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Seven Days in the Art World

Trish Mau — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:56:23 +0000

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Sarah Thornton

709.05 Tho

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The art market has been booming, and contemporary art has become a mass entertainment, a luxury good, a job description, and, for some, a kind of alternative religion. In a series of beautifully paced narratives, Sarah Thornton investigates the drama of a Christie's auction, the workings in Takashi Murakami's studios, the elite at the Basel Art Fair, the eccentricities of Artforum magazine, the competition behind an important art prize, life in a notorious art-school seminar, and the wonderland of the Venice Biennale.

An Object of Beauty

Trish Mau — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:56:20 +0000

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Steve Martin

Mart

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Lacey Yeager is young, captivating and ambitious enough to take the New York City art world by storm. Groomed at Sotheby's and hungry to keep climbing the social and career ladders put before her, Lacey charms men and women, old and young, rich and even richer with her magnetic charisma and liveliness. Her ascension to the highest tiers of the city parallel the soaring heights – and, at times, the dark lows – of the art world and the country from the late 1990s through today.

Requiem

Trish Mau — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:32:02 +0000

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Frances Itani

Itan

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Bin Okuma, a celebrated visual artist, has recently and quite suddenly lost his wife, Lena. Bin finds himself alone and pulled into memories he has avoided for much of his life. In 1942, after Pearl Harbor, his Japanese Canadian family was displaced from the West Coast. Now, he sets out to drive across the country. With the persuasive voice of his wife in his head, and the echo of their great love in his heart, he embarks on an unforgettable journey that encompasses art and music, love and hope.

The Dressmaker of Khair Khana

Trish Mau — Thu, 03 May 2012 18:28:16 +0000

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Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

958.1046 Sed

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The life Kamila Sidiqi had known changed overnight when the Taliban seized control of the city of Kabul. After receiving a teaching degree during the civil war – a rare achievement for any Afghan woman – Kamila was subsequently banned from school and confined to her home. When her father and brother were forced to flee the city, Kamila became the sole breadwinner for her five siblings. Armed only with grit and determination, she picked up a needle and thread and created a thriving business of her own.

Mystery in the Minster

Trish Mau — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:43:59 +0000

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Susanna Gregory

Greg

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This is the 17th "chronicle" in Gregory's Matthew Bartholomew series about a 14th century scholar at the College of Michaelhouse in Cambridge. A legacy from the deceased Archbishop of York promises much needed revenue for the fledgling college. Bartholomew, Langelee (the master of the college and a former employee of the archbishop) and several others travel to York for what they intend to be a brief visit to make their claim. Of course, nothing is what it seems and, in a tale with as many twists and turns and blind alleys as 14th century York, Gregory eventually reveals all.

Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII

Trish Mau — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:31:27 +0000

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Giles Tremlett

942.052 Cat

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Drawing on his knowledge of both Spain and England, Giles Tremlett has produced the first full biography in more than four decades of the tenacious woman whose marriage to Henry VIII lasted twice as long (24 years) as his five other marriages combined. Her refusal to divorce him put her at the center of one of history's greatest power struggles.

Brooklyn

Trish Mau — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:47:14 +0000

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Colm Tóibín

Toib

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Set in the 1950s, Tóibín's novel recounts the story of Eilis Lacey, a young girl from Ireland who finds herself transplanted from the familiar comforts of home to making it out on her own in Brooklyn. With a knack for numbers and bookkeeping, Ellis lands a job in a department store, and just when she starts falling in love, tragic news from home arrives and beckons her homeward.

Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout

Trish Mau — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:42:25 +0000

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Lauren Redniss

540.922 Cur

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Radioactive is a beautifully rendered, provoctive retelling of the story of Marie and Pierre Currie and the discovery of Radium (and also Polonium). But it is more than just that, for Redniss, using a processing technique called cyanotype printing, has revealed a unique canvas for her emotively rich drawings and for the words she uses to tell one of the most memorable love stories in the life of science: that of two kindred souls knitted together seamlessly in their passion for scientific discovery.

Great House

Trish Mau — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:28:35 +0000

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Nicole Krauss

Krau

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Great House tells four seemingly disparate narratives, each featuring the looming figure of a big writing desk as a recurring, trangible object and the stories of those who have crossed paths with it. Whether it be a floundering writer grappling with her sense of purpose, the burdened yearnings of a father for a son, or an antique dealer's resolve to hunt down furniture stolen by the Nazis, Krauss takes you on an universal journey, revealing lives, each trying in its own way to rebuild what has been taken away.

Tart and Sweet: 101 Canning Recipes for the Modern Kitchen

Trish Mau — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:25:23 +0000

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Kelly Geary

641.42 Gea

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The craft of canning has undergone a renaissance, attracting celebrity chefs, home cooks and backyard gardeners alike. Tart and Sweet includes easy-to-follow instructions for small-batch canning, plus more than 101 sweet and savoury recipes for preserved fruits and pickled vegetables, including jams, chutneys, marmalades, syrups, relishes, sauces and salsas. If you daydream about assembling plates of pickled hors d’oeuvres, baking with fresh apple butter, or gifting jars of blueberry jam in December, Tart and Sweet is the book for you.

Crossing the Continent

Trish Mau — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 18:10:02 +0000

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Tremblay, Michel

Trem

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Rheauna, who lives happily in the small Francophone town of Maria in Saskatchewan with her grandparents and two sisters, is sent for by her mother who lives in Montreal.

Birdology

Trish Mau — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:59:43 +0000

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Sy Montgomery

598 Mon

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Naturalist Sy Montgomery travels the world in search of knowledge about the avian brain – from the elusive and dangerous cassowary in Australia to a hummingbird rescue home in California. She talks to falconers, scientists and people who race pigeons. She weaves fact, folktale and first-hand experience into a highly engaging book about birds and their myriad talents.

Once You Break a Knuckle

Trish Mau — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:52:02 +0000

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D.W. Wilson

Wils

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Set in the remote Kootenay Valley in western Canada, Once You Break a Knuckle tells stories of good people doing bad things: two bullied adolescents sabotage a rope swing, resulting in another boy’s death; a heartbroken young man refuses to warn his best friend about an approaching car; sons challenge fathers and break taboos. The stories interconnect and reveal to us how our best intentions are doomed to fail or injure, how our loves can fall short or mislead us, how even friendship – especially friendship – can be something dangerously temporary.

In Search of Powder: A Story of America's Disappearing Ski Bum

Trish Mau — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:48:19 +0000

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Jeremy Evans

796.930973 Eva

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As a recent college graduate and fledging newspaper reporter in the Lake Tahoe area, Jeremy Evans became immersed in ski bum culture – a carefree lifestyle whose mantra was simply: “Ski as much as possible.” His snowboarding suffered when he left for a job in the Portland area; and when, at 26, he suffered a stroke, he reexamined his priorities, quit his job, moved back to Tahoe and threw himself into snowboarding. But while he had been away, the culture had changed.

The Borrower

Trish Mau — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:40:33 +0000

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Rebecca Makkai

Makk

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Lucy Hull, a young children's librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, finds herself both a kidnapper and kidnapped when her favorite patron, 10-year-old Ian Drake, runs away from home. The precocious Ian is addicted to reading, but needs Lucy's help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother, who has enrolled Ian in weekly antigay classes with celebrity Pastor Bob. Lucy stumbles into a moral dilemma when she finds Ian camped out in the library after hours with a knapsack of provisions and an escape plan.

A More Perfect Heaven: How Nicolaus Copernicus Revolutionized the Cosmos

Trish Mau — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:35:11 +0000

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Dava Sobel

520.92 Cop

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During the 1530s, rumours of a potentially revolutionary theory of how the heavens worked began to spread throughout Europe. The architect of this theory was a Polish cleric named Nicolaus Copernicus, who had written and hand copied an initial outline of his heliocentric theory, in which he placed the Sun, not the Earth, at the centre of our universe, with the planets, including the Earth, revolving about it.

