I teach sailing and cruising skills, and the arrival of this terrific cruising guide is welcome. Beautiful photos and great graphic diagrams of harbors and every possible anchorage.

Should be on every charter boat, but often is not, so if you are chartering inquire.

Because I am a Candian, specifically, from Newfoundland, I may be a little biased. I loved this book! It made me proud to be a Canadian and proud of this country I have lived in for the past five years. This book is filled with beautiful and touching pictures and wounderful stories from the people so affected at such a long way from home.

This book is the unedited diary of socialite Sarah Apthorpe Cunningham Clinch. Everything she wrote is presented as-is, with no changes made by the editor (spelling errors and all!).

Because of this, the reader gets an authentic sense of life in Canada (seen through the eyes of a "Yankee", no less) during the 19th century. Photographs, footnotes, and other similar extras unobtrusively add to the allure of this beautiful book. Coloured pages and illustrations abound.

Wonderful to read slowly over a few weeks.

Bela Baliko's photographs of the Canadian Rockies are among the finest photographs I've seen of this already photogenic part of the world.

The book The Dinosaur Project, by Wayne Grady, describes the joint Canadian and Chinese paleontological project starting in 1985. During the course of this project, Canadian researchers worked alongside Chinese researchers in the paleontological cornucopia of the Gobi Desert, as well as Chinese workers working with Canadians in the also fruitful Southern Alberta Badlands and the Canadian High Arctic. The field areas are so harsh and the characters are so interesting that this book could easily be made into a Spielberg movie. The start of the book immediately draws in the reader by describing the history behind the project. This project is referred to as the largest and most ambitious modern dinosaur hunting expedition ever mounted. It detailed the networking of the Chinese and Canadian colleagues over several years at various conferences until the project eventually became a reality. Narrative style keeps the reader interested as the paleontogists go into extreme conditions in the field, and as their finds are put into perspective relative to contemporary paleontogical dogma. This book was surprisingly gripping for a bone book. It covered many important paleontological theories, but kept the jargon to a minimum. Quotations and anecdotes were often used to relay how science works as well; science both as an abstract methodology and also the reality of working in extreme conditions. One quotation in particularly was well-worded "science is a way of thinking; it's how we move from what we think we don't know to what we think we know" (Dale Russel). The anecdotal style of the book is what really makes it well-written.

Dippers is a pleasant picturebook for young readers about a hot summer in 1912, when fanciful creatures that author Barbara Nichol calls "dippers" came up from the Don River. The Dippers are most curious beings indeed, at first glance resembling cat-sized shrews with wings. Barry Moser's full-page illustrations in soft tones enhance Nichol's inquisitive prose making Dippers a pleasure for young readers who have just graduated from easy-reader picturebooks and are ready to try something with slightly longer and with more complex sentences.

This book is so woefully out of date that you do not want to be carrying it. It was also published by a questionable source. The National Businesss Incubation Association keeps official track of the incubators in the United States. The list of existing incubators today is vastly changed from 1988. I would suggest that you remove the book from your list.

As an Eastern Canadian, I knew very little about Saskatchewan's rich history. I thought Sakatchewan was limited to wheat and football. After reading this book, I anticipate travelling to this underrated province in order to discover its historic jewels firsthand. This book was very well-written. It touches upon the subtle flavours and treasures that form Saskatchewan's unique character. Meika Lalonde shows an extraordinary ability to present historical facts and stories with relevance and dynamism; no stagnant images of dusty relics here. This book now sits on my shelf alongside Crime and Punishment and Great Expectations.

Probably the best book on the subject. Some of the logical flows seem a bit contrived, but nonetheless a deeply thought out thesis on the relationship between poverty and disease. A must!