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Lab Girl by Hope Jahren
Adult Biography Hope wants to be a scientist, a field that makes it hard for women to do so. She succeeds despite overwhelming odds and becomes a biologist with her own lab. Her voice is quirky, witty...
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Midnight Light: A Personal Journey to the North by Dave Bidini
Dave Bidini’s, Midnight Light, is a fun, offbeat, journey through Yellowknife and the surrounding area. Bidini had been at a bit of a cross roads in his writing career, looking for the topic for his...
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Elephant Company: The Inspiring Story of An Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who...
This book is one of the best non-fiction books I have ever read. Giving insight into the beauty, intelligence, and strength of Indian elephants. Even though jungle life in Burma could be dangerous,...
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Forgiveness by Mark Sakamoto
Sakamoto’s account of his maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother is compelling reading. Both experienced the effects of World War 2 – his grandfather in a Japanese POW camp and his grandmother...
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Winners Take All by Anand Giridharadas
I loved “Winners Take All” by Anand Giridharadas – eye-opening and paradigm-shifting look at a different kind of world. (Submitted by Jenny) Borrow now from Surrey Libraries!
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Black Women Who Dared by Naomi M. Moyer
This picture book is for young and old alike: it shines a light on forgotten, local heroes in our midst. Like Rosa Pryor, who in 1919, became the first black woman to own a business in Vancouver. This...
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Sitting Kills, Moving Heals by Joan Vernikos
Dr. Vernikos is a NASA scientist. She describes her research on the negative physical effects experienced by astronauts after their return from living in zero gravity, and uses it to detail the ill...
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Lost Connections by Johann Hari
This non-fiction book discusses such a prominent topic of depression. I love that the author is not actually a doctor or psychologist, but an investigative reporter who researches studies on...
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Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love by Dani Shapiro
Many people in the last few years have inadvertently opened a “pandora’s box” by taking a DNA test. Some take it for curiosity, some take it because they were given it as a gift, and why not? Then to...
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The Library Book by Susan Orlean
Read The Library Book by Susan Orlean! It’s an account of a fire in the Los Angeles Public Library in 1986 and its aftermath. It brings together research on arson and a suspected arsonist with a...
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