Gulliver's Travels

Trish Mau — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:54:55 +0000

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Jonathan Swift

Swif

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Everyone has heard of Gulliver's Travels but reading the original reveals a tour de force of satire, comedy, irony and sharp observation of human character. While Swift was addressing the issues of his day, the book holds much relevance for today.

Maphead

Trish Mau — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:52:32 +0000

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Ken Jennings

912 Jen

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You don't have to be a geogeek to enjoy this book. Jennings takes readers on a lively tour of map lore, from the old portolano charts to digital GPS technology. The laugh-out-loud funny style is a bonus to his astute observations.

The Family Fang

Trish Mau — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:03:46 +0000

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Kevin Wilson

Wils

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Performance artists Caleb and Camille Fang dedicated themselves to making great art. But when an artist's work lies in subverting normality, it can be difficult to raise well-adjusted children. Just ask Buster and Annie Fang. For as long as they can remember, they starred (unwillingly) in their parents' madcap pieces. But now that they are grown up, the chaos of their childhood has made it difficult to cope with life outside the fishbowl of their parents' strange world.

The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary

Trish Mau — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:20 +0000

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Andrew Westoll

636.9885 Wes

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In 1997, Gloria Grow started a sanctuary for chimps retired from biomedical research on her farm outside Montreal. For Gloria, caring for 13 great apes is like presiding over a maximum security prison, a Zen sanctuary, an old folks home, and a New York deli during the lunchtime rush all rolled into one. But she is first and foremost creating a refuge for her troubled charges, a place where they can recover and begin to trust humans again.

Faithful Place

Trish Mau — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:56:58 +0000

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Tana French

Fren

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Frank Mackey was 19, growing up poor in Dublin's inner city, and living crammed into a small flat with his family on Faithful Place. But he had his sights set on a lot more. He and Rosie Daly were ready to run away to London together, get married, get good jobs, break away from factory work and poverty and their old lives. But on the winter night when they were supposed to leave, Rosie didn't show. Frank concludes he has been dumped when Rosie fails to join him and is astonished when Rosie's suitcase – and evidence of foul play − is discovered more than 20 years later.

Leviathan: The History of Whaling in America

Trish Mau — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 04:52:47 +0000

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Eric Jay Dolin

639.2809 Dol

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Leviathan begins with Captain John Smith's botched whaling expedition to the New World in 1614, and chronicles the rise of a burgeoning industry – from its brutal struggles during the Revolutionary period to its golden age in the mid-1800s when a fleet of more than 700 ships hunted the seas and American whale oil lit the world, to its decline as the 20th century dawned.

Kiss of the Fur Queen

Trish Mau — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:17:11 +0000

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Tomson Highway

High

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Born into a magical Cree world in snowy northern Manitoba, Champion and Ooneemeetoo Okimasis are all too soon torn from their family and thrust into the hostile world of a Catholic residential school. Their language is forbidden, their names are changed to Jeremiah and Gabriel, and both boys are abused by priests. As young men, estranged from their own people and alienated from the culture imposed upon them, the Okimasis brothers fight to survive. Wherever they go, the Fur Queen – a wily, shape-shifting trickster – watches over them with a protective eye.

Paper Cutting: Contemporary Artists, Timeless Craft

Trish Mau — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:03:33 +0000

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Compiled by Laura Heyenga

736.98 Pap

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In recent years there's been an explosion of talent and amazing artwork produced in the medium of cut paper. This gorgeous volume features work from a selection of 35 international artists and crafters who are creating beautiful contemporary work of astonishing intricacy, using little more than paper and blade.

A Study in Sherlock: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon

Trish Mau — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:55:39 +0000

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Edited by Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger

Stud

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This anthology of 16 new short stories pay homage to the great detective Sherlock Holmes. These modern masters place the sleuth in suspenseful new situations, create characters who solve Holmesian mysteries, contemplate Holmes in his later years, fill gaps in the Sherlock Holmes canon, and reveal their own personal obsessions with the great detective. Contributors include S.J. Rozan, Phillip and Jerry Margolin, Colin Cotterill, Charles Todd, Lee Child, Neil Gaiman, Laura Lippman, Margaret Maron and Jacqueline Winspear.

On Conan Doyle, or, The Whole Art of Storytelling

Trish Mau — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:22:01 +0000

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Michael Dirda

823.09 Doy

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Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Michael Dirda is a passionate lifelong fan of Sherlock Homes adventures and a member of The Baker Street Irregulars – the most famous of all Sherlockian groups. Combining memoir and appreciation, On Conan Doyle is an engaging personal introduction to Holmes's creator, as well as a rare insider's account of the activities and playful scholarship of The Baker Street Irregulars. This book also introduces readers to the author's lesser-known but fascinating writings in an astounding range of other genres.

River of Gods

Trish Mau — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:59:45 +0000

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Ian McDonald

McDo

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On the eve of India's 100th year of independence, 10 people are doing 10 very different things. In the next few weeks, all these people will be swept together to decide the fate of the nation – from gangsters to government advisors, from superstitious street-boys to scientists, to computer-generated soap stars. River of Gods shows a civilization in flux, a river of gods. This is an epic science-fiction novel as sprawling, vibrant and colourful as the sub-continent it describes.

On a Cold Road: Tales of Adventure in Canadian Rock

Trish Mau — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:12:54 +0000

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Dave Bidini

782.42166 Bid

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Dave Bidini, rhythm guitarist with the Rheostatics, knows all too well what the life of a rock band in Canada involves: storied arenas one tour and bars wallpapered with photos of forgotten bands the next. Fans begging for guitar picks and angry drunks chucking pint glasses. Bidini has played all across the country many times. In 1996, when the Rheostatics opened for the Tragically Hip on their Trouble at the Henhouse tour, Bidini kept a diary.

Evening is the Whole Day

Trish Mau — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:26:47 +0000

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Preeta Samarasan

Sama

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Chellam, the family's rubber-plantation-bred servant girl, is dismissed for unnamed crimes – the latest in a series of recent, precipitous losses that have shaken six-year-old Aasha's life. A few short weeks before, Aasha's grandmother Paati passed away under mysterious circumstances and her older sister, Uma, departed for Columbia University, leaving Aasha alone to cope with her mostly absent father, her bitter mother, and her imperturbable older brother.

Becoming Human

Trish Mau — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 20:28:07 +0000

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Jean Vanier

128 Van

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In this provocative work, Jean Vanier shares his profoundly human vision for creating a common good that radically changes our communities, our relationships, and ourselves. He proposes that by opening ourselves to outsiders, those we perceive as weak, different, or inferior, we can achieve true personal and societal freedom. Our society shuns weakness and glorifies strength. By embracing weakness, however, we learn new ways of living and discover greater compassion, trust, and understanding.

1Q84

Trish Mau — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 21:41:04 +0000

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Haruki Murakami

Mura

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1Q84 is Haruki Murakami's ode to George Orwell's 1984, told in alternating male and female voices. It relates the stories of Aomame, an assassin for a secret organization who discovers that she has been transported to an alternate reality, and Tengo, a mathematics lecturer and novice writer.

A Widow's Story

Trish Mau — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:03:15 +0000

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Joyce Carol Oates

813.09 Oat

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On a February morning in 2008, Joyce Carol Oates drove her husband, Raymond Smith, to the emergency room of the Princeton Medical Center where he was diagnosed with pneumonia. Both Joyce and Ray expected him to be released in a day or two. But in less than a week, even as Joyce was preparing for his discharge, Ray was dead from a hospital-acquired virulent infection, and Joyce was suddenly faced with the reality of widowhood.

Independent People

Trish Mau — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:53:14 +0000

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Halldór Laxness

Hall

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First published in 1946, Independent People is an epic novel set in rural Iceland in the early 20th century. It tells the story of Bjartur, a sheep farmer determined to make a living from a blighted patch of land. Nothing, not merciless weather, nor his family will come between him and his goal of financial independence. Only Ásta Solillja, the child he brings up as his daughter, can pierce his stubborn heart. As she grows up, keen to make her own way in the world, Bjartur's obstinacy threatens to estrange them forever.

Clean Start

Trish Mau — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 04:44:35 +0000

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Terry Walters

641.563 Wal

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Clean Start is about eating minimally processed foods for maximum nutrition. Terry Walters' first cookbook, Clean Food, taught the benefits of eating foods that are locally grown, seasonal and fresh, with a focus on whole grains, fruits and vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds. This follow-up cookbook makes eating well even easier, with 100 new recipes for the foods we all need more of, featuring quick, easy and delicious preparations.

What Alice Knew: A Most Curious Tale of Henry James and Jack the Ripper

Trish Mau — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 01:53:22 +0000

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Paula Marantz Cohen

Cohe

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An invalid for most her life, Alice James is quite used to people underestimating her. Her brother Henry is a famous author, and her other brother William a rising star in the new field of psychology. But when they all find themselves quite unusually involved in the chase for a most vile new murderer – one who goes by the chilling name of Jack the Ripper – Alice is certain of two things: no one could be more suited to gather evidence about the nature of the killer than her brothers. But if anyone is going to correctly examine the evidence and solve the case, it will be her.

The Essential New York Times Cookbook: Classic Recipes for a New Century

Trish Mau — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:57:48 +0000

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Amanda Hesser

641.5 Hes

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Amanda Hesser, the well-known New York Times food columnist, brings her signature voice and expertise to this compendium of influential and delicious recipes from chefs, home cooks and food writers. Devoted Times subscribers will find the many treasured recipes they have cooked for years, from 1940s Caesar salad and 1960s flourless chocolate cake to today's fava bean salad and no-knead bread.

The Stranger's Child

Trish Mau — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:09:57 +0000

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Alan Hollinghurst

Holl

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In the late summer of 1913, George Sawle brings his Cambridge schoolmate – a handsome, aristocratic young poet named Cecil Valance – to his family’s modest home outside London for the weekend. George is enthralled by Cecil, and soon his 16-year-old sister, Daphne, is equally besotted by him and the stories he tells about Corley Court, the country estate he is heir to.

Raised-Bed Vegetable Gardening Made Simple

Trish Mau — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:05:32 +0000

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Raymond Nones

635 Non

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It's never too early to start planning your spring garden! Framed raised beds and a modular approach to growing vegetables means more production in less space and with less work. Raymond Nones shows you how to set up the raised-bed modular system and then gives in-depth descriptions of all gardening procedures: sowing seeds, thinning, transplanting, cultivating, mulching, watering, harvesting, pest control, composting, crop rotation and seed saving. This is a complete gardening book for both the beginner and the experienced gardener.

Flying with Amelia

Trish Mau — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:57:48 +0000

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Anne DeGrace

DeGr

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The linked short stories in Flying with Amelia chronicle the loose history of two families who cross the Atlantic from Ireland together in 1847. The stories explore significant events in Canada's history, including Marconi's invention of the telegraph; the march on Ottawa in 1934; the removal of Doukhobour children to residential schools in the 1950s; and the influx of draft dodgers in the '60s and '70s – each through the personal stories of people living through them. DeGrace's authorial touch is compassionate but unflinching.

Witness: Selected Poems, 1962-2010

Trish Mau — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:54:48 +0000

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Patrick Lane

811 Lan

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Like his fiction, BC poet Patrick Lane's poems are not for the faint of heart or for those who like their verse flowery. He sees both beauty and brutality with a clear eye, and the resulting poetry has been described by a Globe and Mail reviewer as "small threats of intense beauty." They are naked emotion, raw and purposeful violence by both human and animal, and startlingly gorgeous phrases that strike deeply.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Trish Mau — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:52:30 +0000

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Oscar Wilde

Wild

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The Picture of Dorian Gray altered the way Victorians understood the world they inhabited, heralding the end of a repressive era. Now, more than 120 years after handing it over to his publisher, Wilde's uncensored typescript is published here for the first time, in an annotated, extensively illustrated edition.

Mennonite in a Little Black Dress: A Memoir of Going Home

Trish Mau — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:46:33 +0000

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Rhoda Janzen

811.09 Jan

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Not long after Rhoda Janzen turned 40, her world turned upside down. Her husband of 15 years left her for Bob, a guy he met on Gay.com, and the same week, a car accident left her injured. Needing a place to rest and pick up the pieces of her life, Rhoda packed her bags, crossed the country and returned to her quirky Mennonite family's home, where she was welcomed back with open arms and offbeat advice.

An Atlas of Impossible Longing

Trish Mau — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:32:15 +0000

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Anuradha Roy

Roy

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In a small Bengal town, a family lives in solitude in a vast new house where the past intertwines with the present, history interrupts the everyday, and lives unravel in longing and love.

The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating

Trish Mau — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:29:59 +0000

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Elisabeth Tova Bailey

594.38 Bai

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Utterly and totally debilitated by a viral disease, Elisabeth Bailey recaptures the wonder of the natural world by observing an animal whose slowness and sense of time was the same as her own.

Blood and Ashes

Trish Mau — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:07:43 +0000

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Matt Hilton

Hilt

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Brooke Reynolds died in a car crash. Tragic accident, the police say. But her father Don Hoffman knows otherwise, and he wants Joe Hunter to find the men responsible. Joe is not convinced until he is attacked by two troublemakers, and Don's other daughter is also threatened. And sure enough, the entire family is soon under siege with only Joe to protect them. The ensuing blood bath is the beginning of a trail of death that leads right to the heart of a racist conspiracy.

Dead Aid: Why Aid is Not Working and How There is a Better Way for Africa

Trish Mau — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 18:04:46 +0000

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Dambisa Moyo

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In Dead Aid, Dambisa Moyo describes the state of postwar development policy in Africa that has channeled billions of dollars in aid but failed to reduce poverty and increase growth. He offers a new, more hopeful vision of how to address the desperate poverty that plagues millions.

Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Trish Mau — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:07:06 +0000

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Haruki Murakami

Mura

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A young man with a secretive high-tech job takes a ride in an elevator and is hurdled into a dark, foreboding subterranean world beneath Tokyo. There, he meets a quirky old scientist who gives him a task called shuffling, and in doing so splits the young man's mind into two streams of reality, each one as tangible and compelling as the other. Murakami shows off his craft in interweaving the fantastical and slightly absurd into the lives of ordinary denizens in this thought-provoking narrative about human consciousness, memory and technology.

Everyday Harumi: Simple Japanese Food for Family and Friends

Trish Mau — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:51:36 +0000

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Kurihara Harumi

641.5952 Kur

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If you are looking for something easy, healthy and Japanese, then look no further than this delightful cookbook by what many consider to be the Martha Stewart of Japan. You will be introduced to basic Japanese ingredients and cooking techniques while being led to explore a range of fresh, seasonal vegetables, tastes and textures. The recipes featured in this collection are simple to prepare, down to earth, and fit for feeding your family as well as entertaining your friends and honoured guests.

Requiem

Trish Mau — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:46:04 +0000

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Frances Itani

Itan

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In this beautifully told exploration of grief and loss, Bin Okuma, a celebrated visual artist, sets out on a journey to the site of the internment camp where he and his family lived after being removed from their home on Vancouver Island. He has just lost his wife to a stroke and his son is away at university and Bin uses the journey to remember his years in the internment camp and times with his wife and son and, in the process, begins to reconcile the grief and loss from his past and his present.

