Hal’s Legacy: 2001’s Computer as Dream and Reality

In the weeks following Garry Kasparov’s loss to IBM’s Deep Blue this May, editorial pages were full of breathless soul-searching about What It All Meant. Had machines crossed the intelligence barrier? Could Deep Blue really ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Kasparov Versus Deep Blue

By Monty Newborn

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Cupboard Love: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities

By Mark Morton

One doesn’t learn from Mark Morton’s Cupboard Love: A Dictionary of Culinary Curiosities, how a salamander – an appliance for broiling found in restaurant kitchens – got its odd name. One does, however, learn almost ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Classic Quilts

By Ruth McKendry

Ruth McKendry is a well-known textile expert and author of Quilts and Other Bedcoverings. Her personal collection of more than 300 quilts was acquired by the National Museum of Civilization in the late 1970s. Classic ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Down and Dirty Birding

By Joey Slinger

Down and Dirty Birding is downright hilarious. Which is not to say it isn’t informative and useful – it most certainly is. Slinger tells us about the birds in the trees in much the same ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Making and Selling Herbal Crafts: Tips, Techniques, Projects

By Alyce Nadeau

Whether pretty posies or practical aromatics, book publishers are offering a stack of craft books on creating items for home, body, or gift giving from the garden’s bounty. From the glossy front cover of Living ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Herbcrafts: Practical Inspirations for Natural Gifts, Country Crafts and Decorative Displays

By Tessa Evelegh

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Flowercrafts: Practical Inspirations for Natural Gifts, Country Crafts and Decorative Displays

By Deena Beverley

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

The Kids Guide to Fortune Telling

By Louise Dickson, Pat Cupples, illus.

The author’s note on the acknowledgments page encapsulates her approach to this subject: that fortune-telling can be “good, clean, frivolous fun.” Rather than being a serious exploration of psychic phenomena, this is a kids’ craft ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Canfake

By Donald Webster

Thirty years ago my wife and I bought an ancient pine sideboard from an antique dealer we privately referred to as “The Pirate.” “Early Upper Canada,” he said as we tied it onto the roof ... Read More »

October 1, 2013 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

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