Reviews

Exact Fare Only 2

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

The Skinny on Fat

By M. Sara Rosenthal

Prominent bioethicist and prolific author M. Sara Rosenthal promises to distill the overwhelming abundance of diet information in The Skinny on Fat. Rosenthal wants to get to the bottom of “low-fat culture” and put readers ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

A Richer Dust: Family, Memory and the Second World War

By Robert Calder

Given the vagaries of memory and historical record, there are bound to be gaps in any family history. For those with the resources and faculty, many of these gaps can be filled. Robert Calder, an ... Read More »

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

The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power

By Joel Bakan

The post-9/11 chill that muted some critics of corporate business practices did nothing to stop professor Joel Bakan from pursuing his own thesis: that corporations are, by structure, nature, and law, pathological creatures with zero ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Devil is Clever: A Memoir of My Romanian Mother

By Kenneth Radu

Kenneth Radu’s poetic manipulation of fact starts with the title of his disturbing memoir. Though she spoke more Romanian than English throughout her life, Annie Corches was born near Fort Qu’Appelle, in Canada’s oldest Romanian ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Doctor Bloom’s Story

By Don Coles

In his first novel, poet Don Coles interweaves a compelling story about an abused wife with the reflections of his narrator, the aging Dutch doctor Nicolaas Bloom, on saintliness, masochism, and the life and work ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Norman Bray in the Performance of His Life

By Trevor Cole

The eponymous protagonist of Trevor Cole’s first novel is a theatre actor who never slips out of character. With others, he performs; when alone, he rehearses. He has a bewildering capacity to view his life ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Kameleon Man

By Kim Barry Brunhuber

Kameleon Man, the debut novel from broadcast journalist and writer Kim Brunhuber, is an insightful and affecting treatment of the issues surrrounding race, gender, and sexuality in the 21st century. That it is set against ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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