http://www2.macleans.ca Canada's only national weekly current affairs magazine. Fri, 24 May 2013 23:52:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/24/scatter-adapt-and-remember-how-humans-will-survive-a-mass-extinction/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/24/scatter-adapt-and-remember-how-humans-will-survive-a-mass-extinction/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 17:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=386676 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/24/scatter-adapt-and-remember-how-humans-will-survive-a-mass-extinction/feed/ 0 Our review of Annalee Newitz's book, 'Scatter, Adapt, and Remember' http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/24/mary-and-lou-and-rhoda-and-ted-and-all-the-brilliant-minds-who-made-the-mary-tyler-moore-show-a-classic/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/24/mary-and-lou-and-rhoda-and-ted-and-all-the-brilliant-minds-who-made-the-mary-tyler-moore-show-a-classic/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=386680 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/24/mary-and-lou-and-rhoda-and-ted-and-all-the-brilliant-minds-who-made-the-mary-tyler-moore-show-a-classic/feed/ 0 Our review of Jennifer Keishin Armstrong's new book http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/24/weekend-reading-3/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/24/weekend-reading-3/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:57 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=387655 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/24/weekend-reading-3/feed/ 0 Our latest book reviews plus the week's bestselling titles http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/24/permanent-present-tense-the-unforgettable-life-of-the-amnesic-patient-h-m/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/24/permanent-present-tense-the-unforgettable-life-of-the-amnesic-patient-h-m/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=386678 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/24/permanent-present-tense-the-unforgettable-life-of-the-amnesic-patient-h-m/feed/ 0 Here's our review of Suzanne Corkin's book http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/24/pepper-a-history-of-the-worlds-most-influential-spice/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/24/pepper-a-history-of-the-worlds-most-influential-spice/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=386686 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/24/pepper-a-history-of-the-worlds-most-influential-spice/feed/ 0 Here's our review of Marjorie Shaffer's new book http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/23/la-historia-del-espanol-the-story-of-spanish/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/23/la-historia-del-espanol-the-story-of-spanish/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=386682 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/23/la-historia-del-espanol-the-story-of-spanish/feed/ 0 By Jean-Benoît Nadeau and Julie Barlow http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/23/how-to-host-a-dinner-party/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/23/how-to-host-a-dinner-party/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 15:42:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=386684 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/23/how-to-host-a-dinner-party/feed/ 0 Corey Mintz wrote the book on that. No, really. http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/11/weve-got-your-weekend-covered/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/11/weve-got-your-weekend-covered/#comments Sat, 11 May 2013 12:30:12 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=382709 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/11/weve-got-your-weekend-covered/feed/ 0 Our latest book reviews, plus the week's bestsellers http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/a-curious-man-the-strange-and-brilliant-life-of-robert-believe-it-or-not-ripley/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/a-curious-man-the-strange-and-brilliant-life-of-robert-believe-it-or-not-ripley/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 17:30:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381695 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/a-curious-man-the-strange-and-brilliant-life-of-robert-believe-it-or-not-ripley/feed/ 0 Our review of author Neal Thompson's 'A Curious Man' http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/the-last-man-in-russia-the-struggle-to-save-a-dying-nation/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/the-last-man-in-russia-the-struggle-to-save-a-dying-nation/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 16:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381689 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/the-last-man-in-russia-the-struggle-to-save-a-dying-nation/feed/ 0 Author Oliver Bullough explains in his new book, 'The Last Man in Russia' http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/a-constellation-of-vital-phenomena/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/a-constellation-of-vital-phenomena/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381691 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/a-constellation-of-vital-phenomena/feed/ 0 Book by Anthony Marra http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/life-in-a-marital-institution-twenty-years-of-monogamy-in-one-terrifying-memoir/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/life-in-a-marital-institution-twenty-years-of-monogamy-in-one-terrifying-memoir/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 14:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381693 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/10/life-in-a-marital-institution-twenty-years-of-monogamy-in-one-terrifying-memoir/feed/ 0 Author James Braly pens a raw and hilarious account of a marriage http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/all-that-is/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/all-that-is/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381697 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/all-that-is/feed/ 0 By James Salter http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/saving-italy-the-race-to-rescue-a-nations-treasures-from-the-nazis/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/saving-italy-the-race-to-rescue-a-nations-treasures-from-the-nazis/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 12:30:00 +0000 Jessica Allen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=381699 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/09/saving-italy-the-race-to-rescue-a-nations-treasures-from-the-nazis/feed/ 0 A review of Robert M. Edsel's third book http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/04/didnt-everyones-dad-bake-croissants/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/04/didnt-everyones-dad-bake-croissants/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 11:00:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379310 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/04/didnt-everyones-dad-bake-croissants/feed/ 0 A ‘Fairy’s