Staff Favourites of 2012 - Non-fiction

Well, another year is just about done and another year of great reading is behind us. Here at The Reader we conducted our annual survey of Halifax Public Libraries staff to find out their favourite books of 2012. As always, they did not disappoint and once again proved themselves to be an enthusiastic group of eclectic readers. And what about you? What was your favourite book of 2012?

All the Birds of Nova Scotia: 
status and critical identification (M)
by Ian A. McLaren

Assholes: a theory (M)
by Aaron James

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: 
life, death and hope in a Mumbai undercity (M)
by Katherine Boo

The Eternal Law: ancient Greek 
philosophy, modern physics and ultimatereality
by John Spencer (not currently available)

Hubble's Universe: greatest discoveries and latest images
by Terence Dickinson

Let's Pretend This Never Happened: 
a mostly true memoir (M)
by Jenny Lawson

Straphanger: saving our cities and ourselves 
from the automobile (M)
by Taras Grescoe

Together: the rituals, pleasures 
and politics of cooperation (M)
by Richard Sennett

The Universe Within: 
from quantum to cosmos (M)
by Neil Turok