Always pack a candle: a nurse in the Cariboo-Chilcotin
By: Marion McKinnon Crook
4.13
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
In 1962, newly minted public health nurse Marion McKinnon arrived in the small community of William…
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1. Prisoner of Tehran
By: Marina Nemat
4.21
Format: 306 pages, Hardcover
Marina Nemat's peaceful childhood in Tehran was shattered when the Iranian Revolution of 1979 usher… read more
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"Child, we can't see the face of God with these eyes, but with our souls. You have to know that death is only a step we have to take to reach the other world and live, only in a different way."-Marina Nemat, Prisoner of Tehran
"تمنيت ان اعفو عنه ولا كن العفو لا ياتي دفعه واحده كهديه مغلفه بشريط احمرانما ياتي تدريجيا بالاضافه الي ذلك لن يمحو العفو اثار الالم اللذي سببه لي سوف يلازمني هذا الالم ما حيت لاكن هذا العفو سيساعدني …"-Marina Nemat, Prisoner of Tehran
2. The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
By: John Vaillant
4.38
Format: None pages, Paperback
When a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Northwest… read more
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3. That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row
By: Jarvis Jay Masters
3.91
Format: None pages,
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4. Grace, Gold, and Glory: My Leap of Faith
By: Michelle Burford , Gabrielle Douglas
4.25
Format: None pages,
In the 2012 London Olympics, US gymnast Gabby Douglas stole hearts and flew high as the All-Around … read more
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5. Moon of the Turning Leaves (Moon, #2)
By: Waubgeshig Rice
4.28
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
In this gripping sequel to the award-winning post-apocalyptic novel Moon of the Crusted Snow , a br… read more
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6. The Future
By: Catherine Leroux
3.32
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In an alternate history in which the French never surrendered Detroit, children protect their own k… read more
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"It'll come back," Ulysses says again. "This place isn't made for disappearing, it's a place for resurrection."-Catherine Leroux, The Future
"The exact opposite of the huge car factories she imagines as the city's womb, a uterus that makes automobiles the way others make promises, or laws."-Catherine Leroux, The Future
7. Beyond the Trees: A Journey Alone Across Canada's Arctic
By: Adam Shoalts
3.95
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
National bestseller A thrilling odyssey through an unforgiving landscape, from "Canada's greate… read more
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8. Bluebird
By: Genevieve Graham
4.10
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
A dazzling novel set during the Great War and postwar Prohibition about a young nurse, a soldier, a… read more
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9. The Bittlemores
By: Jann Arden
3.87
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A heartfelt, comic, and deeply satisfying debut novel from the #1 bestselling author, singer-songwr… read more
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10. The Secret Keeper
By: Genevieve Graham
4.36
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
From USA TODAY and internationally bestselling author Genevieve Graham comes a gripping World War I… read more
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11. From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way
By: Jesse Thistle
4.50
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
In this extraordinary and inspiring debut memoir, Jesse Thistle—once a high school dropout and now … read more
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12. Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir
By: Helen Knott
4.31
Format: 214 pages, Hardcover
When matriarchs begin to disappear, there is a choice to either step into the places they left behi… read more
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"What else have I made my responsibility that no one asked me to take on?"-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir
"Mama's arms felt like ceremony on nights when the ghosts of my past experiences wouldn't let me sleep."-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir
"The women in my family are medicine. They are backbones and ribcages and hearts. They are whispers in men's ears. They are the guardians that kept us whole."-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir
"Teetering on the brink of relapse and the edge of insanity. I can't fuck or fight my way out of these feelings, so that's a bitch, but the weather is nice. More cream for your coffee, Edna?"-Helen Knott, Becoming a Matriarch: A Memoir
13. Outsider: An Old Man, a Mountain and the Search for a Hidden Past
By: Brett Popplewell
4.31
Format: 382 pages, Kindle Edition
Into the Wild meets Born to Run meets The Stranger in the Woods in a fascinating true story of… read more
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14. All the Quiet Places
By: Brian Thomas Isaac
3.85
Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition
Brian Isaac's powerful debut novel All the Quiet Places is the coming-of-age story of Eddie Toma, a… read more
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15. Starlight
By: Richard Wagamese
4.26
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
The final novel from Richard Wagamese, the bestselling and beloved author of Indian Horse and Medic… read more
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16. The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor
By: Zipora Klein Jakob
3.79
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
The unforgettable true story of a girl born in the Kovno Ghetto, and the dangerous risk her parents… read more
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"Born in fire and died in fire."-Zipora Klein Jakob, The Forbidden Daughter: The True Story of a Holocaust Survivor
17. A Great Country
By: Shilpi Somaya Gowda
3.92
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author, a novel in the tradition of Celeste Ng's Little Fires E… read more
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18. The Secret History of Audrey James
By: Heather Marshall
4.46
Format: 432 pages, Paperback
The #1 bestselling author of Looking for Jane returns with a poignant, gripping novel about a piani… read more
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19. Skid Dogs
By: Emelia Symington-Fedy
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
"I can't remember the last time I read a book so brave. Maybe never." Ani Difranco "I fell hard … read more
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20. Always pack a candle: a nurse in the Cariboo-Chilcotin
By: Marion McKinnon Crook
4.13
Format: 278 pages, Paperback
In 1962, newly minted public health nurse Marion McKinnon arrived in the small community of William… read more
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21. Talking to Strangers (Elise King, #2)
By: Fiona Barton
4.06
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
Detective Elise King’s investigation into a woman’s murder is getting derailed by a reporter who in… read more
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