Recently released books:
The Case Against Israel’s Enemies: Exposing Jimmy Carter and Others Who Stand in The Way of Peace, by Alan Dershowitz, Wiley, 293 pp., $28.95. Book’s blurb: “This is a compelling book that unmasks the dangerous revisionism that distorts the real Israel. Dershowitz debunks former president Jimmy Carter’s apartheid analogy, Walt and Mearsheimer’s canard of dual […]
Recently released books:
An Honourable Calling: Political Memoirs, by Allan Blakeney, University of Toronto Press, 256 pp., $39.95. Book’s blurb: “An Honourable Calling is a thoughtful commentary on many of the central issues in Canadian politics from the last half of the 20th century and offers perceptive insights into some of the challenges facing Canadians in the decades […]
Recently released books:
Country Out of Crisis: A 2010 Novel, by Bruce Ricketts, Baico Publishing, 313 pp., $22. Book’s blurb: “Country Out of Crisis chronicles the path taken by both Canada and Quebec, following a successful separation referendum in Quebec…. The book, set in 2010, has been described as realistic and well-researched. One reviewer stated a wish that […]
Recently released books:
Fixing the Future: How Canada’s Usually Fractious Governments Worked Together to Rescue the Canada Pension Plan, by Bruce Little, U of T Press, 380 pp. Book’s blurb: “In the mid-1990s, the state of Canada’s finances gave rise to two ‘good news’ stories. At the time, most Canadians were aware of the debt deficit fix Canada […]
Recently released books
Charles Ritchie: Undiplomatic Diaries 1937-1971, introduction by Allan Gotlieb, McClelland & Stewart, 656 pp., $24.99. Book’s blurb: “One can think of no one, writing today, who can touch (Ritchie’s) special brilliance.”—Maclean’s The Best Laid Plans, by Terry Fallis, McClelland & Stewart, 314 pp., $19.99. Book’s blurb: “This is a funny book that could only have […]
recently released books:
A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada, by John Ralston Saul, Viking Canada, 340 pp., $34. Book’s blurb: “Saul writes as though thinking, wondering and considering are the most important things we as humans can do. They are, and he demonstrates this on every page.” Love’s Civil War: Elizabeth Bowen and Charles Ritchie, Letters and […]
recently released books:
American Raj: Liberation or Domination, by Eric Margolis, Key Porter Books, 400 pp., $32.95. Book’s blurb: “American Raj: Liberation and Domination? is the culmination of veteran journalist and foreign policy expert Eric S. Margolis’ years of feet-on-the-ground reporting and analysis in the Middle East and Asia. Margolis brings the weight of his authority on the […]
recently released books:
Contact Charlie: The Canadian Army, the Taliban and the Battle that Saved Afghanistan, by Chris Wattie, Key Porter Books, 304 pp., $32.95. Book’s blurb: “In the summer of 2006 the Taliban were poised to take their Jerusalem, Kandahar City. They didn’t figure on I PPCLI. Chris Wattie’s outstanding effort lets us eavesdrop on the intense […]
Recently Released Books:
Soldiers Made Me Look Good: A Life in the Shadow of War, by Lewis MacKenzie, Douglas & McIntyre, 294 pp., $32.95. Book’s blurb: “From one of Canada’s most outspoken public affairs commentators, Soldiers Made Me Look Good: A Life in the Shadow of War, offers an insider’s view of the Canadian Forces past and present, […]
RECENTLY RELEASED
Am I Dead Yet? 71 Countries, 36 War Zones, 1 Man’s Opinion, by John Scully, Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 213 pp, $28.95. Book’s blurb: “This extraordinary memoir is as much an examination of terrorism and of how little Americans have learned about history as it is a superb travelogue.” —The Ottawa Citizen
