Non-Fiction: Travels with Elly by Larry MacDonald
Where was Canada’s first settlement? What is the country’s prettiest town? Who was its greatest hero?Inspired by John Steinbeck’s journey across the United States in […]
art and culture
Life Lessons from Beloved Fairy Tales
Lovers of fairy tales and even those who don’t, can apply the lessons learned from these stories to their lives. Such is the view of […]
Oliver Sacks. 9/11. The Power of Music to Ease Pain
On this important anniversary, it makes sense that the wonderful Maria Popova over at Brain Pickings would select something splendid for us to take to […]
Complete Collection of Sergei Tretyakov Plays Published
When Sergei Tretyakov’s groundbreaking play, “I Want a Baby” was banned by Stalin’s censor in 1927, it was a signal that the radical and innovative […]
New This Month: Figuring by Maria Popova
Excited to finally be reading Figuring, out this month from Pantheon. The author is the brilliant Maria Popova who “writes about what she reads” on […]
Tolkien in America: Exhibit at the Morgan Opens This Month
The largest collection of J.R.R. Tolkien and Lord of the Rings memorabilia ever assembled is coming to America later this month. “Tolkien: Maker of Middle-Earth” […]
Children’s Books: Christmas: from Solstice to Santa by Nikki Tate and Dani Tate-Stratton
Like everything, it seems, Christmas has gotten to be somewhat controversial. And then there always appear to be people around telling us we’re doing it […]
Non-Fiction: A Citizen’s Guide to Impeachment by Barbara A. Radnofsky
Don’t know how we missed this one, but it seems even more relevant today than it did when it was published last September. A Citizen’s […]
Non-Fiction: The Handover by Elaine Dewar
In 2000, Canadian businessman Avie Bennett engineered a deal to wrest “The Canadian Publisher” McClelland and Stewart, out of the protection of Canadian Heritage and […]
Holiday Gift Guide 2017
There are a hundred thousand interests and there are millions of books, but here are a handful that might make those you love realize just […]
