Cheryl Lemmens - Indexing and Editorial Services

My main areas of interest are listed below; please click on a link to go directly to an expanded list of books read in that subject. For example, "Hobbies and Leisure Activities" includes collectibles, gardening, crafts, and cooking; "Sports" includes Thoroughbred horse racing, hockey, football, the Olympic Games, and socio-cultural aspects of sports and recreation.

Among my subjects of interest not listed here are religion (particularly the Roman Catholic Church, its history and rites) and the occult (astrology, numerology, the history of occultism, etc.). I have also had a lifelong interest in the history and culture of Great Britain and northwestern Europe, as well as in northern countries and cultures (Scandinavia and Russia, in addition to Canada and the northern U.S.) – including the history, art, and culture of Canada's First Peoples.

Animals / Wildlife	Hobbies and Leisure Activities	Ontario Studies
Architecture	The Internet	Popular Culture
Art and Design	Literature	Sports
Business, Finance, and Investing	Music	Toronto
Canadian Studies	The Netherlands and Indonesia	Urban Planning

Canadian Studies

Subject	Particular interest	Books I've read and enjoyed
History, politics, biographies and autobiographies	Rebels and reformers	• William Kilbourn, The Firebrand (biography of William Lyon Mackenzie) • John Sewell, Mackenzie: A Political Biography of William Lyon Mackenzie • John Ralston Saul, Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine and Robert Baldwin
	Liberal Prime Ministers I: Alexander Mackenzie to Lester B. Pearson	• Dale C. Thomson, Alexander Mackenzie: Clear Grit
		• Joseph Schull, Laurier: The First Canadian
		• William Lyon Mackenzie King, Industry and Humanity • C.P. Stacey, A Very Double Life: The Private World of Mackenzie King
		• Dale C. Thomson, Louis St. Laurent: Canadian
		• Lester B. Pearson, Mike: The Memoirs of the Right Honourable Lester B. Pearson (3 vols.) • John English, Shadow of Heaven and The Worldly Years (2-vol. biography of Lester B. Pearson) • Asa McKercher and Galen Roger Perras, eds., Mike's World: Lester B. Pearson and Canadian External Affairs • John Melady, Pearson's Prize: Canada and the Suez Crisis
	Liberal Prime Ministers II: Pierre Elliott Trudeau to Mark Carney	• Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Federalism and the French Canadians • John English, Citizen of the World and Just Watch Me (2-vol. biography of Pierre Trudeau) • Thomas S. Axworthy and Pierre Elliott Trudeau, eds., Towards a Just Society: The Trudeau Years • Paul Litt, Trudeaumania
		• Paul Litt, Elusive Destiny: The Political Vocation of John Napier Turner
		• Jean Chrétien, Straight From the Heart; My Years as Prime Minister; and My Stories, My Times (vols. 1 and 2) • Lawrence Martin, Chrétien: The Will to Win and Iron Man: The Defiant Reign of Jean Chrétien (2-vol. biography of Jean Chrétien)
		• Paul Martin, Hell or High Water: My Life in and out of Politics
		• Justin Trudeau, Common Ground
		• Mark Carney, Value(s): Building a Better World for All
	Other Liberal politicians	• Greg Donaghy, Grit: The Life and Politics of Paul Martin Sr. (biography of former Liberal cabinet minister) • Mitchell Sharp, Which Reminds Me ... A Memoir (memoirs of former Liberal cabinet minister) • Claire Hoy, Clyde Wells: A Political Biography (biography of former Newfoundland premier)

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Ontario Studies

Subject	Particular interest	Books I've read and enjoyed
History, politics, biographies and autobiographies	Liberal governments and politicians in Ontario I: 1867–1967	• A. Margaret Evans, Sir Oliver Mowat (biography of former Ontario premier) • Joseph Schull, Edward Blake: The Man of the Other Way, 1833-1881, and Edward Blake: Leader and Exile, 1881-1912 (2-vol. biography of former Ontario premier and federal Liberal leader) • John T. Saywell, Just Call Me Mitch: The Life of Mitchell F. Hepburn (biography of former Ontario premier)
	Liberal governments and politicians in Ontario II: 1967 – present	• Dalton McGuinty, Making a Difference (memoirs of former Ontario premier) • Greg Sorbara, The Battlefield of Ontario Politics: An Autobiography (memoirs of former Ontario finance minister) • Ian Scott, To Make a Difference (memoirs of former Ontario attorney general) • Rosemary Speirs, Out of the Blue: The Fall of the Tory Dynasty in Ontario

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Toronto

Subject	Particular interest	Books I've read and enjoyed
History, architecture, landmarks (see also Urban Planning and Architecture below)		• Eric Arthur, Toronto: No Mean City • Patricia McHugh, Toronto Architecture: A City Guide • Robert Fulford, Accidental City: The Transformation of Toronto • Edith G. Firth, Toronto in Art: 150 Years Through Artists' Eyes
Postwar Toronto: Historic events affecting the city and the Greater Toronto Area	October 15, 1954: Hurricane Hazel	• Betty Kennedy, Hurricane Hazel • Jim Gifford, Hurricane Hazel: Canada's Storm of the Century • Steve Pitt, Rain Tonight: A Story of Hurricane Hazel
	February 20, 1959: Cancellation of the Avro Arrow	• The Arrowheads, Avro Arrow: The Story of the Avro Arrow from its Evolution to its Extinction • Greig Stewart, Shutting Down the National Dream: A.V. Roe and the Tragedy of the Avro Arrow • Palmiro Campagna, Requiem for a Giant: A.V. Roe Canada and the Avro Arrow; Storms of Controversy: The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed; and The Avro Arrow: For the Record • Fred Smye, The Avro Arrow and Canadian Aviation • Chris Gainor, Arrows to the Moon: Avro's Engineers and the Space Race
	November 9, 1965: The northeast power blackout	• A.M. Rosenthal and Arthur Gelb, eds., The Night the Lights Went Out • David E. Nye, When the Lights Went Out: A History of Blackouts in America
Toronto politics	Particular interest in the "reform" city council of 1972, and the periods immediately before and after	• John Sewell, Up Against City Hall • Jon Caulfield, The Tiny Perfect Mayor: David Crombie and Toronto's Reform Aldermen • James Lorimer, The Real World of City Politics • Timothy J. Colton, Big Daddy: Frederick G. Gardiner and the Building of Metropolitan Toronto
Political developments and new directions	The "megacity" controversy, and proposals for the city's future	• Julie-Anne Boudreau, The Megacity Saga: Democracy and Citizenship in this Global Age • Mary Rowe, ed., Toronto: Considering Self-Government

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Urban Planning

Subject	Particular interest	Books I've read and enjoyed
Urban planning in Toronto		• John Sewell, The Shape of the City: Toronto Struggles with Modern Planning • John Sewell, The Shape of the Suburbs: Understanding Toronto's Sprawl • Richard Harris, Unplanned Suburbs: Toronto's American Tragedy, 1900 to 1950 • Lawrence Solomon, Toronto Sprawls: A History
Urban planning: Problems and issues Subjects of interest include gentrification and "urban renewal," public housing, expressways, expropriation / eminent domain issues, "holdouts," the decline of downtown, and retail development such as shopping centres	Neighbourhood opposition to urban renewal; blockbusting, expropriation, and other development tactics	• Graham Fraser, Fighting Back: Urban Renewal in Trefann Court • Albert Rose, Citizen Participation in Urban Renewal
	Gentrification	• Loretta Lees, Tom Slater, and Elvin Wyly, Gentrification • David Ley, Gentrification in Canadian Inner Cities: Patterns, Analysis, Impacts and Policy
	Public housing	• Albert Rose, Regent Park: A Study in Slum Clearance
	Expressways	• David and Nadine Nowlan, The Bad Trip: The Untold Story of the Spadina Expressway • Christopher Leo, The Politics of Urban Development: Canadian Urban Expressway Disputes
	Shopping centres	• Paco Underhill, Call of the Mall • Alexandra Lange, Meet Me By the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
Suburbia	All aspects of suburban life, from architecture, landscape, and the problem of urban sprawl to cultural and sociological issues such as "NIMBY syndrome"	• Kenneth T. Jackson, Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States • Robert Fishman, Bourgeois Utopias: The Rise and Fall of Suburbia • Dolores Hayden, A Field Guide to Sprawl
Urban planning: Two visions, one epic battle New Yorkers' successful fight against "urban renewal" and a major expressway forever changed the way cities are planned	Jane Jacobs: Her life and work	• Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities • Jane Jacobs, Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life • Max Allen, ed., Ideas That Matter: The Worlds of Jane Jacobs
	Jane Jacobs vs. Robert Moses	• Anthony Flint, Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City • Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (monumental biography that does not discuss the Jacobs-Moses battle but does document, in meticulous detail, how Moses amassed power and used it to impose his own planning ideas on New York)

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Architecture

Subject	Particular interest	Books I've read and enjoyed
Toronto architecture (see also Architectural preservation below in this section)	Histories and guidebooks	• Eric Arthur, Toronto: No Mean City • Patricia McHugh, Toronto Architecture: A City Guide • Tom Cruickshank and John de Visser, Old Toronto Houses • William Dendy and William Kilbourn, Toronto Observed: Its Architecture, Patrons, History • Michael McClelland and Graeme Stewart, ed., Concrete Toronto • John Martins-Manteiga, Mean City: From Architecture to Design: How Toronto Went Boom!
	Toronto architects and neighbourhoods	• Marilyn Litvak, Edward James Lennox: "Builder" of Toronto • W. Douglas Brown, Eden Smith: Toronto's Arts and Crafts Architect • Howard D. Chapman, Alfred Chapman: The Man and his Work • Elizabeth Ingolfsrud and Alec Keefer, Kingsway Park: Triumph in Design (architectural study of early subdivision)
Ontario architecture		• Kim Ondaatje and Lois Mackenzie, Old Ontario Houses • Mary Byers, Jan Kennedy, and Margaret McBurney, Rural Roots: Pre-Confederation Buildings of the York Region of Ontario • John Blumenson, Ontario Architecture: A Guide to Styles and Building Terms, 1784 to the Present
Arts and crafts architecture	Histories and guidebooks	• Adrian Tinniswood, The Arts and Crafts House • David Cathers and Alexander Vertikoff, Stickley Style: Arts and Crafts Homes in the Craftsman Tradition
	The bungalow	• Paul Duchscherer and Douglas Keister, The Bungalow: America's Arts and Crafts Home • Jane Powell and Linda Svendsen, Bungalow: The Ultimate Arts and Crafts Home • Robert Winter and Alexander Vertikoff, American Bungalow Style • Diane Maddex and Alexander Vertikoff, Bungalow Nation
Gothic Revival architecture		• Kenneth Clark, The Gothic Revival • Michael J. McCarthy, The Origins of the Gothic Revival
Individual architects and architectural movements	Frank Lloyd Wright	• Robert McCarter, ed., On and By Frank Lloyd Wright: A Primer of Architectural Principles • Donald Hoffmann, Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater: The House and its History • Bruce Brooks Pfeiffer, Frank Lloyd Wright: The Masterworks
Architectural preservation: Saving buildings from demolition and documenting those lost	United States	• Richard Cahan, They All Fall Down: Richard Nickel's Struggle to Save America's Architecture • Carla Lind, Lost Wright: Frank Lloyd Wright's Vanished Masterpieces
	Toronto	• William Dendy, Lost Toronto: Images of the City's Past • Gene Threndyle and John Martins-Manteiga, Clearcut: Woolworth Building Toronto 1949-1997
Lighthouses and other architectural subjects		• Dudley Witney, The Lighthouse • Edward F. Bush, The Canadian Lighthouse • David G. McCullough, The Great Bridge (history of the Brooklyn Bridge)

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Art and Design

Please note: A more detailed list of my art and design interests can also be viewed separately.

Subject	Particular interest	Books I've read and enjoyed
Canadian art	Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven; Cornelius Krieghoff; William Kurelek and Albert Franck	• Fred B. Housser, A Canadian Art Movement: The Story of the Group of Seven • Dennis Reid, ed., Krieghoff: Images of Canada • William Kurelek, O Toronto • Harold Town, Albert Franck: Keeper of the Lanes
	The art of Canada's First Peoples	• Norval Morrisseau, Travels to the House of Invention • Greg A. Hill et al., Norval Morrisseau: Shaman Artist • Jean Blodgett, Kenojuak
Painting	Op art, especially the black and white work of Bridget Riley	• Frances Follin, Embodied Visions: Bridget Riley, Op Art and the Sixties • Paul Moorhouse, ed., Bridget Riley
Sculpture	Sculpture as public art in Toronto	• Gary Michael Dault, E.B. Cox: A Life in Sculpture • June Ardiel, Sculpture/Toronto: An Illustrated Guide to Toronto's Historic and Contemporary Sculptures, with Area Maps • Helen Nolan, Sculpture in the City: Twelve Walks in Downtown Toronto
Graphic design Subjects of interest include typography and book design, advertising and corporate identities, and specific genres such as the poster and the record album cover	Histories and guidebooks	• Philip B. Meggs, A History of Graphic Design • Kees Broos and Paul Hefting, Dutch Graphic Design: A Century
	Individual graphic designers	• Steven Heller, Paul Rand • Markus Rathgeb, Otl Aicher • William Kerry Purcell, Josef Müller-Brockmann
	Typography	• Sarah Hyndman, Why Fonts Matter • James Moran, Stanley Morison: His Typographic Achievement
	The 1960s and early 1970s: Album covers and posters; textiles	• Lesley Jackson, The Sixties: Decade of Design Revolution • Ted Owen and Denise Dickson, High Art: A History of the Psychedelic Poster • Marianne Aav, ed., Marimekko: Fabrics, Fashion, Architecture
Interior design		• Elizabeth Gaynor, Scandinavia: Living Design • Lars and Ursula Sjöberg, The Swedish Room • Charles MacLean and Christopher Simon Sykes, Scottish Country

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Literature

Please note: A more detailed list of my literary interests can also be viewed separately.

Subject	Particular interest	Books I've read and enjoyed
English literature	18th and 19th century literature, particularly the Gothic novel (1764-1820) and later variations, as well as the figure of the Gothic villain-hero	• Montague Summers, The Gothic Quest: A History of the Gothic Novel • Devendra P. Varma, The Gothic Flame • Jay Macpherson, The Spirit of Solitude: Conventions and Continuities in Late Romance • Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Gubar, The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination
Canadian literature	Canadian politics as reflected in its literature	• Robin Mathews, Canadian Literature: Surrender or Revolution
Literature and popular fiction for children and young adults	From Beatrix Potter to Harry Potter, and everything in between: Howard Pyle (Robin Hood); A.A. Milne (Winnie the Pooh); Walter Farley (the Black Stallion); Maurice Sendak (Where the Wild Things Are); Donald J. Sobol (Encyclopedia Brown), Hergé (Tintin), and more	• Selma G. Lanes, The Art of Maurice Sendak • Margaret Lane, The Tale of Beatrix Potter • Michael Farr, Tintin: The Complete Companion • Leonard S. Marcus, Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children's Hearts, Changed Publishing Forever, and Became An American Icon Along the Way
Biographies		• Winifred Gérin, Emily Brontë: A Biography • Joseph Jerome [Brocard Sewell], Montague Summers: A Memoir • John Ayre, Northrop Frye: A Biography

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Music

Subject	Particular interest	Books I've read and enjoyed
Jazz	Duke Ellington	• Duke Ellington, Music is My Mistress • James Lincoln Collier, Duke Ellington • Stanley Dance, The World of Duke Ellington
	Other jazz legends: Bandleaders, musicians, performers	• Count Basie, as told to Albert Murray, Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie • Jeffrey Magee,The Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz • John Chilton, The Song of the Hawk: The Life and Recordings of Coleman Hawkins • Phyllis Rose, Jazz Cleopatra: Josephine Baker in Her Time
The Top 40 era, esp. music of the mid-1960s to mid-1970s	Histories and surveys	• Don and Jeff Breithaupt, Precious and Few: Pop Music of the Early '70s • Jim DeRogatis, Kaleidoscope Eyes: Psychedelic Rock from the '60s to the '90s
Canadian music in the Top 40 era	Histories and surveys; Toronto's club and concert scene in Yorkville and elsewhere	• Nicholas Jennings, Before the Gold Rush: Flashbacks to the Dawn of Canadian Sound • Ritchie Yorke, Axes, Chops and Hot Licks: The Canadian Rock Music Scene
	Specific artists	• Nicholas Jennings, Lightfoot

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Popular Culture

Subject	Particular interest	Books I've read and enjoyed
Mass media, music, and television; design; icons and images; fads; kitsch; collectibles; retro crazes	Everything from toys and gadgets to C.M. Coolidge's poker playing dogs	• Karal Ann Marling, As Seen on TV: The Visual Culture of Everyday Life in the 1950s • Alison J. Clarke, Tupperware: The Promise of Plastic in 1950s America • Geoff Pevere, Mondo Canuck: A Canadian Pop Culture Odyssey
Advertising and retailing	Advertising psychology, famous ad campaigns, etc.	• Vance Packard, The Hidden Persuaders • Wilson Bryan Key, Subliminal Seduction
	Retailing strategies; the psychology of shopping; the shopping centre/mall	• Paco Underhill, Call of the Mall • Alexandra Lange, Meet Me By the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall
Television	Great TV shows; television and pop culture; history of television	• Suzy Kalter, The Complete Book of M*A*S*H • David S. Reiss, M*A*S*H: The Exclusive Inside Story of TV's Most Popular Show
The Roaring Twenties	Culture, fashion, music, and design	• Ellie Laubner, Fashions of the Roaring 20s • Carolyn Hall, The Twenties in Vogue • Martin Battersby, The Decorative Twenties • Barry Paris, Louise Brooks
The Sixties	Culture, fashion, music, and design	• Shawn Levy, Ready, Steady, Go!: The Smashing Rise and Giddy Fall of Swinging London • Lesley Jackson, The Sixties: Decade of Design Revolution • Christopher Breward, David Gilbert, and Jenny Lister, ed., Swinging Sixties
Fashion and cosmetics		• Axel Madsen, Chanel: A Woman of Her Own • Lee Israel, Estée Lauder: Beyond the Magic — An Unauthorized Biography • Andrea Benoit, Viva M•A•C: AIDS, Fashion, and the Philanthropic Practices of M•A•C Cosmetics

