The Globe & Mail's 12th annual pick of the 100 best and most influential books of the year includes prize-winners and surprises, writers allegedly famous and those about to be, prose and poetry, science and social studies, memoir and manifesto, and much, much more. Click here to read the whole article.
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters
This is the latest classical book plus monsters adaptation from Quirk Classics. Check out our awesome window display: Click here to see it on YouTube.
Books of Local Interest
We have a wealth of books in Waterloo region written by local authors, about local history, interests, etc. Click on the "Local" book below to see more in each subject.
A Taste of Canada: A Culinary Journey by Rose Murray
A culinary survey of the superb foods of Canada.
Attracted by abundant natural resources -- rich farmland, great forests, wide-ranging prairies, coastal waters and fresh-water lakes -- people from all over the world immigrate to Canada. The food traditions brought by every generation's newcomers and the country's great resources merge to form a unique cuisine that is distinctly Canadian. In A Taste of Canada, stories and anecdotes accompany recipes from each corner of the country to capture Canada's ethnic and regional diversity.
The book's easy-to-follow format features classic delicacies enhanced with exciting new ingredients to reflect the cosmopolitan and multicultural Canadian palate.
A Taste of Canada showcases Canadian culinary specialties, from tourtière and classic fish chowders to butter tarts and Nanaimo bars.
Rose Murray is the author of nine cookbooks, including the award-winning Hungry for Comfort. Her food writing regularly appears in Canadian Living, The Globe and Mail and other publications, and she is frequently featured on national TV. Rose lives right here in Cambridge.
The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley (aka Emma Cole)
A change of scenery leads her, and her book, in a whole new direction. Writing about the attempted Jacobite invasion of 1708, Carrie takes up residence in a cottage near Edinburgh. Inexplicably drawn to Slains Castle, and not so inexplicably drawn to the charming, but somehow familiar, Graham Keith, Carrie finds herself writing with an unusual speed and imagery which leads her to wonder whether her ‘fictional’ character of Sophia is really so fictional after all.
Carrie soon realises that she is somehow channelling the memories of her distant relative and that her story has a life of its own.
Mesmerising and meticulously researched, The Winter Sea is a haunting tale of two women’s experiences of love, political intrigue and personal betrayal.
BookShorts are moving stories
...three minutes of filmic storytelling,
plugged in to today's culture seekers...
a new genre of entertainment.
BookShorts are three minute films, adapted from fiction or non-fiction, broadcast simultaneously through many outlets--television and the Internet, in booksotres and theatres, at film festivals and live readings--to coincide with a book's publication. Each BookShort has additional behind-the-scenes features which, together with the film, explore the terrain of the book, characters, author and filmmakers.
Books for Everybody Fall 2009 on-line is now available. Click here to view the Adult edition. Click here to view the Children's/Young Adult edition.
There is an on-line ordering function so that you can send us a request and we can let you know when your book is ready for pick up. Please note that the form is a generic one and we do not process payments electronically.
