Take a walk through the history of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. Go inside the Black Panther Party. Integrate a school in Mississippi. See the world through the eyes of young girls living in the American South, Detroit and Nigeria. In celebration of Black History Month, we’re featuring some of Algonquin’s mostContinue reading

You’re making your lists. You’re checking them twice. You’re gonna … pick the Twelve Books of Book Club. We know that many of our dear book club friends are choosing their groups’ 2014 selections right now. So, here are some book-club-friendly Lucky Stars, perennial favorites for reading groups, choices to get the whole club readingContinue reading

The Third Son by Julie Wu: In the middle of a terrifying air raid in Japanese-occupied Taiwan, Saburo, the least favored son of a Taiwanese politician, runs through a peach forest for cover. It’s there he stumbles on Yoshiko, whose descriptions of her loving family are to Saburo like a glimpse of paradise. Meeting her is aContinue reading

With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, now is the time to take a break and escape into a new world — a world that only fiction can offer. As part of our expanded Lucky Stars e-book promotion in December, we’re featuring 12 fabulous works of fiction this week. Each of these e-booksContinue reading

‘Tis the season! Each week of December, we’re featuring 12 e-books based on a weekly theme. It’s our Lucky Stars promotion holiday style: the more, the merrier! This week, we’re highlighting books about the goodness of the holiday season — from celebrating glorious food to considering the people and ideas that matter most to us.Continue reading