Daughter’ living in 1970s small-town Ontario http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/never-mind-spring-weekend-cleaning-heres-to-spring-weekend-reading/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/never-mind-spring-weekend-cleaning-heres-to-spring-weekend-reading/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 14:41:40 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=380297 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/never-mind-spring-weekend-cleaning-heres-to-spring-weekend-reading/feed/ 0 Our latest book reviews, plus the week's bestsellers http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/and-hell-followed-with-her-crossing-the-dark-side-of-the-american-border/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/and-hell-followed-with-her-crossing-the-dark-side-of-the-american-border/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 13:30:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379304 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/and-hell-followed-with-her-crossing-the-dark-side-of-the-american-border/feed/ 0 Our review of David Neiwert's 'And Hell Followed with Her: Crossing the Dark Side of the American Border' http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/math-on-trial-how-numbers-get-used-and-abused-in-the-courtroom/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/math-on-trial-how-numbers-get-used-and-abused-in-the-courtroom/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379300 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/math-on-trial-how-numbers-get-used-and-abused-in-the-courtroom/feed/ 0 By Leila Schneps and Coralie Colmez http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/a-skeptics-guide-to-the-mind-what-neuroscience-can-and-cannot-tell-us-about-ourselves/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/a-skeptics-guide-to-the-mind-what-neuroscience-can-and-cannot-tell-us-about-ourselves/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 13:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379302 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/03/a-skeptics-guide-to-the-mind-what-neuroscience-can-and-cannot-tell-us-about-ourselves/feed/ 0 Author Robert A. Burton explains what neuroscience can and cannot tell us about ourselves http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/country-girl-a-memoir/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/country-girl-a-memoir/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379306 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/country-girl-a-memoir/feed/ 0 By Edna O’Brien http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/salt-sugar-fat/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/salt-sugar-fat/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379308 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/salt-sugar-fat/feed/ 0 Our review of Michael Moss's new book http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/the-secret-lives-of-sports-fans-the-science-of-sports-obsession/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/the-secret-lives-of-sports-fans-the-science-of-sports-obsession/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 15:50:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=379298 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/02/the-secret-lives-of-sports-fans-the-science-of-sports-obsession/feed/ 0 Eric Simons's new book delves deep into the science of fandom http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/stalins-curse-battling-for-communism-in-war-and-cold-war/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/stalins-curse-battling-for-communism-in-war-and-cold-war/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 13:30:01 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376533 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/05/01/stalins-curse-battling-for-communism-in-war-and-cold-war/feed/ 0 Here's our review of Robert Gellately's 'Stalin's Curse' http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/the-woman-upstairs/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/the-woman-upstairs/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:10:01 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376529 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/30/the-woman-upstairs/feed/ 0 Author Claire Messud pens a novel of cerebral melodrama http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/29/just-what-kind-of-a-mother-are-you/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/29/just-what-kind-of-a-mother-are-you/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:40:01 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376535 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/29/just-what-kind-of-a-mother-are-you/feed/ 0 By Paula Daly http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/28/the-art-of-controversy-political-cartoons-and-their-enduring-power/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/28/the-art-of-controversy-political-cartoons-and-their-enduring-power/#comments Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:00:01 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376527 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/28/the-art-of-controversy-political-cartoons-and-their-enduring-power/feed/ 0 Victor S. Navasky's new book on images that sting worse than words http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/27/the-divorce-of-henry-viii-the-untold-story/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/27/the-divorce-of-henry-viii-the-untold-story/#comments Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:50:01 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376537 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/27/the-divorce-of-henry-viii-the-untold-story/feed/ 0 The only boring part of Catherine Fletcher's new book is the title. Here's our review. http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/26/lets-explore-diabetes-with-owls-essays-etc/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/26/lets-explore-diabetes-with-owls-essays-etc/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:20:01 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376531 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/26/lets-explore-diabetes-with-owls-essays-etc/feed/ 0 Turning 50 adds to author's arsenal of life experiences to lampoon http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/24/a-young-j-d-salinger-shared-a-correspondence-with-an-aspiring-toronto-writer/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/24/a-young-j-d-salinger-shared-a-correspondence-with-an-aspiring-toronto-writer/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:32:58 +0000 Jessica Allen http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=376791 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/24/a-young-j-d-salinger-shared-a-correspondence-with-an-aspiring-toronto-writer/feed/ 0 Toronto woman's 'shoebox letters' bring elusive author to life http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/justin-trudeau-e-book/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/justin-trudeau-e-book/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 