Staff Recommendations

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Mr. Hutton recommends:
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Ms. Somerville recommends:
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James Bartlemen, ''Raisin Wine''
Alan Bennett, '' Untold Stories''
Alan Bennett, '' Untold Stories''
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Peter James, ''Dead Simple''
Peter James, ''Dead Simple''
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Louis Jannetta, ''The King of the Maitre D's''
Robert Kaplaw, ''Me and Orson Wells''
Robert Kaplaw, ''Me and Orson Wells''
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Anna Porter, ''The Book Fair Murders''
Anna Porter, ''The Book Fair Murders''
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Andrew Pyper, ''The Trade Mission''
Ian Rankin, ''Mortal Causes''
Ian Rankin, ''Mortal Causes''
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Kathy Reichs, ''Cross Bones''
Kathy Reichs, ''Cross Bones''
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C.S. Richardson, ''The End of the Alphabet''
Philip Roth, ''The Plot Against America''
Philip Roth, ''The Plot Against America''
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Jane Smiley, ''A Thousand Acres''
Zadie Smith, ''On Beauty''
Zadie Smith, ''On Beauty''

Revision as of 14:55, 30 March 2007

Mr. Hutton recommends:

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

John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas


Mr. Shum recommends:

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


Ms. Somerville recommends:

James Bartlemen, Raisin Wine

Alan Bennett, Untold Stories

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

Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer

Joan Didion, Democracy

John Gregory Dunne, Monster

Howard Engel, Memory Book

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

Alison Gordon, Prairie Hardball

Barbara Gowdy, Helpless

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

Stephen Lewis, Race Against Time

Linden MacIntyre, Causeway

Heather O'Neill, Lullabies for Little Criminals

Anna Porter, The Book Fair Murders

Andrew Pyper, The Trade Mission

Ian Rankin, Mortal Causes

Ian Rankin, Rebus's Scotland: A Personal Journey

Kathy Reichs, Cross Bones

C.S. Richardson, The End of the Alphabet

Philip Roth, The Plot Against America

Jane Smiley, A Thousand Acres

Zadie Smith, On Beauty

Colm Toibin, The Master

Madeleine Thien, Certainty


Ms. Uhre recommends:

Irene Nemirovsky, Suite Francaise


Mr. Van Herk recommends:

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


Mr. Viljoen recommends:

Robert A. Caro, The Years of Lyndon Johnson: the Rise to Power and The Years of Lyndon Johnson: Master of the Senate


Mr. Whittard recommends:

James A. Michener, Texas

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