Science, Technology & Environment

Keeping the Bees: Why All Bees Are at Risk and What We Can Do to Save Them

No matter what you eat, how you dress, or where you live, your life would change for the worse if a few key insects disappeared. Although there are only a handful of pollinators among the ... Read More »

August 30, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Up North Again: More of Ontario’s Wilderness from Ladybugs to the Pleiades

By Doug Bennet and Tim Tiner

Up North Again, by journalists and outdoor enthusiasts Doug Bennet and Tim Tiner, gives readers a glimpse of the natural wonders of southern Shield country (the “up north” of most Ontario city dwellers). It is ... Read More »

August 23, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Flights of Imagination: Extraordinary Writing About Birds

By Richard Cannings, ed.

The sex lives of birds is an intriguing topic, about which most of us have little or no knowledge. Did you know, for instance, that Australian male superb fairy-wrens court their sweethearts with yellow flowers; ... Read More »

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

★ The Bird Detective: Investigating the Secret Lives of Birds

By Bridget Stutchbury; Julie Zickefoose, illus

April 30, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

A History of Marriage

By Elizabeth Abbott

What are the core values of marriage? How does money, or the lack of it, affect the roles of spouses? What became of the double standard that permitted “a husband to take legal action against ... Read More »

March 31, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Pilgrim in the Palace of Words: A Journey Through the 6,000 Languages of Earth

By Glenn Dixon

Calgary journalist and linguist Glenn Dixon is in love not only with languages but with travel, too. Pilgrim in the Palace of Words pays homage to both. Dixon employs a chatty, informal tone to recount ... Read More »

March 31, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Vancouver Special

By Charles Demers

Vancouver is notoriously difficult to pin down or define. The city is characterized more by its contradictions than by any overarching symbol or mindset: its natural beauty is at odds with its metropolitan leanings; its ... Read More »

February 25, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness

By Clem Martini and Olivier Martini

In Bitter Medicine, award-winning playwright Clem Martini chronicles his family’s 30-year struggle with schizophrenia, and in so doing reveals a deeply flawed Canadian health care system. Clem’s perspective on the suffering that has plagued those ... Read More »

February 22, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic, and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map

By Cleo Paskal

As climate change increasingly becomes part of our everyday concerns, a need has emerged for international experts to help make sense of its potential consequences. In Global Warring, journalist Cleo Paskal does exactly that. Unlike ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World

By Wade Davis

For many years and over many continents, anthropologist Wade Davis has chronicled the lives, languages, and customs of the globe’s last remaining aboriginal peoples. The outlook is bleak on all counts. Of the approximately 7,000 ... Read More »

October 26, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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