THE HILL TIMES’ LIST OF TOP 100 BEST POLITICAL, GOVERNMENT, PUBLIC POLICY, AND CANADIAN HISTORY BOOKS IN 2012

1. A Biography of Robert Baldwin: The Morning-Star of Memory, by Michael Cross, Oxford, 452 pp., $39.95.

2. Access to Medicines as a Human Right: Implica-tions for Pharmaceutical Industry Responsibility, edited by Lisa Forman and Jillian Clare Kohler, University of Toronto Press, 240 pp., $60.

3. Afghanistan in the Balance: Counterinsurgency, Comprehensive Approach, and Political Disorder, edited by Hans-Georg Ehrhart, Sven Gareis, and Charles Pentland, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 250 pp., $39.95.

4. Arming and Disarming: A History of Gun Control in Canada, by R. Blake Brown, University of Toronto Press, 384 pp., $70.

5. A Nation Worth Ranting About, by Rick Mercer, Doubleday Canada, pp. 272, $29.95.

6. A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter’s Journey From Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring, by Nahlah Ayed, Viking, 356 pp., $32.

7. A Two-Edged Sword: The Navy As An Instrument of Canadian Foreign Policy, by Nicholas Tracy, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 496 pp., $49.95.

8. Bennett: The Rebel Who Challenged and Changed A Nation, by John Boyko, Goose Lane Editions, 502 pp., $24.95.

9. Beyond The Global City: Understanding and Plan-ning For the Diversity of Ontario, edited by Gordon Nelson, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 480 pp., $34.95.

10. Canada Among Nations 2011-2012: Canada and Mexico’s Unfinished Agenda, edited by Alex Bugailiskis and Andrés Rozental, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 275 pp., $29.95.

11. Canada, Democracy and the F-35, by Alan S. Williams, Defence Management Studies, School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University, pp. 104.

12. Canada Looks South: In Search of an Americas Policy, edited by Peter McKenna, University of Toronto Press, 416 pp., $37.95.

13. Canada’s National Security in the Post-9/11 World: Strategy, Interests, and Threats, edited by David S. McDonough, University of Toronto Press, 320 pp., $27.95.

14. Canada: What It Is, What It Can Be, by Roger Martin and James Milway, University of Toronto Press, 232 pp., $35.

15. Canada, the Provinces, and the Global Nuclear Revival: Advocacy Coalitions in Action, by Duane Bratt, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 392 pp., $34.95.

16. Canada: The State of the Federation, 2010: Shifting Power: The New Ontario and What It Means for Can-ada, edited by Matthew Mendelsohn, Joshua Hjartarson, and James Pearce, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 400 pp., $39.95.

17. Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-First Century, by Neil S. Forkey, University of Toronto Press, 160 pp., $24.95.

18. Changing Politics of Canadian Social Policy, Second Edition, James J. Rice and Michael J. Prince, University of Toronto Press, 384 pp., $34.95.

19. Chronic Condition: Why Canada’s Health-Care Sys-tem Needs to Be Dragged Into The 21st Century, by Jeffrey Simpson, Allen Lane, pp. 392, $32.

20. Code Politics: Campaigns and Cultures on the Canadian Prairies, by Jared J. Wesley, University of Brit-ish Columbia Press, 320 pp., $32.95.

21. Constituency Influence in Parliament: Countering the Centre, by Kelly Blidook, University of British Colum-bia, 176 pp., $85.

22. Constitutional Dynamics in Federal Systems: Sub-National Perspectives, edited by Michael Burgess and G. Alan Tarr, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 352 pp., $34.95.

23. Crime in Canada, by Diane Crocker, Oxford University Press, 125 pp., $17.95.

24. Cross-Media Ownership and Democratic Practice in Canada: Content Sharing and The Impact of New Media, by Walter C. Soderland, Colette Brin, Lydia Miljan, and Kai Hildebrandt, University of Alberta Press, pp. 146, $34.95.

