Show #6-10 – January 28, 2007
 Oak Island
Twenty miles outside of Halifax, Nova Scotia is Oak Island. For over 200 years people have been looking for what some think is Captain Kidd’s pirate treasure buried at the foot of an intricately designed money pit, or maybe the Holy Grail hidden by the Knights Templar. A new book by Lee Lamb, Oak Island Obsession, documents her parents search for the prize, and the circumstances that would eventually claim four lives.
 Anthony Bourdain
In the world of culinary writings there are few names more notorious than Anthony Bourdain. Rachel met up with the cantankerous chef through the Miami book fair and talked about his apprehension of writers, how he rekindles his passion for food, and the one meal we should all have before we die.
 French Women For All Seasons
When Mireille Guiliano wrote the book French Women Don’t Get Fat it became an international best seller and a favourite “non-diet” book, full of secrets how to stay slim and still enjoy eating decadent foods. Her follow up, French Women For All Seasons, is a continuation of how to live the French lifestyle and how to add some “joie to your vie”. We went shopping at our local food market with Mireille, to find out indeed, how French women do not get fat…
 Jim Bartley
Based on his success as a playwright, Jim Bartley was asked to write the First Fiction column at the Globe and Mail. Now, after years of reviewing other people’s first books, he has written his own debut novel, Drina Bridge. And the critic now finds himself at the mercy of his peers.
 Shelf Portrait
Imagine giving away a lifetime collection of books. Videographer Lars Peter Bjorson discovers how one woman turned free books into a literary and artistic statement.
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