A Shriek in the Forest Night

Ronald Douglas Lawrence, a Canadian naturalist of great repute, has chosen to make this, his 27th book, a collection of anecdotes and stories about his adventures with wilderness over the past 40 years. The title ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

How Architecture Speaks, and Fashions Our Lives

By Harry Mayerovitch

I was at Price Chopper the other day, picking up food for the week. The usual Wednesday evening routine. Walking home, I stopped dead in my tracks and dropped the bags I was carrying. There ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

McLuhan, Or Modernism in Reverse

By Glenn Willmott

As computer technology insinuates itself more deeply into the social fabric, the first critic of the electronic age is receiving new scholarly attention. The latest addition to the literature is Glenn Willmott’s McLuhan, Or Modernism ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Canadian Reference Sources: An Annotated Bibliography

By Mary Bond, ed.

For some time the scholarly and library communities have been awaiting the National Library of Canada’s new bilingual bibliography intended to update Dorothy Ryder’s Canadian Reference Sources: A Selective Guide (1981). Originally slated for publication ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

The Ultimate Book of Household Hints and Tips

By Cassandra Kent

I get a big kick out of watching home improvement shows. There’s a surreal sense of hosting optimism infused with a healthy dose of magic realism at work. Every project is a series of well-orchestrated, ... Read More »

March 17, 2004 | Filed under: Reference