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Outdoor chairs for sale

Two Faulkner 'zero gravity' chairs in navy,...

Caroline Yuill — obituary

Yuill (nee Drynan), Caroline Ann Peacefully at home...

NOREEN YOUNG: DRAWINGS & ILLUSTRATIONS at Sivarulrasa Gallery

An exhibition in support of the Noreen...

Books

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Maternal Ecologies: Feminist Practices of Motherhood, Land and Creativity

Review by Edith Cody-Rice Maternal Ecologies is an anthology, a combination of artistic and academic expressions of the experience of motherhood, particularly in relation to nature and the land In...

Earth for Sale by Maude Barlow.

by Edith Cody-Rice  In her opening sentence of the afterword to this book, Maude Barlow stated “This was a difficult book to write, as I am sure it was to...

From Ragged Ass Road to Rideau Hall by Whit Fraser

By Edith Cody-Rice   Canada has a deep wealth of accomplished writers and Whit Fraser is certainly one of them.  A CBC reporter from 1967 to 1991, his perspective is significantly...
Archive

Passion Capital by Paul Alofs – book review

   We have heard it from motivational speakers - don't consider the money - do what  you love and what excites you and money...

Death comes to Pemberley – P.D. James – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice Jane Austen fans, take heart. Many of us who are Austen aficionados would consider any derivative of Jane Austen's perfectly crafted novels...

The Beggar’s Opera by Peggy Blair – book review

   Inspector Ricardo Ramirez of the Havana Major Crimes Division investigates the death of a young street boy, who appears to have been raped and...

Counter Currents by Shaun McLaughlin – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice   Counter Currents, by Shaun McLaughlin, is a companion novel to his historical book Patriot War Along the Canada -New York Border....

The Savage War by Murray Brewster – book review

 The Savage War by Canadian Press Defence Correspondent Murray Brewster should be on the reading list of every Canadian historian, academic, student and politician....

The Patriot War Along the New York-Canada Border by Shaun McLaughlin – book review

  Shaun has made the story personal. He focuses his tale on the Upper Canadian story, although the rebellions in lower Canada also had their...

Publisher packs pub

Not content to release just one book, Shaun has released two – and both are available at Mill Street Books in Almonte.  Mary and...

The joy of books

Mary and Terry Lumsden of Mill Street Books sent along this charming video

An exciting month ahead at Mill Street Books

by Mary and Terry Lumsden An exciting month ahead! Broaden your knowledge of Canadian history by learning more about the Patriot War during a book...

In the Garden of Beasts – Book Review

 In the Garden of Beasts is both a biographical portrait of Hitler's 1933 Germany in his first mandate as chancellor  and a cautionary tale about...

Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff – book review

by Amelia Gordon   Many of us know of the life of Cleopatra through the plays of Shakespeare and George Bernard Shaw and the lush 1963...

The Mississippi Mills Public Library declares food for fines a success

The Mississippi Mills Public Library is reporting great success with its food for fines program. In December, it permitted patrons to pay fines by...

Around the World in 80 Years by Don Wiles – book review

by Edith Cody-Rice    Almonte resident and Carleton University Professor Emeritus Don Wiles has written a slender tome of what historians call "belles lettres", a personal...

Wait for Me by Deborah Mitford – book review

by Amelia Gordon What more is there to say about the brilliant Mitford sisters who reigned in England and America in the mid 2th century?...
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