Wherever you are in Canada, chances are, your freezing. If you’re like us, each night consists of putting your hat and mittens on, scraping your car and rushing home to your blanket and a good book. Once your home, it can snow all it wants outside, you’re reading! But don’t forget to take a quick reading break (maybe while your tea is steeping), to peruse all the fantastic books that will be available in February 2015.
Cobra by Deon Meyer – On Sale February 3, 2015
A new heart-stopping thriller from internationally acclaimed crime writer Deon Meyer. Relentlessly suspenseful, topical, hard-hitting and richly rewarding, Cobra is a superb novel from an author who is acclaimed around the world as a brilliant voice in crime fiction.
A History of Loneliness by John Boyne – On Sale February 3, 2015
It has taken John Boyne fifteen years and twelve novels to write about his home country of Ireland but he has done so now in his most powerful novel to date, a novel about blind dogma and moral courage, and about the dark places where the two can meet. At once courageous and intensely personal, A History of Loneliness confirms Boyne as one of the most searching chroniclers of his generation.
Business or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto’s Last War by Peter Edwards and Antonio Nicaso – On Sale February 3, 2015
Bestselling crime writers Peter Edwards and Antonio Nicaso reveal the final years of Canada’s top mafia boss, Vito Rizzuto, and his bloody war to avenge his family and control the North American drug trade.
One More Thing by B.J. Novak – On Sale February 3, 2015
NOW IN PAPERBACK: B.J. Novak’s One More Thing: Stories and Other Stories is an endlessly entertaining, surprisingly sensitive, and startlingly original debut that signals the arrival of a brilliant new voice in American fiction.
The Harem Midwife by Roberta Rich – On Sale February 3, 2015
NOW IN PAPERBACK: An adventurous, opulent and deliciously exciting read, peopled with fascinating, unforgettable characters (a court eunuch; the calculating sultan’s mother-in-law; the beguiling harem ladies; and a very mysterious young beauty from Venice who shows up on Hannah’s doorstep, causing much havoc), this novel is sure to please fans of The Midwife of Venice and extend Roberta’s reputation as one of Canada’s most loved historical fiction authors.
The Word Exchange by Alena Graedon – On Sale February 3, 2015
NOW IN PAPERBACK: In alternating points of view, Anana and her bookish colleague Bart follow their only clue, the word ALICE, down the proverbial rabbit hole, into subterranean passages, the stacks of the Mercantile Library, and secret meetings of an anti-Meme underground resistance, racing closer to the truth about Anana’s father’s disappearance, and discovering a frightening connection to the growing “word flu” pandemic.
My Age of Anxiety by Scott Stossel – On Sale February 3, 2015
NOW IN PAPERBACK: Stossel vividly depicts anxiety’s human toll—its crippling impact, its devastating power to paralyze. He also explores how individual sufferers—including himself—have managed and controlled symptoms. By turns erudite and compassionate, amusing and inspirational, My Age of Anxiety is the essential account of a pervasive and too often misunderstood affliction.
A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler – On Sale February 10, 2015
From the beloved Pulitzer Prize-winning author–now in the fiftieth year of her remarkable career–a brilliantly observed, joyful and wrenching, funny and true new novel that reveals, as only she can, the very nature of a family’s life.
The Marriage Game by Alison Weir – On Sale February 10, 2015
The new novel from the New York Times bestselling historian Alison Weir tells the story of one of history’s most scandalous love affairs: the romance between the new, young “Virgin Queen” Elizabeth I and her handsome married courtier, Lord Robert Dudley.
All True Not a Lie in It by Alix Hawley – On Sale February 10, 2015
A New Face of Fiction for 2015, All True Not a Lie in It is pioneer Daniel Boone’s life, told in his voice–a tall tale like no other, startling, funny, poignant, romantic and brawling, set during the American Revolutionary War and hinging on Boone’s capture by the Shawnee.
A Beauty by Connie Gault – On Sale February 10, 2015
A spellbinding and highly original novel that gives a new name to the Prairie Novel by one of the most exciting new literary voices in Canada. For readers of Alice Munro, Elizabeth Hay, and Marina Endicott.
Best Friends through Eternity by Sylvia McNicoll – On Sale February 10, 2015
Poignant, gripping, and full of unexpected twists and turns, Best Friends through Eternity will resonate with readers who have struggled with cultural identity, a sense of belonging, and the real meaning of home.
The Half Brother by Holly Lecraw – On Sale February 17, 2015
Evocative of Dead Poets Society and The Starboard Sea, Holly LeCraw’s The Half Brother is the story of secrets and betrayals between two brothers set amid the ivy-covered walls of an elite New England boarding school.
The Illuminations by Andrew O’Hagan – On Sale February 17, 2015
A compelling new novel by two-time Booker finalist and internationally acclaimed author Andrew O’Hagan. For readers of Colm Toibin, Ian McEwan, Alan Hollinghurst and David Mitchell. The Illuminations is a beautiful and highly charged novel that reveals, among other things, that no matter how we look at it, there is no such thing as an ordinary life.
Bertie’s Guide to Life and Mothers by Alexander McCall Smith – On Sale February 17, 2015
Alexander McCall Smith’s wildly popular 44 Scotland Street series chronicles life in a corner of Edinburgh brimming with wit and humor. As ever, when Alexander McCall Smith visits 44 Scotland Street, fun is sure to follow.
Future Crimes: How Our Radical Dependence on Technology Threatens Us All by Marc Goodman – On Sale February 24, 2015
From one of the world’s leading authorities on global security, Future Crimes takes readers deep into the digital underground to illuminate the alarming ways criminals, corporations, and even countries are using new and emerging technologies against you—and how this makes everyone more vulnerable than you ever thought possible.
Lamentation by C.J. Sansom – On Sale February 24, 2015
“C.J. Sansom has created a convincingly realistic Tudor detective in Matthew Shardlake. He lives and breathes in an utterly convincing world, drawing the reader into the darker corners of history.” —Philippa Gregory, quoted in The Guardian
Salad Love: 260 Crunchy, Savory, and Filling Meals You Can Make Every Day by David Bez – On Sale February 24, 2015
Salads take the spotlight in this visually arresting cookbook that showcases a year’s worth of weekday recipes so exciting you’ll want to eat salads every day.
All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews – On Sale February 24, 2015
NOW IN PAPERBACK: Miriam Toews is beloved for her irresistible voice, for mingling laughter and heartwrenching poignancy like no other writer. In her most passionate novel yet, she brings us the riveting story of two sisters, and a love that illuminates life. A national bestseller and finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
The Ever After of Ashwin Rao by Padma Viswanathan – On Sale February 24, 2015
NOW IN PAPERBACK: A national bestseller and finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, The Ever After of Ashwin Rao is a stunning new work set among families of those who lost loved ones in the 1985 Air India bombing, registering the unexpected reverberations of this tragedy in the lives of its survivors.
The Quick by Lauren Owen – On Sale February 24, 2015
NOW IN PAPERBACK: An astonishing debut of epic scope and suspense, The Quick conjures up magic and menace in Victorian London’s elegant drawing rooms and its dark, dangerous alleyways. A rich feast for lovers of the novels of Sarah Waters, Anne Rice, The Night Circus, and The Crimson Petal and the White.
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