Science, Technology & Environment

The Curse of the Labrador Duck: My Obsessive Quest to the Edge of Extinction

Make no mistake: this book’s author is also its subject. Dr. Glen Chilton, an emeritus professor at Calgary’s St. Mary’s College who now lives in Australia, admits early on that he’s always been a truly ... Read More »

October 15, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Bedside Book of Beasts: A Wildlife Miscellany

By Graeme Gibson

Graeme Gibson’s latest book is a splendid compilation of artwork of and literature about predators. A companion to 2005’s The Bedside Book of Birds, this new volume does what all good books should: it encourages ... Read More »

October 15, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Out of this World: The Amazing Search for an Alien Earth

By Jacob Berkowitz

Out of this World presents detailed information on space exploration and the hunt for alien civilizations in an easy-to-read, magazine-style layout serving up info in readily digestible bites. The engaging content mixes articles and activities ... Read More »

September 25, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York’s Master Builder and Transformed the American City

By Anthony Flint

Over the last couple of years, it has been nearly impossible for any Torontonian to avoid the presence of Richard Florida, the author, “lecturer in creativity,” and well-compensated University of Toronto professor. Specifically, one regular ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Welcome to the Urban Revolution: How Cities Are Changing the World

By Jeb Brugmann

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Super Suckers: The Giant Pacific Octopus and Other Cephalopods of the Pacific Coast

By James A. Cosgrove and Neil McDaniel

Don’t be fooled by this book’s offbeat title or its relatively slight size: James A. Cosgrove and Neil McDaniel’s style is rarely humorous and definitely not lightweight. Cosgrove, a world expert on the Giant Pacific ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Second Person Queer: Who You Are (So Far)

By Richard LaBonté and Lawrence Schimel, eds.

The introduction of Second Person Queer, the companion to the Lambda Award-winning First Person Queer, informs readers that the new volume is meant to be “a mirror of who you are, or perhaps the person ... Read More »

July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

Who’s Your Daddy? And Other Writings on Queer Parenting

By Rachel Epstein, ed.

If you believe the queer baby boom is proof that LGBT folks really are just like everyone else, think again. Who’s Your Daddy?, a provocative set of essays, argues that queer parenting is about exploding ... Read More »

June 22, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Wild Blue: A Natural History of the World’s Largest Animal

By Dan Bortolotti

Before human greed and exploitation took its toll, the ocean was home to more than 300,000 blue whales. After half a century of horrific slaughter, and in the face of an indifferent public that doesn’t ... Read More »

April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Where Am I? Why We Can Find Our Way to the Moon but Get Lost in the Mall

By Colin Ellard

A homing pigeon released hundreds of miles away from its roost can somehow find its way home. Take the average Canadian city dweller and put him or her in the middle of a dense forest, ... Read More »

April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

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