Blackpox takes top honours
Rene Natan’s recent release, The Blackpox Threat, won first place in the fiction novel category of the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards contest, which recognizes excellence in literature. Natan is the pen name of retired Western professor Irene Gargantini.
As Natan, Gargantini has authored eight novels, seven short stories and co-authored a novella. Her genre of choice varies from romantic suspense to thrillers with romantic interludes. The Blackpox Threat, a spy story, and her new novel, The Bricklayer, can be purchased at Amazon.ca and Oldlinepublishingllc.com.
For a complete list of winners including all first and second place and honorable mention recipients, visit FiveStarBookAwards.com and click on Winners.
Inch returns to China
Jason Inch, MBA’04, releases his new book, China’s Economic Supertrends: How China is Changing from the Inside Out to Become the World’s Next Economic Superpower, on March 31 (ebook) and April 18 (print).
“As a Western grad living in China for more than eight years now, I see China literally changing before my eyes every day,” said Inch, whose first book, Supertrends of Future China, was released in 2008. “The message I want to share with alumni is not to worry about China’s rise, but to understand it better. The book is about recognizing China’s growing influence in the world, and learning how to adapt to it by better strategic positioning, selective investment planning and targeted career development.”
China’s Economic Supertrends is available through Amazon.ca or the book’s official website, ChinaSupertrends.com.
Ziegler saves humanity
Earle F. Ziegler, LLD’06, has released his latest book, How Sports and Physical Activity Could Contribute to Human Survival.
“You may think I’m being either pretentious and/or ridiculous by naming this book this,” the 92-year-old said of his third book written in 2011. “You could be right about either adjective used, but I intend to do my level best to convince you otherwise.”
A dual citizen of Canada and the United States, Zeigler has taught, coached, researched and administered programs at four universities – Western (twice), University of Illinois, University of Michigan and Yale. He has published 55 books and 431 articles.
How Sports is available at either trafford.com or earlezeigler.com.
Book turns doctors’ attention to strokes
Featuring a rigorous evidence-based approach and hands-on tools, Drs. David Spence and Henry Barnett aim to minimize the risk of strokes for patients.
Edited by two global authorities, Stroke Prvention, Treatment & Rehabilitation offers leading-edge insights, new data and best practices from luminaries in the field – all designed to help doctors apply proven stroke prevention techniques and treatment protocols to their practice. In concise, practical chapters, the text surveys the epidemiology of stroke, the urgency of treatment and how to unlock the considerable potential for prevention.
Spence is a neurologist in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry’s Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, and a Robarts Research Institute scientist; Barnett, professor emeritus, is one of the original founders of Robarts. He recently turned 90 years old, and helped train Spence.
The book is available everywhere medical books are sold, or at mcgrawhillmedical.com.