Why Reporting from Night? The title of this first collection refers to the surreal night flowering of memory and imagination. In these imagistic, playful poems, the sleep-deprived thought patterns of a mother of small children, the inventiveness of a child¿s-eye view and the restless brain at 4:00 a.m. all converge. With subtle wit, teasing sensuality and lyrical brightness, these distilled poems explore the provocative nature of memory and the often surprising coexistence of the urban and the wild, by day and night.

Reporting from Night

Literature & Fiction

Lanthier, Kateri

Poetry

Iguana Books

It never should've happened: in the late 1980s, a case of mistaken identity turns into a successful musician's worst nightmare. After a brutal encounter with an out-of-control cop, drummer Adrian Lee makes his way to the wilds of Cuba where his involvement in a primitive religion sparks a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, eventually escalating into a no-holds-barred conflict with a horrific conclusion. DarkBeat is a whirlwind noir thriller permeated by an ever-increasing feeling of terror that will make your skin crawl.

Darkbeat

Arts & Photography

Solo, James

Music

A Jersey Boys book. A Jersey Boys story. A Broadway memoir. A how-to guide to making it on Broadway. Everyone's heard of Jersey Boys. Thirteen million people have seen the show, totaling more than $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales. The cast members have performed on Oprah, the Today show, Dancing with the Stars, and at the Emmy Awards. Their recording has gone Platinum, selling more than a million copies in the United States alone. There are six companies performing it around the world right now: New York, Las Vegas, London, Australia, Singapore... the boys are everywhere. And Daniel was one of them. Places, Please! (Becoming A Jersey Boy) documents Daniel Robert Sullivan's transformation from a "small-time" professional actor to one of the stars of a worldwide hit mega-musical, covering his two years of auditions, weeks of rehearsals, and hundreds of performances in Jersey Boys, where he appeared more than 1000 times as bad-boy Tommy DeVito. Daniel shares his experiences with the nuts and bolts of a life in musical theatre, from the arduous audition process to the elation of finally landing that big role. He also shares backstage secrets and the lighter side of the demanding industry. This is the story of a boyhood dream coming true.

Places, Please! (Becoming A Jersey Boy)

Biographies & Memoirs

Sullivan, Daniel Robert

Arts & Literature

Before history there were infinite possibilities. The year was 1989 - the year everything unexpected happened: the fatwa against Salman Rushdie, the massacre at Tiananmen Square, the fall of the Berlin Wall. It was the beginning of the end of an era, but Professor Hamilton West had the notion it was the end of much more - the end of history itself. So Hamilton, who finds himself on sabbatical after getting into trouble with his dean, and Andy, a 75-year-old communist, take off for Asia in a desperate search for "anything new." Their adventure includes a team of travelling misfits: Hamilton's new lover; a former All American tackle; and a Brahman elder, along with his young, delectable Californian wife. All the while, Hamilton is determined to keep his promise to his cousin Jud and rewrite the history of their common relatives, the Benjamin family. Locked away in hotel rooms with a Zenith 286 laptop, Hamilton reconstructs the lives of Judah P. Benjamin, Secretary of State for the Confederate States of America, his brother Malachi, founder of Altamaha, Georgia, and the Benjamins after them. Following the epic tradition of the Odyssey and Don Quixote, Tom Darby's first novel meanders across time and space, interconnecting three narratives through family lineage and circumstance. Darby's storytelling has the intricate detail and unifying qualities of John Irving, with Pat Conroy's deep-rooted appreciation for the American South. His language - frank, funny and at times a little foul-mouthed - is entirely his own.

Disorderly Notions

Darby, Tom

Literary

Tracking down missing persons is nothing new to Walter Osborne, but his latest case is different. The person he has been hired to find is leading a double life, with few clues to his real identity. Joined by Aurora Weeks, a well-known freelance journalist, Osborne follows a trail littered with deadly consequences. As the pair gets closer to solving the case, they find themselves targets and must quickly decide who is friend and who is, ultimately, foe.

