Staff Recommendations
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Philip Matyszak, ''Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day'' | Philip Matyszak, ''Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day'' | ||
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| + | Margaret MacMillan, ''The Uses and Abuses of History'' | ||
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Barbara Gowdy, ''Helpless'' | Barbara Gowdy, ''Helpless'' | ||
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| + | Daoud Hari, ''The Translator: a tribesman's memoir of Darfur'' | ||
Michael Helm, ''The Projectionist'' | Michael Helm, ''The Projectionist'' | ||
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Robert Kaplaw, ''Me and Orson Wells'' | Robert Kaplaw, ''Me and Orson Wells'' | ||
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| + | Donna Leon, ''Acqua Alta'' | ||
Stephen Lewis, ''Race Against Time'' | Stephen Lewis, ''Race Against Time'' | ||
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C.S. Richardson, ''The End of the Alphabet'' | C.S. Richardson, ''The End of the Alphabet'' | ||
| - | Philip Roth, ''The Plot Against America'' | + | Philip Roth, ''The Plot Against America'', ''Exit Ghost'', & Patrimony |
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| + | Robyn Scott, ''Twenty Chickens for a Saddle'' | ||
Alice Sebold, ''The Almost Moon'' | Alice Sebold, ''The Almost Moon'' | ||
Revision as of 13:50, 29 April 2008
Mr. Birkett recommends:
Philip Matyszak, Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day
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. Shum recommends:
Craig & Marc Kielburger, Me to We: Turning Self-Help on it's Head
Ms. Somerville recommends:
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
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
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
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
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
