NZ Music Month May
Christchurch City Libraries celebrates NZ Music Month in May with free music events. We are also offering a 30% discount on CD loans during May and you can enter a competition to win great prizes.
We are proud to partner with The Breeze 94.5FM to bring you some excellent shows at our libraries. Explore our NZ Music Month programme of events.
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"Life -- the way it really is -- is a battle not between good and bad, but between bad and worse." ~ Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996), Russian poet and essayist
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New and Recently Released!
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Murder of Crows: A Novel of the Others
by
Anne Bishop
Written in Red introduced Meg Corbyn, a fugitive cassandra sangue (blood prophet) who escaped the facility in which she was bred and found sanctuary in the Lakeside Courtyard, a human-free zone operated by the shapeshifting terra indigene, also known as the Others. As the Courtyard's human liaison, Meg uses the same prophetic powers that once enriched her owners to help her new friends, who face a growing threat from the Humans First and Last Movement, activists determined to exterminate the terra indigene and claim their land. Unfortunately, the movement's primary weapons against the Others are young women like Meg, whose blood can be harvested and turned into a lethal drug.
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The Tropic of Serpents: A Memoir by Lady Trent
by
Marie Brennan
This sequel to A Natural History of Dragons picks up three years after Lady Isabella Trent's perilous journey to the mountains of Vystrana. Restless and chafing under society's constraints, she eagerly defies convention and accepts explorer Lord Hillard's invitation to join an expedition to the continent of Eriga, home to several new dragon species. Narrated by Lady Trent in the style of a Victorian travel memoir, this engaging series' strong-willed and adventurous heroine may appeal to fans of Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody mysteries who don't mind the inclusion of elements of the fantastic.
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Reflected
by Rhiannon Held
Silver and her mate Andrew Dare are pack leaders of the entire North American werewolf population, and that makes the more traditional packs in Europe very nervous indeed.
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Baptism of Fire
by Andrzej Sapkowski
The Wizards' Guild has been shattered by a coup and, in the uproar, Geralt was seriously injured. The Witcher is supposed to be a guardian of the innocent, a protector of those in need, a defender against powerful and dangerous monsters that prey on men in dark times. But now that dark times have fallen upon the world, Geralt is helpless until he has recovered from his injuries. While war rages across all of the lands, the future of magic is under threat and those sorcerers who survive are determined to protect it. It's an impossible situation in which to find one girl Ciri, the heiress to the throne of Cintra, has vanished until a rumour places her in the Niflgaard court, preparing to marry the Emperor. Injured or not, Geralt has a rescue mission on his hands. Translated from Polish.
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The War of the Grail
by Geoffrey Wilson
In Land of Hope and Glory Geoffrey Wilson imagined a world in which an Indian empire rules Europe through the power of magic. In The Place of Dead Kings, Jack Casey an old soldier who never meant to be a hero became England's only hope. Now it is 1856, King John is dead and the war that Jack has dreaded since the start of the English rebellion has finally begun. Regiments of Rajthanan troops are massing to the south of free Shropshire while to the north, refugees bring stories of attacks by the devil himself. Both friends and enemies fear that unless Jack can find the elusive Holy Grail, there is no hope. But can Jack harness the power of the Grail before the conqueror's overwhelming forces destroy the dream of a free England forever?
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Powers : Supergroup
by Brian Michael Bendis
When one of the members of a popular supergroup is found violently murdered, the events that follow unveil the mystery players behind the multi-layered control of the superhero elite. Walker and Pilgrim are forced to make choices that will forever change their lives and careers, and how the world at large sees its heroes. This completely redesigned, reformatted and reworked hardcover is perfect for both new readers and old!
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Seven wonders
by Adam Christopher
When Tony Prosdocimi finds himself with super-powers he decides to use them to take down the local supervillain, the Cowl, which gets him in trouble with the local superhero team, the Seven Wonders
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Dark star
by Bethany Frenette
Audrey, the 16-year-old daughter of a superhero, must access powers she never knew she had to defend Minneapolis from terrifying demons that have emerged from Beneath.
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Superheroes! Capes and Crusaders in Comics and Films
by Roz Kaveney
Discusses the slow accretion of comics universes from the thirties onwards, the debate within the conventions of the superhero comic about whether superheroes are a good thing and the discussion within the comics fan community of the extent to which superhero comics are disfigured by misogyny and sexism.
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Batman unwrapped : Andy Kubert
by Andy Kubert
Collects adventures featuring the Dark Knight, including facing his own demise and meeting with his troubled son, Damian.
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Marvel firsts : The 1980s The 1980s, vol. 1.
by Denny O'Neil
A compilation of Marvel comics from the 1980s offers first issues featuring notable new and revived characters, including Hulk, Dominic Fortune, Ka-Zar the Savage, Wolverine, and Hawkeye.
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Contact your librarian for more great books!
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