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Journey to the Source of the Nile

Christopher Ondaatje, former stockbroker and investment banker, continues to be consumed by Africa. His earlier book, Leopard in the Afternoon, grew out of a trip there in the late 1980s in search of the leopard. ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Harmony: Photographic Journeys Across Our Cultural Boundaries

By National Movement for Harmony

More often than not, books that claim to cover Canada from coast-to-coast appear as thinly veiled tourism brochures or unity propaganda. Thankfully, Harmony: Photographic Journeys Across Our Cultural Boundaries is neither. Marrying the images of ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Art, Music & Pop Culture

Tough Guys of Hockey: 16 Players Who Beat the Odds

By Paul Romanuk

Sportscaster Paul Romanuk – a mainstay on the all-sports network TSN – has developed a sideline writing hockey books for kids, including the annual Hockey Superstars series.In Tough Guys of Hockey, he takes a look ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Awards

Last Stop, Paris: The Assassination of Mario Bachand and the Death of the FLQ

By Michael McLoughlin

The murder of a marginal, emotionally unstable, onetime member of the revolutionary separatist group the Front de Liberation du Québec (FLQ) in a Paris apartment in 1971 was the linchpin of a Canadian security operation ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Tunnels of Time: A Moose Jaw Adventure

By Mary Harelkin Bishop

Andrea resents the idea of being a junior bridesmaid at her cousin’s wedding. Defiantly dressed in overalls at the rehearsal dinner, she listens sulkily to her grandfather’s tales of tunnels that ran beneath the streets ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Authors

A Riddle of Roses

By Caryl Cude Mullin, Kasia Charko, illus.

Everything’s coming up roses for 13-year-old Meryl, in training since the age of seven as a musician and storyteller, as she sets out for the magical island of Avalon. Meryl hopes to become a bard ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Events

The Next Century: Why Canada Wins

By Nuala Beck

A decade ago, Toronto business economist Nuala Beck freshened economic thinking with the phrase “new economy,” the idea that businesses built on human capital would thrive more than those in the old economy of bricks ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Big Score: Robert Friedland, Inco, and the Voisey’s Bay Hustle

By Jacquie McNish

It started out as another game of chicken between penny stock traders and greedy investors. It turned into a $4.3- billion deal designed to protect the future of the world’s largest nickel company. In The ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Eatons: The Rise and Fall of Canada’s Royal Family

By Rod McQueen

In this unauthorized corporate history, financial journalist Rod McQueen describes the rise and fall of the Eaton’s department store empire and what really happened to the family behind the throne. The founder of Eaton’s, Timothy ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Titans: How the New Canadian Establishment Seized Power

By Peter C. Newman

In this third instalment on the movers and shakers of Canada, social analyst, historian, and gossipmonger Peter C. Newman lays out the case for the decline and fall of the old order and the ascension ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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Journey to the Source of the Nile

Harmony: Photographic Journeys Across Our Cultural Boundaries

Tough Guys of Hockey: 16 Players Who Beat the Odds

Last Stop, Paris: The Assassination of Mario Bachand and the Death of the FLQ

Tunnels of Time: A Moose Jaw Adventure

A Riddle of Roses

The Next Century: Why Canada Wins

The Big Score: Robert Friedland, Inco, and the Voisey’s Bay Hustle

The Eatons: The Rise and Fall of Canada’s Royal Family

Titans: How the New Canadian Establishment Seized Power

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