Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 17, 2000, Winnipeg, Manitoba D4 Winnipeg september 2000 books Morley Walker 6977307 email Book covers Urban edifices let historic buildings talk for themselves if Walls could talk by David Butterfield and Maureen Sevanik Butterfield great Plains 127 reviewed by Tom Monteyne s can you hear the building a new Madei Manitoba Book turns up the volume on what some of the Best buildings in the province have to say for their and the people who built if Walls could is by David but architectural historian for the and Maureen Sevanik but a web publisher and highly readable and the softcover Book tells a Broad Story about the provinces built encompassing both Rural and Urban the Content is organized into eight according to functional types official commercial build Industrial and recreational build included Are not just the obviously important edifices such As the Legisla Tive building and Westminster United but also those useful and unpretentious buildings that form the Backbone of an such As learns Brick or vestiges of our agricultural past such As the Fox farm some buildings Are included not for the Quality of the but for a compelling cultural for exam novelist Margaret Laurences House in Neepawa is included for its significant role in her As Well As for being her childhood the House in a Well preserved example of a typical by the design of the Book is both appealing to the Eye and easy to the typical two Page spread features one or More each with a Brief but incisive copiously illustrated with architectural drawings and archival and contemporary Pho All illustrations Are in Black and occasional sidebars diverge with related and often humorous for in the Section on that most famous of Winnipeg dal a contemporary newspaper review from 1895 extols the Virtues of solid Oak which was Felt to befit a proper this enthusiastic commentary is contrasted effectively with a fictional description of the House from the Point of View of a both of which serve to flesh out a Story that is embodied in the bricks and perhaps the most original Section of the Book is found in the appendix called researching you own a Doit yourself guide to tracing the historic record of a Home or any Joe Winnipeg free press the legislative building is one of the most visible historic readers can draw from the firsthand knowledge of an experienced and follow the Steps from where to look for information to compiling and interpreting the various pieces of the Only thing conspicuously absent from this work is the last 70 years of architectural production in there Are Many internationally recognized buildings in this province constructed after such As the air the Russell building at the University of the Winnipeg Art eglise or Emieux and the Pavilion at Kildonan to name a few of the most the Winnipeg Art gallery presents an evening of wit and whimsy with Arthur Host of Csc radios Basic Black and two time Winner of the Leacock award sunday october 1 pm Muriel Richardson auditorium at the wag jazz and boo signing to Cash tickets All taxes included available at the wag or by calling 7866641 involving people in the visual arts 300 memorial Manitoba r3c 1v1 7866641 web artiste made possible with the generous sponsorship of Berkshire investment Bridgeport at the Winnipeg Art Csc radio one flair Gerdau mrm steel Prairie sky and Stoddart publishing these buildings and Many others of that Era demand their hearing like some of their older Are already suffering from so How old does a building have to be before it is considered a historical achievement and before its voice becomes impossible to ignore heres hoping for the continuation of this excellent and Noble project and the publication of Tom Monteyne is partner in the firm Syverson Monteyne architecture and a teacher in the faculty of architecture at the University of Robinson characters sound the same Callahan key by spider Robinson Bantam 335 reviewed by Joe Wiebe in Callahan Vancouver Sci i writer spider Robinson assumes his fans will be Content with their Favourite gang of aging hippies from his 10 previous Callahan but the novel suffers from a plodding Story and too Many characters who sound the Jake a Musi Cian and master runner who has twice previously saved the is in a a year local bureaucrats forced him to close Down his beloved marys his barfly cronies have scattered to the perhaps spelling the end of their fret faithful because 133 year old Nikola Tesla arrives to beg Stone benders assistance once his designs for a death Ray have fallen into the hands of the dreaded defence they intend to launch a satellite armed with a Tesla beam later that resulting in a universe ending sounds it should but Between Tesla plea for help and the definition of the crisis Are 200 pages where nothing this and other lulls in the action High Light the novels while his numerous characters Dis play a wide Range of unique skills and they still end up sounding the and there is never any real conflict Between them other than verbal they All seem to share the same unlikely combination of hippie and Sci i fanatic the authors own voice is coming through loud and Wynne Joness new novel full of twists by Helen Norrie Tim Wynnjones has done it he was written a firs class Young adult novel with More than one unusual the boy in the burning House 231 paperback is at once a Story of of Advent of mystery and of Friendship Between two lonely and troubled known for his originality and versatility he has written everything from childrens picture books to adult the Toronto author again demonstrates his ability to deliver vivid word pictures and memorable Jim Hawkins father has the family farm is bankrupt and Jim has Given up All interest in then he meets who against All reasonable Evi that her the respected local has killed jims father and hidden his goaded by who is shunned by the Community As deeply Dis Jim discovers a reason for living As he searches for the truth about his and uncovers dark secrets hidden for Many the boy in the burning House is a Well plotted but it is also a Book about looking beyond superficial appearances and seeing people for what they really Ireland Roddy Doyle is another author known for his originality in his a rather offbeat sense of in the Giggle treatment Scholastic 112 hardcover he demonstrates both qualities in while the pub Lishers Are advertising the Book for All it is primarily suited for five to these readers will find the Giggle treatment adults who have unfairly punished children being forced to step in dog poo extremely amusing and probably there May be a few others with a similar sense of Humour who enjoy childrens books the absolutely ridiculous and find this Book sides fittingly there is a baby who says nothing but Abah but is immediately understood by All her giggles like miniature elves who pay the family dog to deliver a dog who types emails on the computer and a vegetarian Croc Odile in the River possibly a future cult Favourite for its very this venture into the childrens Book Field by a successful adult author seems a Little too cleverly and not too Likely to hit any bestseller and speaking of Heidi Murkoff is a California author specializing in books on parenting and pregnancy which have sold Over 18 million she has recently launched a new series for preschool ers called what to with titles such As what to expect when the Babysitter what to expect when you go to the and what to expect when Mommy having a baby All 32 hardcover they Are Bright and featuring colourful illustrations by Laura with plenty of useful advice written at a Childs Good value for the female hockey enthusiasts May want to Check out the hockey Book for by the former Captain of the Canadian women hockey Stacey Wilson kids can 40 besides having lots of information on rules and it contains thumbnail sketches of women including several its Large 8 ill Well designed and has plenty of Colour photographs of 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