<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[bl results for ca:"EXPRESS E-BOOK (HOLDS NOT ALLOWED)" ]]></title><description><![CDATA[bl results for ca:"EXPRESS E-BOOK (HOLDS NOT ALLOWED)" ]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/ottawa/rss/search?query=ca%3A%22EXPRESS%20E-BOOK%20%28HOLDS%20NOT%20ALLOWED%29%22%20&amp;searchType=bl&amp;f_NEWLY_ACQUIRED=PAST_90_DAYS&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;sort=NEWLY_ACQUIRED&amp;suppress=true&amp;title=---Express%20eBooks&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2026 03:35:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Murder at the Grand Alpine Hotel]]></title><description><![CDATA[High in the Swiss Alps, accessible only by a single, winding railway, stands the luxurious Grand Alpine Hotel. With glorious mountain views and exclusive access to powdery slopes, it draws guests from far and wide. The notorious actress. The high-flying politician. The society wife. The reckless friend. The shrewd doctor. But not everyone is here for a winter holiday. Beneath the champagne and furs, dark histories simmer; old grudges emerge like cracks in the ice. And someone is watching from the shadows. A polite, unassuming woman with an extraordinary mind: Miss Marple. When a body is found and a blizzard cuts off all escape, only Miss Marple can connect the clues before the killer strikes again. Because it isn't a question of who has a motive, but who's next...]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1738446</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1738446</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Foley, Lucy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1738446026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063376717/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hollywood, Ending]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rising actors Kai Laramie and Juniper Castillo are cast in a biopic about Andy Warhol. As the film brings them fame and draws them toward each other, they confront the pressures of celebrity culture, public attention, and the boundary between their public and private lives.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1738449</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1738449</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Green, John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1738449026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781101592434/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swan Song]]></title><description><![CDATA[This memoir by Charles Spencer recounts his lifelong relationship with his sister, Diana, Princess of Wales, from their close childhood at the Spencer family estate through the challenges of their parents’ divorce and Diana’s rise to global prominence after her marriage to the Prince of Wales. The book describes Diana’s humanitarian work, the pressures she faced from intense media attention and a failing marriage, and Spencer’s efforts to support her. It culminates in his account of the events surrounding Diana’s death in August 1997 and its impact on him and their family.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1738445</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1738445</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Spencer, Charles Spencer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1738445026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Diana, My Sister</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217379750/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agrippa]]></title><description><![CDATA[Julius Caesar is dead, and the lives of two teenaged boys are about to be changed forever. One is Caesar's 17-year-old nephew, Octavius, whom he has made his heir. The other is Octavius's closest friend, Agrippa. To claim Octavius's inheritance, they must fight the giant figures of the Roman Empire - and, against all odds, they win. Octavius becomes the Emperor Augustus. For twenty years, they rule the world together. Now Agrippa is fifty. Ailing and alone, betrayed by his wife's infidelity, he takes refuge in his house on the Bay of Naples and begins to write his memoirs. Yet to stir up the past can be dangerous. From his earliest meetings with Julius Caesar, through the epic conflict with Mark Antony and Cleopatra, great naval battle of Actium and the endless wars to expand the empire, he describes how one man has dominated his life: the cunning, ruthless, unknowable Octavius. When it comes to power, does friendship exist at all?]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1738444</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1738444</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Harris, Robert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1738444026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781039012806/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Knave and the Moon]]></title><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1738448</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1738448</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gillig, Rachel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1738448026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316573818/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the Cranes Fly South]]></title><description><![CDATA[INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • WINNER OF THE SWEDISH BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD • A profoundly moving debut novel that follows an elderly man's attempts to mend his relationship with his son before it's too late: an emotional story of love, friendship, fatherhood, dogs, and atonement that is already an international sensation. "One of those 'you'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll want to buy twenty copies and give them to everyone you love' books." -Fredrik Backman, bestselling author of A Man Called Ove, in The New Yorker "So heartbreaking and funny and beautiful and wise. . . . An extraordinary book." -Richard Osman, author of the New York Times Bestselling Thursday Murder Club series Bo is running out of time. Yet time is one of the few things he's got left. These days, his quiet existence is broken up only by daily visits from his home care team. Fortunately, he still has his beloved elkhound Sixten to keep him company ... though now his son, with whom Bo has had a rocky relationship, insists upon taking the dog away, claiming that Bo has grown too old to properly care for him. The threat of losing Sixten stirs up a whirlwind of emotion, leading Bo to take stock of his life, his relationships, and the imperfect way he's expressed his love over the years.