December 2011 Arts and literature...1 Biography...1 Business and economics...2 City planning and community development...3 Communications and mass media...3 Environment and pollution...3 First Nations...3 Forestry...4 Gambling...4 Health and medicine...4 History...5 Human rights...6 Management and self improvement...6 Multiculturalism and immigration...6 Politics and elections...6 Public administration...7 To borrow any of these items, please contact the Reference Desk: Phone: (250) 387-6510, Fax: (250) 356-2284, E-mail: llbc.ref@leg.bc.ca
Arts and literature Gopnik, Adam Winter : five windows on the season / Adam Gopnik. -- Toronto : Anansi, c2011. M 508.2 G659 Biography Cornwall, Claudia Maria At the world's edge : Curt Lang's Vancouver, 1937-1998 / Claudia Cornwall ; foreword by David Beers ; [introduction by Greg Lang]. -- Salt Spring Island, B.C. : Mother Tongue Pub., c2011. M B L2691C Phillips, Diana, 1945- Beyond the Home Ranch / Diana Phillips. -- Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour Pub., 2011. M B P557 Didion, Joan Blue nights / Joan Didion. -- New York : Alfred A. Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 2011. M B D556b Richards, David Adams, 1950- Facing the hunter : reflections on a misunderstood pursuit / David Adams Richards. -- [Toronto] : Doubleday Canada, c2011. M B R5146 Giffords, Gabrielle D. (Gabrielle Dee), 1970- Gabby : a story of courage and hope / Gabrielle Giffords and Mark Kelly ; with Jeffrey Zaslow. -- New York : Scribner, 2011. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. -- M B G458 Laraque, Georges Georges Laraque : the story of the NHL's unlikeliest tough guy / Georges Laraque ; with Pierre Thibeault. -- Toronto : Viking Canada, c2011. M B L318 Page: 1
Johnston, Hugh J. M., 1939- Jewels of the Qila : the remarkable story of an Indo-Canadian family / Hugh J.M. Johnston. -- Vancouver : UBC Press, 2011. M Bc S5683J BartÔok, Mira The memory palace / by Mira Bartok. -- New York : Free Press, c2011. www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1013/2010008399-b.html www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1013/2010008399-d.html M B B292 Rice, Condoleezza, 1954- No higher honor : a memoir of my years in Washington / Condoleezza Rice. -- New York : Crown, 2011. M B R495 Oliver, Craig, 1938- Oliver's twist : the life and times of an unapologetic newshound / Craig Oliver. -- Toronto : Viking Canada, c2011. M B O484 Welwood, Frances, 1942- Passing through missing pages : the intriguing story of Annie Garland Foster / Frances Welwood. -- Halfmoon Bay, B.C. : Caitlin Press, 2011. M B F754W Nemni, Max. Trudeau transformed : the shaping of a statesman, 1944-1965 / Max and Monique Nemni ; translated by George Tombs. -- Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, c2011. M B T8662N v.2 Business and economics Levine, Robert, 1970- Free ride : how digital parasites are destroying the culture business, and how the culture business can fight back / Robert Levine. -- New York : Doubleday, c2011. M 364.1662 L665 Page: 2
City planning and community development Kelly, K. (Katharine) Community : a contemporary analysis of policies, programs, and practices / Katharine Kelly & Tullio Caputo. -- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2011. M 361.971 K29 Ladner, Peter The urban food revolution : changing the way we feed cities / Peter Ladner. -- Gabriola, B.C. : New Society Publishers, c2011. M 630.9173 L155 Communications and mass media Pinkerton, Stewart The fall of the house of Forbes : the inside story of the collapse of a media empire / Stewart Pinkerton. -- New York : St. Martin's Press, 2011. M Bc F694P Environment and pollution Marsden, William Fools rule : inside the failed politics of climate change / William Marsden. -- Toronto : A.A. Knopf Canada, c2011. M 363.738745 M36 Huesemann, Michael Techno-fix : why technology won't save us or the environment / Michael Huesemann and Joyce Huesemann. -- Gabriola, B.C. : New Society Publishers, 2011. M 303.483 H887 First Nations Francis, Daniel The imaginary Indian : the image of the Indian in Canadian culture / Daniel Francis. -- Vancouver, : Arsenal Pulp Press, c1992, (2004 printing). M 970.6305897 F818 Page: 3
Atleo, Eugene Richard, 1939- Principles of tsawalk : an indigenous approach to global crisis / Umeek (E. Richard Atleo) -- Vancouver : UBC Press, 2011. M 970.6398 A881p Forestry Halter, Reese The insatiable bark beetle / Reese Halter. -- Victoria, [B.C.] : Rocky Mountain Books, c2011. M 634.96768 H197 Gambling Chambers, Kerry, 1958- Gambling for profit : lotteries, gaming machines, and casinos in cross-national focus / Kerry G.E. Chambers. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2011. M 306.482 C444 Health and medicine Engendering migrant health : Canadian perspectives / edited by Denise L. Spitzer. -- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2011. M 362.108691 E57 Willrich, Michael Pox : an American history / Michael Willrich. -- New York : Penguin Press, 2011. www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1113/2010034544-b.html www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1113/2010034544-d.html M 614.521 W739 Wolfe, Nathan The viral storm : the dawn of a new pandemic age / Nathan Wolfe. -- New York : Times Books, 2011. M 616.9 W855 Page: 4
History Southwell, Darlene, 1941- Caring and compassion : a history of the Sisters of St. Ann in health care in British Columbia / Darlene Southwell. -- Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour Pub., 2011. M 271.97 S728 Davis, Chuck, 1935-2010 The Chuck Davis history of Metropolitan Vancouver. -- Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour Pub., 2011. M 971.133 D261c Ferguson, Niall Civilization : the West and the rest / Niall Ferguson. -- New York : Penguin Press, 2011. M 909.09821 F353 Paetkau, Eric J. (Eric Jacob), 1933- The doc's side : stories of a Sunshine Coast doctor / by Eric J. Paetkau. -- Madeira Park, B.C. : Harbour Pub., 2011. M B P126 MacDonald, Bruce, 1956- The Good Hope Cannery : life and death at a salmon cannery / W.B. MacDonald. -- Halfmoon Bay, B.C. : Caitlin Press, 2011. M 338.372756 M135 Vogler, Stephen, 1964- Only in Whistler : tales of a mountain town / Stephen Vogler. -- Madeira Park, BC : Harbour Pub., c2009. M 971.131 V883 Price, John, 1950- Orienting Canada : race, empire, and the transpacific / John Price. -- Vancouver : UBC Press, c2011. M 327.7101823 P945 Anderson, Nancy Marguerite The pathfinder : A.C. Anderson's journeys in the West / Nancy Marguerite Anderson. -- Victoria, [BC] : Heritage House, c2011. M B A548A Page: 5
Moir, Rita, 1952- The third crop : a personal and historical journey into the photo albums and shoeboxes of the Slocan Valley, 1800s to early 1940s / Rita Moir. -- Winlaw, B.C. : Sono Nis Press, 2011. M 971.162 M713 Human rights Westra, Laura Suzanne, 1933- Human rights : the commons and the collective / Laura Westra. -- Vancouver : UBC Press, c2011. M 341.48 W53 Management and self improvement Rumelt, Richard P. Good strategy, bad strategy : the difference and why it matters / Richard P. Rumelt. - - New York : Crown Business, c2011. M 658.4012 R936 Kahneman, Daniel, 1934- Thinking, fast and slow / Daniel Kahneman. -- New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. M 153.4 K129 Multiculturalism and immigration Bauder, Harald, 1969- Immigration dialectic : imagining community, economy, and nation / Harald Bauder. - - Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2011. M 325.43 B338 Politics and elections Tidridge, Nathan, 1978- Canada's constitutional monarchy / by Nathan Tidridge. -- Toronto : Dundurn Press, c2011. M 342.71029 T558 Page: 6
Inwood, Gregory J. Intergovernmental policy capacity in Canada : inside the worlds of finance, environment, trade, and health / Gregory J. Inwood, Carolyn M. Johns, and Patricia L. O'Reilly. -- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2011. M 321.02 G795 Newman, Peter C., 1929- When the gods changed : the death of Liberal Canada / Peter C. Newman. -- Toronto : Random House Canada, 2011. M 324.27106 N554 Public administration Clinton, Bill, 1946- Back to work : why we need smart government for a strong economy / Bill Clinton. -- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. M 330.973 C641 Page: 7