Victory at Falaise: The Soldiers’ Story

By Brigadier General Denis Whitaker and Shelagh Whitaker,with Terry Copp

The Whitakers are the authors of several books of military history, including Dieppe: From Tragedy to Triumph. In Victory at Falaise, aided by military historian Terry Copp, they examine the Battle of Falaise, which ended ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: History

Where on Earth Are We Going?

By Maurice Strong

It’s fitting that Maurice Strong begins this book with an imagined future report to the shareholders of “Earth Inc.” Depicting Earth as a company that’s going under fast in the year 2030 forces a clever ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

The Screech Owls Scrapbook

By Roy MacGregor, Greg Banning, illus.

Ever since veteran hockey writer Roy MacGregor published his first book about a fictional team of young hockey players back in 1995, young readers have been following the exploits of the Screech Owls with fascination.Until ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Fiction

A Fork in the Road: Tales of Food and Travel

By Anik See

The travellers who really get to know a place are the ones who embrace the culture they find and the people they meet, venturing off the tourist track and into the homes of strangers. As ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Leaders: Pointers to Success from People of Influence

By Gary Tannyan

In the business of business books, the meaning of success changes with the times. Success literature, however, doesn’t. It is consistently inspirational by nature, and maintains that present sacrifice is necessary for future gain. That ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

The Common Sense Guide to Running Your Own Business

By John Aylen

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

The Success Principle

By Ronald N. Yeaple

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

Foreign Correspondences: A Traveller’s Tales

By Lesley Krueger

As the veteran Lesley Krueger reader would expect, her new non-fiction release, Foreign Correspondences, is full of richly detailed descriptions of her travels. But this is a travel book with a twist. Part memoir, part ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Bone and Dream: Into the World’s Driest Desert

By Lake Sagaris

Lake Sagaris is more attracted to watery places than dry ones. In the desert, she initially sees a barren and lifeless landscape – but she soon recognizes that life there takes unaccustomed forms. In Bone ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Reference

Measuring the Earth with a Stick: Science as I’ve Seen It

By Bob McDonald

Bob McDonald, the host of CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks, is a journalist who attempts to look at the poetry and beauty behind the gee-whiz science stories he reports. Measuring the Earth with a Stick ... Read More »

February 17, 2004 | Filed under: Science, Technology & Environment

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