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The Last Guide: A Story of Fish and Love

In The Last Guide, Ottawa Citizen columnist and feature writer Ron Corbett explores the life of Frank Kuiack, Algonquin Park’s last remaining fishing guide. The book alternates between a biography of Kuiack and an account ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Resist: A Grassroots Collection of Stories, Poetry, Photos and Analysis from the Ftaa Protests in Quebec City and Beyond

By Jen Chang et al., eds.

Like the anti-globalization movement it attempts to reflect, this account of the anti-FTAA protests last April in Quebec City is a patchwork of voices crying out through the memories of tear gas, rubber bullets, and ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Smokescreen: One Man Against the Underworld

By Paul William Roberts and Norman Snider

Hard-hitting and wised up, Smokescreen is a documentary account of the scuzz-filled career of one Cal Broeker, a curiously valiant ex-butcher from small-town New York who morphed into what the Brits call a “supergrass.” In ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Made for Happiness: Discovering the Meaning of Life with Aristotle

By Jean Vanier, Kathryn Spark, trans.

What is the meaning of happiness? Is the quest for happiness the true purpose of our lives? In Made for Happiness, Jean Vanier considers these questions by examining Aristotle’s best-known works in order to map ... Read More »

January 29, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

All You Can Eat: Greed, Lust and the New Capitalism

By Linda McQuaig

In All You Can Eat, Linda McQuaig assembles an impressive indictment of the prevailing economic system. By defining and demystifying the terms, naming the suspects (individuals, institutions, and ideologies), and providing a credible historical and ... Read More »

January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

I’d Say ‘Yes’ God, If I Knew What You Wanted

By Nancy Reeves

Determining the role of spirituality in one’s life is a challenge for most people. Some argue that they don’t need spirituality; others identify as atheist or agnostic; still others believe in a higher being, but ... Read More »

January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Faith @ Science: Why Science Needs Faith in the Twenty-First Century

By Denyse O’Leary

January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem

By Wayne W. Dyer

January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Recreating Eden: A Natural History of Botanical Gardens

By Mary Soderstrom

Do plants have sex? Did the New World, full of plants never seen by the Christian-European eye, escape the Flood? Such provocative questions sprung from the soil of early botanical gardens in Europe and have ... Read More »

January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

The Art of Adultery

By Consuelo Jackman

The provocative title of this debut collection belies the measured calmness of the 22 poems contained within. The Art of Adultery attempts to articulate the passion and pain of impossible relationships through language that, considering ... Read More »

January 27, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

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The Last Guide: A Story of Fish and Love

Resist: A Grassroots Collection of Stories, Poetry, Photos and Analysis from the Ftaa Protests in Quebec City and Beyond

Smokescreen: One Man Against the Underworld

Made for Happiness: Discovering the Meaning of Life with Aristotle

All You Can Eat: Greed, Lust and the New Capitalism

I’d Say ‘Yes’ God, If I Knew What You Wanted

Faith @ Science: Why Science Needs Faith in the Twenty-First Century

There’s a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem

Recreating Eden: A Natural History of Botanical Gardens

The Art of Adultery

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