The City After the Automobile

In 1961, when Jane Jacobs wrote about the “attrition of cities by automobiles,” Moshe Safdie had just begun his now-famous career as one of Canada’s most imaginative and successful architects. More than 35 years and ... Read More »

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

Glenn Gould: The Ecstasy and Tragedy of Genius

By Peter Ostwald

Peter Ostwald, an American violinist and psychiatrist who died of cancer shortly after completing this book, had an off-again-on-again friendship with Glenn Gould that lasted a quarter of a century after the two met on-stage ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Inside the Hermit Kingdom

By Yi Sun-Kyung

Inside the Hermit Kingdom is journalist and filmmaker Yi Sun-Kyung’s first book. It is in three sections: a personal odyssey of her adjustment as an immigrant to Canada, her attempt to discover the real North ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: History

Marshall Mcluhan: Escape into Understanding

By W. Terrence Gordon

The approaching millennium will bring with it the 20th anniversary of the death of Marshall McLuhan, a prophet still widely misunderstood in his own country. Genius, seer, or fast-talking media huckster? The image of the ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Risking Adventure: Mountaineering Journeys Around the World

By Jim Haberl

In spite of what Haberl claims in his introduction, Risking Adventure does not explore what motivates people to climb mountains. It chronicles the camaraderie that comes from climbing together. It also chronicles difficulties and hardship ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

★ Before the Gold Rush: Peace, Love and the Dawn of the Canadian Sound

By Nicholas Jennings

There may be only one thing missing from Nicholas Jennings’ Before the Gold Rush: an account of how an almost incoherent Rompin’ Ronnie Hawkins got involved in the recording of the 1970s Canadian album Xaviera! ... Read More »

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

Marie Dressler: The Unlikeliest Star

By Betty Lee

Marie Dressler is no longer a household name. But during the 1930s, in cinemas across North America, this undeniably plain woman, weighing more than 200 pounds and carrying 60-odd years, was a bigger box-office draw ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

★ The Write Track: How to Succeed as a Freelance Writer in Canada

By Betty Jane Wylie

If you ever wanted practical advice on how to live and work as a writer in Canada, Betty Jane Wylie’s The Write Track is the book for you. This smart, practical guide has been written ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

You Can’t Take It with You

By Sandra E. Foster

Last year, after I was married and my wife became pregnant, more or less in that order, I had to acknowledge a side of my character I’d been ignoring up till that point – the ... Read More »

April 20, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Wills for Ontario

By David I. Blotnick