Waiting for the Macaws: And Other Stories from the Age of Extinctions by Terry Glavin. (Viking, 2006)

Terry Glavin talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20060413a.html

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How Happy to Be by Katrina Onstad. (McClelland and Stewart, 2006)

Katrina Onstad talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20060404a.html

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The Continuity Girl by Leah McLaren. (HarperCollins, 2006)

Leah McLaren talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20060306a.html

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The Master Plan: Himmler's Scholars and the Holocaust by Heather Pringle. (Viking, 2006)

Heather Pringle talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20060306b.html

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American Backlash: The Untold Story of Social Change in the United States by Michael Adams. (Viking, 2005)

Michael Adams talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20060113a.html

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Rescuing Canada's Right: Blueprint for a Conservative Revolution by Tasha Kheiriddin and Adam Daifallah. (Wiley, 2005)

Tasha Kheiriddin talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20060112b.html

Adam Daifallah talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20060113c.html

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The Big Red Machine: How the Liberal Party Dominates Canadian Politics by Stephen Clarkson. (UBC Press, 2005)

Stephen Clarkson talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20060112c.html

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The Pilgrimage of Stephen Harper by Lloyd Mackey. (ECW Press, 2005)

Lloyd Mackey talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20051123a.html

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Raincoast Chronicles Fourth Five Edited by Howard White. (Harbour Publishing, 2005)

Howard White talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20051123b.html

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Loss of Faith: How the Air-India Bombers Got Away with Murder by Kim Bolan. (McClelland and Stewart, 2005)

Kim Bolan talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20051012a.html

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Stanley Park's Secret: The Forgotten Families of Whoi Whoi, Kanaka Ranch and Brockton Point by Jean Barman. (Harbour, 2005)

Jean Barman talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20051004a.html

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The Martyr's Oath : The Apprenticeship of a Homegrown Terrorist, by Stewart Bell. (Wiley, 2005)

Stewart Bell talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20050926a.html

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Contemporary Antisemitism: Canada and the World, Edited by Derek J. Penslar, Michael R. Marrus, and Janice Gross Stein. (University of Toronto Press, 2005)

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Paper Fan: The Hunt for Triad Gangster Steven Wong by Terry Gould. (Random House, 2005)

Terry Gould talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20050609a.html

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Public Triumph, Private Tragedy: The Double Life of John P. Robarts by Steve Paikin. (Viking, 2005)

Steve Paikin talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20050530a.html

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Cold Terror: How Canada Nurtures and Exports Terrorism Around the World by Stewart Bell. (Wiley, 2005)

Stewart Bell talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20050524a.html

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Business Lunchatations: How an Everyday Guy Became One of America's Most Powerful CEO's . . . And How You Can Too by Bo Dietl, with Bob Bly. (Chamberlain Bros., 2005)

Bo Dietl talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20050511a.html

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Pierre: Colleagues and Friends Talk about the Trudeau They Knew Edited by Nancy Southam. (McClelland and Stewart, 2005)

Nancy Southam talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20050323a.html

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This Great Nation of Ours: Fighting American Ignorance by Denis D. Metin. (Trafford, 2005)

Denis D. Metin talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20050321b.html

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State of Fear by Michael Chrichton. (HarperCollins, 2005)

The Commentary's review by Marlon Richmond can be found here: "Marlon Richmond reviews State of Fear, sort of," Monday, 28 February 2005

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The Big Show High Times and Dirty Dealings Backstage at the Academy Awards® by Steve Pond. (Faber and Faber, 2005)

The Commentary's review by Joseph Planta can be found here: "The biggest show on earth," Sunday, 13 February 2005

Kissing Bill O'Reilly, Roasting Miss Piggy by Ken Tucker. (St. Martin's, 2005)

Ken Tucker talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20050204a.html

Backstage Vancouver: A Century of Entertainment Legends by Greg Potter and Red Robinson. (Harbour, 2004)

Greg Potter and Red Robinson talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20041207a.html

Here Be Dragons: Telling Tales of People, Passion, and Power, by Peter C. Newman. (McClelland and Stewart, 2004)

Peter C. Newman talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20041122a.html

A Stain Upon the Sea, by Stephen Hume, Alexandra Morton, Betty C. Keller, Rosella M. Leslie, Otto Langer, and Don Staniford; with a Preface by David T. Suzuki, and an Introduction by Terry Glavin. (Harbour, 2004)

