Science, Technology & Environment

Into Thin Air: The Illustrated Edition

Sometimes simple demographics make it possible to predict what books are going to top the non-fiction bestseller lists. In recent years, baby boomers hoping to live long and prosper have fuelled prolific sales of books ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

High: Stories of Survival from Everest and K2

By Clint Willis, ed.

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

K2: Dreams and Reality

By Jim Haberl

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Rough Water: Stories of Survival from the Sea

By Clint Willis, ed.

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Technologies of Knowing: A Proposal for the Human Sciences

By John Willinsky

Rarely a day goes by without the media trumpeting some new scientific research that directly contradicts earlier findings – whether it’s new information about the effects of divorce on kids (It has no effect whatsoever!) ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Bone Museum: Travels in the Lost World of Dinosaurs and Birds

By Wayne Grady

Old dinosaurs never die, they just evolve into something else,” might make a good motto for many of today’s paleontologists. Going beyond the strict boundaries of the all-the-dinosaurs-were-killed-by-a-meteorite theory, cutting-edge paleontologists now believe that a ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

The War at Home: An Intimate Portrait of Canada’s Poor

By Pat Capponi

Canadians like to brag about how the United Nations consistently rates Canada as the best place in the world to live. It’s selective memory: the U.N. also routinely chastises Canada for its treatment of aboriginal ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

★ Water

By Marq de Villiers

Water is necessary for all life. Wars have been fought over it and leaders assassinated, yet it is something that we usually take for granted.Marq de Villiers, former editor and publisher of Toronto Life, is ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Last Taboo: A Survival Guide to Mental Health Care in Canada

By Scott Simmie and Julia Nunes

When veteran journalist Scott Simmie suffered a nervous breakdown after a prolonged manic episode, he got a first-hand look at the Canadian mental health care system and the ongoing stigma of being labelled “crazy.” Friends ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Planet Earth: The Newest Weapon of War

By Rosalie Bertell

With the election of George W. Bush provoking renewed international concern about plans to launch a Star Wars military program, Rosalie Bertell has produced a timely call to action on the dangers the military poses ... Read More »

February 12, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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