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1738447</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1738447</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ridzén, Lisa]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1738447026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217006748/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Exit Party]]></title><description><![CDATA[The award-winning, bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility returns with a breathtaking novel of doubles, shadow worlds, and fractured timelines as a man disappears from a glittering Los Angeles party, and a woman-a gunrunner, an art collector, an operative of the State-searches for answers. Los Angeles, 2031: The first spring after the collapse of the United States, peacekeeping troops withdraw from the city, the Jacaranda trees blossom, and the curfew is finally lifted. Ari Waker and her roommate pass the gauntlet of bomb-sniffing dogs, the shanty towns, and the Red Cross tents as they walk across Silverlake to a party. The mood is ecstatic inside the apartment, people drink and dance, a woman wears a silver dress, pleated like tinfoil. And then: A shift. A bewildered twin, an uncanny doppelganger stumbles through the crowd and out into the night, and Kareem, the party's host, vanishes into thin air. As Ari Waker unravels the mystery of this inexplicable night, Emily St. John Mandel unfurls a story that takes us from a future America splintered by civil war to the seaside cliffs of Greece where weapons dealers hide in an elegant resort, and from the domed city of Paris to a colony on the moon. An unforgettable literary feat, Exit Party is a novel about the price of safety, the perils of the surveillance state, a requiem for a world not unlike our own, and a breathtaking story of resilience in the face of cataclysmic change.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736842</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736842</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Mandel, Emily St. John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1736842026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781443466165/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hollow Bones]]></title><description><![CDATA[On September 11, 2001, when Molly Fitzgerald was only two months old, her mother went to an appointment at the World Trade Center and never came home. Her father and the stepmother who raised her couldn't have loved her more, but she still grew up with a healthy dread of disasters. Now an adult, Molly runs the Rhode Island Department for Emergency Preparedness, mapping out ways to save lives during storms, epidemics, and airplane crashes. She and her husband, Jesse--a police polygraph expert with his own history of crisis--have found a love that is a solace in a dangerous world. But then the unexpected upends their new marriage, leading them both to question everything they thought they knew.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736850</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736850</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Picoult, Jodi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1736850026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781039010673/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Switzy]]></title><description><![CDATA[A private plane cuts through the winter night, somewhere over Greenland. David, a retired executive, sits back in his leather seat, playing solitaire on his phone. Click. Click. Drag. Click. The notebook in his jacket pocket is filled with familiar phrases, urgent reminders to himself, but he struggles to recognize his own handwriting. A mystery, among many mysteries. The world, once so knowable, has been rendered inscrutable. This is what David knows: Cody, his assistant, asleep in the seat next to him, will shepherd him along the voyage. A stopover in London. Dinner with his adult daughter. A meeting in France with an old friend, estranged for decades. His final destination is Zurich. David glides through hotel rooms and airports and foreign cities, running out the clock on his mortal life. His grasp on the present slips away, and the past rushes in: the Sunday roasts of childhood. The stiff clothes meant only for church. A summer at a school friend's house. The losses and missteps that punctuate a life. As David's arrival in Zurich looms, an exquisitely rendered portrait of an unraveling mind emerges, both darkly humorous and profoundly moving]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736846</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736846</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cline, Emma]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1736846026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593595251/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Our Noble Selves]]></title><description><![CDATA[When foreign correspondent turned war reporter Harry Flynn returns to Britain in 1949 from Singapore, held for years as a POW, he takes a quiet office job with The Festival of Britain, a nostalgic government-funded endeavor to celebrate British creativity, grit, and ingenuity. There, he joins an oddball team of misfits, ne'er-do-wells, and downright chancers helping to ready the Festival of Britain for launch. But when one of Flynn's dates, a surly Frenchwoman, goes missing, everything is upended. The last person to see her prior to her disappearance, Flynn is thrust into the center of the investigation. At first, he finds the suspicions preposterous. But it's true he has no memory of the hours following the Frenchwoman's departure, and there's the fact of the nasty black eye he had upon waking. As evidence mounts, Flynn begins to wonder, could he have killed her? And, importantly, are any of his new friends actually foes?]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736849</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736849</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Atkinson, Kate]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1736849026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780385704861/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Chase Shadows]]></title><description><![CDATA[At sunrise, high in the Italian hills, a body is found on the steps of a beautiful private villa. On the body is a threatening note, signed by a mystery man. Back at We Solve Murders HQ, Amy, Rosie, and Steve leap at the chance to take on their first proper case. So what if their new client seems to have his own reasons for avoiding the police? All they need to do is uncover who left the note, and then find them. Simple. But once they start digging, the suspects keep piling up: there's Sweden's most-wanted criminal, a canny ex-wife and a fierce business rival - yet the murderer keeps evading them. And as the trio chase a villain through the shadows, danger travels closer to home . . . Between Italy and Palm Springs, via Barcelona and Steve's village pub, can the team catch an elusive killer who knows EXACTLY where to hide?]