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December 2008
Review: <i>The Muskwa Assemblage</i>
Review: The Muskwa Assemblage
Don McKay’s alternative to cow placenta sculpture
Book Review • by Jared Bland
Review: <i>Entitlement</i>
Review: Entitlement
Brideshead Revisited and the Flyte to Canada
Book Review • by Charles Foran
Review: <i>Distantly Related To Freud</i>
Review: Distantly Related To Freud
“Sex was power, as long as you kept your head.”
Book Review • by Marianne Ackerman
Review: <i>The Steve Machine</i>
Review: The Steve Machine
A novel that toys with our notion of reality.
Book Review • by Stuart Woods
October 2008
Review: <em>Butterfly Mind</em>
Review: Butterfly Mind
Of dictatorships and drinks
Book Review • by Patrick White
Review: <em>Once</em>
Review: Once
Rebecca Rosenblum’s debut collection of stories in a Toronto setting
Book Review • by Daniel Baird
Review: <em>The $12 Million Stuffed Shark: <br />The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art</em>
Review: The $12 Million Stuffed Shark:
The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
Don Thompson’s comprehensive account of the world of contemporary art
Book Review • by Jared Bland
Review: <em>The Retreat</em>
Review: The Retreat
David Bergen puts on a clinic
Book Review • by Danielle Groen
September 2008
Review: <i>What </i><i>Is </i><i>America</i><i>? </i>
Review: What Is America?
America’s genocidal history, as discussed in Ronald Wright’s new book
Book Review • by Daniel Baird
Review: <i>Revenant</i>
Review: Revenant
The romantic side of Anglesey, and other things not featured in this novel
Book Review • by Paul Isaacs
Review: <i>The Killing Circle</i>
Review: The Killing Circle
A new suspense novel from Andrew Pyper
Book Review • by Claire Ward
Review: <i>The Wrecking Crew</i>
Review: The Wrecking Crew
Thomas Frank’s follow-up to What’s the Matter with Kansas
Book Review • by Izida Zorde
July 2008
Molvanîa: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry
Molvanîa: A Land Untouched by Modern Dentistry
Skewering the Lonely Planet style
Book Review • by Jeremy Keehn
Southern Ocean Cruising
Southern Ocean Cruising
Sailing south of 60 with explorers Sally and Jérôme Poncet
Book Review • by Claire Hastings
Sahara Overland
Sahara Overland
Chris Scott tackles the trackless wilderness
Book Review • by Daniel Baird
Siberian BAM Guide
Siberian BAM Guide
How to “minimise vodka damage” on the Trans-Siberian trail
Book Review • by Alexandra Redgrave
June 2008
Review: Toronto Noir
Review: Toronto Noir
What seethes beneath T.O.’s cool politeness
Book Review • by Don Gillmor
Review: An Imperfect Offering
Review: An Imperfect Offering
James Orbinski’s life as a humanitarian doctor
Book Review • by Daniel Baird
Review: Atmospheric Disturbances
Review: Atmospheric Disturbances
A first novel by Rivka Galchen, MD
Book Review • by Alison Pick
Review: Bottomfeeder
Review: Bottomfeeder
How to eat ethically in a world of vanishing seafood
Book Review • by Jared Bland
May 2008
Nothing to Be Frightened Of
Nothing to Be Frightened Of
Julian Barnes memoir is quite an attention grabber
Book Review • by Ken Alexander
The Other Side of the Coin
The Other Side of the Coin
David Orrell challenges neoclassical economics
Book Review • by Jan Dutkiewicz
Girls Fall Down
Girls Fall Down
Review of Maggie Helwig’s new novel
Book Review • by Danielle Groen
Food, Sex, and Salmonella
Food, Sex, and Salmonella
David Waltner-Toews gets down and dirty
Book Review • by Nora Underwood
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