All Hat

This novel gives good genre: advance publicity for All Hat describes it as country noir, and the shoe – or cowboy boot – fits. Set in the rusted farmbelts of Niagara and Northern Lake Erie, ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Where the River Narrows

By Aimeé Laberge

The best selling novelist in Quebec these days is Marie Laberge, whose three-part family saga Le Goût du bonheur has sold more than 450,000 copies. Now another Laberge – Aimée, a cousin of Marie’s who ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

The Traveller’s Hat

By Liza Potvin

Liza Potvin’s second book marks a change in genre for the Nanaimo resident; her first book was a memoir of childhood incest titled White Lies. The stories in her first fiction collection, The Traveller’s Hat, ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

The Green Labyrinth: Exploring the Mysteries of the Amazon

By Sylvia Fraser

The Green Labyrinth is a continuation of Sylvia Fraser’s previous book, The Rope in the Water, in that she is still following her curiosity about non-Western healing and spirituality into remote corners of the world. ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

The No-nonsense Guide to Terrorism

By Jonathan Barker

Placing the hot-button issue of terrorism into perspective can be a tricky proposition, especially given the multitude of ideological minefields behind the us-versus-them rhetoric that often defines the discussion. But Jonathan Barker has taken his ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Original Minds

By Eleanor Wachtel

Imagine a lively cocktail party filled with fascinating people, like former Goon Show star Jonathan Miller, chimp specialist Jane Goodall, neurologist Oliver Sacks, filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci, scholar Harold Bloom, and urban planner Jane Jacobs. Imagine ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Anthologies

Human Wildlife

By Dr. Robert Buckman

The average adult is made up of 100 trillion cells. But only one-tenth of those are human. The rest are bacteria, fungi, parasites, and “miscellaneous riff-raff.” That is one of the astonishing facts in Dr. ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Island of the Blessed: The Secrets of Egypt’s Everlasting Oasis

By Harry Thurston

Author, scientist, and environmental journalist Harry Thurston’s latest book combines the most winning elements of the travelogue and archeological mystery while working in a timely environmental warning. Island of the Blessed tracks the unfolding archeology ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: History

Loop

By Anne Simpson

Loop is East Coast poet and novelist Anne Simpson’s second book of poetry. Her first, Light Falls Through You, was the winner of both the Atlantic Poetry Prize and the 2001 League of Canadian Poets’ ... Read More »

November 26, 2003 | Filed under: Poetry

The Canning Season

By Polly Horvath

“Ratchet Clark lived with her mother, Henriette, in a small, gloomy sub-basement apartment in Pensacola, Florida. They had no windows, but if they had she imagined they would be able to see worms, grubs, and ... Read More »

November 26, 2003

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