by Mark Twain “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a book by Mark Twain first published in England in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. Considered as one of the Great American Novels the work is among the first in major American Literature to be written in the veracular, characterized by local […]
By the Rivers of Brooklyn
by Trudy J. Morgan-Cole “A story of love, loss, family, choices, consequences, and relationships of all kinds. A beautifully written story that spans over 80 years and 3 generations, it examines the experience of three family members who leave Newfoundland to find work and a better life in New York and those who stayed behind. […]
A Long Way Gone: Memoir of a Boy Soldier
by Ishmael Beah “What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this […]
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life
by Barbara Kingsolver “Barbara Kingsolver opens her home to us, as she and her family attempt a year of eating only local food, much of it from their own garden. With characteristic warmth, Kingsolver shows us how to put food back at the centre of the political and family agenda. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is part […]
Sweetness in the Belly
by Camilla Gibb “An evocative and richly imagined story of a British-born Muslim woman’s search for love and belonging in two very different worlds. A psychologically complex and utterly convincing story, alive with political insight and sensuous detail, Sweetness in the Belly is a mesmerizing work from one of Canada’s most distinctive and exciting voices.” […]
Mister Pip
by Lloyd Jones “In a novel that is at once intense, beautiful, and fablelike, Lloyd Jones weaves a transcendent story that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the power of narrative to transform our lives. On a copper-rich tropical island shattered by war, where the teachers have fled with most everyone else, only […]
Kit’s Law
by Donna Morrissey “In this powerful debut novel from one of the most gifted storytellers to emerge from Canada since Carol Shields, we find all the old-fashioned virtues: a vivid sense of place, an intricate and suspenseful plot, and a feisty heroine whom we can’t help rooting for on every page. Kit Pitman is fourteen […]
The Sea Wolf
by Jack London “Both the novel and the film feature a hard-luck assemblage condemned either by savage coercion or pure evil fortune to sail aboard the Ghost, a seal-harvesting vessel commanded by a power-mad tyrant — the aptly named Wolf Larsen.” Google Synopsis
Three Cups of Tea
by Greg Mortenson “Traces how the author, having been rescued and resuscitated by Himalayan villagers after a failed attempt to climb K2, worked to build schools that would particularly benefit the young girls who were forbidden an education by Taliban …” Review by Google Books
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon “Narrated by a fifteen-year-old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions.” Overview by Google Books
The Gargoyle
by Andrew Davidson “An extraordinary debut novel of love that survives the fires of hell and transcends the boundaries of time. The narrator of The Gargoyle is a very contemporary cynic, physically beautiful and sexually adept, who dwells in the moral vacuum that is modern life. As the book opens, he is driving along a […]
The Bishop’s Man
by Linden MacIntyre “Father Duncan MacAskill has spent most of his priesthood as the ‘Exorcist’ – an enforcer employed by his bishop to discipline wayward clergy and suppress potential scandal. Hidden in a small rural parish to avoid an impending public controversy, Duncan must now confront the consequences of his past. Pushed to the breaking […]
