Trudeau falls in love with China, says it made him a better person
Two Innocents in Red China by Pierre Trudeau and Jacques Hébert, with a new introduction and afterword by Alexandre Trudeau Douglas & McIntrye, $32.95. Canadian relations with China are quite pathetic in many ways and this needs to change, says filmmaker and journalist Alexandre Trudeau. “Our capacity to do business there is extremely limited,” said […]
Books: Donner Prize short-list and winner Helleiner
Towards North American Monetary Union The Politics and History of Canada’s Exchange Rate Regime, by Eric Helleiner, 333pp, McGill-Queens University Press. Book’s Blurb: “This timely and superbly well-written book explains why monetary dis-union on this side of the Atlantic is likely to endure. Helleiner has a gift for combining first-rate historical, political, and economic analysis‚Äìprecisely […]
Bonner’s latest book a must-read for political junkies
Recently, I sat in the Member’s Gallery at Queen’s Park and watched Ontario Finance Minister Greg Sorbara deliver his budget speech. As the speech reached the 10-minute point, I felt myself drifting as I heard only a consistent speech rhythm over and over. I realized that it was not just the constant pattern of speech […]
Books: Recently Released and Upcoming Releases
Urban Meltdown: Cities, Climate Change and Politics as Usual, by Clive Doucet, New Society Publishers, 272 pp., $20.95. Book’s Blurb: “Urban Meltdown reveals, castigates and inspires. This is an important book for anyone who cares about thinking differently, acting differently and making a real difference. Global warming is the issue of our time. Perhaps of […]
Recently Released and Upcoming Political Releases
Political Columns: Behind the Scenes with Powerful People, by Allan Bonner, Sextant Publications, 185 pp, $29.95. Book’s Blurb: A pragmatic tour de force: this book is filled with insights, rich and valuable experiences and constitutes a great learning. A very interesting book on how communication skills, behavioral trends and media relations can influence one’s success […]
Recently Released and Upcoming Releases
Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels who brought Churchill to Power and Helped Save England, by Lynne Olsen, Bond Street Books/ Doubleday Canada, 448 p., $36.95. Book’s blurb: “During the 1930s, as the rise of Nazism threatened western civilization, Winston Churchill’s was a lonely voice of warning of the coming danger, opposing the British government’s policy […]
Recently Released Books
* A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, by Ishmael Beah, Douglas & McIntrye, 229 p., $26.95. Blurb: “A long way gone is a wrenching, beautiful, and mesmerizing tale. Beah’s amazing saga provides a haunting lesson about how gentle folks can be capable of great brutalities as well as goodness and courage. It […]
Anyone who cares about the future of Canada should read this book
Appointing Judges in an Age Of Judicial Power, Critical Perspectives from Around the World, Eds. Kate Malleson, Peter H. Russell, University of Toronto Press, 2006. 473 pp, cloth $90, paper $48. Professors Kate Malleson (St. Mary’s, University of London) and Peter H. Russell (emeritus University of Toronto) have given us an excellent and admirable collection […]
BOOKS: RECENTLY RELEASED AND UPCOMING RELEASES
French Kiss: Stephen Harper’s Blind Date with Quebec, by Chantal Hébert, Knopf Canada, 280 pp., $32.95. Book’s blurb: “With keen observations and a deep understanding of the many layers of Quebec–Canada relations, Hébert lays out the conditions that presided over the advent of Harper’s Conservative government and the disintegration of the already fractured Liberal coalition […]
Recently-released book
Canada Among Nations 2006: Minorities and Priorities, edited by Andrew F. Cooper and Dane Rowlands, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 368 pages, $29.95. Blurb: “The 2006 edition of Canada Among Nations examines two central themes: first, how two different forms of minority–Parliamentary and cultural–are shaping Canada’s international approach and, second, the emerging foreign policy priorities of the […]
