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An Irishman's History of Everything
by Brian Fawcett   
Brian Fawcett corrects an oversight by posting a 2005 review of Don Akenson's remarkable two volume An Irish History of Civilization, which he thinks might be the best book written in Canada in the last decade. Or two.

 
Forever
by Stan Persky   
Notes for survivalists.

 
Some Enchanted Evening... in Aleppo?
by Stan Persky   
An American anthropologist in a Syrian steambath.

 
Reading, Writing, Shelving
by Stan Persky   
Three books about the literary basics.

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What a Waste, Mistah Kurtz
by Brian Fawcett   

Brian Fawcett reviews a bad book by a person he hasn’t heard from in 35 years.

 
The Gods That Failed
by Stan Persky   
Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion (Houghton Mifflin, 2006)

 
Forgotten Scenes
by Stan Persky   
William Cooper, Scenes from Provincial Life (Penguin, 1950)

 
Apples and Oranges
by Stan Persky   
Are literary comparisons odious? Can we compare novels and non-fiction? Why not?
 
Ramsay Cook's Elegy
by Brian Fawcett   
Brian Fawcett reviews Ramsay Cook's remarkable memoir of his friendship with Pierre Trudeau.

 
A Comedy of Errors
by Max Fawcett   
Max Fawcett reviews Randy Boyagoda's Giller Prize nominated book and discovers more than a few embarassing mistakes.

 
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