25. Disaster Risk and Vulnerability: Mitigation Through Mobilizing Communities and Partnerships, edited by C. Emdad Haque and David Etkin, McGill-Queen’s Univer-sity Press, 320 pp., $39.95.

26. Dominance and Decline: Making Sense of Recent Canadian Elections, by Elisabeth Gidengil, Neil Nevitte, André Blais, Joanna Everitt, and Patrick Fournier, University of Toronto Press, 240 pp., $29.95.

27. Don’t Tell The Newfoundlanders: The True Story of Newfoundland’s Confederation With Canada, by Greg Malone, Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 314 pp., $29.95.

28. Dreams & Due Diligence: Till and McCulloch’s Stem Cell Discovery and Legacy, by Joe Sornberger, Univer-sity of Toronto Press, 184 pp., $29.95.

29. Empire’s Ally: Canada and the War in Afghanistan, edited by Jerome Klassen and Greg Albo, University of Toronto Press, 432 pp., $32.95.

30. Eugene Forsey: Canada’s Maverick Sage, by Helen Forsey, Dundurn, 488 pp., $35.

31. Feminist Ethics and Social Policy: Towards a New Global Political Economy of Care, edited by Rianne Mahon and Fiona Robinson, University of British Columbia Press, 244 pp., $32.95.

32. Fight The Right: A Manual for Surviving The Com-ing Conservative Apocalypse, by Warren Kinsella, Random House Canada, pp. 277, $22.95.

33. Fighting Words: Canada’s Best War Reporting, by Mark Bourrie, Dundurn, pp. 363, $29.99.

34. From New Public Management to New Political Governance: Essays in Honour of Peter C. Aucoin, edited by Herman Bakvis and Mark D. Jarvis, McGill-Queen’s University Press, $34.95.

35. From The Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against The West and The Remaking of Asia, by Pankaj Mishra, Doubleday Canada, 356 pp., $34.95.

36. Give Me Shelter: The Failure of Canada’s Cold War Civil Defence, by Andrew Burtch, University of British Columbia Press, 288 pp., $85.

37. Global Ecopolitics: Crisis, Governance, and Justice, by Peter J. Stoett, University of Toronto Press, 241 pp., $26.95.

38. Globalization and Local Adaptation in International Trade Law, edited by Pitman B. Potter and Ljiljana Biukovic, University of British Columbia Press, 320 pp., $34.95.

39. Grassroots Liberals: Organizing for Local and National Politics, by Royce Koop, University of British Columbia Press, 228 pp., $29.95.

40. How Canadians Communicate IV: Media and Politics, edited by David Taras and Christopher Waddell, Athabasca University Press, 390 pp., $34.95.

41. How Ottawa Spends, 2012-2013: The Harper Majority, Budget Cuts, and the New Opposition, edited by G. Bruce Doern and Christopher Stoney, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 298 pp., $32.95.

42. Immigrant Integration in Federal Countries, edited by Christian Joppke and F. Leslie Seidle, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 248 pp., $34.95.

43. In Search of R.B. Bennett, P.B. Waite, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 344 pp., $34.95.

44. Inside the NDP War Room: Competing for Credibil-ity in a Federal Election, by James S. McLean, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 220 pp., $29.95.

45. International Perspectives: Integration and Inclu-sion, edited by James Friders and John Biles, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 300 pp., $39.95.

46. Is This Your First War? Travels Through The Post-9/11 Islamic World, by Michael Petrou, Dundurn, pp. 216, $24.99.

47. Joey Smallwood: A Schemer and Dreamer, A Quest Biography, by Ray Argyle, Dundurn, pp. 191, $19.99.

48. Let The Eastern Bastards Freeze In The Dark: The West Versus The Rest Since Confederation, by Mary Janigan, Knopf Canada, 426 pp., $32.

49. Love, Hope, Optimism: An Informal Portrait of Jack Layton by Those Who Knew Him, edited by James L. Turk and Charis Wahl, Lorimer, pp. 240, $22.95.

50. Making EI Work, edited by Keith Banting and Jon Medow, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 400 pp., $39.95.

51. Making Medicare: New Perspectives on the History of Medicare in Canada, edited by Gregory P. Marchil-don, University of Toronto Press, 368 pp., $39.95.

52. Nazi Germany, Canadian Responses: Confronting Antisemitism in the Shadow of War, edited by L. Ruth Klein, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 336 pp., $29.95.

53. No Easy Fix: Global Responses to Internal Wars and Crimes Against Humanity, by Patricia Marchak, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 400 pp., $24.95.

54. None Is Too Many: Canada and the Jews of Europe 1933-1948, by Irving Abella and Harold Troper, University of Toronto Press, 384 pp., $29.95.

55. North America in Question: Regional Integration in an Era of Economic Turbulence, edited by Jeffrey Ayres and Laura Macdonald, University of Toronto Press, 416 pp., $32.95.

56. Oil & Gas in Federal Systems, edited by George Ander-son, Oxford University Press, 432 pp., $75.

57. Omar Khadr, Oh Canada, edited by Janice Williamson, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 450 pp., $24.95.

58. Our War on Ourselves: Rethinking Science, Technol-ogy, and Economic Growth, by Willem H. Vanderburg, University of Toronto Press, 400 pp., $37.95.

59. 101 Letters To A Prime Minister: The Complete Letters to Stephen Harper, by Yann Martel, Vintage Canada, 433 pp., $24.95.

60. Our War on Ourselves: Rethinking Science, Technol-ogy, and Economic Growth, by Willem H. Vanderburg, University of Toronto Press, 400 pp., $80.

61. Paradigm Freeze: Why It Is So Hard to Reform Health Care in Canada, edited by Harvey Lazar, Pierre-Gerlier Forest, John N. Lavis and John Church, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 350 pp., $39.95.

62. Phoenix: The Life of Norman Bethune, by Roderick Stewart and Sharon Stewart, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 496 pp., $39.95.

63. Plutocrats: The Rise of The New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else, by Chrystia Freeland, Doubleday Canada, 330 pp., $32.95.

64. Political Marketing in Canada, edited by Alex Marland, Thierry Giasson, and Jennifer Lees-Marshment, UBC Press, 320 pp., $32.95.

65. Politics: An Introduction to the Modern Democratic State, Fourth Canadian Edition, by Larry Johnston, University of Toronto Press, 448 pp., $70.

66. Power Shift: From Party Elites to Informed Citizens, by Vaughan Lyon, foreword by Alan Cairns, iUniverse Inc., 321 pp., $23.95.

67. Power Trap: How Fear and Loathing Between New Democrats and Liberals Keep Stephen Harper in Power And What Can Be Done About It, by Paul Adams, James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers, 296 pp., $22.95.

68. Pursuing China: Memoir of a Beaver Liaison Officer, by Brian L. Evans, the University of Alberta Press, 295 pp., $34.95.

69. Rooted Cosmopolitan: Canada and the World, edited by Will Kymlicka and Kathryn Walker, University of British Columbia, 240 pp., $85.

70. Save The Humans, by Rob Stewart, Random House Canada, 281 pp., $29.95.

71. Secret Service: Political Policing in Canada, From the Fenians to Fortress America, by Reg Whitaker, Gregory S. Kealey, and Andrew Parnaby, University of Toronto Press, 656 pp., $80.

72. Sites of Governance: Multilevel Governance and Policy Making in Canada’s Big Cities, edited by Mara-tin Horak and Robert Young, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 400 pp., $29.95.

73. Smoke Signals: The Native Takeback of North America’s Tobacco Industry, by Jim Poling, Sr., Dun-durn, 253 pp., $24.99.

74. Social Conservatives and Party Politics in Canada and the United States, by James Farney, University of Toronto Press, $27.95.

75. So Near Yet So Far: The Public and Hidden Worlds of Canada-U.S. Relations, by Geoffrey Hale, UBC Press, pp. 425, $90.

