New Titles Tuesday, October 9

Here are the three items added to the collection in the past week. Click on a title for  more information or to place a hold.

 Finishing our course with joy: guidance from God for engaging with our aging /J.I. Packer. Rejecting the advice of the world, J. I. Packer calls seniors to press on with endurance in the final years of their lives for the sake of God’s glory and their joy.
 This means this, this means that: user’s guide to semiotics / Sean Hall.  This introductory book decodes the mystery of semiotic theory using visual examples instead of abstract theory. Read straight through or dipped into regularly, this book provides practical examples of how meaning is made in contemporary culture.

 Claiming the land: British Columbia and the making of a new El Dorado /Daniel Marshall. A history of the Fraser River gold rush in the year 1858. It focuses on the war between the native gold miners and the mostly California gold miners, along with the attempts by the British to retain control. It deals with the miners’ associations and the numerous non-Caucasian groups as part of the gold rush.