Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory’s Power to Hold on to What Matters by Charan Ranganath
Why We Remember teaches the principles behind memory storage and retrieval and explains how our memories are always changing.
Medicine
Does Coffee Cause Cancer? And 8 More Myths About the Food We Eat, by Dr. Christopher Labos
A book sprinkled with a number of references to statistics and studies might not sound enticing, but Labos sweetens the deal by using humour, and by structuring the book as a connected narrative rather than a series of stand-alone chapters.
The Acid Room: The Psychedelic Trials And Tribulations of Hollywood Hospital By Jesse Donaldson & Erika Dyck
From the street, New Westminster’s Hollywood Hospital didn’t look like much – just a rambling white mansion, mostly obscured behind the holly trees from which it took its name.
Sea Trial: Sailing After My Father by Brian Harvey
After a 25-year break from boating, Brian Harvey circumnavigates Vancouver Island with his wife, his dog, and a box of documents that surfaced after his father’s death.
Transplanted by Allison Watson
In Transplanted, author Allison Watson describes her life with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) and her lung’s long, slow decline to the point where only a double-lung transplant can save her life. As of this book, she is four years post-transplant and is doing well.
It’s Not About Us by Todd Leader
Subtitled “The Secret to Transforming the Mental Health and Addiction System in Canada”, this premier release from Nova Scotia’s Cathydia Press is not only a call to reform the present paradigm of treating patients for mental health and addictions, but it is blueprint for managers, leaders and clients regarding how to do it based on …
