“In the end, our nation’s military has always shown courage, tenacity, and daring.” Such is the thesis of Fortune Favours the Brave, edited by Colonel Bernd Horn, historian and deputy commander of Canada’s Special Operations ... Read More »
April 29, 2009 | Filed under: History
Before human greed and exploitation took its toll, the ocean was home to more than 300,000 blue whales. After half a century of horrific slaughter, and in the face of an indifferent public that doesn’t ... Read More »
April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment
Buying Cigarettes for the Dog is the latest short fiction collection from Toronto writer and tireless small-press activist Stuart Ross. A considerable number of these stories have appeared in various periodicals, anthologies, and chapbooks since ... Read More »
April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Short
At a time when Canada’s police and CSIS are implicated in the arrest, rendition, and torture in foreign prisons of Muslim Canadians, while the current Prime Minister refuses to intervene on their behalf, there are ... Read More »
April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
A homing pigeon released hundreds of miles away from its roost can somehow find its way home. Take the average Canadian city dweller and put him or her in the middle of a dense forest, ... Read More »
April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment
As a rejoinder to those critics who find Canadian culture boring (or non-existent), Jonathan Vance’s ambitious, insightful new book provides proof that this country has a rich and often under-appreciated cultural heritage. Defining “culture” as ... Read More »
April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Originally published in Quebec in 2006, The Rocket is being released in English this year to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Montreal Canadiens. However, if you are looking for good ... Read More »
April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help
Most people associate the deadly chemical defoliant Agent Orange with the U.S. war in Vietnam. But freelance journalist Chris Arsenault has uncovered a disturbing Canadian connection that paints a portrait of human and environmental devastation ... Read More »
April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
June Hutton’s Underground follows Canadian Al Fraser from his time as a 16-year-old boy soldier in the First World War, through labour jobs and work camps during the Great Depression, to a final combat stint ... Read More »
April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
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