50 Tax-Smart Investing Strategies

Rarely does a personal finance book appear with as many strengths as this one. Author Kurt Rosentreter, a chartered accountant with Ernst & Young in Toronto, gives the kind of advice that usually costs a ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Enough: Lifestyle and Financial Planning for Simpler Living

By Betty Jane Wylie

We are drowning in a sea of too much stuff. Our insatiable desire for material possessions in the Western world is making us unhappy – keeping up with the newest, latest, and greatest means that ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

The Last Best Place: Lost in the Heart of Nova Scotia

By John DeMont

John DeMont’s account of Nova Scotia revisted in The Last Best Place is a well-researched, enjoyable journey of a man rediscovering his roots. Born in Halifax, DeMont has worked as a journalist for 16 years, ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: History

Consider the Fish: Fishing for Canada from Campbell River to Petty Harbour

By Chris Gudgeon

If you like to read knuckle-whitening tales of monster muskie or king salmon, fighting tooth and nail for an hour to get free of a well-set hook, Chris Gudgeon’s Consider the Fish may be something ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Sports, Health & Self-help

Naked Eye

By William Burrill

Now, more than ever – when our first Nagano champion turned out to be a pot-smokin’ dude and when Ice Storm ’98 prompted all the international media coverage of a broken light bulb in a ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Progeny of Ghosts: Travels in Russia and the Old Empire

By David Manicom

David Manicom’s Progeny is a personal love poem and souvenir to his adopted home between 1991 and 1994. A Canadian diplomat and poet in Moscow during post-Communist collapse, Manicom’s account of Russia’s recent tumultuous history ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

The Follow

By Linda Spalding

The Follow documents author Linda Spalding’s quest to be part of the drama to save orangutans in the rainforests of Borneo.Toronto-based Spalding, author of two previous books, uses controversial scientist Birute Galdikas to tell her ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Literary History of Alberta, Volume One: From Writing-on-Stone to World War Two

By George Melnyk

As a reference work, this pioneering look at Alberta’s literary tradition is well researched, well organized, and at times interesting. Veteran Alberta author George Melnyk does an admirable job of tying the various strands of ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Forging the Prairie West

By John Herd Thompson

As part of Oxford University Press’s multi-volume illustrated history of Canada, these two books form an accessible introduction to the history of the areas covered. Aside from the similar format – each has more than ... Read More »

March 2, 2004 | Filed under: History