Here is a selection of recently added titles.
A song below water /Bethany C. Morrow. Best friends, Tavia and Effie, struggle to hide their supernatural identities in a society that discriminates against people with their abilities.
Abdul’s story /Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow ; illustrated by Tiffany Rose. Abdul loves telling stories but thinks his messy handwriting and spelling mistakes will keep him from becoming an author, until Mr. Muhammad visits and encourages him to persist.
Advances in Peircean mathematics: the Colombian School /edited by Fernando Zalamea. The book explores Peirce’s non standard thoughts on a synthetic continuum, topological logics, existential graphs, and relational semiotics, offering full mathematical developments on these areas.
Autoethnography as method /Heewon Chang. This methods book will guide the reader through the process of conducting and producing an autoethnographic study through the understanding of self, other, and culture. Readers will be encouraged to follow hands-on, though not prescriptive, steps in data collection, analysis, and interpretation with self-reflective prewriting exercises and self-narrative writing exercises to produce their own autoethnographic work.
Canadian conservative political thought /edited by Lee Trepanier, Richard Avramenko. Tyler Chamberlain, Grant Havers, Christopher S Morrissey TWU CONTRIBUTORS This book corrects an imbalance in Canadian political literature through offering a conservative account of Canadian political thought. Across 15 chronologically organized chapters, and with a mixture of established and rising scholars, the book offers an investigation of the defining features and characteristics of Canadian conservative political thought.
Cancer is a C word /written by Sunita Pal ; illustrated by Cody Andreasen. Cancer is a C Word will help families and schools to introduce the concept of cancer to early primary-aged children, in a very simple way that is easy for them to understand. At the same time, the book also focuses on the positive aspects by demonstrating that there are other C words linked to cancer that have an uplifting effect, such as Caring, Community, Cuddling, and Companionship. With 32 beautifully illustrated full-colour pages and some fun images that will appeal to children, Cancer is a C Word is an informative picture book for children that answers some tough questions, while conveying an overall comforting and positive message.
Centuries of genocide: critical essays and eyewitness accounts /edited by Samuel Totten. Centuries of Genocide addresses genocides perpetrated in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first centuries. Recognized experts in the field of genocide studies come together to contribute original essays, accompanied by highly informative and powerful first-person accounts. Case studies of contemporary genocide bring this horrific history up to the present moment: Argentina’s Dirty War, the genocide of the Yazidis by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), genocidal violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar, and China’s genocide of the Uyghurs.
Chiru sakura = falling cherry blossoms : a mother and daughter’s journey through racism, internment and oppression /Grace Eiko Thomson ; [edited by] Meg Yamamoto. At eight years old, Grace Eiko Nishikihama was forcibly removed from her Vancouver home and interned with her parents and siblings in the BC Interior. Chiru Sakura–Falling Cherry Blossoms is a moving and politically outspoken memoir written by Grace, now a grandmother, with passages from a journal kept by her late mother, Sawae Nishikihama. While translating her mother’s journal, Grace began to add her own experiences alongside her mother’s, exploring how generational trauma can endure, and how differently she and her mother interpreted those years of struggle. As an advocate for reconciliation, she openly shares her story with the next generations; throughout, Grace returns to her mother’s teachings of hope and resilience symbolized in the cherry blossoms around what was once their home.
Christianity, race, and sport /Jeffrey Scholes. This book provides a rigorously researched introduction to the relationship between Christianity, race, and sport in the United States.
Collected plays. Vol. 6 /Bertolt Brecht ; edited by Ralph Manheim and John Willett. Good person of Szechwan — Puntila and Matti, his hired man — Resistible rise of Arturo Ui — Dansen — How much is your iron. Collected plays. Volume 2: A man’s a man, Rise and fall of the City of Mahagonny, The threepenny opera. /Bertolt Brecht ; edited by Ralph Manheim and John Willett.
Conducting undergraduate research in education: a guide for students in teacher education programs /edited by Ruth J. Palmer, Deborah L. Thompson. This book offers a student-focused guide to conducting undergraduate research in education and education-related programs, engaging students in the process of learning through research and supporting them to navigate their multidimensional academic programs Palmer and Thompson help model the competencies that students need to succeed, including complex thinking, strategic design, modeling, and persistent iterative practice, while demonstrating how conducting research can help students develop as deep thinkers, courageous researchers, and active participants in their communities of practice.
Digital playgrounds: the hidden politics of children’s online play spaces, virtual worlds, and connected games /Sara M. Grimes. Digital Playgrounds explores the key developments, trends, debates, and controversies that have shaped children’s commercial digital play spaces over the past two decades. It argues that children’s online playgrounds, virtual worlds, and connected games are much more than mere sources of fun and diversion – they serve as the sites of complex negotiations of power between children, parents, developers, politicians, and other actors with a stake in determining what, how, and where children’s play unfolds. The discussion draws on several research studies on a wide range of digital playgrounds designed and marketed to children aged six to twelve years, revealing how various problematic tendencies prevent most digital play spaces from effectively supporting children’s culture, rights, and – ironically – play. Digital Playgrounds lays the groundwork for a critical reconsideration of how existing approaches might be used in the development of new regulation, as well as best practices for the industries involved in making children’s digital play spaces. In so doing, it argues that children’s online play spaces be reimagined as a crucial new form of public sphere in which children’s rights and digital citizenship must be prioritized.
Drawing now: between the lines of contemporary art /TRACEY ; edited by Simon Downs [and others]. Carefully curated with many new drawings specifically commissioned for the volume, the book includes an Introduction by the editors which lays out the themes underpinning this diverse and exciting selection of work. With a revival of interest in drawing in recent years, Drawing Now is a timely collection of the work of artists intent on giving a contemporary twist to the most traditional of forms.
Encyclopedia of material culture in the biblical world: a new biblisches Reallexikon /edited by Angelika Berlejung (main editor); with P.M. Michèle Daviau, Jens Kamlah, and Gunnar Lehmann (area editors). It is a reference book for biblical scholars, historians, and archaeologists. The Encyclopedia presents and documents the material culture based on the archaeological, epigraphical, and iconographical data in historical order and documents the state of current research. The entries not only list or mention the most important material data, but try to synthesize and interpret it within the horizon of a history of Southern Levantine culture, economy, technical development, art, and religion.
Eyrbyggja saga /translated with an introduction and notes by Hermann Pálsson and Paul Edwards. An Icelandic saga which mixes realism with wild gothic imagination and history with eerie tales of hauntings. It dramatizes a 13th century view of the past, from the pagan anarchy of the Viking age to the settlement of Iceland, the coming of Christianity and the beginnings of organized society.
Fables of Aesop /translated by S.A. Handford ; with illustrations by Brian Robb. Sardonic, wry and wise, Aesop’s Fables are some of the most enduring and well-loved literary creations in history. In a series of pithy, amusing vignettes, Aesop created a vivid cast of characters to demonstrate different aspects of human nature. Here we see a wily fox outwitted by a quick-thinking cicada, a tortoise triumphing over a self-confident hare and a fable-teller named Aesop silencing those who mock him. Each jewel-like fable provides a warning about the consequences of wrong-doing, as well as offering a glimpse into the everyday lives of Ancient Greeks
First Nations self government: 17 roadblocks to self-determination, and one chief’s thoughts on solutions /Leroy Paul Wolf Collar. Wolf Collar identifies 17 roadblocks that currently hinder Indigenous Nations–including broken treaty promises, problems with common forms of band administration, and the intrusion of provincial governments–along with potential solutions to overcome them. This guide is for current and aspiring Indigenous leaders who want to increase their understanding of good governance, management, and leadership, as well as those who want to explore issues around Indigenous self-determination in Canada.
Flourishing and free: more stories of trailblazing women of Vancouver Island /Haley Healey. An inspiring and eye-opening collection of true stories about fourteen women who blazed their own trails in life and contributed in a fundamental way to the history of Vancouver Island and the surrounding islands. Healey chronicles the lives of resilient, hard-working, rule-breaking, diverse women who lived on and around Vancouver Island. Uplifting, empowering, and entertaining, this concise collection of stories will appeal to anyone interested in learning more about the unsung heroines of the West Coast.
From at-risk to at-promise: academic libraries supporting student success /Amy E. Vecchione and Cathlene E. McGraw. Vecchione and McGraw provide a roadmap for library employees and student success administrators to initiate and develop discussions on college campuses to define and address these emergent student needs. Through a selection of case studies and historical context, readers will learn how to define what student success looks like and how to design custom services to address student barriers to that success. Library employees and student success professionals both serve students at the margins. T
God, technology, and the Christian life /Tony Reinke. Articulates a true biblical theology of technology, weaving extensive biblical texts together with the history and philosophy behind the major technological innovations of history.
Habitats of the world: a field guide for birders, naturalists and ecologists /Iain Campbell, Ken Behrens, Charley Hesse, Phil Chaon ; special contributors, Sam Woods, Pablo Cervantes, and Anais Campbell. Requiring no scientific background, Habitats of the World offers quick and reliable information for anyone who wants a deeper understanding and appreciation of the habitats around them, whether in their own backyard or while traveling anywhere in the world. Covers 189 of the world’s major land habitats. Provides all the information you need to quickly and accurately identify and understand habitats anywhere in the world.
Handbook of autoethnography /edited by Tony E. Adams, Stacy Holman Jones and Carolyn Ellis. Handbook of Autoethnography is a thematically organized volume that contextualizes contemporary practices of autoethnography and examines how the field has developed. Throughout, contributors identify key autoethnographic themes and commitments and offer examples of diverse, thoughtful, effective, applied, and innovative autoethnography. With contributions from more than 50 authors representing more than a dozen disciplines and writing from various locations around the world, the handbook develops, refines, and expands autoethnographic inquiry and qualitative research.
Humble inquiry: the gentle art of asking instead of telling /Edgar H. Schein and Peter A. Schein. This worldwide bestseller offers simple guidance for building the kind of open and trusting relatonships vital for tackling global systemic challenges and developing adaptive, innovative organizations The Scheins define Humble Inquiry as the gentle art of drawing someone out, of asking questions to which you do not know the answer, of building relationships based on curiosity and interest in the other person. It was inspired by Edgar’s twenty years of work in high-hazard industries and the health-care system, where honest communication can literally mean the difference between life and death. Packed with case examples and a full chapter of exercises and simulations, this is a major contribution to how we see human conversational dynamics and relationships, presented in a compact, personal, and eminently practical way.
Naming neoliberalism: exposing the spirit of our age /Rodney Clapp. Naming Neoliberalism aims to expose neoliberalism to a wider range of readers–pastors, thoughtful laypersons, and students. Its theological base for this intervention is apocalyptic–not in the sense of impending doom and gloom, but in the sense of centering on Christ’s life, death, and resurrection as itself the creation of a new and truer, more hopeful, and more humane order that sees the principalities and powers (like neoliberalism) unmasked and disarmed at the cross. The book carefully lays out what neoliberalism is, where it has come from, its religious or theological pretensions, and how it can be confronted through and in the church.
Not one, not even one: a memoir of life-altering experiences in Sierra Leone, West Africa /Nancy Christine Edwards. Edwards spent three years working as a community health nurse and two years evaluating primary health care programs. Her stories of village life convey the ravages of tuberculosis; threats of witchcraft; and tragedies of deaths related to pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn tetanus. She celebrates local advocates for health improvements–mothers, traditional birth attendants, and village health committees. Acutely aware of her role as a cultural outsider, the author reveals how she learned about the power of ancestors and the women’s secret society among the Mende people. Four decades after her arrival in Sierra Leone, Edwards comes to grips with her stance on the cultural practice of female circumcision. She takes us behind-the-scenes, describing how her West African experiences shaped her life and research career.
Passion plays: how religion shaped sports in North America /Randall Balmer. Here one of our most insightful writers on American religion trains his focus on team sports to reveal their surprising connections.
Raise a fist, take a knee: race and the illusion of progress in modern sports /John Feinstein. Feinstein crisscrossed the country to secure personal interviews with quarterbacks, coaches, and more, revealing the stories none of us have heard (but all of us should know). With an encyclopedic knowledge of professional sports, and shrewd cultural criticism, he uncovers not just why, but how, pro sports continue to perpetuate racial inequality.
