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Doctor to the North: Thirty Years Treating Heart Disease among the Inuit
John H. Burgess MD 978-0-7735-3431-5 Footprints Series October 2008——————————————————————————–The Left Atrium, Book review
Chronicles of a cardiologist in Canada's NorthAmy Hendricks, MDCM Internal Medicine, Yellowknife, NWT
During medical training, aspiring physicians at some point decide whether … Read More >
978-0-7735-3246-5 September 2008
The Cultivated Landscape
by Craig Pearson and Judith Nasby
Reviewed by Mark Heffernan
The authors of this book have set themselves the task of examining, among other things, humanity's "ecological footprint" through a historical analysis of agriculture. They resolutely diagnose a situation that most people suffer passively as sheer apocalypse: the destruction … Read More >
The Slow Food Story: Politics And PleasureBy Geoff Andrews
Reviewed by Andrea Belcham
If recent coverage in our media is to be believed, we Canadians are increasingly worried about our food. More specifically, the quality of the food we purchase, the environmental impact of our consumption, and the … Read More >
It is always a pleasant surprise to open a book about a subject that seems remote in time or space and then realize that it has clear implications for our daily life. This book is one of those surprises. Holly Dressel, a journalist and researcher known for her work … Read More >
October 2008 978-0-7735-3490-2
MQUP. By the time your mother died in 1996, her books had gone out of print. Her second novel, The Torontonians (first published in 1960), was reissued in October 2007, her first novel, Psyche (1959), this October 2008. You must be pleased.
VA. Very. I’m grateful to Nathalie Cooke and … Read More >