1983, Irwin Publishing, 287 p. An anthology for senior secondary English courses and for adult readers. Education ISBN: 0-7720-1413-2; Trade ISBN: 0-7720-1409-4

- offers a wide range of contemporary fiction and non-fiction with a focus on issues of human importance, timely and timeless. Introduces present-day writers of high quality who speak directly to issues of concern. Includes biographical notes. Canadian authors are well represented, as are writers from a range of other countries and cultures. A study guide is also available (143 pages).

A SENSE OF SELF: Alice Munro, How I Met My Husband; W.P. Kinsella, Panache; Philip Caputo, The Making of a Marine; V.S. Naipaul, The Baker's Story

CANADIAN IDENTITIES: Pierre Berton, Big Daddy in a Scarlet Coat; Robertson Davies, The Canada of Myth and Reality; Christina McCall-Newman, The Politics of Desperation; Gabrielle Roy, The Gaspé Fishermen: A Sail in the Night; Pauline Johnson, The Deep Waters

RELATIONSHIPS: Gabrielle Roy, The Story of Nil; Ann Copeland, At Peace; James Joyce, A Little Cloud; Jan Morris, The Siege States

LAUGHING AT OURSELVES: Woody Allen, My Apology; Dorothy O'Connell, Some People Have No Sense of Humour; Dorothy L. Sayers, The Milk Bottles

HUMAN INHUMANITY: Claire Martin, The Right Cheek; Tamiki Hara, Summer Flower; Jacobo Timerman, Cell Without a Number

HOW WILL IT END?: Hugh Garner, A Short Walk Home; W.F. Harvey, August Heat; Hernando Tellez, Just Lather, That's All