Taking My Life

Trish Mau — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:43:50 +0000

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Jane Rule

813.09 Rul

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Jane Rule was a respected writer of novels, essays and short fiction; instructor at the University of BC; and a human rights activist who testified eloquently during the legal battle between Little Sister's bookstore and Canada Customs. This autobiography of her first 21 years of her life was discovered among her papers after her death in 2007. Dr. Linda M. Morra was sufficiently intrigued to approach the Rule estate about publishing the manuscript and was given permission.

The Case of the Missing Servant

Trish Mau — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:22:35 +0000

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Tarquin Hall

Hall

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This first fiction novel by Tarquin Hall is an entrancing mystery set in India featuring the portly detective Vish Puri. Puri's detective skills are old-fashioned but he is clever and his methods work. From the first to the last page run an affectionate humour and intelligent insights into both the subtleties of Indian culture and the mysteries of human behaviour.

Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India

Trish Mau — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:13:38 +0000

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William Dalrymple

954.05 Dal

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A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet, then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve herself to death. Nine people, nine lives; each one taking a different religious path, each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple's first travel book in a decade explores how traditional forms of religious life in South Asia have been transformed in the vortex of the region's rapid change.

Hannibal: Enemy of Rome

Trish Mau — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:49:35 +0000

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Ben Kane

Kane

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In the First Punic War, the Roman legions defeated and humiliated Carthage, their only serious rival for power in the Mediterranean. Now a brilliant young Carthaginian general, called Hannibal, is out for revenge. Caught up in the maelstrom are two young boys, Hanno and Quintus. Although an unexpected friendship springs up between the two boys, the fortunes of the two warring empires separates them. They find themselves on opposite sides of the conflict and an alliance forged through slavery will be played out to its stunning conclusion in battle.

Switzerland from Above

Trish Mau — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 18:44:47 +0000

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Antonio Attini

914.94 Att

http://burnaby.bibliocommons.com/item/show/813078002

Switzerland from Above combines the unsurpassed aerial images of Antonio Attini with engaging, informative text to take readers on an adventure above the dramatic landscapes and cityscapes of Switzerland. Hundreds of specially commissioned photographs explore every nook and cranny of this beautiful country.

Three Day Road

Trish Mau — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:48:47 +0000

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Joseph Boyden

Boyd

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Xavier, a young Cree man, enters the war at the urging of his friend Elijah. Once they get to the front lines, their native hunting skills impress their superiors and both become snipers. They kill many men, but while Xavier feels a kind of spiritual revulsion, Elijah revels in it. His bloodlust completely masters him and he kills with both detached coolness and frenzied violence, disobeying orders and committing atrocities against the enemy, against civilians and even against his fellow soldiers.

Mirrors of the Unseen: Journeys in Iran

Trish Mau — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 22:29:14 +0000

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Jason Elliot

955.0544 Ell

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Drawing on three years of travel and research, Mirrors of the Unseen offers a rare and timely portrait of Iran, introducing us to the sublime architecture of Isfahan, the forests of the north, the bleak landscapes of Kurdistan and the urban contradictions of the capital, Tehran. Mirrors of the Unseen is an exploration of Iran's immensely rich heritage, and is a book rich in detail and discovery.

The Best of McSweeney's

Trish Mau — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 01:01:03 +0000

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edited by Dave Eggers

Best

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McSweeney's began in 1998 as a literary journal that published only works rejected by other magazines, but grew quickly to attract works by some of the finest writers in the United States and abroad. Founded and edited by Dave Eggers, this is the magazine that made its mark with a lineup of authors that includes David Foster Wallace, George Saunders, Zadie Smith and Rick Moody – all of whom are represented in this selection of stories from the first 10 issues.

Canning for a New Generation: Bold, Fresh Flavors for the Modern Pantry

Trish Mau — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:51:20 +0000

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Liana Krissoff

641.4 Kri

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“When I was growing up, canning was for old folks and cranks and separatists,” writes Liana Krissoff in her introduction to Canning for a New Generation. But not anymore – with soaring food prices, the increasing popularity of all things DIY, and the growing interest in eating local, there’s never been a better time to take on the centuries-old techniques of preserving food at home.

What Alice Forgot

Trish Mau — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:17:05 +0000

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Liane Moriarty

Mori

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Alice Love is 29 years old, madly in love with her husband, and pregnant with their first child. So imagine her surprise when, after a fall, she comes to on the floor of a gym and discovers that she's actually 39, has three children, and is in the midst of an acrimonious divorce. The accident has misplaced 10 years of her life, and Alice isn't sure she likes who she's become.

The Brain That Changes Itself

Trish Mau — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:09:43 +0000

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Norman Doidge

612.8 Doi

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Psychiatrist and researcher Norman Doidge travelled around the United States to meet the scientists championing neuroplasticity, and the people whose lives they've transformed – people whose mental limitations or brain damage were previously seen as unalterable, and whose conditions had been dismissed as hopeless. We learn how people of average intelligence can, with brain exercises, improve their cognition and perception, develop muscle strength, or learn to play a musical instrument – simply by imagining doing so.

A Red Herring without Mustard

Trish Mau — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:33:12 +0000

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Alan C. Bradley

Brad

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When a Gypsy woman is wrongly accused of kidnapping a local child, precocious young Flavia de Luce draws on her encyclopedic knowledge of poisons and Gypsy lore to discern what really happened, while investigating the mystery of her own mother's fate.

Tender

Trish Mau — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:28:13 +0000

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Nigel Slater

641.65 Sla

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With wit, enthusiasm, and a charming lack of pretension, Nigel Slater champions vegetables, through hands-on nurturing in the garden and straightforward preparations in the kitchen. Tender is a passionate guide to savouring the best the garden has to offer – a cookbook, a primer on produce, and above all, a beloved author's homage to his favourite vegetables.

A Death in Summer

Trish Mau — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:05:58 +0000

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Benjamin Black

Blac

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When newspaper magnate Richard Jewell is found dead at his country estate, clutching a shotgun in his lifeless hands, few see his demise as cause for sorrow. But before long Doctor Quirke and Inspector Hackett realize that, rather than the suspected suicide, "Diamond Dick" has in fact been murdered.

The Hare with Amber Eyes

Trish Mau — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:04:01 +0000

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Edmund de Waal

736.68092 DeW

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Edmund de Waal travels the world to stand in the great buildings his forebears once inhabited. The Hare with Amber Eyes traces the lines of a remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century.

The Bad Quarto

Trish Mau — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:02:58 +0000

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Jill Paton Walsh

Pato

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At a performance of the "Bad Quarto" version of Hamlet, Cambridge University nurse and amateur sleuth Imogen Quy is startled to see a "play within a play" allegating murder against one of the more unconventional dons. Did the don plunge a student to his death from the college roof? Or is a more sinister plot at work? A delicious modern British "cosy" mystery in the tradition of Dorothy Sayers.

Where Did I Leave My Glasses? The What, When and Why of Normal Memory Loss

Trish Mau — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 23:52:21 +0000

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Martha Weinman Lear

155.6713 Lea

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When I was 15, I searched everywhere for my hairbrush until I found it in the freezer – where I'd left it when I got the orange juice. "Remember this," my grandmother told me. "When you're 80, you're going to think you're losing your marbles. But really, you were always like this." Lear's book is similarly comforting. With a light and witty touch, she tours the recent research on memory and reassures us that most of those embarassing moments are just par for the course.

The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet

Trish Mau — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:14:20 +0000

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Reif Larsen

Lars

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When 12-year-old genius map-maker T. S. Spivet receives an unexpected phone call from the Smithsonian, life as normal – if you consider mapping dinner table conversation normal – is interrupted and a wild cross-country adventure begins. During his journey, T. S. discovers a secret family history in his luggage, and the farther he travels, the greater his understanding of home becomes.

Berlin at War

Trish Mau — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:11:17 +0000

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Roger Moorhouse

943.155 Moo

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Berlin was at the very centre of the Second World War. Moorhouse uses diaries, memoirs and interviews to provide a searing first-hand account of life, death and chaos in the Nazi capital.

Dash & Lily's Book of Dares

Trish Mau — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:45:26 +0000

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Rachel Cohn

Cohn

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Dash & Lily's Book of Dares is told in the alternating voices of Dash and Lily, two 16-year-olds who carry on a wintry scavenger hunt at Christmas time in New York, neither knowing quite what – or who – they will find.

What Disturbs Our Blood: A Son's Quest to Redeem the Past

Trish Mau — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 03:38:02 +0000

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James FitzGerald

616.07092 Fit

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James FitzGerald is born into the gothic house of his long dead grandfather, a brilliant yet tormented pathologist of epic accomplishment whose memory has been mysteriously erased from public consciousness. As he watches his own father – also an eminent doctor – plunge into a suicidal psychosis, he intuits, as the psychiatrists do not, an unspeakable secret buried in the multi-generational layers of the family unconscious.

The Winter Vault

Trish Mau — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:07:40 +0000

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Anne Michaels

Mich

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Beautiful language, beautiful settings both familiar and exotic, beautiful ideas. In this story of true love, heartbreak and all, Michaels explores the inherent meaning of place: when we alter a place, do we also alter its ultimate meaning?

The Black Nile: One Man's Amazing Journey through Peace and War on the World's Longest River

Trish Mau — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:07:37 +0000

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Dan Morrison

962.055 Mor

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If you're curious about contemporary Africa and love travel fiction, you will want to join Morrison for his trip down the Nile.

The Slap

Trish Mau — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:05:07 +0000

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Christos Tsiolkas

Tsio

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At a suburban barbecue, a man slaps a child who is not his own. This event has a shocking ricochet effect on a group of people, mostly friends, who are directly or indirectly influenced by the event. The slap and its consequences force them all to question their own families and the way they live, their expectations, beliefs and desires. What unfolds is a powerful, haunting novel about love, sex and marriage, parenting and children, and the fury and intensity that family can arouse.

Louisa May Alcott

Trish Mau — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:02:10 +0000

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Susan Cheever

813.09 Alc

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Susan Cheever's comprehensive and definitive biography sheds new light on the life of Louisa May Alcott, whose work has inspired generations of women. Cheever laces this provocative biography with musings on the genesis of genius, and her identification with Jo March when she was a rebellious girl in the throes of puberty.

Swamplandia!

Trish Mau — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:51:48 +0000

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Karen Russell

Russ

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Swamplandia is the delightfully quirky story of a family business that is going off the rails. The isolated Florida alligator-wrestling theme-park is a tenuous business at the best of times, but after the death of head wrestler Hilola Bigtree, and the opening of the competing “World of Darkness” theme-park on the nearby mainland, things become desperate. The three Bigtree teenagers need to make their way under minimal supervision when their father disappears in search of venture capital.

Special Exits

Trish Mau — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 02:40:20 +0000

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Joyce Farmer

929.2 Far

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Special Exits is a graphic memoir of the last years in the lives of Joyce Farmer’s aging parents. Farmer, once known for her underground comix, has turned her talent to documenting the daily struggles, indignities, tragedies and special moments that come in the lives of the elderly. At lot of the story is told in the detailed drawings. The book is set in 1980s Los Angeles and there is a terrifying scene during the Rodney King riots when her parents, already functioning only marginally, are completely isolated in their home for days.

The Second Duchess

Trish Mau — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:51:06 +0000

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Elizabeth Loupas

Loup

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Barbara, the second wife of the ambitious Alfonso d'Este, Duke of Ferrara, finds her new life plagued with whispers of her husband's suspected murder of his first wife. She asks questions – a dangerous mistake for a duchess of Ferrara. Suddenly, to save her own life, Barbara has no choice but to risk the duke's terrifying displeasure and discover the truth.

The Zero-Mile Diet: A Year-Round Guide to Growing Organic Food

Trish Mau — Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:47:17 +0000

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Carolyn Herriot

635.0484 Her

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This definitive month-by-month guide brings gardeners into the delicious world of edible landscaping and helps take a load off the planet as we achieve greater food security. Full of illustrative colour photos and step-by-step instructions, The Zero-Mile Diet shares wisdom gleaned from 30 years of food growing and seed saving with comprehensive advice on growing organic food year-round.

The Empty Family

Trish Mau — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:42:10 +0000

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Colm Tóibín

Toib

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An accomplished writer with novels, essays and short fiction to his credit, Tóibín brings his understated prose and considerable storytelling talents to these tales of longing for places, persons, lives never lived, or lived too briefly. A young activist, exiled during the Franco regime, tries to come home to Spain and finds it changed. A young man sits beside the dying aunt who raised him and finds himself freed from the memory of the mother who abandoned him. An aging set designer returns to Ireland to work on a film and encounters the wife of her former lover.

It Gets Better: Coming Out, Overcoming Bullying, and Creating A Life Worth Living

Trish Mau — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:38:52 +0000

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Edited by Dan Savage and Terry Miller

306.766 Itg

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This anthology of essays was inspired by the suicides of two boys who had experienced homophobic bullying. The editors wanted to send messages of hope to boys and girls struggling with their sexual orientation or gender identities to encourage them to survive and stand up to high school bullying. Authors include top American politicians like Barack Obama and Hilary Clinton, famous gays and lesbians like Ellen DeGeneres and Gregory Maguire, Vancouver's Ivan E.Coyote, and ordinary men and women who have survived and thrived by accepting themselves for who they are.

The Villa Triste

Trish Mau — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:41:08 +0000

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Lucretia Grindle

Grin

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Alessandro Pallioti, one of Florence's most senior policemen, would not normally oversee a murder investigation. He agrees only because the victim, an old man found dead in his apartment, was once a hero, one of the few surviving Partisans who took part in the city's liberation in 1944. Pallioti finds himself first pulled backwards in time, then racing against it, working to uncover a crime lost in the twilight of war, the consequences of which are as deadly today as they were over 60 years ago.

The World is a Ball

Trish Mau — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:38:27 +0000

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John Doyle

796.334 Doy

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In A Great Feast of Light, John Doyle viewed his childhood in Ireland through the television screen. Now, he turns his eye to the most popular sport on the planet: soccer. The journey begins with the first game John saw, in 1960s-era Ireland, and continues through to soccer in the 21st century. In between the drunken fans, crazed taxi drivers, leprechauns and lederhosen, Doyle muses on the evolution of soccer as a global phenomenon.

Magician: Apprentice

Trish Mau — Fri, 27 May 2011 17:47:31 +0000

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Raymond E. Feist

Feis

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To the forest on the shore of the Kingdom of the Isles, the orphan Pug came to study with the master magician Kulgan. His courage won him a place at court and the heart of a lovely Princess, but he was ill at ease with the normal ways of wizardry. Yet Pug's strange sort of magic would one day change forever the fates of two worlds – dark beings from another world had opened a rift in the fabric of space and time to begin again the age-old battle between the forces of order and chaos.

Cooking for Isaiah: Gluten-free and Dairy-free Recipes for Easy, Delicious Meals

Trish Mau — Fri, 27 May 2011 17:42:54 +0000

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Silvana Nardone

641.56318 Nar

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This is a love story of Silvana Nardone's journey to develop great-tasting meals for her son, Isaiah, after he was diagnosed with intolerances to gluten and dairy. The result is 135 recipes that are not only easy to make, but that taste and look delicious.

