Dennis Glover’s ‘The Last Man in Europe’ examines George Orwell’s race against time (he was dying of tuberculosis) to finish his last novel—‘1984.’   Seymour Simon’s ‘Elephants’ explains…

    Derek Hayes charts the development of the British Columbia via its railroads in his latest work ‘Iron Road West.’   Jack Challoner’s ‘Stem Lab’ presents kids with 25…

    Historian Douglas Brinkley examines the humans and machines that made the first lunar landing possible in his exhaustive ‘American Moonshot.’   After befriending a dragon, a sick child…

    In ‘The Pursuit of Endurance,’ Jennifer Pharr Davis describes how she broke the world record for hiking the Appalachian Trail, which she did in 46 days, 11 hours,…

    James Carl Nelson’s ‘The Polar Bear Expedition’ tells the little known story of how thousands of American soldiers battled in the Red Army in 1919, facing brutal winter…

    ‘Watch Your Tongue’ has author Mark Abley exploring everyday saying and idioms, and what their frequent use says about us.   With the help of her father, preteen…

    If Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ took place in South Africa, it would resemble Deon Meyer’s latest thriller, ‘Fever.’ Preschool Story Time is this Wednesday at 11:00 am, 1:15…

    Katy Butler examines the final stage common to everyone in her latest book ‘The Art of Dying Well.’   Raj Haldar explains why the words like Knight, Gnat,…

Cecelia Ahern’s ‘Roar’ features 30 short stories about 30 women; all hoping for a different type of life. Elizabeth Noll’s teaches young readers the basics of computer language in two…

Rick James (not the singer) tells the little known story of how BC supplied our American neighbors with booze during Prohibition in ‘Don’t Never Tell Nobody Nothin’ No How.’ P.J…