the purpose of my e-mail is to ask the author if he is familiar with a Charles Hays, who was once the pres. of Grand Trunk R.R. He lost his life on the Titanic, along with his man servant. His wife and maid rescued, and were met in New York to board a special car on the Railroad,and later met by Henry Ford, personal friend of Hays, where he presented Mr. Hays a new Ford Auto. I find this interesting, as the Hays are distant relatives of mine,and would like to know more of the Hays family if possible.

In less than 1,000 pages, The Great Canadian Bathroom Book summarizes most of our civilizations greatest literature and hitorical figures. This work is a tribute to an age where every minute must be used productively and it will give you enough information to sound knowledgeable during cocktail conversations on nearly any topic after just one sitting.

Ably edited by Muriel Whitaker, Great Canadian War Stories is a superbly presented anthology of short fiction by a variety of gifted authors who vividly capture the scope, spectrum, and variety of experiences of a Canadian people at war. From newspaper writers to the finality of the firing squad, these different and various stories cover an overwhelming range of people and experiences caught up in the battles that Canada has fought. Great Canadian War Stories is an exciting, memorable read, and a welcome contribution to any personal, school, or community library literature collection.

This book will cause you to rethink your beliefs about wilderness, native Americans and ecology. Sajo and the Beaver People should be a children's classic if it is not already!

I bought the book solely based on the price and number of pages as there was no review - however if you want to know about the Group of Seven this is the book to get. It has many excellent colour images of paintings, black and white images and photos, and a lot of background info.

This is a facinating book about family, friends and adventures in rural Northern Canada. The author paints a vivid portrait of old time family values and loving relationships in a community that cares about each other. After reading this book one wants desperately to visit and see where the adventures took place. Very readable and highly recomended.

The Harps of God is a poignant tale of a disaster which befell a crew of seal fishermen in 1914 off the coast of Newfoundland. The story, told in the form of a play, is much more than a disaster story though. It is a story of family relationships, a story of friends, a story of death, and most of all, a story of survival.
Kent Stetson is a wonderfully lyrical storyteller. I was held by the same icy wind which held the sealers in its grip, and I simply could not put the book down.
Included are the Authour's Acknowledgements, Preface, and Introduction, Author's Afterwords, and excerpts from the ships logs on the days in question. All this history and personal information, including how the play was performed in the open air on a beach in Newfoundland, under a rainy sky, helps the reader to feel uniquely involved in the story, and to feel the irony and the great loss of life.
The one criticism I have is that Mr. Stetson did not include a list of names of all those who lost their life on the ice.
Wonderful, powerful, lyrical, moving. Well worth 5 stars.

I received Hawksley Burns for Isadora for Christmas, and I've read it about a million times since then. The lyrical words and images are amazing, and can only be described as pure gold.

This book brings together stories of sadness and whimsy, exotic locales and a walk-up in Brooklyn. It represents new voices in fiction along with more established authors. One story finds a sheltered young Indian woman making love to a Guatemalan refugee who looks like a Mayan warlord; another story captures a young Indian woman DJ, out to make her mark on the music scene, finding connections to her Latina sisters in the sighs and hot breaths of history. Still another reveals the often ironic and subversive thoughts of a Canadian woman of Indian descent, married to a gentle WASP and finding her old disappointments fade against the warm glow of a peaceful marriage. Another one slyly describes an American in Bombay and the little girls who steal his toilet paper. I loved these stories, I loved their differences, and I wish that this book were more widely available because the stories aren't just about South Asian women, they're really about all of us.

For the inspiring cartoonist or just for a good belly laugh this collection of Herman is a must.

My all time favorite Herman toon is on page 95, of this Treasury, it's two crumbled soldiers talking about two French waitresses. Ever time I see it, I laugh to my side aches.