Books about ecological catastrophe can be real downers, but a sense of humour and lively writing make William Marsden’s entry into the suddenly popular category of inconvenient truths well worth a look. A journalist with ... Read More »
March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
Literature investigating the experience of soldiers in war zones is a well-explored genre. Whether it be the First or Second World War, Korea, or Vietnam, readers have been fully exposed to the effect this kind ... Read More »
March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography
Among the frontline troops of international humanitarian aid, few share the rugged reputation of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), an NGO that invites doctors to leave their comfortable offices and salaries for low-paying medical positions in ... Read More »
March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
Since 2004, Montreal-based journalist Craig Silverman has collected and posted the most egregious media corrections on his website RegretTheError.com. In Regret the Error the book, Silverman not only assembles the highlights of this collection, but ... Read More »
March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Best known for his meticulously detailed accounts of Canadian Second World War battles in Normandy and Italy, historian Mark Zuehlke has brought to life a woefully under-recorded chapter in Canadian history in the excellent Terrible ... Read More »
March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History
After barely surviving a forced amalgamation, a mayor notorious for bone-headed remarks, and the SARS outbreak, Toronto is having a renaissance of sorts. For the last few years, the civic discourse in Toronto has veered ... Read More »
March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
In An Apple a Day, Joe Schwarcz, who holds a PhD in chemistry and lectures on food science at McGill University, aims to guide consumers in their dietary decisions by casting the light of science ... Read More »
March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Food & Drink
Possibly the most pleasant comic-book diversion to come along in the last little while is Albert and the Others by émigré Quebec cartoonist Guy Delisle. Albert is a companion volume to Delisle’s Aline and the ... Read More »
March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Graphica
Great rock ’n’ roll novels are hard to come by, probably because the kind of anarchic energy that drives the best rock music is difficult to translate onto the page. In her second novel, Ibi ... Read More »
March 28, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
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