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 […]
Upcoming political, political philosophy, political economy, and public policy books from McGill-Queen’s University Press, and Anansi:
• The 2006 Federal Budget: Rethinking Fiscal Priorities, edited by Charles M. Beach, Michael Smart, and Thomas A. Wilson, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 300 p., $34.95 in paperback, March 2007. Blurb: “A critical evaluation of the 2006 federal budget, including major tax and program changes.” • Canadian and Mexican Security in the New North America: Challenges […]
What State of Denial lacks in readability it makes up for in insight and intrigue
State of Denial: Bush at War, Part III. Bob Woodward New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006. The water-cooler take on Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein has long been that Woodward was the plodding, anal one and Bernstein was the fun twin–the guy who could write his way out of a fix on deadline, howl at […]
The Way It Works: Inside Ottawa
Eddie Goldenberg, The Way It Works. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Ltd., 2006. A good way to measure who has genuine influence around Ottawa has always been this rule: “Those who know, don’t talk. Those who talk, don’t know.” In other words, a key requirement for playing an important role in government is the ability to […]
Recently Released Books:
Cold Terror: How Canada Nurtures and Exports Terrorism Around the World, by Stewart Bell, fully revised and updated with a foreword by Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd., 290 pages, $32.99. Blurb: “We believe Al Qaeda continues to have a terrorist infrastructure in Canada, one with documented links to the U.S. While […]
Recently Released Books
The Washington Diaries: 1981-1989, by Allan Gotlieb, McClelland & Stewart, $39.99, 649 pages. Blurb: “An entertaining and revealing account of international diplomacy during the Reagan era from Canada’s legendary ambassador to Washington.” Nixon In China: The Week That Changed The World, by Margaret MacMillan, Viking Canada, 334 pages, $45. Blurb: “Drawing on newly-available material from […]
New Books
Pandemonium: Bird Flu, Mad Cow Disease, and Other Biological Plagues of the 21st Century, by Andrew Nikiforuk, Viking Canada, 280 pages, $34. Blurb: “While the powers that be worry about drug trafficking, a far more dangerous form of surreptitious international movement is taking place–the inadvertent trafficking in lethal pathogens, the result of moving humans, animals, […]
Noteworthy and Notable Recent Book Releases
An Illustrated Short History of Progress, by Ronald Wright, Anansi, $37.95. Blurb: “I was thoroughly shaken up by Ronald Wright’s A Short History of Progress, a brilliant analysis of everything humanity has done to ruin itself down the ages.”–Jan Morris, The Independent Canada’s Governors General: Biography and Constitutional Evolution, by Barbara J. Messamore, 1847-1878, University […]
What’s the biggest mistake to make before a Parliamentary committee? Not delivering an effective, crisp message
Taking It to the Hill: A Complete Guide to Appearing Before Parliamentary Committees. Second Edition. by David McInnes. University of Ottawa Press. 2005 269 pages When Taking it To the Hill was first published in 1999, it became the guide for anyone planning to appear as a witness before a House of Commons or Senate […]
