Reviews

Ride the Wave: Take Control in the Acceleration Age

In the past decade or so, the formula for publishing business books has been refined to this: take one well-known personality, offer a route to financial health, and market aggressively. All too often, though, books ... Read More »

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

Self-directed Rrsps: Straight Talk on Making Them Pay off for You

By S.E. Woods

FINANCIAL PLANNING BOOKS have become a fixture of the fall market heralding the tax preparation season to come. The offerings include books of self-promoting advice published by or for mutual fund vendors; better ones merge ... Read More »

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

Solemn Vows: A Marc Edwards Mystery

By Don Gutteridge

Early in 2003, Ensign Marc Edwards appeared in Don Gutteridge’s first historical mystery, Turncoat. A few real-time months later, Edwards is back in a new novel set several months later in historical time, already promoted ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Design in Canada: Fifty Years from Tea Kettles to Task Chairs

By Rachel Gotlieb and Cora Golden

Design in Canada is an ambitious project: a richly illustrated survey, in under 300 pages, of half a century of Canadian design. The high quality of the result is a testament to the authors’ comprehensive ... Read More »

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

Paul Martin: The Power of Ambition

By John Gray

The first thing that strikes you about John Gray’s biography of Paul Martin is just how well written it is. Open the book at random, read any paragraph, and be prepared to be amazed. For ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Stubborn Bones

By Karen Smythe

Karen Smythe is no stranger to the short story. She’s the author of a study of Alice Munro and Mavis Gallant, so it’s no surprise that her debut story collection – with its sharp focus ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Nepal Handbook

By Kerry Morgan

For years, Thailand ruled as the primary destination in Southeast Asia. That’s probably still true, but while her popularity is still high, increasing numbers of travelers are looking to the surrounding destinations in the region, ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Reference

Kid Stuff

By Tom Walmsley

Occasionally you hear a critic claim that Canadian fiction is lacking grit and danger. Tom Walmsley’s new novel, his first in a decade, is the latest case for dispelling that idea. The book is called ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Kurelek Country: The Art of William Kurelek

By Ramsay Cook

When William Kurelek died in 1977 at the relatively young age of 50, the Canadian artist left behind a vast legacy of paintings, many hanging in major galleries around the world. Born in rural Alberta ... Read More »

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

Caring for Profit: How Corporations Are Taking Over Canada’s Health Care System

By Colleen Fuller

Medicare in Canada has been a hybrid system ever since it began in 1968. Governments pay for health care but the money goes to companies, small business people (such as doctors), and non-profit hospitals that ... Read More »

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

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