New books to browse

E-books are a fascinating development, and an important one, but we do still buy books - you know, those blocky paper things? :-)
You can browse our new books in person, they're put on display outside the entrance to the cafe in the library, next to the newspaper stand. As a sample, your blogger pulled three titles at random from the shelves there:

• Necessary secrets: national security, the media, and the rule of law. A timely sounding title when we're hearing all about WikiLeaks.
• Glacial geology: ice sheets and landforms. Something for the sciences,
• and The last empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the birth of modern China. She is pictured here, read about this woman's fascinating and influential life.