★ 100 Cigarettes and a Bottle of Vodka

Arthur Schaller was only 11 years old when the German army swept through Poland in 1939. Along with his family and every other Jew in Warsaw, Schaller was herded into the ghetto where he learned ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Cartographic Satellite Atlas of the World

Like many publishers, Nick Pitt attends the annual Frankfurt Book Fair. Two years ago, the vice-president of Toronto’s Warwick Publishing was drawn to a display of satellite imagery of Earth – aerial images that offered ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Canadian Oxford World Atlas, 4th Edition

By Quentin H. Stanford

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Encyclopedia of Natural Healing

By Siegfried Gursche & Zoltan Rona

The Encyclopedia of Natural Healing might be able to show one how to live a healthy life, but if I had a sudden health problem I wouldn’t trust it any farther than I could throw ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Canadian Oxford Dictionary

By Katherine Barder, ed.

Five years, five lexicographers working full time, and here it is – the new Canadian Oxford Dictionary, and it’s a treat. The editors sent along a challenge with the review package I received. “Does your ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Hungers

By Genni Gunn

Tolstoy’s famous adage about unhappy families would form a nice epigraph for Genni Gunn’s Hungers, a collection of stories that explore the fraught territory between parents, siblings, spouses, lovers, and bridge partners. Gunn, a novelist, ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Crime Science: How Investigators Use Science to Track Down the Bad Guys

By Vivien Bowers, Martha Newbigging, illus.

Vivien Bowers has done her homework well for this book on forensic science. Admitting she knew little about the specialized field, she gamely interviewed Canadian crime specialists, including pathologists, coroners, forensic odontologists, graphologists, police computer ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Cowboy on the Steppes

By Song Nan Zhang

At the height of the Cultural Revolution in 1968, author-illustrator Song Nan Zhang’s brother Yi Nan was sent to the Mongolian border to live in a yurt with a nomadic family. Cowboy on the Steppes, ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Torn Skirt

By Rebecca Godfrey

Rebecca Godfrey’s debut novel relates a pivotal few days in the life of 16-year-old Sara Shaw. Raised by her gentle hippie father, she is a quiet teenager who loves “the safety of bank balances, the ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Leaning, Leaning Over Water: A Novel in Ten Stories

By Frances Itani

Frances Itani has been a fixture on the Ottawa literary scene for some time now, steadily winning prizes and critical acclaim but not, so far, widespread recognition. This, the first of her short story collections ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

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★ 100 Cigarettes and a Bottle of Vodka

The Cartographic Satellite Atlas of the World

Canadian Oxford World Atlas, 4th Edition

Encyclopedia of Natural Healing

The Canadian Oxford Dictionary

Hungers

Crime Science: How Investigators Use Science to Track Down the Bad Guys

Cowboy on the Steppes

The Torn Skirt

Leaning, Leaning Over Water: A Novel in Ten Stories

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