Science, Technology & Environment

Dangerous World: Natural Disasters, Manmade Catastrophes, and the Future of Human Survival

In the wake of the 2004 Asian tsunami and 2005’s Hurricane Katrina comes Dangerous World, veteran author and journalist Marq de Villiers’ popular-science overview of Earth’s extreme events – and how they affect humanity. Most of ... Read More »

August 28, 2008 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Sexual Paradox: Extreme Men, Gifted Women and the Real Gender Gap

By Susan Pinker

While psychologist Susan Pinker’s examination of gender in the workplace should arouse a great deal of interest both inside and outside academia, one thing it oughtn’t to do is stir up controversy. However, as the ... Read More »

August 28, 2008 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Soul of the World: Unlocking the Secrets of Time

By Christopher Dewdney

In Acquainted with the Night, poet and non-fiction writer Christopher Dewdney explored the nighttime realm through the complementary lenses of science and art. Now, in Soul of the World, Dewdney brings this two-pronged approach to ... Read More »

July 31, 2008 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

★ Dry Spring: The Coming Water Crisis of North America

By Chris Wood

Growing out of an award-winning piece that veteran journalist Chris Wood wrote for The Walrus, Dry Spring exhaustively reports from dozens of sites in Canada, the U.S., and Mexico that have experienced firsthand the effects ... Read More »

March 27, 2008 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Under Pressure: Rescuing Childhood from the Culture of Hyper-Parenting

By Carl Honore

With Under Pressure, Carl Honoré, author of In Praise of Slow, aims his sights on the youngest members of society. Using research studies and hundreds of interviews, he has pulled together a comprehensive look at ... Read More »

February 25, 2008 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction

By Gabor Maté

Gabor Maté’s latest book is a sprawling but fascinating look at addiction that is part science, part diatribe, part character study, and part confessional. Maté, a physician at the Portland Clinic in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, ... Read More »

January 28, 2008 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Prognosis: The Current State and Shaky Future of Canada’s Health System

By John Lawrence Reynolds

Talking about health care is as Canadian a pastime as watching hockey. That’s the argument made by John Lawrence Reynolds in his introduction to Prognosis. A mystery novelist and non-fiction author, Reynolds writes not as ... Read More »

January 28, 2008 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Can I Have a Word With You?

By Howard Richler

Though these two engaging new word books should set logophiles atwitter, their broad appeal and lack of pretension make them attractive to a far broader audience as well. In Can I Have a Word with ... Read More »

January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer’s Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia

By Charles Hodgson

January 18, 2008 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Ebb and Flow

By Tom Koppel

Tom Koppel, the author of 2001’s Powering the Future, has always had a thing for tides, ever since his summer visits to Star Island as a child. Boasting only one tree on its barren flanks, ... Read More »

December 20, 2007 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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