100 Places to See After You Die by Ken Jennings
Jennings covers a broad spectrum of cultures, beliefs, and literary artifacts, spanning across time. There’s everything here from Norse Mythology to pop culture.
Non-Fiction
My First East Coast Bird Book by Jeffrey C. Domm
An all-new, richly illustrated easy-to-use guide that with the six identifying features of each of the most common birds on the east coast.
Braiding Sweetgrass For Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Drawing from her experiences as an Indigenous scientist, botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer demonstrated how all living things―from strawberries and witch hazel to water lilies and lichen―provide us with gifts and lessons every day in her best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass.
The Temple at the End of the Universe: A Search for Spirituality in the Anthropocene by Josiah Neufeld
A journalistic memoir by a lapsed evangelical Christian that examines how the ecological crisis is shifting the ground of religious faith.
Mr. Mindbomb: Eco-hero and Greenpeace Co-founder Bob Hunter ― A Life in Stories Edited by Bobbi Hunter
A collection of personal essays detailing the life and achievements of a renowned environmental hero and activist, Bob Hunter.
Capturing the Summit, Hamilton Mack Laing and the Mount Logan Expedition of 1925 by Trevor Marc Hughes
The remarkable account of Hamilton Mack Laing’s grueling expedition to the summit of Mount Logan.
Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada
A bold, provocative collection of essays exploring the historical and contemporary Indigenous experience in Canada.
We Shall Persist: Women and the Vote in Atlantic Canada by Heidi MacDonald
A mapping of the political contexts and problems faced by advocates for women’s suffrage and wider rights in the Atlantic Provinces.
The Future is now: Solving the Climate Crisis with Today’s Technologies by Bob McDonald
Bob McDonald’s reassuring message is that we have everything we need to stop using fossil fuels now without anything else being invented.
Halal Sex, The Intimate Lives of Muslim Womxn in North America by Sheima Benembarek
An unprecedented glimpse into the sex lives of female and gender-expansive Muslims living across Canada and the United States.
Chasing Paradise: A Hitchhiker’s Search for Home in a World at War with Itself by Chris Benjamin
In May, 2001, Chris Benjamin hitchhiked across Canada and volunteered on organic farms in British Columbia. He was in search of a good home, love and community, and perhaps a source of income to pay off his student loans.
Enough Light for the Next Step: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Spirit by Annie Wenger-Nabigon
Enough Light for the Next Step tells the story of Annie Wenger-Nabigon and her husband Herb Nabigon, an Oji-Cree Anishinaabe elder. In this powerful and moving tribute to her late husband and the beliefs and teachings he shared with her,
Pieces of Myself: Fragments for an Autobiography by Keith Garebian
Pieces of My Self shows Garebian’s trauma, fury, condemnation, ardour, melancholy, satire, and self-understanding.
Wired for Music: A Search for Health and Joy Through the Science of Sound by Adriana Barton
In Wired for Music, Adriana Barton sets out to discover what music is really for, combing through medical studies, discoveries by pioneering neuroscientists, and research from biology and anthropology.
Wine Witch on Fire: Rising from the Ashes of Divorce, Defamation, and Drinking Too Much, by Natalie MacLean
“This is a coming-of-middle-age story about creating my own labels rather than accepting those that others slapped on me.” [Natalie MacLean]