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Make believe : on telling stories to children /

Barnett, Mac,


A book for adults about books for children, a rallying cry for art and imagination, and a celebration of the power of storytelling in all our lives. Make Believe is Mac Barnett's invitation to approach children's literature not only as an art form worthy of deep study and criticism, but as a portal into the lives of the children. And at a time when we are faced with a national literacy crisis, he champions the profound joys of literature and the importance of reading for pleasure. What if children are a great audience for art? What if they are in fact better equipped to engage deeply with stories than adults? What if humans' ability to appreciate art is, if not innate, awakened early in childhood? Well, then we'd better do our best to make some good kids' books.
Date Published:2026

A book for adults about books for children, a rallying cry for art and imagination, and a celebration of the power of storytelling in all our lives. Make Believe is Mac Barnett's invitation to approach children's literature not only as an art form worthy of deep study and criticism, but as a portal into the lives of the children. And at a time when we are faced with a national literacy crisis, he champions the profound joys of literature and the importance of reading for pleasure. What if children are a great audience for art? What if they are in fact better equipped to engage deeply with stories than adults? What if humans' ability to appreciate art is, if not innate, awakened early in childhood? Well, then we'd better do our best to make some good kids' books.

Date Published:2026

A capital mystery : volume 2


Includes index. Loved to Death / Mike Martin Stormy, Stormy Night / Brenda Chapman Operation on Thin Ice / Christina Spencer The Blockade / Gary Coffin We Shall Not Sleep / Jennifer Geens The Long Legs of the Law / Elizabeth Hosang Stargazer / Bernadette Hendrickx The Paul Clancy Case / Michael J. McCann The Mer Bleue Bog Body / Kathy MacLellan Place / Jennifer Jorgensen Murder at the Market / Kim Blanche Starfall / Leigh Therriault The Death of Innocence / Ruby Urlocker Irony / Suzan Mandla Escape Countdown / Elena Fortin The Window Across / Jagjeet Sharma When You Have Eliminated the Impossible... / A.E. Pittman Once Bitten, Twice Dead / Glenda Stewart Dead Man's Bouquet / Matt Dodge The Secrets We Keep / Maya Valenzuela Skip Tracer / Ross David Wilson The House / Sylvia Davies Trouble With Numbers / Andrew Kohut Explore the rich tapestry and history of Ottawa, Canada’s capital, through the eyes of 23 local authors. A Capital Mystery Vol. 2 is the newest anthology release of short story mysteries set in Ottawa, following last year’s highly successful A Capital Mystery. From Kanata to Orleans, from Britannia Beach to the Mer Bleue Blog, these lawyers, piano teachers, photographers and puppeteers uncover mischief, mayhem and even murder in modern-day Ottawa. They also bring us back to our collective past to recall the live music at Le Hibou or to imagine the awe felt as new carillon bells rang out from Parliament Hill after the Great War. Enter this collection of fiction and experience the community, vibrancy and mysterious soul defining our nation’s capital.
Date Published:2026

Includes index. Loved to Death / Mike Martin Stormy, Stormy Night / Brenda Chapman Operation on Thin Ice / Christina Spencer The Blockade / Gary Coffin We Shall Not Sleep / Jennifer Geens The Long Legs of the Law / Elizabeth Hosang Stargazer / Bernadette Hendrickx The Paul Clancy Case / Michael J. McCann The Mer Bleue Bog Body / Kathy MacLellan Place / Jennifer Jorgensen Murder at the Market / Kim Blanche Starfall / Leigh Therriault The Death of Innocence / Ruby Urlocker Irony / Suzan Mandla Escape Countdown / Elena Fortin The Window Across / Jagjeet Sharma When You Have Eliminated the Impossible... / A.E. Pittman Once Bitten, Twice Dead / Glenda Stewart Dead Man's Bouquet / Matt Dodge The Secrets We Keep / Maya Valenzuela Skip Tracer / Ross David Wilson The House / Sylvia Davies Trouble With Numbers / Andrew Kohut Explore the rich tapestry and history of Ottawa, Canada’s capital, through the eyes of 23 local authors. A Capital Mystery Vol. 2 is the newest anthology release of short story mysteries set in Ottawa, following last year’s highly successful A Capital Mystery. From Kanata to Orleans, from Britannia Beach to the Mer Bleue Blog, these lawyers, piano teachers, photographers and puppeteers uncover mischief, mayhem and even murder in modern-day Ottawa. They also bring us back to our collective past to recall the live music at Le Hibou or to imagine the awe felt as new carillon bells rang out from Parliament Hill after the Great War. Enter this collection of fiction and experience the community, vibrancy and mysterious soul defining our nation’s capital.

Date Published:2026

A capital mystery


Includes index. An heiress befriends a saleswoman at Ogilvy's department store in 1955. They fall in love with the same man. What could go wrong? An unknown assailant is terrorizing the quiet suburban neighbourhood of Riverside South. Can a young boy succeed where the adults have failed and put an end to the reign of terror? An upmarket restaurant in downtown Ottawa is plagued by threats from a poison pen. The proprietor, the chef and a former vice cop turned major domo try to fend off disaster while cooking up a side order of romance. A young artist travels to Bytown in the early 1850s. An employee of the artist's uncle turns up dead, and the only clue to the killer's identity seems to be a sketch the artist made near the crime scene. Can this sketch solve the man's murder? These mysteries, and seventeen more, can be found in A Capital Mystery, an anthology of short stories that spans the length, breadth and history of Ottawa, Canada's capital city. Some of our mysteries are set in modern times, some reach all the way back to Bytown, Ottawa's original settlement. But what each story features -- whatever the setting -- is a crime that will leave you wondering, or leave you shocked, or maybe, awake at night pondering if you should read one more. A Capital Mystery is a book that celebrates the magic, history and most of all -- mystery -- that is Ottawa.
Date Published:2025

Includes index. An heiress befriends a saleswoman at Ogilvy's department store in 1955. They fall in love with the same man. What could go wrong? An unknown assailant is terrorizing the quiet suburban neighbourhood of Riverside South. Can a young boy succeed where the adults have failed and put an end to the reign of terror? An upmarket restaurant in downtown Ottawa is plagued by threats from a poison pen. The proprietor, the chef and a former vice cop turned major domo try to fend off disaster while cooking up a side order of romance. A young artist travels to Bytown in the early 1850s. An employee of the artist's uncle turns up dead, and the only clue to the killer's identity seems to be a sketch the artist made near the crime scene. Can this sketch solve the man's murder? These mysteries, and seventeen more, can be found in A Capital Mystery, an anthology of short stories that spans the length, breadth and history of Ottawa, Canada's capital city. Some of our mysteries are set in modern times, some reach all the way back to Bytown, Ottawa's original settlement. But what each story features -- whatever the setting -- is a crime that will leave you wondering, or leave you shocked, or maybe, awake at night pondering if you should read one more. A Capital Mystery is a book that celebrates the magic, history and most of all -- mystery -- that is Ottawa.

Date Published:2025

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Under the falls : Aug 2026

Russo, Richard, 1949-



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Promise me never : Aug 2026

Constantine, Liv



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The most dangerous games

MrBeast, 1998-


"In a world on the brink of collapse, one hundred players face off in a ruthless, highstakes competition with everything on the line. The reward? The chance to save humanity -- and one billion dollars. The stakes couldn't be higher. Across brutal environments and relentless challenges, players are pushed beyond every limit as the stakes escalate -- and survival becomes the only rule. Fastpaced, cinematic, and impossible to put down, The Most Dangerous Games is a global thriller event where spectacle meets suspense -- and the world is watching. The Highest Stakes: Enter a thrilling, high-stakes survival competition where contestants compete for a one-billion dollar prize and the chance to save humanity. Nothing Can Prepare You: You've seen Beast Games, but now the games are more dangerous than ever, pushing players to their limits in a fight for survival across treacherous landscapes. You've seen MrBeast break the internet. But nothing could prepare you for a competition this wild."--
Date Published:2026

"In a world on the brink of collapse, one hundred players face off in a ruthless, highstakes competition with everything on the line. The reward? The chance to save humanity -- and one billion dollars. The stakes couldn't be higher. Across brutal environments and relentless challenges, players are pushed beyond every limit as the stakes escalate -- and survival becomes the only rule. Fastpaced, cinematic, and impossible to put down, The Most Dangerous Games is a global thriller event where spectacle meets suspense -- and the world is watching. The Highest Stakes: Enter a thrilling, high-stakes survival competition where contestants compete for a one-billion dollar prize and the chance to save humanity. Nothing Can Prepare You: You've seen Beast Games, but now the games are more dangerous than ever, pushing players to their limits in a fight for survival across treacherous landscapes. You've seen MrBeast break the internet. But nothing could prepare you for a competition this wild."--

Date Published:2026

A glacier's guide to dying : Sept 2026

Porter, Michelle



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Ruthless : a novel /

Steel, Danielle.


