Book Corner

The Emeritus Association Book Corner will list books recently published by our colleagues or that treat topics of particular interest to the membership.  To see more information about a book or author, click on the book title.  Please let us know about books that you would like to see listed here by sending us an email by clicking the button below.

Adam, Ian. 'George Eliot'. Volume I of the series Routledge Library Editions, a series dedicated to studies of classic authors. London/New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 2016. (Reissue of book originally published in 1979),

Adam, Ian. Three. Vancouver: Alfred Gustav Press, 2013. (Poetry Chapbook).

Aldiabat, K., Alsrayheen, E.A. , & Le Navenec, C. (2023) .Death Anxiety among Older Adults during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Implications for Nursing Practice. Universal Journal of Public Health, 11 ( 1), 89 – 96. https://www.hrpub.org/journals/article_info.php?aid=12902.

Connett, P, Beck, J, Micklem HS.  The Case Against Fluoride: how hazardous waste ended up in our drinking water and the bad science and powerful politics that keep it there. Paperback; 348 pages; contains tables, charts and graph; ISBN-10: 1603582878; ISBN-13: 9781603582872. Published by: Chelsea Green Publishing, 85 North Main Street, Suite 120,White River Jct., Vermont 05001,USA.  2010.

Becker, W.J., Rafting the Great Northern Rivers, The Friesen Press Bookstore, 2021

Brannigan, Gus, The Use and Misuse of the Experimental Method in Social Psychology, https://www.routledge.com/The-Use-and-Misuse-of-the-Experimental-Method-in-Social-Psychology-A-Critical/Brannigan/p/book/9780367458164

Chivers, Tris and Risto S. Laitinen, Chalcogen-Nitrogen Chemistry: From Fundamentals to Applications in Biological, Physical and Materials Sciences. 450pp, November 2021. Hardcover 978-981-124-133-8 | US$168 / £150 eBook (for individual) 978-981-124-135-2 US$134 / £120 eBook available in PDF/ Kindle/ Kobo/ Google

Olson, P. L., R. Dewar, and E. Farber.  Forensic Aspects of Driver Perception and Response.  3rd Edition.  Tucson, AZ:  Lawyers and Judges Publishing Co.  2010.

Dewar, R.E. and Olsen, P.L. Human Factors in Traffic Safety. 2nd. edition, Tuscon, AZ. Lawyers and Judges Publishing Company, 2007

Donaldson, Betty. (2006), The McLoughlin Correspondents,  Twickenham, U.K.:  Athena Press Publishing Company.  2006. . . . available at the U of C Bookstore or from Betty Donaldson.

Eggermont, Jos, Tinnitus and Hyperacusis: Facts, Theories and Clinical Implications https://www.elsevier.com/books/tinnitus-and-hyperacusis/eggermont/978-0-323-91912-8.  

Flanagan, Tom,  The Wealth of First Nations (Fraser Institute, 2019). https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/wealth-of-first-nations2019.pdf.

Flanagan, Tom, Pivot or Pirouette: The 1993 Canadian General Election, UBC Press, Vancouver, 2022; eBook: Flanagan, Tom; Baier, Gerald; Cart R. Kenneth- Amazon.ca; Kindle Store.

Frideres, J.S., Indigenous Peoples in the Twenty-First Century,  Don Mills ON, Oxford University Press, 2019

Gemert, Lia van (Chief Editor), Hermina Joldersma, Olga van Marion.  Dieuwke van der Poel, Riet Schenkeveld-van der Dussen.  Women's Writing from the Low Countries 1200-1875.  A Bilingual Anthology.  Amsterdam:  Amsterdam University Press, 2010.

Lampard, Robert, David B. Hogan, Frank W. Stahnisch, and James R. Wright Jr., Creating the Future of Health: The History of the Cumming School of medicine at the University of Calgary, 1967-2012, https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773851648.

Kilb, Brad, My Love Affair with Fear, The Friesen Press, Bookstore

Abdelhay A. Sallam and Om P. Malik, Power Grids with Renewable Energy: Storage, Integration and Digitalization, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, www.iet.org, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-83953-027-2, e-Book eISBN 978-1-83953-028-9

Abdelhay A. Sallam and Om P. Malik, Power System Stability: Modeling, Analysis and Control, Hardcover,, published by the Institution of Engineering and Technology, www.theiet.org ISBN: 978-1-84919-944-5, June 2015 

Abdelhay A. Sallam and Om P. MalikElectric Distribution Systems, Hardcover, Wiley-IEEE Press, (E-Book also available), Second edition May 2017.