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736844</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736844</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Osman, Richard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1736844026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217060405/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Nerd Reich]]></title><description><![CDATA["The Nerd Reich explains the origins, strategies, and ambitions of Silicon Valley's war on democracy.... From San Francisco's weaponized elections and secret billionaire projects to the White House, Durán exposes how the world's richest men are building a new political order. The Nerd Reich is more than a hidden history, it's an urgent warning: democracy is being dismantled not by coups or tanks, but by code, capital, and the illusion of innovation. Durán insists there is still time to fight back--if we act now."--Publisher.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736848</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736848</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Duran, Gil]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1736848026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668221426/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Witches of Cambridge]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, women were drowned in the river and the only witnesses were the crows in the trees. The Puritans blamed Eve for the sins of the world. That was when we began to meet in the name of Lilith, Adam's first wife - banished for refusing to do as she was told. By the 1950s, Cambridge, Massachusetts feels far removed from the legendary witch trials that marked its early days as a colony. Ava, a bright young woman from a small town in Maine, arrives for her first year at Radcliffe College. There, she meets Lauren, her opposite in every way - the wild and brazen daughter of a wealthy and well-established Cambridge family. But the two have more in common than they think. Both are recruited by the Lilith Society, a secret organization of witches at Radcliffe dating back to colonial times. Ava and Lauren form a close bond that is put to the test as they learn to navigate their new power, friendship, and love. While Radcliffe seems like a safe haven, the shadow of McCarthyism looms large, an ever-present threat to the flourishing creative and intellectual life in Cambridge. And as girls from the Lilith Society begin to go missing, Ava and Lauren realize the witch trials of the past may not be as deeply buried as they once believed.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736843</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736843</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hoffman, Alice]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1736843026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781668074664/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mating in Captivity]]></title><description><![CDATA["In the twenty years since Mating in captivity was published in 2006, it has become a global phenomenon, as has its author, Esther Perel. As a psychotherapist and thought leader, Perel is widely considered one of the world's most original and respected voices on erotic intelligence.  Drawing on decades of clinical experience, Mating in Captivity examines the obstacles and anxieties that arise when our quest for secure love conflicts with our pursuit for freedom and passion. It illuminates the complexities of sustaining desire in long-term relationships and shows how more playful, adventurous, and even poetic sex is possible."--Publisher.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736847</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736847</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Perel, Esther]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1736847026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>Unlocking Erotic Intelligence</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780063589728/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Law Student]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a college football player in small-town North Carolina, Stuart Nash has always followed the path others expected him to take. But one life-changing decision--and one family's heartbreaking struggle for justice--sets him on the road to law school and the legal career that will shape his future. A compelling origin story, this e-short marks the beginning of the journey that leads to Grisham's The French Illusion.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736845</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736845</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Grisham, John]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1736845026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780385553834/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Disappearers]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 1988, eight men in Kingston, Jamaica, begin rehearsals for a play, a modern masterpiece titled Fortune and Men's Eyes by Canadian playwright John Herbert. The men are strangers to one another and each has a different reason for being involved. But they all share one inescapable truth: All of them are gay--a "batty man" in Jamaican argot--and all of them must contend with the dangers that such a truth lays bare. One night when the men are together a mob savagely attacks them, killing one of the men. For the survivors, their recovery is as much emotional as it is physical: As their bodies heal, each man grapples with the violence, the hatred, and the rage that the attack made plain. Some try to ignore what the attack unearthed, while others double down on retribution.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736051</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736051</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[James, Marlon]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1736051026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780385698467/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Eliza Sunshine]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Eliza comes home from her first year at residential school, she is barely recognizable to her Nôhkom, Swan. Once bright-eyed and curious, Eliza is now stick-thin with roughly shorn hair and dull, listless eyes. Gathering bag in hand, Swan gently leads Eliza on long walks through untouched prairie grasses, harvesting medicines, certain that the power of the land will heal her. And as they walk, she shares stories of her own suffering when her traditional ways of being and living collided with the greed and violence of encroaching settlers. For Eliza, Swan's journey offers a master class in how to face unspeakable adversity and remain true to herself. Decades later, Eliza and her daughter are at a crossroads. When Ella comes home from her first year at university wearing bell-bottoms, braids, and a beaded headband, Eliza is horrified. Eliza fought her whole life to be free of the oppression that comes with being Cree, and she can't fathom why her daughter would choose to proclaim her heritage so proudly, disregarding the consequences. With a steaming cup of tea in hand, Eliza follows in her grandmother's footsteps, sharing with Ella the story of the adversities she faced in her own relentless pursuit of freedom. But Ella's idea of freedom isn't the same as Eliza's. And when tragedy strikes, Ella must decide how to build her life in the aftermath and navigate how best to keep the stories of her family alive when the world around her seems to want them buried along with the legions of the missing and the dead.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736050</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736050</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Good, Michelle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1736050026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781039011441/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pirate Queen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Grace O'Malley was born to be a sea captain. But despite her natural skill on the water, Grace learns early that her dreams of a life at the helm are not compatible with the expectations of her noble family. As the only daughter of a powerful chieftain, her role is to secure a strong alliance and bear children. But when she's sent to foster with a nearby clan, Grace falls for a clever and open-minded second son--a man she cannot have. Married off against her will to a brutal warrior, Grace performs her duty, all the while gathering followers loyal to her, and consolidating her husband's power, only to be ousted from his lands. But this betrayal offers Grace the opportunity to return to sea, finally leading clan O'Malley's mighty fleet. Just as she finds true independence, Queen Elizabeth's incursions into Ireland grow bolder and Grace must fight to defend her land, her ships, and the people she loves most against the cruel and power-hungry English deputies, who will stop at nothing to check her influence.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736054</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736054</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lawhon, Ariel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1736054026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780385550352/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Under Story]]></title><description><![CDATA["At an isolated research station in Antarctica, biologist Laurel Salter washes dishes for a living ten hours a day, six days a week. She tells no one why she left her career or why her marriage ended. But even in this remote outpost, Laurel cannot outrun her past. When a strange illumination known as the Arc, a highly unusual visual phenomena that defies two-dimensional rendering, draws a group of physicists to McMurdo, Laurel watches in disbelief as her former husband Eli walks across the ice and back into her life. Whether it is circumstance or fate that has pulled them back together, Laurel and Eli each sense a possibility about the Arc's existence: its glow; the way it seems almost alive. And while Eli is reluctant to test the wild theories circulating around the base, it is Laurel who is willing to risk everything to fix the burden that hangs between them; to turn back the clock and live their story a second time. But this time, to live it differently."--Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736052</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736052</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Benjamin, Chloe]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1736052026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593545232/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fury in Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[NYSPD lieutenant Eve Dallas never knows what to expect when she gets word of a body. It could be an elderly man who made the mistake of climbing a ladder in slippery footwear. And the next call could be a wealthy biotech executive beaten to death in his home office--but what was Larry Chu's mistake? The victim's corpse is so mangled and damaged it's hard to believe a lone, unarmed assailant could have managed it. The killer was clearly unnaturally strong--and smart enough to find a way into Chu's highly secure building. Most of all, whoever did this was very, very angry. The excessive violence leads Dallas to conclude that this was a deeply personal act, born of a rage that she can't excuse but can understand thanks to her own traumatic past. And though the motive seems rooted in heated emotion rather than cold hard cash, she can't ignore the suspicious bank account in the Cayman Islands, or the shadowy, profit-hungry company Chu worked for. The mystery only grows when it turns out Chu isn't the only victim--and Dallas will need to tear through one layer of secrecy after another to reveal what lies behind this explosion of fury...]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736053</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736053</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robb, J. D.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1736053026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250414571/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Book Witch]]></title><description><![CDATA["Rainy March is a proud, third-generation Book Witch, sworn to defend works of fiction from all foes real and imaginary. With her magical umbrella and feline familiar, she jumps in and out of novels to fix malicious alterations and rogue heroes like a modern-day magical Nancy Drew. Book Witches live by a strict code: Real people belong in the real world; fictional characters belong in works of fiction. Do not eat, drink, or sleep inside a fictional world, lest you become part of the story. Falling in love with a fictional character? Don't even think about it. Which is why Rainy has been forbidden from seeing the Duke of Chicago, the dashing British detective who stars in her favorite mystery series. If she's ever caught with him again, she'll be expelled from her book coven-and forced to give up the magical gifts that are as much a part of her as her own name. But when her beloved grandfather disappears and a priceless book is stolen, there's only one person she trusts to help her solve the case: the Duke. Their quest takes them through the worlds of Alice in Wonderland, King Arthur, and other classics that will reveal hidden enemies and long-buried family secrets."