The Bishop's Man FISU MACI

The 2009 Giller Prize winner; Father Duncan MacAskill has spent most of his priesthood as the “Exorcist” — an enforcer employed by his bishop to discipline wayward priests and suppress potential scandal. He knows all the devious ways that lonely priests persuade themselves that their needs trump their vows, but he’s about to be sorely tested himself.

The Landing FIC IBB

Will Ben ever escape the Landing? The hardscrabble farm on the shores of Lake Muskoka can't generate a living, so Bens Uncle Henry sells goods and gas to cottagers from the dock known as Cooks Landing. It had never been much of a living and since the Depression hit, it's even less. A Governor General's Award and White Pine winner.

Land of Marvels FISU UNS

Barry Unsworth, a writer with an “almost magical capacity for literary time travel” (New York Times Book Review) has the extraordinary ability to re-create the past and make it relevant to contemporary readers. In Land of Marvels, a thriller set in 1914, he brings to life the schemes and double-dealings of Western nations grappling for a foothold in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. (from Google Books)

The Year of the Flood FISU ATW

In Margaret Atwood's new novel Adam One, the kindly leader of God’s Gardeners — a religion devoted to the melding of science and religion — has long predicted a natural disaster that will alter Earth as we know it. Now it has occurred, obliterating most human life. Two women have survived: Ren and Toby.(from the cover) See preview.

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas FISU THO

"When Sports Illustrated commissioned Thompson to write a short article on the Mint 400 motorcycle race in Las Vegas, the editors had no idea what they were setting in motion. This book is the defining moment in Thompson's "gonzo journalism" style of writing. He took this style to the limit with this work, barely covering the race and instead writing a series of weird vignettes, paranoid frenzies ...
More, and brilliant political prose." (from Reed Business Information)

House of Cards : a tale of excess on Wall Street 332.66 COH

"Engrossing....[Cohan] gives us in these pages a chilling, almost minute-by-minute account of the 10, vertigo-inducing days that one year ago revealed Bear Stearns to be a flimsy house of cards in a perfect storm....He does a deft job of explicating the underlying reasons that put Bear Stearns in peril in the first place....turns complex Wall Street maneuverings into high drama that is gripping and almost immediately comprehensible to the lay reader....riveting, edge-of-the-seat reading" From the New York Times

Outliers : the story of success 302 GLA

There is a logic behind why some people become successful, and it has more to do with legacy and opportunity than high IQ.In his latest book, Malcom Gladwell (Blink, Tipping Point) casts his inquisitive eye on those who have risen meteorically to the top of their fields, analyzing developmental patterns and searching for a common thread. (from Kirkus Reviews) For a "contrarian" viewpoint of this type of book, see this review.

iBrain 612.8 SMA

"Their insights are extraordinary, their behaviors unusual. Their brains—shaped by the era of microprocessors, access to limitless information, and 24-hour news and communication—are remapping, retooling, and evolving. They're not superhuman. They're your twenty-something coworkers, your children, and your competition. Are you keeping up?" from the flyleaf.

Maps for Lost Lovers by Nadeem Aslam / FISU ASL

"In this book, filled with stories of cruelty, injustice, bigotry and ignorance, love never steps out of the picture-it gleams at the edges of even the deepest wounds . . . a remarkable achievment." from the Guardian.

The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama 973.04 OBA

Obama talks about his experiences as an Illinois state senator and as a U.S. senator. He also discusses some of his ideas to help improve the U.S.A and some of his concerns ... more » about where America is headed if change isn't forthcoming. (from the Library Journal)

Grown Up Digital by Don Tapscott / 303.4835 TAP

Chances are you know a person between the ages of 11 and 30. You've seen them doing five things at once: texting friends, downloading music, uploading videos, watching a movie on a two-inch screen, and doing who-knows-what on Facebook or MySpace. They're the first generation to have literally grown up digital--and they're part of a global cultural phenomenon that's here to stay. (from the flyleaf)

Snakehead by Anthony Horowitz FIC HOR

When Alex Rider crash lands off the coast of Australia, the Australian Secret Service recruits him to infiltrate one of the ruthless gangs operating across South East Asia. Known as snakeheads, the gangs smuggle drugs, weapons, and worst of all, people. Alex accepts the assignment, but what he uncovers, is a secret that will make this his darkest and most dangerous mission yet . . . and that his old nemesis, Scorpia, is anything but out of his life.

"Dooley Takes the Fall" by Norah McClintock FIC MCC

Norah McClintock, five-time winner of the Arthur Ellis juvenile crime award, has now moved into a different realm with a richly detailed novel aimed at older teens. Gritty, hard-edged," Dooley Takes the Fall "is the first in a trilogy of mysteries about a troubled teenager struggling to free himself from the tentacles of his past and the implications of the present conspiracies that surround him.

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson 371.822 MOR

"The astonishing and uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his remarkable humanitarian campaign in the the Taliban's backyard. (Pakistan and Afghanistan)" :from the cover

Terrorist by John Updike FISU UPD

John Updikes last novel is the story of Ahmad Ashmawy, an alientated American-born teenager who spurns the hedonistic life of a New Jersey town. Turning to a local imam and the words of the Qur'an, the threads of an insidious terrorist plot gathers around him. (from the cover)