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★ Boy of the Deeps

Ian Wallace’s latest picture book is a tribute to the men who go underground, earning their living as coal miners. It is also a reminder of a time, not so long ago, when children left ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Picture Books

Mean

By Ken Babstock

Born in Newfoundland and raised in the Ottawa Valley, Toronto resident Ken Babstock revisits these regions, and the more general region of human nature, in a debut collection of poems as highly accomplished technically as ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Poetry

Great Canadian Cuisine: The Contemporary Flavours of Canadian Pacific Hotels

By Anita Stewart

It’s no longer enough for a cookbook to be chock-full of inspiring recipes and helpful kitchen hints. In the age of Martha Stewart, complicated concoctions that few have the time to make are lushly presented ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Food & Drink

Dating: A Survival Guide from the Front Lines

By Josey Vogels

In the best of all possible worlds people would never have to go out on dates. Instead, fate would finally start living up to its name and everyone would pair up naturally through work or ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Health & Self-help

Bulldog: Spirit of the New Entrepreneur

By Ellie Rubin

The fastest growing segment of the self-employed market in Canada today is composed of women. Female entrepreneurs are at the leading edge of our economy’s knowledge workers and are launching their own businesses in record ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Fire into Ice: Charles Fipke and the Great Diamond Hunt

By Vernon Frolick

Vernon Frolick, a criminal prosecutor in British Columbia, tackles the biography of Chuck Fipke, the man who proved that there were commercial diamonds in Canada.Fipke is a driven man. Working in unbelievably remote areas of ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

★ A Story as Sharp as a Knife: An Introduction to Classical Haida Literature

By Robert Bringhurst

Scene: Christmas in Victoria, the parlour of a 1914 Arts and Crafts revamp. The floors are first- growth fir, there is dark wainscotting, the ceilings are high. A chatty cocktail soirée for periodical writers who ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Native Peoples

★ The Trickster Shift: Humour and Irony in Contemporary Native Art

By Allan J. Ryan

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Native Peoples

Understanding Modern Art: The Boundless Spirit of Clay Edgar Spohn

By David Beasley

Lots of artists have the talent to become noted masters, but more than just creativeness is required to reach greatness. It takes an enormous ego, unfailing gumption, and blind determination. Many who inherit creativity but ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Memoir & Biography

Native North America: Critical and Cultural Perspectives

By Renée Hulan, ed.

Until very recently, aboriginal literature (AbLit) in Canada was dismissed as protest literature, or, worse, used as the basis for ethnographic study of aboriginal culture. Although this has changed somewhat in recent years, there is ... Read More »

February 13, 2004 | Filed under: Native Peoples

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Quill and Quire

★ Boy of the Deeps

Mean

Great Canadian Cuisine: The Contemporary Flavours of Canadian Pacific Hotels

Dating: A Survival Guide from the Front Lines

Bulldog: Spirit of the New Entrepreneur

Fire into Ice: Charles Fipke and the Great Diamond Hunt

★ A Story as Sharp as a Knife: An Introduction to Classical Haida Literature

★ The Trickster Shift: Humour and Irony in Contemporary Native Art

Understanding Modern Art: The Boundless Spirit of Clay Edgar Spohn

Native North America: Critical and Cultural Perspectives

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