NEW BOOKS MAY 2017

 

ANOTHER INTERESTING SELECTION

 



Non-Fiction

 Talleyrand in London             Linda Kelly

 

 The New Book of Snobs         D.J. Taylor

 The Complicated Life of Beryl Bainbridge         Brandon King

 The Durrells of Corfu             M. Haag

 The Transatlantic Marriage Bureau Julie  Ferry

 Voyager                                    Russell Banks

 Irresistible                               Adam Alter

 

Fiction

 Birdcage Walk                         Helen Dunmore   General Fiction

 From the Heart                       Susan Hill   GF

 The Patriot                              Sana Krasikov   Historical saga

 When it Grows Dark              Jorn Lier Horst  Thriller

 The Dark Flood Rises              Margaret Drabble   GF

Anything is Possible -              Elizabeth Strout   GF

 The Girl Before                        P. Delaney   Suspense

Ghachar Ghochar                      Vivek Shanghag   Indian novel

House of Names                       Colm Toibin  Historical fiction

The Intrusions                          Stav Sherez   Thriller

 

Dissolution-                             CJ Sansom   Historical crime  (Shardlake, we now have the whole series in library)

Dark Fire                                  CJ Sansom    Historical crime

 

 Sovereign                                   CJ Sansom       Historical crime

 

Recent donations & some more new books

These books which have been added to the collection are in no particular order.

 

DONATIONS

Jonathan Littell             The Kindly Ones           PB 2009     Historical F

Sarah Perry                            The Essex Serpent                  2016

Patricia Highsmith  A Suspension of Mercy   1965   PB Thriller

Sebastian Faulkes    A possible Life    2012   HB   General fiction

Emma Donaghue       Life Mask        2004     HB    GF

Ben Elton              The First Casualty    2005        PB   GF

Mick Hume           Trigger Warning    2015   PB   Non fiction

Joshua Ferris          Then we came to the end    2007  PB   GF

Margaret Drabble   The Seven Sisters   2002  PB

Alison Lurie             The truth about Lorin Jones                 1988  PB   GF

Antony Doerr            All the light we cannot see   2014  PB  GF

Aldous Huxley          Eyeless in Gaza   1936  5  PB    GF

Tobias Hill                The Love of Stones     2001   PB  Thriller

Tan Twan Eng           The Garden of evening mists    2012  HB  GF

Viet Thanh Nguyen       The Sympathiser   2015 PB  Espionage

Fiona Neill           The Good Girl    2015  PB Thriller

Nick Hornby        Juliet Naked   PB  2009  GF

John LeCarré       Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy    1974 HB  Espionage

G.d’Arcy Wood   Tambora  2014  PB  Non fiction

 

NEW BOOKS

Carlos Ruiz Zafon         Marina   2013  PB GF

Jo Nesbo                       The Redeemer  2005 PB Thriller

Jo Nesbo                       Cockroaches  2013  PB  Thriller (we now have all the Harry Hole books in Library, you will find a document there which gives you the order of the books)                    

NEWSLETTER MARCH 2017

NEWSLETTER MARCH 2017

The library is going strong in our new premises, 25 new members since the Grand Opening on November 5th & counting. We are feathering our nest with various purchases (vacuum cleaner/steamer to keep the place clean, book stands for better presentation of selected books, new boxes for the book sale for easier handling, etc.) As our finances are flourishing at the moment we want to do some « back ordering » by which we mean either earlier books of authors you like or an addition to an incomplete series  (for example we have just ordered « The Shadow of the Wind »  the 1st volume of Carlos Ruiz Zafon’s brilliant trilogy, « The Cemetery of Forgotten Books. We already have the other two). Please send lists of books or authors you would like to find in the library. We don’t want to be dogmatic about an author (who have their ups & downs) but there are additions to be made. Send an email to foal34@gmail.com   but consult the catalogue first. This is easy if you go to the Foal blog (click on link at the bottom of the email). The lists will be sent to the Selection Committee. Speaking of which, we think it would be a good idea to invite interested members to a book choosing session (the next one will be held sometime in April) We will do this on an alphabetical order, rota basis. Email to same address if you wish to join a session. (this involves quite a lot of work, perusal of catalogue & log book to learn about readers’ tastes, searching for reviews from various publications, etc.)

 Donations

We would like you to send a list to foal34@gmail.com before bringing books to donate to the library. You obviously have some interesting books to donate which can either be added to the collection or go into the book sale BUT we are also confronted with books that have fallen into the bath or are falling apart & too often, chestnuts that we are then encumbered with. So PLEASE, lists from now on. We can no longer accept spontaneous offerings.

