LINUS January 1998


Collection Highlights


Reading for pleasure


Lee-Wang Cheng Yeng, Central Library RIS Dept Head

As promised in the last issue, we bring you a select list of titles for your reading pleasure. If you are planning a holiday abroad, you may want to consult the various travel guides at the Central Library CL Reference 7. One of the new titles is Diving Southeast Asia: a guide to the best dive sites in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand, 1997 (GV838.4 Asi.Di). You can also search the World Wide Web for travel information.

Happy Holidays and Happy Reading!


All titles are on Central Library Main Shelves

Barrett, Neil. Digital crime : policing the cybernation. London : Kogan Page, 1997.
TK5105.875 Int.Bt

Capaldi, Elizabeth, ed. Why we eat what we eat : the psychology of eating.Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 1996.
TX357 Why

Davies, Robertson. The merry heart : reflections on reading, writing, and the world of books. New York : Viking, 1997.
PR9299 D257Me

Fairholm, Gilbert W. Capturing the heart of leadership : spirituality and community in the new American workplace. Westport, CT : Praeger, 1997.
HD57.7 Fai

Gronow, Jukka. The sociology of taste. New York : Routledge, 1997.
HM299 Gro

Lebrecht, Norman. When the music stops : managers, maestros and the corporate murder of classical music. London : Simon & Schuster, 1996.
ML197 Leb

Mehta, Gita. Snakes and ladders : glimpses of India. New York : Nan A. Talese, 1997.
DS414.2 Meh

Monmonier, Mark S. How to lie with maps. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1996.
G108.7 Mon

Remnick, David. Resurrection--the struggle for a new Russia. New York : Random House, 1997.
DK510.763 Rem

Schwartz, Hillel. The culture of the copy : striking likenesses, unreasonable facsimiles. New York : Zone Books, 1996.
BF637 Dop.Sc

Shenk, David. Data smog : surviving the information glut. San Francisco, CA : Harper Edge, 1997.
HM221 She

Whiting, Cecile. A taste for pop : pop art, gender, and consumer culture. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.
NX180 Soc.Wh


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