Here’s a sample of new titles added to the collection at the end of the year.

 “I’ll leave it to you” a light comedy in three acts,by Noel Coward. Left a widow with five grown up children, Mrs. Dermot turns to brother Dan for help. Uncle Dan arrives to find an idle family ready to live on his money. He announces that he is doomed to die in three years and that he will leave his money to the member of the family who has made good by then.

Arthur Miller’s Playing for time: a full-length stage play /adapted from the television film by Arthur Miller ; based upon the book of the same title by Fania Fenelon. Based on Fania Fénelon’s experience as a female prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp, where she and a group of classical musicians were spared in return for performing music for their captors.

 Christian gnosis: Christian religious philosophy in its historical development /Ferdinand Christian Baur; edited by Peter C. Hodgson ; translated by Robert F. Brown. Baur offers a unique thesis about a link between ancient and modern religious philosophy.  This book was written over a hundred years before the manuscript discovery at Nag Hammadi, which awakened a lively interest in Gnosticism that continues to the present day.

 Diary of a pastor’s soul: the holy moments in a life of ministry /M. Craig Barnes. Barnes tells the story of a fictionalized pastor and reflects on the experiences and relationships that have formed his vocation and shaped his soul over a lifetime of pastoral ministry, helping other pastors make sense of their own calling.

 Flourishing together: a Christian vision for students, educators, and schools /Lynn E. Swaner and Andy Wolfe. A professional development resource for Christian educators that calls for a new vision of interconnected flourishing in schools-one supported by ample research, located within a robust theological framework, and presented with the practical guidance necessary for implementation.

 Paul, the Apostle of Jesus Christ /Ferdinand Christian Bauer ; edited by Peter C. Hodgson ; translated by Robert F. Brown and Peter C. Hodgson. The major study of Paul published in the nineteenth century, and it is one of the greatest works of all time on Paul. It lays the basis for modern Pauline scholarship.. Our new translation presents a very readable text with critical annotations and translations of all the scriptural passages quoted in Greek. Baur on Paul truly becomes available in English for the first time.

 Places of her heart: the art and life of Barbara Boldt /by K. Jane Watt in conversation with Barbara Boldt. More than a biography of this German-born (b. 1930) artist  based in Fort Langley, and more than a sumptuous collection of art reproduced in full colour – though it is both of these – Places of Her Heart connects the events of Boldt’s life with their impact on her creativity and the images evoked thereby. From economic challenges to the impact of the death of her son, each chapter allows the reader to walk this road with Boldt.

 Six dramatists in search of a language: studies in dramatic language /Andrew K. Kennedy. Kennedy argues that a study of theatrical language should be an exercise in ‘practical criticism’ and not merely narrowly linguistic. The whole range of theatrical expressiveness must be examined in detail from play text and performance alike and the conclusions correlated with the author’s known intentions if a full evaluative judgement is to be attempted. Dr Kennedy shows how the modern movement in drama reveals a growing difficulty in creating any type of fully expressive dramatic language.

The mill on the Floss /Helen Edmundson ; adapted from George Eliot ; with a foreword by Claire Tomalin. A  dramatization  of the classic George Eliot novel.

The self-taught computer scientist: the beginner’s guide to data structures & algorithms /Cory Althoff. Cory teaches you the computer science concepts that all self-taught programmers should understand to have outstanding careers. The Self-Taught Computer Scientist will not only make you a better programmer; it will also help you pass your technical interview: the interview all programmers have to pass to land a new job.  It’s written for complete beginners, so you should have no problem reading it even if you’ve never studied computer science before.

 Waking the tiger: healing trauma : the innate capacity to transform overwhelming experiences /Peter A. Levine ; with Ann Frederick. Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity. It asks and answers an intriguing question- why are animals in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized? By understanding the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms, the mystery of human trauma is revealed. Waking the Tiger normalizes the symptoms of trauma and the steps needed to heal them. The reader is taken on a guided tour of the subtle, yet powerful impulses that govern our responses to overwhelming life events.

 When the body says no: exploring the stress-disease connection /Gabor Maté. Drawing on scientific research and the author’s decades of experience as a practicing physician, this book provides answers to questions about the effect of the mind-body link on illness and health and the role that stress and one’s individual emotional makeup play in an array of common diseases.