Generation X: Tales for An Accelerated Culture

Trish Mau — Thu, 19 May 2011 23:56:55 +0000

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Douglas Coupland

Coup

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Generation X is Douglas Coupland's acclaimed salute to the generation born in the late 1950s and 1960s. Andy, Claire and Dag, each in their twenties, have quit "pointless jobs done grudgingly to little applause" in their respective hometowns and cut themselves adrift on the California desert. In search of the drastic changes that will lend meaning to their lives, they've mired themselves in the detritus of American cultural memory.

The Dragonfly Effect: Quick, Effective, and Powerful Ways to Use Social Media to Drive Social Change

Trish Mau — Thu, 19 May 2011 20:09:28 +0000

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Jennifer Lynn Aaker

658.872 Aak

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The Dragonfly Effect shows you how to tap into social media and consumer psychological insights to achieve a single, concrete goal. This book reveals how everyday people achieve unprecedented results – whether finding an almost impossible bone marrow match for a friend, raising millions for cancer research, or electing the current president of the United States.

Natasha and Other Stories

Trish Mau — Wed, 11 May 2011 21:31:19 +0000

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David Bezmozgis

Bezm

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This is the tender, savagely funny first collection of stories from David Bezmozgis, who took critics by storm when Natasha appeared in 2004. The book is a collection of linked stories about the Bermans, a Jewish family from Latvia adapting to their new life as immigrants to Canada: Bella and Roman and their son, Mark, who have fled the Riga of Brezhnev for Toronto, the city of their dreams.

The Map as Art

Trish Mau — Wed, 11 May 2011 20:24:15 +0000

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Katharine A. Harmon

760.0449 Har

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It is little surprise that, in an era of globalized politics, culture and ecology, contemporary artists are drawn to maps to express their work. In The Map as Art, Harmon collects 360 colourful, map-related works by well known artists such as Ed Ruscha, Julian Schnabel, Olafur Eliasson, Maira Kalman, William Kentridge and Vik Muniz, and many more less-familiar artists for whom maps are the inspiration for making art.

The Makioka Sisters

Trish Mau — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 16:02:28 +0000

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Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Tani

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In Osaka in the years immediately before World War II, four aristocratic women try to preserve a way of life that is vanishing. Tsuruko, the eldest sister, clings obstinately to the prestige of her family name even as her husband prepares to move their household to Tokyo, where that name means nothing. Sachiko compromises valiantly to secure the future of her younger sisters. The unmarried Yukiko is a hostage to her family’s exacting standards, while the spirited Taeko rebels by flinging herself into scandalous romantic alliances.

Thirst

Trish Mau — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:52:03 +0000

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Mary Oliver

811 Oli

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Thirst, a collection of 43 new poems from Pulitzer Prize-winner Mary Oliver, introduces two new directions in the poet’s work. Grappling with grief at the death of her beloved partner of more than 40 years, she strives to experience sorrow as a path to spiritual progress, grief as part of loving and not its end. Within these pages she chronicles for the first time her discovery of faith, without abandoning the love of the physical world that has been a hallmark of her work.

Practical Jean

Trish Mau — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:25:53 +0000

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Trevor Cole

Cole

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Small town Ontario described with a pen as sharp as a knife. Practical Jean struggles to give her friends what she could not give her suffering mother – a moment of bliss and a beautiful death. The result is ironic and frequently hilarious.

Are You Somebody?

Trish Mau — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:21:11 +0000

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Nuala O'Faolain

070.92 Ofa

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Lonely, flawed, hugely intelligent and candid, Nuala O'Faolain searches for her place in the world as a woman writer. Are You Somebody? is at once an exploration of a muddled personal identity and a snapshot of Ireland in transition.

Blonde

Trish Mau — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 23:19:04 +0000

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Joyce Carol Oates

Oate

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In Blonde, Joyce Carol Oates boldly reimagines the inner, poetic and spiritual life of Norma Jeane Baker – the child, the woman, the fated celebrity and idolized blonde the world came to know as Marilyn Monroe. In a voice startlingly intimate and rich, Norma Jeane tells her own story of an emblematic American artist – intensely conflicted and driven – who had lost her way.

Call the Midwife: A True Story of the East End in the 1950s

Trish Mau — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 23:18:07 +0000

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Jennifer Worth

618.20092 Wor

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Jennifer Worth came from a sheltered background when she became a midwife in the Docklands in the 1950s. Attached to an order of nuns who had been working in the slums since the 1870s, Jennifer tells the story not only of the women she treated, but also of the community of nuns and the camaraderie of the midwives with whom she trained. Funny, disturbing and incredibly moving, Jennifer's stories bring to life the colourful world of the East End in the 1950s.

Toads' Museum of Freaks and Wonders

Trish Mau — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:15:26 +0000

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Goldie Goldbloom

Gold

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Albino Gin is a talented pianist living on a remote Australian farm with her bizarre, elfin husband Toad and their children. At 30, Gin is resigned to her lot in life, dictated by a genetic deformity that has kept her from a successful music career and dooms her to feeling like a sideshow act – until Italian prisoners of war arrive and everything changes.

I Am My Family: Photographic Memories and Fiction

Trish Mau — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:13:55 +0000

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Rafael Goldchain

770.92 Gol

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Photographer Rafael Goldchain's Polish-Jewish ancestors emigrated to South America in the 1930s, and many others perished in Poland during the Nazi regime. Also lost in the turmoil of war and emigration were most of the portraits of his extended family. I Am My Family is a family album with an unconventional twist: the only subject is Goldchain himself. In an elaborate process involving genealogical research, the use of makeup, hair styling, costume and props, Goldchain transforms himself into his ancestors and captures their personifications with the camera.

Sunset Park

Trish Mau — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:43:18 +0000

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Paul Auster

Aust

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After falling in love with an underage girl and stirring the wrath of her older sister, New York native Miles Heller flees to Brooklyn and shacks up with a group of artists squatting in the borough's Sunset Park neighborhood.

The Edge of Never

Trish Mau — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 22:40:30 +0000

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Bill Kerig

796.93 Pet

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The Edge of Never follows the story of Kye Petersen, who travels to Chamonix, France, to ski the route that killed his big-mountain-skiing father, Trevor Petersen. Bill Kerig gives us not only a gripping adventure story about a young man coming of age, but a frank and subtle portrait of the extreme skiers who risk everything to experience the fullness of life in the mountains.

The Passion

Trish Mau — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:45:40 +0000

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Jeanette Winterson

Wint

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Not the Mel Gibson movie! This lyrical, complex and darkly delightful novel tells the story of the strange relationship between Napoleon's cook and the exotic, web-footed daughter of a Venetian boatman. From the battlefield to the exotic world of gambling dens in 19th-century Venice, we weave in and out of the intricacies of unrequited love and find ourselves floating down canals both real and metaphorical. This short work is a real gem for anyone who appreciates depth and loves language.

The Professor and Other Writings

Trish Mau — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 03:42:36 +0000

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Terry Castle

818.09 Cas

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Terry Castle already has a reputation for conveying feminist ideals in rich cultural commentary. Here she gets more personal, in a series of droll, uproariously funny essays about jazz, art and a long-ago relationship as a grad student, and how early idealism can be trampled.

To the End of the Land

Trish Mau — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:57:56 +0000

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David Grossman

Gros

http://burnaby.bibliocommons.com/item/show/768189002

This is a story set in contemporary Israel at the heart of which is Ora, a mother who is forced to confront the sending off of her son as war breaks off. Ora grapples with the fear of losing her child by going on a long hike to the Galilee, bringing along her best friend and former lover, Avram, once a severly tortured PWO. In honest and lucid language, Grossman takes you on an eye-opening, soul-searching journey that roams the nuances of human relationships, burrowing straight into the heart of the family where the greatest drama takes place.

