http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:08:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/into-the-wild/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/into-the-wild/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:40:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/into-the-wild/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/09/into-the-wild/feed/ 0 Charlotte Gill's experiences tree planting in B.C. brought her closer to deadlier fauna than she expected http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/reviews-babel-no-more-the-search-for-the-worlds-most-extraordinary-language-learner/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/reviews-babel-no-more-the-search-for-the-worlds-most-extraordinary-language-learner/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:10:41 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237283 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/07/reviews-babel-no-more-the-search-for-the-worlds-most-extraordinary-language-learner/feed/ 0 Book by Michael Erard http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/bestsellers-week-of-january-30th-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/bestsellers-week-of-january-30th-2011/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:11:31 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=237227 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/bestsellers-week-of-january-30th-2011/feed/ 0 Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/peak-performance/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/peak-performance/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/peak-performance/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/02/02/peak-performance/feed/ 0 Wade Davis's finest non-fiction book to date tells the story of lost Everest climber George Mallory http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/review-guilt/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/review-guilt/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:40:56 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235834 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/31/review-guilt/feed/ 0 Book by Ferdinand von Schirach http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/bestsellers-week-of-january-23th-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/bestsellers-week-of-january-23th-2011/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:00:44 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=235525 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/bestsellers-week-of-january-23th-2011/feed/ 0 Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/the-truth-about-extra-virginity/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/the-truth-about-extra-virginity/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 13:00:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/the-truth-about-extra-virginity/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/the-truth-about-extra-virginity/feed/ 0 Book by Paul Barrett http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/review-stranger-magic-charmed-states-and-the-arabian-nights/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/review-stranger-magic-charmed-states-and-the-arabian-nights/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 13:05:24 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234910 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/24/review-stranger-magic-charmed-states-and-the-arabian-nights/feed/ 0 Book by Marina Warner http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/the-end-of-illness/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/the-end-of-illness/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:00:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/26/the-end-of-illness/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/23/the-end-of-illness/feed/ 0 A 'rock star' doctor says throw away the vitamins, load up on baby aspirin, and keep moving http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/bestsellers-week-of-january-16th-2011-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/bestsellers-week-of-january-16th-2011-2/#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:00:47 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=234346 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/bestsellers-week-of-january-16th-2011-2/feed/ 0 Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/she-gave-canadians-a-giant-gift/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/she-gave-canadians-a-giant-gift/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:40:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/she-gave-canadians-a-giant-gift/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/18/she-gave-canadians-a-giant-gift/feed/ 0 Book by Chan Koonchung http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/review-how-to-think-like-a-neandertal/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/review-how-to-think-like-a-neandertal/#comments Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:40:59 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=233263 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/17/review-how-to-think-like-a-neandertal/feed/ 0 Book by Thomas Wynn and Frederick Coolidge http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/first-family-ties/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/first-family-ties/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:50:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/19/first-family-ties/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/13/first-family-ties/feed/ 0 Life in the fishbowl of the White House is an ongoing challenge for Barack and Michelle Obama http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/bestsellers-week-of-january-9th-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/bestsellers-week-of-january-9th-2011/#comments Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:42:37 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=232949 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/bestsellers-week-of-january-9th-2011/feed/ 0 Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/review-heinrich-himmler/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/review-heinrich-himmler/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:10:04 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=231976 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/11/review-heinrich-himmler/feed/ 0 Book by Peter Longerich http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/in-conversation-henry-alford/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/in-conversation-henry-alford/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:50:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/12/on-texting-at-dinner-clipping-toenails-in-public-and-why-saying-no-problem-is-so-rude/ The New Yorker's New Yorker on texting at dinner, clipping toenails in public, and why saying 'no problem' is so rude]]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/in-conversation-henry-alford/feed/ 0 The New Yorker's New Yorker on texting at dinner, clipping toenails in public, and why saying 'no problem' is so rude http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/review-heaven-cracks-earth-shakes-the-tangshan-earthquake-and-the-death-of-maos-china/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/review-heaven-cracks-earth-shakes-the-tangshan-earthquake-and-the-death-of-maos-china/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:00:59 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=231974 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/09/review-heaven-cracks-earth-shakes-the-tangshan-earthquake-and-the-death-of-maos-china/feed/ 0 Book by James Palmer http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/bestsellers-week-of-january-2nd-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/bestsellers-week-of-january-2nd-2011/#comments Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:00:47 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=231965 http://www2.macleans.ca/2012/01/05/bestsellers-week-of-january-2nd-2011/feed/ 0 Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/baby-killer-turns-out-to-be-rubber/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/baby-killer-turns-out-to-be-rubber/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:10:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/baby-killer-turns-out-to-be-rubber/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/baby-killer-turns-out-to-be-rubber/feed/ 0 The real culprit for a wave of deaths in the early 1980s was a compound found in seals on IVs and syringes http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/bestsellers-week-of-december-19th-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/bestsellers-week-of-december-19th-2011/#comments Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:54:37 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230777 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/22/bestsellers-week-of-december-19th-2011/feed/ 0 Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/21/review-lisbon-war-in-the-shadows-of-the-city-of-light/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/21/review-lisbon-war-in-the-shadows-of-the-city-of-light/#comments Wed, 21 Dec 2011 13:15:20 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230030 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/21/review-lisbon-war-in-the-shadows-of-the-city-of-light/feed/ 0 Book by Neill Lochery http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/review-tolstoy-a-russian-life/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/review-tolstoy-a-russian-life/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:10:44 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230023 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/20/review-tolstoy-a-russian-life/feed/ 0 Book by Rosamund Bartlett http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/16/christopher-hitchens-no-heroes-no-allies/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/16/christopher-hitchens-no-heroes-no-allies/#comments Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:10:45 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=230233 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/16/christopher-hitchens-no-heroes-no-allies/feed/ 0 To the end, Hitchens was most comfortable out on limbs http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/bestsellers-week-of-december-12th-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/bestsellers-week-of-december-12th-2011/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:09:25 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229995 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/bestsellers-week-of-december-12th-2011/feed/ 0 Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/p-d-james-enters-the-austenverse/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/p-d-james-enters-the-austenverse/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:20:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/15/p-d-james-enters-the-austenverse/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/p-d-james-enters-the-austenverse/feed/ 0 The grande dame of mystery adds her own twist to the classic pride and prejudice http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/review-december-1941-twelve-days-that-began-a-world-war/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/review-december-1941-twelve-days-that-began-a-world-war/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:30:37 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=229012 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/review-december-1941-twelve-days-that-began-a-world-war/feed/ 0 Book by Evan Mawdsley http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/review-how-carrots-won-the-trojan-war-curious-but-true-stories-of-common-vegetables/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/review-how-carrots-won-the-trojan-war-curious-but-true-stories-of-common-vegetables/#comments Wed, 14 Dec 2011 12:05:11 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228955 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/14/review-how-carrots-won-the-trojan-war-curious-but-true-stories-of-common-vegetables/feed/ 0 Book by Rebecca Rupp http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/the-stieg-effect/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/the-stieg-effect/#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 04:40:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/the-stieg-effect/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/the-stieg-effect/feed/ 0 From David Foster Wallace to John Updike—a banner year for late authors http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/bestsellers-week-of-december-5th-2011-2/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/bestsellers-week-of-december-5th-2011-2/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:00:14 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228924 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/bestsellers-week-of-december-5th-2011-2/feed/ 0 Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/07/bestsellers-week-of-december-5th-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/07/bestsellers-week-of-december-5th-2011/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:03:27 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=228917 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/07/bestsellers-week-of-december-5th-2011/feed/ 0 Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/07/sherlock-holmes-reopens-the-case/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/07/sherlock-holmes-reopens-the-case/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:20:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/08/sherlock-holmes-reopens-the-case/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/07/sherlock-holmes-reopens-the-case/feed/ 0 The sleuth of baker street returns with the first authorized novel post-Conan Doyle http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/05/review-conquered-into-liberty-two-centuries-of-battles-along-the-great-warpath-that-made-the-american-way-of-war/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/05/review-conquered-into-liberty-two-centuries-of-battles-along-the-great-warpath-that-made-the-american-way-of-war/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:10:52 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227949 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/05/review-conquered-into-liberty-two-centuries-of-battles-along-the-great-warpath-that-made-the-american-way-of-war/feed/ 0 Book by Eliot A. Cohen http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/my-wish-list-brian-bethune-on-books/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/my-wish-list-brian-bethune-on-books/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:49:43 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=227000 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/12/01/my-wish-list-brian-bethune-on-books/feed/ 0 More readable fare is one thing, but enough with the populist gimmicks tacked on to literary prizes http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/29/review-van-gogh-the-life/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/29/review-van-gogh-the-life/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:20:53 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226846 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/29/review-van-gogh-the-life/feed/ 0 Book by Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/review-112263/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/review-112263/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:05:46 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226844 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/28/review-112263/feed/ 0 Book by Stephen King http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/bestsellers-week-of-november-21st-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/bestsellers-week-of-november-21st-2011/#comments Thu, 24 Nov 2011 13:00:46 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=226490 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/bestsellers-week-of-november-21st-2011/feed/ 0 Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/23/how-aids-really-got-started/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/23/how-aids-really-got-started/#comments Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:00:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/24/how-aids-really-got-started/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/23/how-aids-really-got-started/feed/ 0 A Canadian doctor claims the ‘dead-end’ virus was hiding in plain sight for decades http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/review-king/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/review-king/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:15:51 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=225606 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/review-king/feed/ 0 Book by Allan Levine http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/review-the-codex-canadensis-and-the-writings-of-louis-nicolas/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/review-the-codex-canadensis-and-the-writings-of-louis-nicolas/#comments Tue, 22 Nov 2011 02:00:45 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=225572 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/21/review-the-codex-canadensis-and-the-writings-of-louis-nicolas/feed/ 0 Book by François-Marc Gagnon with Nancy Senior and Réal Ouellet http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/what-it%e2%80%99s-really-like-to-grow-old/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/what-it%e2%80%99s-really-like-to-grow-old/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:00:01 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/what-it%e2%80%99s-really-like-to-grow-old/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/what-it%e2%80%99s-really-like-to-grow-old/feed/ 0 Millions of boomers will suffer from cognitive loss and dementia. Maybe they already do. http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/bestsellers-week-of-november-14th-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/bestsellers-week-of-november-14th-2011/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:00:45 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=225602 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/17/bestsellers-week-of-november-14th-2011/feed/ 0 Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/15/review-1q84/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/15/review-1q84/#comments Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:05:56 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=224679 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/15/review-1q84/feed/ 0 Book by Haruki Murakami http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/10/bestsellers-week-of-november-7th-2011/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/10/bestsellers-week-of-november-7th-2011/#comments Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:00:34 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=224277 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/10/bestsellers-week-of-november-7th-2011/feed/ 0 Top-selling fiction and non-fiction titles http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/07/review-civilization-the-west-and-the-rest/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/07/review-civilization-the-west-and-the-rest/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:20:20 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=223959 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/07/review-civilization-the-west-and-the-rest/feed/ 0 Book by Niall Ferguson http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/07/the-bear-history-of-a-fallen-king/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/07/the-bear-history-of-a-fallen-king/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:00:25 +0000 Brian Bethune http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=223960 http://www2.macleans.ca/2011/11/07/the-bear-history-of-a-fallen-king/feed/ 0 Book by Michel Pastoureau