Mr. Chickee’s Messy Mission

Christopher Paul Curtis’s first novel, The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963, won the Newbery Honor, the Coretta Scott King Honor, and others, and his next book, Bucking the Sarge, received similar acclaim. Most recently, ... Read More »

June 18, 2007

Island of Hope and Sorrow: The Story of Grosse Ile

By Anne Renaud

During its 105 years of service as a quarantine station, Grosse Île was the first stop in the New World for more than 4 million immigrants. Part of a new Lobster Press series on Canadian ... Read More »

June 18, 2007

★ From Boneshakers to Choppers: The Rip-Roaring History of Motorcycles

By Lisa Smedman

It is hard to imagine a better read for young motorcycle enthusiasts than From Boneshakers to Choppers. As the subtitle suggests, this book looks at the history of the motor bicycle, as it was first ... Read More »

June 18, 2007

Essex County Vol. 1: Tales from the Farm

By Jeff Lemire

Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a young boy on a farm discovers he can fly. That the boy is only daydreaming is where Jeff Lemire’s Tales from the Farm departs from more familiar ... Read More »

June 18, 2007 | Filed under: Graphica

Cake or Death: The Excruciating Choices of Everyday Life

By Heather Mallick

In her latest book, former Globe and Mail columnist Heather Mallick offers her characteristically outspoken and unapologetic opinions on this mess we call modern life.Her perspective, in these previously unpublished essays, is that the world ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Reference

Whose War Is It?: How Canada Can Survive the Post-9/11 World

By J.L. Granatstein

Both of these books are concerned with defining Canada’s “national interests.” Granatstein’s Whose War Is It? holds that the country’s interests lie firmly with the U.S., while McQuaig, in Holding the Bully’s Coat, argues that ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Holding the Bully’s Coat: Canada and the U.S. Empire

By Linda McQuaig

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

So This Is the World & Here I Am in It

By Di Brandt

Manitoba poet Di Brandt’s So This Is the World & Here I Am in It is the 10th book in NeWest’s Writer as Critic series. The book consists of 12 essays written over 10 years ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Ecoholic: Your Guide to the Most Environmentally Friendly Information, Products and Services in Canada

By Adria Vasil

Based on her column in Toronto’s NOW magazine, Adria Vasil’s Ecoholic is a slickly produced and irreverently toned book that makes going green seem almost sexy. It also walks the walk, being printed in vegetable-based ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The End of Ignorance: Multiplying Our Human Potential

By John Mighton

Teachers who dislike or don’t really understand math invariably instill in children just one thing: a lifelong dread of one of our most important languages.This cultural poverty has long appalled John Mighton, an award-winning playwright ... Read More »

June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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