★ 100 Cigarettes and a Bottle of Vodka

Arthur Schaller was only 11 years old when the German army swept through Poland in 1939. Along with his family and every other Jew in Warsaw, Schaller was herded into the ghetto where he learned ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Canadian Oxford World Atlas, 4th Edition

By Quentin H. Stanford

Like many publishers, Nick Pitt attends the annual Frankfurt Book Fair. Two years ago, the vice-president of Toronto’s Warwick Publishing was drawn to a display of satellite imagery of Earth – aerial images that offered ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

The Cartographic Satellite Atlas of the World

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Encyclopedia of Natural Healing

By Siegfried Gursche & Zoltan Rona

The Encyclopedia of Natural Healing might be able to show one how to live a healthy life, but if I had a sudden health problem I wouldn’t trust it any farther than I could throw ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Canadian Oxford Dictionary

By Katherine Barder, ed.

Five years, five lexicographers working full time, and here it is – the new Canadian Oxford Dictionary, and it’s a treat. The editors sent along a challenge with the review package I received. “Does your ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Hungers

By Genni Gunn

Tolstoy’s famous adage about unhappy families would form a nice epigraph for Genni Gunn’s Hungers, a collection of stories that explore the fraught territory between parents, siblings, spouses, lovers, and bridge partners. Gunn, a novelist, ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

Crime Science: How Investigators Use Science to Track Down the Bad Guys

By Vivien Bowers, Martha Newbigging, illus.

Vivien Bowers has done her homework well for this book on forensic science. Admitting she knew little about the specialized field, she gamely interviewed Canadian crime specialists, including pathologists, coroners, forensic odontologists, graphologists, police computer ... Read More »

February 25, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

I Can Make Art

By Mary Wallace

The prepared librarian should never be without two types of books when the primary crowd comes to borrow: dinosaur books and arts and crafts collections. Although dinosaur books are usually accessible, hands-on craft books sometimes ... Read More »

February 25, 2004

★ Animal Smarts (the Secret Life of Animals Series)

By Sylvia Funston

My kittens come running to the sound of their Kibble shaking around in a tin and they’ve recently learned how to open the screen door when they want to go in and out. Are they ... Read More »

February 25, 2004

Dear Diary, I’m Pregnant

By Anrenée Englander

For many teenage women, finding out that they are pregnant is extremely isolating and devastating. Many feel they can’t tell their parents. They may have already broken up with the baby’s father. Girlfriends may not ... Read More »

February 25, 2004

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Quill and Quire

★ 100 Cigarettes and a Bottle of Vodka

Canadian Oxford World Atlas, 4th Edition

The Cartographic Satellite Atlas of the World

Encyclopedia of Natural Healing

The Canadian Oxford Dictionary

Hungers

Crime Science: How Investigators Use Science to Track Down the Bad Guys

I Can Make Art

★ Animal Smarts (the Secret Life of Animals Series)

Dear Diary, I’m Pregnant

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