Shipping magnate John Randall Williams is feared by his competitors, loathed by his only daughter, Gabby, and at sea after the recent death of his devoted wife. About to face his first Christmas alone, John meets a young woman named Lillith at a dinner party and is immediately drawn to her beauty. He invites her to share the holiday with him on his 350-foot sailboat in Saint Barts, and Lillith allows herself to be swept away. Charlotte Ramsay, a senior editor at Vanity Fair, is on assignment in Saint Barts during the holidays. Known for her integrity as a journalist, she has come to the island to interview another powerful man: the elusive high-tech billionaire Ben Sharpe, whose luxury yacht is also anchored in the harbor. Though the first interview goes badly, she eventually agrees to have dinner with him and becomes intrigued by the real man behind the facade. A chance encounter between the two couples sets the stage for a face-off between the Charlotte and John. He might have a well-earned reputation for ruthlessness, but when she is in pursuit of her story, she never backs down. From the power corridors of Manhattan to the sunsets in Saint Barts, Danielle Steel masterfully pulls back the curtain on the private lives of the wealthy elite, where all is not always what it seems.
Date Published:2026

Shipping magnate John Randall Williams is feared by his competitors, loathed by his only daughter, Gabby, and at sea after the recent death of his devoted wife. About to face his first Christmas alone, John meets a young woman named Lillith at a dinner party and is immediately drawn to her beauty. He invites her to share the holiday with him on his 350-foot sailboat in Saint Barts, and Lillith allows herself to be swept away. Charlotte Ramsay, a senior editor at Vanity Fair, is on assignment in Saint Barts during the holidays. Known for her integrity as a journalist, she has come to the island to interview another powerful man: the elusive high-tech billionaire Ben Sharpe, whose luxury yacht is also anchored in the harbor. Though the first interview goes badly, she eventually agrees to have dinner with him and becomes intrigued by the real man behind the facade. A chance encounter between the two couples sets the stage for a face-off between the Charlotte and John. He might have a well-earned reputation for ruthlessness, but when she is in pursuit of her story, she never backs down. From the power corridors of Manhattan to the sunsets in Saint Barts, Danielle Steel masterfully pulls back the curtain on the private lives of the wealthy elite, where all is not always what it seems.

Date Published:2026

The dying light

Cleeves, Ann


Detective Matthew Venn is called to investigate when the body of a young woman is found in the swimming pool of Tide House, a luxurious holiday home in North Devon. The girl's best friend has disappeared and the property belongs to rising political star Paul Armstrong, leading to intense media scrutiny. As a scorching heatwave rages and further tragedy strikes, Venn and his team question a community brimming with secrets. The dead girl and her friend had been spotted at a music festival the previous day, an event which brought locals and outsiders together - some of whom may have been more connected with the Armstrong's than first thought. Caught between a powerful family's secrets and a powder keg of local tensions, Venn must navigate a treacherous path - knowing that the real answers lie not in what people say, but in the silence that they keep.
Date Published:2026

Detective Matthew Venn is called to investigate when the body of a young woman is found in the swimming pool of Tide House, a luxurious holiday home in North Devon. The girl's best friend has disappeared and the property belongs to rising political star Paul Armstrong, leading to intense media scrutiny. As a scorching heatwave rages and further tragedy strikes, Venn and his team question a community brimming with secrets. The dead girl and her friend had been spotted at a music festival the previous day, an event which brought locals and outsiders together - some of whom may have been more connected with the Armstrong's than first thought. Caught between a powerful family's secrets and a powder keg of local tensions, Venn must navigate a treacherous path - knowing that the real answers lie not in what people say, but in the silence that they keep.

Date Published:2026

Threshing day

Yarros, Rebecca,


Deluxe hardcover edition includes color illustrations and endpapers. "The next book in the blockbuster Empyrean series, 'Threshing Day' contains thirteen stories starring your favorite characters and their dragons. Welcome to Threshing Day, the brutal, high-stakes trial where would-be riders at Basgiath War College fight to earn the bond of a dragon or die trying. Amid ruthless competition and dragon fire, these thirteen cadets must survive a battlefield where desperate rivals will do anything to gain and advantage and dragons decide one's ultimate fate -- and where a single choice can forge a rider... or destroy them"--
Date Published:2026

Deluxe hardcover edition includes color illustrations and endpapers. "The next book in the blockbuster Empyrean series, 'Threshing Day' contains thirteen stories starring your favorite characters and their dragons. Welcome to Threshing Day, the brutal, high-stakes trial where would-be riders at Basgiath War College fight to earn the bond of a dragon or die trying. Amid ruthless competition and dragon fire, these thirteen cadets must survive a battlefield where desperate rivals will do anything to gain and advantage and dragons decide one's ultimate fate -- and where a single choice can forge a rider... or destroy them"--

Date Published:2026

A season of secrets

Michaels, Fern.


