Produced by Esse W. Ljungh
Conductor Morris Surdin
This story revolves around a Jewish family during World War 2 who takes in boarders. The first boarder is Heir Banbinger, a refugee who's waiting for his family to arrive from the old country. After a number of other borders, Mervyn, a struggling writer rents the Spare room. Mrs. Hirsh is taken with Mervyn and helps him stay even though Mr. Hirsh is demanding the rent. Mr Hirsh reads reads the book, changes his mind about Mervyn and becomes more lenient with the rent. Mr. Hersh then takes Mervyn under his wing, gives him some fatherly advice and his counsel.

A collection of essays and commentaries by prominent Canadians of Ukrainian heritage, and others, dealing with some of the most pressing issues before the organized Ukrainian Canadian community, including redress for the internment operations of the First World War, dealing with the re-emergence of an independent Ukraine in Europe, and preservation of the organized Ukrainian community in the diaspora.

"My Dear Mr. M" is a collection of letters L. M. Montgomery wrote to Mr. G. B. MacMillan, a fellow writer. In the letters, the reader gets glimpses of how Montgomery felt about her own work, as well as mentions of contemporary reviews. Very interesting, for books that went on to become classics. Likewise, we get Montgomery's (somewhat brief) opinions on WWI, WWII, and other events that changed the century. A must-read for fans of Montgomery.

Despite what the subtitle book says, this book is more than the inevitable lightness of being Canadian. It is about the lightness of being any one of the modern states, Canada, The United States, or Australia. Gwyn's argument is that these countries were founded upon principles that were radically different than previous one's (freedom, equality, diversity, egalitarianism, the appropriations and others). These countries were not built upon any explicit ethnic or racial creed, or language, or even a common history.

Together these values made them great and an attraction to people all over the world. Now these societies they are slowly being eroded by other modern principles like the emphasis on rights and less to responsibility, hyper-individualism, excessive cultural differentiation, loss of a sense of history, globalism, multiculturalism and many others. Gwyn believes that are undermining the very values that made theses societies great.

Within the context of Canada Gwyn sees the emphasis on rights as a problem. He argues that too many people are focusing on their rights and less on the responsibilities of citizenship. The other is the increasing disposition for immigrants entering theses societies to emphasize their cultural or ethnic differences while choosing not to abide by any values of the society that they are entering. What Gwyn sees is a tendency for such a society to become increasingly a collection of individuals and less of a community striving toward a common good. He rightly points out that the loss of civility, tolerance, and marked indifference are the first signs of such a shift. He argues that Canada has more at stake than any of the other two countries should this progression continue.

Unfortunately Gwyn does not make a cogent argument. At some points, the book seems to go off in many directions at once. Although I agreed with his basic premises, I wanted him to not only state and show instances of the problem, but also to give some concrete solutions to it, even if they are exploratory. After reading you get an idea of what Gwyn feels the solutions are, but you can only do this indirectly. (I am still trying to figure out the point to his chapter entitled "Postmodern Dominion".)

Despite this drawback, I still believe that this book should be read, if not for an interest in Canada, at least for an interest in how a society can evolve as a result of the unintended consequences of otherwise well-meaning ideas as well as the possible effects that the same changes he sees in Canada will have here in the States. Gwyn's sobering argument is not racist or eurocentric as books of this type sometimes are. This book will undoubtedly give you a new cultural perspective. Maybe the reader will find the solutions that Gwyn could not.

This is one of those books that come along once in a blue moon. It is filled with wonderful poems, full of humor, sensitivity, compassion, love and definitely exciting. "You have your Father's Eyes" is great fun and guaranteed to bring a laugh from anyone who hears it. This book is especially fun for Grandparents to read to their grandchildren. Don't know why it is out of print, but they should re-publish it.

This play brings up a number of issues of media control of public opinion in North America. It's good to see examples of Canadian, not just U.S terrorisim in international development. But is it theatre? The format says no, but what is theatre? If theatre is artistic expression outside of corporate sponsored media then yes. Contraversial in more then one way, the authors say a lot of things that they would not get away with on T.V or radio making the stage a new forum for expression. It is easy to read and makes you think (shame on Brooks and Verdecchia).

To speak frankly as a US citizen with an interest in Film Studies, I never quite know what the heck is going on in Canadian cinema, nor where I should be looking. So this book fills a serious void for me, and has a diversity of entries, some more academic than others (but almost all good), that offer lucid and interesting introductions to the wealth of visual culture being produced in Canada over the past decades. I really like the essays on Native filmmakers Loretta Todd and Alanis Obomsawin, and think the editors did a great job of casting their net widely.

I highly recommend this book, though I wish it were cheaper.

This is a great collection of science fiction stories by Canadians, many of whom you will recognize as pioneers in the genre. The stories are entertaining and original, and the introduction is fun and educational.

A book I found hard to put down once started. Interesting historical information as well as a good true story. In this day and age of high tech, three ordinary men make an extra-ordinary trip through one of the most hostile marine environments anywhere. They did it in a boat one of them built in his back yard and proved you don't have to be a millionaire to have high adventure.

They did it without any icebreaker support.

The story gives the reader some very good historical information that even non-boaters will find useful and not generally available.

The techniques used by these three who lived together in such a tiny space for five months without so much as even an argument are amazing.

Overall a jolly good read.

The title is a referance to Churchills famous comments of the Battle of Britain. Kent is the man who made the free polish squadrons one of the best of the war. The book covers his life from his first flight in Canada to the post war years. His wit and humor make for some fun reading. Some of the things he did had quite an effect on the outcome of the Battle of Britain.