17 again (DVD494)

Rating: PG - Starring Zac Efron and Matthew Perry. A time-warp comedy that proves the best year of your life is the one you're living right now.

Location: AV - DVD494

A passage to India (DVD495)

Rating: PG - A David Lean film starring Judy Davis, James Fox, Peggy Ashcroft and Alec Guinness.

Location: AV - DVD495

Over the hedge (DVD498)

Rating: G - Animated movie.

Location: AV - DVD498

Happily never after (DVD500)

Rating: G - Animated movie. A fractured fariytale.

Location: AV - DVD500

Earthquake (DVD507)

Duration: 60 minutes. Part of the "Raging Planet" series. Examines the history of earthquakes and the problems faced by geophysicists trying to accurately predict them.

Location: AV - DVD507

Tidal waves (DVD508)

Duration: 60minutes. Part of the "Raging planet" series. Examines tidal waves, the result of submarine earthquakes, and their effects.

Location: AV - DVD508

Inkheart (DVD509)

Rating: PG Adventure fantasy starring Brendan Fraser and Helen Mirren.

Location: AV - DVD509

Billy Elliot (DVD510)

Rating: M15+ Starring Julie Walters, Gary Lewis and Jamie Bell.

Location: AV - DVD510

Swerve (2009) by Phillip Gwynne

Hugh Twycross is 16 and for once in his life decides to do the unexpected: a road trip to Uluru with his Poppy in a 1970 Holden Monaro. A journey that threatens to unravel both their lives.

Location: Fiction - F/GWY

Killing God (2009) by Kevin Brooks

Dawn Bundy is 15. She doesn't fit in and she couldn't care less. A novel about child molestation and family relationships.

Location: Fiction - F/BRO

The detachable boy with one loose foot (2008) by Scot Gardner

A fast and funny adventure about a kid who can detach his limbs and then reassemble himself at will: very useful when you want to post yourself to the USA or get yourself out of a tight corner.

Location: Fiction - F/GAR

Confessions of a liar, thief and failed sex god (2009) by Bill Condon

Neil Bridges attends a Catholic boy's school in which teachers rule with iron fists and leather straps. Some crumble under the pressure but Neil toughs it out, just as his Vietnam-bound older brother has done before him.

Location: Fiction - F/CON

Where are you now? (2008) by Mary Higgins Clark

Ten years ago, Carolyn MacKenzie's older brother, Mac, went missing. On the eve of his university graduation, he walked out of his room and has never been seen again.

Location: Fiction - F/CLA

Too fat? Too thin?: the healthy eating handbook (2009) by Melissa Sayer

Title in the "Really Useful Handbook" series. Other titles include "Broke!: the money handbook" and "Body talk: the social survival handbook".

Location: Non-fiction - 613.2/SAY

Well done, those men: memoirs of a Vietnam veteran (2007) by Barry Heard

An intensely personal account of the lives of a young conscript and his comrades, before, during and after the Vietnam War.

Location: Non-fiction - 959.704/HEA

Superfoods, superfast: eat your way to superhealth (2006) by Michael van Straten & Barbara Griggs

200 recipes featuring over 90 "nutridense" superfoods packed with anti-oxidants, nutrients and vitamins.

Location: Non-fiction - 641.5/STR

Cyber bullying: bullying in the digital age (2008) by Robin Kowalski

Provides educators, parents, psychologists & policy makers with prevention techniques and strategies for addressing electronic bullying.

Location: Non-fiction - 302.3/KOW

Dear Fatty (2008) by Dawn French

The autobiography of Britain's best-loved comedienne, this book chronicles the rise of an extraordinary and hilarious woman.

Location: Non-fiction - 791.4092/FRE

Cyberbullying: deal with it and Ctrl Alt Delete it (2008) by Robyn MacEachern

Examines the impact of online name-calling, rumours, and threats, and helps you deal with bullying whether you're a target, a bully or a witness.

Location: Non-fiction - 302.3/MAC

Anatomy of a business plan (2008) by Linda Pinson

A step-by-step guide to building a business and securing it's future.

