B34 ~ Wednesday, October 25, 1989 - North Shore News THE CAPILANO College Singers and the Capilano College Com- munity Choir will sing at their first concert of the year an Sunday, November 5. 2:30 p.m., at St. An- drew’s United Church, St. Georges and 10th, in North Vancouver. Concert goers will hear a selection of songs ranging from Canadian New books investigate big bad business ANIPULATION, lies, muckraking private eyes, Rooster-blood oaths, free-enter- broken promises, billion-doilar deals, databank — prise madams, iaxative-happy destruction and greed are just some of the topics Pharmacists and crooks of all descriptions run rampant through this week as we wade into the shark-infested waters of Big ine pages of this unusual and Business. And may the Dow-Jones have mercy on our souls. highly informative book as Miller College choirs perform folksongs, to Renaissance motets. Also appearing is a quintet from the Vancouver Chamber Or- chestra. Proceeds from the concert will go to train guide dogs for the blind. Tickets are $6 adults and $4 seniors and students. For more in- fdermation phone 988-3574 . Canadians as villains? Cana- dians foathed and hunted across four continents by police and fraud investigators? A pity, but un- fortunately true as Diane Francis reveals in the newly released paperback edition of the best- seller Contrepreneurs (Seal; 271 pp.). And what are ‘contrepreneurs'? According to the author, Financial Post writer and Morningside commentator, they are “perpetrators of stockmarket fraud,’’ money laundering and white collar crirne in general — and yes, they‘re Canadian. Francis has done a bluechip job of delving into what may be the biggest stock swindle of the cen- tury: the activities of a handful of shady Canadian scam artists, operating out of Amsterdam, who fleeced unsuspecting victims around the world of seme six billion dollars. The fascinating story of this staggering crime and its continuing investigation occupy the majority of Contrepreneurs but Francis also takes a hard look at domestic stock exchange diddles and the role played by Canadian citizens, companies and financial institu- tions in laundering ‘narcodollars’ and other ill-gotten gains. Contrepreneurs is guaranteed to send a shiver up any stock-market investor's tickertape. ose Another new paperback release is Ken Lefolii’s Clairas — Adven- tures In The Gold Trade, the time- ly chronicle of the no-holds-barred battle between Lac Minerals and Corona Resources for contro! of the near-legendary Hemlo gold claims. Part philosophical musing on the siren-call of this precious, yellow metal, and part expose, Claims details with admirable clarity the origins of the bitter Lac-Corona fight and follows the key players (including Murray “the Pez” Pezim) through years of courtroom STROLLING WéEST VANCOUVER SEAWALL Dine by the beautiful harp music of Alison Hunter each Wednesday Evening Book now for the Holiday Season - seating from 10 to 100 OPEN 7 DAYS & NIGHITS A WEEK 2427 Marine Drive, West Van. slug-fests, muckraking missions by dubious private investigators and more as the contestants fight for a prize estimated to be worth as much as 10 billion dollars. in light of the recent court deci- sion finally awarding the Hemlo properties to Corona, Claims could not have been released at a better time. MIKE STEELE book review The resolution of the struggle between Lac and Corona ultimate- ly hinged on the nature of a con- tract and whether a contract actu- ally existed between the two an- tagonists. But contracts are not on- ly the concern of corporate giants with billions at stake. While we may not realize it, contracts of one kind or another directly and in- directly govern cur lives from birth to death. Jeffrey Miller's Naked Promises — A Chronicle of Everyday Wheeling and Dealing (Random Houses; 192 pp.; $22.95 in hard- cover) is not, at first glance, the kind of book most of us would even consider as reading material unless we were plagued by termi- nal insomnia. It’s fairly safe to say that, as a subject, the evolution of contracts ranks somewhere down there with the sex life of the Patagonian sloth. And that’s what makes Naked Promises a}l the more surprising. Miller has written Naked Prom- ises for the layman, stripping away much of the convoluted jargon associated with legal matters of any kind. But beiter yet, Naked Promises is, believe it or not, a very funny book. ae AL 926-8838 traces the development of con- tracts from ancient times to the modern day. «ae The following are also recom- mended titles of business interest. The Computer Virus Crisis (Van Nostrand/Gage; 171 pp.; $28.95 in paperback) — what are computer viruses, how do you contract them, what threat do they pose to information systems and how can they be counteracted? The Information Edge (Meyer/ Gage; 406 pp.: hardcover) — the competitive edge gained through improving your organization’s in- telligence. Presents 60 case histor- ies of such firms as Black & Decker, Bechtel and Merrill Lynch. is Korea The Next Japan? (Col- Hier Macmillan; 196 pp.; $27.95 in hardcover) — explores the emergence of the Republic of Korea as an econumic force with Japanese comparisons and con- trasts. Written in a lecture-type style for a general audience. Lucid, thought-provoking. HE ACCUSED 35 other features e Foster. 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