Diamond: A Memoir of 100 Days

In her second book, Diamond, Nova Scotia writer Dawn Rae Downton has paired two themes that are popular with memoirists: homecoming and bereavement. It is to her credit that much of this narrative feels fresh ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Public Power: The Fight for Publicly Owned Electricity

By Howard Hampton with Bill Reno

Among the many controversial policies of Ontario’s Conservative government, few drew as big a public backlash as plans to privatize Ontario Hydro. One of the leaders of a movement that eventually forced the government to ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Jade Coast: The Ecology of the North Pacific Ocean

By Robert Butler

The Jade Coast stretches from northern California to southeast Alaska, and Robert Butler, in his roles as park naturalist, wildlife biologist, government scientist, and university professor, knows a lot about the region and the thousands ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Story of Jane Doe: A Book About Rape

By Jane Doe

Jane Doe was asleep in her downtown Toronto apartment when a serial rapist climbed in over her balcony and made her his fifth victim. Although the police knew he was in the area and that ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Working Class Zero

By Rob Payne

One of the challenges facing the contemporary novelist is to capture the complexities and absurdities of modern life without boring the reader. Rob Payne manages to do this and make us laugh too. In Working ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Sea of Tranquility

By Lesley Choyce

Ragged Island, Lesley Choyce’s fictional community off the Nova Scotia mainland, has survived centuries of various economic catastrophes through the entrepreneurial inventiveness of its inhabitants. Recent ventures include Phonse Doucette’s shoot-’em-up junkyard and Moses Slaunwhite’s ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Hard Boiled Love: An Anthology of Noir Love

By Kerry Schooley and Peter Sellers, eds.

Hard Boiled Love, the follow-up to last year’s Iced anthology of noir fiction, gets off to a shaky start, but ends up succeeding on the strength of four or five solid tales and one unexpected ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Anthologies

Children’s Books That Nurture the Spirit

By Louise Margaret Granahan

There are abundant British and American guides to children’s books, but it’s extremely rare to find Canadian titles in their pages. If for no other reason than national pride, we needed McClelland & Stewart’s A ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Reference

A Guide to Canadian Children’s Books

By Deirdre Baker and Ken Setterington

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Reference

★ Ultra Hush-hush: Espionage and Special Missions

By Stephen Shapiro and Tina Forrester, David Craig, illus.

The current world political climate might make it difficult for parents and librarians to consider buying a book about spying during the Second World War. But then again, Ultra Hush-Hush, first in a new series ... Read More »

November 25, 2003

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