Audiobooks & Multimedia section

An audiobook is a reading of a book by the author or by an actor recorded on tape or CD.

MACLIC has a collection of 50 audiobooks which you can borrow, together with the book, if you wish to follow the text. Listening to an audiobook is a bit like being read aloud, it is easy and lively. It is great when you travel. If you struggle to read, audiobooks will help you greatly and will offer you the pleasure of discovering a story.

MACLIC also offers more than 20 selected or donated documentaries DVD and videos.

You will also find a few music CDs, mainly donated by Real Groove and NZ Symphonic Orchestra.

Have a look next to the library office. Ask the librarian for the CDs.

Click here for the list of all the section's titles: http://maclic.wordpress.com/files/2009/05/audiobooks-multimedia.pdf

New Sport Books

Check out the "Recreation" section of the library with lots of new books about Sports:

Ball games
Soccer skills for young players 796.3
Rugby skills tactics and rules 796.33
Tana Umaga : a tribute to a rugby legend 796.33
Complete encyclopedia of golf techniques 796.35
Cricket portraits : a century of New Zealand's best 796.35

Outdoors and mountaineering
Coast to Coast: The Great New Zealand Race 796.4
Our Olympic Century 796.40
Tracking & navigation 796.5
Don't forget your scroggin : a how-to handbook for New Zealand tramping 796.51
Tramping in the South Island : Mount Richmond Forest Park to Arthur's Pass 796.51
Avalanche Awareness in the New Zealand Backcountry 796.52
Classic Rock Climbing in New Zealand 796.52
Complete rock climber 796.52
High-tech legs on Everest 796.52
Hillary & Norgay : to the top of Mount Everest 796.52
Danger on the mountain: scaling the World's Highest Peaks 796.52 /P (Picture Book)
Extreme climbing 796.52 /P (Picture Book)
Camp Out! 796.54

On Wheels
Formula One 796.7
MX bikes : evolution from primitive street machines to state of the art off-road machines 796.7

Snow sports
Illustrated Guide to Snowboarding 796.9
Snowboarding basics 796.9
Snowboarding skills 796.9
New Zealand Snowboarder Trick Tips 101 796.9 /AV (in Multimedia area)
Whiteslide : snowboarding journal 796.9 /P (in Picture Book Area)

Water sports
Boating for all : navigation, boat-handling and skill-building activities 797.1
New Zealand whitewater : 125 great kayaking runs 797.1
Matt's Kiwi fishing adventures 799.1

Other
Angels can fly : a modern clown user guide 791.3
Hip-hop dancing 793.3
Diary of a skateboarding freak 796.22 /P (in Picture Book Area)
Diary of Phar Lap 798

MACLIC Book club recommends "The Recruit", first book of the CHERUB serie by Robert Muchamore

Put on the melody of "Mission impossible" in your head, and read on... We recommend this book to all medium level readers, who like adventure and spies stories.

What we really liked in "The Recruit":

• The hero does not know where he goes, nor what happens when CHERUB recruits him
• The story could be real
• It is quite deep
• It is sometimes funny too
• The illegal activities of the Mum are surprising

The down points of the book:

• There was no strong climax
• We are disturbed by the fact that the hero is not bad, not good, does he become good?

We should read the second book! We would like to find out:

• What does Cherub stand for
• The hero gets to use his computer skills, his maths abilities
• What happened to his Mum, to him in the past

There could be a film or a video game made from the book.

Bookworm favourite books for Boys

In 2008, students were invited to fill in a "favourite book form". Each form was a segment added to our bookworm on the library window. These books are recommended by your mates, they must be good!

Here is what our Bookworm says:

“Favourite books for boys aged 11 or 12 are:”
Paul Jenning's Funniest Stories, by Paul Jennings - JEN
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J. K. Rowling - ROW
Piggity-Wiggity Jiggity Jig Neild, by Diana - NEI /P
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, by J. K. Rowling - ROW
The Thin Line, by V. R. Joseph - JOS
To the Max, by Mark Inglis - 796.6

“Favourite books for boys aged 13 and 14 are:”
Mort, by Terry Pratchett - PRA
The Navigator, by Eion McNamee - not yet in Maclic

Tomorrow When The War Began, by John Marsden - MAR
Holes, by Louis Sachar - SAC
101 Cool Science Experiments, by Glen Singleton - 507.8
Through the Rings, by Ruben Sanchez - 796.90
One Shot, by Lee Child - CHI

“Favourite books for boys aged 15 and older are:”
Murder in Orbit, by Bruce Colville - COL
Area 7, by Matthew Reilly - REI
Lord of Snow and Shadows, by Sarah Ash - Not yet in Maclic
Why Dick Fosbury Flopped, by Damian Farrow Justin Kemp - 796
Tenth man down, by Chris Ryan - RYA
Catch 22, by Joseph Heller - HEL

Hey! YOUR Favourite book is not listed?!. Send a comment to recommend your favourite book. You can even write why you like it (and please, mention your age).