76. Struggling For Effectiveness: CIDA and Canadian Foreign Aid, edited by Stephen Brown, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 369 pp., $32.95.

77. The Canadian Election Studies: Assessing Four Decades of Influence, edited by Antoine Bilodeau, Mebs Kanji, and Thomas J. Scotto, University of Toronto, 224 pp., $85.

78. The Canadian Regime: An Introduction To Parlia-mentary Government in Canada, Fifth Edition, Patrick Malcolmson and Richard Myers, University of Toronto Press, pp. 274, $39.95.

79. The Democratic Imagination: Envisioning Popular Power In The 21st Century, by James Cairns and Alan Sears, University of Toronto Press, 224 pp., $24.95.

80. The End of Growth: But Is That Bad? by Jeff Rubin, Random House Canada, 288 pp., $29.95.

81. The Enemy Within: Terror, Lies and the Whitewash-ing of Omar Khadr, by Ezra Levant, McClelland & Stew-art, 250 pp., $29.99.

82. The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude, by Andrew Nikiforuk, Greystone Books and David Suzuki Foundation, 282 pp., $29.95.

83. The Evolving Canadian Crown, edited by Jennifer Smith and D. Michael Jackson, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 250 pp., $29.95.

84. The Great Reversal: How We Let Technology Take Control of the Planet, by David Edward Tabachnick, University of Toronto Press, 208 pp., $24.95.

85. The Kind of Life It’s Been, by Lloyd Robertson, Harper-Collins Publishers Ltd., 354 pp., $33.99.

86. The Labyrinth of North American Identities, by Phil-ip Resnick, University of Toronto Press, 155 pp., $22.95.

87. The Myth of the Muslim Tide: Do Immigrants Threaten The West?, by Doug Saunders, Knopf Canada, 190 pp., $24.95.

88. The Taliban Don’t Wave, by Robert Semrau, fore-word by major-general Lewis MacKenzie and preface by Michael Fiscolanti, Wiley, 291 pp., $27.95.

89. The Sweet Sixteen: The Journey That Inspired the Canadian Women’s Press Club, by Linda Kay, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 224 pp., $34.95.

90. Tecumseh & Brock: The War of 1812, by James Laxer, Anansi, 368 pp., $29.95.

91. Thieves of Bay Street: How Banks, Brokerages and the Wealthy Steal Billions From Canadians, by Bruce Livesey, Random House Canada, 313 pp., $32.

92. The Tower of Babble: Sins, Secrets, and Successes Inside the CBC, by Richard Stursberg, Douglas & McIntyre, 288 pp., $32.95.

93. The Universe Within: From Quantum to Cosmos, by Neil Turok, House of Anansi Press Inc., 280 pp., $19.95.

94. Three Bio-Realms: Biotechnology and the Gover-nance of Food, Health, and Life in Canada, by G. Bruce Doern and Michael J. Prince, University of Toronto Press, 272 pp., $27.95.

95. Warrior Nation: Rebranding Canada In An Age of Anxiety, by Ian McKay and Jamie Swift, Between the Lines, 362 pp., $26.95.

96. Warriors: Borden, MacKenzie King and Canada’s World Wars, by Tim Cook, Allen Lane, 464 pp., $34.

97. What We Talk About When We Talk About War, by Noah Richler, Goose Lane, 378 pp., $24.95.

98. Where to From Here? Keeping Medicare Sustain-able, by Stephen Duckett, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 344 pp., $39.95.

99. Why Canada Cares: Human Rights and Foreign Policy in Theory and Practice, by Andrew Lui, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 256 pp., $32.95.

100. Working The Dead Beat: 50 Lives That Changed Canada, by Sandra Martin, Anansi, 440 pp., $29.95.

EDITORS’ 25 PICKS1. A Biography of Robert Baldwin: The Morning-Star

of Memory, by Michael Cross, Oxford, 452 pp., $39.95.

2. A Nation Worth Ranting About, by Rick Mercer, Doubleday Canada, 272 pp., $29.95.

3. A Thousand Farewells: A Reporter’s Journey From Refugee Camp to the Arab Spring, by Nahlah Ayed, Viking, 356 pp., $32.

4. Bennett: The Rebel Who Challenged and Changed A Nation, by John Boyko, Goose Lane Editions, 502 pp., $24.95.

5. Warriors: Borden, MacKenzie King and Canada’s World Wars, by Tim Cook, Allen Lane, 464 pp., $34.

6. Chronic Condition: Why Canada’s Health-Care Sys-tem Needs to Be Dragged Into The 21st Century, by Jeffrey Simpson, Allen Lane, 392 pp., $32.

7. Cross-Media Ownership and Democratic Practice in Canada: Content Sharing and The Impact of New Media, by Walter C. Soderland, Colette Brin, Lydia Miljan, and Kai Hildebrandt, University of Alberta Press, 146 pp., $34.95.

8. Dominance and Decline: Making Sense of Recent Canadian Elections, by Elisabeth Gidengil, Neil Nevitte, André Blais, Joanna Everitt, and Patrick Fournier, Univer-sity of Toronto Press, 240 pp., $29.95.

9. Don’t Tell The Newfoundlanders: The True Story of Newfoundland’s Confederation With Canada, by Greg Malone, Alfred A. Knopf Canada, 314 pp., $29.95.

10. From New Public Management to New Political Governance: Essays in Honour of Peter C. Aucoin, edited by Herman Bakvis and Mark D. Jarvis, McGill-Queen’s University Press, $34.95.

11. How Canadians Communicate IV: Media and Politics, edited by David Taras and Christopher Waddell, Athabasca University Press, 390 pp., $34.95.

12. How Ottawa Spends, 2012-2013: The Harper Majority, Budget Cuts, and the New Opposition, edited by G. Bruce Doern and Christopher Stoney, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 298 pp., $32.95.

13. In Search of R.B. Bennett, by P.B. Waite, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 344 pp., $34.95.

14. Inside the NDP War Room: Competing for Cred-ibility in a Federal Election, by James S. McLean, McGill-Queen’s University Press, 220 pp., $29.95.

15. Let The Eastern Bastards Freeze In The Dark: The West Versus The Rest Since Confederation, by Mary Janigan, Knopf Canada, 426 pp., $32.

16. Plutocrats: The Rise of The New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else, by Chrystia Freeland, Doubleday Canada, pp. 330, $32.95.

17. Political Marketing in Canada, edited by Alex Mar-land, Thierry Giasson, and Jennifer Lees-Marshment, UBC Press, 320 pp., $32.95.

18. Power Trap: How Fear and Loathing Between New Democrats and Liberals Keep Stephen Harper in Power And What Can Be Done About It, by Paul Adams, James Lorimer & Company Ltd., Publishers, 296 pp., $22.95.

19. The Myth of the Muslim Tide: Do Immigrants Threaten The West?, by Doug Saunders, Knopf Canada, 190 pp., $24.95.

20. The Taliban Don’t Wave, by Robert Semrau, foreword by major-general Lewis MacKenzie and preface by Michael Fiscolanti, Wiley, 291 pp., $27.95.

21. The End of Growth: But Is That Bad? by Jeff Rubin, Random House Canada, 288 pp., $29.95.

22. The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude, by Andrew Nikiforuk, Greystone Books and David Suzuki Foundation, 282 pp., $29.95.

23. The Tower of Babble: Sins, Secrets, and Successes Inside the CBC, by Richard Stursberg, Douglas & McIntyre, 288 pp., $32.95.

24. What We Talk About When We Talk About War, by Noah Richler, Goose Lane, 378 pp., $24.95.

25. Working The Dead Beat: 50 Lives That Changed Canada, by Sandra Martin, Anansi, 440 pp., $29.95.

—Compiled by The Hill Times