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A Bad Day to be Winning
George McWhirter
Reviewed by Janice Vaudry
Adult / Secondary
1992 March

Bagdad: The Prince of Stars in the Cavern of Time
Ian Dennis
Reviewed by Clair A. Darby
Adult
1986 September

Banting: a Biography
Michael Bliss
Reviewed by Lois Hird
Grades 12 and up
1984 September

Baraka
John Ralston Saul
Reviewed by Chris Kempling
Adult
1984 March

The Bare Facts: My Life as a Stripper
Annie Ample
Reviewed by Catherine Joan MacDonnell
Grades 12 and up
1989 March

The Bassett Report: Career Success and Canadian Women
Isabel Bassett
Reviewed by Brenda Watson
Post Secondary
1985 September

The Beauty of the Weapons: Selected Poems 1972-82
Robert Bringhurst
Reviewed by Sister Anne Leonard
Post-Secondary
1983 September

Beginnings
Dorothy Livesay
Reviewed by Leslie McGrath
Adult
1989 September

The Beginnings of the Book Trade in Canada
George Parker
Reviewed by Adèle Ashby
Grades 12 and up
1985 November

Being Pregnant
Daphne Morrison
Reviewed Esther Hutchison
Post-Secondary
1988 January

Beneath the Skin of Paradise: the Piaf
Judith Fitzgerald
Reviewed by Donalee Moulton-Barrett
Grades 12 and up
1984 November

Bernstein
Paul Robinson
Reviewed by Robert E. Wheeler
Post-Secondary
1983 January

Best Man
Claire Martin
Reviewed by Philip K. Harber
Adult
1983 September

The Best of Modern Humour
Edited by Mordecai Richler
Reviewed by Adele Ashby
Adult
1984 March

Best Recipes Under the Sun
Marion Kane
Reviewed by Sharon A. McLennan McCue
Adult
1988 January

Better Black-and-White Darkroom Techniques
Bob Casagrande
Reviewed by Ken Stagg
Post-Secondary
1983 May

Between Anxiety and Hope: The Poetry and Writing of Czeslaw Milosz
Edited by Edward Mozejko
Reviewed by Don Precosky
Post-secondary/Adult
1989 July

Between Europe and America: The Canadian Tradition in Fiction
T.D. MacLulich
Reviewed by Pat Bolger
Post-Secondary
1988 November

Between Men
Katherine Govier
Reviewed by Margaret MacLean
Adult
1988 May

Between Past and Future: Quebec Education in Transition
Norman Henchey
Reviewed by Philip K. Harber
Professional
1988 September

Beyond Courage: The Canadians at the Second Battle of Ypres
George Cassar
Reviewed by John Harkness
Grades 12 and up
1986 May

Beyond Sambation: Selected Essays and Editorials 1928-1955
A. M. Klein
Reviewed by Tony Cosier
Post-Secondary
1983 January

A Bibliography of McClelland and Stewart Imprints, 1909-1985: A Publisher's Legacy
Carl Spadoni and Judith Donnelly
Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse
Post-secondary
1994 November/December

The Big Enchilada
L. A. Morse
Reviewed by Ted Monkhouse
Adult
1983 January

The Big Evasion: Abortion, The Issue That Won't Go Away
Anne Collins
Reviewed by Barbara Jo May
Grades 12 and up
1985 November

The Biggest Modern Woman of the World
Susan Swan
Reviewed by James Kingstone
Adult
1984 May

Bilingualism and Multiculturalism in Canadian Education
Vincent D'Oyley, Anne Lloyd and Stan M. Shapson (Edited by)
Reviewed by Sue Doherty
Professional
1982 November

The Bishop
David Helwig
Reviewed by Walter Kalyn
Adult
1986 September

A Bittersweet Land: The Dutch Experience in Canada, 1890-1980
Herman Ganzevoort
Reviewed by Cornelia Fuykschot
Grades 12 and up
1988 November

The Blackbird's Song
Pauline Holdstock
Reviewed by E. Robson
Adult
1988 July

Black Robe
Brian Moore
Reviewed by Barbara J. Graham
Adult
1985 November

Black Water: The Anthology of Fantastic Literature
Alberto Manguel
Reviewed by Loys Maingon
Adult
1985 September

Blood Ties
David Adams Richards
Reviewed by Jean Farquharson
Adult
1985 November

Bloor-Dufferin in Pictures
Cynthia Patterson, Carol McDougall, and George Levin.
Reviewed by John Harkness
Adult
1987 July

Bluebeard's Egg
Margaret Atwood
Reviewed by James Kingstone
Grades 12 and up
1984 September

Bluebeard's Egg
Margaret Atwood
Reviewed by Joan VanSickle
Grades 12 and up
1985 July

Bodily Harm
Margaret Atwood
Reviewed by E. James Kingstone
Adult
1983 January

A Bolt of White Cloth
Leon Rooke
Reviewed by Joan Kerrigan
Adult
1985 March

The Book of Eve
Constance Beresford-Howe
Reviewed by Sharon A. McLennan McCue
Secondary/Adult
1989 July

The Book of ICON
John Herriot
Reviewed by Don Precosky
Grades 12 and up
1985 November

Book of Mercy
Leonard Cohen
Reviewed by Tony Cosier
Grades 10 and up
1984 September

The Book of Salt
Kenneth Sherman
Reviewed by Doug Watling
Adult/Secondary
1988 November

The Bootlegger Blues
James Heneghan
Reviewed by Melanie Fogel
Adult
1992 March

The Border Police: One Hundred and Twenty-Five Years of Policing in Windsor
C.H. Gervais
Reviewed by John Harkness
Adult
1993 May

Bottled Roses
Darlene Madott
Reviewed by Margarent MacLean
Grades 12 and up
1985 September

Bounce High, Bounce Low: My First Music Book. Songs to Sing, Notes to Draw, Games to Play, Pictures to Color
Edith Lantos
Reviewed by Christine Buchanan
Professional
1988 November

The Box Closet
Mary Meigs
Reviewed by Joan McGrath
Adult
1988 July

Boys Like Us
Peter McGehee
Reviewed by Melanie Fogel
Adult
1991 September

BP Nichol: What History Teaches
Stephen Scobie
Reviewed by Alan Thomas
Grades 12 and up
1985 September

Breathing Water
Joan Crate
Reviewed by Jerry McDonnell
Adult/Secondary
1990 May

Breeding Birds of Ontario: Nidology and Distribution, Volume 1, Nonpasserines
Ross D. James and George K. Peck
Reviewed by Elinor Kelly
Post-Secondary
1983 November

Bridges: Explorations in Science, Technology & Social Sciences
Reviewed by Yoskyl Webb
Professional
1986 January

The Bright and the Gifted
F.M. Speed and D. Appleyard
Reviewed by Joan McGrath
Professional
1986 January

Bring Me Your Passion
Don Bailey
Reviewed by Frank Loreto
Adult
1988 July

Broken English
David Thompson
Reviewed by Nadiya Blaine
Adult
1988 July

Brothers in Arms
Jordan Wheeler
Reviewed by Gerald R. Brown
Adult
1990 March

Budgeting
Reviewed by Howard Hurt
Professional
1986 March

Budgeting For Children's services
Callie Israel
Reviewed by P.J. Hammel
Adult
1988 March

Building Canada: A History of Public Works
N.R. Ball (Edited by)
Reviewed by Susan E. Fowler
Post-secondary
1989 January

The Bukowski/Purdy Letters
Charles Bukowski and Al Purdy
Reviewed by James Kingstone
Post-Secondary
1984 November

Buried on Sunday
Edward Phillips
Reviewed by Frank Loreto
Grades 12 and up
1986 September

Business Ethics in Canada
Deborah Poff and Wilfrid Waluchow
Reviewed by David Chadwick
Post-Secondary
1987 November

But Won't Granny Need Her Socks?: Dealing Effectively with Children's Concerns About Death and Dying
Donald W. Knowles and Nancy Reeves
Reviewed by Glenn DiPasquale
Parents, Professional
1984 March

The Butterfly Plague
Timothy Findley
Reviewed by Anne Locatelli
Adult
1986 November

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