22:37:15 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=374681 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/justin-trudeau-e-book/feed/ 0 What does Canadian politics do about Justin Trudeau? What will he do for himself? http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/your-weekend-starts-here/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/your-weekend-starts-here/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:33:53 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=374296 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/your-weekend-starts-here/feed/ 0 Our latest book reviews, plus the current bestsellers http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/a-death-in-the-lucky-holiday-hotel-murder-money-and-an-epic-power-struggle-in-china/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/a-death-in-the-lucky-holiday-hotel-murder-money-and-an-epic-power-struggle-in-china/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:05:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=373089 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/a-death-in-the-lucky-holiday-hotel-murder-money-and-an-epic-power-struggle-in-china/feed/ 0 Power and spin in China as told by authors Pin Ho and Wenguang Huang http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/the-unchangeable-spots-of-leopards/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/the-unchangeable-spots-of-leopards/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=373083 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/the-unchangeable-spots-of-leopards/feed/ 0 Book by Kristopher Jansma http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/the-hungry-ghosts/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/the-hungry-ghosts/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=373087 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/19/the-hungry-ghosts/feed/ 0 Book by Shyam Selvadurai http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/18/what-ever-happened-to-al-capp/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/18/what-ever-happened-to-al-capp/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:08:49 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=372065 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/18/what-ever-happened-to-al-capp/feed/ 0 Here's our review of a new book on the complicated comic-strip artist who created Li’l Abner http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/18/drunk-mom-a-memoir/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/18/drunk-mom-a-memoir/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=373079 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/18/drunk-mom-a-memoir/feed/ 0 Book by Jowita Bydlowska http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/15/how-anne-carson-makes-us-wish-we-were-smarter/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/15/how-anne-carson-makes-us-wish-we-were-smarter/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:55:06 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=371898 ']]> http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/15/how-anne-carson-makes-us-wish-we-were-smarter/feed/ 0 Our review of the Canadian poet's latest book, 'Red Doc >' http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/13/a-wheel-that-turned-and-turned/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/13/a-wheel-that-turned-and-turned/#comments Sat, 13 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Richard Warnica http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=370553 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/13/a-wheel-that-turned-and-turned/feed/ 0 Through 14 books and the death of author Robert Jordan, fans of a cult series hung on http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/12/eat-your-heart-out-cookbooks-book-reviews-and-bestsellers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/12/eat-your-heart-out-cookbooks-book-reviews-and-bestsellers/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:11:09 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=371026 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/12/eat-your-heart-out-cookbooks-book-reviews-and-bestsellers/feed/ 0 We've got your weekend covered http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/12/the-girls-of-atomic-city-the-untold-story-of-the-women-who-helped-win-world-war-ii/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/12/the-girls-of-atomic-city-the-untold-story-of-the-women-who-helped-win-world-war-ii/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 12:00:00 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=370551 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/12/the-girls-of-atomic-city-the-untold-story-of-the-women-who-helped-win-world-war-ii/feed/ 0 Our book review of Denise Kiernan's 'The Girls of Atomic City' http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/11/a-road-trip-in-gun-country-results-in-a-book/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/11/a-road-trip-in-gun-country-results-in-a-book/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:30:33 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=369639 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/11/a-road-trip-in-gun-country-results-in-a-book/feed/ 0 Here's our review of Dan Baum's 'Gun Guys' http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/10/a-beautiful-truth/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/10/a-beautiful-truth/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +0000 macleans.ca http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=370549 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/10/a-beautiful-truth/feed/ 0 Book by Colin McAdam http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/10/the-cookbook-stores-march-bestsellers/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/10/the-cookbook-stores-march-bestsellers/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 20:13:20 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=370228 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/10/the-cookbook-stores-march-bestsellers/feed/ 0 Plus, their bestseller list from 30 years ago--when the store first opened http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/10/author-margorie-senechal-resurrects-a-brilliant-female-scientist/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/10/author-margorie-senechal-resurrects-a-brilliant-female-scientist/#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:30:22 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=369629 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/10/author-margorie-senechal-resurrects-a-brilliant-female-scientist/feed/ 0 Our book review of 'I Died for Beauty' http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/09/a-novelist-on-the-death-of-her-brother/ http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/09/a-novelist-on-the-death-of-her-brother/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 21:40:38 +0000 Bookmarked http://www2.macleans.ca/?p=369622 http://www2.macleans.ca/2013/04/09/a-novelist-on-the-death-of-her-brother/feed/ 0 Our book review of Helen Humphreys's 'Nocturne'