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★ The Oatmeal Ark: Across Canada by Water

CERTAIN BOOKS TRY to tell the whole truth and nothing but – and so, of course, they should. Histories of wars, biographies of prime ministers, Manchurian cookbooks, guides to protozoa and their tendencies: from all ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Tarnished Brass: Greed and Corruption in the Canadian Military

By Scott Taylor, Brian Nolan

The Somalia affair began with a brutal murder committed by members of the Canadian Airborne Regiment and has evolved into a disgraceful exercise in denial and deceit all the way up the chain of command. ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Significant Incident: Canada’s Army, the Airborne, and the Murder in Somalia

By David Bercuson

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Celebrity Murders and Other Nefarious Deeds

By Max Haines

Max Haines is the country’s self-described “master of mayhem.” He’s been writing the Crime Flashback column for The Toronto Sun for more than 20 years. And he claims to have researched more than 1,500 cases ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Invisible Darkness: The Strange Case of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka

By Stephen Williams

Unlike its hastily assembled cousins, Stephen Williams’ Invisible Darkness (handsomely designed and published in a hefty hardcover format) promises a more thoughtful, comprehensive analysis of Karla and Paul and, a reader would hope, at least ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Racism, Sexism, and the University: The Political Science Affair at the University of British Columbia

By M. Patricia Marchak

Canadian universities are being torn apart by battles over racism and sexism, by what has been collectively called political correctness. Old white male heterosexual professors, the supporters of the great books (all by older white ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Arousing Sensation: A Case Study of Controversy Surrounding Art and the Erotic

By Sylvie Gilbert, ed.

As contemporary art curator at Banff’s Walter Phillips Gallery, Sylvie Gilbert spent five years organizing issue-oriented exhibitions like Much Sense: Erotics and Life. Featuring installations by Maureen Connor, Robert Flack, and Kiss & Tell, as ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Criticism & Essays

Voices of Fire: Art, Rage, Power and the State

By Bruce Barber, Serge Guilbaut, John O’Brian, eds.

Not many have forgotten the controversy that surrounded Barnett Newman’s Voice of Fire when the National Gallery of Canada announced in 1990 that it had purchased the work for a cool $1.79-million. For eight months ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

★ The Great Shadow: Arthur Conan Doyle, Brigadier-General Gerard and Napoleon

By Clifford S. Goldfarb

What happened in the decade (1893–1903) between Sherlock Holmes’ disappearance over the Reichenbach Falls and his resurrection before an astonished Watson in “The Empty House,” a decade which Conan Doyle planned to devote to his ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ The Guns of Victory: A Soldier’s Eye View, Belgium, Holland, and Germany 1944-45

By George G. Blackburn

Ottawa writer George Blackburn’s The Guns of Normandy was one of the unheralded publishing successes of 1995, its virtues touted by word of mouth among old soldiers and military historians. Deservedly so, too, because it ... Read More »

March 10, 2004 | Filed under: History

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★ The Oatmeal Ark: Across Canada by Water

Tarnished Brass: Greed and Corruption in the Canadian Military

Significant Incident: Canada’s Army, the Airborne, and the Murder in Somalia

Celebrity Murders and Other Nefarious Deeds

Invisible Darkness: The Strange Case of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka

Racism, Sexism, and the University: The Political Science Affair at the University of British Columbia

Arousing Sensation: A Case Study of Controversy Surrounding Art and the Erotic

Voices of Fire: Art, Rage, Power and the State

★ The Great Shadow: Arthur Conan Doyle, Brigadier-General Gerard and Napoleon

★ The Guns of Victory: A Soldier’s Eye View, Belgium, Holland, and Germany 1944-45

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