Inside ‘Destroyer of Worlds’: Frank Close Unpacks the Science and Politics of the Atomic Era
Frank Close’s history of the nuclear age shows how the development of the atomic bomb was shaped by the era’s unstable politics. Ettore Majorana was…
Book Review: The Dark Mystery at the Heart of ‘London Falling’
A young man’s mysterious death in London exposes some darker truths about both the city and the world in which we live. The premise of…
‘Finding Grace’: Rocco Rossi’s Camino‑Inspired Novel Walks Straight Into the Heart of the Journey
In Finding Grace: A Camino de Santiago Story, Canadian author, entrepreneur, and long‑distance pilgrim Rocco Rossi transforms more than 14,000 kilometres of walking into a…
From Apartheid to America: The Unsettling Relevance of ‘We Inherit the Fire’
Kagiso Lesego Molope’s novel about South Africa during apartheid has eery and uncomfortable parallels with the current political moment. A picture, as the saying goes,…
Irish Roots That Shaped a Nation: Inside ‘Fifty Irish Lives in Canada’
Fifty Irish Lives in Canada, written by Dr. Eamonn McKee and Dr. Mark G. McGowan, is a beautifully crafted tribute to the Irish presence woven…