Location: Non-fiction - 658.4/PIN

Starting a business for dummies (2007) by Colin Barrow

Everything you need to know to get a business up and running: from drafting a business plan, to hiring a workforce, managing costs & taking your service or product to market.

Location: Non-fiction - 658.02/BAR

Buzzed: the straight facts about the most used and abused drugs from alcohol to ecstasy (2008) by Cynthia Kuhn

An accessible source for understanding how drugs work & their effect on body and behaviour. Includes information on the energy drink craze.

Location: Non-fiction - 613.8/KUH

Where am I wearing?: a global tour to the countries, factories, and people that make our clothes (2009) by Kelsey Timmerman

Looks at the controversial issues of globalisation and out-sourcing.

Location: Non-fiction - 338.4/Tim

Tears of the desert (2008) by Halima Bashir

A true story of Halima's survival of the horrors of Darfur in Sudan. It is a tale of genocide and personal suffering.

Location: Non-fiction - 962.4043092/BAS

The secret lives of bees (2008) by Sue Monk Kidd

International best seller and now a major movie. The moving story of Lily growing up believing she accidentally killed her mother, and her journey of understanding the world surrounded by three bee-keeping sisters.

Location: Fiction - F/KID

Internet career biographies (Series) 2007

Documents the accomplishments and lives of some of the Internet's entrepreneurs: such as the founders of Netscape, amazon.com, Google, napster, eBay and Yahoo! 6 titles in the series.

Location: Non-fiction - 338.7

The story of India (DVD)

Michael Palin uncovers the fabulous sights, sounds and dazzling achievements of the world's oldest and most influential civilisation.

Location: AV - DVD426

Marie Antoinette (DVD)

Starring Kirsten Dunst and directed by Sofia Coppola. A retelling of the turbulent life of history's favourite villainess.

Location: AV - DVD425

Ratatouille (DVD)

An animated film. Tells the story of Remy, a determined young rat, determined to be a renowned French chef, and his pal Linguini.

Location: AV - DVD423

Angry earth (DVD)

Looks at what triggers an earthquake, explains the Richter Scale and revisits some of the planet's greatest ever earthquakes.

Location: AV - DVD427

The atlas of women in the world (2009) by Joni Seager

Explores the current status of women in relation to such key issues as equality, motherhood, work, economics, domestic violence, civil rights, and health.

Location: Non-fiction - 305.4/SEA

Don't tell them it's healthy (2009) by Karen Fischer

A guide to marketing nutritious food to children and teens.

Location: Non-fiction - 641.5/FIS

Conflict in the modern world: origins of World War 1 and 2 (DVD) 2008

Looks at how World War 1 and 2 started with the powder keg of struggling European colonial powers, politics and alliances. Duration: 25 minutes

Location: AV - DVD410

WWI - Australian home front (DVD)

Australia at first reacted romantically to the war, but with the growing casualties, attitudes slowly changed. Video examines the home front, women's wartime role, recruitment and conscription issues and the final declaration of peace. Duration: 26 minutes

Location: AV - DVD412

Australians in Vietnam (DVD)

Examines Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War 1962-73 and the opposition to conscription which led to huge public protests. Duration: 33 minutes

Location: AV - DVD411

The state of the world atlas (2008) 8th ed.

Graphic representations of some of the world's compelling issues: population, wealth and power, wars in the 21st century, rights and respect, health of the people and health of the planet.

Location: Reference - R909.83/SMI

Guantanamo boy (2009) by Anna Perera

Based on the truth that children have been held & abused in secret prisons around the world, this piece of fiction explores the war on terrorism through the eyes of a child.

Location: Fiction - F/PER

Alien Arena (2007) by Richard Dungworth

Title in the "Doctor Who: decide your destiny" series where the reader influences the direction of the story by the decisions he/she makes. 3 other titles in the series also available.

Location: Fiction - F/DUN

The First World War in photographs (2001) by Richard Holmes

400 photographs from the Imperial War Museum's collection make for a remarkable & unforgettable record of the horror that was WWI.

Location: Non-fiction - 940.3/HOL

The big book of "Top Gear" (2009)

Based on the popular television series.

Location : Non-fiction - 629.22/BIG

Biting anorexia (2008) by Lucy Howard-Taylor

An extraordinary depiction by an 18-year-old woman of her descent into the tortured existence of anorexia and her arduous and remarkable recovery from it.

Location: Non-fiction - 616.85/HOW

Sydney (DVD) 2004

Another title in the "Lonely Planet Six Degrees" series: connects to what makes each city special - the people that live in it. Other new titles include "Melbourne" and "Auckland".

Location : AV - DVD407

The boy in the striped pyjamas (2008) by John Boyne

Bored & lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a desolate place called "Out-with", 9-year-old Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends Shmuel, a boy in striped pyjamas, who lives behind a wire fence. Now a major motion picture.

Location: Fiction - F/BOY

The harp in the south novels (2009) by Ruth Park

Three of Ruth Park's best loved books - "Missus", "The harp in the south", and "Poor man's orange", are together in one volume. They trace the saga of the Darcy family over thirty years. Australian literature.

Location: Fiction - F/PAR

She'll be right boss (DVD) 2006

5 X 30minute episodes in this series that looks at the history of Australian business & where we stand in relation to the rest of the world. Features interviews with prominent Australian business people.

Location: AV - DVD397

Greece: secrets of the past (DVD) 2006

Revisits the dawn of democracy and the birthplace of Western civilisation. Features stunning aerial photography and CGI recreates the massive eruption that blew Santorini sky-high & revives the wonder of the Parthenon before it was reduced to ruins.

Location: AV - DVD369

Antarctica (DVD) 2008

Explores the world's final frontier with Jennifer Adams. Duration: 44minutes.

Location: AV - DVD395

The everything job interview book (2008) 2nd ed. by Joy Darlington

Examples of hundreds of interviews: updated in 2008

Location: Non-fiction - 650.14/DAR

Hamlet: a novel (2008) by John Marsden

Shakespeare's play made into a moving and full-bodied novel. Marsden powerfully re-imagines the original characters and story.

Location: Fiction - F/MAR

The weather makers (2008) by Tim Flannery

Flannery argues passionately for the urgent need to address the implications of a global climate change that is damaging all life of Earth and endangering our very survival.

Location: Non-fiction - 551.6/FLA

Helicopter man (2005) by Elizabeth Fensham

A wryly funny story of a young boy who realizes his father is suffering from schizophrenia. Gives an incredible insight into the realities of the disease.

Location: Fiction - F/FEN

Vanished: the truth about the disappearance of Madeleine McCann (2008) by Danny Collins

Investigative journalist Danny Collins looks at the clues and false leads gathered over 12 months of meticulous in-depth investigation in an attempt to piece together just what happend on that fateful night.

Location: Non-fiction - 364.15092/MCC:C

From the sheds (2008) by Matthew Johns

An anecdotal and humorous look behind the scenes of Rugby League. Matthew gives an insider's view of the superstars, larrikins and entertainers of the game.

Location: Non-fiction - 796.333/JOH

Butterfly (2009) by Sonya Hartnett

A novel about the bonds of family, about growing up in suburbia and about the terrifying vulnerability of early adolescence. Ultimately this Australian novel is about how we must all eventually leave childhood behind.

Location: Fiction - F/HAR

Unpolished gem (2006) by Alice Pung

In a wonderland called Footscray, a girl named Alice and her Chinese-Cambodian family pursue the Australian Dream - Asian style. A loving and irreverent portrait of a family.

Location: Non-fiction - 305.895/PUN

Hot tips for classroom management (2007)

DVD provides practical help in dealing with difficult student behaviour. Covers behaviour management, behaviour interventions and depersonalising behaviour sanctions and reflection.

Location: AV - DVD394

Stolen generations: the way forward (2009) Edited by Justin Healey

Latest title in the "Issues in society" series. Other new titles include "The housing crisis", "Managing stress", "Gender equality", "Drugs and law enforcement", and "Water management".

Location: Non-fiction - 362.84/STO