August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
A chronicle of the tragic life of a Nazi war criminal’s son, East of Berlin – the Nazi euphemism for deporting Jews to death camps – raises questions about culpability for crimes against humanity. While ... Read More »
Canadian democracy is in crisis, on this they agree. In each of two new books, Elizabeth May, Green Party leader, and Barry Cooper, Calgary political philosophy professor and ersatz cowboy, both make urgent appeals for ... Read More »
August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Canadian democracy is in crisis, on this they agree. In each of two new books, Elizabeth May, Green Party leader, and Barry Cooper, Calgary political philosophy professor and ersatz cowboy, both make urgent appeals for ... Read More »
August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
“Most know that Tropicana Pure Premium is not from concentrate. Few know what it is.” That’s what Toronto-based author Alissa Hamilton says in Squeezed, her examination of the evolution of Florida’s orange juice industry. For ... Read More »
August 11, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Conservative Party insider Bob Plamondon’s new book, Blue Thunder, promises to tell “the truth” about all the leaders throughout the Tories’ various incarnations. The truth, according to Plamondon, is that party leaders who managed to ... Read More »
July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
For more than 20 years, Jeff Rubin has been known as one of Canada’s top economists, and a major voice for the energy sector. In Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot ... Read More »
July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Children and YA Non-fiction, Politics & Current Affairs
When one hears of a journalist dying in pursuit of a story, one immediately imagines some strafed and cratered combat zone. But as investigative writer Terry Gould is quick to point out in his new ... Read More »
July 3, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
At a time when Canada’s police and CSIS are implicated in the arrest, rendition, and torture in foreign prisons of Muslim Canadians, while the current Prime Minister refuses to intervene on their behalf, there are ... Read More »
April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
As a rejoinder to those critics who find Canadian culture boring (or non-existent), Jonathan Vance’s ambitious, insightful new book provides proof that this country has a rich and often under-appreciated cultural heritage. Defining “culture” as ... Read More »
April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs
Most people associate the deadly chemical defoliant Agent Orange with the U.S. war in Vietnam. But freelance journalist Chris Arsenault has uncovered a disturbing Canadian connection that paints a portrait of human and environmental devastation ... Read More »
April 29, 2009 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs