The Johns: Sex for Sale and the Men Who Buy It

In Canada, it’s nice to pretend that prostitution isn’t the dangerous social ill it used to be. For one thing, this country no longer has any prostitutes. It now boasts “sex workers” who march into ... Read More »

March 20, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The World and Darfur: International Responses to Crimes Against Humanity in Western Sudan

By Amanda F. Grzyb, ed.

The ongoing crisis in Darfur confronts us with the remarkable phenomenon of scholars, anthropologists, legal minds, and activists documenting a lengthy genocide-in-progress, with all parties seemingly powerless to stop the carnage. How can such intolerable ... Read More »

March 20, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Filthy Lucre: Economics for People Who Hate Capitalism

By Joseph Heath

Like many things around us, the free-market system is a mechanism we blithely ignore until something goes wrong with it. So it’s no surprise that the recent economic downturn has also seen a rise in ... Read More »

March 20, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

★ Blue Mountain Trouble

By Martin Mordecai

Sometimes when I can’t find a book in a local bookstore I shop through Amazon. (Mea culpa, independent booksellers.) This means that Amazon has a virtual portrait of me as a reader that they use ... Read More »

March 16, 2009

Chill: Discover the Cool (and Creative) Side of Your Fridge

By Allan Peterkin

The first question author Allan Peterkin asks in his new book is, “What kind of moron would write a book about fridge art?” The real question is: who would want to read it? Hands-on, creative ... Read More »

March 16, 2009

True Stories of Rescue and Survival: Canada’s Unknown Heroes

By Carolyn Matthews

Carolyn Matthews has written two books for adults about rescues on sea and land, so she is very familiar with the topic. In her new book for young adults, she introduces readers to 22 men ... Read More »

March 16, 2009

★ The Insecto-files: Amazing Insect Science and Bug Facts You’ll Never Believe

By Helaine Becker; Claudia Dávila, illus.

Helaine Becker, author of Boredom Blasters and more, turns her attention here to a topic kids love: creepy, crawly bugs of all shapes and sizes. The Insecto-files is jammed with interesting facts presented in kid-friendly ... Read More »

March 16, 2009

Girl #3

By Nichole McGill

A tomboy-ish track-and-field star, 14-year-old Syd is a standard-issue, mildly confused suburban teenager, alienated from her divorced parents, extremely clever and wonderfully street-smart. Syd discovers she’s a serial killer’s intended third victim one morning when, ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Mealworm Diaries

By Anna Kerz

At the beginning of this debut novel from Toronto’s Anna Kerz, young Jeremy has just moved with his mother from rural Nova Scotia to Toronto after the death of his father. Details of that tragedy ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Earthgirl

By Jennifer Cowan

Earthgirl is smart, funny, attuned to the times, and completely appropriate for its intended audience. Veteran TV writer Jennifer Cowan has spent the past 20 years writing for such angsty teen shows as Ready or ... Read More »

March 16, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

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