Month: February 2023 (Page 2 of 3)

Here’s a  list of titles recently added to the collection

 An epidemic among my people: religion, politics, and COVID-19 in the United States /edited by Paul A. Djupe and Amanda Friesen ; with a foreword by Robert P. Jones. A social science examination of the role of religion in American society in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, including its effects on attitudes and behaviors related to the state, experts, health policy, the First Amendment, cooperation, race, gender, generational differences, institutions, and legal issues.

 Drawing in the twenty-first century: the politics and poetics of contemporary practice /edited by Elizabeth A. Pergam. As a response to the ubiquity of drawing in contemporary consciousness and a corresponding dearth of critical engagement with the medium, these collected essays provide original interpretations of artists’ drawing today and explore the implications of drawings’ departure from the confines of a sheet of paper.

 Engaging in action research: a practical guide to teacher-conducted research for educators and school leaders /Jim Parsons, Kurtis Hewson, Lorna Adrian, Nicole Day. Engaging in Action Research demystifies the world of educational research and provides support, guidance, and encouragement. From creating a research plan to reporting findings, this book provides step-by-step instructions to help teachers conduct research projects in the classroom, using strategies that work. Get ready to investigate, analyze, and share!

  Entangled life: how fungi make our worlds, change our minds & shape our futures /Merlin Sheldrake.. Sheldrake’s revelatory introduction to this fungi will show us how fungi, and our relationships with them, are more astonishing than we could have imagined. Bringing to light science’s latest discoveries and ingeniously parsing the varieties and behaviors of the fungi themselves, he points us toward the fundamental questions about the nature of intelligence and identity this massively diverse, little understood kingdom provokes.

 Florence Nightingale’s Notes on nursing: what it is and what it is not & Notes on nursing for the labouring classes : commemorative edition with commentary /edited by Victor Skretkowicz. Simultaneously witty, scathing, and anecdotal, Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing is perhaps the most influential work on nursing throughout the world. This volume includes the annotated and unabridged 1860 edition of Notes on Nursing, the 1868 edition of Notes on Nursing [for the Labouring Classes], and additional manuscripts written by Nightingale in 1875 that she was never able to publish.

 Outside the Bible: ancient Jewish writings related to Scripture /edited by Louis H. Feldman, James L. Kugel, and Lawrence H. Schiffman. Outside the Bible seeks to bring together all of the major components of the extra biblical writings into a single collection, gathering portions of the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Septuagint, the biblical apocrypha, and pseudepigrapha, and the writings of Philo of Alexandria and Josephus. The editors have brought together these diverse works in order to highlight what has often been neglected; their common Jewish background. For this reason the commentaries that accompany the texts devote special attention to their references to Hebrew Scripture and to issues of halakhah (Jewish law), their allusions to motifs and themes known from later Rabbinic writings in Talmud and Midrash, their evocation of recent or distant events in Jewish history, and their references to other texts in this collection. This three-volume set of translations, introductions, and detailed commentaries is a must for scholars, students, and anyone interested in this great body of ancient Jewish writings.

 Vitamin D3: today’s best in contemporary drawing /project editor, Louisa Elderton ; commissioning editor, Rebecca Morrill ; [introduction by Anna Lovatt]. Phaidon’s ‘Vitamin’ series has long proved an extraordinarily accurate predictor of tomorrow’s stars. This latest instalment is a cutting-edge and indispensable survey of the very best of contemporary drawing, as chosen by a panel of the world’s leading art experts.  Vitamin D3 showcases more than 100 such artists, as  nominated by a global panel of more than 70 international art experts.

Alloway Library and Learning Commons  will have reduced hours during undergrad reading  break.

• On the week from Feb 18 to 26, we’ll be closed Sundays and Family Day Monday Feb 20.
• As well,  the library closes earlier – at 6PM –  on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday;
• and at 5 PM on Friday and Saturdays

Alloway Library continues to mark Black History month with a selection of works by Canadian Black authors

 Boonoonoonous hair! / Olive Senior ; illustrations by Laura James.  In this picture book, a young black girl learns to love her difficult-to-manage hair.

 Execution poems : the Black Acadian tragedy of “George and Rue” / George Elliott Clarke. TIn 1949, George and Rufus Hamilton were hanged for the murder of a taxi driver in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Fifty years later, Clarke has written, in his abundant style, a series of poems that embody both damnation and redemption, offering convoluted triumphs alongside tragedy and blurring the line between perpetrator and victim.  He reminds us of racism and poverty; of their brutal, tragic results. He reminds us of society’s vengefulness. He blurs the line between the perpetrator and the victim — a line we’d prefer remain simple and clear. At the heart of it, Clarke is frustrating the notion that society deals any better with these issues today than it did in the 1940s.

 Eyeing the north star : directions in African-Canadian literature / edited by George Elliott Clarke.  Mixing prose, poetry, and drama, and including the work of established writers and new voices, writing in English as well as French (in translation here), Eyeing the North Star is a varied and vibrant overview of the recent evolution of African-Canadian Literature.

 Fifteen dogs : an apologue / André Alexis When a bet between the gods Hermes and Apollo leads them to grant human consciousness and language to a group of dogs overnighting at a Toronto veterinary clinic, they venture into a newly unfamiliar world, and, even if they’re not aware, they are experiencing the perils of human consciousness.

 Fire on the water : an anthology of Black Nova Scotian writing / George Elliott Clarke, editor. This is a unique collection of the powerful and enchanting world of the Black community of writing. Readers will be astounded at the breadth and scope of the selections.

 Invisible boy : a memoir of self-discovery /Harrison Mooney. TWU  AUTHOR A gripping memoir from a BC Vancouver Sun journalist who was born to a West African mother, and then adopted as a small boy and raised by a white evangelical family. This is his searing account of being raised by fundamentalists.

 Is Race a Fiction? [audiorecording] / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The scientific consensus is that we’re all a soup of DNA, and that race is indeed a fiction. But where does that leave us? This round-table discussion — on the heels of Lawrence Hill’s CBC Massey Lectures about blood — focuses on race, culture and the knotty problem about how we choose to identify ourselves. Lawrence Hill, Priscila Uppal, Hayden King and Karina Vernon have a go at a very modern, age-old question. Blood ties you to family, country and race. Should it?

 Islands west : stories from the coast / edited by Keith Harrison The stories range from murder mystery to reportage, comic sketches to lyric and visionary prose. The wide variety of stories reflect the authors’ many different cultural and ethnic backgrounds, told in shifting, unexpected voices. Yet they speak of lives more particular, complex, and variable than cultural categories

 Land to light on / Dionne Brand. Land to Light On opens onto the landscape of Canada. “Out here I am…not even safe as the sea,” she writes. No one writes about this country like Brand, free of post-colonial cant yet selvedged with Black suffering in the Americas. Speaking of memory but without a longing for the past, these poems hover between story and song; between groundings of life, wherever your landfall, and the grace of love and light. They ring with a poet’s hesitations, a woman’s praise and prayer for her people and their place.

Long time comin’ / National Film Board of Canada. There is a cultural revolution going on in Canada and Faith Nolan and Grace Channer are on the leading edge. These two African-Canadian  artists give back to art its most urgent meanings–commitment and passion. Grace Channer’s large and sensuous canvasses and musician Faith Nolan’s gritty and joyous blues propel this documentary into the spheres of poetry and dance. Long Time Comin’ captures their work, their urgency, and their friendship in intimate conversations with both artists.

 Massey Lectures 2013. Blood, the stuff of life.,  [audiorecording] / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Blood pulses through our religions, through literature and the visual arts, and every time it pools or spills, we learn a little more about what brings human beings together and what divides us. Renowned author Lawrence Hilltakes us on a fascinating journey through the story of blood.

 No burden to carry : narratives of Black working women in Ontario, 1920s-1950s / Dionne Brand ; with the assistance of Lois De Shield and the Immigrant Women’s Job Placement Centre. Through oral histories, Dionne Brand documents the lives of Black women in Ontario, from the 20s through the 50s.

 No language is neutral / Dionne Brand.  A joyful, imagistic discovery of woman as speaker and subject. As a woman, a black, and a lesbian, Brand arrives at a rigorous and nakedly ruthless reclamation of the poetic.

 Odysseys home : mapping African-Canadian literature / George Elliott Clarke. A pioneering study of African-Canadian literary creativity, laying the groundwork for future scholarly work in the field. Based on extensive excavations of archives and texts, this challenging passage through twelve essays presents a history of the literature and examines its debt to, and synthesis with, oral cultures.  Clarke identifies African-Canadian literature’s distinguishing characteristics, argues for its relevance to both African Diasporic Black and Canadian Studies, and critiques several of its key creators and texts.

 Older stronger wiser / National Film Board of Canada .Five Black women talk about their lives in rural and urban Canada between the 1920s and 1950s. What emerges is a unique history of Canada’s Black people and the legacy of their community elders.

 Settling down and settling up : the second generation in black Canadian and black British women’s writing / Andrea Katherine Medovarski. Comparing second generation children of immigrants in black Canadian and black British women’s writing, Settling Down and Settling Up extends discourses of diaspora and postcolonialism by expanding recent theory on movement and border crossing. Medovarski  challenges the gendered constructions of nationhood and diaspora with a particular focus on Canadian and British black women writers, including Dionne Brand, Esi Edugyan, and Zadie Smith.

