Not having been a single guy for over a dozen years, I read Ryan Bigge’s A Very Lonely Planet with considerable interest. By the time I was finished, I was almost overcome with a desire ... Read More »
October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Reference
In The Trouble with Islam, broadcaster and commentator Irshad Manji calls for a revival of ijtihad, the Koran’s tradition of independent thinking. Manji, a Muslim of Indian origin who immigrated to Canada from Uganda in ... Read More »
October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help
Some people believe the World Wide Web will usher in a new era of peace and social justice. Some say it’s the greatest invention since the taming of fire. Others say simply, “Let’s go shopping!” ... Read More »
October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment
Death becomes both of these authors as they attempt to address the taboos, denial, and rituals associated with this ancient and inescapable rite of passage. Katherine Ashenburg and Susan Gabori, both journalists, attempt to personalize ... Read More »
October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Health & Self-help
Readers with an insatiable thirst for darkness and depravity might enjoy Vixen, Lynette D’anna’s novel that explores an obsessive relationship in several short vignettes. Those wishing to avoid another trip to the literary circle of ... Read More »
October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
It’s not often Alice Munro offers a quote to promote an emerging writer, but after delving into the pages of Emma’s Hands, Mary Swan’s stellar first collection of short stories, it’s easy to see why ... Read More »
October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short
Chatelaine’s herstoryTo celebrate Chatelaine’s 70th anniversary, Sylvia Fraser has compiled excerpts from past issues of the magazine as a time capsule of how Canadian women have and haven’t changed. A Woman’s Place: Seventy Years in ... Read More »
October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
The process of deconstructing popular myths is a thankless task often met with wide public resistance. Luckily Michael Woodiwiss has risen to the task with an accessible analysis of the ways in which concepts like ... Read More »
October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Reading Victor Malarek’s The Natashas is a little like watching an investigative report by Geraldo Rivera: The facts are all there, but sometimes it’s hard to hear them through all the moral indignation. That’s because ... Read More »
October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
I remember coming across the work of Allen Abel soon after the Globe and Mail posted him to China in 1983. His informative dispatches were written with quirky humour and a sideways way of seeing, ... Read More »
October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Reference
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