Buddy Babylon: The Autobiography of Buddy Cole

Buddy Babylon is not for those of unforgiving morals. That said, be prepared for an over-the-top, laugh-out-loud read that is so full of subtle humour, you’ll miss it if you read too fast.Scott Thompson and ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Runelords

By David Farland

Fantasy and science fiction novelist Orson Scott Card has often said that one of the keys to writing fantasy is to determine the price of magic. With The Runelords, author David Farland has done that ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Darwinia

By Robert Charles Wilson

There is no doubt that Robert Charles Wilson is a great science fiction writer. His last book, Mysterium, won the Philip K. Dick Award and his last four novels were all New York Times Notable ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ Fool’s Gold: The Making of a Global Market Fraud

By Brian Hutchinson

The May 1997 collapse of Bre-X Minerals, a company that in a life of a few years claimed to have the largest gold property in the world, should have come as no surprise. In this ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Intertwining: Artists, Landscape, Issues, Technology

By John K. Grande

Eco-art had meaning in the 1970s, and eco-artists were, for the most part, visual creators of the environmental movement. Much of the work that fell into the category was made on site – on beaches, ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

My Recollection of Chicago and the Doctrine of Laissez Faire

By Stephen Leacock, Carl Spadoni, ed.

Aficionados of Stephen Leacock’s work will be interested in the recent discovery and subsequent publication of his 1903 doctoral dissertation in economics. In addition to being a valuable piece of scholarship in its own right, ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Wired for Sound: A Journey into Hearing

By Beverly Biderman

The deaf and the telephone – three short scenes:A group of little girls sit cross-legged on the floor. They’re playing “Broken Telephone.” The first girl whispers a sentence into the ear of a girl beside ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Nobody Said Not to Go: The Loves, Life, and Adventures of Emily Hahn

By Ken Cuthbertson

Emily Hahn (1905-1997) was a remarkable woman who was very ahead of her time. Known as “Mickey” to her friends, Hahn drove across the United States in the 1920s dressed as a boy; hiked across ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Living Beach

By Silver Donald Cameron

You can’t pin down a beach, Silver Donald Cameron warns: beaches have places to go, people to see, things to do, and we’re the least of their worries. Cameron’s fascination with beaches has already taken ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Elsewhere Community

By Hugh Kenner

Hugh Kenner, Professor of English at the University of Georgia, is considered one of the finest critics to come out of Canada. He has written more than 30 books encompassing the fields of literature, language, ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

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