Design in Canada: Fifty Years from Tea Kettles to Task Chairs

Design in Canada is an ambitious project: a richly illustrated survey, in under 300 pages, of half a century of Canadian design. The high quality of the result is a testament to the authors’ comprehensive ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Paul Martin: The Power of Ambition

By John Gray

The first thing that strikes you about John Gray’s biography of Paul Martin is just how well written it is. Open the book at random, read any paragraph, and be prepared to be amazed. For ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

How to Deliver Excellent Customer Service: A Step-by-step Guide for Every Business

By Julie Olley

I used to joke, when I was working full-time on the sales floor, that I had the phrase “the customer is always right” tattooed on the inside of my eyelids so I would be reminded ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Into the Early Hours

By Aislinn Hunter

Given the critical recognition awarded her first book of stories published earlier this year, it comes as no surprise that B.C. writer Aislinn Hunter is an accomplished storyteller. Crossing genres with her second book, Hunter ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Poetry

The Velocity of Honey: And More Science of Everyday Life

By Jay Ingram

As the co-host of the award-winning @discovery.ca television show, Jay Ingram’s daily updates on the world of science and nature are a daily mainstay for TV science junkies. On radio, Ingram was the host of ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Girl Without Anyone

By Kelli Deeth

In this fresh, unflinching look at some familiar themes – cleft and reconstituted families, the daughter-as-mother figure, suburban angst – Kelli Deeth introduces readers to Leah, “the girl without anyone.” Leah is alternately bound by ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Kurelek Country: The Art of William Kurelek

By Ramsay Cook

When William Kurelek died in 1977 at the relatively young age of 50, the Canadian artist left behind a vast legacy of paintings, many hanging in major galleries around the world. Born in rural Alberta ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Dealing with the Customer from Hell: A Survival Guide

By Shaun Belding

I used to joke, when I was working full-time on the sales floor, that I had the phrase “the customer is always right” tattooed on the inside of my eyelids so I would be reminded ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

What Are We Going to Do Now? Helping Your Parents in Their Senior Years

By William Molloy

Canada is getting old. By the end of the decade, the proportion of the population over 65 will be 12%, and that number will continue to rise well into the next century. For the growing ... Read More »

October 30, 2003 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

★ King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero

By David Remnick

There’s nothing like a good sports biography to get a fan’s blood pumping. A well-written account of the sporting life can prompt fond reminiscences of one’s own athletic past, call up daydreams where you’re the ... Read More »