Reviews

The Projectionist

Toss Raymond, the narrator of Michael Helm’s first novel, The Projectionist, is the kind of hero that takes a while to warm up to. But immediately unlikable heroes are something of an honoured literary tradition ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

American Whiskey Bar

By Michael Turner

PrefaceI was playing with the idea of using Michael Turner’s own devices to write about his new novel American Whiskey Bar. The Vancouver poet, musician, and now novelist, uses a Preface (written by a character ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Blue Skies and Boiler Rooms: Buying and Selling Securities in Canada, 1870-1940

By Christopher Armstrong

For Canadian stock exchanges, the Bre-X mining scandal shows the truth in Mark Twain’s description of a gold mine as “a hole in the ground with a liar standing next to it.” Author Christopher Armstrong, ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Busted! Nova Scotia’s War on Drugs

By Vernon Oickle

As a reporter for a weekly newspaper on Nova Scotia’s South Shore, Vernon Oickle became increasingly aware of the expansion of the drug trade in the region. His research into the situation produced Busted! Nova ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: History

1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal

By Christopher Moore

Comparing the lives of leaders for historical and political instruction goes back to Plutarch’s Parallel Lives of the Greeks and Romans. Christopher Moore describes several “fathers of the confederation” and makes the comparison with present ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

1967: The Last Good Year

By Pierre Berton

Despite the bitter nostalgia of its title, reading Pierre Berton’s 42nd book is an exhilarating experience. 1967: The Last Good Year captures the coast-to-coast orgy of celebration that marked Canada’s 100th birthday. True to his ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: History

God in the Classroom: The Controversial Issue of Religion in Canada’s Schools

By Lois Sweet

The topic of secularization has been very much at the forefront of religious discussion in the recent past. In God in the Classroom: The Controversial Issue of Religion in Canada’s Schools, Ottawa journalist Lois Sweet ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Trance Zero: Breaking the Spell of Conformity

By Adam Crabtree

Adam Crabtree is a philosopher, psychotherapist, and former Roman Catholic priest, and the author of three previous books on psychotherapy. He lives in Toronto, where he moved as an American graduate philosophy student in the ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

Peregrinations: Conversations with Contemporary Artists

By Robert Enright

Winnipeg art critic Robert Enright has been a fixture on the Canadian art scene for years and best known as editor at large of the art quarterly, Border Crossings. His preferred writing format is the ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

The Sacred Balance: A Vision for Life on Earth

By David Suzuki with Amanda McConnell

Only a few decades ago, human beings had their first look at Earth from space. Cities, skyscrapers, and other Guinness-Book-of-World-Records manmade wonders disappeared into a swirl of greens and blues shrouded in a white cape ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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