In the past week, 205 titles were added to the catalogue, and our usual Tuesday sampler is buffet-sized for an all you care to read extravaganza to kick off May. Click on a title for more information. TWU login may be required.
BUSINESS
The big picture: the Antigonish movement of eastern Nova Scotia /Santo Dodaro and Leonard Pluta.
Packaged pleasures: how technology and marketing revolutionized desire /Gary S. Cross and Robert N. Proctor. In Packaged Pleasures, Cross and Proctor delve into an uncharted chapter of American history, shedding new light on the origins of modern consumer culture and how technologies have transformed human sensory experience.
Truth in marketing: a theory of claim-evidence relations /Thomas Boysen Anker.
EDUCATION
Lesson plans: the institutional demands of becoming a teacher /Judson G. Everitt. In Lesson Plans, Everitt takes readers into the everyday worlds of teacher training, and reveals the complexities and dilemmas teacher candidates confront as they learn how to perform a job that many people assume anybody can do. Using rich qualitative data, Everitt analyzes how people make sense of their prospective jobs as teachers, and how their introduction to this profession is shaped by the institutionalized rules and practices of higher education, K-12 education, and gender. Lesson Plans reveals how institutions shape the ways we produce teachers, and how new teachers make sense of the multiple and complicated demands they face in their efforts to educate students.
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Reinventing Paulo Freire: a pedagogy of love /by Antonia Darder.
Supporting college and university students with invisible disabilities: a guide for faculty and staff working with students with autism, AD/HD, language processing disorders, anxiety, and mental illness /Christy Oslund. This practical handbook provides lecturers, tutors, disability services, and administrative staff with an overview of the invisible disabilities they may encounter, dispelling common myths and offering practical advice to support the needs of these students. By providing detailed information on a range of disabilities including autism, AD/HD, dyslexia, OCD, and affective disorders, this book facilitates a better understanding of the unique needs of these students and what their strengths and limitations may be. With ideas for adapting teaching methods, offering suitable accommodations, and improving institutional policy, this is vital reading for all university faculty and staff.
FIRST NATIONS STUDIES
Battle grounds: the Canadian military and aboriginal lands /P. Whitney Lackenbauer.
Canada’s First Nations and cultural genocide /Robert Z. Cohen. This insightful resource provides a history of Canada and outlines the development of attitudes that resulted in the residential education system, as well as a glimpse into the experiences of children who made it through.
First Nations, first thoughts: the impact of indigenous thought in Canada /edited by Annis May Timpson.
The force of family: repatriation, kinship, and memory on Haida Gwaii /Cara Krmpotich. Over the course of more than a decade, the Haida Nation triumphantly returned home all known Haida ancestral remains from North American museums. The Force of Family is an ethnography of those efforts to repatriate ancestral remains from museums around the world.
Recovering Canada: the resurgence of Indigenous law /John Borrows. Borrows suggests how First Nations laws could be applied by Canadian courts, and tempers this by pointing out the many difficulties that would occur if the courts attempted to follow such an approach.
Residential Schools and Reconciliation: Canada Confronts Its History /J.R. Miller.
Totem poles and masks: art of Northwest coast tribes /Mary Nolan.
Voices of the elders: Huu-ay-aht histories and legends /Kathryn Bridge and Kevin Neary.
Where happiness dwells: a history of the Dane-zaa First Nations /Robin Ridington and Jillian Ridington ; in collaboration with elders of the Dane-zaa First Nations. At the request of the Doig River First Nation, anthropologists Robin and Jillian Ridington present a history of the Dane-zaa people based on oral histories collected over a half century of fieldwork. Taking a poetic form that does justice to the rhythm of Dane-zaa storytelling, these powerful stories span the full length of history, from the story of creation to the fur trade, from the arrival of missionaries to cases heard in the Supreme Court of Canada. Elders document key events as they explain the very nature of the universe and how people and animals learned to live together on the land. These oral histories, told by one of the last First Nations to experience the effects of colonialism, not only preserve traditional knowledge for future generations, they also tell the inspiring story of how the Dane-zaa learned to succeed in the modern world.
GASTRONOMY
The essence of gastronomy: understanding the flavor of foods and beverages /Peter Klosse. The Essence of Gastronomy presents a new comprehensive and unifying theory on flavor, which answers ancient questions and offers new opportunities for solving food-related issues. It presents gastronomy as a holistic concept, focusing not only on the food and its composition but also on the human who eats it. This book defines gastronomy as the science of flavor and tasting, where flavor is a broadly interpreted objective characteristic that refers to product quality, and tasting is defined as the human perception of flavor.
HISTORY
Canada’s odyssey: a country based on incomplete conquests /Peter H. Russell. In Canada’s Odyssey, renowned scholar Russell provides an expansive, accessible account of Canadian history from the pre-Confederation period to the present day. By focusing on what he calls the ‘three pillars’ of English Canada, French Canada, and Aboriginal Canada, Russell advances an important view of our country as one founded on and informed by ‘incomplete conquests’. Featuring the scope and vivid characterizations of an epic novel, Canada’s Odyssey is a magisterial work by an astute observer of Canadian politics and history, a perfect book to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Confederation.
Charlemagne /Johannes Fried ; translated by Peter Lewis.
Cnut the Great /Timothy Bolton. Historian Bolton offers a fascinating reappraisal of one of the most misunderstood of the Anglo-Saxon kings: Cnut, the powerful Danish warlord who conquered England and created a North Sea empire in the eleventh century. This seminal biography draws from a wealth of written and archaeological sources to provide the most detailed accounting to date of the life and accomplishments of a remarkable figure in European history, a forward-thinking warrior-turned-statesman who created a new Anglo-Danish regime through designed internationalism.
Cold War: an international history /Carole K. Fink. In this accessible, comprehensive retelling, Fink provides new insights and perspectives on key events with an emphasis on people, power, and ideas, along with cultural coverage from the Beetle to the Beatles. Fink also offers a broader time line of the Cold War than any other text, charting the lead-up to the conflict from the Russian Revolution and World War II and discussing the aftermath of the Cold War since 1992. Based on the latest research and scholarship, Cold War is the consummate book on this lengthy and complex conflict for today’s students and history buffs.
The culture of the Seven Years’ War: empire, identity, and the arts in the eighteenth-century Atlantic world /edited by Frans De Bruyn and Shaun Regan. With essays by notable scholars that address the war’s impact in Europe and the Atlantic world, this volume is sure to become essential reading for those interested in the relationship between war, culture, and the arts.
Delphi: a history of the center of the ancient world /Michael Scott. This book provides the first comprehensive narrative history of this extraordinary sanctuary and city, from its founding to its modern rediscovery, to show more clearly than ever before.
Feminist history in Canada: new essays on women, gender, work, and nation /edited by Catherine Carstairs and Nancy Janovicek.
The Hellenistic Far East: archaeology, language, and identity in Greek Central Asia. To explore the lives and identities of the inhabitants of the Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms, Mairs marshals a variety of evidence, from archaeology, to coins, to documentary and historical texts. Looking particularly at the great city of Ai Khanoum, the only extensively excavated Hellenistic period urban site in Central Asia, Mairs explores how these ancient people lived, communicated, and understood themselves. Significant and original, The Hellenistic Far East will highlight Bactrian studies as an important part of our understanding of the ancient world.
Henry IV /Chris Given-Wilson. This comprehensive and nuanced biography restores to his rightful place a king often overlooked in favor of his illustrious progeny. Using a wide variety of previously untapped archival materials, Given-Wilson reveals a cultured, extravagant, and skeptical monarch who crushed opposition ruthlessly but never quite succeeded in satisfying the expectations of his own supporters.
Henry V: the conscience of a king /M.G.A. Vale.
Henry the Young King, 1155-1183 /Matthew Strickland. This first modern study of Henry the Young King, eldest son of Henry II but the least known Plantagenet monarch, explores the brief but eventful life of the only English ruler after the Norman Conquest to be created co-ruler in his father’s lifetime. In this remarkable history, Strickland provides a richly colored portrait of an all-but-forgotten royal figure tutored by Thomas Becket, trained in arms by the great knight William Marshal, and incited to rebellion by his mother Eleanor of Aquitaine, while using his career to explore the nature of kingship, succession, dynastic politics, and rebellion in twelfth-century England and France.
Inventing Stanley Park: an environmental history /Sean Kheraj ; foreword by Graeme Wynn.
Lawrence of Arabia’s war: the Arabs, the British, and the remaking of the Middle East in WWI /Neil Faulkner. This groundbreaking volume revises our understanding of an entire world region and the history that has defined it. Faulkner draws on ten years of field research to offer the first truly multidisciplinary history of the conflicts that raged in Sinai, Arabia, Palestine, and Syria during the First World War. In Lawrence of Arabia’s War, he rewrites the history of T.E. Lawrence’s legendary military campaigns in the context of the Arab Revolt. He explores the intersections among the declining Ottoman Empire, the Bedouin tribes, nascent Arab nationalism, and Western imperial ambition. The book provides a new analysis of Ottoman resilience in the face of modern industrialized warfare, and it assesses the relative weight of conventional operations in Palestine and irregular warfare in Syria. Faulkner thus reassesses the historic roots of today’s divided, fractious, war-torn Middle East.
The life of Louis XVI /John Hardman.
The lion, the eagle, and Upper Canada: a developing colonial ideology /Jane Errington.
Money changes everything: how finance made civilization possible /William N. Goetzmann ; with a new foreword by the author. In Money Changes Everything, leading financial historian Goetzmann argues that the development of finance has made the growth of civilizations possible. Goetzmann explains that finance is a time machine, a technology that allows us to move value forward and backward through time; and that this innovation has changed the very way we think about and plan for the future. Exploring the critical role of finance over the millennia, and around the world, Goetzmann details how wondrous financial technologies and institutions—money, bonds, banks, corporations, and more—have helped urban centers to expand and cultures to flourish. And it’s not done reshaping our lives, as Goetzmann considers the challenges we face in the future, such as how to use the power of finance to care for an aging and expanding population.
Moscow 1956: the silenced spring /Kathleen E. Smith. Drawing on newly declassified Russian archives, Smith offers a month-by-month reconstruction of events as the official process of de-Stalinization unfolded and political and cultural experimentation flourished. Smith looks at writers, students, scientists, former gulag prisoners, and free-thinkers who took Khrushchev’s promise of liberalization seriously, testing the limits of a more open Soviet system. The events of 1956 set in motion a cycle of reform and retrenchment that would recur until the Soviet Union’s collapse in 1991.
The real lives of Roman Britain: a history of Roman Britain through the lives of those who were there /Guy de la Bédoyère.
Sam Steele and the Northwest Rebellion: the trail of 1885 /Wayne Brown.
The Spanish on the northwest coast: for glory, God and gain /Rosemary Neering.
The Spartan regime: its character, origins, and grand strategy /Paul A. Rahe. In a bold new approach to historical study, noted historian Rahe attempts to unravel the Spartan riddle by deploying the regime-oriented political science of the ancient Greeks, pioneered by Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Xenophon, and Polybius, in order to provide a more coherent picture of government, art, culture, and daily life in Lacedaemon.
HUMAN KINETICS
Fatigue in sport and exercise /Shaun Phillips. This is the first student-focused book to survey the contemporary research evidence into exercise-induced fatigue and to discuss how knowledge of fatigue can be applied in sport and exercise contexts.
Sport 2.0: transforming sports for a digital world /Andy Miah. Ramifications of the convergence of sports and digital technology, from athlete and spectator experience to the role of media innovation at the Olympics.
LEADERSHIP
The art and skill of collaborative leadership /Beryl Harman and Sue Stein.
The road to leadership /Carol J. Huston.
Courageous leadership: the missing link to creating a lean culture of excellence /Sumeet Kumar.
Cultivating moral character and virtue in professional practice /edited by David Carr.
Engaging millennials for ethical leadership: what works for young professionals and their managers /Jessica McManus Warnell. Designed for millennials and their managers, we consider how we can cultivate the strengths of this generation toward a new business paradigm. Engaging Millennials for Ethical Leadership provides strategies for optimizing performance at work, drawing on emerging research and complemented with perspectives gleaned from students at a top-tier business school and from a diverse group of corporate executives. The book is structured around millennial capacities and inclinations, with each chapter dedicated to specific characteristics and including manager action items for each. Through strategic attention to hiring, training, and development, organizations can capitalize on the promise of these new professionals.
Global and culturally diverse leaders and leadership: new dimensions and challenges for business, education and society /edited by Jean Lau Chin, Joseph E. Trimble, Joseph E. Garci. Global and Culturally Diverse Leaders and Leadership explores diverse cultural leadership styles and paradigms that are dynamic, complex, globally authentic and culturally competent for the 21st century. An outstanding group of scholars considers how the different worldviews and lived experiences of leaders influence their leadership styles. Redefining leadership as global and diverse, this book imparts a new understanding of the criteria for selecting, training and evaluating leaders in the 21st century.
Leading with cultural intelligence: the real secret to success /David Livermore ; foreword by Soon Ang, Ph. D., and Linn Van Dyne, Ph. D. This book will show you how to lead effectively in any context. Featuring fresh research, case studies, and statistics on the ROI of improving your cultural intelligence (CQ), this new edition details a powerful, four-step model for becoming more adept at managing across cultures.
Next generation performance management: the triumph of science over myth and superstition /Alan L. Colquitt.
The process matters: engaging and equipping people for success /Joel Brockner. Drawing on various real-life workplace examples this book discusses what goes into the right process of effectively leading and managing in organizations, how it leads to better outcomes, why it is easier said than done, and how to overcome obstacles along the way.
LINGUISTICS
Meaning in language: an introduction to semantics and pragmatics /Alan Cruse.
LITERATURE
The book of Greek & Roman folktales, legends, & myths /edited, translated, and introduced by William Hansen ; with illustrations by Glynnis Fawkes. This unique anthology presents the largest collection of these tales ever assembled. Featuring nearly four hundred stories in authoritative and highly readable translations, this is the first book to offer a representative selection of the entire range of traditional classical storytelling. Set mostly in the world of humans, not gods, these stories focus on figures such as lovers, tricksters, philosophers, merchants, rulers, athletes, artists, and soldiers. The narratives range from the well-known; for example, Cupid and Psyche, Diogenes and his lantern, and the tortoise and the hare; to lesser-known tales that deserve wider attention. Entertaining and fascinating, they offer a unique window into the fantasies, anxieties, humor, and passions of the people who told them. Complete with beautiful illustrations by Fawkes, a comprehensive introduction, notes, and more, this one-of-a-kind anthology will delight general readers as well as students of classics, fairy tales, and folklore.
The J.R.R. Tolkien companion & guide /Christina Scull, Wayne G. Hammond. An in-depth reference to Tolkien’s life and works provides brief alphabetical entries on a wide range of topics that encompass the author’s source materials, synopses of his writings, a chronology, analysis of his characters, and the personal and historical influences on his writings.
The madwoman and the blindman: Jane Eyre, discourse, disability /edited by David Bolt, Julia Miele Rodas, Elizabeth J. Donaldson ; with a foreword by Lennard J. Davis.
Spirituality and desire in Leonard Cohen’s songs and poems: visions from the tower of song /edited by Peter Billingham.
MUSIC
Beethoven’s symphonies: nine approaches to art and ideas /Martin Geck ; translated by Stewart Spencer.
Chopin and his world /edited by Jonathan D. Bellman, Halina Goldberg. A new look at the life, times, and music of Polish composer and piano virtuoso Fryderyk Chopin. Chopin and His World reexamines Chopin and his music in light of the cultural narratives formed during his lifetime. This collection also offers recently rediscovered artistic representations of his hands (with analysis), and—for the first time in English—an extended tribute to Chopin published in Poland upon his death and contemporary Polish writings contextualizing Chopin’s compositional strategies.
Conducting concerti: a technical and interpretive guide /David Itkin. This book examines 43 great concerti and discusses, in detail, the technical, aural, rehearsal, and intra-personal skills that are required for effortless excellence. Itkin wrote this book for conductors first encountering the concerto repertoire and for those wishing to improve their skills about this important, and often understudied, literature.
Franz Liszt: musician, celebrity, superstar /Oliver Hilmes ; translated by Stewart Spencer.
Music and embodied cognition: listening, moving, feeling, and thinking /Arnie Cox. Taking a cognitive approach to musical meaning, Cox explores embodied experiences of hearing music as those that move us both consciously and unconsciously. In this pioneering study that draws on neuroscience and music theory, phenomenology and cognitive science, Cox advances his theory of the mimetic hypothesis, the notion that a large part of our experience and understanding of music involves an embodied imitation in the listener of bodily motions and exertions that are involved in producing music. With applications to tonal and post-tonal Western classical music, to Western vernacular music, and to non-Western music, Cox’s work stands to expand the range of phenomena that can be explained by the role of sensory, motor, and affective aspects of human experience and cognition.
The poetry of pop /Adam Bradley.
NURSING
Anatomy of writing for publication for nurses /Cynthia Saver.
PHILOSOPHY
Collected works of Bernard Lonergan.
The well-ordered universe: the philosophy of Margaret Cavendish /Deborah Boyle.
POLITICAL STUDIES
The Canadian election studies: assessing four decades of influence /edited by Mebs Kanji, Antoine Bilodeau, and Thomas J. Scotto. A collection of essays examining the ongoing Canadian Election Studies (CES) project, whose primary objective has been to investigate why Canadians vote the way they do.
LGBTQ politics: a critical reader /edited by Marla Brettschneider, Susan Burgess, and Christine Keating.
Political communication in Canada: meet the press and tweet the rest /edited by Alex Marland, Thierry Giasson, and Tamara A. Small.
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Augustine of Canterbury: leadership, mission and legacy /Robin Mackintosh.
Demonizing the Jews: Luther and the Protestant church in Nazi Germany /Christopher J. Probst.
Global Pentecostalism in the 21st century /edited by Robert W. Hefner ; afterword by Peter L. Berger. This state-of-the-field overview of Pentecostalism around the world focuses on cultural developments among second- and third-generation adherents in regions with large Pentecostal communities, considering the impact of these developments on gender relations, citizenship, and the future of global Christianity itself. Leading scholars from anthropology, sociology, religious studies, and history present useful introductions to global issues and country-specific studies drawn from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and the former USSR.
The environmental vision of Thomas Merton /Monica Weis.
Fires at the foot of Fish-Tail[electronic resource] /Patricia Hepworth. The “fires” in the title of this book are Nepali Christian workers who sought to bring the gospel to their fellow countrymen and women. “Fish-Tail” is the magnificent Mount Machapuchare which dominates the sky-line of the city of Pokhara in Central Nepal. This little book tells the story of some of these fire brands.
A history of Christian thought: in one volume /Justo L. González.
Lovin’ on Jesus: a concise history of contemporary worship /Swee Hong Lim & Lester Ruth. The surprising, fascinating, and influential story-still unfolding-which helps us understand our own worship.
The modern spirit of Asia: the spiritual and the secular in China and India /Peter van der Veer. The Modern Spirit of Asia challenges the notion that modernity in China and India are derivative imitations of the West, arguing that these societies have transformed their ancient traditions in unique and distinctive ways. Peter van der Veer begins with nineteenth-century imperial history, exploring how Western concepts of spirituality, secularity, religion, and magic were used to translate the traditions of India and China. He traces how modern Western notions of religion and magic were incorporated into the respective nation-building projects of Chinese and Indian nationalist intellectual.
Morals not knowledge: recasting the contemporary U.S. conflict between religion and science /John Hyde Evans. This book shows that regular religious people in the U.S. are at most in conflict over a few fact claims with science, and that this limited conflict does not lead to conflict with scientific claims writ large. More importantly, American religion has changed since the 1960s, de-emphasizing knowledge claims about the physical world, and becoming more focused on social relationships and thus morality. This book shows that any religion and science debate in the public is not about scientific claims about nature, such as the age of the Earth, but rather about morality – and opposition to the morality implicitly promoted by scientists.
On Roman religion: lived religion and the individual in ancient Rome /Jörg Rüpke. Rupke, one of the world’s leading authorities on Roman religion, demonstrates in his new book that it was a lived religion with individual appropriations evident at the heart of such rituals as praying, dedicating, making vows, and reading. On Roman Religion definitively dismantles previous approaches that depicted religious practice as uniform and static. Rupke highlights the dynamic character of Rome’s religious institutions and traditions. Rupke analyzes observations of religious experience by contemporary authors including Propertius, Ovid, and the author of the Shepherd of Hermas. Rupke also concentrates on the ways in which literary texts and inscriptions informed the practice of rituals.
Openness unhindered: further thoughts of an unlikely convert on sexual identity and union with Christ /Rosaria Champagne Butterfield. Butterfield, once a leftist professor in a committed lesbian relationship and now a confessional Christian, but always the thoughtful and compassionate professor, has written a follow-up to The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert. Butterfield not only goes to great lengths to clarify some of today’s key controversies, she also traces their history and defines the terms that have become second nature today-even going back to God’s original design for marriage and sexuality as found in the Bible. She cuts to the heart of the problems and points the way to the solution, which includes a challenge to the church to be all that God intended it to be, and for each person to find the true freedom that is found in Christ..
The secret thoughts of an unlikely convert: an English professor’s journey into Christian faith /Rosaria Champagne Butterfield.
The trouble with the truth: balancing truth and grace /Rob Renfroe.
SCIENCES
Planet of the bugs: evolution and the rise of insects /Scott Richard Shaw. Chronicles the evolution of insects and explains how evolutionary innovations have enabled them to disperse widely, occupy narrow niches, and survive global catastrophes. Planet of the Bugs spins a sweeping account of insects’ evolution from humble arthropod ancestors into the bugs we know and love (or fear and hate) today. Leaving no stone unturned, Shaw explores how evolutionary innovations such as small body size, wings, metamorphosis, and parasitic behavior have enabled insects to disperse widely, occupy increasingly narrow niches, and survive global catastrophes in their rise to dominance. Shaw reaffirms just how crucial these tiny beings are to planetary health and human survival. Planet of the Bugs charms with humor, affection, and insight into the world’s six-legged creatures, revealing an essential importance that resonates across time and space.
SOCIAL STUDIES
12 rules for life: an antidote to chaos /Dr. Jordan B. Peterson ; illustrations by Ethan Van Scriver.
After marriage equality: the future of LGBT rights /edited by Carlos A. Ball. This book brings together twelve original essays by leading scholars of law, politics, and society to address the most important question facing the LGBT movement today. The book also looks at how LGBT movements in other nations have responded to the recognition of same-sex marriages, and what we might emulate or adjust in our own advocacy. Aiming to spark discussion and further debate regarding the challenges and possibilities of the LGBT movement’s future, After Marriage Equality will be of interest to anyone who cares about the future of sexual equality.
Beyond trans: does gender matter? /Heath Fogg Davis. Goes beyond transgender to question the need for gender classification. Beyond Trans pushes the conversation on gender identity to its limits: questioning the need for gender categories in the first place. Davis offers an impassioned call to rethink the usefulness of dividing the world into not just Male and Female categories but even additional categories of Transgender and gender fluid. Speaking from his own experience and drawing upon major cases of sex discrimination in the news and in the courts, Davis presents a persuasive case for challenging how individuals are classified according to sex and offers concrete recommendations for alleviating sex identity discrimination and sex-based disadvantage.
The Coptic question in the Mubarak era /Sebastian Elsässer.
Don’t be so gay!: queers, bullying, and making schools safe /Donn Short. Drawing on interviews with queer youth and their allies in the Toronto area, the author considers the effectiveness of safe school legislation and concludes that the current legislation is often more responsive than proactive. Moreover, cultural influences and peer pressure may be more powerful than legislation in shaping the school environment. Exploring how students’ own experiences, ideas, and definitions of safety might be translated into policy reform, this book offers a fresh perspective on a hotly debated issue.
iGEN: why today’s super-connected kids are growing up less rebellious, more tolerant, less happy– and completely unprepared for adulthood and (what this means for the rest of us) /Jean M. Twenge, Ph.D.
Legalizing LGBT families: how the law shapes parenthood /Amanda K. Baumle and D’Lane R. Compton. Through in-depth interviews with 137 LGBT parents, Baumle and Compton examine the role of the law in the lives of LGBT parents and how individuals use the law when making decisions about family formation or parenting. Baumle and Compton explore the ways in which LGBT parents participate in the process of constructing legality through accepting, modifying, or rejecting legal meanings about their families. The authors conclude that legality is constructed through a complex interplay of legal context, social networks, individual characteristics, and familial desires. Ultimately, the stories of LGBT parents in this book reflect a rich and varied relationship between the law, the state, and the private family goals of individuals.
The Muslim question in Canada: a story of segmented integration /Abdolmohammad Kazemipur.
Polygamy’s rights and wrongs: perspectives on harm, family, and law /edited by Gillian Calder and Lori G. Beaman. In this volume, a diverse group of eleven scholars examines, among other perspectives, the lived experiences of polygamous families. These historians, legal scholars, political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, and religious studies scholars, some of whom are personally connected to polygamous families, seek to complicate a conversation that is more often simplified. In essays that fearlessly face difficult questions of love, choice, and dignity, the authors point to the less well-known stories of polygamous family life and research that interrogates the real differences between monogamous and polygamous families. Thoughtful and persuasive, Polygamy’s Rights and Wrongs is both a close consideration of polygamy – its historical place and its presence in contemporary society – and a challenging reflection on the ways in which we value family and intimacy.
Presenting your data with SPSS explained /Perry R. Hinton and Isabella McMurray. Presenting Your Data with SPSS Explained provides students with all the information they need to conduct small scale analysis of research projects using SPSS and present their results appropriately in their reports. This book focuses on presenting this data clearly, in the form of tables and graphs, along with creating basic summary statistics. No prior knowledge of statistics or SPSS is assumed, and everything in the book is carefully explained in a helpful and user-friendly way using worked examples. This book is the perfect companion for students from a range of disciplines including psychology, business, communication, education, health, humanities, marketing and nursing – many of whom are unaware that this extremely helpful program is available at their institution for their use.
Religion as a social determinant of public health /edited by Ellen L. Idler.
Reasonable accommodation: managing religious diversity /edited by Lori G. Beaman.
Same-sex marriage: a reference handbook /David E. Newton.
Smutty little movies: the creation and regulation of adult video /Peter Alilunas. Smutty Little Movies traces the adult film industry’s transition from celluloid to home video beginning in the late 1970s alongside an examination of the cultural and legal efforts to regulate, contain, limit, or eradicate pornography. Drawing on a wide variety of materials, Smutty Little Movies de-centers the film text in favor of industrial histories and contexts. In doing so, the book argues that the struggles to contain and regulate pleasure represent a primary entry point for situating adult video’s place in a larger history, not just of pornography, but media history as a whole.
Try to control yourself: the regulation of public drinking in post-prohibition Ontario, 1927-44 /Dan Malleck.
Welcome to Resisterville: American dissidents in British Columbia /Kathleen Rodgers.
THEATRE
Bertolt Brecht /Philip Glahn. Looking at Brecht’s life and works through his plays, stories, poems, and political essays, Glahn illustrates how they trace a lifelong attempt to relate to the specific social, economic, and political circumstances of the early twentieth century.
The Best American short plays.
CURRENT AFFAIRS
2017’s guest editor Leslie Jamison selected essays that were “political—and politically useful.” From the Iraqi desert to an East Jerusalem refugee camp, from the beginnings of the universe to the aftermath of a suicide attempt, the genetic makeup of the eclectic and electric selections in The Best American Essays 2017 “thrill toward complexity.”
EDUCATION
Thinkertoys: a handbook of creative-thinking techniques /Michael Michalko. In this revised and expanded edition of his groundbreaking Thinkertoys, creativity expert Michael Michalko reveals life-changing tools that will help you think like a genius. From the linear to the intuitive, this comprehensive handbook details ingenious creative-thinking techniques for approaching problems in unconventional ways. Through fun and thought-provoking exercises, you’ll learn how to create original ideas that will improve your personal life and your business life. Michalko’s techniques show you how to look at the same information as everyone else and see something different.
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
The straight mind in Corinth: queer readings across 1 Corinthians 11:2-16 /Gillian Townsley.
The conquistadors: a very short introduction /Matthew Restall and Felipe Fernández-Armesto. Chapters explore New World civilizations prior to the invasions, the genesis of conquistador culture on both sides of the Atlantic, the roles black Africans and Native Americans played, and the consequences of the invasions. The book reveals who the conquistadors were and what made their adventures possible.
The Dead Sea Scrolls: a very short introduction /Timothy H. Lim. Lim discusses the cultural significance of the finds, and the religious, political and legal controversies during the seventy years of study since the discovery. He also looks at the contribution the Scrolls have made to our understanding of the Old Testament or Hebrew Bible, and the origins of early Christianity. Exploring the most recent scholarly discussions on the archaeology of Khirbet Qumran, and the study of the biblical texts, the canon, and the history of the Second Temple Period, he considers what the scrolls reveal about sectarianism in early Judaism
Evolution: a very short introduction /Brian Charlesworth, Deborah Charlesworth.
Voltaire: a very short introduction /Nicholas Cronk. In a fresh and modern examination of his writings, Cronk examines the nature of Voltaire’s literary celebrity, demonstrating the extent to which his work was reactive and practical, and therefore made sense within the broader context of the debates to which he responded. The most famous living author in Europe in the 18th century, Cronk emphasises Voltaire’s skills of ‘performance’ as a writer and his continued relevance today. He concludes by looking not only at Voltaire’s impact in literature and philosophy, but also his influence on French political values and modern French politics.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
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EDUCATION
MATHEMATICS
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