1.
Series:
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
Hardcover
V. E. Schwab
9780765387561
$34.99
FICTION
Oct 06, 2020
A Life No One Will Remember. A Story You Will Never Forget.France, 1714: in a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever—and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets.Thus begins the extraordinary life of Addie LaRue, and a dazzling adventure that will play out across centuries and continents, across history and art, as a young woman learns how far she will go to leave her mark on the world.But everything changes when, after nearly 300 years, Addie stumbles across a young man in a hidden bookstore a...
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2.
Series: The Practical Magic Series
Magic Lessons
The Prequel to Practical Magic
Hardcover
Alice Hoffman
9781982108847
$36.99
FICTION
Oct 06, 2020
In an unforgettable novel that traces a centuries-old curse to its source, beloved author Alice Hoffman unveils the story of Maria Owens, accused of witchcraft in Salem, and matriarch of a line of the amazing Owens women and men featured in Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic.Where does the story of the Owens bloodline begin? With Maria Owens, in the 1600s, when she’s abandoned in a snowy field in rural England as a baby. Under the care of Hannah Owens, Maria learns about the “Nameless Arts.” Hannah recognizes that Maria has a gift and she t...
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3.
Series:
The Searcher
A Novel
Hardcover
Tana French
9780735224650
$36.00
FICTION
Oct 06, 2020
Best Book of 2020New York Times |NPR | New York Post“This hushed suspense tale about thwarted dreams of escape may be her best one yet…Its own kind of masterpiece.”—Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post“A new Tana French is always cause for celebration…Read it once for the plot; read it again for the beauty and subtlety of French’s writing.”—Sarah Lyall, The New York TimesCal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a bruising divorce, he just wa...
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4.
Series:
The Night Piece
Collected Short Fiction
Hardcover
Andre Alexis
9780771006630
$34.95
FICTION
Oct 13, 2020
A career-spanning collection of stories from the author of Fifteen Dogs, winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and Canada Reads.Vivid, profound, moving, and with moments of sly humour, the stories in The Night Piece reveal worlds both familiar and deeply strange. Drawing from Alexis’s acclaimed debut collection, Despair and Other Stories of Ottawa, and the highly original Beauty and Sadness, and including previously uncollected stories, here is the surreal and brilliant short fiction of André Alexis—one...
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5.
Series:
The Once and Future Witches
Hardcover
Alix E. Harrow
9780316422048
$35.00
FICTION
Oct 13, 2020
"A gorgeous and thrilling paean to the ferocious power of women. The characters live, bleed, and roar. "?Laini Taylor, New York Times bestselling authorA NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel • Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR Books • Barnes and Noble • BookPageIn the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in this powerful novel of magic, family, and the suffragette movement. In 1893, there's no such thing as witches. There used to be, in the wild, ...
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6.
Series:
Baking Day with Anna Olson
Recipes to Bake Together: 120 Sweet and Savory Recipes to Bake with Family and Friends
Hardcover
Anna Olson
9780525610953
$40.00
COOKING
Oct 27, 2020
NATIONAL BESTSELLERGOLD WINNER 2021 - Taste Canada Awards - Single-Subject CookbookCanada’s baking sweetheart, Anna Olson, returns with an essential guide to baking for and with those you love.Baking Day is the book we have all been waiting for. In this new cookbook, Anna Olson encourages you to spend time with your loved ones, baking along with her easy-to-follow, delicious recipes for all your favourite treats. This is a cookbook to bring family and friends together, and to bond over quality time spent baking. With over 120 recipes for all sk...
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7.
Series:
Confessions on the 7:45: A Novel
Original
Hardcover
Lisa Unger
9780778310150
$34.99
FICTION
Oct 06, 2020
COMING TO NETFLIX“Intricate and nuanced—on par with the best top-flight psychological suspense.” —L.A. TimesINTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom master of suspense Lisa Unger comes a riveting thriller about a chance encounter that unravels a stunning web of lies.Selena Murphy is commuting home on the train when she strikes up a conversation with a beautiful stranger in the next seat. The woman introduces herself as Martha and soon confesses that she’s been stuck in an affair with her boss. Selena, in turn, confesses that she suspects her husband is sle...
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8.
Series:
Black Matters
Paperback
Afua Cooper
9781773632957
$20.00
POETRY
Oct 12, 2020
Halifax’s former Poet Laureate Afua Cooper and photographer Wilfried Raussert collaborate in this book of poems and photographs focused on everyday Black experiences. The result is a jambalaya — a dialogue between image and text. Cooper translates Raussert’s photos into poetry, painting a profound image of what disembodied historical facts might look like when they are embodied in contemporary characters. This visual and textual conversation honours the multiple layers of Blackness in the African diaspora around North America and Europe. The re...
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9.
Series: Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories series
Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories: The Early Years
Hardcover
Michael Posner
9781982152628
$40.00
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Oct 20, 2020
The extraordinary life of one of the world’s greatest music and literary icons, in the words of those who knew him best.Poet, novelist, singer-songwriter, artist, prophet, icon—there has never been a figure like Leonard Cohen. He was a true giant in contemporary western culture, entertaining and inspiring people everywhere with his work. From his groundbreaking and bestselling novels, The Favourite Game and Beautiful Losers, to timeless songs such as “Suzanne,” “Dance Me to the End of Love,” and “Hallelujah,” Cohen is a cherished artist. His de...
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10.
Series:
If I Knew Then
Finding wisdom in failure and power in aging
Hardcover
Jann Arden
9780735279971
$32.00
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Oct 27, 2020
NATIONAL BESTSELLERJann Arden—bestselling author, recording artist and late-blooming TV star—is back with this funny, heartfelt and fierce memoir on becoming a woman of a certain age. The power, gravity and freedom she’s found at fifty-seven are superpowers she believes all of us can unleash.Digging deep into her strengths, her failures and her losses, Jann Arden brings us an inspiring account of how she has surprised herself, in her fifties, by at last becoming completely her own person. Like many women, it took Jann a long time to realize tha...
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