Science, Technology & Environment

The End of Gay (and the Death of Heterosexuality)

In recent years, authors have announced “the end of” and “the death of” everything from authors to the world. Given that last rites have been pronounced on education, the family, God, history, ideology, nature, and ... Read More »

February 3, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Caring for the Mind: The Comprehensive Guide to Mental Health

By Robert E. Hales, Allen Frances, Dianne Hales

After spending an hour or so perusing the bookshelves at my local big-box, books-by-the-barrel bazaar (where, by the way, I am certain that the health categories into which the books are divided were selected by ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Listening to Prozac: A Psychiatrist Explores Antidepressant Drugs and the Remaking of the Self

By Peter D. Kramer

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Stop Depression Now: Sam-e, the Breakthrough Supplement That Works as Well as Prescription Drugs in Half the Time … with No Side Effects

By Richard Brown, Carol Colman, Teodoro Bottiglieri

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

Prozac Nation: Young and Depressed in America

By Elizabeth Wurtzel

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

Prototype: How Canadian Innovation Is Shaping the Future

By William Illsey Atkinson

In Prototype, B.C. writer William Illsey Atkinson sets himself the task of discovering the “ideal” high-tech Canadian company: one that makes lots of money, gives its employees a fun and rewarding place to work, and ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Light at the Edge of the World

By Wade Davis

Wade Davis has never been a typical “science writer.” His books, including the international bestseller One River, have always been informed by Davis’s personal intensity and involvement (far exceeding that expected even of an anthropologist), ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Human Rights as Politics and Idolatry

By Michael Ignatieff

In his new book on human rights, distinguished author and historian Michael Ignatieff grapples with profound issues of the human rights movement, skillfully mapping its controversies and ambiguities. Ignatieff probes the political morality of human ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

Working the Land: Journeys into the Heart of Canada

By David Cruise and Alison Griffiths

David Cruise and Alison Griffiths are the authors of several popular books on Canadian history and culture. They have covered such topics as the Mounties’ trek west, building the CPR, and the myths of pro ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Sharing the Work, Sparing the Planet: Work, Time, Consumption, and Ecology

By Anders Hayden

Do we work to live, or live to work? Why are we working longer, earning less, and feeling unhappy despite our unprecedented accumulation of material possessions? And for North American consumers, how much is enough?Anders ... Read More »

February 2, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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