Building a Shelf and Bike Rack, Building Together Series, Vol. 2

By Ken Ainsworth, Tina Holdcroft, illus., Rodrigo Moreno, photog.

The old adage “Never judge a book by its cover” certainly does not apply to this series. Both the title of this series, “Building Together,” and the cover photo of author Ken Ainsworth with his ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Temper, Temper: A Graphic Novel

By Sonja Ahlers

Sonja Ahlers’ debut is billed as a graphic novel, but this fails to convey the book’s inventiveness and acuity. Temper, Temper is really an old-fashioned illustrated diary, though instead of the pressed flowers and careful ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Understanding Ken

By Pete McCormack

Understanding Ken is set 25 years ago in the hockey-mad cities and towns around Trail, B.C. An adult novel, Ken is told through the eyes and in the voice of a hockey-obsessed 10-year-old. The boy ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The Bay of Love and Sorrows

By David Adams Richards

David Adams Richards’ ninth novel inhabits rural New Brunswick territory familiar to us by now. The land is beautiful but not giving. While some perch on the brink of prosperity, others free fall into the ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Working on Sunday

By Edward O. Phillips

December is never Geoffry Chadwick’s favourite time: “Anyone past puberty who enjoys Christmas,” he maintains, “is not dealing with a full deck.” This season is made extra grim by the recent death of his partner, ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

The War to End All Wars

By Morley Torgov

Eliezer Pinsky, the protagonist of Morley Torgov’s new novel, The War to End All Wars, doesn’t figure to be long for the world when we first meet him. A Russian Jew, he’s a reluctant First ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Novels

Queen Rat: New and Selected Poems

By Lynn Crosbie

This selection, it is really more of a collection, is the very opposite of the proverbial slim volume of poems. From the five non-angels in “Pentangeli” to the ultimate grace of “Pearl,” this work demands ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Fireworks and Folly: How We Killed Minnie Sutherland

By John Nihmey

Minnie Sutherland was a Cree from Kashechewan, a reserve on the Ontario side of James Bay. She died in an Ottawa hospital on Jan. 11, 1989, at age 40, after being hit by a car ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Smart Women: Canadian Entrepreneurs Talk About Making Money, Leadership, Management, and Self-development

By Barbara Thrasher and Madelon Smid

Although women entrepreneurs are establishing businesses at record levels and are primarily responsible for the proliferation of small business today, they continue to be dogged by the disparity between men’s and women’s incomes. Why? According ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

★ Of Ice and Men Dominik Hasek, Chris Chelios, Steve Yzerman, Glen Sather: The Craft of Hockey

By Bruce Dowbiggin

Is the game of hockey a brutish survival of the toughest, or a well-orchestrated work of art on ice? In Of Ice and Men, Bruce Dowbiggin argues convincingly for the latter point of view.By focusing ... Read More »

March 1, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

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Building a Shelf and Bike Rack, Building Together Series, Vol. 2

Temper, Temper: A Graphic Novel

Understanding Ken

The Bay of Love and Sorrows

Working on Sunday

The War to End All Wars

Queen Rat: New and Selected Poems

Fireworks and Folly: How We Killed Minnie Sutherland

Smart Women: Canadian Entrepreneurs Talk About Making Money, Leadership, Management, and Self-development

★ Of Ice and Men Dominik Hasek, Chris Chelios, Steve Yzerman, Glen Sather: The Craft of Hockey

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