By exploring the formative years of the New City of Toronto (between 1995 and 2005, the period just before, during, and after metropolitan amalgamation), Changing Toronto analyzes the political, social, and environmental challenges of living in, and governing, a major metropolitan city region that bills itself as a multicultural, world-class city.

There are good dogs. There are great dogs. But maybe once in your life, if you are lucky, you might encounter a dog that does not fit either of those descriptions. You can't quite put your finger on why this dog is different, you just know it is. There is something so special about this dog that you can feel it in the core of your being. If someone were to ask you whether he was a good dog, you might even be at a loss for words. The best you might come up with is "He's amazing." Not very original, but how do you describe such an animal. Then, one day, he saves your life. He is your hero. He...

Despite it being almost forty years since American troops left Vietnam, the American people still regard Vietnam as a war, not a country. "Same River, Different Water" is not about your grandfather's war but about the thriving country of today. It is the true story of a two-tour, wounded combat veteran and his wife, a former Army nurse, who met in Vietnam during the war and returned to live in the city of Hue in 2005-06. The memoir connects the past with the present, amply supported by the author's photographs. History professors' bookshelves are filled with political and military tomes about...