New Fiction & Non-Fiction Books - November
Beauties : hockey's greatest untold stories
Duthie, James, 1966- author
2020
This is a collection of 47 incredible stories from hockey's biggest names, greatest characters, and unsung heroes. Grab a seat with TSN's James Duthie as hockey's finest relive highs, lows and hilarious moments on and off the ice from superstars, journeymen, coaches, referees, broadcasters, agents, and hockey moms and dads.
Dry road to nowhere
Johnstone, William W., author
2024
The hard-driving owners of the Frontier Overland Company, former Texas Ranger Butch Keeler and his buddy Tucker Cobb find their next stagecoach trip fraught with deadly threats, including their worst enemy-a power-hungry business rival-who lays a trap to destroy their operation.
Freezing order : a true story of money laundering, murder, and surviving Vladimir Putin's wrath
Browder, Bill, 1964- author
2022
Chronicles how the author became Putin's number one enemy by exposing the Russian leader's campaign to steal and launder hundreds of billions of dollars and kill anyone who stands in his way.
The fringe hours : making time for you
Turner, Jessica N., author
2015
"While life is busy with a litany of must-dos--work, parenting, keeping house, grocery shopping, laundry, and on and on--women do not have to push their own needs aside. Yet this is often what happens. There's just no time, right? Wrong. In this ... book, Jessica Turner empowers women to take back pockets of time they already have in their day in order to practice self-care and do the things they love"--Amazon.com.
The German nurse
Hollows, M. J., author.
2021
A secret past. A forbidden love. A terrifying choice.... Her past could kill you. Guernsey, 1940. As war storms through Europe, Churchill orders the evacuation of all military personnel from the island. Boats ferry soldiers and vulnerable young children to England, leaving their parents and loved ones behind to face the invading German army on their own. Her love could save you. One of the few remaining policemen on the island, Jack must protect not only his friends and family, but also the woman he loves: Johanna, a Jewish nurse from Germany, whose secret faith could prove fatal to them both. Her fate is in your hands. When the Nazis arrive, everything changes. Jack is forced to come to terms with the pain and loss of a world re-making itself around him. And then a list of Jews on the island is drawn up, and he must make an awful choice: write down Johanna's name and condemn her, or resist and put his family in immediate danger.
Houseplant hortocculture : green magic for indoor spaces
Hunter, Devin, 1986- author
2024
Learn how to successfully grow plants in your home, connect with their energies, and partner with them for magic. Explore practical tips on substrates, pests, watering, and other elements of plant care alongside advice for infusing magic into every act. Learn how to help your monstera, fern, pothos, and other indoor flora thrive by drawing sigils on your grow lights, pushing energy into the soil, and putting crystals in your watering can. Features more than 160 easy-to-grow, easy-to-find plants and their magical correspondences.
Hsin hsin ming : the zen understanding of mind and consciousness
Osho, 1931-1990. author
2013
"Understanding our minds and consciousness are topics high on everybody's list of important issues. Science and psychology are delivering every day captivating news of understanding in this area. In this extraordinary series of talks, Osho lays out a clear understanding of the difference between mind and consciousness, and the role that the brain plays in the two - a difference that Western science has been struggling to define for decades, but that Zen has known for centuries through first-hand experience. Along the way he also sheds light on the differences between meditation as practice and as a state of being, and what choiceless awareness really means in everyday life and relating. Osho relates to a classic Zen work, Hsin Hsin Ming, Verses on the Faith-Mind by Sosan [Seng-t'san] which is considered to be the first Chinese Zen document. It is extraordinarily straightforward in its message, cutting straight to the point of where it aims to take the Zen experience - to a state of thought-free awareness in the present moment." --Amazon.com.
Loving an addict, loving yourself : the top 10 survival tips for loving someone with an addiction
Plattor, Candace, 1950- author.
2015
One snowy night
Griffin, Patience, author.
2021
"Sweet Home, Alaska, was once a thriving town, but everything changed when two young lives were cut short. Businesses have closed, and the population has dwindled to 573. After the accident that took her sister's life, Hope McKnight discovered she was pregnant, and gave up dreams of college to raise her daughter. When Donovan Stone returns to sell his family's properties, he's shocked to find Hope still there. The pull between Hope and Donovan is as powerful as ever, but so are the secrets and lies stemming from that long-ago tragedy."--Provided by publisher.
The plunge
Winn, Christy, author.
2023
Ex-swimmer Megs Flannery hasn't been back to her hometown in ten years. Too much baggage, too many memories. Too much guilt. But it's the holidays and she's just lost her nursing job. Out of options, she's returned to Greenwood to help her mother run their family's bakery.
Recipes from my Vietnamese kitchen : authentic food to awaken the senses & feed the soul
Luu, Uyen, author
2024
The recipes in this book tell a story - about Uyen's family and the culture of food in Vietnam. In essence, the food of her country aims to strike the perfect balance between sweet, sour, salty, bitter, hot, and umami, and to cater to any occasion and time of day, every mood and ailment. Uyen describes some of the most commonly used produce and guides you through chapters such as Breakfast, Soups, Snacks, Noodles, Lunch and Dinner, and Sweets, weaving in tales of etiquette, personal history, and tradition, providing evocative photos of her travels throughout.
The rescue
Sparks, Nicholas, author
2021
In the face of raging fires or deadly accidents, volunteer fireman Taylor McAden feels compelled to take terrifying risks to save lives. But there is one leap of faith Taylor can't bring himself to make: he can't fall in love. For all his adult years, Taylor has sought out women who need to be rescued, women he leaves as soon as their crisis is over and the relationship starts to become truly intimate. When a raging storm hits his small Southern town, single mother Denise Holton's car skids off the road. The young mom is with her four-year-old son Kyle, a boy with severe learning disabilities and for whom she has sacrificed everything. Taylor McAden finds her unconscious and bleeding, but does not find Kyle. When Denise wakes, the chilling truth becomes clear to both of them. Kyle is gone. During the search for Kyle, a connection between Taylor and Denise takes root. But Taylor doesn't know that this rescue will be different from all the others.
Warming up to the Cold War : Canada and the United States' coalition of the willing, from Hiroshima to Korea
Teigrob, Robert, 1966- author
2009
"When U.S. President Harry Truman asked his allies for military support in the Korean War, Canada's government, led by Prime Minister Louis St-Laurent, was reluctant. St-Laurent's government was forced to change its position however, when the Canadian populace, conditioned to significant degrees by the powerful influence of American media and culture, demanded a more vigorous response. Warming up to the Cold War shows how American cultural influence helped to undermine waning Canadian nationalism. Comparing Canadian and American responses to events such as the atomic bomb, the Gouzenko Affair, the creation of NATO, and the Korean War, Robert Teigrob traces the role that culture and public opinion played in shaping responses to international affairs. With penetrating political and cultural insight, he examines the Cold War consensus between the two countries to reveal the ways that Canada cited 'home-grown' rationales to justify its increasing subservience to American strategy and posturing"--Publisher's description.
