Reviews

The Sleeping Boy

The strongest presence in The Sleeping Boy is not a character but a town: Barbara Stewart’s Belford is a rusted Midwestern industrial “museum of leftovers,” distinguished by its gray river, struggling populace, and corrupt old-money ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Of Wine and Water: A Novel

By Robert Bell

Robert Bell’s first novel, Of Wine and Water, begins in 1916 and covers some 20 years in the life of Albra and Gabe, two soul mates who grow up in the industrial city of Hamilton ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

No Claim to Mercy: A Suburban Mystery

By Derek Finkle

In recent years the wrongful convictions of Donald Marshall, David Milgaard, and Guy Paul Morin have captured newspaper headlines across the country. In No Claim to Mercy, journalist Derek Finkle examines the justice system responsible ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

One More Border: The True Story of One Family’s Escape from War-Torn Europe

By William Kaplan with Shelley Tanaka, Stephen Taylor, illus.

We take this journey through the eyes of William Kaplan’s father, Igor, who was nine years old when he escaped with his little sister and parents from Lithuania in 1940. As Igor’s Jewish parents feel ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

This Land: A Cross-Country Anthology of Canadian Fiction for Young Readers

By Kit Pearson, ed.

In This Land, award-winning children’s writer Kit Pearson entices young readers to explore the varied worlds of Canada through short fiction and novel excerpts. The selections are arranged west to east by province, ending with ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

Prerogatives: Contemporary Plays by Women

By Marie Clements, Vivienne Laxdal, Kelley Jo Burke, Kate Miles

Blood, semen, urine, and bruised bodies feature prominently in this collection of plays written between 1992 and 1995 by five women playwrights actively involved in the Canadian theatre scene. Although there is no mention of ... Read More »

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

The Man Who Ate Toronto: Memoirs of a Restaurant Lover

By James Chatto

James Chatto, Toronto Life’s gourmand-about-town for the past decade, has seen – and tasted – it all. His book is at once memoir and narrative history of the rise and rise of Toronto’s restaurant scene. ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Blueprint to the Digital Economy: Creating Wealth in the Era of E-Business

By Don Tapscott, Alex Lowy & David Ticoll, eds.

This anthology of 20 articles on the emergence of electronic commerce by 26 distinguished scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs extends an earlier work, The Digital Economy, and examines the meaning of doing business in the electronic ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Anthologies

The Hidden Job Market: How to Find Rewarding Contract or Temporary Work

By Sandra Boyd

The comic strip Dilbert once featured a character, Ratbert, who gets a job as a temp. Before starting the assignment, Ratbert naively reckons “as a temp I will finally get all of the respect and ... Read More »

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

Quantum Jump: A Survival Guide for the Next Renaissance

By W. R. Clement

With the millennium around the corner, the pundits are beginning to publish like it’s 1999. We are soon to be awash in tomes proclaiming the arrival of the 21st century. W.R. Clement is one of ... Read More »

February 20, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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