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The independent bookstore is an increasingly endangered species, but we still love browsing in a store with some character. Here are some of our favourites: Although This Ain’t The Rosedale Library is in a new location (they left Church Street for Kensington Market), its legacy reaches far into literary history; … Read More
Dubbed Calgary’s “Village in the City” by the area’s website, find Kensington nestled along the Bow River in the N.W. With three or four main streets lined with all manner of shops, you can easily stroll around the “village” in an afternoon – we suggest a sunny Saturday with a cup … Read More
The independent bookstore is an increasingly endangered species, but we still love browsing in a store with some character; it’s like entering a wealthy (and bookish) friend’s personal library. Here are some of our favourites in town. The Word This McGill ghetto institution was founded 35 years ago by university … Read More
Simply labeled Mafia, a dusty old compilation of American gangsters recently surfaced. It was assembled by the Bureau of Narcotics in the early ’60s (meanwhile the FBI outwardly insisted the ‘Mafia’ didn’t exist). One of just 50 copies, Mafia intimately detailed the lives of over 800 organized criminals. A product … Read More
We present you with our list of books for guys that you won’t find promoted by the weepy Opraphilic media. Angels of Death: Inside the Bikers’ Empire of Crime, by William Marsden and Julian Sher: A follow-up to the bestselling The Road to Hell: How the Biker Gangs Are Conquering … Read More
