July 11, 2006 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help
Having introduced the general reader to the Albigensian Crusade in The Perfect Heresy, journalist and historian Stephen O’Shea now expands his vision to encompass the history of the first thousand years of two of the ... Read More »
Theologian Michael Higgins’ treatise on the making of saints is a self-described personal inquiry into the process, players, and politics inherent in the canonization of Christianity’s heroes. These “action figures of Christendom” have long fascinated ... Read More »
May 1, 2006 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help
Hockey nomad/writer and Rheostatics guitarist Dave Bidini’s latest effort is an entertaining collection of candid outtakes from interviews with mostly 1970s and ’80s NHL players, overlaid with way too much detail about the fun yet ... Read More »
October 26, 2005 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help
As anyone who has noted the enormous popularity of The Da Vinci Code can attest, the topic of Catholic Church corruption is both riveting and unsettling. This subject formed the life work of one Ivan ... Read More »
February 14, 2005 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help
Does a hockey player who scored just 26 goals in five NHL seasons really deserve a full-length biography? If that player is Bill Barilko, the answer is a resounding yes. That’s because, as most NHL ... Read More »
January 21, 2005 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help
With the cancellation of the 2004-2005 NHL season looking like a done deal, hockey fans are beginning to realize that this may turn out to be the ugliest and longest labour dispute in the history ... Read More »
December 21, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help
Admirers of Toronto Star religion editor and columnist Tom Harpur, particularly those drawn by the massively popular The Pagan Christ, are apt to be somewhat disappointed by his new book. Oenophiles with a spiritual bent ... Read More »
December 14, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help
At the risk of mixing Biblical metaphors, Jacob’s Wound, the new book from prize-winning Saskatchewan writer Trevor Herriot (author of River in a Dry Land), is something of a coat of many colours. Composed of ... Read More »
December 14, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help
With all the grumbling going on among hockey fans these days about greedy players and even greedier owners, ’67 is just what the doctor ordered: a nostalgic look back at one of the legendary squads ... Read More »
October 12, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help
Footprints, by filmmaker and first-time writer Dave Toms of Peterborough, Ontario, focuses on summer sports and award-winners, presenting short four-page profiles of 50 Canadian athletes, one-third of them female.Arranged chronologically, the achievements of athletes span ... Read More »
September 14, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help