January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Like the anti-globalization movement it attempts to reflect, this account of the anti-FTAA protests last April in Quebec City is a patchwork of voices crying out through the memories of tear gas, rubber bullets, and ... Read More »
Hard-hitting and wised up, Smokescreen is a documentary account of the scuzz-filled career of one Cal Broeker, a curiously valiant ex-butcher from small-town New York who morphed into what the Brits call a “supergrass.” In ... Read More »
January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
In All You Can Eat, Linda McQuaig assembles an impressive indictment of the prevailing economic system. By defining and demystifying the terms, naming the suspects (individuals, institutions, and ideologies), and providing a credible historical and ... Read More »
January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Martin Hunter’s look at the first 50 years of the popular Stratford Festival is well illustrated with production shots drawn from a gallery of renowned theatre photographers. Each chapter is adorned by pleasing anecdotes and ... Read More »
January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
As hopes for environmental improvements take a distant back seat to the “war on terrorism,” Gordon Laird’s timely new look at Canadian energy exploration and exploitation provides a strong rallying call for the planet’s fragile ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
In 1957, to prevent a fight to the death between the Southam-owned Vancouver Province and the privately owned Vancouver Sun, Southam proposed an unusual corporate partnership called Pacific Press. The two operations would share production ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
After Chrysler boss Lee Iacocca published his autobiography in 1984, it seemed every CEO had a story to tell. While most of these aggrandizing treatments offered readers little more than a recipe for success or ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
After Chrysler boss Lee Iacocca published his autobiography in 1984, it seemed every CEO had a story to tell. While most of these aggrandizing treatments offered readers little more than a recipe for success or ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
The Shape of a Girl and Jewel are both one-act, one-character plays that hold a microscope to stories from the Canadian news. A teenage girl beaten to death by her peers and the story of ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
In May 2000 in the community of Walkerton, Ontario, seven people died and over 2,000 others became ill from the vicious and often permanent effects of E. Coli poisoning. The source of the contamination was ... Read More »
January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs