Politics & Current Affairs

Burning Vision

In the late 1880s, a Dene medicine man prophesized a “burning vision” that will “come a long time in the future. It will come burning inside.” His people may have regarded him as a sapient ... Read More »

November 20, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Myth of Ability: Nurturing Mathematical Talent in Every Child

By John Mighton

John Mighton is the founder of JUMP (Junior Undiscovered Mathematical Prodigies), an expanding educational charity that has grown to provide free math tutoring to 12 inner-city Toronto schools. The Myth of Ability is the story ... Read More »

November 20, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Frontier Spirit: The Brave Women of the Klondike

By Jennifer Duncan

Jennifer Duncan is the sort of person you’d like to meet around a campfire or at a cozy pub on a snowy night – a true woman of the Yukon, a woman who can tell ... Read More »

November 19, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Border: Canada, the U.s. and Adventures Along the 49th Parallel

By James Laxer

Things have been a little defensive along both sides of “the world’s longest undefended border” of late. According to Toronto political scientist and journalist James Laxer, that’s hardly a novel situation, and it’s unlikely to ... Read More »

November 19, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Dark Side: The Personal Price of a Political Life

By Steve Paikin

The Dark Side should be a more interesting book than it is. The subject matter is inherently engaging: failed governments and failed marriages, backroom betrayals and public humiliation – all the worst things about living ... Read More »

November 19, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Old Scores: A Barry Gilbert Mystery

By Scott Mackay

Old Scores is the third episode of the contemporary Toronto-based police procedural series featuring Detective Barry Gilbert. When the body of sleazy drug-addicted music agent and fixer Glen Boyd is found by a collection agent ... Read More »

November 19, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Last Amigo: Karlheinz Schreiber and the Anatomy of a Scandal

By Stevie Cameron and Harvey Cashore

Writing a book about a political scandal comes with its own challenges, including the aggressive research involved and the process of rearranging those facts into a compelling narrative. Writing a book about a Canadian political ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Forward Through the Rearview Mirror: Reflections on and by Marshall Mcluhan

By Paul Benedetti and Nancy DeHart, eds.

BOOK DESIGN TODAY is driven by magazine design. Magazines, with their quick cycles and relatively low production costs, are highly responsive to design trends and consumer caprice. And they’re ephemeral – you can correct your ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Alien Invasion: How the Harris Tories Mismanaged Ontario

By Ruth Cohen, ed.

While it can be argued that the half-dozen years of Ontario’s Harris government have produced little of lasting value, the same might be said for critical works on a government whose premier is commonly referred ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs