Frank Lenk’s Music Online is a computer manual that foregoes most of the technical jargon frequently used by such books, instead presenting the material in clear, reader-friendly language. That was a relief to me, someone ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment
Not so long ago John Lennon was earnestly urging us to give peace a chance. This book – which covers seven important battles in Canada’s military history – has an equally earnest but opposite message. ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: History
Howard Hewer is lucky to be alive. On more than one occasion he came close to becoming one of the 16,953 Canadian airmen who died in the Second World War. In for a Penny, In ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
Brian Johnson has been with the Toronto International Film Festival from the beginning. In its early days, Johnson literally held the festival in his hands, schlepping film cans from cinema to cinema, delivering prints to ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture
Lynda Cronin’s midlife crisis was fairly typical: the Victoria, B.C., consultant felt burnt out by career woes, the demands of extended family members, and minor health problems. But instead of buying a sports car or ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Reference
Walking down a back alley one summer, I came upon an elderly lady standing behind a gated fence, on the verge of tears. “Please help me,” she said desperately, “I’ve got to get out.” Thinking ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography
Early on in Stalking the Elephant – a Canadian’s-eye-view of American politics and society – James Laxer’s antipathy for his subject becomes apparent. The book’s introduction, paranoid and petulant in tone, denounces what the author ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Oh, say can you see all the ambitious, talented Canadians filtering relentlessly across the 49th parallel, leaving behind a shrivelled husk of a country? Well, the picture is not quite that dramatic, and not nearly ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment
I have never been to Saskatchewan. But anyone who spent a good chunk of childhood outside of a city – be it home, cottage, or grandparents’ farm – will instantly recognize the insistent, unmistakable pull ... Read More »
February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment
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