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The Internet

Subject	Particular interest	Books I've read and enjoyed
Web development and design	Usability, style issues, information architecture, etc.	• Jakob Nielsen, Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity • Jakob Nielsen and Hoa Loranger, Prioritizing Web Usability • Jakob Nielsen and Marie Tahir, Homepage Usability: 50 Websites Deconstructed • Jared Spool et al., Web Site Usability: A Designer's Guide • Patrick J. Lynch and Sarah Horton, Web Style Guide: Basic Design Principles for Creating Web Sites • Louis Rosenfeld and Peter Morville, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web
Specific topics	HTML, Cascading Style Sheets, JavaScript, SGML, etc.	• Elizabeth Castro, HTML 4 for the World Wide Web • Håkon Wium Lie and Bert Bos, Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web • Eric van Herwijnen, Practical SGML
Internet history, business, and culture	From the origins of the World Wide Web to the rise and fall of the "dot coms"	• Tim Berners-Lee with Mark Fischetti, Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web by its Inventor

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Business, Finance, and Investing

Subject	Particular interest	Books I've read and enjoyed
Stock market		• Michael Lewis, Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt • John Rothchild, The Bear Book: Survive and Profit in Ferocious Markets • Norman Berryessa and Eric Kirzner, Global Investing: The Templeton Way • Benjamin Graham, The Intelligent Investor: A Book of Practical Counsel
Business, company, and family histories		• Peter C. Newman, The Canadian Establishment • Peter C. Newman, Bronfman Dynasty • Shirley E. Woods, Jr., The Molson Saga, 1763-1983
Biographies		• Richard H. Rohmer, E.P. Taylor • Peter C. Newman, The Establishment Man: A Portrait of Power (biography of Conrad Black)

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Sports

Subject	Particular interest	Books I've read and enjoyed
Thoroughbred horse racing	The racing traditions and great horses of North America, Britain, Ireland, and Europe	• David F. Woods, ed., The Fireside Book of Horse Racing: A Thoroughbred Treasury • David Alexander, A Sound of Horses: The World of Racing from Eclipse to Kelso • Muriel Lennox, Northern Dancer: The Legend and his Legacy • Richard Baerlein, Nijinsky: Triple Crown Winner • Laura Hillenbrand, Seabiscuit: An American Legend
	Bloodlines: sire lines, female families, inbreeding/outcrossing, etc.	• Peter Willett, The Classic Racehorse • Edward L. Bowen, Dynasties: Great Thoroughbred Stallions • Edward L. Bowen, Matriarchs: Great Mares of the 20th Century
	Owners and breeders; the business of horse racing	• Bill Curling, All the Queen's Horses • Richard Baerlein, Shergar and the Aga Khan's Thoroughbred Empire • Muriel Lennox, E.P. Taylor: A Horseman and his Horses • Ann Hagedorn, Wild Ride: The Rise and Tragic Fall of Calumet Farm, Inc., America's Premier Racing Dynasty
	Trainers	• Jacqueline O'Brien and Ivor Herbert, Vincent O'Brien: The Official Biography (biography of the legendary trainer of Nijinsky, The Minstrel, and many other flat and jump champions)
Hockey	Montreal Canadiens	• Claude Mouton, The Montreal Canadiens: A Hockey Dynasty • Dick Irvin, The Habs: An Oral History of the Montreal Canadiens, 1940-1980 • Ken Dryden, The Game: A Thoughtful and Provocative Look at a Life in Hockey • Chrys Goyens and Allan Turowetz, Lions in Winter • Chrys Goyens with Allan Turowetz and Jean-Luc Duguay, The Montreal Forum: Forever Proud
	Biographies and autobiographies	• Dick Irvin, Now Back to You Dick: Two Lifetimes in Hockey • Paul Logothetis, Toe Blake: Winning is Everything • Jean Béliveau, My Life in Hockey • Red Storey with Brodie Snyder, Red's Story • Vladislav Tretiak, The Hockey I Love
Football	U.S. college football - particularly the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame	• Ray Robinson, Rockne of Notre Dame: The Making of a Football Legend • Don Yeager and Douglas S. Looney, Under the Tarnished Dome: How Notre Dame Betrayed Its Ideals for Football Glory • John Feinstein, A Civil War, Army vs. Navy: A Year Inside College Football's Purest Rivalry
Olympic Games	Track events (both sprints and long-distance races)	• Neil Duncanson, The Fastest Men on Earth: The 100m Olympic Champions • William J. Baker, Jesse Owens: An American Life
Other sports		• Ellen M. Dolan, Susan Butcher and the Iditarod Trail (story of four-time winner of the Iditarod sled dog race)
Socio-cultural aspects of sports and recreation		• Charles S. Prebish, Religion and Sport: The Meeting of Sacred and Profane • Richard S. Gruneau and David Whitson, Hockey Night in Canada: Sport, Identities and Cultural Politics • Franklin Foer, How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization

