Recently Released Books:
Cold Terror: How Canada Nurtures and Exports Terrorism Around the World, by Stewart Bell, fully revised and updated with a foreword by Dr. Rohan Gunaratna, John Wiley & Sons Canada Ltd., 290 pages, $32.99. Blurb: “We believe Al Qaeda continues to have a terrorist infrastructure in Canada, one with documented links to the U.S. While […]
Recently Released Books
The Washington Diaries: 1981-1989, by Allan Gotlieb, McClelland & Stewart, $39.99, 649 pages. Blurb: “An entertaining and revealing account of international diplomacy during the Reagan era from Canada’s legendary ambassador to Washington.” Nixon In China: The Week That Changed The World, by Margaret MacMillan, Viking Canada, 334 pages, $45. Blurb: “Drawing on newly-available material from […]
New Books
Pandemonium: Bird Flu, Mad Cow Disease, and Other Biological Plagues of the 21st Century, by Andrew Nikiforuk, Viking Canada, 280 pages, $34. Blurb: “While the powers that be worry about drug trafficking, a far more dangerous form of surreptitious international movement is taking place–the inadvertent trafficking in lethal pathogens, the result of moving humans, animals, […]
Noteworthy and Notable Recent Book Releases
An Illustrated Short History of Progress, by Ronald Wright, Anansi, $37.95. Blurb: “I was thoroughly shaken up by Ronald Wright’s A Short History of Progress, a brilliant analysis of everything humanity has done to ruin itself down the ages.”–Jan Morris, The Independent Canada’s Governors General: Biography and Constitutional Evolution, by Barbara J. Messamore, 1847-1878, University […]
What’s the biggest mistake to make before a Parliamentary committee? Not delivering an effective, crisp message
Taking It to the Hill: A Complete Guide to Appearing Before Parliamentary Committees. Second Edition. by David McInnes. University of Ottawa Press. 2005 269 pages When Taking it To the Hill was first published in 1999, it became the guide for anyone planning to appear as a witness before a House of Commons or Senate […]
Recently Released Books
Into the Hurricane: Attacking Socialism and The CCF, by John Boyko, J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing Inc., 158 pp., $22.95. Blurb: “Into the Hurricane is a brilliant and refreshing account of the troubling lengths to which power elites sought to suppress the CCF’s vision of a more equitable Canada. Boyko accurately reminds us why it is […]
Recently Released Books
Belinda: The Political and Private Life of Belinda Stronach, by Don Martin, Key Porter Books, 277 pp., $34.95. Blurb: “From her upbringing in Aurora, Ont., under the watchful eye of her father, Magna International founder and CEO, Frank Stronach, to the untold story of her teen years and short-lived university experience, to climbing the ladder […]
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 […]
