http://www.straight.com/content/rss/Books en http://www.straight.com/article-604461/vancouver/why-stephen-harper-probably-incapable-recognizing-reality-climate-change The prime minister has several aspects in his past and in his personality that make him a prime candidate to be a climate-change denier. 604461 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:45:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-604461/vancouver/why-stephen-harper-probably-incapable-recognizing-reality-climate-change#comments Charlie Smith files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/HarperProtest100212.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/HarperProtest100212.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-601821/vancouver/jodi-kantors-obamas-explores-splendid-misery-white-house The first lady comes off more sympathetically than she’s frequently portrayed. The president, on the other hand, doesn’t fare so well. 601821 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:36:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-601821/vancouver/jodi-kantors-obamas-explores-splendid-misery-white-house#comments Doug Sarti http://www.straight.com/article-601391/vancouver/rights-gone-wrong Richard Thompson Ford argues that sometimes civil-rights thinking can distract attention from the real problems. 601391 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:44:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-601391/vancouver/rights-gone-wrong#comments Daniel Tseghay http://www.straight.com/article-601386/vancouver/douglas-stages-conflict-abbott-cordova This slender but amply illustrated book addresses a monumental photomural, Abbott & Cordova, 7 August 1971, located in the atrium of the recent Woodward’s development in the Downtown Eastside. 601386 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:38:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-601386/vancouver/douglas-stages-conflict-abbott-cordova#comments Robin Laurence files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/BOO_StanDouglas_2302.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/BOO_StanDouglas_2302.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-591101/vancouver/new-speech-patterns Expertise is wildly overrated. 591101 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:06:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-591101/vancouver/new-speech-patterns#comments Brian Lynch http://www.straight.com/article-591096/vancouver/against-all-odds-americas-right-rises-again The veteran cultural critic marvels at conservatism’s bizarre resilience in the wake of a financial meltdown that put unregulated capitalism on the rocks. 591096 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:59:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-591096/vancouver/against-all-odds-americas-right-rises-again#comments Brian Lynch http://www.straight.com/article-588296/vancouver/william-gibson-set-discuss-new-nonfiction-collection-distrust-particular-flavor The revered Vancouver author brings his latest book to a Writers Fest event on January 25. 588296 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 05:03:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-588296/vancouver/william-gibson-set-discuss-new-nonfiction-collection-distrust-particular-flavor#comments Brian Lynch http://www.straight.com/article-585691/vancouver/john-hustoncourage-and-art Writer-director John Huston made 40 movies between 1941 and 1987. The two films that bookend his long career say a great deal about what Huston could accomplish at his best. 585691 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:56:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-585691/vancouver/john-hustoncourage-and-art#comments John Lekich http://www.straight.com/article-585686/vancouver/undead-weave-through-zone Its vision of a postapocalyptic New York City, where teams of amateur soldiers roam the streets in search of any stray remaining undead, is foreboding and appropriately caked with ash and grime. 585686 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 03:52:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-585686/vancouver/undead-weave-through-zone#comments Michael Hingston http://www.straight.com/article-575476/vancouver/pulphead This collection of stories written between 1999 and 2011 covers a wide range of topics, but the author's distinct voice is constant. 575476 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:48:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-575476/vancouver/pulphead#comments Jennifer Croll http://www.straight.com/article-575471/vancouver/lucking-out The charmed if not charming career of one of the last razzle-dazzle cultural critics still standing is brought to life in this disarmingly warm autobiography. 575471 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 05:39:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-575471/vancouver/lucking-out#comments Adrian Mack files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/BOO_CBGB_2298.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/BOO_CBGB_2298.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-574491/vancouver/book-review-when-gods-changed-peter-c-newman The former Maclean's editor's new book chronicles the rise and fall of the Liberal Party of Canada, paying special attention to the leadership of Michael Ignatieff. 574491 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:07:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-574491/vancouver/book-review-when-gods-changed-peter-c-newman#comments Charlie Smith files/imagecache/mobile_image/images/wide/Iggysunset.jpg files/imagecache/mobile_image_thumb/images/wide/Iggysunset.jpg http://www.straight.com/article-573791/vancouver/stephen-kings-112263-rewinds-time-jfk-assassination It’s a great story, and one that King has obviously poured a lot of himself into. The big payoff, however, is in his carefully nuanced re-creation of the past. 573791 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 03:01:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-573791/vancouver/stephen-kings-112263-rewinds-time-jfk-assassination#comments Doug Sarti http://www.straight.com/article-571401/vancouver/china-ten-words "My task here," writes Yu Hua in the introduction, "is to reverse normal procedure...whatever discomfort that may entail." 571401 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:46:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-571401/vancouver/china-ten-words#comments David Chau http://www.straight.com/article-571391/vancouver/eating-dirt There are so few really great books about life in the Pacific Northwest that it seems churlish to quibble with a pretty good one. 571391 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:41:00 -0800 http://www.straight.com/article-571391/vancouver/eating-dirt#comments Alexander Varty