Our Charlottetown location has just been recently renovated and upgraded. We now have more space and a beautiful new look to our store, and we’re just a few doors up from our original location on Queen St.
In addition to books, we also offer Art Supplies, Hydrographic Charts/Tide Tables, and Stationery. Come on in and see us in downtown Charlottetown, or for our friends from away, send in a note or your special orders from the website.
Hope to see you there soon!
Mystery:
Ruined Abbey by Anne Emery
From the bullet-riddled bars of Belfast to an elegant England estate, Ruined Abbey combines a whodunit with a war story, love story, and historical novel.
Literature:
Daydreams of Angels by Heather O’Neill
The fable-like tales in this collection surprise and delight at every page, showing once again that Heather O’Neill is a remarkable talent and among Canada’s best, most inventive writers.
Fiction:
At the Water’s Edge by Sara Gruen
“Elegantly written and compulsively readable, it is at once a gripping love story, a profound examination of the effects of war on ordinary women, and a compelling portrait of female friendship.” – Kristin Hannah
Non-Fiction:
Dismantling Canada by Brooke Jeffrey
Providing fascinating insight into the origins of a new conservative vision for the economy, federalism, and domestic and foreign policies, Dismantling Canada explores Harper’s successes and failures.
Health:
The Perfect Metabolism Plan by Sara Vance
You’ll discover how to exercise smarter, not harder; what drinking water at the right times of day can do for your metabolism; what foods to eat (and avoid) to burn calories and reduce inflammation; and much more!
Mystery:
Elizabeth is Missing by Emma Healey
A page-turning mystery and a piercingly honest portrait of love and memory that takes us from post-war Britain to the present day.
Literature:
Single, Carefree, Mellow by Katherine Heiny
In snappy, glittering prose that is both utterly hilarious and achingly poignant, Katherine Heiny chronicles the ways in which we are unfaithful to each other, both willfully and unwittingly.
Fiction:
Mademoiselle Chanel by C.W. Gortner
A novel of Coco Chanel known the world over for her iconic style. Mademoiselle Chanel explores the inner world of a woman of staggering ambition whose passion and artistic vision would become her trademark.
Non-Fiction:
The Wild Oats Project: One Woman’s Midlife Quest for Passion at Any Cost by Robin Rinaldi
At a time when the bestseller lists are topped by books about eroticism and the shifting roles of women, this brave, brutally honest memoir explores how a woman’s sexuality defines her, how it relates to maternal longing, and how she must walk the line between loving others and staying true to herself.
Health:
Reader’s Digest 1,801 Home Remedies
Reader’s Digest has selected the very best herbs, foods, and household healers to help you feel better fast – without expensive drugs and with fewer side effects. This is a book no home should be without.
Mystery:
The Burning Room by Michael Connelly
When their work starts to threaten careers and lives, Detective’s Bosch and Soto must decide whether it’s worth risking everything to find the truth, or if it’s safer to let some secrets stay buried.
Literature:
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
Now a CBS Limited Event Series, The Dovekeepers follows the lives of four complex and fiercely independent women that are keeping secrets – about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love.
Fiction:
The Little Old Lady Strikes Again by Catharina Ingelman-Sundberg
The heroes of the #1 Bestseller are back and breaking more rules! Martha Andersson and the League of Pensioners have left behind their dreary old age home in Stockholm and are headed for the bright lights of Las Vegas!
Non-Fiction:
Is Shame Necessary? New Uses for an Old Tool by Jennifer Jacquet
An urgent, illuminating exploration of the social nature of shame and of how it might be used to promote large-scale political change and social reform.
Health:
Vitamania: Our Obsessive Quest for Nutritional Perfection by Catherine Price
By exposing our extraordinary psychological relationship with vitamins and challenging us to question our beliefs, Vitamania won’t just change the way we think about vitamins. It will change the way we think about food.
Mystery:
The Stolen Ones by Owen Laukanen
When you’ve got nothing left, you’ve got nothing to lose. The Stolen Ones is the blistering new novel from Owen Laukkanen, the multi-award nominated new master of fiction. Do you know the author’s PEI connection?
Literature:
The Heroes’ Welcome by Louisa Young
The much anticpated follow-up to My Dear I Wanted to Tell You, The Heroes’ Welcome is a powerful and intimate novel, chornicling the quiet turbulence of 1919 post-war.
Fiction:
The Visionist by Rachel Urquhart
A spellbinding story of female friendship that explores questions of belief, identity, truth, and lies, The Visionist is a transporting novel that will stick with readers long after the final page.
Non-Fiction:
ISIS: The State of Terror by Jessica Stern and J.M. Berger
Two of America’s leading experts on violent extremism and terrorism explain the genesis, evolution, and implication’s of today’s most barbaric jihadist army, Islamic state – and how we can fight it.
Health:
The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat & Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet by Nina Teicholz
This vibrant, captivating narrative serves up decisive evidence that upends the conventional wisdom once and for all about dietary fat, allowing us, finally, to welcome these delicious foods back into our lives.
Some worth-while reads for the election year.
Tragedy in the Commons by Alison Loat & Michael MacMillan
Eighty exit interviews with former Members of Parliament from across the country and political spectrum, Tragedy in the Commons is an unprecedented view into Canadian politics.
The Morning After by Cantal Hebert with Jean Lapierre
The Morning After cuts through the strategies, the internal politics and the contingency plans to examine the fundamental fault line in Confederation.
Common Ground by Justin Trudeau
Justin Trudeau reveals how the events of his life have influenced him and formed the ideals that drive him today.
Kill the Messengers: Stephen Harper’s Assault on Your Right to Know by Mark Bourrie
Kill the Messengers is not just a compilation of evidence bemoaning the current state of the Canadian media – it is a call to arms for informed citizens to become active participants in the democratic process.
Party of One by Michael Harris
Michael Harris closely examines the majority government of a prime minister essentially unchecked by the opposition and empowered by the general election victory of May 2011.
