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★ The Voluptuous Gardener: The Collected Art and Writing of Joe Rosenblatt 1973-1996

By Joe Rosenblatt

The Voluptuous Gardener by 1976 Governor-General’s Award-winning poet Joe Rosenblatt does not live up to the hyped controversy already surrounding it. Before it could go to press at the Winnipeg printer that publisher Beach Holme ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Tubman: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, Her Life in the United States and Canada (signature Series)

By Rosemary Sadlier

Information about her Canadian connections is the key contribution of this new book about Harriet Tubman. Researched and written by Rosemary Sadlier, president of the Ontario Black History Society and author of several books on ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Chiefs of Defence: Government and the Unified Command of the Canadian Armed Forces

By Douglas Bland

If all Gaul, as the Romans had it, was divided in three parts, then all military history is divided into five. There are what we might call the serious studies, the academics’ and the theorists’ ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: History

No Day Long Enough: Canadian Science in World War Ii

By George Lindsey, ed.

If all Gaul, as the Romans had it, was divided in three parts, then all military history is divided into five. There are what we might call the serious studies, the academics’ and the theorists’ ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: History

War Without Battles: Canada’s Nato Brigade in Germany, 1951-1993

By Sean Maloney

If all Gaul, as the Romans had it, was divided in three parts, then all military history is divided into five. There are what we might call the serious studies, the academics’ and the theorists’ ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: History

Deadly Seas: The Duel Between the St Croix and U305 in the Battle of the Atlantic

By David J. Bercuson and Holger H. Herwig

If all Gaul, as the Romans had it, was divided in three parts, then all military history is divided into five. There are what we might call the serious studies, the academics’ and the theorists’ ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: History

Storms of Controversy: The Secret Arrow Files Revealed, 2nd Ed.

By Palmiro Campagna

If all Gaul, as the Romans had it, was divided in three parts, then all military history is divided into five. There are what we might call the serious studies, the academics’ and the theorists’ ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: History

Deadly Seas: The Story of the St Croix, the U-305 and the Battle of the Atlantic

By David J. Bercuson and Holger H. Herwig

Deadly Seas is a good idea. David J. Bercuson is a Canadian military historian with over 30 books to his credit and Holger H. Herwig is one of the world’s foremost German naval historians. Together ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: History

Once upon a Tomb: Stories from Canadian Graveyards

By Nancy Millar

Alberta writer Nancy Millar believes one of the best ways to explore history is to visit the dead – not literally, of course, but in graveyards. In Once Upon a Tomb, the nation-wide follow-up to ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: History

Cottage Life’s Summer Weekend Cookbook

By Jane Rodmell

In a cookbook designed for use at the cottage – where correct culinary method usually takes a backseat to more practical matters such as finding a can opener or a sharp knife – it is ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

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