Science, Technology & Environment

Blue Gold: The Battle Against Corporate Theft of the World’s Water

Authors Maude Barlow and Tony Clarke are well known as globe-travelling gadflies taking on NAFTA, the Multilateral Agreement on Investment, and other corporate-driven agreements that aim to privatize public services and deprive citizens of local ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Anorexia’s Fallen Angel: The Untold Story of Peggy Claude-pierre and the Controversial Montreux Clinic

By Barbara McLintock

When Peggy Claude-Pierre, owner of the Montreux eating disorders clinic in Victoria, appeared on The Maury Povich Show along with her acutely anorexic client Samantha, the consensus was that Claude-Pierre was heaven-sent. Why else would ... Read More »

January 22, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

2030: Confronting Thermageddon in Our Lifetime

By Robert Hunter

Author and Greenpeace co-founder Robert Hunter is at his angry best in 2030 when drawing out the scientifically proven (yes, proven) causes of climate change and the disastrous consequences we may already be facing. Think ... Read More »

January 21, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Skinny on Fat

By M. Sara Rosenthal

Prominent bioethicist and prolific author M. Sara Rosenthal promises to distill the overwhelming abundance of diet information in The Skinny on Fat. Rosenthal wants to get to the bottom of “low-fat culture” and put readers ... Read More »

January 15, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night

By Nicholas Rogers

This brief look at the history and meaning of Halloween is an uneasy blend of academic treatise, personal observation, and pop-culture rant. York University professor Nicholas Rogers tries to cover too much material in too ... Read More »

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

Peeking Through the Keyhole: The Evolution of North American Homes

By Avi Friedman and David Krawitz

You are an earnest student of architecture and interior design. You’re intrigued by the economic, sociological, anthropological, and demographic factors that influence the residential architecture of North America. You want the subject presented clearly and ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Profit Is Not the Cure: A Citizen’s Guide to Saving Medicare

By Maude Barlow

Activist and author Maude Barlow is committed to saving universally accessible, publicly funded health care in Canada. The title of her new book, Profit Is Not the Cure, is an immediate tip-off as to how ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Cruise Ship Blues: The Underside of the Cruise Industry

By Ross A. Klein

Ross Klein is a sociologist who has logged over 300 days vacationing on cruise ships from various parts of the world. In Cruise Ship Blues he uses that experience and a lot of research to ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

Escape: In Search of the Natural Soul of Canada

By Roy MacGregor

Why, then, could I not look for the soul of the country,” Roy MacGregor asks early in his new book “in the desire to escape?” It’s an interesting thesis, rooted as it is in the ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Science, Technology & Environment

Grizzly Heart: Living Without Fear Among the Brown Bears of Kamchatka

By Charlie Russell and Maureen Enns

Their plan had been characterized by many (scientists and government officials included) as irresponsible, arrogant, and above all dangerous. Quite simply, Charlie Russell and Maureen Enns wanted to live with grizzly bears in the wild. ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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