Reviews

The Great Lakes Beer Guide: Eastern Region

I like to drink beer, not read about it. So, I approached Jamie MacKinnon’s The Great Lakes Beer Guide with the kind of enthusiasm your average frat boy has for prohibition. However, after reading MacKinnon’s ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Cracking the Cover: A Beginner’s Guide to the Bible

By Ross L. Smillie

In his introduction to Cracking the Cover, United Church minister Ross Smillie recalls being handed a Bible in elementary school by the Gideons. I don’t imagine the Gideons get into many schools these days, and ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

The Cambridge Companion to the Bible

By Howard Clark Kee, Eric M. Meyers, John Rogerson and Anthony J. Saldarini

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Battles of the Bible

By Chaim Herzog and Mordechai Gichon

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

The Harlot by the Side of the Road: Forbidden Tales of the Bible

By Jonathan Kirsch

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Shania Twain: On My Way

By Dallas Williams

Pop culture observers cannot escape the Shania Twain phenomenon. Since 1995, the Timmins, Ontario native has achieved five number-one hits and 20 music industry awards. Sexy videos and a high public profile have helped crown ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Morningside Years

By Peter Gzowski

Peter Gzowski hosted Morningside on CBC Radio for 15 years and, in the process, became a household name. The Morningside Years is a selection of his favourite moments from the 9,000 hours of radio air ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Fresh Air: The Private Thoughts of a Public Broadcaster

By Peter Downie

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Brothers Hambourg

By Eric Koch

In 1910, after several years in England, a Russian professor of music named Michael Hambourg brought his family to Toronto. Although they did not exactly change Toronto society forever (their names are all but forgotten), ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Two Ends of Sleep

By Lizard Jones

In Two Ends Of Sleep, the first novel from Vancouver artist Lizard Jones, dykes with names like Coral and Eagle cruise Commercial Drive, sipping cappuccino and cashing their unemployment cheques. Occasionally they create feminist, anti-racist ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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