Staff Recommendations

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Mr. Birkett recommends:

Philip Matyszak, Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day

Mr. D'Arcy recommends:

James H. Kunstler, The Long Emergency

Father John Hodgins recommends:

Margaret MacMillan, The Uses and Abuses of History

Mr. Hutton recommends:

M.T. Anderson, The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation. Volume 1: The Pox Party

Dennis Bock, The Communist's Daughter

John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

Andrew Keen, The Cult of the Amateur

Madeleine L'Engle, A Wrinkle in Time

Michael Palin, Himalaya

Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret: a novel in words and pictures.

Mr. Lofft recommends:

Robert Malcomson, Capital in Flames

Mr. O'Leary recommends:

Frank Delaney, Ireland

Mr. Shum recommends:

Craig & Marc Kielburger, Me to We: Turning Self-Help on it's Head

Ms. Somerville recommends:

Jeffrey Archer, A Prisoner of Birth

Pat Barker, Life Class

James Bartlemen, Raisin Wine

Alan Bennett, Untold Stories & The Uncommon Reader

John Berendt, City of Falling Angels

Giles Blunt, The Delicate Storm

Giles Blunt, Blackfly Season

Dennis Bock, The Communist's Daughter

Pat Capponi, Last Stop Sunnyside

James Chatto, The Greek for Love

Richard Clews, Finding Lily

Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer

Joan Didion, Democracy

John Gregory Dunne, Monster

Howard Engel, Memory Book

Anne Enright, The Gathering

Camilla Gibb, The Petty Details of So and So's Life

Alison Gordon, Prairie Hardball

Barbara Gowdy, Helpless

Michael Gruber, The Forgery of Venus

Daoud Hari, The Translator: a tribesman's memoir of Darfur

Michael Helm, The Projectionist

P.D. James, The Murder Room

Peter James, Dead Simple

Louis Jannetta, The King of the Maitre D's

Robert Kaplaw, Me and Orson Wells

Mary Lawson, The Other Side of the Bridge

Donna Leon, Acqua Alta

Stephen Lewis, Race Against Time

Roy Macgregor, A Life in the Bush

Linden MacIntyre, Causeway

Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals

Tom Perrotta, The Abstinence Teacher

Anna Porter, The Book Fair Murders

Andrew Pyper, The Trade Mission

Ian Rankin, Exit Music

Ian Rankin, Mortal Causes

Ian Rankin, Rebus's Scotland: A Personal Journey

Michael Redhill, Consolation

Kathy Reichs, Cross Bones & Break no Bones

C.S. Richardson, The End of the Alphabet

Philip Roth, The Plot Against America, Exit Ghost, & Patrimony

Robyn Scott, Twenty Chickens for a Saddle

Alice Sebold, The Almost Moon

Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres

Zadie Smith, On Beauty

Colm Toibin, The Master

Madeleine Thien, Certainty

Adrian Tomine, Shortcomings

Jeanette Walls, The Glass Castle

Richard Wright, October

Alissa York, Effigy

Ms. Uhre recommends:

Irene Nemirovsky, Suite Francaise

Mr. Van Herk recommends:

Sue Townsend, The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4

Mr. Whiteley recommends:

John Updike, The Terrorist

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+Mr. Birkett recommends:
+Philip Matyszak, ''Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day''
+Mr. D'Arcy recommends:
+James H. Kunstler, ''The Long Emergency''
+Father John Hodgins recommends:
+Margaret MacMillan, ''The Uses and Abuses of History''
 Mr. Hutton recommends:
@@ Line 6: / Line 21: @@
 John Boyne, ''The Boy in the Striped Pajamas''
-Barbara Gowdy, ''Helpless''
 Andrew Keen, ''The Cult of the Amateur''
@@ Line 14: / Line 27: @@
 Michael Palin, ''Himalaya''
+Brian Selznick, ''The Invention of Hugo Cabret: a novel in words and pictures.''
+Mr. Lofft recommends:
+Robert Malcomson, ''Capital in Flames''
+Mr. O'Leary recommends:
+Frank Delaney, ''Ireland''
@@ Line 22: / Line 47: @@
 Ms. Somerville recommends:
+Jeffrey Archer, ''A Prisoner of Birth''
+Pat Barker, ''Life Class''
 James Bartlemen, ''Raisin Wine''
-Alan Bennett, '' Untold Stories''
+Alan Bennett, '' Untold Stories'' & ''The Uncommon Reader''
 John Berendt,  ''City of Falling Angels''
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 James Chatto, ''The Greek for Love''
+Richard Clews, ''Finding Lily''
 Michael Connelly, ''The Lincoln Lawyer''
@@ Line 46: / Line 77: @@
 Howard Engel, ''Memory Book''
+Anne Enright, ''The Gathering''
 Camilla Gibb,  ''The Petty Details of So and So's Life''
@@ Line 52: / Line 85: @@
 Barbara Gowdy, ''Helpless''
+Michael Gruber, ''The Forgery of Venus''
+Daoud Hari, ''The Translator: a tribesman's memoir of Darfur''
 Michael Helm, ''The Projectionist''
@@ Line 62: / Line 99: @@
 Robert Kaplaw, ''Me and Orson Wells''
+Mary Lawson, ''The Other Side of the Bridge''
+Donna Leon, ''Acqua Alta''
 Stephen Lewis, ''Race Against Time''
+Roy Macgregor, '' A Life in the Bush''
 Linden MacIntyre, ''Causeway''
 Heather O'Neill, ''Lullabies for Little Criminals''
+Tom Perrotta, ''The Abstinence Teacher''
 Anna Porter, ''The Book Fair Murders''
 Andrew Pyper, ''The Trade Mission''
+Ian Rankin, ''Exit Music''
 Ian Rankin, ''Mortal Causes''
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 Ian Rankin, ''Rebus's Scotland: A Personal Journey''
-Kathy Reichs, ''Cross Bones''
+Michael Redhill, ''Consolation''
+Kathy Reichs, ''Cross Bones'' & ''Break no Bones''
 C.S. Richardson, ''The End of the Alphabet''
-Philip Roth, ''The Plot Against America''
+Philip Roth, ''The Plot Against America'',  ''Exit Ghost'', & Patrimony
+Robyn Scott, ''Twenty Chickens for a Saddle''
+Alice Sebold, ''The Almost Moon''
 Jane Smiley, ''A Thousand Acres''
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 Madeleine Thien, ''Certainty''
+Adrian Tomine, ''Shortcomings''
+Jeanette Walls, ''The Glass Castle''
+Richard Wright, ''October''
+Alissa York, ''Effigy''
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 Sue Townsend, ''The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4''
+Mr. Whiteley recommends:
+John Updike, ''The Terrorist''

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