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★ Bones: Discovering the First Americans

Bones: Discovering the First Americans is about beginnings – specifically, the beginning of human habitation in the Americas. The official story says that aboriginal people crossed a land bridge – called “Beringia” – from Siberia ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

In the Shadow of a Saint

By Ken Wiwa

Although a personal element weaves in and out of the narrative, Ken Wiwa’s memoir is really a testament to a Nigerian political martyr. Rich in detail of the politics and economy of Nigeria, In the ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Holy Writ

By K.D. Miller

Canada hasn’t produced many homegrown Annie Dillards or Anne Lamotts – “literary” authors whose spiritual writing enjoys both popular and critical acclaim. So Holy Writ is a daring book of sorts. K.D. Miller, author of ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

Sailing Home: A Journey Through Time, Place and Memory

By Gary Geddes

Sailing Home is British Columbia poet Gary Geddes’s voyage into the past, his “male menopause” (as his daughter calls it), and his exploration of history both personal and far-reaching. Accompanied by the ghosts of Charles ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

No Guts No Glory: How Canada’s Greatest Ceos Built Their Empires

By David Olive

What is happiness? The feeling that power increases – that resistance is being overcome.” David Olive cites that line from Friedrich Nietzsche as the epigraph of his new book. The quotation is a signal that ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Kidfluence: Why Kids Today Mean Business

By Anne Sutherland and Beth Thompson

Kids change you. Before my son was born two years ago, I was a reluctant consumer, at best. Now, I shop with an intensity that would make Mila Mulroney blush. I know why the economy ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Bricks to Clicks: E-strategies That Will Transform Your Business

By Ed McMahon

“Bricks to clicks” is a catchy phrase that describes the long and complex process that an established “real-world” retailer must undertake in order to establish an online retail presence. Ed McMahon, a Toronto-based management consultant, ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Nortel Networks: How Innovation and Vision Created a Network Giant

By Larry MacDonald

When there are so many nooks and crannies within a company that a manager can secretly divert several top scientists onto a hush-hush laser research project, you know you’re dealing with a behemoth.And a behemoth ... Read More »

February 9, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Coke Machine Glow

By Gordon Downie

Can’t we just ignore the fact that Gord Downie is the frontman for Canada’s most popular rock band and review his debut collection of poetry as an autonomous artistic endeavour entirely separate from his musical ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Sheep’s Vigil: By a Fervent Person

By Eirin Moure

Sheep’s Vigil: By a Fervent Person, the latest collection of poetry by Eirin Moure, also known as Erin Mouré, is a translation, or transelation, of the Portuguese O Guardador de Rebanhos by Alberto Caeiro, also ... Read More »

February 6, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

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★ Bones: Discovering the First Americans

In the Shadow of a Saint

Holy Writ

Sailing Home: A Journey Through Time, Place and Memory

No Guts No Glory: How Canada’s Greatest Ceos Built Their Empires

Kidfluence: Why Kids Today Mean Business

Bricks to Clicks: E-strategies That Will Transform Your Business

Nortel Networks: How Innovation and Vision Created a Network Giant

Coke Machine Glow

Sheep’s Vigil: By a Fervent Person

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