Otto Langer talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20041117a.html

Rafe: A Memoir, by Rafe Mair. (Harbour, 2004)

The Commentary's review by Joseph Planta can be found here: "Reading Rafe's reflections," Sunday, 24 October 2004

Rafe Mair talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20041025a.html

Worth Fighting For, by Sheila Copps. (McClelland and Stewart, 2004)

The Hon. Sheila Copps talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20041118a.html

Never Retreat, Never Explain, Never Apologize: My Life, My Politics, by Deborah Grey. (Key Porter, 2004)

Deborah Grey talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20041201a.html

Turning Points: The Campaigns that Changed Canada and 2004 and Before, by Ray Argyle. (White Knight, 2004)

Ray Argyle talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20041026a.html

How to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must), by Ann Coulter. (Crown, 2004)

Broadway: The American Musical, by Michael Kantor and Laurence Maslon. (Bulfinch, 2004)

The Commentary's review by Joseph Planta can be found here: "Broadway: the heart that always palpitates," Monday, 06 December 2004

Ronald Reagan Remembered, by CBS News, with an Introduction by Dan Rather. (Simon and Schuster, 2004)

Face the Nation, by Bob Schieffer. (Simon and Schuster, 2004)

The Commentary's review by Joseph Planta can be found here: "Face the Nation at fifty," Sunday, 07 November 2004

Lord Black: The Biography, by George Tombs. (BT Publishing, 2004)

Wrong Way: The Fall of Conrad Black, by Jacquie McNish and Sinclair Stewart. (Viking, 2004)

Reagan's Path to Victory: The Shaping of Ronald Reagan's Vision: Selected Writings, by Ronald Reagan. (Free Press, 2004)

America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction, by Jon Stewart and the writers from The Daily Show. (Warner Books, 2004)

The Sinatra Treasures, by Charles Pignone. (Bulfinch, 2004)

Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul, by Tony Hendra. (Random House, 2004)

The Commentary'sreview by Joseph Planta can be found here: "Satire and sin, the path to God: Tony Hendra's Father Joe," Tuesday, 27 July 2004

Bushworld: Enter at Your Own Risk by Maureen Dowd. (Putnam, 2004)

Women I Have Dressed (And Undressed!), by Arnold Scaasi. (Scribner, 2004)

The Commentary's review by Joseph Planta can be found here: "Dish and design by Scaasi," Sunday, 10 October 2004

Confessions of an Heiress: A Tongue-in-Chic Peek Behind the Pose, by Paris Hilton. (Fireside, 2004)

The Imus Ranch: Cooking For Kids and Cowboys, by Deirdre Imus. (Rodale, 2004)

The Commentary's review by Joseph Planta can be found here: "The Imus Ranch: Cowboy values and vegetarianism," Wednesday, 05 May 2004

My Life, by Bill Clinton. (Knopf, 2004)

Miles Gone By: A Literary Autobiography, by William F. Buckley. (Regnery, 2004)

Plan of Attack, by Bob Woodward. (Simon and Schuster, 2004)

The Commentary's review by Joseph Planta can be found here: "Taking out Saddam Hussein: A Review of Bob Woodward's Plan of Attack," Tuesday, 10 August 2004

Losing America: Confronting A Reckless and Arrogant Presidency, by Robert C. Byrd. (W.W. Norton, 2004)

The Commentary's review by Joseph Planta can be found here: "Confronting an arrogant and reckless Presidency," Monday, 20 December 2004

Worse Than Watergate: The Secret Presidency of George W. Bush by John W. Dean. (Little Brown, 2004)

Everyone Comes to Elaine's: Forty Years of Movie Stars, All-Stars, Literary Lions, Financial Scions, Top Cops, Politicians, and Power Brokers at the Legendary Hot Spot, by A. E. Hotchner. (HarperCollins, 2004)

The Commentary'sreview by Joseph Planta can be found here: "Elaine Kaufman's Elaine's," Thursday, 27 May 2004

Journey from the Land of No: A Girlhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran, by Roya Hakakian. (Crown, 2004)

But Darling, I'm Your Auntie Mame!, by Richard Tyler Jordan. (Kensington, 2004)

Richard Tyler Jordan talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20040907b.html

Trump: How To Get Rich, by Donald J. Trump, with Meredith McIver. (Random House, 2004)

The Commentary's review by Joseph Planta can be found here: "How to be like Donald Trump," Tuesday, 30 March 2004

Burning Down My Masters' House: My Life at the New York Times, by Jayson Blair. (New Millennium Press, 2004)

Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, and Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media. . ., by John Stossel. (HarperCollins, 2004)

The Commentary's review by Marlon Richmond can be found here: "John Stossel's Give Me a Break ," Monday, 03 May 2004

Generation S.L.U.T., by Marty Beckerman. (MTV Books, 2004)

The Commentary's review by Senior Contributing Writer Michael Kwan can be found here: "More than just smut: A review of Generation S.L.U.T." Friday, 13 February 2004

Marty Beckerman talked with The Commentary's Joseph Planta in an interview that can be found here: http://www.thecommentary.ca/ontheline/20040915b.html

Reagan: A Life in Letters, by Ronald Reagan. (Free Press, 2003)

The Commentary's review by Joseph Planta can be found here: "Reagan: The Great Communicator" Friday, 06 February 2004

Juggernaut, by Susan Delacourt. (McClelland & Stewart, 2003)

The Commentary's review by Senior Columnist Joseph Planta can be found here: "Paul Martin, thus far" Monday, 02 February 2004

Paul Martin: The Power of Ambition, by John Gray. (Key Porter, 2003)

The Commentary's review by Senior Columnist Joseph Planta can be found here: "Paul Martin, thus far" Monday, 02 February 2004

Backstory: Inside The Business of News, by Ken Auletta. (Penguin, 2003).

The Commentary's review by Senior Columnist Joseph Planta can be found here: "The business of journalism" Monday, 12 January 2004

75 Years of the Oscar: The Official History of the Academy Awards , by Robert Osborne. (Abbeville, 2003).

The Commentary's review by Senior Columnist Joseph Planta can be found here: "The Academy Awards, the book" Monday, 05 January 2004

So What: The Life of Miles Davis, by John Szwed. (Simon and Schuster, 2002)

The Commentary's review by May Chan can be found here: "So What: The Life of Miles Davis, a book review" Monday, 08 March 2004

Absolute Friends , by John le Carré. (Little Brown, 2004)

The Commentary's review by Marlon Richmond can be found here: "Looking down at the establishment," Wednesday, 31 December, 2003

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Champion of Freedom, by Conrad Black. (PublicAffairs, 2003)

Right Honourable Men: The Descent of Canadian Politics from Macdonald to Chrétien by Michael Bliss. (HarperPerennialCanada, 2004)

Margaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady, Volume Two. by John Campbell. (Jonathan Cape, 2003)

From Love Field: Our Final Hours with President John F. Kennedy by Nellie Connally and Mickey Herskowitz. (RuggedLand, 2003)

The Commentary's review by Senior Columnist Joseph Planta can be found here: "The President's final hours, 40 years later," Friday, 21 November 2003

Parasites: My Adventures in Cable News by Tucker Carlson. (Warner Books, 2003)

The Commentary's review by Marlon Richmond can be found here: "A conservative on cable," Thursday, 20 November 2003

Brinkley's Beat: People, Places, and Events That Shaped My Time, by David Brinkley. (Knopf, 2003)

Iron Man: The Defiant Reign of Jean Chrétien , by Lawrence Martin. (Viking, 2003)

The Commentary's review by Joseph Planta can be found here: "The ambivalent reign of Jean Chrétien," Tuesday, 11 November, 2003

Years of Minutes, by Andy Rooney. (PublicAffairs, 2003)

The Commentary's review by Joseph Planta can be found here: "Years of Andy," Friday, 24 October, 2003

A History of Mistresses, by Elizabeth Abbott. (HarperFlamingoCanada, 2003)

Audrey Hepburn, An Elegant Spirit, by Sean Hepburn Ferrer. (Atria, 2003)

The Commentary's review by Joseph Planta can be found here: "An elegant life: Audrey Hepburn remembered," Tuesday, 28 October, 2003

Dispatches from the Culture Wars: How The Left Lost Teen Spirit, by Danny Goldberg. (Miramax, 2003)

The Dark Side: The Personal Price of A Political Life, by Steve Paikin. (Viking, 2003)

The Commentary's review by Joseph Planta can be found here: "The Dark Side of political life," Friday, 22 October 2004

In Black and White: The Life of Sammy Davis Jr. , by Wil Haygood. (Knopf, 2003)

Why Sinatra Matters, by Pete Hamill. (Little, Brown and Company, 1998)