Signing up for an ancestry report starts as a fun diversion for Ashley Chandler, but the results throw her life into upheaval. Ashley is not biologically related to the people she's always assumed were her parents. Finally, the truth emerges-Ashley was adopted, and her real birth family is in England. She's due to travel there soon to start a research position at Oxford, but first, she'll take time to try and answer the questions that matter most. Across the ocean, Emily Evans has found something shocking in a box of papers-a birth certificate that proves she has a twin. The discovery leads to hard conversations and an admission from her mother: Emily's sister was put up for private adoption, and there seems to be no way to trace her. Meanwhile Emily's father, Henry, has spent years on the run after witnessing a murder and being implicated in the crime. He's kept himself estranged from his loved ones to protect them, relying on a police officer to act as a go-between. Now these different strands start to come together, and Ashley and Emily's lives intersect in extraordinary ways. It will be a holiday season like no other, offering the chance for a remarkable family reunion, and the promise of reconciliations and joyful new beginnings . . .
Date Published:2026

Signing up for an ancestry report starts as a fun diversion for Ashley Chandler, but the results throw her life into upheaval. Ashley is not biologically related to the people she's always assumed were her parents. Finally, the truth emerges-Ashley was adopted, and her real birth family is in England. She's due to travel there soon to start a research position at Oxford, but first, she'll take time to try and answer the questions that matter most. Across the ocean, Emily Evans has found something shocking in a box of papers-a birth certificate that proves she has a twin. The discovery leads to hard conversations and an admission from her mother: Emily's sister was put up for private adoption, and there seems to be no way to trace her. Meanwhile Emily's father, Henry, has spent years on the run after witnessing a murder and being implicated in the crime. He's kept himself estranged from his loved ones to protect them, relying on a police officer to act as a go-between. Now these different strands start to come together, and Ashley and Emily's lives intersect in extraordinary ways. It will be a holiday season like no other, offering the chance for a remarkable family reunion, and the promise of reconciliations and joyful new beginnings . . .

Date Published:2026

Dodge City : Sept 2026

deWitt, Patrick, 1975-



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Apparition : Sept 2026

Vassanji, M. G.



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The younger wife : Feb 2023

Hepworth, Sally



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The mother-in-law : March 2020

Hepworth, Sally



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Lover enthroned

Ward, J. R., 1969-


Allhan, a computer genius who works for the Brotherhood, has a deadly secret. Torn between what he must do and his increasing attachment to Vishous, he's not looking for any more complications in his life. He's not going to survive the one he has. Princess Dennesha, heir to the throne of the Shadows, is a live-and-let-die kind of female. At least until she finds herself tangling in the destiny of a human--even though it goes against her every instinct and all common sense. When Allhan and Denne meet by chance, their passion is undeniable. But a rare astrological event triggers a crossroads for the Princess to choose between love and duty: either mate a male she doesn't love and assume the throne, or stay true to her heart and condemn the Territory to destruction. With Allhan fighting his conscience--and a lesser who's after Wrath and the Brothers--can the two find a way out of their fates? Or are they doomed to grieve a love that could never be for eternity...
Date Published:2026

Allhan, a computer genius who works for the Brotherhood, has a deadly secret. Torn between what he must do and his increasing attachment to Vishous, he's not looking for any more complications in his life. He's not going to survive the one he has. Princess Dennesha, heir to the throne of the Shadows, is a live-and-let-die kind of female. At least until she finds herself tangling in the destiny of a human--even though it goes against her every instinct and all common sense. When Allhan and Denne meet by chance, their passion is undeniable. But a rare astrological event triggers a crossroads for the Princess to choose between love and duty: either mate a male she doesn't love and assume the throne, or stay true to her heart and condemn the Territory to destruction. With Allhan fighting his conscience--and a lesser who's after Wrath and the Brothers--can the two find a way out of their fates? Or are they doomed to grieve a love that could never be for eternity...

Date Published:2026

I spy, a novel : May 2026

Kemp, L.M.



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Family next door : Feb 2019

Hepworth, Sally



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