Reviews

Angel in the Sun: Turner’s Vision of History

War is not a picturesque scene. Yet J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851), an eminent historical landscape painter of the romantic era, managed to draw beauty out of darkness without glorifying it. Scorched with symbolism and allegory, the ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

The Life: The Siren Song of Politics

By Steve Paikin

Journalist and television host Steve Paikin’s authorial debut, The Life, promises to shed light on the seductive call of Canadian politics, but underdelivers on this ambitious goal. Paikin uses the political lives of such Canadian ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Mind Grenades: Manifestos from the Future

By John Plunkett, Louis Rossetto, eds.

BOOK DESIGN TODAY is driven by magazine design. Magazines, with their quick cycles and relatively low production costs, are highly responsive to design trends and consumer caprice. And they’re ephemeral – you can correct your ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Paul Martin: Ceo for Canada?

By Murray Dobbin

Canadians pondering the idea of Paul Martin as prime minister would do well to read Murray Dobbin’s incisive analysis of the man who, through his post as finance minister, has essentially been de facto prime ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Simplify & Celebrate

By Michael Schwartzentruber and Kathy Sinclair, eds.

In the 1960s and 70s, young, middle-class North Americans got the message loud and clear: follow your hearts, do whatever you want, drop out, be happy. The children of post-war boom years, they were well ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Reference

★ Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic

By Jennifer Niven

In the bestselling The Ice Master, Jennifer Niven chronicled the doomed voyage of the Karluk in 1913-14. In an aside to that story, Niven mentioned that one of the survivors, Fred Maurer, returned seven years ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: History

Director’s Cut

By David Solway

Few critics match the moral urgency of David Solway, whose poetry reviews constitute an anti-canon to the literati’s assessment of its own merits. Solway’s debunking of celebrated poets, from Atwood to Zwicky, has earned him ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Poetry

The Rom Field Guide to Birds of Ontario

By Janice Hughes

Ornithologist and author Janice Hughes understands the anxieties of the bird watcher. With little to distinguish closely related species other than slight variations of plumage and song, even experienced birders can be stricken with a ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

I Want My Mp3! How to Download, Rip & Play Digital Music

By Bill Mann

MP3 technology is revolutionizing the music business. Now, with the click of a mouse and a little expertise, listeners can download their favourite tunes from a cyberspace menu of thousands of songs and either listen ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Lament of Charlie Longsong

By Roch Carrier, Sheila Fischman -trans.

“America is a novel,” says one of the characters in Roch Carrier’s new novel The Lament of Charlie Longsong. But Robert Martin, Carrier’s stodgy protagonist, disagrees. He insists, instead, on setting the historical record straight. ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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