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The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime

One of the more mystifying aspects of soccer is how a low-contact sport that so disdains physical toughness has attracted a fan base whose violent criminality far exceeds that of those who worship, say, the ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

This Island in Time: Remarkable Tales from Montreal’s Past

By John Kalbfleisch

John Kalbfleisch’s book delightfully documents Montreal’s beginnings as a religious mission, then charts its development all the way up to Expo ’67. In his introduction, Kalbfleisch, a reporter for Montreal’s Gazette, says that he views ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: History

The End of The River: Strangling the Rio São Francisco

By Brian Harvey

In the past decade, readers have been bombarded with literary diatribes against clear-cut logging, habitat loss, overfishing, pollution, and species extinctions. Brian Harvey knows we’ve had enough, so in his new book, he lures us ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Survive! Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere – Alive

By Les Stroud with Michael Vlessides

The premise of Les Stroud’s TV series Survivorman is dead simple. In each episode, Stroud, an Ontario-based survival expert, gets dropped alone into a hostile environment, where he must stay alive for a week with ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory

By D’Arcy Jenish

There haven’t been too many dynasties in the 91-year history of the National Hockey League, but after reading this exhaustive account of the Montreal Canadiens, it’s easy to see why the Habs were the gold ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Who Killed Jackie Bates? Murder and Mystery During the Great Depression

By Bill Waiser

At the outset of Who Killed Jackie Bates?, University of Saskatchewan history professor Bill Waiser seems to make it pretty clear that Jackie’s parents, Ted and Rose, murdered their seven-year-old son in cold blood in ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent

By Andrew Nikiforuk

For the better part of their history, the Alberta tar sands have been out of sight and out of mind for most Canadians. A thinly populated wilderness and (in the words of one early bitumen ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada

By John Ralston Saul

The title of John Ralston Saul’s newest book, A Fair Country, sounds like a rejected Liberal Party campaign slogan, but its contents are much more combative, provocative, and stimulating than anything likely to be uttered ... Read More »

December 11, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

★ The Almost Archer Sisters

By Lisa Gabriele

Accidentally pregnant, married, and settled on the family farm before she reached her mid-twenties, Peachy Archer has all the spontaneity of a coffee table. Now 28, she has two loveable boys, a long-abandoned partial degree ... Read More »

December 8, 2008 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Absolute Violation: Why Torture Must Be Prohibited

By Richard Matthews

It’s a sad comment on the human condition that moral issues thought to have been settled by the grim experience of history are frequently dredged up and reopened for debate. Take, for example, the recent ... Read More »

December 5, 2008 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime

This Island in Time: Remarkable Tales from Montreal’s Past

The End of The River: Strangling the Rio São Francisco

Survive! Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You Out of Anywhere – Alive

The Montreal Canadiens:100 Years of Glory

Who Killed Jackie Bates? Murder and Mystery During the Great Depression

Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent

A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada

★ The Almost Archer Sisters

The Absolute Violation: Why Torture Must Be Prohibited

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