The Eubie Blake Economy
As aging boomers create an 'elder culture' they are redefining our society's spending priorities. For the better?
That's Oprah-essive!
To slick peddlers of 'power of positive thinking' pap, Barbara Ehrenreich says bleh.
'Gretzky's Tears'
A perfect last minute gift for hockey lovers, nationalists, and anyone who lost their innocence on Aug. 9, 1988.
This Is How You Fuel a Community of Climate Deniers
Start with big oil companies, and the money and connections flow.
The Explorer Far From Home
Peter Steele of the Yukon has led a remarkable life chronicling fellow adventurers. Time for a memoir?
Recent Books
'Pill Head'
Addiction to painkillers is rampant. Part of the cure is this honest, informative true story.
'A Woman among Warlords'
Afghan author and firebrand Malalai Joya on Canada's mission, Obama's Nobel, dodging assassination, and more.
'A Rebel History of Rural Life'
That's the subtitle to a memoir about the 'trauma' and pleasures of farming on Salt Spring.
What Bird Flu Can Teach Us about Swine Flu
Secrecy and cultural bias are enemies. Information insures more survivors.
The Haida Challenge: An Unofficial Account
'All That We Say Is Ours' author Ian Gill on Haida Gwaii's 'provocative' politics, his reluctant subject Guujaaw, and more.
Big Oil's Big Buy: Climate Change Denial
James Hoggan's book documents how petro-money finances confusion with the planet at stake.
A Prayer for the New Atheists
Author Karen Armstrong on quitting the convent, launching the Charter for Compassion, making 'The Case for God', and more.
Brian Eno's Sex on the Brain
Bio reveals the secret of a rock genius -- create like a horny termite.
Did Young Barack Have a Ghostwriter?
Did an ex-Weatherman terrorist really write 'Dreams from My Father'? Dream on.
A Soldier Martyr, Faked and True
Krakauer's latest lays bare the lies around NFL star Pat Tillman's death in Afghanistan.
Are Locavores Loco?
New book attacking local food movement holds one grain of truth.
Think France Is Fragmenting Now?
Graham Robb's weird, myth-busting history found a 'crazed human landscape of tribes'.
Pierre Berton, Activist
Prolific and wildly popular, he used his fame to fight for public medicine and Canada itself.
'Human Smoke'
Who gassed Iraqi insurgents? Churchill. Author Nicholson Baker sets fire to revered icons of the WWII era.
When It Was Charlie Chaplin's World
The birth of global fame in Glen David Gold's 'Sunnyside.'
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Americanface, Episodes 41-44
The story so far: I have decided to conquer Mount Everest despite my bad back.


