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An enthralling, deeply personal account of a young immigrant’s search for belonging and black identity amid the long-lasting effects of cultural dislocation. Antonio Michael Downing’s memoir of creativity and transformation is a startling mash-up of memories and mythology, told in gripping, lyrical prose. Raised by his indomitable grandmother in the lush rainforest of southern Trinidad,…

A debut collection of erotic romances features three passionate novellas about Kit Townsend, a spirited woman involved in a no-strings triangle with two men, Ryder and Mac, until love unexpectedly enters the equation, and Mia Malone, framed for drug possession and forced to work undercover in a strip join, who finds danger and passion in…

“There was no sex in Ireland before television.” —Irish MP Oliver J. Flanagan, in the early 1960s The Globe and Mail’s celebrated critic John Doyle was born in the small Irish town of Nenagh in 1957; his father purchased the family’s first television set in 1962. By day, John was schooled by the Christian brothers…

When the HMS Reliant captures a French ship and its priceless cargo, an unhatched dragon egg, Captain Will Laurence is swept into an unexpected kinship with an extraordinary creature and joins the elite Aerial Corps as a master of the dragon Temaraire, in which role he must match wits with the powerful dragon-borne forces of…

“Einkorn is one of the earliest forms of cultivated wheat, with wild strains that can be traced all the way back to the Fertile Crescent. Because of its lack of high molecular weight proteins, members of the gluten-free crowd have found that they can still enjoy einkorn without experiencing the same allergic reactions or uncomfortable…

An epidemic of unknown origins has decimated the noble dragons’ ranks and only Temeraire and a pack of newly recruited dragons stand as the only means of an airborne defense against France’s ever bolder armies.

First published: Berkeley, Calif.: Logos Publishing House, [2013]

Amanda Leduc’s brilliant new novel, woven with fairy tales of her own devising and replete with both catastrophe and magic, is a vision of what happens when we ignore the natural world and the darker parts of our own natures. Heather is sleeping peacefully after the birth of her twin daughters when the sound of…

The uproarious true adventures of a dog who doesn’t understand that he’s a dog Farley Mowat’s best-loved book tells the splendidly entertaining story of his boyhood on the Canadian prairies. Mutt’s pedigree was uncertain, but his madness was indisputable. He climbed trees and ladders, rode passenger in an open car wearing goggles, and displayed hunting…

A thrilling story of scientific detective work and medical potential that illuminates the newly understood role of microglia–an elusive type of brain cell that is vitally relevant to our everyday lives. “The rarest of books: a combination of page-turning discovery and remarkably readable science journalism.”–Mark Hyman, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Food:…