Reviews

True Tales of the Paranormal: Hauntings, Poltergeists, Near Death Experiences, and Other Mysterious Events

This intriguing examination of such paranormal phenomena as ghosts, poltergeists, premonitions, and doppelgangers is unusual because it is written by an unlikely suspect: a research scientist in cognitive neurobiology. One might expect someone with such ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Kings of Convergence

By Gordon Pitts

Very few people can go through their daily routine without coming into contact with the media, be it radio, television, film, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, or even outdoor billboards. Moreover, media play a key role ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Beyond Fate

By Margaret Visser

Margaret Visser writes playful books about serious subjects. Whether it’s table manners (Much Depends on Dinner) or our behaviour in church (The Geometry of Love), she unearths the hidden motivations that underlie our most common ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Lost Province: Adventures in a Moldovan Family

By Stephen Henighan

You would be correct to assume that the Soviet Union crumbled back in 1991 – sort of. Though most of the statues of Lenin have disappeared, the desperation and economic hopelessness that characterized life for ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Brave Wings: My Story as a Spitfire Pilot in Wwii

By Arthur Bishop

How heavy a burden,” wrote Voltaire, “is a name that has become too famous.” That’s a fact of life for many offspring of the rich and well-known, who just can’t help going through life being ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ Chapel of Extreme Experience: A Short History of Flicker

By John Geiger

When 16-year old Brion Gysin hopped a train from Edmonton in 1932, it was with the intention of leaving bourgeois burgs forever, the better to become a traveller, poet, painter, and all-around student of ecstasy. ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Fuelling the Future: How the Battle Over Energy Is Changing Everything

By Andrew Heintzman and Evan Solomon, eds.

The idea for this book emerged from a late-night booze-up between its editors – Evan Solomon and Andrew Heintzman, the once-young Turks who brought us Shift magazine – and their pointy-headed friends. Unlike many alcohol-abetted ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Mortal Arguments

By Sue Sinclair

In Mortal Arguments, transplanted Newfoundland poet Sue Sinclair widens her poetic vision to embrace the whole span of human existence – from birth to death. These poems dwell more on questions and images of mortality, ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Flux

By Joe Denham

Flux, the debut collection from Vancouver poet Joe Denham, is written in the roughly hewn cadences of work and pain, an all-pervading awareness of mortality, and a quiet sense of the sacred. The opening sequence of ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Memoirs of a Media Maverick

By Boyce Richardson

At a time when aspiring journalists have few choices beyond joining the characterless world of the modern mass media, the voice of a rare journalistic gadfly should serve as a welcome antidote. For over 50 ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

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