Alan’s Pick: The devil’s chessboard : Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the rise of America’s secret government by David Talbot This eye-opening book charts the rise of the C.I.A from…
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May 2024 Staff Picks
Alan’s Pick : Meander: East to West, indirectly, along a Turkish river by Jeremy Seal. Most of us learned that a bend in a river is called a “meander”. This name…
March 2024 Staff Picks
Brenda’s Pick – Human footprint [videorecording] It was a very engaging series with a good host, a biologist, who was interesting because he was so curious. It shows the some…
January 2024 Staff Picks
David’s Pick – Roaming by Jillian & Mariko Tamaki Two college-age cousins meet in New York City for a reunion. But one of them has brought along a new friend,…
November 2023 Staff Picks
Alan’s Pick: Absolute Friends by John le Carré John le Carre’s spy novels are well known page turners…this one follows the unlikely friendship of two agents, who are apparently working…
July 2023 Staff Picks
David’s Pick : The Guest by Emma Cline This book is a non-stop wild ride through five days in the life of a woman coming to the end of her…
April 2023 Staff Picks
Brenda’s Pick :Ten steps to Nanette: a memoir situation by Hannah Gadsby Whether or not you have viewed “Nanette” on Netflix, Hannah’s book will fill you in on her life…
January 2023 Staff Picks
David’s Pick: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton An astonishing graphic memoir of Beaton’s time working in the Canadian Tar Sands in the early 2000s, which…
October 2022 Staff Picks
Brenda’s Pick: Ride the rising wind: one woman’s journey across Canada by Barbara Bradbury Kingscote The author of this book died in 2019 at the age of 91. The journey…
July 2022 Staff Picks
David’s Pick: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz This lovely duo of books tells the story of angry loner Aristotle and mellow bookworm…