Reviews

The Puck Starts Here: The Origin of Canada’s Great Winter Game Ice Hockey

Young people today slurp down coffee and gobble glazed donuts without knowing that Tim Horton was among the finest National Hockey League defencemen of his generation, so it’s encouraging to see the history of hockey ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

On the Edge: Women Making Hockey History

By Elizabeth Etue and Megan K. Williams

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Cold War: The Great Canada-Soviet Hockey Series of 1972

By Roy MacSkimming

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Who Killed Confederation Life?: The Inside Story

By Rod McQueen

When Confederation Life went belly-up in 1994, it was the fourth largest insurance company in Canada, with a history stretching back to the late 1800s. The news rocked the financial-services sector and made headlines for ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Naming Rumpelstiltskin: Who Will Profit (and Who Will Lose) in the Workplace of the Twenty-First Century

By Ann Finlayson

The last few years have seen a veritable torrent of digital-age cheerleading. Books from people like Faith Popcorn and Alvin Toffler have told us that the future will be a playground of opportunity, with fat ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Shakedown: How the New Economy Is Changing Our Lives

By Angus Reid

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Politically Speaking

By Judy Rebick and Kiké Roach

It seems we can thank Ontario’s neo-conservative politicians for one thing: they seem to have helped spur a small publishing explosion of left-wing books this fall, with books coming out by former NDP premier Bob ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Impossible Nation: The Longing for Homeland in Canada and Quebec

By Ray Conlogue

Ray Conlogue’s four-year tenure as The Globe and Mail’s Montreal arts correspondent has been notable for two qualities in his work. The first, unsurprising for those familiar with his earlier position as the newspaper’s theatre ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

The Fight for Canada

By Diane Francis

The Fight ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: History

Double Vision: The Inside Story of the Liberals in Power

By Edward Greenspon and Anthony Wilson-Smith

This is the book for policy wonks. The Globe and Mail’s Edward Greenspon and Anthony Wilson-Smith of Maclean’s have combined their leaks into a long, intensely detailed analysis of the Chrétien government’s time in power. ... Read More »

March 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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