To Dance with the Devil: The New War on Breast Cancer

“Most of the women I knew were frightened out of all proportion to statistical reality. Although heart disease was far likelier to kill them, they worried more about breast cancer,” writes American journalist Karen Stabiner ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

Monty Goes South

By Marc Tetro

Marc Tetro’s third picture book is a happy mix of preschool and adult humour. The premise is simple, the solution surprising. It’s time to fly south, but Monty, a Canada Goose, is afraid of heights. ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction, Picture Books

Postcards Talk

By Linda Granfield, Mark Thurman, illus.

Postcards Talk is like a beautifully wrapped gift – the attractive covering is an indication of the pleasing contents. The colourful cover of this book has a border of words that motivate the reader to ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

The Neanderthal Book and Skeleton

By Stephen Cumbaa and Kathlyn Stewart, Kim LaFave, illus.

The Neanderthal Book and Skeleton is a sequel to the successful Bones Book and Skeleton. Where the original taught anatomy, this one teaches prehistory and paleoanthropology.The authors bring an impressive array of qualifications to the ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

★ Animal Senses

By Pamela Hickman, Pat Stephens, illus.

Over the last few years, the big trend in both kid and adult publishing has been the burgeoning growth of non-fiction – what the librarians used to call “information books” and keep on shelves for ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

★ Sea Otter Inlet

By Celia Godkin

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Book news

Chess for Kids: Make Your Move

By Kelvin Smith and Daniel Macdonald

Not all children are born with the prodigious talent of a young Bobbie Fischer. Since there is no “chess junior,” children have to learn the same rules and strategies that have preoccupied adults for centuries. ... Read More »

March 3, 2004

★ Edmund for Short: A Tale from China Plate Farm

By Chris Jackson

Chris Jackson’s second animal fable about China Plate Farm is quite as delightful as his first one, Edmund and Hillary. Once again, Jackson uses farmyard animals to tell a story that says more about human ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Picture Books

Going Deep

By Ian Percy

Reading Going Deep is akin to plunging into the dark pool of water featured on the cover. At first, there’s a shock of alien cold as the reader gets acclimatized to Ian Percy’s terminology and ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

The Myth of the Good Corporate Citizen: Democracy Under the Rule of Big Business

By Murray Dobbin

Corporations have replaced citizens as the foremost subjects of government and as Canada’s fundamental raison d’état, says Murray Dobbin. Democracy, he argues, has become little more than an illusion maintained by our governments on behalf ... Read More »

March 3, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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To Dance with the Devil: The New War on Breast Cancer

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Postcards Talk

The Neanderthal Book and Skeleton

★ Animal Senses

★ Sea Otter Inlet

Chess for Kids: Make Your Move

★ Edmund for Short: A Tale from China Plate Farm

Going Deep

The Myth of the Good Corporate Citizen: Democracy Under the Rule of Big Business

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