New Titles Tuesday, March 17

In the past week 148 titles were added to the Norma Marion Alloway Library’s collection; below is a sample. Click on the link for more information.

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Check out these new titles today!

Beverley McLachlin: the legacy of a Supreme Court chief justice /Ian Greene and Peter McCormick.
This book sketches Beverley McLachlin’s experiences growing up in rural Alberta, attending university, becoming a lawyer and then a judge. As chief justice, she led the way to assisted suicide legislation, far greater recognition of aboriginal rights and title, allowing safe injection sites for drug users and many other changes that have had a dramatic impact on Canadian life.

Field hospital: the church’s engagement with a wounded world /William T. Cavanaugh.
This title shows how the church can help heal both the spiritual and the material wounds of the world, through the intersection of theology with themes of religious freedom, economic injustice, and religious violence. The author emphasizes that the church cannot condemn the evils of the world from a position of superiority.

God’s wolf: the life of the most notorious of all crusaders, scourge of Saladin /Jeffrey Lee.
This title shows how the crusader kingdom was brought down by a treacherous internal faction, rather than by Reynald de Chatillon’s belligerence. The author argues that Reynald was a strong military leader and an effective statesman, whose actions in the Middle East had a far-reaching impact that endures to this day.

In plain site: a biography of the RAF airbase at Caron, Saskatchewan /Joel L. From.
This title is the first life-cycle biography of a Second World War air training facility located in Caron, Saskatchewan, and offers a detailed social and geographical history of the site.

Jesus according to Scripture: restoring the portrait from the Gospels /Darrell L. Bock with Benjamin I. Simpson.
This title surveys all the Gospel units and relates them to their parallel passages, showing how the literary and canonical relationships work. Offering up-to-date interaction with the latest discussions about Jesus, the second edition has been substantially revised and updated throughout and includes three new chapters on how we got the Gospels.

My deal with the universe (Curriculum Resource) /Deborah Kerbel.
This novel is about twelve year-old Daisy Fisher who wants is to be normal or at least to not stick out like a sore thumb. But growing up in the house disparagingly referred to as the “Jungle” makes that pretty much impossible.

Sense of place and sense of planet: the environmental imagination of the global (ebook) /Ursula K. Heise.
This title analyzes the relationship between the imagination of the global and the ethical commitment to the local in environmentalist thought and writing from the 1960s to the present.

Symbolic interactionism: perspective and method /Herbert Blumer.
This is a collection of articles dealing with the point of view of symbolic interactionism and with the topic of methodology in the discipline of sociology. It is written by the leading figure in the school of symbolic interactionism, and presents what might be regarded as the most authoritative statement of its point of view, outlining its fundamental premises and sketching their implications for sociological study.

Trudeau: the education of a prime minister /John Ivison.
This title traces the complexities of Justin Trudeau, now barely visible beneath the talking points, virtue signaling, and polished trappings of office. The author concludes that while Trudeau led a moribund Liberal Party to victory in the 2015 election, the shine of his leadership has been worn off by a series of self-inflicted wounds, broken promises, and rookie mistakes.