Hillbilly Gothic -- Adrienne Martini A funny, poignant first person narrative of post-partum depression.
Hot Time the Old Town: The Great Heat Wave of 1896 adn the Making of Theodore Roosevelt -- Edward P. Kohn An interesting portrait of New York City during one its worst, but mostly forgotten, natural disasters.
The Best Laid Plans -- Terry Fallis As a condition of leaving Parliament Hill just before an election, speech writer Danial Addision is required to find a Liberal candidate to run in an historically Tory held ryding. He convinces an ornery Scottish engineering professor at the University of Ottawa to put his name on the ballot. Mayhem and hilarity ensues.
The Somnambulist -- Jonathan Barnes Edward Moon is a conjurer and detective, with an enigmatic sidekick known as the Somnuambulist. He is asked to aid the investigation of a grizzly and puzzling death, and as the investigation progresses, weirder events take place. A satirical and mesmerising take on Dickensian characters and Victorian novels
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