Science, Technology & Environment

Pilgrim in the Palace of Words: A Journey Through the 6,000 Languages of Earth

Calgary journalist and linguist Glenn Dixon is in love not only with languages but with travel, too. Pilgrim in the Palace of Words pays homage to both. Dixon employs a chatty, informal tone to recount ... Read More »

March 31, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Vancouver Special

By Charles Demers

Vancouver is notoriously difficult to pin down or define. The city is characterized more by its contradictions than by any overarching symbol or mindset: its natural beauty is at odds with its metropolitan leanings; its ... Read More »

February 25, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Bitter Medicine: A Graphic Memoir of Mental Illness

By Clem Martini and Olivier Martini

In Bitter Medicine, award-winning playwright Clem Martini chronicles his family’s 30-year struggle with schizophrenia, and in so doing reveals a deeply flawed Canadian health care system. Clem’s perspective on the suffering that has plagued those ... Read More »

February 22, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic, and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map

By Cleo Paskal

As climate change increasingly becomes part of our everyday concerns, a need has emerged for international experts to help make sense of its potential consequences. In Global Warring, journalist Cleo Paskal does exactly that. Unlike ... Read More »

January 4, 2010 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World

By Wade Davis

For many years and over many continents, anthropologist Wade Davis has chronicled the lives, languages, and customs of the globe’s last remaining aboriginal peoples. The outlook is bleak on all counts. Of the approximately 7,000 ... Read More »

October 26, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Curse of the Labrador Duck: My Obsessive Quest to the Edge of Extinction

By Glen Chilton

Make no mistake: this book’s author is also its subject. Dr. Glen Chilton, an emeritus professor at Calgary’s St. Mary’s College who now lives in Australia, admits early on that he’s always been a truly ... Read More »

October 15, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Bedside Book of Beasts: A Wildlife Miscellany

By Graeme Gibson

Graeme Gibson’s latest book is a splendid compilation of artwork of and literature about predators. A companion to 2005’s The Bedside Book of Birds, this new volume does what all good books should: it encourages ... Read More »

October 15, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Out of this World: The Amazing Search for an Alien Earth

By Jacob Berkowitz

Out of this World presents detailed information on space exploration and the hunt for alien civilizations in an easy-to-read, magazine-style layout serving up info in readily digestible bites. The engaging content mixes articles and activities ... Read More »

September 25, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York’s Master Builder and Transformed the American City

By Anthony Flint

Over the last couple of years, it has been nearly impossible for any Torontonian to avoid the presence of Richard Florida, the author, “lecturer in creativity,” and well-compensated University of Toronto professor. Specifically, one regular ... Read More »

August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment