All Points West July - August 2024

Recommendations shared by GVPL librarians Megan Clark and Delia Filipescu (and Jason D'Souza!) on CBC Radio's All Points West.

July: Ultimate Cabin Six Pack, six must-read books perfect for your cabin vacation

August: The Power of Translation, books by contemporary international authors at GVPL

Updated September 3, 2024
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War with the evil power master
Montgomery, R. A.
Paper Book
(Ages 9-12) You are the commander of the Lacoonian System Rapid Force response team, in charge of protecting all planets in the System. You learn that the Evil Power Master has zeroed in on three planets and plans to destroy them. The safety of the Lacoonian System depends on you!
Lumberjanes. [Volume one], Beware the kitten holy
Stevenson, Noelle
Paper Book
Friendship to the max! Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley are five best pals determined to have an awesome summer together...and they're not gonna let any insane quest or an array of supernatural critters get in their way! Not only is it the second title launching in our new BOOM! Box imprint but...
The stranger in the woods : the extraordinary story of the last true hermit /
Finkel, Michael
Paper Book
Many people dream of escaping modern life, but most will never act on it. This is the remarkable true story of a man who lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years, making this dream a reality--not out of anger at the world, but simply because he preferred to live on his...
Never Whistle at Night: an Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology: Are You Ready to Be Un-Settled?
Hawk, Shane
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: "Are you ready to be un-settled?" Featuring stories by: Norris Black * Amber Blaeser-Wardzala * Phoenix Boudreau * Cherie Dimaline * Carson Faust * Kelli Jo Ford...
Solenoid
Paper Book
WINNER of the Dublin Literary Award 2024 and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize 2022 NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2022 by the New Yorker, Publishers Weekly, The Financial Times, Words Without Borders A highly-acclaimed master work of...
Kairos
Erpenbeck, Jenny
Paper Book
WINNER OF THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR TRANSLATED LITERATURE Jenny Erpenbeck (the author of Go, Went, Gone and Visitation) is an epic storyteller and arguably the most powerful voice in contemporary German literature....
The books of Jacob : or, A fantastic journey across seven borders, five languages, and three major religions, not counting the minor sects
Tokarczuk, Olga
Paper Book
A NEW YORKER "ESSENTIAL READ" "Just as awe-inspiring as the Nobel judges claimed." - The Washington Post "Olga Tokarczuk is one of our greatest living fiction writers. . . This could well be a decade-defining book akin to Bolaño's 2666." -AV Club<...
Not a river
Almada, Selva
Paper Book
Simpat ia
Blanco Calder on, Rodrigo
Paper Book
Simpatia is set in the Venezuela of Nicolas Maduro amid a mass exodus of the intellectual class who have been leaving their pets behind. Ulises Kan, the protagonist and a movie buff, receives a text message from his wife, Paulina, saying she is leaving the country (and him). Ulises is not...
The vegetarian.
Han, Kang, 1970-
Paper Book
A beautiful, unsettling novel in three acts, about rebellion and taboo, violence and eroticism, and the twisting metamorphosis of a soul. Winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize.
Butter : a novel of food and murder
Yuzuki, Asako
Paper Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer, and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story There are two things that I simply cannot tolerate: feminists and...
Murakami T : the t-shirts I love /
Murakami, Haruki, 1949-
Paper Book
The international literary icon opens his eclectic closet: Here are photographs of Murakami's extensive and personal T-shirt collection, accompanied by essays that reveal a side of the writer rarely seen by the public. Many of Haruki Murakami's fans know about his massive vinyl...
Happy people read & drink coffee
Martin-Lugand, Agnès
Paper Book
She fled Paris to lose herself. The love she found would change everything. Diane seems to have the perfect life. She is a wife, a mother, and the owner of Happy People Read and Drink Coffee, a cozy literary cafe in Paris. But when she suddenly loses her husband and daughter in a car...
Anxious people
Backman, Fredrik
Audiobook

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