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★ After Canaan: Essays on Race, Writing and Region

Poet and scholar Wayde Compton’s collection of essays on race in Canada is a refreshing series of investigations into the national myths that have resulted in Canada being dubbed a “post-racial” nation. Focusing on the ... Read More »

November 8, 2010 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Legacy: An Elder’s Vision for Our Sustainable Future

By David Suzuki

Geneticist, broadcaster, author, and social critic David Suzuki is one of the loudest voices in the global green community, and is surely the elder statesman of Canadian environmentalism. Suzuki adds to an already impressive body ... Read More »

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

After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed

By Marina Nemat

In 2007’s Prisoner of Tehran, Marina Nemat told the harrowing story of her youth. Arrested at age 16, she was held with other teenage girls in Iran’s infamous Evin prison for over two years. Her ... Read More »

November 4, 2010 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Peter Gzowski

By R.B. Fleming; R.B. Fleming

It’s unlikely anyone was clamouring for an exhaustive Peter Gzowski biography. In the 13 years since the CBC Radio mainstay stepped away from his most prominent perch as host of Morningside, and in the eight ... Read More »

November 4, 2010 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ The Sky is Falling

By Caroline Adderson

It’s 1983: Reagan is president and the Cold War has escalated to the point that a nuclear strike means mutually assured destruction. Russia has just raised tensions by shooting down a South Korean civilian airliner, ... Read More »

November 4, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life’s Work at 72

By Molly Peacock

This wonderful and markedly unusual work by Toronto poet Molly Peacock is both biography and memoir, but not the sort that switches back and forth between genres. The biographical element concerns Mary Granville Pendarves Delany ... Read More »

November 4, 2010 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Home and Away: In Search of Dreams at the Homeless World Cup of Soccer

By Dave Bidini

Over his long career as a musician and writer, Dave Bidini has frequently been characterized as an engaging storyteller. His odysseys through sports, travel, and rock and roll have entertained readers, while simultaneously giving them ... Read More »

November 4, 2010 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Growing Up Jung: Coming of Age as the Son of Two Shrinks

By Micah Toub

Most men would not turn to their mothers for advice about erectile dysfunction, nor would they confront their aggressive impulses by shopping for jeans. But having been raised by two Jungian psychologists, Globe and Mail ... Read More »

November 4, 2010 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Damage Done

By Hilary Davidson

By rights, given its suspenseful opening and engaging milieu, the debut mystery novel from Toronto-born, New York City–based travel journalist Hilary Davidson should be a slam dunk. Unfortunately, something gets lost in the execution. Lily ... Read More »

November 4, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Bad Boy

By Peter Robinson

The phrase “this time, it’s personal” is among the hoariest of jacket-copy clichés, yet that’s what popped into my head after finishing Peter Robinson’s 19th Inspector Banks novel. The most recent entries in the series ... Read More »

November 4, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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★ After Canaan: Essays on Race, Writing and Region

The Legacy: An Elder’s Vision for Our Sustainable Future

After Tehran: A Life Reclaimed

Peter Gzowski

★ The Sky is Falling

The Paper Garden: Mrs. Delany Begins Her Life’s Work at 72

Home and Away: In Search of Dreams at the Homeless World Cup of Soccer

Growing Up Jung: Coming of Age as the Son of Two Shrinks

The Damage Done

Bad Boy

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