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November 2009

Global Impositioning Systems

by Alex Hutchinson

Is GPS technology actually harming our sense of direction?…[more]

Illustration by Clayton Hanmer

Fly At Your Own Risk

by Carol Shaben

Why is Transport Canada moving toward self-regulation for the country’s airlines?…[more]

Who Killed Canada’s Education Advantage?

by Roger Martin

A forensic investigation into the disappearance of public education investment in Canada…[more]

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The Last Woman

by Jeremy Keehn

The Last Woman by John Bemrose McClelland & Stewart (2009), 323 pp. Everything that is masterful about…[more]

Galore

by Lia Grainger

Galore by Michael Crummey Doubleday Canada (2009), 352 pp. A pale man falls, lifeless, from the belly of…[more]

The Wayfinders

by Steven W. Beattie

The Wayfinders: Why Ancient Wisdom Matters in the Modern World by Wade Davis House of Anansi Press (2009), 240…[more]

Turning the Page

by Noah Richler

Our fragile publishing industry is struggling to adjust to a new world in which the printed word may be an afterthought…[more]

Whalebones

by David Ng

Saving the remains of the world’s biggest animal…[more]

Hot Potatoe

by Sean Rogers

Hot Potatoe by Marc Bell Drawn & Quarterly (2009), 276 pp. If you find Canadian artist Marc Bell’s…[more]

Boys in the ‘Hood

by Robert Hough

Countdown to Liquor Day marks the end of the Trailer Park Boys’ ten-year run. How did creator Mike Clattenburg turn white trash into comic gold?…[more]

Lemon

by Stacey May Fowles

Lemon by Cordelia Strube Coach House Books (2009), 260 pp. On matters of importance, the world…[more]

The Boy in the Moon

by Rachel Giese

The Boy in the Moon: A Father’s Search for his Disabled Son by Ian Brown Random House Canada (2009), 304…[more]

Virtual Emigration

by Eliza Reid

Faced with hard times, Icelandic architects are finding work in Canada…[more]

Postcard and Other Stories

by Danielle Groen

Postcard and Other Stories by Anik See Freehand Books (2009), 200…[more]

Between the Sheets

by Adam Sternbergh

Why you should resist the lure of book clubs …[more]

Crackdown

by Arno Kopecky and Teun Voeten

As President Calderón’s war on drugs exacerbates Mexico’s drug wars, Canada turns its back on locals looking for a way out. » View Photo Gallery «

The Year of the Flood

by Jared Bland

The Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood McClelland & Stewart…[more]

Kanata

by Rachel Heinrichs

Kanata by Don Gillmor Penguin Group (Canada) (2009), 456 pp. As a veteran journalist, children’s…[more]

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