New Books for February

Greetings!

We (Barb and Tom) have just returned from the American Booksellers Association’s Winter Institute 14, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where we met with over 600 indie booksellers from across the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia and New Zealand. It was a wonderful few days of sharing best practices, keynote addresses, professional development, author events, wonderful food, and all things books, books, books! We also spent a day in Santa Fe, meeting with New Mexico authors, and even squeezed in a visit to a few museums, including the Georgia O’Keefe.

Now back in-store, we are deep into ordering for the Spring and Summer season. Lots of fabulous new books on their way! Stay tuned and pop into our stores often to see what’s new.

February is upon us and there are so many wonderful new books, perfect for cozying up with this month.

If you are looking for a meaningful and lasting Valentine's gift for your special someone, read below to see a few suggestions. Read further down for our Staff Picks and New Releases.

We hope to see you soon!

Happy reading,

Barb & Tom

Lovely Books

FOR VALENTINE'S DAY

From the private papers of Mark Twain and Mozart to those of Robert Browning and Nelson, Love Letters of Great Men collects together some of the most romantic letters in history.

This little book captures love and life in all of their complexities and nuances.

Learn more about who you are, how you see your loved ones, and how you can thrive together by creating 52 lists, one for every week of the year in this beautiful, undated hardback journal meant for celebrating and cherishing the many relationships that make up a community.

The final work from Leonard Cohen, Canada's most celebrated poet and an artist whose audience spans generations and whose work is known and loved throughout the world.

Better Together combines adorable photos of unlikely animal pairs alongside poignant quotes on topics for friends of all stripes on subjects such as love, respect, and compassion.

What really makes love last? Does love ever work the way we say it does in movies and books and Facebook posts? In a series of candid, vulnerable, and wise essays that takes a closer look at what it means to love someone, be loved, and how we present our love to the world.

NEW RELEASES

Hardcovers

Winter Knits from Scandinavia

by Jenny Alderbrant

Knit designer Jenny Alderbrant has collected 24 of her best-loved patterns for mittens, hats, and socks, with dozens of colors and delightful motifs that’ll keep you warm all winter long.

The Golden Tresses of the Dead

by Alan Bradley

The spectacular final novel starring Flavia de Luce.

Flavia de Luce, the twelve-year-old chemist and amateur detective, is eager to turn professional. She and her father's valet, Dogger, have founded a detective agency, Arthur Dogger & Associates, and unexpectedly cut into their first case during the revelry at her sister Ophelia's wedding reception.

Women Rowing North

by Mary Pipher

Women growing older contend with ageism, misogyny, and loss. Yet as Mary Pipher shows, most older women are deeply happy and filled with gratitude for the gifts of life. Their struggles help them grow into the authentic, empathetic, and wise people they have always wanted to be.

The Last Whalers

by Doug Bock Clark

On a volcanic island in the Savu Sea so remote that other Indonesians call it "The Land Left Behind" live the Lamalerans: a tribe of 1,500 hunter-gatherers who are the world's last subsistence whalers. They have survived for half a millennium by hunting whales with bamboo harpoons and handmade wooden boats powered by sails of woven palm fronds. But now, under assault from the rapacious forces of the modern era and a global economy, their way of life teeters on the brink of collapse.

STAFF PICKS

RACHAEL'S PICK

Inspired by a trove of love letters from the author's father to her mother written during WWII, Dear Evelyn is the fictional story of the marriage of Evelyn and Harry Miles. Incisive, searingly honest and beautifully written, Page's book brings Carol Shields later works to mind, especially in her ability to reveal character through dynamic and layered telling.

LEIGH'S PICK

Freeing herself

painstakingly from the violence and neglect of her family, Westover transforms her life through education. Loved it!

MARIANNE'S PICK

A wonderful historical novel that follows the lives of three strong women, who are brought together through the creation of Princess Elizabeth's wedding gown. Combining their personal stories interwoven with superb historical detail, this book is a joy to read.

JAN'S PICK

A laugh out loud book filled with quirky yet relatable characters on a bucket list road trip. It’s about the wisdom of growing older and the importance of loving people along the way - even when that isn’t the easiest thing to do.

TOM'S PICK

1946, Manhattan

One morning while passing through Grand Central Terminal on her way to work, Grace Healey finds an abandoned suitcase tucked beneath a bench. Unable to resist her own curiosity, Grace opens the suitcase, where she discovers a dozen photographs - each of a different woman.

A compelling mystery set within wonderfully written historical fiction.

BARB'S PICK

This is an enthralling journey into the mind of St. Paul by one of the great theologians of our time. If you thought you knew about Paul, think again! In this pioneering new account, Wright celebrates Paul’s humanity, arguing that this is the best way to understand how he invented new paradigms for how we understand Jesus and early Christianity.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

We appreciate you, our lovely customers, not only on Valentine’s Day, but every day of the year.

Thank you!

NEW PAPERBACK FICTION

The Friend

by Sigrid Nunez

The Good Pilot Peter Woodhouse

by Alexander McCall Smith

The Lost Man

by Jane Harper

Paris By The Book

by Liam Callanan

We're All In This Together

by Amy Jones

Fate

by Ian Hamilton

CANADA READS SHORTLIST

Canada Reads 2019 is about finding one book to move you.

The debates will take place

March 25-28, 2019.

From thought-provoking fiction to inspiring memoirs, this year's books speak to the theme: One Book To Move You. Spanning separations and reconciliations, wars of the past and present, personal histories and imagined futures, these titles will disturb and disrupt, inspire and incite, and move readers to feel, to think and to act.

We have the Canada Reads shortlist titles in-stock.