Secret Coastline: Journeys and Discoveries Along B.c.’s Shores

Having grown up in the rural, largely agricultural end of southwestern British Columbia, I had, by a very young age, grown quite tired of the province. Oh, sure, I could concede it was beautiful, but ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

★ A Good House

By Bonnie Burnard

Comparisons with Alice Munro are inevitable. Bonnie Burnard has staked out similar territory, in this case, a Western Ontario town north of London up toward Lake Huron. Like Munro, Burnard has made her name with ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

★ The Mark of the Angel

By Nancy Huston

If Anne Michaels’ Fugitive Pieces asks, “can there be poetry after the Holocaust?” Nancy Huston’s latest novel asks, “can there be music?” While Huston is less swirling in her sentences, less abandoned in her plot ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Cybershock: Surviving Hackers, Phreakers, Identity Thieves, Internet Terrorists and Weapons of Mass Disruption

By Winn Schwartau

Back in the old days before the Web was born, sometime around 1985, a Toronto computer dealer set up an online bulletin board. It was a modest affair that enabled his customers to post messages ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century

By Simson Garfinkel

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Hundredth Window: Protecting Your Privacy and Security in the Age of the Internet

By Charles Jennings and Lori Fena

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Wishing Star Summer

By Beryl Young

Beryl Young’s son and family have shared the past four summers with children from Belarus, giving the precious gift of a holiday far away from the radiation caused by the Chernobyl disaster. Young has used ... Read More »

February 5, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Hoop Crazy

By Eric Walters

Hoop Crazy is the third instalment in award-winning author Eric Walters’ basketball stories. Teammates and old friends Nick, Kia, and Mark are desperate to find another player for the upcoming three-on-three tournament. Help arrives in ... Read More »

February 5, 2004

The Patti Stories, Volume One: Life on the Farm

By Heather Gardam

Heather Gardam opens her series about Patti, a 10-year-old farm girl, with a highly engaging collection of linked stories called Life on the Farm. Reminiscent of E.B. White’s Charlotte’s Web in its gentle tone and ... Read More »

February 5, 2004

★ One Missing Finger

By Don Trembath

One Missing Finger is the second in the Black Belt Series, the sequel to Frog Face and the Three Boys. The series features three boys who take karate classes together and spend the rest of ... Read More »

February 5, 2004

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Secret Coastline: Journeys and Discoveries Along B.c.’s Shores

★ A Good House

★ The Mark of the Angel

Cybershock: Surviving Hackers, Phreakers, Identity Thieves, Internet Terrorists and Weapons of Mass Disruption

Database Nation: The Death of Privacy in the 21st Century

The Hundredth Window: Protecting Your Privacy and Security in the Age of the Internet

Wishing Star Summer

Hoop Crazy

The Patti Stories, Volume One: Life on the Farm

★ One Missing Finger

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