Politics & Current Affairs

The Swashbucklers: The Story of Canada’s Battling Broadcasters

One of the great things about living in Canada is the wide range of choices in broadcast content both on the radio and on television. Living so close to the U.S., we’re able to pick ... Read More »

January 30, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Resist: A Grassroots Collection of Stories, Poetry, Photos and Analysis from the Ftaa Protests in Quebec City and Beyond

By Jen Chang et al., eds.

Like the anti-globalization movement it attempts to reflect, this account of the anti-FTAA protests last April in Quebec City is a patchwork of voices crying out through the memories of tear gas, rubber bullets, and ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Smokescreen: One Man Against the Underworld

By Paul William Roberts and Norman Snider

Hard-hitting and wised up, Smokescreen is a documentary account of the scuzz-filled career of one Cal Broeker, a curiously valiant ex-butcher from small-town New York who morphed into what the Brits call a “supergrass.” In ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

All You Can Eat: Greed, Lust and the New Capitalism

By Linda McQuaig

In All You Can Eat, Linda McQuaig assembles an impressive indictment of the prevailing economic system. By defining and demystifying the terms, naming the suspects (individuals, institutions, and ideologies), and providing a credible historical and ... Read More »

January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Romancing the Bard: Stratford at Fifty

By Martin Hunter

Martin Hunter’s look at the first 50 years of the popular Stratford Festival is well illustrated with production shots drawn from a gallery of renowned theatre photographers. Each chapter is adorned by pleasing anecdotes and ... Read More »

January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Power: Journeys Across an Energy Nation

By Gordon Laird

As hopes for environmental improvements take a distant back seat to the “war on terrorism,” Gordon Laird’s timely new look at Canadian energy exploration and exploitation provides a strong rallying call for the planet’s fragile ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Pacific Press: The Unauthorized Story of Vancouver’s Newspaper Monopoly

By Marc Edge

In 1957, to prevent a fight to the death between the Southam-owned Vancouver Province and the privately owned Vancouver Sun, Southam proposed an unusual corporate partnership called Pacific Press. The two operations would share production ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Can’t Buy Me Love: How Martha Billes Made Canadian Tire Hers

By Rod McQueen

After Chrysler boss Lee Iacocca published his autobiography in 1984, it seemed every CEO had a story to tell. While most of these aggrandizing treatments offered readers little more than a recipe for success or ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Bombardier Story: Planes, Trains, and Snowmobiles

By Larry MacDonald

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

★ The Shape of a Girl/jewel

By Joan MacLeod

The Shape of a Girl and Jewel are both one-act, one-character plays that hold a microscope to stories from the Canadian news. A teenage girl beaten to death by her peers and the story of ... Read More »

January 26, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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The Swashbucklers: The Story of Canada’s Battling Broadcasters

Resist: A Grassroots Collection of Stories, Poetry, Photos and Analysis from the Ftaa Protests in Quebec City and Beyond

Smokescreen: One Man Against the Underworld

All You Can Eat: Greed, Lust and the New Capitalism

Romancing the Bard: Stratford at Fifty

Power: Journeys Across an Energy Nation

Pacific Press: The Unauthorized Story of Vancouver’s Newspaper Monopoly

Can’t Buy Me Love: How Martha Billes Made Canadian Tire Hers

The Bombardier Story: Planes, Trains, and Snowmobiles

★ The Shape of a Girl/jewel

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