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Violence Against Women: Philosophical Perspectives

By Stanley G. French, Wanda Teays, Laura M.Purdy, eds.

The collected essays in Violence Against Women, edited by Canadian and American academics, are an excellent reflection of current, multicultural, and feminist-oriented philosophical thought about violence against women. However, a more appropriate subtitle would have ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Inner Hunger: A Young Woman’s Struggle Through Anorexia and Bulimia

By Marianne Apostolides

After 10 years of struggling with anorexia, binging, and bulimia, Marianne Apostolides woke up one morning so disgusted and tired with herself that instead of carrying out her usual routine of gathering food and purging ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Story of My Life (So Far): A Happy Childhood

By Charles Foran

Charles Foran is an acclaimed author and contributing editor to Saturday Night magazine. His reputation, however, could hardly be enhanced by his memoir of childhood. The Story of My Life (So Far) is an experiment ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Island Wings: A Memoir

By Cecil Foster

When Barbados-born Cecil Foster wrote on the meaning of being black in Canada, he won praise from his community and a Writer’s Development Trust award for non-fiction. Yet in a prickly review of his most ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

A Voice Great Within Us

By Charles Lillard & Terry Glavin

A Voice Great Within Us, the seventh title in New Star’s Transmontanus series, is a sensitive, poetic portrait of a language and an author lost to us. As an examination of the language once popular ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Native Peoples

From Stone Orchard: A Collection of Memories

By Timothy Findley

Timothy Findley, whose many accomplishments include the Governor General’s Award for Fiction, is one of Canada’s most fertile wordsmiths. His bestsellers include, The Piano Man’s Daughter, Dust to Dust and Headhunter. From Stone Orchard, a ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Short

The Undeclared War: Class Conflict in the Age of Cyber Capitalism

By James Laxer

Ten years after the collapse of communism, at a time of apparent economic resurgence, do we still need to talk about a struggle between the classes? In The Undeclared War, James Laxer forcefully makes the ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Science of War: Canadian Scientists and Allied Military Technology During the Second World War

By Donald H. Avery

Canada was no scientific powerhouse at the beginning of the Second World War. Industrial research was almost non-existent, the scientific facilities at the nation’s few universities were small, underfunded, and ill equipped. Aside from the ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: History

Alone at Sea: The Adventures of Joshua Slocum

By Ann Spencer

Joshua Slocum was a demon sailor. The Nova Scotia-born adventurer was probably one of the few who have ever sailed such ambitious journeys on rough crafts for the simple pleasure and wanderlust of it. No ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Hard Light

By Michael Crummey

Michael Crummey’s Hard Light is a brave and ambitious follow up to Crummey’s first book, the award-winning Arguments with Gravity. Rather than attempting to repeat what made Arguments with Gravity an impressive, eclectic collection of ... Read More »

February 24, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

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