Prabha S. Kundur and Om P. Malik, Power System Stability and Control, 2nd. Edition, July 2022, McGraw-Hill, 1260473546 · 9781260473544

McKenna, Marian. The Vikings Return, Icelandic Immigration to Canada, 1870 - 1920.  Calgary:  Temeron Books, Detselig Enterprises, 2010.

 Kelley, David H., and Eugene F. Milone.  Exploring Ancient Skies: A Survey of Ancient and Cultural Astronomy, 2nd Edition.  2011. 

Milone, Eugene F., Denis A. Leahy, and David W. Hobill, eds.  Short-Period Binary Stars: Observations, Analyses, and Results.  Dordrecht, the Netherlands:  Springer, 2008.

Milone, Eugene F., and William J. F. Wilson.  Volume 1: Solar System Astrophysics: Background  Science and the Inner Solar System, 2nd. ed., 2014 and Volume 2: Solar System Astrophysics: Planetary  Atmospheres and the Outer  Solar System, 2nd. ed. 2014.

Milone, E. F., and C. Sterken.  Astronomical Photometry:  Past, Present and Future, New York: Springer,  2011

Jack M. Mintz, Ted Morton and Tom Flanagan, (Eds.), Moment of truth: How to Think About Alberta's Future, 9781989555361, Books- Amazon.ca 

Norris, Marjorie B.  Medicine and Duty, 2007.

Parel, Anthony J.  Gandhi's Philosophy and the Quest for Harmony  2006.

Parel, Anthony J. PAX GANDHIANA- Essays on Gandhi's Political Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 2016 

Brown, Judith, and Anthony Parel The Cambridge Companion to Gandhi.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.  2011.

Pernal, Andrew B.  Rzeczpospolita Obojga Narodow a Ukraina:  Stosunki Dyplomatyczne w latach 1648-1659 [The Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and Ukraine:  Diplomatic Relations in the Years 1648-1659].  Krakow, 2010.

Pernal, Andrew B. Rich Pospolyta dvokh narodiv i Ukr9781442627703: Books - Amazon.caaina: Diplomatychni vidnosyny 1648-1659 (Kyiv: Vydavnychnyi Dim Kyievo-Mohylians'ka Akademiia, 2013).  This is a revised and updated Ukrainian translation of of the Polish-language monograph published in 2010.

Smith, Donald B., Seen but not Seen: Influential Canadians and the First Nations from the 1840s to Today, University of Toronto Press, 2020, 9781442627703: Books-Amazon.ca

Davidson, Lee, & Stebbins, Robert A.  Serious Leisure and Nature: Sustainable Consumption in the Outdoors.  Houndmills, Basingstoke, UK:  Palgrave Macmillan.  2011. 

Stebbins, Robert  A.  Serious Leisure: A Perspective for Our Time New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 2006, 176 pp.

Stebbins, R.A. Pondering Everyday Life: Coordination, Continuity and Comparison, Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan https://doi.org.10.1007/978-3-030-35922-5_1 

Stebbins, R. A. (2021). Non-Work Obligations: On the Delicate Art of Dealing with Disagreeableness. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group. https://www.amazon.com/Non-Work-Obligations-Delicate-Dealing-Disagreeablenessebook/dp/B08F52KCPZ.

Stebbins, R.A. (2022). Occupational devotion: Finding satisfaction and fulfillment at work. London: Anthem Press. See thumbnail on home page of www.seriousleisure.net for details.

Valentich, Mary. Fighting for Hanne. eBook, Amazon.ca: Kindle Store. The book deals with medically assisted dying, which may be of special interest to some members.

Wani, Jagannath.  Triumphs and Tragedies.  Calgary: MSSO. 2011, 300 pp. 

Webber, C.F., & Lupart, J. (Eds.). (2012). Leading student assessment. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer.

Wiseman, Christopher.  In John Updike's Room: New and Selected Poems. Erin, Ontario: The Porcupine's Quill, 2005, 224 pages ISBN 0-88984-273-6

Wiseman, Christopher.  36 Cornelian Avenue. Signal Editions, Vehicle Press, 2008.

Yacowar, Maurice.  Hichcock's British Films.  Detroit:  Wayne State University Press. 2010.  (First edition, Shoestring Press, 1977)

Yacowar, Maurice.  Roy and Me:  THis is Not a Memoir.  Edmonton: Athabasca University Press.  2010.

Zachariah, Mathew. Making Anew My Home - A Memoir, Print Edition Hard cover and Soft cover; Friesen Press, 2013, 240 pp.: PDF eBOOK from eBookPie and Amazon Kindle Edition.