Recently Released Books
At Home and Abroad: The Canada-U.S. Relationship and Canada’s Place in the World, by Patrick Lennox, UBC Press, 192 pp, $32.95. Book’s blurb: “At Home and Abroad stands to make an important and completely original contribution to the field. Though there is a reluctance of Canadian scholars to embrace structural theory (at least explicitly), this […]
Recently released books:
Nomad, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Knopf Canada, 277 pp., $32. Book’s blurb “Here is the story of a young African woman, born into Islam, who was given every possible occasion to feel grievance, resentment, and humiliation yet who employed her own life as an example of internationalism, tolerance, multiculturalism and the redemption of others…. For […]
CIDA and the Money Doublers
Much ink has been spilled over Canada’s so-called G8 initiative on maternal and child health for the developing world. Many have urged the government forward on this laudable mission, while others—demonized as spiteful people with a narrow domestic agenda—have railed against the government’s exclusion of funding for abortion. The facts behind the debate are more […]
Getting G8 commitments back on track
It takes a real friend to deliver the hardest truth. A friend is how UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon characterized his relationship with Canada, upcoming host of the G8 and G20 summits. And in Ottawa last week, Ban strongly urged Canada to use its leadership to get the G8 to forge a new resolve to […]
Recently released books:
Storms of Controversy: The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed, by Palmiro Campagna, Dundurn, 288 pp., $26.99. Book’s blurb: “In this revised fourth edition of the bestseller, the author brings us up to date on the CF-105 Arrow, the most innovative, sophisticated aircraft the world seen by the end of the 1950s. This new edition features […]
Recently released books:
J.B. Harkin: Father of Canada’s National Parks, by E.J. (Ted) Hart, University of Alberta Press, 592 pp, $34.95. Book’s blurb: “Having set out to reveal a great builder and administrator of Canada’s national park system and a champion for its wildlife, I instead discovered a great Canadian.” Beyond the Indian Act: Restoring Aboriginal Property Rights, […]
Topp delivers a sensational insider’s account on the near-crisis of 2008
Brian Topp has written an insider’s account of the coalition near-crisis of 2008—and what a tale it is. The author, a former NDP national campaign director, writes uncommonly well for someone who’s been in the business of clip and spin. And he’s writing about a controversy that stirred Canadians to a degree not seen since […]
Recently Released Books:
False Dawn: The Delusions of Global Capitalism, by John Gray, Anansi, 272 pp., $17.95. Book’s blurb: “In the midst of the current financial crisis, John Gray revisits his brilliant polemic against the forces of global capitalism and deregulation. Written more than 10 years ago, False Dawn is a remarkably prescient book, sharply criticizing the greed […]
Great Emancipator was a woman in a man’s body, really
OTTAWA—I wish I could shadow history Prof. Yale Templeton for a day for amusement. You thought history professors were boring generally? Yale Templeton would probably be the most boring human being you’ve ever met. His students’ comments at RateMyProfessor.com include “Recommended for anyone with insomnia,” and “Professor Templeton should have given up lecturing when he […]
BEST BOOKS 2009: Authors on their books, and why federal politicians should read them
Most federal political players don’t read many books. So The Hill Times is trying to help out. We’re offering a list of most of the books published in Canada on federal politics, public policy, globalization, biography, and history in 2009 to date, and some of our best interviews with the authors, all in an effort […]
