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How to lose everything: Unimaginable and uplifting

How to lose everything: A memoir, Christa Couture, Douglas & McIntyre, September 1, 2020, 228 pp., $24.72 Full disclosure: I wasn’t going to read How to Lose Everything by Christa Couture. I heard a bit about the content: childhood cancer, the death of an infant followed by the loss of her one-year old baby, then divorce and thought: “No. This one is not for … [Read more...] about How to lose everything: Unimaginable and uplifting

The Art of Logic: Arriving Just in Time

The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, Eugenia Cheng, Basic Books, August 11, 2020, 320 pp., $20.39 In a world where there is no shortage of pointless debates, Eugenia Cheng asks us to focus on how we know what we know. The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, her fourth book, engages the reader in lessons about reason versus emotion, drilling down the points of an … [Read more...] about The Art of Logic: Arriving Just in Time

Undercurrents: Channeling our outrage

By Lucy White, December 18, 2020 Undercurrents: Channeling Outrage to Spark Practical Activism, Steve Davis, Wiley, October 6, 2020, 208 pp., $32.03 If you’re reading this review, at some point you have likely wanted to change the world or at least leave it a better place than you found it. So let’s cut to the chase: buy this book. Steve Davis has a bold and … [Read more...] about Undercurrents: Channeling our outrage

What Bears Teach Us: The push and pull of co-existence

By Gail Picco, December 8, 2020 What Bears Teach Us, Sarah Elmeligi, Photographs: John E. Marriott, Rocky Mountain Books, October 29, 2020, 224 pp., $45.00 Living in Toronto on the 15th floor in a corner suite with a reasonably unobstructed view—insofar as city views go—has its advantages. You can see a storm coming from miles away, feel the windy gales that shake … [Read more...] about What Bears Teach Us: The push and pull of co-existence

When More is Not Better by Roger Martin: ‘Has the familiarity of my grandma’s wisdom’

By Ginelle Skerritt, December 7, 2020 When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America’s Obsession with Economic Efficiency, Roger Martin, Harvard Business Review, September 29, 2020, 256 pp., $30.66 The middle class is shrinking. Jobs are disappearing. The gap between the wealthy and the poor is widening. Fewer and fewer people control and possess a higher … [Read more...] about When More is Not Better by Roger Martin: ‘Has the familiarity of my grandma’s wisdom’

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Books of the Week

How to lose everything: Unimaginable and uplifting

February 18, 2021 By Literary Circle

The Art of Logic: Arriving Just in Time

January 28, 2021 By Literary Circle

Undercurrents: Channeling our outrage

December 18, 2020 By Literary Circle

What Bears Teach Us: The push and pull of co-existence

December 9, 2020 By Literary Circle

When More is Not Better by Roger Martin: ‘Has the familiarity of my grandma’s wisdom’

December 8, 2020 By Literary Circle

Takaya: What a lone wolf teaches us

December 2, 2020 By Literary Circle

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