips.” Mac is a pawn in the game of Mr Fox who may be just a social misfit with a penchant for collecting personal details, or he may be a serial killer or he may be the Horned God haunting the site of a pagan temple. Weaving London’s many layered history into another engaging mystery, Fowler welcomes us to the eclectic, eccentric world of the Peculiar Crimes Unit. Be warned, there are more in the series and you won’t be able to stop at one book!
Wendy

National Year of Reading: Cry

Many of the National Year of Reading themes have been focused on the positives of human life: exploration, adventure, inspiration and joy. But there is something also to be said of those times when we feel down and the lessons we learn when challenges and trials are stacked up against us. For this reason, November's theme is cry, recommending novels that feature sad endings, bittersweet resolutions, challenging themes, and more. We've compiled a few below, but why not suggest some of your own favourites in the comment box at the end of this post? We'd love to hear about them.

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak

PS I Love You by Cecilia Ahern

The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger

The Kite Runner by Khaled Husseini

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher

Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton