This a must-have for anyone interested in video art. Chock-full of colour video stills, featuring some of the major artists working in this medium over the past 25 years. Includes Zacharias Kunuk, Colin Campbell, Thirza Cuthand, Kate Craig, Lisa Steele, Robert Morin/Lorraine Dufour, Manon Labrecque, Cathy Sisler, and more. Good editorial introduction from Walker Arts Centre curator Jenny Lion and many fine essays and interviews, some in experimental format.

This book is a feast for the eyes, the text alone is well worth the purchase price. The addition of the authors and others photographs is a "time machine experience" for this reviewer, who grew up in Detroit, Michigan in the 1950's . Canada and the Detroit area was the Mecca for the last real steam bastion in this era and Mr, Zimmermann has risen to the challenge of showing us what it looked like with words and photographs. A nice mix of color and Black & White photos illustrate the tale. But the narrative makes this volume a stand out in my opinion. If you were not able to witness the show in person, this book is a worthy replacement and belongs in any steam fans library.

Students, teachers and general readers will find this a fine guide to Atwood's most popular writings, with an in-depth interview with the author offering some unique insights into the texts under discussion. Included here are critical observations on Handmaid's Tale, Blind Assassin, Bluebeard's Egg and more: a must for students of Atwood's art.

I recently discovered the plays of Daniel MacIvor, a Canadian actor-playwright I'd seen on the series "Twitch City." He has one of the most original theatrical visions I've encountered, tempered with an amazing generosity in the depiction of character. "Marion Bridge" is about three sisters--a nun, a failed actress and the one who stayed in their small-town home--coming together to care for their dying mother. Unlike most men writing about women, he does not define the women in terms of their relationships with men, nor does he put the women at each other's throats for two acts. Instead, they react like real family members. Sometimes they work together; sometimes they fight. And it's always little things that mark the transition from one stage to another.

I've taken scenes from this play to some acting workshops and all involved have been very impressed with the flow of the dialogue and the effective, totally believable use of humor. I'm surprised nobody has done Mr. MacIvor's plays down here. I hope to do a production of this in the fall. Order this book. You won't be dissappointed.

This book is a wonderful reference for someone who wants to study asian american woman writers. Although Winnifred Eaton, originally called Onoto Wantanna, published this book anonymously, it was widely acclaimed. It discusses her adventure and troubles as she travels out of Canada at age 13 and travels to Jamaica and then America. It is simply written, easily to understand and quick reading book.

This compilation includes the work of many of the best Canadian cartoonists, such as Aislin, Bierman and Rosen. The subject - impending work destruction is serious, but at least you may be able to laugh at the stupidity of mankind (or Homo Politicus).

Steve Fochuk has done an excellent job on a difficult to research project. While the USAAF is famous for its "nose-art", by which is usually meant the embellishment of drab, camouflaged military aircraft with personal artwork - cartoons, beautiful girls, etc, the RCAF is not known for having much of this artwork. Yet, it was there, on the Spitfires, Lancasters, Halifax's and all the many other aircraft operated by the RCAF. Some of the artwork was so outstanding, that some panels from scrapped aircraft were saved for museums, and Steve Fochuk has included some colour photos of these originals in his book. For all those who say "only the Yanks had artwork on their 'planes, we can now refer them to Steve's excellent book.

There is a great bonanza of material on the history of
mining in the American and Canadian West. The purpose
of this work is to concentrate and partially assay this
ore, as an aid both to those seeking the pure metal refined
from it and to those delving for rich ore not yet worked.

This vast ore sample is divided into a general western mining
section and a mining and metallurgical technology section,
followed by regional sections for each state, province and
territory. Each section opens with a brief assay that
highlights some of the larger works that have uncovered
or enriched various phases of western mining and mining life,
but this sampling is offered only as a starting point and
much more awaits the thorough prospector. Within each regional
section the ore is subdivided into refined historical studies,
raw materials of all sorts, fictional and poetic treatments,
and bibliographical guides to further materials.

Included here are over 25,000 works on various aspects
of western mining, from prospecting, mining rushes and
mining camps, through mining finance, labor and technology,
to mining law, literature and lore. There are books,
pamphlets, broadsides, maps, music, directories, laws,
state and federal publications, dissertations, theses
and articles in scholarly journals.

It is hoped that this work will both stimulate and
facilitate new research by revealing not only what
has been done, but what has yet to be done, and some
of the potential sources that may be used to do it.

I have always been interested in the mob and, when I saw this book, I had to read it. Unfortunately, it was out of print, so I had to do a special order to get it and I got it. It was very good and Paul Volpe was a very interesting gangster to read about. It kinda sucks how his life ended the way it did; but, other than that, it was one of the most interesting biographies that I ever read.

Like many of his plays, Monster is a solo performance with a frightening edge. It gets under your skin in such a seductive way that you don't even realize that you're going to be left devestated by the end of the work. A solo man plays numerous roles in an acting tour de force that should make the world stand up and take notice of Canadian theatre and drama. If you read it, you'll want to see it (or perform it), and if you do... spread the word. Long live MacIvor!