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Facing History: Portraits from Vancouver

Is it possible to capture the essence of a city by photographing its inhabitants? That is the underlying goal of Facing History: Portraits from Vancouver ($29.95 paper 1-55152-127-X, 160 pp., 8 x 10, Arsenal Pulp ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture, Children and YA Non-fiction

Three Pagodas Pass: A Roundabout Journey to Burma

By George Fetherling

Getting to Burma on the cheap is a formidable task. And who but a weathered adventurer could, as author George Fetherling tells it, “hitch a ride” for a few thousand nautical miles aboard a rotting ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Reference

True Tales of the Paranormal: Hauntings, Poltergeists, Near Death Experiences, and Other Mysterious Events

By Kimberly Molto

This intriguing examination of such paranormal phenomena as ghosts, poltergeists, premonitions, and doppelgangers is unusual because it is written by an unlikely suspect: a research scientist in cognitive neurobiology. One might expect someone with such ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Kings of Convergence

By Gordon Pitts

Very few people can go through their daily routine without coming into contact with the media, be it radio, television, film, newspapers, magazines, the Internet, or even outdoor billboards. Moreover, media play a key role ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs

Beyond Fate

By Margaret Visser

Margaret Visser writes playful books about serious subjects. Whether it’s table manners (Much Depends on Dinner) or our behaviour in church (The Geometry of Love), she unearths the hidden motivations that underlie our most common ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Lost Province: Adventures in a Moldovan Family

By Stephen Henighan

You would be correct to assume that the Soviet Union crumbled back in 1991 – sort of. Though most of the statues of Lenin have disappeared, the desperation and economic hopelessness that characterized life for ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Brave Wings: My Story as a Spitfire Pilot in Wwii

By Arthur Bishop

How heavy a burden,” wrote Voltaire, “is a name that has become too famous.” That’s a fact of life for many offspring of the rich and well-known, who just can’t help going through life being ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ Chapel of Extreme Experience: A Short History of Flicker

By John Geiger

When 16-year old Brion Gysin hopped a train from Edmonton in 1932, it was with the intention of leaving bourgeois burgs forever, the better to become a traveller, poet, painter, and all-around student of ecstasy. ... Read More »

January 7, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Too Many Books!

By Gilles Tibo, Bruno St-Aubin, illus

At first glance, Montreal native Gilles Tibo’s new picture book seems based on an odd premise: that sometimes kids don’t have enough fun. Nicolas, the hero, finds that whenever he has trouble doing something, a ... Read More »

January 5, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Click!

By Shutta Crum, John Beder, illus.

A mother and her little boy, and a polar bear and cub, have much in common in Shutta Crum’s newest picture book. Click! tells the parallel story of how the offspring of two mother hunters (one ... Read More »