 Sisters in the struggle / National Film Board of Canada. Features Black women who are active in community organizing, electoral politics, and labour and feminist organizing. They share their insights and personal testimonies on a legacy of racism and sexism. The analyses they present link their struggles with the ongoing battle against pervasive racism and systemic violence against women and people of colour.

The hanging of Angelique : the untold story of Canadian slavery and the burning of old Montréal / Afua Cooper. Tells a storyofslavery in Canada by narrating the tragic life history of Marie-Joseph Angélique, theslave woman accused of starting the fire in Montréal, was tried in court and condemned to death

 The polished hoe : a novel / Austin Clarke. Written as a narrative of Mary-Mathilda’s confession of a murder of Mr. Belfeels, a sugar plantation owner, for whom she worked as a labourer and mistress.

 The underground railroad : next stop, Toronto! / Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper & Karolyn Smardz  Frost. The UndergroundRailroad: NextStop, Toronto! explores Toronto’s role as a destination for thousands of freedom seekers before the American Civil War. This new edition traces pathways taken by people, enslaved and free, who courageously made the trip north in search of liberty and offers new biographies, images, and information, some of which is augmented by a 2015 archaeological dig in downtown Toronto. Within its pages are stories of courageous men, women, and children who overcame barriers of prejudice and racism to create homes, institutions, and a rich and vibrant community life in Canada’s largest city.

Here is a selection of titles recently added to the collection.

 A first course in mathematical modeling /Frank R. Giordano, Naval Postgraduate School, William P. Fox,  Naval Postgraduate School, Steven B. Horton, Univet States Military Academy. Offering a solid introduction to the entire modeling process, this book delivers an excellent balance of theory and practice, and gives you relevant, hands-on experience developing and sharpening your modeling skills. Throughout, the book emphasizes key facets of modeling, including creative and empirical model construction, model analysis, and model research, and provides myriad opportunities for practice. The authors apply a proven six-step problem-solving process to enhance your problem-solving capabilities — whatever your level. In addition, rather than simply emphasizing the calculation step, the authors first help you learn how to identify problems, construct or select models, and figure out what data needs to be collected. By involving you in the mathematical process as early as possible — beginning with short projects — this text facilitates your progressive development and confidence in mathematics and modeling

 al-Kitāb al-muqaddas: Kitāb al-Ḥayāt : ʻArabī/Inǧlīzī = Holy Bible : New International Version : Arabic/English /International Bible Society. Arabic and English Holy Bible, New International Version. Old Testament and New Testament Bible. English and Arabic text side by side make for easy translation and for reading along with speakers of each language.

 Dare to lead: brave work, tough conversations, whole hearts /Brené Brown Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. She found that leaders in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial startups and family-owned businesses to nonprofits, civic organizations, and Fortune 50 companies all ask the same question: How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture?

 How to interpret literature: critical theory for literary and cultural studies /Robert Dale Parker, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. How to Interpret Literature offers a current, concise, and broad historicist survey of contemporary thinking in critical theory. Ideal for upper-level undergraduate courses in literary and critical theory, this is the only book of its kind that thoroughly merges literary studies with cultural studies, including film. Parker provides a critical look at the major movements in literary studies since the 1930s, including those often omitted from other texts. The text is enhanced by charts, text boxes that address frequently asked questions, photos, and a bibliography.

 Introduction to real analysis /Robert G. Bartle, Donald R. Sherbert. This text provides the fundamental concepts and techniques of real analysis for students in all of these areas. It helps one develop the ability to think deductively, analyse mathematical situations and extend ideas to a new context.

 Principles of biostatistics /Marcello Pagano, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Heather Mattie. Principles of Biostatistics Third Edition is a concepts-based introduction to statistical procedures that prepares public health, medical, and life sciences students to conduct and evaluate research. With an engaging writing style and helpful graphics, the emphasis is on concepts over formulas or rote memorization. Throughout the book, the authors use practical, interesting examples with real data to bring the material to life.

 Unknown gods: the ongoing story of religion in Canada /Reginald W. Bibby. A study of religion in Canada, looking at such aspects as the myth of the religious mosaic, the impact of church scandals, the growing attraction of psychic phenomena, and more.

 What’s so special about Shakespeare? /Michael Rosen ; illustrated by Sarah Nayler. More than four hundred years after William Shakespeare s death, his name is known in every corner of the world. Why? Celebrated poet, critic, and Shakespeare enthusiast Michael Rosen answers that question with humor, knowledge, and appreciation, offering a whirlwind tour of Shakespeare s life, his London, and four of his plays: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, King Lear, and The Tempest.