#270 Starchitects, 1886 onwards
Canada: Modern Architectures in History by Rhodri Windsor Liscombe and Michelangelo Sabatino London: Reaktion Books, 2016. £20.00 / 9781780236339 Reviewed… FULL STORY
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#269 A plague on our houses
The Plague (Arsenal Pulp $19.95) by Kevin Chong review by Joan Givner * A classic French text invigorates a new… FULL STORY
#268 How rivers can remember
Where The River Flows: Scientific Reflections on Earth’s Waterways Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2017. $26.95 (U.S.). / 9781400885022 by… FULL STORY
#267 300 years of foolishness
Busted: An Illustrated History of Drug Prohibition in Canada by Susan C. Boyd Black Point, Nova Scotia, and Winnipeg: Fernwood,… FULL STORY
#266 Pioneering stargazer J.S. Plaskett
Northern Star: J.S. Plaskett by R. Peter Broughton with a foreword by James E. Hesser Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2018…. FULL STORY
#265 Surrey gets proper billing
Surrey: A City of Stories by K. Jane Watt Surrey: City of Surrey Heritage Services (Fenton Street Publishing), 2017. $25.00 … FULL STORY
#264 From John McCrae to Morrison
Morrison: The Long-lost Memoir of Canada’s Artillery Commander in the Great War. Major-General Sir Edward Morrison by Susan Raby-Dunne (editor)… FULL STORY
#263 Georgia Straight honoured
Georgia Straight: A 50th Anniversary Celebration by Doug Sarti and Dan McLeod, with an introduction by Bob Geldof and essays… FULL STORY
#262 Lillooet pithouses revisited
The Last House at Bridge River: The Archaeology of an Aboriginal Household in British Columbia During the Fur Trade Period… FULL STORY
#261 Tatshenshini Man
Kwäday Dän Ts’ìnchi: Teachings from Long Ago Person Found by Richard J. Hebda, Sheila Greer, and Alexander Mackie (editors) Victoria:… FULL STORY
#260 Travis’ travail gets Ryga honour
This year’s Ryga Award winner for Social Awareness goes to Georgia Straight journalist Travis Lupick for Fighting for Space: How… FULL STORY
#259 Yerí7 Stsq̓ey̓s-kucw
Secwépemc People, Land, and Laws: Yerí7 Stsq̓ey̓s-kucw by Marianne Ignace and Ronald Ignace Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queens University Press, 2017…. FULL STORY
#258 Reconciliation Manifesto
The Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy by Arthur Manuel (1951-2017) and Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson, with a… FULL STORY
#257 Macdonald, Laurier, Borden
Prime Ministerial Power in Canada: Its Origins under Macdonald, Laurier, and Borden by Patrice Dutil Vancouver: UBC Press, 2017. $34.95 … FULL STORY
#256 Norman Bethune and women
I’m not your man: Norman Bethune & women An essay by Larry Hannant * Doctor, medical innovator, propagandist, artist, political… FULL STORY
#255 Spitfire luck
Badly injured, Spitfire pilot Alfred “Skeets” Ogilvie spent nine months in hospitals in Lille and Brussels, being treated by German… FULL STORY
#254 The trees we can’t see
Euclid’s Orchard and Other Essays by Theresa Kishkan Salt Spring Island: Mother Tongue Publishing, 2017. $22.95 / 9781896949635 Reviewed by… FULL STORY
#253 The divide of mountains and wine
Surveying the Great Divide: The Alberta/BC Boundary Survey, 1913-1917 by Jay Sherwood Halfmoon Bay: Caitlin Press, 2017. $29.95 / 9781987915525… FULL STORY
#252 We came, we saw, we skated
Lace Up: A History of Skates in Canada by Jean-Marie Leduc, with Sean Graham & Julie Leger Victoria: Heritage House… FULL STORY
#251 The stupid man’s smart person
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson Toronto: Penguin Random House Canada, 2018. $34.95 / … FULL STORY
