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Reviews 


Canadian Author Wonders What Harper is Reading   Brandon Sun, July 3, 2010:  Review of the book What Is Stephen Harper Reading? by Yann Martel.

Authors Offer Food for Thought   Brandon Sun, April 24, 2010:  Review of the books An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage and In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan.

Prime Minister Barack Obama?   Brandon Sun, August 22, 2009:  Reflections on the book Open And Shut: Why America has Barack Obama and Canada has Stephen Harper.

Six Words To Describe A Life?   Brandon Sun, July 25, 2009:  Can just six words sum up a life? The book Not Quite What I Was Planning.

Role of Religion in War and Peace   Brandon Sun, May 30, 2009:  Reflections on religion, war, Brandon's Labyrinth of Peace, and Madeleine Albright's book The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs

Lessons in Success   Brandon Sun, May 2, 2009:  Why are some people much more successful than others? Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers: The Story of Success.

We Can Forge a New Drug Policy   Brandon Sun, April 4, 2009:  Reflections on the war in Afghanistan, the War on Drugs, and A Fair Country: Telling Truths About Canada by John Ralston Saul.

Remembering Nellie McClung   Brandon Sun, March 7, 2009:  The legendary Canadian feminist leader is the subject of the new biography Nellie McClung

Drug, Alcohol Policies Reveal Our Hypocrisy   Brandon Sun, January 10, 2009:  
Reflections on the futility of the "War on Drugs" and the book A History of the World in Six Glasses

Be Prepared: Will, Health Care Directive (Living Will), Obituary, and More   Brandon Sun, December 13, 2008:  Among the resources, a new book about health care directives, Living Will, Living Well.

Learning to Step Lightly   Brandon Sun, November 15, 2008:  A new book by Manitoba author Mark Burch invites us to consider living more simply. Stepping Lightly: Simplicity for People and the Planet.

Tours, Book Bring Cemetery to Life   Brandon Sun, June 14, 2008:  Three great resources bring to life the stories buried in our local cemeteries. The theatre presentation Gossip in the Graveyard, the walking tour What Lies Beneath, and the book Every Stone a Story: Manitoba's Buried History.

Wiki Is The Way Of The Future   Brandon Sun, May 3, 2008:  Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything.

Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Stories   Brandon Sun, September 29, 2007:  The book Obit: Inspiring Stories of Ordinary People Who Led Extraordinary Lives.

All Those Little Things Can Really Add Up These Days – To Cash   Brandon Sun, March 15, 2007:  The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More.  

What’s Up With Grand Theft Auto?   Brandon Sun, August 18, 2005:  A controversy about the rating of one of the Grand Theft Auto video games.