New Titles Tuesday, November 15

Here’s a selction of titles added to the collection in the past week.

 Christian Oxyrhynchus: texts, documents, and sources /[compiled by] Lincoln H. Blumell & Thomas A. Wayment, editors. Authoritative, comprehensive presentation of Christian texts and texts about Christians in the Oxyrhynchus papyri. Blumell and Wayment present a thorough compendium of all published papyri, parchments, and patristic sources that relate to Christianity at Oxyrhynchus before the fifth century CE. Christian Oxyrhynchus provides new and expanded editions of Christian literary and documentary texts that include updated readings and English translations

 Grouse: the natural history of British and Irish species /Adam Watson and Robert Moss. Grouse: The Natural History of British and Irish Species covers four of the most emblematic species ofthe British Isles. All four face similar problems, including habitat loss, predators, pests, disease and food shortage. This volume, written by two of the world’s leading grouse specialists, offers a fascinating insight into the natural history and biology of these birds, including aspects of their behaviour, the historical relevance of their names, the reasons behind population fluctuations and international conservation efforts.

 Leadership: theory and practice /Peter G. Northouse, Western Michigan University. The 9th edition (2022) text successfully combines an academically robust account of the major theories and models of leadership with an accessible style and focus on how leadership theory can inform leadership practice.  A new chapter on Inclusive Leadership provides a model of inclusive leadership that examines antecedent conditions, leader behaviors, and positive organizational outcomes associated with inclusive leadership 18 new real-world case studies profile leaders around the globe including cases on New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a mental health program in Zimbabwe, and how a university in the US responds to crisis. New discussion of leadership and morality explores leadership as a neutral process and leadership as a moral process.

 Reclaiming the Dead Sea scrolls: the history of Judaism, the background of Christianity, the lost library of Qumran /Lawrence H. Schiffman ; with a foreword by Chaim Potok. Schiffman shifts attention away from the sensationalism surrounding who has control of the scrolls by focusing on how these texts shed light on the history of Judaism and early Christianity.

 William Gibson: a literary companion /Tom Henthorne. This companion is meant both for general readers and for scholars interested in Gibson’s oeuvre. In addition to providing a literary and cultural context for works ranging from Gibson’s first short story, to his recent, bestselling novel, Zero History (2010), the companion offers commentary on Gibson’s subjects, themes, and approaches. It also surveys existing scholarship on Gibson’s work in an accessible way and provides.

 Women, gender, and Enlightenment /edited by Sarah Knott and Barbara Taylor. This path-breaking volume of interdisciplinary essays by forty leading scholars provides a detailed picture of the creative, controversial role played by women and gender issues in the age of light.