Deadly Music

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Buck, Erwin

Mystery

Flame Angels

WINTNER, Robert

Interrogation Tango

Schwarz, Don

King-Voreadi, Victoria

Genre Fiction

Real Dirt is a groundbreaking book for any reader interested in learning more about where food comes from. Harry Stoddart shares years of experience and knowledge in his quirky dissection of agriculture and what we eat. Among his many achievements, he has developed a farming system he believes is the starting point for genuinely sustainable agriculture. A sixth-generation farmer, Harry bought his parent’s swine confinement animal feeding operation two decades ago. He converted the farm to be a certified organic system and then to a new one he feels will transform the way we raise and grow our food. He shares this story and more with readers in Real Dirt: An Ex-industrial Farmer’s Guide to Sustainable Eating. Harry tackles the major food industry problems, delving into the science and economic issues surrounding sustainable farming. He navigates the “whys” and “hows” of GMOs, resistance-building doses of antibiotics, pesticides, and confinement animal housing, while elaborating on how he damaged the environment more in his first years as an organic farmer than as a conventional farmer. Harry skillfully educates eaters about how they can individually participate in and demand sustainable agriculture. Real Dirt challenges consumers to choose a better future for food production. “I found it very persuasive on many points. Also well written and clear and funny. Congratulations-- it's an important contribution to the conversation.” - Michael Pollan, Author of Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation (2013) and New York Times bestseller Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual (2010) “The most important person to read the message contained in these pages is every consumer, and that's you! Your life will be better for it….You may be shocked but you won't be disappointed.” — Elwood Quinn, La Ferme Quinn, Rare Breeds Canada “[Real Dirt] provides the casual reader with a thoughtful and deeper understanding as to how society can have an impact on the way our food is produced…. Read it – you will be informed, entertained and find a personal role for your involvement in our food production practices.” — Dr. Frank Ingratta, Retired Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Ontario “Real Dirt is a thoughtful and well researched look at our agriculture and food system…Real Dirt is a must read for anyone who is actually interested in learning about and discussing how to improve our food system for the long term.” — Rob Hannam, Owner, Synthesis Agri-Food Network

Real Dirt: An Ex-Industrial Farmer's Guide to Sustainable Eating

Business & Money

Stoddart, Harry

Industries

At 18 years old, Victoria Nolan found out she was going blind. As her vision became more restricted, so did her independence. Her childhood dream had been to become a teacher, but she had to fight constantly against misconceptions about her capabilities as a visually impaired person. Even starting a family meant risking further vision loss, and as she struggled to deal with her disability, her goals for the future seemed impossible. Not wanting her children to grow up seeing their mother as someone who "couldn't," she sought opportunities to prove herself. That's when she started rowing. Discovering her competitive fire, Victoria made the Canadian National Adaptive Rowing Team in 2007. In this collection of reflections on and off the water, Victoria Nolan travels the world winning medals and breaking records. This personal story of triumph will inspire as she describes her frustration, her hard work, and her growing sense of accomplishment.

Beyond Vision: The Story of a Blind Rower

Nolan, Victoria

Set in Crete, Cally's Ruin explores the relationships between sex and love and the historical horrors that shape our identities. Cally is a twenty-five year old business graduate. Her mother, who was born in Crete but has always refused to talk about it, has died, leaving one instruction: before starting her first job, Cally should visit Crete. There she meets Oliver, a reticent, very attractive US Army deserter. A night of love awakens in Cally feelings she has never known. On leaving, she learns from a television in the Athens airport that the petroleum company she is to work for is killing people with water pollution in India. These two events demolish Cally's fragile equilibrium, setting her on a new, uncharted path back in Crete, which strips her of even her clothes before leading to deep love, a horrific family discovery, and a future she never would have imagined.

Cally's Way

Bow, Jane

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