Dad Says He Saw You at the Mall

Ken Sparling, a Toronto writer in his mid-thirties and fiction editor at Gutter Press has written a quirky anti-novel that both engages and frustrates the reader. In Dad Says He Saw You at the Mall, ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Fair Weather

By Joe Matt

Joe Matt’s autobiographical Peepshow was part of a wave of groundbreaking North American alternative comics in the early 1990s. Matt’s unflinching and unflattering portrayal of every sordid corner of his Catholic-guilt-ridden psyche earned him a ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Martina Hingis: Teen Tennis Sensation (Champion Sports Biography Series)

By Bev Spencer

There’s nothing like a good sports biography to get a fan’s blood pumping. A well-written account of the sporting life can prompt fond reminiscences of one’s own athletic past, call up daydreams where you’re the ... Read More »

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Michael Schumacher: Living on the Limit (Champion Sports Biography Series)

By Ken Sparling

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Michael Jordan: Airborne (Champion Sports Biography Series)

By Michael Boughn

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Muhammad Ali: Athlete, Activist, Ambassador (Champion Sports Biography Series)

By James Duplacey

February 16, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Thrill of the Paddle: An Illustrated Guide to Extreme Canoeing

By Paul Mason and Mark Scriver

Portaging is the bane of the canoeist’s existence. There may be rugged satisfaction in scrabbling up the rocky shore, feeling like a coureur de bois, but most can do without the dull pain that comes ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Rough Water: Stories of Survival from the Sea

By Clint Willis, ed.

Sometimes simple demographics make it possible to predict what books are going to top the non-fiction bestseller lists. In recent years, baby boomers hoping to live long and prosper have fuelled prolific sales of books ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment