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Did you know that you can ask Mr Edwards to purchase books? As long as the book is one that others will also enjoy, Mr Edwards will endeavour to find it and buy it for the library. Whoever requests the book will be the first to read it. Many of these books are very popular so it is a good idea to ask if you can reserve the book you wish to borrow.

The following books were recently requested: North of Beautiful by Justina Chen Headley

Born with a port-wine stain birthmark covering her entire right cheek, Terra Rose Cooper wants to leave her stifling, small town where everyone knows her for her ‘flawed’ face. With her controlling father and an obese mother who uses eating to deflect her father's verbal attacks, home life for Terra isn't so great either. She plans to escape to an East Coast college but when her father intercepts her acceptance letter, Terra is pushed off-course, and she is forced to confront her deepest insecurities. After an ironically fortuitous car accident, Terra meets Jacob, a handsome but quirky Goth Chinese boy who was adopted from China as a toddler. Jacob understands Terra's battle with feeling different. When Terra's older brother invites her and her mother to visit him in Shanghai, Jacob and his mother also join them on their journey, where they all not only confront the truth about themselves, but also realize their own true beauty.

This book is recommended for the English topic [|'Into the world]".

The series Percy Jackson was requested and the library purchased the complete series. Here is an example of one of the Percy Jackson novels.
 * The Percy Jackson series**

Percy Jackson and the sea of monsters by Rick Riordan.

Listen to a [|YouTube] reading of an extract of this book. The [|Percy Jackson] website has abstracts of the other books in the series as well as author information, maps. Click on Fiction Term 1 2020 for the list of other new novels are now available.


 * Non-fiction books**

Enjoy watching 'Masterchef' or 'My Kitchen Rules'? Have a look at this new book. It simplifies cooking with its easy recipes and explanations with accompanying illustrations of ingredients and cooking methods.

Cookery the Australian way by Shirley Cameron, Suzanne Russell. Table of contents includes: Nutrition -- Ingredients -- Planning, preparing and presenting food -- Finger foods, starters, snacks and breakfast dishes -- Vegetarian dishes -- Soups -- Fish -- Meat and poultry -- Fruits and vegetables -- Salads -- Sauces -- Desserts -- Pastry -- Scones, muffins and pancakes -- Cakes -- Biscuits and slices -- Yeast breads and buns -- Beverages -- Preserving fruits and vegetables.

Click on the link for a list of other non-fiction books.

There were new additions to Clickview and the DVD collection. Four film de noir DVD are included in new DVDs.

1. The postman always rings twice (1946) Stars Lana Turner, John Garfield and Cecil Kellaway. A drifter hitches a ride from the local District Attorney to an 'out of the way' restaurant/gas station owned by a man and his beautiful wife. They fall in love and together they plot the murder of her husband More information about the film and transcript available at [|Film Site] (w ritten & edited by Tim Dirks)

2. The big sleep (1946) Stars Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Martha Vickers and Charles Waldron. Private-eye Philip Marlowe is hired by the dying General Sternwood to watch over his youngest daughter, Carmen, who is mixing with bad company and several other problems plaguing the family. Marlowe finds that each problem appears to center about the disappearance of Sternwood's favoured employee who has runaway with a gangster's wife. Marlowe finds himself falling in love with the older sister, Vivien, who initially takes a deep dislike to Mr Marlowe. However, the plot thickens when murder follows murder..

3. Dial M for murder (1954) Stars Grace Kelly, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings. British tennis pro Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) suspects that his wealthy wife, Margot Mary Wendice (Grace Kelly) is having an affair with handsome American Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings). Wendice blackmails a disgraced former college associate into murdering Margot and making it appear to be the work of a burglar. But Wendice's carefully planned scheme does not take into account the notion that Margot might fight back.

4. The Maltese falcon (1941) Cast includes Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre and Sydney Greenstreet.

More information about the film is available at: []

More DVDs and Clickview programs can be seen by clicking on the following link