Alberto Manguel on Optimism
The Georgia Straight |
October 12, 2007
Tags: Alberto Manguel, The City of Words
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Ten Picture Books for Tree-bound Totsnew
Given that there's no new Wii this season, you may just have to suck it up and give some picture books to the preschooler in your life.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
12-10-2007 |
Fiction
Tags: Fiction Reviews
Pulitzer-winner Richard Rhodes Examines the Russiansnew
Rhodes sifts the half-century between World War II and the dissolution of the USSR to understand the hysteria that brought the supergiants (and the rest of us) to the brink of Armageddon. The result is a meticulously researched, compelling examination of the 20th century's dread-wracked second half.
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
11-12-2007 |
Nonfiction
The Father of Cyberpunk Speaks on 'Spook'new
We know that William Gibson's new novel digs into high-tech surveillance and messianism, but what about that mysterious shipping container?
The Georgia Straight |
John Burns |
08-13-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Spook Country, William Gibson
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Author Explores the Rise of Christian Nationalism in Canadanew
Mainstream-media reporters and columnists are largely unaware of the growing influence of the religious right in Canada, according to Marci McDonald, the author of a new book on the subject.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith |
05-24-2010 |
Books
'Reality Hunger' by David Shieldsnew
Is the novel dead? Well, not exactly. But in his new book, David Shields sets out to prove it’s no longer relevant.
The Georgia Straight |
Jennifer Croll |
04-12-2010 |
Nonfiction
Tags: David Shields, Reality Hunger
Books Explore the Games Behind the Olympic Gamesnew
This penetrating analysis by Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, a Toronto sociologist and activist, remains a classic for how thoroughly it exposes the secrecy, elitism, hypocrisy, corruption, and lack of accountability of what she calls the “Olympic industry”.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith |
02-16-2010 |
Nonfiction
'Egg on Mao' Praises a Truly Brave Iconoclastnew
With the publication of Egg on Mao: The Story of an Ordinary Man Who Defaced an Icon and Unmasked a Dictatorship, Denise Chong has revived interest in the moral heroism of Lu Decheng and his friends Yu Zhijian and Yu Dongyue.
The Georgia Straight |
Alexander Varty |
10-19-2009 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
'The Wonder' Has a Dancer's Gracenew
The question of passion fuels Diana Evans' lushly imaginative second novel The Wonder.
The Georgia Straight |
Patty Jones |
10-05-2009 |
Fiction