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Animals / Wildlife

Subject	Particular interest	Books I've read and enjoyed
Dogs		• Elizabeth Marshall Thomas, The Hidden Life of Dogs • Stanley Coren, The Intelligence of Dogs • Loyd Grossman, The Dog's Tale: A History of Man's Best Friend • William Secord, Dog Painting, 1840-1940: A Social History of the Dog in Art
Horses		• C.W. Anderson, Complete Book of Horses and Horsemanship • Luigi Gianoli et al., Horses and Horsemanship Through the Ages
Wildlife	Polar bears	• Richard C. Davids, Lords of the Arctic: A Journey Among the Polar Bears
	Great horned owls	• Scott Rashid, The Great Horned Owl: An In-Depth Study • Bernd Heinrich, One Man's Owl • Max R. Terman, Messages from an Owl

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Hobbies and Leisure Activities

Subject	Particular interest	Books I've read and enjoyed
Hobbies	Stamp collecting; sports memorabilia collecting (particularly hockey cards); other collectibles	• The Charlton Standard Catalogue of Hockey Cards (yearly price guide)
	Pottery and porcelain (with a particular interest in Delftware and Wedgwood ware)	• Caroline Henriette de Jonge, Delft Ceramics • Hans van Lemmen, Delftware Tiles
Gardens and gardening		• Michelle Obama, American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America • Patrick Lima, The Harrowsmith Perennial Garden
Crafts		• Dona Z. Meilach, Macramé: Creative Design in Knotting • Kaffe Fassett, Glorious Needlepoint • Stafford Whiteaker, English Garden Embroidery • Bee Borssuck and Ann Jackson, Picture Your Dog in Needlework
Food	Cooking: recipes, traditions, holidays	• Jehane Benoît, The Canadiana Cookbook: A Complete Heritage of Canadian Cooking • Jehane Benoît, Madame Benoît Cooks at Home • Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart's Christmas • Rose Murray, The Christmas Cookbook: Great Canadian Recipes • Beatrice A. Ojakangas, Scandinavian Feasts
	Nutrition	• Reader's Digest Association [Dr. Joe Schwarcz, consultant], Foods That Harm, Foods That Heal

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The Netherlands and Indonesia

Subject	Particular interest	Books I've read and enjoyed
The Netherlands (Please note: All Dutch-language books in this section also contain English text)	History and culture	• Simon Schama, The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age • E.H. Kossmann, The Low Countries 1780-1940
	Province of Limburg (particularly South Limburg): medieval arts and architecture; churches; roadside crosses and chapels; architectural decoration (gable stones)	• Synthese: Twaalf facetten van cultuur en natuur in Zuid-Limburg [Synthesis: Twelve Facets of Culture and Nature in South Limburg]
	Dutch literature	• Joost van den Vondel, Lucifer (poem - 1654) • Multatuli [Eduard Douwes Dekker], Max Havelaar, or The Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company (novel - 1860)
	Delftware	• Caroline Henriette de Jonge, Delft Ceramics • Hans van Lemmen, Delftware Tiles
Indonesia	History and culture; crafts (batik, wood carving, etc.)	• M.C. Ricklefs, A History of Modern Indonesia, c. 1300 to the Present • Bernard Hubertus Maria Vlekke, Nusantara: A History of Indonesia

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