It is hard to imagine a better read for young motorcycle enthusiasts than From Boneshakers to Choppers. As the subtitle suggests, this book looks at the history of the motor bicycle, as it was first ... Read More »
June 18, 2007
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: a young boy on a farm discovers he can fly. That the boy is only daydreaming is where Jeff Lemire’s Tales from the Farm departs from more familiar ... Read More »
June 18, 2007 | Filed under: Graphica
In her latest book, former Globe and Mail columnist Heather Mallick offers her characteristically outspoken and unapologetic opinions on this mess we call modern life.Her perspective, in these previously unpublished essays, is that the world ... Read More »
June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Reference
Both of these books are concerned with defining Canada’s “national interests.” Granatstein’s Whose War Is It? holds that the country’s interests lie firmly with the U.S., while McQuaig, in Holding the Bully’s Coat, argues that ... Read More »
June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Both of these books are concerned with defining Canada’s “national interests.” Granatstein’s Whose War Is It? holds that the country’s interests lie firmly with the U.S., while McQuaig, in Holding the Bully’s Coat, argues that ... Read More »
June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Manitoba poet Di Brandt’s So This Is the World & Here I Am in It is the 10th book in NeWest’s Writer as Critic series. The book consists of 12 essays written over 10 years ... Read More »
June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays
Based on her column in Toronto’s NOW magazine, Adria Vasil’s Ecoholic is a slickly produced and irreverently toned book that makes going green seem almost sexy. It also walks the walk, being printed in vegetable-based ... Read More »
June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment
Teachers who dislike or don’t really understand math invariably instill in children just one thing: a lifelong dread of one of our most important languages.This cultural poverty has long appalled John Mighton, an award-winning playwright ... Read More »
June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
You know what you’re going to get with most chick lit: an appealing heroine with a job that leads to hijinks or, at the very least, some low-grade titillation. While these books add little to ... Read More »
June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels
In “The Plastic Garden,” the opening story of Ottawa author Christian McPherson’s debut collection Six Ways to Sunday, a reclusive model-maker finds emotional fulfillment in crafting tiny animals for a young neighbour. When the creatures ... Read More »
June 14, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Short
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