★ Champlain

By Christopher Moore, Francis Back, illus.

The story of Samuel de Champlain has enough aspects of the hero epic to make one wonder why we Canadians (characteristically) make so little fuss about him. Like most heroes, Champlain was raised in obscurity, ... Read More »

June 30, 2004

A Dune Adrift: The Strange Origins and Curious History of Sable Island

By Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle

There are many books written about the world’s exotic places and peoples. Sable Island, off the coast of Nova Scotia, won’t fit most people’s definition of exotic – a crescent-shaped chunk of land in the ... Read More »

June 28, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Prisoners of the North

By Pierre Berton

Pierre Berton’s 50th book continues his mission to popularize Canadian history. Like many of the other 49 books, Prisoners of the North is rooted in a northern theme and strong storytelling. The short biographies here ... Read More »

June 21, 2004 | Filed under: History

The Solid Form of Language: An Essay on Writing and Meaning

By Robert Bringhurst

“Years ago, in a Bosnian town, a woman tried repeatedly to speak to me, though the words she knew and trusted were words I did not understand,” recalls the writer Robert Bringhurst. “At length, in ... Read More »

June 15, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Speaking Out: Ideas That Work for Canadians

By Jack Layton

Since becoming leader of the federal NDP last year, Jack Layton has done a skillful job of steering the party to the centre. Not surprisingly, that’s where his new campaign book is aimed. The theme ... Read More »

June 7, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Bedside Manners: Sex Etiquette Made Easy

By Josey Vogels

Vanilla, kink, gay, straight – if it’s out there Josey Vogels, author and nationally syndicated sex columnist, has written about it. For her fifth and latest book, Bedside Manners, Vogels shows why she is Canada’s ... Read More »

May 31, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Heiress vs. the Establishment: Mrs. Campbell’s Campaign for Legal Justice

By Elizabeth Bethune Campbell, Constance and Nancy L. Backhouse

The study of Canadian history, often the butt of jokes about snooze buttons, does manage to come alive on occasion, especially when the Backhouse name is connected with it. Both Constance – author of numerous ... Read More »

May 26, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Nowhere Fast

By Yashin Blake

Toronto writer Yashin Blake gives us 18 stories for the initiated, populated with edgy urbanites dispensing wry witticisms as they hold forth on such little-known cultural phenomena as McCoy Tyner, Slayer, and the Project for ... Read More »

May 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Scams!

By Andreas Schroeder

Scams!, a paean to both the con artist's imagination and the victim's gullibility, is Andreas Schroeder's first book for young readers and the latest in Annick's True Stories from the Edge series. In Scams!, Schroeder, ... Read More »

May 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Great Women Leaders

By Heather Ball

Great Women Leaders, the fourth in Second Story's Women's Hall of Fame Series, belongs to the inspirational school of biography. Featuring 10 subjects who overcame various types of prejudice to make enormous contributions to society, ... Read More »

May 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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