Name: Melita Teale
Dateline: Toronto, Canada
Weblog: blogcritics.org/writer/melita_teale [RSS]
Articles: 26
First Published: Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Last Published: Sunday, February 17, 2008
Currently listing articles 26-1:
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Book Review: Evolution for Everyone - How Darwin’s Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives by David Sloan Wilson— Evolution may be for everyone, but this book is only for some. At least it's not The God Delusion.
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Book Review: Wall and Piece by Banksy— Amusing, engaging, and most of all inspirational.
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Book Review: After Dark by Haruki Murakami— A delicious, lingering book that gets clearer and muddier with every chapter.
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Book Review: Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky — Genius and poignancy come together in a half-finished book that feels perfect.
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Book Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid— Hamid treats us to an articulate narrator walking through and away from the American Dream.
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Book Review: David Golder by Irene Nemirovsky— A perfect character portrait within an unengaged novella.
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Book Review: The House of Meetings by Martin Amis— It's been done before, done better, and done without leaving a nasty aftertaste.
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Diamonds Are a Git’s Best Friend— Without massive marketing and massive insecurity complexes, would we dig these bastards out of the ground?
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Book Review: Goya by Robert Hughes— Hughes has produced a stunning book on the life and works of Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes.
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Book Review: Things I Didn't Know by Robert Hughes— Bafflingly, Hughes has produced a disappointing Godfather Part III of an autobiography.
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Book Review: Bud Inc. by Ian Mulgrew— This book — the best in its genre — breaks new-ish ground in its discussion of the Canadian cannabis industry.
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Turkey and the European Union, Part II: A European Voice— The European Union needs a better democratic structure when it comes to making big decisions - especially regarding Turkey.
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Turkey and the EU, Part I: Truth and Consequences— Turkey could and should do what the European Commission just told it to, but the European Union needs to do a few things too.
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Actually, I Don't Like You: Turning Down Borat— A definitive response to the people who won't stop bugging me about paying to see Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Blah Blah Blah.
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Spanking the Golden Monkey— Introducing erotic salons: sex shops for women with more money than shame or discernment.
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General Motors Tries to Transform— Product placement is one thing, child directed ads another — but GM cars as kiddie heroes? Please.
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Wal-Mart Wishlist Site Kicks Santa to the Curb— It's still October, but Wal-Mart has already ruined the Holidays for North America's poor, poor parents.
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Scissor Sisters, I Don’t Feel Like Smilin’— The Scissor Sisters shatter my hopes and dreams so brutally I may be forced to listen to Justin Timberlake.
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Music Review: Serge Gainsbourg - L'histoire de Melody Nelson— The worst album ever may be the most beautiful album I've heard.
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Re-inventing the Crusades— Why would North Americans feel the need to sanitize the history of distant political ancestors?
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Boys Being Boys: Don't We Love It— Steve Irwin and Richard Hammond were victims of the same phenomenon — us.
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Music Review: Talk to La Bomb - Brazilian Girls— The girls are back, and this time they’re angry.
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Music Review: Carla Bruni - Quelqu’un m’a dit— Italian heiress Carla Bruni makes it clear how badly Paris Hilton sucks.
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Book Review: Overthrow - America's Century of Regime Change From Hawaii to Iraq by Stephen Kinzer— A laboured but ultimately useful read.
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Book Revew: The Singing Neanderthals by Stephen Mithen— A beautiful subject with a hit-and-miss presentation in an ultimately adorable book.
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Book Review: Happiness: A History by Darrin M. McMahon— The ivory tower, as it were, is not as towering as one would think.
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