Book News CanadaBook News and ReviewsGerald Ford's Last Thoughts on His Life, America, and World Politics- December 29, 2006 While Gerald Ford is known for being the only President that was never elected, his lower profile in recent years obscured just how much he was still contributing to modern politics. Active in both domestic and world affairs, he was able to do something that many Presidents never get the chance to do. He shared with the world a 21st century perspective on the previous century's critical events, in which he was a key player. In his final book published (President John F. Kennedy:...http://www.booknews.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11 New Hybrid Book Takes a Novel Approach to Strategy Deployment- December 18, 2006 In order for companies to be competitive, leaders must engage people at all levels in order to focus their energy and enable them to apply lean principles to everything they do. Strategy deployment, called hoshin kanri by Toyota, has proven to be the most effective process for meeting this ongoing challenge. In his new book Getting the Right Things Done, Pascal Dennis outlines the nuts and bolts of strategy deployment, answering two tough questions that ultimately can make or break a company's.http://www.booknews.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10 Fiction Is Hot This Holiday Season Accounting For Nearly 50% Of All Book Sales- December 15, 2006 In a holiday sales report released to the publishing industry this week, BookNet Canada data shows fiction sales are outstripping all other categories by a wide margin, accounting for about 46% of all book sales (combining juvenile and adult fiction), followed by cooking, which represents 6.45% of sales, based on the three weeks ending December 3. In the all-important holiday buying rush, BookNet Canada sales data shows Giller winner Vincent Lam's Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures topping..http://www.booknews.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9 Federal Government To Safeguard The Publications Assistance Program- December 14, 2006 Magazines Canada welcomes the federal government's decision to safeguard the Publications Assistance Program by directing Canada Post to continue funding the program for the next two years. "We thank Minister Oda and Minister Cannon for their leadership in addressing the need to maintain Canada Post's partnership in the delivery of Canadian magazines until new solutions can be developed," says Mark Jamison, chief executive officer, Magazines Canada. "Canadian magazines lead Canada's cultural...http://www.booknews.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8 This January Turn on Naughty Librarian Month- December 12, 2006 Naughty Librarian Month is returning to BookTelevision this January with a library full of sultry, smart, and stimulating programming that is sure to add some heat to those cold winter nights. The Naughty Librarian throws open the doors to the forbidden with a playful look at the life of a Swedish porn king, a tryst with 'the world's greatest lover,' and a romp with the creator of infamous playboy-spy 007. With sizzling movies, provocative documentaries, steamy biographies - it'll be the.http://www.booknews.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=7 The Iraq Study Group Report: The Way Forward - A New Approach- December 9, 2006 On March 15, 2006, members from both parties in Congress supported the creation of the bipartisan Iraq Study Group to review the situation on the ground and propose strategies for the way forward. For more than eight months, the Study Group met with military officers, regional experts, academics, journalists, and high-level government officials from America and abroad. Participants included George W. Bush and members of his cabinet; Bill Clinton; Jalal Talabani; Nouri Kamal al-Maliki;...http://www.booknews.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=6 Dances With Dependency: Indigenous Success Through Self-Reliance- December 7, 2006 Orca Spirit Publishing is set to launch the ground breaking publication, Dances with Dependency: Indigenous Success through Self-Reliance, by the indigenous author, Calvin Helin. The book is already being hailed as possibly the most important book ever written on how to improve the lives of impoverished indigenous people. Advance reviews are steadily trickling in with descriptions of the new book has the "potential to revolutionalize how indigenous people view and solve their problems,"...http://www.booknews.ca/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=5 |