How to Read a Poem…and Start a Poetry Circle

That “parse” and “parch” are such near homophonic kin is surely no accident. Nor is it insignificant that every entrance of “analysis” is announced by the footman “anal.” Perhaps this is why so many readers ... Read More »

February 11, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

The Only Secure Job: Changing from Employee to Entrepreneur

By Richard Worzel

Futurist Richard Worzel’s take on becoming an entrepreneur is that it’s as much a matter of inner preparation as an ability to seize on a market or a product. Accordingly, his book is a compendium ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

Sanity Savers: The Canadian Woman’s Guide to “Almost” Having It All

By Ann Douglas

Ever since Shirley Conran wrote Superwoman in the early 1980s, the marketplace has been flooded with books targetting career women and the dilemma of balancing career, family, and private time. In our frenetic world of ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

The Map of Your Mind: Journeys into Creative Expression

By Maureen Jennings

Maureen Jennings takes her readers on a voyage through what will probably be uncharted territory for most – a quest to find the artist within. The Map of Your Mind is a kind of travel ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

What Dying People Want: Practical Wisdom for the End of Life

By David Kuhl, MD

It was only a matter of time before a book on dying joined the already groaning shelf of “how to” books. What Dying People Want is a valuable contribution – a frank, informed and compassionate ... Read More »

January 14, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

The Mourner’s Dance: What We Do When People Die

By Katherine Ashenburg

Death becomes both of these authors as they attempt to address the taboos, denial, and rituals associated with this ancient and inescapable rite of passage. Katherine Ashenburg and Susan Gabori, both journalists, attempt to personalize ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

The Heart of Conflict: A Spirituality of Transformation

By Dr. Elinor D.U. Powell

There are few writers who can match the clarity, knowledge, and good intentions of Dr. Elinor Powell, a mediator and trainer at the Institute of Conflict Analysis and Management in Victoria. Dr. Powell offers more ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Health & Self-help

The Fabulous Girl’s Guide to Decorum

By Kim Izzo and Ceri Marsh

Decorum is something you don’t hear much about anymore – it’s the kind of word that’s associated with white gloves and stodgy rules of etiquette. However, as Ceri Marsh and Kim Izzo reveal, modern decorum ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Health & Self-help