January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
In a culture saturated with Law & Order reruns and cops-as-idols reality shows, lawyer Thomas Berger’s memoir is a refreshing, compelling read about using the legal process to make the world a better place. Like ... Read More »
How heavy a burden,” wrote Voltaire, “is a name that has become too famous.” That’s a fact of life for many offspring of the rich and well-known, who just can’t help going through life being ... Read More »
January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
At a time when aspiring journalists have few choices beyond joining the characterless world of the modern mass media, the voice of a rare journalistic gadfly should serve as a welcome antidote. For over 50 ... Read More »
January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography
An Embarrassment of Mangoes is an odd mixture of a book – part travel journal, part culinary tour, part Cruising for Dummies (“cruising” is a term habitués use to describe life aboard a pleasure boat). ... Read More »
January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography
Still ringing hell’s bells after all these years, punk, provocateur, and regular guy Joe Shithead won’t be leaving the stage any time soon. In 1977 he formed the now-legendary Vancouver band D.O.A., at which point ... Read More »
January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
This book has all the tell-tale signs of being a knock-off meant to cash in on a news story still fresh in the public’s mind. There’s the relatively quick turnaround time, two authors (although no ... Read More »
January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
In the early 1990s, 28-year-old coke dealer Peter Paradis staked out sales territory in Montreal’s Verdun district and proceeded to make a small fortune. Paradis eventually got heavily into his own merchandise, and started living ... Read More »
December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
Brian Tobin is a rarity in Canada: an ex-politician who many people wish would return to the political arena. Indeed, since his departure from the legislative arena, the man many people called “the Tobinator” has ... Read More »
December 1, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
Having Canadian author and journalistic icon Pierre Berton explain the secret to making a living as a writer – and, to no writer’s surprise, the secret is military-like self-discipline, exhaustive research, grim determination, and hard ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
We’ve all watched with some amusement as frantic first-time parents worry whether each sound (or lack thereof) emitting from their newborn’s crib is a sign of something critical. In Summer of the Heart, Paul Adams, ... Read More »
November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography