Recent and upcoming releases: some hot fall books out
• Full Circle: Death and Resurrection in Canadian Conservative Politics, by Bob Plamondon, Foreword by Lawrence Martin, Key Porter Books, 458 pp., $36.95. Book’s blurb: “Plamondon’s voyage through the last two decades brings new knowledge to the narrative and astute analysis. Because the post-Mulroney conservative factions could never manage to pose a legitimate threat at […]
DESIGNING CANADA’S WAR MUSEUM…
In Search Of A Soul: Designing And Realizing The New Canadian War Museum, by Ramond Moriyama, with a foreword by Adrienne Clarkson, Douglas & McIntyre, 123 pp, $45. The buzz: “In Search of a Soul is revered architect Moriyama’s personal account of conceiving and creating this iconic national monument, opened to great acclaim on May […]
Recommended reading from the Library of Parliament’s collections:
Sustainable fossil fuels:The unusual suspect in the quest for clean and enduring energy, by Mark Kenneth Jaccard, 2005. The empty tank: Oil, gas, hot air, and the coming global financial catastrophe, by Jeremy K. Leggett, Random House, 2005. Panne sèche: La fin de l’ère du pétrole, by David L. Goodstein, Buchet-Chastel, 2005. The WTO and […]
Recently released political books
Radical Tories: The Conservative Tradition in Canada, by Charles Taylor, House of Anansi Press, 2006. From the back cover: “[R]enowned journalist Charles Taylor embarked upon a journey through history in order to trace the path of the Canadian conservative tradition…. Taylor explores the traditional values of the red or ‘radical’ Tory–a love of land and […]
Suggested reading from the collections of the Library of Parliament
First Nations Governance Law, by Brian A. Crane, LexisNexis Canada, 2006. Indian Residential School Abuse Claims: A Lawyer’s guide to the Adjudicative Process, by Ken Halvorson, Carswell, 2005. Canada’s Changing Families: Implications for Individuals and Society, edited by Kevin McQuillan and Zenaida R. Ravanera, University of Toronto Press, 2006. Born Alive: The Legal Status of […]
Suggested reading from the Library of Parliament:
Appointing Judges in An Age of Judicial Power: Critical Perspectives From Around the World, edited by Kate Malleson and Peter H. Russell. Toronto: University of Toronto Prss, 2006. 473 p. Nos ennemis, les medias: petit guide pour comprendre la désinformation canadienne. Quebec: Éditions du Québécois, 2005. 207 p. Government Procurement, by Paul Emanuelli. Markha, Ont.: […]
Recently-released
Just Medicare: What’s In, What’s Out, How We Decide, edited by Colleen M. Flood, University of Toronto Press, 432 p., $65. Suggested Reading from the Library of Parliament: Canadian Parliamentary Handbook/Répertoire parlementaire canadien, Ottawa, Borealis Press, 2006, 840p. Sorry I don’t Speak French: Confronting the Canadian Crisis That Won’t Go Away, by Graham Fraser, M&S, […]
Suggested Reading from the Library of Parliament:
– Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World, by Gordon G. Chang, Random House, 2005, 327 p. – Pourqoui ils se battent: voyages à travers les guerres du Moyen-Orient, par Renaud Girard, Flammarion, 2005, 27 p. – The Psychology of Nuclear Proliferation: Identity, Emotions, and Foreign Policy, Jacques E.C. Hymans, Cambridge University Press, 2006, […]
New and upcoming books
RECENTLY RELEASED: Can You See What They Do To You? By Chasai, Vantage Press Inc., $10, 129 pages. Blurb: “This in-depth look at human society, Can You See What They Do to You questions the morality of religious and political leaders. Chasai encourages readers to challenge and rebuff a society governed by men who manipulate […]
The not so nice side of Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Long before being Prime Minister of Canada, “Just watch me” and Trudeaumania, a 23-year-old Pierre Elliott Trudeau helped write a manifesto that would serve as a plan for a Quebec revolution and a sovereign French, Laurentian and Catholic Canadian state. It is this controversial, youthful, pre-federalist and pre-multicultural Trudeau found in the new intellectual biography […]
