Reviews

Words on the Wing: Slang, Aphorisms, Catchphrases and Jargon of Canadian Military Aviation Since 1914

If all Gaul, as the Romans had it, was divided in three parts, then all military history is divided into five. There are what we might call the serious studies, the academics’ and the theorists’ ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: History

Mynarski’s Lanc

By Betty Page

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: History

★ Lights, Camera, Action! Making Movies and TV from the Inside Out

By Lisa O’Brien, Stephen MacEachern, illus.

In spite of the complexity of film production, the information presented in Lights, Camera, Action! is laid out in a clear, organized fashion and is easy to understand. This is not surprising since author Lisa ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Writing from Life: A Guide to Writing True Stories

By Heather Robertson

Is your family’s history worth committing to paper? Is there a story in a true crime that took place in your community? Have you dreamed of writing the biography of some compelling figure? Heather Robertson ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

50 Tax-Smart Investing Strategies

By Kurt Rosentreter

Rarely does a personal finance book appear with as many strengths as this one. Author Kurt Rosentreter, a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young in Toronto, gives the kind of advice that usually costs a ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Enough: Lifestyle and Financial Planning for Simpler Living

By Betty Jane Wylie

We are drowning in a sea of too much stuff. Our insatiable desire for material possessions in the Western world is making us unhappy – keeping up with the newest, latest, and greatest means that ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

The Last Best Place: Lost in the Heart of Nova Scotia

By John DeMont

John DeMont’s account of Nova Scotia revisted in The Last Best Place is a well-researched, enjoyable journey of a man rediscovering his roots. Born in Halifax, DeMont has worked as a journalist for 16 years, ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: History

Consider the Fish: Fishing for Canada from Campbell River to Petty Harbour

By Chris Gudgeon

If you like to read knuckle-whitening tales of monster muskie or king salmon, fighting tooth and nail for an hour to get free of a well-set hook, Chris Gudgeon’s Consider the Fish may be something ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Naked Eye

By William Burrill

Now, more than ever – when our first Nagano champion turned out to be a pot-smokin’ dude and when Ice Storm ’98 prompted all the international media coverage of a broken light bulb in a ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Progeny of Ghosts: Travels in Russia and the Old Empire

By David Manicom

David Manicom’s Progeny is a personal love poem and souvenir to his adopted home between 1991 and 1994. A Canadian diplomat and poet in Moscow during post-Communist collapse, Manicom’s account of Russia’s recent tumultuous history ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

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