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Watchdogs and Gadflies: Activism from Marginal to Mainstream

In Watchdogs and Gadflies, Tim Falconer gladly reveals his personal bias: In a climate of increasing corporate control, dwindling public resources, and environmental devastation, there is no room for passive spectators. Falconer wants everyone to ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Prototype: How Canadian Innovation Is Shaping the Future

By William Illsey Atkinson

In Prototype, B.C. writer William Illsey Atkinson sets himself the task of discovering the “ideal” high-tech Canadian company: one that makes lots of money, gives its employees a fun and rewarding place to work, and ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Light at the Edge of the World

By Wade Davis

Wade Davis has never been a typical “science writer.” His books, including the international bestseller One River, have always been informed by Davis’s personal intensity and involvement (far exceeding that expected even of an anthropologist), ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Zamboni Rodeo: Chasing Hockey Dreams from Austin to Albuquerque

By Jason Cohen

I wish Zamboni Rodeo had been around when I was researching my second novel. If it had, I wouldn’t have had to travel on an overheated bus with the San Antonio Iguanas of the Central ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Mouthing the Words

By Camilla Gibb

Thelma Barley, the narrator of Toronto writer Camilla Gibb’s first novel, Mouthing the Words, survives childhood sexual abuse at the hands of her father and the emotional bludgeoning of her vain, capricious mother to become ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Stranger Things Have Happened

By Carmelita McGrath

There should be a warning on the cover of Carmelita McGrath’s stunning short story collection: “Do Not Read This If You Are Even Slightly Depressed.”McGrath’s protagonists are mostly women stuck in dead-end or abusive relationships ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

The Day the Women Went to Town: 16 Stories by Women from Cape Breton

By Ronald Caplan, ed.

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

How to Be a Canadian: Even If You Already Are One

By Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson

It has often been said that one of the defining features of the Canadian character is our ability – and our willingness – to laugh at ourselves. What is often overlooked, however, is the fact ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry

By Michael Ignatieff

In his new book on human rights, distinguished author and historian Michael Ignatieff grapples with profound issues of the human rights movement, skillfully mapping its controversies and ambiguities. Ignatieff probes the political morality of human ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

Chasing Safiya

By Ken McGoogan

There are few true heroes to lead us boldly into the next millennium. Perhaps it’s because we’ve realized that in spite of this looming event, we still have to get on with our daily lives. ... Read More »