Much of the scholarship on twentieth-century Canadian literature has argued that English-Canadian fiction was plagued by backwardness and an inability to engage fully with the movement of modernism that was so prevalent in British and American fiction and poetry. Modern Realism in English-Canadian Fiction re-evaluates Canadian literary culture to posit that it has been misunderstood because it is a distinct genre, a regional form of the larger international modernist movement.Examining literary magazines, manifestos, archival documents, and major writers such as Frederick Philip Grove, Morley Callaghan, and Raymond Knister, Colin Hill identifies a 'modern realism' that crosses regions as well as urban and rural divides. A bold reading of the modern-realist aesthetic and an articulate challenge to several enduring and limiting myths about Canadian writing, Modern Realism in English- Canadian Fiction will stimulate important debate in literary circles everywhere.

Since its introduction in 1997, the purpose of Food Microbiology: Fundamentals and Frontiers has been to serve as an advanced reference that explores the breadth and depth of food microbiology. Thoroughly updated, the new Fifth Edition adds coverage of the ever-expanding tool chest of new and extraordinary molecular methods to address many of the roles that microorganisms play in the production, preservation, and safety of foods. This respected reference provides up-to-the-minute scientific and technical insights into food production and safety, readily available in one convenient source.

Through the Bottom of a Glass is the continuing story of Donald Jackson, the ex-telephone engineer pretending to be a private eye. There is still no sign of little girls, white rabbits or mad hatters but there is one big girl, a dead dog and a couple of rather annoyed managers.

A book without white rabbits, little girls or mad hatters. But it does feature a dead cat, a couple of prostitutes and a deranged car mechanic. So, there is something for everyone in this story about an ex telephone engineer pretending to be Sam Spade.

A collection of short stories; some dark, some humorous, some darkly humorous, some humorously dark and some neither dark nor humorous, just some.