Reviews

1867: How the Fathers Made a Deal

Comparing the lives of leaders for historical and political instruction goes back to Plutarch’s Parallel Lives of the Greeks and Romans. Christopher Moore describes several “fathers of the confederation” and makes the comparison with present ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

1967: The Last Good Year

By Pierre Berton

Despite the bitter nostalgia of its title, reading Pierre Berton’s 42nd book is an exhilarating experience. 1967: The Last Good Year captures the coast-to-coast orgy of celebration that marked Canada’s 100th birthday. True to his ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: History

God in the Classroom: The Controversial Issue of Religion in Canada’s Schools

By Lois Sweet

The topic of secularization has been very much at the forefront of religious discussion in the recent past. In God in the Classroom: The Controversial Issue of Religion in Canada’s Schools, Ottawa journalist Lois Sweet ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Trance Zero: Breaking the Spell of Conformity

By Adam Crabtree

Adam Crabtree is a philosopher, psychotherapist, and former Roman Catholic priest, and the author of three previous books on psychotherapy. He lives in Toronto, where he moved as an American graduate philosophy student in the ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

Peregrinations: Conversations with Contemporary Artists

By Robert Enright

Winnipeg art critic Robert Enright has been a fixture on the Canadian art scene for years and best known as editor at large of the art quarterly, Border Crossings. His preferred writing format is the ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

The Sacred Balance: A Vision for Life on Earth

By David Suzuki with Amanda McConnell

Only a few decades ago, human beings had their first look at Earth from space. Cities, skyscrapers, and other Guinness-Book-of-World-Records manmade wonders disappeared into a swirl of greens and blues shrouded in a white cape ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun: Young Women and Mentors of the Transition to Womanhood

By K. Wind Hughes and Linda Wolf, photos by Linda Wolf

Daughters of the Moon, Sisters of the Sun is the latest addition to the recent deluge of books that explore the perilous emotional passage of girls into womanhood. The book is a compilation of bittersweet ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Growing up Naked: My Years in Bump and Grind

By Lindalee Tracey

When a stripper associate and I ran into Lindalee Tracey (aka “Fonda Peters”) in Montreal in the early 1980s, I was dutifully impressed. To be a famous stripper in a city that is so girl ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Where the Hell Are the Guns? a Soldier’s Eye View of the Anxious Years, 1939-44

By George G. Blackburn

Where the Hell Are the Guns? rounds out George Blackburn’s trilogy of Second World War memoirs, which began with the bestselling The Guns of Normandy in 1995 and moved on through The Guns of Victory ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

The Boy on the Back of the Turtle

By Paul Quarrington

Paul Quarrington’s The Boy on the Back of the Turtle is an ambitious mix of subjects and styles. On one level, it’s a simple travel story – an account of a week-long cruise through the ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

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