Reviews

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

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

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

A Good Enough Life: The Dying Speak

By Susan Gabori

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

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

Exotic Dancers

By Gerald Lynch

On opening night at a strip club in the Troutstream Arms, a performer with the evocative name of Burnadette is nearly incinerated when her spectacular Joan of Arc routine goes awry. As the patrons gawk, ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Simple Recipes

By Madeleine Thien

In the title story in this collection a father cooks for his family with meticulous love, weighing out the rice in his fingers, frying the fish that only a short time before was still swimming. ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Vinyl Cafe Diaries

By Stuart McLean

The lives and misadventures of Toronto record-store owner Dave, his wife Morley, and their children Stephanie and Sam are a Canadian institution both on the airwaves and in print. McLean’s style is characterized by a ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

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

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