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Stephen Harper

A series of curious adjectives pepper the first half of John Ibbitson's biography of Stephen Harper. “Calm.” “Measured.” “Reasonable.” These are not, safe to say, words that are commonly applied to Canada’s 22nd prime minister, ... Read More »

August 17, 2015 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

’Membering

By Austin Clarke

The July 20 issue of Maclean’s magazine features a cover article titled “Get Serious, America,” about the persistent, and apparently intractable, problems with race relations in the U.S. Written by Jonathon Gatehouse, the piece critiques ... Read More »

August 13, 2015 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Places of the Heart: The Psychogeography of Everyday Life

By Colin Ellard

As anyone who grew up in a generic North American suburb knows all too well, it is possible to hate a place with a passion. So, too, is it possible to love a neighbourhood or ... Read More »

August 10, 2015 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

★ Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War

By Jessica Dee Humphreys; Michel Chikwanine; Claudia Dávila (illus.)

In 1993, five-year-old Michel Chikwanine was kidnapped by members of a rebel militia while he and some other boys were playing in their village in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The boys were drugged, subjected ... Read More »

August 5, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Give Me Wings: How a Choir of Former Slaves Took on the World

By Kathy Lowinger

The Fisk Jubilee Singers are a world-renowned African-American choir from Nashville, Tennessee. In Give Me Wings, former Tundra Books publisher (and anthropologist) Kathy Lowinger explores the origins of this group, which arose to face the ... Read More »

August 5, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction

Say You Will

By Eric Walters

In the latest YA novel from veteran author Eric Walters (who has written more than 90 books over the course of two decades), readers are introduced to Sam, a Grade 11 boy with an exceptionally ... Read More »

August 5, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Myles and the Monster Outside (Weird Stories Gone Wrong, Book 2)

By Philippa Dowding

Writing horror stories for kids is a bit of a tightrope walk. Not enough spookiness and readers will be bored, too much and they might have nightmares. It’s a fine balance, one that Philippa Dowding ... Read More »

August 5, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

The Unquiet

By Mikaela Everett

Mikaela Everett’s science-fiction debut, The Unquiet, takes readers into a cold war between two (almost) identical Earths. The planets are duplicates in every way, except one. The people of Earth 2 know something the residents ... Read More »

August 5, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Asp of Ascension (A Nefertari Hughes Mystery)

By B.R. Myers

Veronica Mars meets Indiana Jones in a fast-paced teen mystery that will appeal to lovers of the supernatural and history buffs. Nefertari “Terry” Hughes wants to keep a low profile at her new school, but ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

Are You Seeing Me?

By Darren Groth

Vancouver-based Australian author Darren Groth’s Are You Seeing Me? tells of 19-year-old twins Perry and Justine, who travel from Australia to North America on a sightseeing trip, not sure what they will find. Perry is ... Read More »

August 4, 2015 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

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Stephen Harper

’Membering

Places of the Heart: The Psychogeography of Everyday Life

★ Child Soldier: When Boys and Girls Are Used in War

Give Me Wings: How a Choir of Former Slaves Took on the World

Say You Will

Myles and the Monster Outside (Weird Stories Gone Wrong, Book 2)

The Unquiet

Asp of Ascension (A Nefertari Hughes Mystery)

Are You Seeing Me?

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