Ireland’s Eye: Travels

Mark Anthony Jarman’s travel memoir, Ireland’s Eye, works very hard at not being nostalgic for the old country. The book tells of two trips Jarman made to Ireland during the technology boom of the 1990s. ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Where Is Here?: Canada’s Maps and the Stories They Tell

By Alan Morantz

Where Is Here? is the result of a great idea: using the history of Canadian maps and map-making as a way of looking at some of the seminal events in the country’s history and, in ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: History

Historical Atlas of Canada

By Derek Hayes

A unique undertaking by geologist, author, and map collector , the Historical Atlas of Canada claims to be the first Canadian atlas to exclusively use “historical maps rather than modern redrawn ones.” Such a claim ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Sailors, Slackers and Blind Pigs: Halifax at War

By Stephen Kimber

Halifax is the Canadian city most affected by the wars of the 20th century. A vital convoy port in the First World War, the city was devastated by a huge explosion in December 1917. In ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: History

Cruise Ship Blues: The Underside of the Cruise Industry

By Ross A. Klein

Ross Klein is a sociologist who has logged over 300 days vacationing on cruise ships from various parts of the world. In Cruise Ship Blues he uses that experience and a lot of research to ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

The Physics of Hockey

By Alain Haché

When it comes to our own history, Canadians are notoriously sketchy on its details, but when it comes to analyzing hockey, almost everyone is an expert. We know more about the neutral zone trap than ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Sports, Health & Self-help

Escape: In Search of the Natural Soul of Canada

By Roy MacGregor

Why, then, could I not look for the soul of the country,” Roy MacGregor asks early in his new book “in the desire to escape?” It’s an interesting thesis, rooted as it is in the ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

The Black Book of English Canada

By Normand Lester,Ray Conlogue, trans.

For Normand Lester, a francophone journalist with Radio-Canada, the officially promoted narratives of Canadian history are biased in favour of English Canada and whitewash its many injustices. Lester wants to set the record straight, and ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Perfect House: A Journey with the Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio

By Witold Rybczynski

Witold Rybczynski is perhaps the closest we have in Canada to a Renaissance man. His works, which usually begin from a tightly focused locus point – the absence of the concept of comfort in architectural ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Testaments of Honour: Personal Histories of Canada’s War Veterans

By Blake Heathcote

Canadians know very little about their history and even less about their military past. Part of the blame for the latter deficiency is that Canada’s veterans have, to an extraordinary degree, remained mute about their ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: History

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Ireland’s Eye: Travels

Where Is Here?: Canada’s Maps and the Stories They Tell

Historical Atlas of Canada

Sailors, Slackers and Blind Pigs: Halifax at War

Cruise Ship Blues: The Underside of the Cruise Industry

The Physics of Hockey

Escape: In Search of the Natural Soul of Canada

The Black Book of English Canada

The Perfect House: A Journey with the Renaissance Master Andrea Palladio

Testaments of Honour: Personal Histories of Canada’s War Veterans

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