Confidence

In Melanie Little’s debut story collection the “confidence” of the title is a tricky quality, as likely to be associated with a swindle or a secret as it is to be linked to boldness or ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Story of Jane Doe: A Book About Rape

By Jane Doe

Jane Doe was asleep in her downtown Toronto apartment when a serial rapist climbed in over her balcony and made her his fifth victim. Although the police knew he was in the area and that ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Turning Points: The Detroit Riots of 1967, a Canadian Perspective

By Herb Colling

The city of Windsor, Ontario, is often a forgotten footnote in Canadian geography and history, dwarfed by its sister city across the border, Detroit. Herb Colling has rectified that neglected status with a number of ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: History

The Jade Coast: The Ecology of the North Pacific Ocean

By Robert Butler

The Jade Coast stretches from northern California to southeast Alaska, and Robert Butler, in his roles as park naturalist, wildlife biologist, government scientist, and university professor, knows a lot about the region and the thousands ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Grasslands

By Michael Hetherton

A woman named Sunny in one of Michael Hetherton’s stories calls a man “iceberg head,” but it’s not an insult. She means – or hopes – there’s more beneath the surface than meets the eye. ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Fiction: Short

Public Power: The Fight for Publicly Owned Electricity

By Howard Hampton with Bill Reno

Among the many controversial policies of Ontario’s Conservative government, few drew as big a public backlash as plans to privatize Ontario Hydro. One of the leaders of a movement that eventually forced the government to ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Sahara: A Natural History

By Marq de Villiers and Sheila Hirtle

It is true, the authors of this fascinating book tell us, that the Sahara Desert is “The Great Nothing, the Endless Emptiness,” where nomads wander for days and days under a pitiless sun, over valleys ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

★ Choosing His Coffin

By Austin Clarke

“We are all lost,” a preacher shouts from a car radio at a son and mother in the title story of Choosing His Coffin, a collection of 20 of Austin Clarke’s best short stories. The ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

From Free Trade to Forced Trade: Canada in the Global Economy

By Peter Urmetzer

With his academic pedigree as a sociologist, Peter Urmetzer offers a fresh perspective on free trade. His book provides a more nuanced view of the topic than is usually peddled by journalists, demonstrators, and politicians. ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Sea of Tranquility

By Lesley Choyce

Ragged Island, Lesley Choyce’s fictional community off the Nova Scotia mainland, has survived centuries of various economic catastrophes through the entrepreneurial inventiveness of its inhabitants. Recent ventures include Phonse Doucette’s shoot-’em-up junkyard and Moses Slaunwhite’s ... Read More »

November 25, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Confidence

The Story of Jane Doe: A Book About Rape

Turning Points: The Detroit Riots of 1967, a Canadian Perspective

The Jade Coast: The Ecology of the North Pacific Ocean

Grasslands

Public Power: The Fight for Publicly Owned Electricity

Sahara: A Natural History

★ Choosing His Coffin

From Free Trade to Forced Trade: Canada in the Global Economy

Sea of Tranquility

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