Some books have titles that are simple, everyday titles. Some books have titles that grab your attention and result in many questions. I think it's fair to say the title of Jennette McCurdy's memoir falls in the attention-grabbing category. Some readers may recognize McCurdy as the child/teen actor best known for her role as Sam... Continue Reading →
Click on the title of the book to place a hold! Forbidden Knowledge: A Self-Advocate’s Guide to Managing Your Prescription Drugs - Terence H. Young Terence Young exposes the pharmaceutical industry secrets and cultural myths that thwart our safe use of prescription drugs.… Everyone should read it before their next visit to a doctor. ―... Continue Reading →
Book clubs offer a great opportunity for friends and book lovers to gather (whether virtually or in person) to catch up and discuss a good book. There’s only two problems with this activity and they seem to come up at every meeting: what book should the group read next and how do you find enough... Continue Reading →
Click on the title of the book to place a hold! Anatomy of a Breakthrough: How to Get Unstuck When It Matters Most - Adam Alter Almost everyone feels stuck in some way. Whether you’re muddling through a midlife crisis, wrestling writer’s block, trapped in a thankless job, or trying to remedy a fraying friendship,... Continue Reading →
A sequel to An Inconvenient Truth, Vice-President Al Gore updates and revises his original work from 2007. Gore’s book is not a simple presentation of facts around the climate crisis, but a call to action. He offers specific actions we can take as individuals. While the book has an American focus when it comes to... Continue Reading →
Click on the title of the book to place a hold! Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit & Glamour of an Icon - Kate Anderson Brower From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Residence and First Women, the first ever authorized biography of the most famous movie star of the twentieth century, Elizabeth Taylor. No celebrity rivals Elizabeth Taylor's... Continue Reading →
Click on the title of the book to place a hold! Above the Fold: A Personal History of the Toronto Star - John Honderich Don't let them ruin the newspaper. . . These were the dying words of Beland Honderich to his son, John. The newspaper was the Toronto Star, founded in 1892 by Joseph E. (Holy... Continue Reading →
The author is the founder and director of the Organic Consumers Association (OCA), a non-profit, US-based network dedicated to safeguarding organic standards and promoting a healthy, just, and regenerative system of food, farming, and commerce. His book outlines a path that moves from degeneration of the land through destructive food, agriculture and land use practices... Continue Reading →
I have been a John Green fan for a long time. Typically found in the YA section, Green has been writing about love, friendship and all types of human relationships since his first novel, Looking for Alaska (a personal favourite of mine), was published in 2006. "The Anthropocene Reviewed" is his first foray into the... Continue Reading →
Brent Scollie, a graduate of Fort William Collegiate Institute, Queen’s University and the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Library Science, retired from the federal public service in 1997. His insights on the Victorian era in Thunder Bay are derived from many years of research. This has resulted in numerous publications about the period mostly focussed... Continue Reading →
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