Ego and Ink: The Inside Story of Canada’s Newspaper War

Blame it on Conrad Black, a man whose absurdly rich vocabulary does not include the word “hubris.” In 1998, against the advice of pretty much everyone, he launched the neoconservative National Post in Toronto’s already ... Read More »

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

The Sojourn

By Alan Cumyn

Young Ramsey Crome is a Canadian private mired in the trenches of the First World War. Knee deep in mud, surrounded by exploding shells and dying friends, he’s certain he will be blown to bits ... Read More »

April 21, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Allowances, Dollars and Sense: A Proven System for Teaching Your Kids About Money

By Paul W. Lermitte

Instilling the value of money and establishing a grounding in sound financial principles at an early age is probably one of the most important lessons parents can provide for their children. Just how to provide ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

Canada: Our History: An Album Through Time

By Rick Archbold

It is a truism that as Canadians we have traditionally done a poor job telling our own stories. I was reminded of this yet again while watching the excellent first episodes of the CBC’s Canada: ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Book links

The Top 100 Nhl Players of All Time

By Steve Dryden, ed.

To Canadians in the 1930s and 1940s listening to Foster Hewitt call the play-by-play, hockey must have seemed invented for radio. As families huddled around their consoles, the chaotic beauty of the game came alive ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

Etched in Ice: A Tribute to Hockey’s Defining Moments

By Michael McKinley

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

Shooting Stars: Photographs from the Portnoy Collection at the Hockey Hall of Fame

By Andrew Podnieks

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Hockey’s Golden Era: Stars of the Original Six

By Mike Leonetti

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

The Encyclopaedia of the First Peoples of North America

By Rayna Green and Melanie Fernandez

There’s a lot to appreciate about this single-volume encyclopedia. It’s topical, attractively designed, and loaded with more than 270 quality photographs. Published originally as The British Museum Encyclopaedia of Native North America, this re-titled Canadian ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

The Encyclopedia of British Columbia

By Daniel Francis, ed.

The product of more than 10 years of work and almost a million dollars of funding, The Encyclopedia of British Columbia (EBC) arrives with a high level of expectation that editor Daniel Francis has managed ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

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