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Peter M. Pringle: Master Decoy Maker

Some call it a craft, some folk art. Others, like professor William C. Reeve, prefer to label it utilitarian art. However it’s viewed, the handcrafting of wooden duck decoys has been a quintessentially North American ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Promised the Moon: The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race

By Stephanie Nolen

Back in the early days of the Cold War, it looked as though the Soviet Union was going to completely dominate the Space Race – a state of affairs that American leaders knew would be ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Broken Harts: The Life and Death of Owen Hart

By Martha Hart and Eric Francis

By writing this book, Martha Hart, capably assisted by Calgary sportswriter Eric Francis, has not made a major contribution to literary non-fiction. The prose itself is journalistic, bereft of rhetorical showmanship, but given the subject ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

A Keen Soldier: The Execution of World War Two Private Harold Joseph Pringle

By Andrew Clark

During the Second World War the Canadian army executed one soldier. The unlucky victim, Private Harold Pringle of the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment, fell before a firing squad in Italy after V-E Day. Pringle ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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

Wealth by Stealth: Corporate Law, Corporate Crime and the Perversion of Democracy

By Harry Glasbeek

In a world where corporate names like Enron and Arthur Andersen have become synonymous with greed, fraud, and illegality, there is still little structural analysis on how yesterday’s dot-com glamour boys become today’s subpoenaed congressional ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate

By Naomi Klein

That two of the anti-globalization movement’s leading lights, women known in these circles on a first-name-only basis as Maude (Barlow) and Naomi (Klein), should come from relatively privileged but dissatisfied Canada is no surprise. Canadians ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Houseboat Chronicles: Notes from a Life in Shield Country

By Jake MacDonald

The catalogue copy for Houseboat Chronicles, a memoir from Winnipeg freelance writer Jake MacDonald, does not serve the book well. A tagline like “An exploration of life on the Canadian Shield becomes an exploration of ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

The Real Jerk: New Caribbean Cuisine

By Lily and Ed Pottinger

One of the great pleasures of a multicultural society is the abundance of international cuisines immigration brings. In Toronto, for example, one can easily find restaurants serving signature dishes from Ethiopia, Korea, Israel, and Thailand, ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

The Education of Mr. Whippoorwill: A Country Boyhood

By David Zieroth

Although its folksy title and slapdash cover warn of mediocre things to come, this slender memoir by poet David Zieroth is a satisfying and tautly written account of growing up on a prairie farm. Zieroth ... Read More »

January 8, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

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Peter M. Pringle: Master Decoy Maker

Promised the Moon: The Untold Story of the First Women in the Space Race

Broken Harts: The Life and Death of Owen Hart

A Keen Soldier: The Execution of World War Two Private Harold Joseph Pringle

Peeking Through the Keyhole: The Evolution of North American Homes

Wealth by Stealth: Corporate Law, Corporate Crime and the Perversion of Democracy

Fences and Windows: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the Globalization Debate

Houseboat Chronicles: Notes from a Life in Shield Country

The Real Jerk: New Caribbean Cuisine

The Education of Mr. Whippoorwill: A Country Boyhood

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