--]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736049</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736049</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Shaffer, Meg]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1736049026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593983591/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Taipei Story]]></title><description><![CDATA[From R.F. Kuang, the acclaimed #1 New York Times bestselling author of Katabasis and Yellowface, comes a wryly humorous and profoundly moving coming-of-age novel that grapples with grief, language, and culture shock-all set against the backdrop of an unforgettable summer in Taipei. College freshman Lily Chen is off to spend the summer in Taipei at an intensive language program like so many Chinese American students before her, hoping to connect with the culture she inherited but never fully understood. But a promising start quickly unravels. Her classes are grueling, her roommate is driving her insane, and a reckless trip to the hot springs with a guy she barely knows soon has her classmates viciously gossiping. She feels adrift, a foreigner in a country she thought would feel like home. Then shocking news arrives: Lily's grandfather has passed away. The loss forces her to grapple with now-unanswerable questions about her family history. As Lily grieves, she's drawn into a journey of self-discovery-piecing together memories, stories, and silences over a series of hilarious and devastating attempts at connection. Taipei Story asks: What if the diaspora fantasy of homecoming never comes true? What if learning a language can't bring you any closer to the people you're trying to reach? What if you search for your family's history, but your family doesn't want to share? What if you wait too long to ask the right questions? As Lily struggles for answers, her summer becomes a poignant search for understanding-of herself, her family, and the meaning of home.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736048</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1736048</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kuang, R. 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The deal is simple: help prep the place for sale, and she can secure the upgrade she been chasing. But that easier said than done when the neighbors treat "boundaries" as optional. There the shouting couple, the mysterious shut-in, a possible panty thief in the laundry room--and Sami, the relentlessly cheerful diner owner who keeps showing up with coffee and unsolicited ideas about community. As Mona gets pulled deeper into the building chaos--and closer to the people inside it--she forced to confront what, and who, she really been trying to outrun. Sometimes, the place you're desperate to leave is the one that finally shows you who you are."--]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1735030</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1735030</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sue, Natalie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1735030026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781443470292/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is it possible to find true love when going on a date makes you want to throw up? Phoebe Berman fears the one thing she wants the most: love. Thanks to an extremely unfortunate first kiss attempt, crippling intimacy anxiety has plagued her since she was a teen. Phoebe has so much going for her: a dream teaching job, a supportive and hilarious group of best friends, and all the romance novels a girl could want at her fingertips--but she can't help but beat herself up over the one thing she can't quite seem to figure out. Determined to change this, she drafts up the ultimate "Guide to Losing My Virginity" checklist with the hope of finally getting laid. Suddenly, she goes from a relatively boring (basically non-existent) dating life to juggling three romantic prospects at once. There's the gorgeous new fourth grade teacher at her school, a former high school classmate that resurfaces through Words with Friends, and there will always be her roommate, who might just be the best friends-to-lovers situation of her dreams.]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1735029</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1735029</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Averick, Brooke]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1735029026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Novel</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217088270/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Daggerbound]]></title><description><![CDATA["Learned Edmund, a disillusioned scholar, is transporting yet another precious relic from one stuffy temple to a different stuffy temple. Another great adventure for the ages... But when Edmund is set upon by bandits, in desperation, he breaks the cardinal rule and grabs for the relic, an ancient sword. To his surprise, instead of unsheathing a rusty, ancient weapon, an alarmingly handsome man appears, wielding daggers of blue steel and cutting the thieves down. This man is the Dervish, an immortal warrior who's been trapped for centuries in a sword of enchanted steel, and is angry as hell about it. He hates the curse that put him there, and he wants to hate Edmund, just as he has hated every wielder before him. But the damned scholar is just so sweet and clever and kind. And while the Dervish may be able to protect Edmund from bandits, cultists, dragons, and strange inhuman diplomats, he may find it much harder to protect his own heart"--]]></description><link>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1735032</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S26C1735032</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kingfisher, T.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://ottawa.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1735032026</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250400093/MC.GIF&amp;client=ottap&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=AH</image_url></item></channel></rss>