I just finished reading a memoir, The Music Room,  written by William Fiennes, cousin on Ralph and Joseph Fiennes, and author of

Edward Butts has produced another book on Canada's True Crime past, this time focusing on stories of Canadian police officers killed in the line of duty, be it from natural disasters, accidents or violent crime.   His work is hard-hitting as well as compassionate and covers more than 200 years of Canadian police history

Here are some of the books featured on BookNet's Top 20 Health and Fitness Titles:

Judging by the number of Dummies titles published for Canadians, they must be well loved in our country.   Here are some key titles:

Buying and selling a home for Canadians for dummies
 

Nutrition for Canadians for dummies
 

Gardening Basics for Canadians for dummies
 

Check out this year's winners of the James Beard Foundation Awards.  We got 'em all!

The winner of the Donner Prize was announced today:   

Ken Coates' "Arctic Front: Defending Canada in the Far North"  received the $35,000 prize.

Catching up on some reading? 

Don't feel like sitting on a waiting list? 

Try some of these Bestsellers from 2008.   You can probably pick up a copy today!

Looking to start a home renovation?  Upgrading a bathroom, kitchen or taking on a whole new addition?

Is there a connection between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity and , in fact, any other disease? "(...) you deserve to know the truth about food and why eating the right way can save your life. (...) you desrve to know that many of the common notions you have been told about food, health and disease are wrong" says dr.

Naomi Klein has been announced the winner of the Warwick Prize for Writing for her book The Shock Doctrine.  This is the first time the award has been given.  The award recognizes writing in English in any genre or form, based on a theme that changes from award to award.  This year's theme was Complexity.