Month: May 2019 (Page 2 of 2)

In the past week 130 titles added to the library’s collection; below is a sample. Click on a link for more information.

Ancient Israel : what do we know and how do we know it? /Lester L. Grabbe.
The new edition summarizes through new archeological discoveries and theories what is known about ancient Israel. In particular, the book features a comprehensive coverage of David and Solomon, as well as a historicity of the Exodus.

Canadian painters in a modern world, 1925-1955 : writings and reconsiderations /Lora Senechal Carney.
This book showcases artistic production within specific socio-political contexts to shed new light on Canadian art during three decades of conflict and crisis. In addition, the book provides a direct access to a carefully curated selection of writings, artworks, photos, and other documents that help to reconstruct the public spheres in which artists including Paul-Émile Borduas, Emily Carr, Alex Colville, Lawren Harris, David Milne, and Pegi Nicol MacLeod circulated.

Contemporary feminism and women’s short stories /Emma Young.
This book offers a wide-ranging survey of contemporary women’s short stories and introduces a new way of theorising feminism in the genre through the concept of the moment.

Creating trauma-informed schools : a guide for school social workers and educators /Eileen A. Dombo, Christine Anlauf Sabatino.
This book presents an overview of the impact of trauma on children and adolescents, as well as interventions for direct practice and collaboration with teachers, families, and communities. Social work practitioners and students will learn distinct examples of how to implement the ten principles of trauma-informed services in their schools; provide students with trauma-informed care, and develop beneficial skills for self-care in their work. 

Cybersecurity essentials /Charles J. Brooks, Christopher Grow, Philip Craig, Donald Short.
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to cybersecurity concepts and practices with expert coverage of essential topics required for entry-level cybersecurity certifications and a foundation of cybersecurity knowledge.

The homeless person in contemporary society /Cameron Parsell.
Drawing on a program of research spanning ten years, this book provides an empirically grounded account of the lives and identities of people who are homeless. The book illustrates that people with chronic experiences of homelessness have relatively predictable biographies characterized by exclusion, poverty, and trauma from early in life.

Indigenous poetics in Canada /Neal McLeod, editor.
This book embraces a wider sense of poetics, including Indigenous oralities, languages, and understandings of place. The book examines four elements of Indigenous poetics, collective memory and the persistence of Indigenous poetic consciousness, the poetics of performance, the poetics of place and space, and lastly the poetics of medicine.

Navigating ethnicity : segregation, placemaking, and difference /David H. Kaplan.
This book provides a novel perspective on ethnicity, nationality, and race by considering how they are shaped by their geography. The author traces the spatial arrangements that convey such potent meaning to the identity and opportunities of members of any cultural group.

Pay to play : race and the perils of the college sports industrial complex /Lori Latrice Martin, PhD, Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner, PhD, and Nicholas D. Hartlep, PhD.
This book advances the debate about paying student athletes in big-time college sports by directly addressing the red-hot role of race in college sports. The contributors concludes by suggesting a remedy to positively transform college sports.

Walmart in the Global South : workplace culture, labor politics, and supply chains /edited by Carolina Bank Muñoz, Bridget Kenny, Antonio Stecher.
This book presents empirical case studies of Walmart’s labor practices and supply chain operations in a number of countries, including Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Nicaragua, Mexico, South Africa, and Thailand. The book assesses the similarities and differences in Walmart’s acceptance into varying national contexts, and the contributors show how and why foreign workers have successfully, though not uniformly, driven changes in Walmart’s corporate culture.