Reviews

Haunted: The Incredible True Story of a Canadian Family’s Experience Living in a Haunted House

She’s no Stephen King. And she’s no John Robert Colombo (author of a series of books about haunted Ontario). Yet this chilling memoir by Dorah Williams, an ordinary housewife and mother of three, still manages ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Rescue of Jerusalem: The Alliance Between Hebrews and Africans in 701 Bc

By Henry T. Aubin

Something happened 2,700 years ago in a corner of the Assyrian Empire, and according to Montreal journalist Henry Aubin, it was vitally important to the development of Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and our modern world. In ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: History

Where the Words Come from: Canadian Poets in Conversation

By Tim Bowling,ed.

Do readers need another collection of interviews with poets? No matter where they came from, a poet’s most important words surely go into the poetry. And as long as the poems themselves remain insufficiently read, ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

★ Dispatches from the Sporting Life

By Mordecai Richler

The posthumous release of Mordecai Richler’s Dispatches from the Sporting Life, a collection of 20 essays on sports spanning more than 30 years, is like a collection of B sides from your favourite band – ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Matter

By Gabor Maté and Gordon Neufeld

In Hold On to Your Kids, Vancouver doctor and writer Gabor Maté and developmental psychologist Gordon Neufeld detail Neufeld’s theory of peer orientation. Using examples from his own life and from the children and families ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Small Arguments

By Souvankham Thammavongsa

The short poems in Small Arguments are tender snapshots of nature’s often overlooked bounty. No verbal flab invades the images as the poetry magically explores the essence and personality of objects we rarely equate with ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Baseballissimo: My Summer in the Italian Minor Leagues

By Dave Bidini

Author and musician Dave Bidini is single-handedly creating his own genre of sports book: the North-American-sport-in-a-strange-land category. In his last book, Tropic of Hockey, Bidini looked at how Canada’s national pastime is played in unusual ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

Exact Fare Only 2

By Ian Cockfield

In a rare instance of form following function in the book world, Exact Fare Only 2 seems designed for the express purpose of being read on the subway, streetcar, or bus. Editor Ian Cockfield has ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

On Six Continents: A Life in Canada’s Foreign Service 1966-2002

By James K. Bartleman

If there are any kinds of hazards, mishaps, prickly encounters, or bizarre turns of event that James Bartleman did not encounter during his 35-year career in Canada’s foreign service, it’s difficult to imagine what they ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Natural Light: Visions of British Columbia

By David Nunuk

In his foreword to David Nunuk’s Natural Light: Visions of British Columbia ($49.95 cloth 1-55017-273-5, 122 pp., Harbour Publishing), editor Dave Jones describes the two traditional methods of photographing the province’s bountiful scenery. The first ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

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