Some time ago, former UNB librarian Suzanne Chaney made a donation of several thousand dollars to UNB specifying that the gift be used to acquire books “good for the soul.” We have taken this to mean books that satisfy intellectual curiosity, nurture an inquiring mind, inspire, or simply – if there’s anything simple about that – provide pleasure and amusement. We have tried to select and acquire titles to suit all tastes and interests.
Now that the summer is almost here and we can all look forward to at least a little rest and relaxation, UNB Libraries invite you to pick up some summer reading from amongst these offerings. And if you think you would might like to help us with further acquisitions, please use the purchase request form to make your suggestions. Enjoy!
| Abrams, Irwin | The Nobel Peace Prize and the Laureates: An Illustrated Bibliographical History, 1901-2001 |
| Aczel, Amir D | God’s Equation: Einstein, Relativity & the Expanding Universe |
| Anton, Ted | Bold Science |
| Barrett, Steven | The Health Robbers: A Close Look at Quackery in America |
| Blackburn, Simon | Being Good: a Short Introduction to Ethics |
| Bodger, Joan | The Crack in the Teacup: The Life of an Old Woman Steeped in Stories |
| Borsook, Paulina | Cyberselfish: a Critical Romp Through the Terribly Libertarian Culture of High Tech |
| Bouzane, Lillian | In the Hands of the Living God |
| Boyle, Leonard E. | A Survey of the Vatican Archives and of Its Medieval Holdings |
| Braz, Albert | The False Traitor: Louis Riel in Canadian Culture |
| Burke, Peter | A Social History of Knowledge: From Gutenberg to Diderot |
| Butler, William S. | Secret Messages: Concealment, Codes and Other Types of Ingenious Communication |
| Callaghan, Barry ed. | We Wasn’t Pals: Canadian Poetry and Prose of the First World War |
| Chandler, Arthur R. | The Story of E.H. Shepard: the Man Who Drew Pooh |
| Changeux, Jean-Pierre | What Makes Us Think: A Neuroscientist and a Philosopher Argue About Ethics, Human Nature, and the Brain |
| Clark, Garth | The Artful Teapot |
| Coates, Jennifer | Men Talk: Stories in the Making of Masculinities |
| Comte-Spanville, Andre | A Small Treatise on the Great Virtues |
| Conrad, Margaret | The Joy of Ginger: A Winning Selection of Taste-Tingling Recipes |
| Cuban, Larry | Oversold & Underused:Computers in Classrooms, 1980-2000 |
| Davis, Wade | Light at the Edge of the World |
| DeNora, Tia. | Music in Everyday Life. |
| DePalma, Anthony F | Here: a Biography of the New American Continent |
| Downer, Lesley | Women of Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha |
| Elkins, James | Pictures & Tears |
| Erickson, George | True North: Exploring the Great Canadian Wilderness |
| Eversmann, Pauline | The Winterthur Guide to Recognizing Styles |
| Fara, Patricia | Newton: The Making of a Genius |
| Freeburg, Ernest | The Education of Laura Bridgman |
| Freeman, Michael | Things Japanese |
| Garfield, Simon | Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour That Changed the World |
| Gilbert, Martin | The Righteous: The Unsung Heroes of the Holocaust |
| Gilovich, Thomas | How We Know What Isn’t So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life |
| Gotlieb, Rachel | Design in Canada since 1945: Fifty Years from Teakettles to Task Chairs |
| Graham, Katherine | Personal History |
| Harrison, Julia | Being a Tourist: Finding Meaning in Pleasure Travel |
| Hawking, Stephen | The Universe in a Nutshell |
| Heath, Joseph | The Efficient Society: Why Canada Is as Close to a Utopia as It Gets |
| Hege, John B. | The Wankel Rotary Engine |
| Helliwell, Tanis | Take Your Soul to Work |
| Herman, Arthur | How the Scots Invented the Modern World |
| Hirshler, Erica E | A Studio Of Her Own: Women Artists in Boston, 1870-1940 |
| Hockney, David | Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters |
| Impey, Oliver | The Origins of Museums: The Cabinets of Curiosities in Sixteenth- and Seventeenth-Century Europe |
| Jackson, Kevin | Building the Great Pyramid |
| Kaplan, Rob (ed) | A Passion for Books |
| Kaplan, Rob (ed) | Speaking of Books: The Best Things Ever Said About Books and Book Collecting |
| Kostelanetz, Richard | Three Canadian Geniuses: Glenn Gould, Marshall McLuhan, Northrop Frye |
| Kurlansky, Mark | Salt: a World History |
| Lambert, Phyllis et al | Mies in America |
| Landrey, Gregory J. | The Winterthur Guide to Caring for your Collection |
| Lanmon, Dwight | Evaluating Your Collection |
| Lewis, R. W. | Dante |
| Lichter, Linda S. | The Benevolence of Manners |
| Madison, Gary Brent | Is there a Canadian Philosophy?: Reflections on the Canadian Identity. |
| Malak, | Malak’s Canada |
| Manning, Samuel F. | New England Masts and the Kings Broad Arrow |
| Martin, Russell | Beethoven’s Hair |
| Mate, Gabor | When the Body Says No: The Cost of Hidden Stress |
| Maybank, Blake | The National Parks and Other Wild Places of Canada |
| McGee, Robert | The Arctic Voyages of Martin Frobisher |
| McGraths, Alister | In the Beginning: the Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language and a Culture |
| Messer, W | The Sink: The Last Days of Driving |
| Middleton, William D. | The Bridge at Quebec |
| Moore, Michael | Stupid White Men: and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation |
| Moron Arroyo, Ciriaco | The Humanities in the Age of Technology |
| Nolen, Stephanie | Shakespeare’s Face |
| Olson, James P. | Bathsheba’s Breast: Women, Cancer and History |
| Ondaajte, Michael | The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Film Making |
| Palmer, Alexandra | Couture and Commerce: The Transatlantic Fashion Trade in the 1950s |
| Paternity, Michael | Driving Mr. Albert |
| Plisetskaya, Maya | I, Maya Plisetskaya |
| Porter, Roy, ed. | Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine |
| Ray, Paul | The Cultural Creatives |
| Roso, Jack | Alternative Healthcare: A Comprehensive Guide |
| Sacks, Oliver | Uncle Tungsten |
| Schouls, Peter A. | Descartes and the Possibility of Science |
| Seife, Charles | Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea |
| Singer, Peter | Writings on an Ethical Life |
| Sismon, Adam | Boswell’s Presumptuous Task: The Making of the Life of Dr. Johnson |
| Spencer, Hanna | Hanna’s Diary, 1938-1941 |
| Sullivan, Rosemary | Labyrinth of Desire: Women, Passion and Romantic Obsession |
| Titon, Jeff Todd | Worlds of Music: an Introduction to the Music of the World’s People |
| Tougas, Cecile T. | Presenting Women Philosophers |
| Vanier, Jean | Made for Happiness: Discovering the Meaning of Life with Aristotle |
| Waterman, Jonathan | Arctic Crossing: a Journey Through the Northwest Passage and Inuit Culture |
| Weinstein, Miriam | Yiddish: a Nation of Words |
| Willis, Gary | Venice: Lion City |