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Pay the Rent or Feed the Kids

Mel Hurtig, Council of Canadians founder, publisher, and author, was shocked by the extent of poverty he found during a two-year cross-country trek. Unfortunately, little of the suffering he observed emerges in this work marked ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Endless Propaganda: The Advertising of Public Goods

By Paul Rutherford

Not the sort of book to be consumed in the hubbub of one’s favourite tapas bar, Endless Propaganda is a challenging analysis of the links between government, media, advertising, and the democratic process.An Ontario academic ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Unauthorized Entry: The Truth About Nazi War Criminals in Canada, 1946-1956

By Howard Margolian

Howard Margolian, author of Conduct Unbecoming, which told the story of the murder of Canadian prisoners of war in Normandy in 1944, turns his attention to refuting the common perception that Canada was a haven ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

Virtual War: Kosovo and Beyond

By Michael Ignatieff

Michael Ignatieff requires little introduction to booksellers and librarians. He is the award-winning author of several non-fiction books including The Russian Album, which won the Governor General’s Award. This is the expatriate Canadian’s third book ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, History

St. Stephen’s

By Sky Gilbert

Readers may not like this book, some for its disturbing content – especially its evangelical support of pederasty – others for its hectoring tone, but there is pleasure to discover if you’ve the stomach for ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Notes from the Hyena’s Belly: Memories of My Ethiopian Boyhood

By Nega Mezlekia

The haunting essence of Nega Mezlekia’s powerful memoir is captured in his opening lines: “I was born in the year of the paradox, in the labyrinthine city of Jijiga. After a three-year absence, the rains ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Memoir & Biography

Cue the Dead Guy

By H. Mel Malton

Cue the Dead Guy is the second mystery featuring Polly Deacon, the underemployed puppet maker and born-again rural-dweller who lives in the fictional Ontario cottage country of Kuskawa. H. Mel Malton’s first Polly Deacon mystery, ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

Watermelon Row

By Michael Holmes

The great novels of the gutter (think Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer, Burroughs’ Naked Lunch, and Kerouac’s Subterraneans) share the following characteristic: their narratives move from despair to hope, from fallen state to redemption. If ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder

By James de Mille

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder is the inaugural title from John Rose’s Bakka Books imprint. The book, which has been out of print for years, is widely regarded as Canada’s first work ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

One-eyed Jacks

By Brad Smith

Toronto in 1958 is the setting for this fast-paced quest novel. Tommy Cochrane is a washed-up boxer with an aneurysm that prevents him from ever fighting again. When Tommy returns to Ontario, he finds out ... Read More »

February 23, 2004 | Filed under: Fiction: Novels

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Pay the Rent or Feed the Kids

Endless Propaganda: The Advertising of Public Goods

Unauthorized Entry: The Truth About Nazi War Criminals in Canada, 1946-1956

Virtual War: Kosovo and Beyond

St. Stephen’s

Notes from the Hyena’s Belly: Memories of My Ethiopian Boyhood

Cue the Dead Guy

Watermelon Row

A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder

One-eyed Jacks

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