Pierre Le Poof!

Perhaps the classic plot for a kids’ story is about running away from home, getting lost and/or in trouble, and finally getting back to the comfort and security of home. This is the story of ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Picture Books

Bringing Art to Life: A Biography of Alan Jarvis

By Andrew Horrall

The fact that the name Alan Jarvis now rings few bells in Canada is one reason that Bringing Art to Life, a stylish and beautifully researched biography by Andrew Horrall, is so important. Jarvis – ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Joan & Goodridge: My Life with Goodridge Roberts

By Joan Roberts

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Fresh Canadian Bistro

By Craig Flinn

There has long been a shortage of cookbooks that anthologize the recipes of Canadian chefs. Deserving and talented candidates of all ages and from across Canada draw international plaudits, yet to date, most publishers have ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Gretzky’s Tears: Hockey, Canada,and the Day Everything Changed

By Stephen Brunt

The story of The Great One’s sale to the Los Angeles Kings from the Edmonton Oilers in August 1988 is a variation of the myth of the fast-talking American swindling the hapless Canadian out of ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Canada’s Game: Hockey and Identity

By Andrew C. Holman, ed.

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic, and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map

By Cleo Paskal

As climate change increasingly becomes part of our everyday concerns, a need has emerged for international experts to help make sense of its potential consequences. In Global Warring, journalist Cleo Paskal does exactly that. Unlike ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Chief Factor’s Daughter

By Vanessa Winn

Vanessa Winn’s first novel is a well-researched story based on factual accounts of people living in colonial Victoria, B.C. Winn’s specific focus is on the lives of women in Fort Victoria, and how they were ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Ciao Bella

By Gina Buonaguro and Janice Kirk

The second collaboration between authors Gina Buonaguro and Janice Kirk has all of the right elements for a frothy romance with a touch of adventure and intrigue thrown in: a love triangle, a dashing husband, ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Age of Water Lilies

By Theresa Kishkan

The twinned themes of life and death animate The Age of Water Lilies, a novel distinguished by the quiet grace of its prose and the rich evocation of the natural world. The breadth of this ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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