Reviews

Fred Herzog: Vancouver Photographs

This volume accompanies the first major retrospective of photographer Fred Herzog, as assembled by the Vancouver Art Gallery. Arriving in Vancouver in 1953, Herzog captured, in a uniquely colourful style, the buzz and energy of ... Read More »

July 13, 2007 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Reflections on Islam: Ideas, Opinions, Arguments

By George Jonas

Reflections on Islam mostly comprises more than four dozen columns about Islam and terrorism written by author and National Post columnist George Jonas between 2001 and 2006. The new material – a postscript and an ... Read More »

July 13, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Canada in Afghanistan: The War so Far

By Peter Pigott

In his preface to Canada in Afghanistan, the U.K.-born, India-raised Peter Pigott, known mostly for his books on aviation, declares that “Kipling has always been a favourite writer of mine. In fact, I can still ... Read More »

July 12, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Big Lie: On Terror, Antisemitism, and Identity

By David Solway

A good polemic challenges and enlightens readers, but shouldn’t leave them with a headache. David Solway’s The Big Lie requires extra-strength Aspirin. Over-written and overwrought, Solway’s book is both reminiscent of 1950s Red Scare screeds ... Read More »

July 12, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor: The First Woman Settler on the Miramichi

By Sally Armstrong

In The Nine Lives of Charlotte Taylor, award-winning journalist Sally Armstrong paints a vivid picture of her great-great-great-grandmother, who survived the deaths of three husbands and one lover, and subsequently raised 10 children in the ... Read More »

July 12, 2007 | Filed under: History

★ The Book of Stanley

By Todd Babiak

At the moment, there are a number of popular TV shows (Heroes and Medium among them) that feature protagonists with superhuman abilities while still being more character-driven than the usual superhero fare. These heroes, like ... Read More »

July 9, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Bone Cage

By Angie Abdou

B.C. writer Angie Abdou chronicles the rise and fall of swimmer Sadie Jorgensen and wrestler Tom “Digger” Stapleton in her first novel, The Bone Cage. A tale of two athletes, The Bone Cage alternates between ... Read More »

July 3, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Stealing Nasreen

By Farzana Doctor

The process of leaving one’s country and finding a sense of belonging in another is often rife with uncertainty and turmoil. What makes Stealing Nasreen such a riveting read is the way it takes this ... Read More »

June 25, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Essex County Vol. 1: Tales from the Farm

By Jeff Lemire

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a young boy on a farm discovers he can fly. That the boy is only daydreaming is where Jeff Lemire’s Tales from the Farm departs from more familiar ... Read More »

June 18, 2007 | Filed under: Graphica

Cake or Death: The Excruciating Choices of Everyday Life

By Heather Mallick

In her latest book, former Globe and Mail columnist Heather Mallick offers her characteristically outspoken and unapologetic opinions on this mess we call modern life.Her perspective, in these previously unpublished essays, is that the world ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Reference

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