September 24, 2008 16:09
Jesse Huisken
Co-owner, This Ain’t the Rosedale Library (86 Nassau, 416-929-9912, www.thisaint.ca)
Warhol’s Dream
by Saul Anton
Distributed Art Publishers, 160 pages, $23.27
“An imaginary conversation between Andy Warhol and the earthworks artist Robert Smithson.”
Alex Denike
Staff member, Another Story (315 Roncesvalles, 416-462-1104, www.anotherstory.ca)
The Riverbones: Stumbling after Eden in the Jungles of Suriname
by Andrew Westoll
McClelland & Stewart, 376 pages, $24.99.
“He’s a local author who actually worked at the store briefly. It’s a pretty cool premise for a book. He spent time in the Central Suriname Nature Reserve studying gorillas, so he’s written some fiction that’s loosely based on his experiences there.”
Peter Birkemoe
Co-owner, The Beguiling Books & Art (601 Markham, 416-533-9168, www.beguiling.com)
Pohadky
by Marek Colek & Pat Shewchuk
Drawn & Quarterly, 128 pages, $12.95
“Slavic fairy tales inspire this beautiful little art book. I’m simply excited to finally have a book to sell by these Toronto artists. We are doing a launch for this Sept. 27.”
Rochelle Holt
WonderWorks (79A Harbord, 416-323-3131, www.gowonderworks.com)
The Path of Practice: A Woman’s Book of Ayurvedic Healing
by Bri Maya Tiwari
Ballantine / Random House, 432 pages, $21.00
Women’s Power to Heal Through Inner Medicine
by Bri Maya Tiwari
Mother Om Media, 355 pages, $22.95
“The Path of Practice tells her inspiring story from overcoming cancer to becoming a dedicated healer, with expertly described techniques for self-healing that are based on the ancient Indian Ayurvedic tradition. In [Women’s Power to Heal Through Inner Medicine], she presents Living Ahimsa, a dynamic inner-harmony education and service and based on ancient Vedas. This book has been described by leading women’s health expert, Christiane Northrup, as a masterpiece of women’s wisdom and power.”
Jo Saul
TYPE Books (883 Queen W, 416-366-8973, www.typebooks.ca)
The Laundromat Essay
by Kyle Buckley
Coach House Books, 80 pages, $15.95
“Kyle Buckley’s long poem is about daydreaming, but it’s set at night, so really it’s about nightdreaming. It’s also about the city and forgetting and the language of poetry. Wise and insightful.”
Jennifer Grange
Assistant manager, The Cookbook Store (850 Yonge, 416-920-2665, www.cook-book.com)
Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, With Recipes
by Jennifer Mclagan
McClelland & Stewart, 240 pages, $37.95
“[Mclagan] is a food stylist here in Toronto. She did an earlier book called Bones, which was about food on the bone. This time it’s Fat, so it covers everything from pies, which are made with lard or butter, to ice cream, and mainly animal fat. Basically fat in all its glory. Not for the food phobic.”