Runaway by Alice Munro

The Librarians recommend Alice Munro's Runaway. If you're one of those readers that don't usually enjoy short stories, make an exception and read this magnificent collection. Reviewers have been unanimous in their praise. You'll find it in our Fiction section with the classification FIC MUN - or put a reserve on it now!

Give us your best and brightest by Devesh Kapur and John McHale

International migration is the topic of Give us your best and your brightest: the global hunt for talent and its impact on the developing world by Devesh Kapur and John McHale. Published by the Center for Global Development the book comes up with some imaginative policy recommendations. The "brain drain" is a much-discussed topic in New Zealand. (JV6035 K17)

In Praise of Slow by Carl Honore

Finding the race to keep up too much? Are we assuming that faster is better? Take some time out to read and reflect on the philosophy of Carl Honore's book In praise of slow ; how a worldwide movement in challenging the cult of speed. Very readable, the book explains that the Slow movement is not about doing everything at a crawl but that slower is often better. "It is about living better in the hectic modern world by striking a balance between fast and slow". (BJ1496 H774)

A Short History of Progress by Ronald Wright

Maybe you've already read Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse? Now try historian Ronald Wright's A short history of progress. Wright argues that to avoid a new Dark Age we must understand the patterns of progress that have brought us, from the beginning of civilization, to where we are today. All natural systems, especially earth, air, and water are under pressure because of the growth in population, consumption and technology during the twentieth century. Can the growth be consolidated or sustained? (CB151 W952)

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