Library Corner October 25th
New Fiction
After a savage attack in university, Kira Summers fled to the safety of northern Canada and her work as a polar bear scientist. But when her whistle-blower brother dies in a mysterious car crash, she must return home to bury him and pack his belongings. Unaware she’s carrying explosive evidence someone’s willing to kill for, she has no choice but to rely on the one person she never thought she’d see again. Lukas Tanner, a widowed single father of a special needs toddler, moved to Churchill five years ago. As the proud owner of Guiding Star Enterprises, a wilderness tour company, he and his daughter lead a simple life. But when Kira comes crashing back into his world, he realizes God has other plans. Now, Lukas and Kira must confront a merciless killer as their past and present collide in a deadly race – a race they must win if they have any hope of a future together. The chase is on in Laurie Wood’s Northern Deception…to find answers and discover who is behind a ten million dollar “northern deception” Can Kira and Lucas untangle their hearts at the same time?
After an unspeakable tragedy in Boston, Ava Collette flees to a remote village in Maine, where she rents an old house name Brodie’s Watch. In that isolated seaside mansion, Ava finally feels at peace…until she glimpses the long-dead seas captain who still resides there. Rumor has it that Captain Jeremiah Brodie has haunted the house for more than a century. One night, Ava confronts the apparition, who feels all too real, and who welcomes her into his world – and into his arms. Even as Ava questions her own sanity, she eagerly looks forward to the captain’s ghostly visits. But she soon learns that the house she loves comes with a terrible secret, a secret that those in the village don’t want to reveal: Every woman who has ever lived in Brodie’s Watch has also died there. Is the ghost of Captain Brodie responsible, or is a flesh and blood killer at work? A killer who is even now circling closer to Ava? With a twisty mix of dangerous passion, obsession, and suspense, Tess Gerritsen’s The Shape of Night will leave you breathless and reeling.
Cilka is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in 1942, where the commandant immediately notices how beautiful she is. Forcibly separated from the other women prisoners, Cilka quickly learns that power, even unwillingly taken, equals survival. When the war is over and the camp is liberated, freedom is not granted to Cikla: She is charged as a collaborator for sleeping with the enemy and sent to a Siberian prison camp. But did she really have a choice? And where do the lines of morality lie for Cilka, who was sent to Auschwitz when she was still a child? In Siberia, Cilka faces challenged both new and horribly familiar, including the unwanted attention of the guards. But when she meets a kind female doctor, Cilka is taken under her wing and begins to tend to the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under brutal conditions. Confronting death and terror daily, Cilka discovers a strength she never knew she had. And when she begins to tentatively form bonds and relationships in this harsh, new reality, Cilka finds that despite everything that has happened to her, there is room in her heart for love. Cilka’s Journey by Heather Morris illuminates the resilience of the human spirit – and the will we have to survive.
New Non-Fiction
Do you feel happy? How long has it been since you felt a level of contagious, infectious, unflappable, unstoppable happiness? Maybe your answer is, “I feel that way all the time.” If so, God bless you! For many of us the answer is, “Well, it’s been a while, I used to be happy, but then life took its toll.” Worldwide, people profess that happiness is their most cherished goal. Marketers get this. Want to be happy? They ask. Eat at this restaurant, drive this car, wear this dress. Happiness happens when you lose the weights, get the date, find the mate, or discover your fate. It’s wide, this way to happiness. Yet, for all its promise, it delivers a fragile joy; here one day, tomorrow scattered by the winds of comparison, disappointment, or unmet expectations. In Max Lucado’s How Happiness Happens you will discover a way of life, backed by Jesus’ teaching and modern research that produces a happiness that lasts, a reliable joy that endures through any season.
If you love Manitoba (and we know that you do), you’ll love Everything Manitoba: The Ultimate Book of Lists. From the top 10 things that make Manitoba a great place to live to the 10 most successful recording artists from Manitoba, 10 Manitoba records according to Guinness and top 10 must have items for surviving a Manitoba winter, this is a book that will wow and entertain you on every page. In addition to Christ Rutkowski’s top 10 Manitoba haunts and Shanley Spence’s eight favourite stops on Manitoba’s pow wow circuit, well known Manitobans weigh in on their favourite things about Manitoba.