Best Science Books 2008: The Globe and Mail Gift Books

After the depressing LA Times, one of my favourite annual lists -- Globe and Mail Gift Books. There's an incredible array of fantastic suggestions here, both from the scitech world and arts, culture and history. There's tons of stuff here that I wouldn't mind finding under the tree in a few weeks.

Here's the science-y ones from the History, Nature and Miscellaneous categories:

• The Atlas of Exploration Foreword by John Hemming
  
  
• Animals: A Visual Encyclopedia edited by Carrie Love and Caroline Stamps
  
  
• Mission Space: A Full-Throttle Tour of the Universe by Carole Stott
  
  
• Hubble: Imaging and Time by David Devorkin and Robert W. Smith
  
  
• Antarctica: Secrets of the Southern Continent by David McGonigal
  
  
• The Owl and the Woodpecker: Encounters with North America's Most Iconic Birds by Paul Bannick
  
  
• Arctic Visions: Pictures from a Vanished World by Fred Bruemmer
  
  
• Aviation Canada: The Pioneer Decades by Larry Milberry
  
  
• Cool Stuff Exploded: Get Inside Modern Technology by Chris Woodford

And here's some really cool-looking ones from the various categories (hint, hint):

• Battle at Sea: 3,000 Years of Naval Warfare by R. G. Grant
  
  
• Horror Cinema Edited by Jonathan Penner and Steven Jay
  
  
• Marvel Chronical: A Year by Year History Foreword by Stan Lee. Afterword by Joe Quesada
  
  
• Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko by Blake Bell
  
  
• Historical Atlas of Toronto by Derek Hayes,
  
  
• The Beer Book Edited by Tim Hampson
  
  
• Drinks: Enjoying, Choosing, Storing, Serving and Appreciating Wines, Beers, Cocktails, Spirits, Aperitifs, Liqueurs, and Ciders by Vincent Gasnier