At a time when speculative fiction seems less and less far-fetched, Margaret Atwood lends her distinctive voice and singular point of view to the genre in a series of essays that brilliantly illumi
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Author:Atwood, Margaret
Summary:Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Essays, Literary artsAvailable Formats:
Author:Mayer, Jane
Summary:Why is America living in an age of profound economic inequality' Why, despite the desperate need to address climate change, have even modest environmental efforts been defeated again and again' Why
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Author:Hagerty, Sara
Summary:Every heart longs to be seen and understood. Yet most of our lives is unwitnessed. We spend our days working, driving, parenting.
Genre: Religion and spiritualityAvailable Formats:
Author:Garcia, Kami
Summary:This short story, set in the Beautiful Creatures universe, recounts Link's transformation into a succubus and the ways he and his friends are coping with the changes that took place at the end of t
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Author:Klosterman, Chuck
Summary:We live in a culture of casual certitude. This has always been the case, no matter how often that certainty has failed.
Genre: Canadian nonfiction, Discursive works, EssaysAvailable Formats:
Author:Murad, Nadia
Summary:In this intimate memoir of survival, a former captive of the Islamic State tells her harrowing and ultimately inspiring story.
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Author:Brown, Brene
Summary:A timely and important new book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture, from the #1 bestselling author of Rising
Genre: Psychology, Self-help publicationsAvailable Formats:
Author:Bergman, Ronen
Summary:The first definitive history of the Mossad, Shin Bet, and the IDF's targeted killing programs, from the man hailed by David Remnick as "arguably [Israel's] best investigative reporter" The Talmud s
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Author:Hodgman, John
Summary:Although his career as a bestselling author and on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart was founded on fake news and invented facts, in 2016 that routine didn't seem as funny to John Hodgman anymore.
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Author:Applebaum, Anne
Summary:From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag and the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtain, a revelatory history of one of Stalin's greatest crimes-the consequences of which still resona
Genre: History and geographyAvailable Formats:
Author:Foer, Franklin
Summary:Franklin Foer reveals the existential threat posed by big tech, and in his brilliant polemic gives us the toolkit to fight their pervasive influence.
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Author:Goldberg, Jonah
Summary:With his trademark blend of political history, social science, economics, and pop culture, two-time NYT bestselling author, syndicated columnist, National Review senior editor, and American Enterpr
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Author:Andersen, Kurt
Summary:A razor-sharp thinker offers a new understanding of our post-truth world and explains the American instinct to believe in make-believe, from the Pilgrims to P.T.
Genre: History and geographyAvailable Formats:
Author:O'Farrell, Maggie
Summary:"I Am I Am I Am is a gripping and glorious investigation of death that leaves the reader feeling breathless, grateful, and fully alive. Maggie O'Farrell is a miracle in every sense.
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Author:Atwood, Margaret
Summary:A collection of highly imaginative short pieces that speak to our times with deadly accuracy. Vintage Atwood creativity, intelligence, and humor: think Alias Grace.
Genre: Canadian fiction, Short storiesAvailable Formats: