UVic VILSC Booksmack titles 2024

UVic's recommendations via Booksmark 2024 at the Vancouver Island Library Staff Conference.

Updated April 24, 2024
University of Victoria Libraries Tina Bebbington, History and Newspaper Librarian, UVic
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The Amulet of Samarkand
Stroud, Jonathan.
Presenting a thrilling new voice in children's literature-a witty, gripping adventure story featuring a boy and his not-so-tame djinni. Nathaniel is a young magician's apprentice, taking his first lessons in the arts of magic. But when a devious hotshot wizard named Simon...
Redwall
Jacques, Brian.
As the inhabitants of Redwall Abbey bask in the glorious Summer of the Late Rose, all is quiet and peaceful. But things are not as they seem. Cluny the Scourge--the evil one-eyed rat warlord, is ell-bent on destroying the tranquility as he prepares to fight a bloody battle for the ownership of...
Burning down the Haus : punk rock, revolution, and the fall of the Berlin Wall
Mohr, Tim
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY  Rolling Stone * BookPage * Amazon *  Rough Trade Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Excellence "[A] riveting and inspiring history of punk's hard-fought struggle in East Germany." -...
Snow crash
Stephenson, Neal
The "brilliantly realized" (The New York Times Book Review) breakthrough novel from visionary author Neal Stephenson, a modern classic that predicted the metaverse and inspired generations of Silicon Valley innovators Hiro lives in a Los Angeles where franchises line the...
Korean cooking favorites : kimchi, BBQ, bibimbap and so much more
Ford, Hyegyoung K.
Spicy, Salty, Sour, Sweet Create the Amazing Flavors of Korean Home Cooking Step into the kitchen of Hyegyoung K. Ford, founder of the blog Beyond Kimchee, and discover the delicious, fail-safe meals she ate growing up in South Korea and now cooks for her own busy family....
Stanley Park
Taylor, Timothy L.
Overwhelmed by debts despite the success of his Pacific Northwest restaurant, Jeremy Papier agonizes over turning control over to a family friend who would bail him out of his troubles despite the firm objections of his chef, a situation that is further complicated when his eccentric father involves...
The graveyard book
Gaiman, Neil.
The original hardcover edition of a perennial favorite, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, which has sold more than one million copies and is the only novel to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal.  Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place--he's the only living...

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