Ottolenghi: The Cookbook

Trish Mau — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 20:54:23 +0000

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Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi

641.5 Ott

http://burnaby.bibliocommons.com/item/show/796805002

In this much awaited cookbook, Yotam and his pal Sami bring us mouthwatering recipes highlighting a myriad of fresh produce, bold flavourings and a simple approach to food. There are wonderful ideas that feature vegetables and grains as well as meats, drawing on influences from the writers' own heritage as well as the culinary traditions of other cultures.

Rice without Rain

Julia Nelson — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 21:52:24 +0000

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Minfong Ho

tn HoM

http://burnaby.bibliocommons.com/item/show/139231002

Jinda, a 17 yr old girl tries to save her father from prison with the help of a Bangkok student named Ned.

Penny Loves Wade, Wade Loves Penny

Trish Mau — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:34:57 +0000

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Caroline Woodward

Wood

http://burnaby.bibliocommons.com/item/show/772051002_penny_loves_wade,_wade_loves_penny

At 45, Wade has inherited a working ranch in the Peace River region, along with a mountain of debt, from his father. He has taken up long haul trucking to pay the bills while Penny looks after the ranch and its livestock, picks up the occasional subsitute teacher job and sells things at the local farmers' market. Wade sets off one fall day to deliver honey to the coast and the interior but this particular trip quickly goes from strange to disasterous as Wade struggles to make his way back home to his wife.

The Poets Laureate Anthology

Trish Mau — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 21:28:57 +0000

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Edited by Elizabeth Hun Schmidt

811.08 Poe

http://burnaby.bibliocommons.com/item/show/790303002

If you read poetry because you love it or because you think you should, this is a book not to be missed. Schmidt has compiled the work of all 43 of the Poets Laureate in the USA, from 1937 to the present. The poems are both intimate and iconic, revealing the temper of their times and the poets' considerable talents.

Forbidden Fruit: Banned, Censored and Challenged Books from Dante to Harry Potter

Trish Mau — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:19:26 +0000

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Pearce J. Carefoote

323.445 Car

http://burnaby.bibliocommons.com/item/show/657125002

From the New Testament to The Diary of Anne Frank to current objections to the Harry Potter series, the tradition of banning, censoring and challenging books has been remarkably enduring. Forbidden Fruit calls on all of us to examine the long history of censoring ideas and reminds us that the impetus to ban books is still very much alive.

Burn this Book: PEN Writers Speak Out on the Power of the Word

Trish Mau — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:14:04 +0000

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Edited by Toni Morrison

808.8 Bur

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9780061774003

A powerful collection of essays that explore the meaning of censorship, and the power of literature to inform the way we see the world and ourselves. Contributors include Toni Morrison, John Updike, David Grossman, Russell Banks, Paul Auster, Salman Rushdie and others.

Juliet, Naked

Trish Mau — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:21:47 +0000

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Nick Hornby

Horn

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9781594488870

Annie initiates an email correspondence with Tucker Crowe, a reclusive Dylanish singer-songwriter, and a connection is forged between two lonely people who are looking for more out of what they've got.

The Upside of Irrationality: The Unexpected Benefits of Defying Logic at Work and at Home

Trish Mau — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 20:18:48 +0000

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Dan Ariely

153.4 Ari

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9780061995033

Social scientist Dan Ariely exposes the surprising negative and positive effects irrationality can have on our lives. From our office attitudes, to our romantic relationships, to our search for purpose in life, Ariely explains how to break through our negative patterns of thought and behavior to make better decisions.

In the Kitchen: A Novel

Trish Mau — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:30:55 +0000

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Monica Ali

Ali

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9781416571681

The hotel kitchen of London chef Gabriel Lightfoot has a multinational staff. When one staffer dies suspiciously, Gabriel starts to fall apart and the "melting pot" boils over with prejudices, cultural clashes, guilty secrets and considerable humour.

A Walk with the Rainy Sisters: In Praise of British Columbia's Places

Trish Mau — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 23:29:40 +0000

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Stephen Hume

971.1 Hum

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9781550175059

Walk with well known Vancouver Sun writer Stephen Hume into the varied landscapes of British Columbia. Discover BC history, geology, biology and culture in these stories of unique individuals, past and present.

Soucouyant

Trish Mau — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:36:45 +0000

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David Chariandy

Char

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9781551522265

This extraordinary first novel set in Ontario, in a house near the Scarborough Bluffs, focuses on a Canadian-born son who despairingly abandons his Caribbean-born mother who is suffering from dementia. He returns after two years to confront her and, in his desire to atone for his past, is compelled to imagine her life before it all slips into darkness: her arrival in Canada during the early 60s, her childhood in Trinidad during World War II, and her lurking secret that each have tried to forget.

Bluesprint: Black British Columbian Literature and Orature

Trish Mau — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 23:31:43 +0000

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Edited by Wayde Compton

810.80896 Blu

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=1551521180

Bluesprint is a groundbreaking collection of the creative output of BC's black writers, and includes an astonishing range of styles: journal entries, oral histories, letters, journalism, poems, stories, screenplays and hip-hop lyrics.

Under this Unbroken Sky: A Novel

Trish Mau — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:58:41 +0000

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Shandi Mitchell

Mitc

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9780670068081

In the spring of 1938, Theo Mykolayenko returns to his family after a year spent in prison for the crime of trying to feed them. A survivor of war and Stalin's crimes in the Ukraine, Theo refuses to be defeated. He takes to the land and, as the crops grow, his family heals and strengthens. But all will not yet be smooth sailing.

Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives

Trish Mau — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:53:08 +0000

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Thomas French

590.73 Fre

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9781401323462

Zoo Story is an unprecedented account of the secret life of a zoo and its inhabitants, both animal and human. Based on six years of research, the book follows a handful of unforgettable characters at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo: an alpha chimp with a weakness for blondes, a ferocious tiger who revels in Obsession perfume, and a brilliant but tyrannical CEO known as El Diablo Blanco. Zoo Story crackles with issues of global urgency, but more than anything else, it's a story of seduction and betrayal, exile and loss, and the limits of freedom on an overcrowded planet.

The Pleasure Seekers

Trish Mau — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:28:07 +0000

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Tishani Doshi

Dosh

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9780747590927

It all started in August 1968 when Babo became the first member of the Patel family to leave Madras and fly to London to further his education. Now here he is, in a flat off Finchley Road, making love to a cream-skinned girl from Wales. In this tender, lyrical and uplifting debut, Tishani Doshi effortlessly captures the quirks and calamities of one unusual clan in a story of identity, family, belonging and all-transcending love.

A Mountain of Crumbs: A Memoir

Trish Mau — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:24:33 +0000

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Elena Gorokhova

947.21085 Gor

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9781439125670

Elena Gorokhova grows up in 1960s Leningrad, where she discovers that beauty and passion can be found in unexpected places in Soviet Russia.

Room: A Novel

Trish Mau — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:15:56 +0000

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Emma Donoghue

Dono

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9781554688319

Narrator Jack and his mother, who was kidnapped seven years earlier when she was a 19-year-old college student, celebrate his fifth birthday. They live in a tiny, 11-foot-square soundproofed cell in a converted shed in the kidnapper's yard. The sociopath, whom Jack has dubbed Old Nick, visits at night, grudgingly doling out food and supplies. But Ma, as Jack calls her, proves to be resilient and resourceful – and attempts a nail-biting escape.

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar...

Trish Mau — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 20:12:01 +0000

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Thomas Cathcart & Daniel Klein

102.07 Cat

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9780143113874

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar teaches the principles and concepts of philosophy through one-liner jokes, vaudeville humor, cartoons and limericks. An irreverent introduction to the great philosophers and philosophical traditions, from existentialism to logic.

The Invention of Curried Sausage

Trish Mau — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:39:12 +0000

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Uwe Timm

Timm

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=0811212971

The Invention of Curried Sausage weaves wartime intrigue, clandestine love affairs, black-market subterfuge and the dangerous life of dissenters during the Nazi era.

