Collections

The collection in the Public Library is made up of fiction and non-fiction books catering for young and old. Some of our travel books and biographies are very old. Our stock is divided into the following sections: Romance, Historical Romance, Family, Thriller, Mystery, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Crime, Ghost, War, Westerns, Sports, Humour, Classics.
 

Below is a list of books in our St Helena Reference Collection:

The St Helena Journal of General Baron Gourgaud (1815-1818): a diary written on St Helena during a part of Napoleon's captivity by Hilaire Belloc

St Helena: a physical, historical and topographical description of the island, including its geology, fauna and meteorology by John Charles Meliss

St Helena: the Historic Island by E L Jackson

St Helena: the Forgotten Colony by Rory Coonan

St Helena: South Atlantic Fortress by Ken Denholm

St Helena: Postal History and Stamps by Edward Hibbert

St Helena: Lives of the Saints by Don McCullin

St Helena 1502-1938 by Philip Gosse

St Helena during Napoleon's exile by James Kemble

St Helena: the Island, her People and their Ship by Kenneth Bain

St Helena Lifeline by Ronnie Eriksen

St Helena: a history of the development of the island, with special reference to building civil and military engineering works by P L Teale

St Helena 1502-1659 before the English East India Company by P L Teale

The Sunken Treasure of St Helena by Robert Stenuit

St Helena: the philately of camps for Boer prisoners of war April 1900-August 1902 by B J Mabbet