I have used this cookbook so much it is all stained and falling apart. Good basic cooking that everyone will love. The stories about the receipes are entertaining and informative. Bought my copy in Halifax 20 years ago and is still the cookbook I use the most often.

This is a great book if you want to learn alot about the different paddle strokes used while in your canoe. It has great pictures and very good naratives. I highly recomend this book.

Pam Cooks: Favourite Recipes From The Trillium Cooking School showcases the culinary talents of Pam Collacott, who hosts a regular cooking segment on Ottawa's CJOH-TV "News at Noon". This outstanding collection of recipes ranges from Jalapeno Tortilla Pinwheels, Smoked Salmon Omelet for Two, Light Asparagus Vichyssoise, and Turkey Shepherd's Pie, to Baked Sea Bass with Tomatoes, Wheat Berry Vegetable Salad, Maple Pecan Tarts, and Low-Fat Strawberry Trifle. Pam Cooks will prove to be a popular and welcome addition to any kitchen cookbook collection!

The main character is a Canadian expat living in Bangkok who has almost, but not quite, "gone native". While the story line is excellent, what I find fascinating is the ancillary cast of characters and sub-plots, which move through Bangkok as the economy is beginning to spiral upwards (the book was written in 1988). Hookers, corruption & a business trip to Laos are all included in plot and dealt with extraordinary expertise on the topical subject matter.

Read this novel first and then follow up with Christopher Moore's "Gods of Darkness."

This book is inspiring and heart warming. It brings hope for those who are recently disabled and are trying to come to terms with their disability. The photos are amazing in their colours and in the stories they tell without words.

I read this book based on an excellent review of it (a good primer for Mavis Gallant newbies, btw) in the April (or May?) Harper's (a great store room for hidden gems.) I had never heard of Ms. Galant before I read the review and her book, but after reading Paris Stories, all I gotta say is, Where the hell have I been since she's been writing for the past 30+ years? Actually I'm only 30, but still. Her writing is magical on so many levels that I'll only mention a couple of them: the consistency and the sublime richness of her prose - it's like really rich fudge, a phrase or two of one of the 15+ stories is often enough for one sitting; the hauntingly subtle rendering of European life; the authority and command of her voice - there is no doubt in my mind that Mavis Gallant was put on this earth to write fiction as her job, and she writes like she knows it. I love that.

2 recommendations: read Michael Ondaajte's intro (in it he mentions that he knows other writers who intentionally refrain from reading Mavis Gallant when they are writing themselves, so they don't lose confidence in themselves); read the afterward, written by the auther herself (in it she makes the wise suggestion to the reader NOT read the stories in the book back to back, but to take one's time and savor every morsal - I concur. Read this book very slowly pausing to read other stuff perhaps - you don't want to miss a word, it's that good.)

Lovers of sublime artwork in literature, read Mavis Gallant. I guarantee you will not be disappointed. I can't wait for Volume 2 to come out this fall!

The People of New France was written by Professor Greer with his undergraduate students in mind. This book is therefore comprehensive while being accessible. He includes chapters on the role of women and native people in colonial life: groups who were marginalized during the period and are still under-represented in historical work today. (However, his contention that New France was 'multicultural' is debatable.) Greer is a very good writer: after reading the book, you feel like you know what it was like to live in New France, which is reason enough to pick it up.

The Perpetual Ending is a beautiful novel, exquisitely written. I would recommend this book to anybody who takes pleasure in a well told story. I got lost in the story and the characters. The Perpetual ending is made up of two parts, each one a love letter from the narrator, Jane. One letter is to Jane's twin and the other to her lover, Simon. Through the letters the reader learns about Jane's troubled childhood and her coping mechanisms. The characters are wonderfully developed. This is one of the top ten books I have ever read.

This is a great book covering all aspects of personal finances: savings, mutual funds, stocks, real estate, retirement, rrsp's.... It is precise and to the point. All basic information is in this book. It is a great starting point for anyone starting their journey in personal finance and it is also a great reference for people who just want to know enough! I highly recommmend it.

In the aftermath of Marxism and pragmatism the western world and its citizens have lost the anchor for their moral lives. Belieiving in the goodness of progress, not only can we no longer answer the question, "progressing to what," but it does not even occur as a question to be asked. Instead all progress is deemed beneficial. Nonetheless, we are still plagued by doubts that there must be limits to what we can and should do; plagued by the inclination that all progress must be directed toward some good. Grant argues that in order to recement our moral beings and give direction to the technological progress that we hold dear, we must return to an older, ancient vision of human beings. A vision of humans as creatures whose rightful end lies not merely in untrammelled freedom, but also in recognition of our limitations.