The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History and Culture of Clouds

Trish Mau — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:31:37 +0000

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Gavin Pretor-Pinney

551.576 Pre

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=0399532560

With tongue firmly in cheek and with more than a little irony, Pretor-Pinney, founder of the Cloud Appreciation Society, clears up any confusion readers may have about what separates a stratus from a cirrus from a cumulonimbus. He starts at the bottom – that is, at sea level – and discusses the types of clouds that form at each level in the atmosphere. The result is an amusing and remarkably informative jaunt through the heavenly vapours that draws on classical poetry, physics, geekery and pop culture.

The Sleepwalker's Introduction to Flight

Trish Mau — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:26:56 +0000

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Siôn Scott-Wilson

Scot

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9780230705449

This novel is full of quirky characters, snappy dialogue and exciting plot twists. When Mikey Hough embarks on a self-styled training regime to prepare to join the brotherhood of Mexican cliff divers, he winds up in a coma. Once he emerges, his days are numbered and, determined to make the most of them, he sets out to right wrongs, help newfound friends and stand up for the underdog. With a mixture of humour, adventure, romance, and a sprinkling of medical mystery, we follow Mikey and his friends as they outsmart evil on the route to fulfilling their dreams.

Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression

Trish Mau — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 23:18:25 +0000

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Edited by David Wallis

323.44 Kil

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9780393329247

An intriguing selection of 100 cartoons, many never before published, that were censored or suppressed for being too controversial. Killed Cartoons features the work of Gary Trudeau, Doug Marlette, Paul Conrad, Mike Luckovich, Matt Davies, Ted Rall, Norman Rockwell, Anita Kunz, Edward Sorel, and other notable artists.

The Thirteenth Tale

Trish Mau — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 04:29:43 +0000

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Diane Setterfield

Sett

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9780385662840

Reclusive author Vida Winter has spent the past six decades penning a series of alternate lives for herself. Now old and ailing, she is ready to reveal the truth about her extraordinary existence and the violent and tragic past she has kept secret for so long.

A Walk in the Woods

Trish Mau — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 03:51:30 +0000

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Bill Bryson

917.4 Bry

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=0385257139

Back in America after 20 years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to reacquaint himself with his native country by walking the 2,100-mile Appalachian Trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. The trail offers an astonishing landscape of silent forests and sparkling lakes, and for Bill Bryson, it also provides endless opportunities to witness the majestic silliness of his fellow human beings.

The Imperfectionists: A Novel

Trish Mau — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:25:10 +0000

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Tom Rachman

Rach

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9780385343664

Set against the gorgeous backdrop of Rome, Tom Rachman’s debut novel follows the topsy-turvy private lives of the reporters, editors and executives of an international English-language newspaper as they struggle to keep it – and themselves – afloat.

Lunch in Paris: A Love Story, with Recipes

Trish Mau — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 01:22:22 +0000

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Elizabeth Bard

944.36 Bar

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9780316042796

Peppered with mouth-watering recipes for summer ratatouille, swordfish tartare and molten chocolate cakes, Lunch in Paris is a story of falling in love, redefining success and discovering what it truly means to be at home.

Raj

Trish Mau — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:12:23 +0000

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Gita Mehta

Meht

http://www.amazon.ca/Raj-Novel-Gita-Mehta/dp/0449905667

Raised in the tradition of purdah, a strict regime of seclusion, silence and submission, Jaya Singh is ill-prepared to assume the role of Regent Maharani of Sirpur upon the death of her decadent, Westernized husband. But Jaya bravely fulfills her duty, and soon finds herself thrust into the center of a political battle in which the future of the kingdom is at stake – and her own future as well.

Gordon Ramsay's Great Escape

Trish Mau — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 00:55:17 +0000

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Gordon Ramsay

641.5954 Ram

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9780007267057

Chef Gordon Ramsay embarks on a culinary journey around India, discovering the breadth and depth of cooking of the country. This cookbook is packed with the best recipes from his travels, showing you how to cook authentic dishes that are bursting with flavour.

Ysabel

Trish Mau — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 18:07:18 +0000

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Guy Gavriel Kay

Kay

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9780670043217

Saint-Sauveur Cathedral of Aix-en-Provence is an ancient structure of many secrets – a perfect monument to fill the lens of a celebrated photographer, and a perfect place for the photographer's son, Ned Marriner, to lose himself while his father works. But the cathedral isn't the empty edifice it appears to be. Its history is very much alive in the present day, and it's calling out to Ned.

Remembering Smell

Trish Mau — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 17:56:14 +0000

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Bonnie Blodgett

616.856 Blo

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9780618861880

In this memoir, Bonnie Blodgett recounts how she lost her sense of smell and ultimately learned the most transformative lesson of all: the olfactory nerve, in ways unlike any other in the human body, has the extraordinary power to heal.

Major Pettigrew's Last Stand

Trish Mau — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:55:05 +0000

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Helen Simonson

Simo

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9780385668644

Major Ernest Pettigrew, retired, leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. Drawn together by their shared love of literature and the loss of their respective spouses, the Major and Mrs. Ali soon find their friendship blossoming into something more. But will their relationship survive in a society that considers Ali a foreigner?

Safe Teen: Powerful Alternatives to Violence

Trish Mau — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 18:00:19 +0000

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Anita Roberts

155.518 Rob

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=1896095992

Safe Teen is an essential guide to preventing violence and building inner strength for teenagers, parents and educators. This program provides adolescents with the tools they need to deal with peer pressure, de-escalate violence and build self-esteem. Anita Roberts combines personal anecdotes, psychological theory, role-playing exercises and lively scenarios about teens into a potent, engaging, practical and inspiring work.

To Say Nothing of the Dog, or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last

Trish Mau — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:39:13 +0000

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Connie Willis

Will

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9781439561737

Two 21st-century historians are flung back to a peaceful Victorian boat ride and a World War II bombing raid in search of a spectacularly ugly piece of art, while trying to save the time-space continuum from unravelling after a cat is misplaced by 150 years. A fun and romantic romp, inspired by Jerome K. Jerome's classic Three Men in a Boat, To Say Nothing of the Dog.

This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession

Trish Mau — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 20:15:53 +0000

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Daniel J. Levitin

781.11 Lev

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=0525949690

Why does music affect us so deeply? Does it serve an evolutionary purpose, or is it just "auditory cheesecake"? There are many conflicting theories about the psychological aspects of music. McGill University neuroscientist and former rock music producer Daniel Levitin presents his views in an entertaining and non-technical way.

Night Train to Lisbon

Trish Mau — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:38:42 +0000

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Pascal Mercier

Merc

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9780802118585

Raimund Gregorius is crossing a rainy bridge in Bern when a mysterious woman writes a phone number on his forehead and utters a single word in Portuguese. Later that day, he wanders into a bookstore and finds himself drawn to a Portuguese book self-published in Lisbon 30 years earlier. These seemingly unrelated events conspire to tear myopic bookworm Gregorius out of his solitary and unvarying existence and send him to Lisbon in search of both the woman and Amadeu de Prado, the book's fictional author.

The Sacred Balance: Rediscovering Our Place in Nature

Trish Mau — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 23:31:24 +0000

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David Suzuki with Amanda McConnell and Adrienne Mason

304.2 Suz

http://ipac.city.burnaby.bc.ca/ipac20/ipac.jsp?index=.IS&term=9781553651666

In the 10 years since The Sacred Balance was first published, global warming has become a major issue as glaciers and polar ice caps have begun to melt at an alarming rate, the intensity of hurricanes and tsunamis has increased, and the earth has experienced its hottest years in more than four centuries. In this new and extensively revised edition of his best-selling book, David Suzuki reflects on these changes and examines what they mean for our place in the world.

Brothers Karamazov

Greg Barkovich — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 23:26:24 +0000

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Fyodor Dostoevsky

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