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How would an alligator go about sitting in an easy chair? Toronto artist Wallace Edwards props his alligator’s chin on a well-cushioned footstool, while its tail drapes down over the chairback and its front legs ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

On Every Stone

By Rachel Vigier

In her first collection of poetry, On Every Stone, Rachel Vigier explores the meaning of disappearance as she reflects on the life and loss of her sister, Micheline, who disappeared October 9, 1988. But the ... Read More »

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

Fights of Our Lives: Elections, Leadership, and the Making of Canada

By John Duffy

I must come clean here. Canadian history often puts me to sleep, a fact that may or may not make me the ideal reader for Fights of Our Lives. However, John Duffy’s account of the ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Pelee Project: One Woman’s Escape from Urban Madness

By Jane Christmas

A near-fatal car crash served as a wake-up call for Jane Christmas, then an editor at The National Post, a twice-divorced single mother of three, and a long-distance commuter. Her life had been a crushing ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Finding the Stillpoint: A Spiritual Response to Stress

By Tom Harpur

In Finding the Stillpoint, religious commentator Tom Harpur ostensibly tackles the subject of meditation and stress relief, but Harpur can’t resist mounting his favourite hobby horse: “the great need to make the foundation of faith ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Little White Squaw: A White Woman’s Story of Abuse, Addiction, and Reconciliation

By Eve Mills Nash and Kenneth J. Harvey

Eve Nash is 52. Her story is of an unrelenting existence “in a land of immeasurable blackness and defeat” in and around Haneytown, New Brunswick. Existing in the “limbo between the aboriginal and white cultures,” ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Ardor in the Court! Sex and the Law

By Jeffrey Miller

As Jeffrey Miller, author and popular columnist for The Lawyers Weekly, notes in his introduction, a lifetime of research into sex and the law would cover only the margins of the subject. Playing in those ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Veiled Threat: The Hidden Power of Afghan Women

By Sally Armstrong

In March 1997, Sally Armstrong flew to Pakistan as a journalist. She returned to Toronto an activist. Armstrong was researching an article about the treatment of women in Afghanistan under the Taliban for Homemaker’s magazine, ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

A Delicate Balance: What Philosophy Can Teach Us About Terrorism

By Trudy Govier

Trudy Govier’s A Delicate Balance examines terrorism, particularly terrorism against the United States, in a subdued philosophical voice. That voice, so calm, so calculating, is one of the most refreshing aspects of this short work, ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Grace Under Fire: The State of Our Sweet and Savage Game

By Lawrence Scanlan

In Grace Under Fire, journalist and hockey lover Lawrence Scanlan attempts to reconcile the beauty and speed of hockey with its often casual – and occasionally brutal – violence. By poring over articles, books, studies, ... Read More »

January 12, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

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★ Alphabeasts

On Every Stone

Fights of Our Lives: Elections, Leadership, and the Making of Canada

The Pelee Project: One Woman’s Escape from Urban Madness

Finding the Stillpoint: A Spiritual Response to Stress

Little White Squaw: A White Woman’s Story of Abuse, Addiction, and Reconciliation

Ardor in the Court! Sex and the Law

Veiled Threat: The Hidden Power of Afghan Women

A Delicate Balance: What Philosophy Can Teach Us About Terrorism

Grace Under Fire: The State of Our Sweet and Savage Game

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