Bad Bridesmaid: Bachelorette Brawls and Taffeta Tantrums – What We Go Through For Her Big Day

Full disclosure: this reviewer is not married, nor is she engaged. Her Mr. Wonderful took one look at her weekend reading – i.e., these two books – and wisely retreated to his study. She has ... Read More »

March 21, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

My Wedding Dress: True-Life Tales of Lace, Laughter, Tears and Tulle

By Susan Whelehan, Anne Laurel Carter, eds.

March 21, 2007 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Tales of a Curling Hack

By Doug Maxwell

Humility is a big part of curling’s successful formula. At a time when many professional athletes aggravate fans with their arrogant attitudes, curlers come across as the kind of folks you might run into at ... Read More »

March 21, 2007 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

The Letter Opener

By Kyo Maclear

Do you remember the Dead Letter Office? Apparently it changed its name in 1954 to the Undeliverable Mail Office – the UMO – which was thought to be a little less depressing, though the meaning ... Read More »

March 21, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Washington Diaries: 1981-1989

By Allan Gotlieb

Allan Gotlieb’s Washington Diaries isn’t a page-turner, but it is an exhaustively detailed, day-by-day account of the tenure of one of the most influential and memorable Canadian ambassadors to the United States. The accounts of ... Read More »

March 21, 2007 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Canadian Hockey Atlas

By Stephen Cole

Don’t take The Canadian Hockey Atlas on your team’s next road trip – not if you want to find the rink, anyway. Each of the 11 chapters here – one per province, plus one for ... Read More »

March 21, 2007 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

★ The Chickens Fight Back: Pandemic Panics and Deadly Diseases That Jump from Animals to Humans

By Dr. David Waltner-Toews

There is not enough vaccine to inoculate us all against bird flu, and even if there eventually were, the disease would likely have already mutated, rendering the vaccine mostly powerless. The latest book by Kitchener, ... Read More »

March 19, 2007 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Rollback

By Robert J. Sawyer

In Rollback, bestselling Toronto science-fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer explores both the nature of time and the questions surrounding the scientific ability to fundamentally alter the human lifespan. In the process, he also delves deeply ... Read More »

March 12, 2007 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Being Caribou: Five Months on Foot with a Caribou Herd

By Karsten Heuer

Being Caribou is a kids’ version of wildlife biologist and park warden Karsten Heuer’s adult book of the same name. (It is also the name of a related National Film Board DVD.) The children’s book ... Read More »

March 5, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Beware, Pirates! Canadian Flyer Adventures 1

By Frieda Wishinsky; Dean Griffiths, illus.

A limited vocabulary and simple, predictable sentence structures make this time-travel adventure, with its glimpse into Canadian history, easily accessible to kids who are learning to read chapter books. Emily and Matt find a magic ... Read More »

March 5, 2007

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