 English conversation

Two of our members (Liz Davison & Susannah Hill) have kindly volunteered to hold English conversation sessions  (dates in library). This is becoming popular & has allowed us to glean a new member or two & give something back to the community. We might need another volunteer next year as Susannah will be returning to England in the autumn.

Crèches

We would love to see children sitting on the carpets leafing through our large collection of children’s books (which we have thanks to donations). We came up with the idea of visiting crèches to tell them about the library & I also asked for an appointment at City Hall to meet the person in charge of such things. She were really interested & sent out the information. Our friend Kath Joly has already visited two crèches, taking along a few books from the children’s collection & doing a little presentation. We hope this will bring along some interested parents with their children.

 Annual General Meeting & party for Foal members

 Our friends Françoise has once again offered to hold our AGM and summer party in her lovely garden. The date is 24th June so put this in your diaries. Direction to venue nearer the time. We decided three years ago that a party was the best way to increase attendance at the AGM. We keep it pretty informal & soon  move on to the drinks & eats ! Foal provides the drinks & participants bring the food. We just need to keep our fingers crossed for good weather !

The new catalogue (Author Alphabetical Order) is now online. To download it, just click Here.
Also available : Title Alphabetical Order Here.

Click on “télécharger avec votre navigateur” (download to browser) and then on “ouvrir” (open) or "Enregistrer le fichier" (to save it on your computer).

LIBRARY SCHEDULE AT 23 RUE LAKANAL

We are now open every Wednesday from 3-6pm & the 1st & 3rd Saturday morning from 10-12.30

New books February

NEW BOOKS FEBRUARY 2017

NON FICTION

Patrick Leigh Fermor              Dashing for the post  HB 2016

Michael Rosen                        The Disappearance of Emile Zola  HB 2016

Edward Sorel                         The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936  HB 2016

Catrine Clay                           Labyrinths : Emma Jung & the early years of

                                                   Psychoanalysis  HB 2016

Artemis Cooper                      Elisabeth Jane Howard : an appreciation  1923-2014

                                                   HB 2016

Hashim Matar                        The Return    Memoir  HB 2016

Forgotten Fatherland              Ben MacIntyre              Biography  PB  2010

 FICTION

Jane Harper                                     The Dry                        Thriller  HB  2016

Emma Flink                                     Little Deaths                 Thriller  HB 2016

Zadie Smith                                     Swing Time                            Contemporary fiction HB 2016

Ratike Kapur                Private Life of Mrs Sharma  Contemporary  Fiction HB 2016

Michael Chabon                     Moonglow                     Contemporary fiction HB 2016

Fredrik Backman                    A Man called Ove                   General fiction HB 2016

David Baldacci                       No Man’s Land             Thriller  HB 2016

Michael Connolly                   The Wrong Side of Goodbye  Thriller HB 2016

Thomas Rydahl                      The Hermit                    Thriller  HB 2016

Ian Rankin                              Rather be the Devil       Thriller  HB 2016

Charlotte Hobson                   The Vanishing Futurist  Contemporary fiction  HB 2016

Sebastian Barry                      Days without End                  Contemporary fiction HB 2016

Margaret Atwood                    Hag Seed                       Shakespeare revisited  HB 2016

Susie Steiner                           Missing, Presumed        Thriller  PB 2016

Francis Spufford                    Golden Hill                 Historical fiction PB   2016    

                                                                    

Philippa Gregory                    Three sisters, Three Queens   Historical fiction HB 2016

Jasin Goodwin                       The Janissary Tree         Historical thriller PB 2006  

Leslie Downer                        The Last Concubine          Historical fiction PB 2008       

Leslie Downer                        The Samurai’s Daughter  PB  2013  HF

Leslie Downer                        The Shogun’s Daughter  HB 2017   HF

Alan Bennett                          The lady in the Van   PB 1999  GF

You will also find a large selection of donations which have been added to the collection

News about the Quiz

Imagine our surprise yesterday evening when we arrived at the venue (early, thank heavens) to find the place shut! Some quick thinking & a couple of phone calls led to another venue on offer & we made the changeover in double quick time (luckily it was not too far away) leaving someone on guard to inform people (thank you Caroline) The Foal team of helpers was absolutely brilliant & the Quiz went off superbly, just shows you what one can do in a tricky situation. We were assisted by a very helpful municipal employee. & in spite of the upset, we had a very good turnout. Participants largely deserved their glass(es) of wine. Pictures below show the venue, helpers with Vicki, the Quiz in action with our brilliant quiz master Phil Claringbull & ladies peeping out from the voting booths (probably in place for the socialist primary election on Sunday). The Chinese prints on the walls are probablty there to celebrate the Chinese New Year (we were at the Maison des Rélations Internationales)

The pictures have come out in opposite order.....