Remembering and forgetting in the age of technology: teaching, learning, and the science of memory in a wired world /Michelle D. Miller. Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology offers concise, nontechnical explanations of major principles of memory and attention–concepts that all teachers should know and that can inform how technology is used in their classes. Teachers will come away with a new appreciation of the importance of memory for learning, useful ideas for handling and discussing technology with their students, and an understanding of how memory is changing in our technology-saturated world.
Sh:lam = (the doctor) : poems /Joseph A Dandurand. The author writes, This is the truth of what has happened to my people. The Kwantlen people used to number in the thousands but like all river tribes, eighty percent of our people were wiped out by smallpox and now there are only 200 of us. As a Kwantlen man, father, fisherman, poet and playwright I believe the gift of words was given to me so I can retell our stories.
Teaching business information literacy /edited by Genifer Snipes, Marlinda Karo, Ash E. Faulkner, and Lauren Reiter. This book provides guidance to new business specialists, generalists, and subject librarians in other disciplines being asked to teach business research classes for the first time. Featuring more than 40 practical, classroom-proven lesson plans for one-shot, embedded, and credit-bearing library classes
Teaching for spiritual formation: a patristic approach to Christian education in a convulsed age /Kyle Hughes ; foreword by David I. Smith. Hughes advances a fresh vision of Christian teaching and learning by drawing upon the riches of the Christian tradition, synthesizing the wisdom of the early church fathers with contemporary efforts to cultivate a distinctively Christian approach to education. This book examines how the writings of five significant church fathers can illuminate our understanding of the vocation of teachers, the nature of students, the purpose of curriculum, decisions about pedagogy, and how spiritual formation works. Besides reimagining these aspects of Christian education, Hughes also offers habits and practices that can help bring this vision of Christian teaching and learning to life, challenging Christian educators to sharpen their approach to the integration of faith and learning in practical and accessible ways .
The brothers Karamazov: a novel in four parts and an epilogue /Fyodor Dostoyevsky ; translated with an introduction and notes by David McDuff. The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov and his three sons―the impulsive and sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; and the healthy, red-cheeked young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the whole of Russian life, is social and spiritual striving, in what was both the golden age and a tragic turning point in Russian culture.
The diary of Dukesang Wong: a voice from Gold Mountain /Dukesang Wong ; edited with commentary by David McIlwraith ; diary translated by Wanda Joy Hoe ; introduction by Judy Fong Bates. Here is the only known first-person account from a Chinese worker on the famously treacherous parts of transcontinental railways that spanned the North American continent in the nineteenth century. Wong’s written account of life working on the Canadian Pacific Railway, a Gold Mountain life, tells of the punishing work, the camraderie, the sickness and starvation, the encounters with Indigenous Peoples, and the dark and shameful history of racism and exploitation that prevailed up and down the North American continent. Background history and explanations for the diary’s unexplained references are provided by David McIlwraith, the book’s editor, who also considers why the diarist’s voice and other Chinese voices have been silenced for so long.
The encyclopedia of female pioneers in online learning /Susan Bainbridge and Norine Wark. This landmark book details thirty preeminent female academics, including some of the first to create online courses, design learning management systems, research innovative topics such as discourse analysis or open resources, and speak explicitly about gender parity in the field. Offering comprehensive career profiles, original interviews, and research analyses, these chapters are illuminating on their own right while amounting to an essential combination of reference material and primary source.
The fire of love; translated [from the Latin] into modern English with an introduction by Clifton Wolters. This treatise is partly autobiographical and partly a practical manual to the devout life. Erratic, even turbulent at times, the fire explores the shadow-land beyond the realm of common Christian experience.
The gospel of climate skepticism: why evangelical Christians oppose action on climate change /Robin Globus Veldman. The Gospel of Climate Skepticism reveals the extent to which climate skepticism and anti-environmentalism are not simply side effects of cognitive and doctrinal influences, but have become embedded in the social world and identity of many conservative evangelicals. Upending an assumption widely held by both scholars and the public–that skepticism is simply a side-effect of evangelicals’ political or theological conservatism–the book shows that between 2006 and 2015, leaders and pundits associated with the Christian Right promoted skepticism widely as the biblical position on climate change.
The narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket /[by] Edgar Allan Poe ; edited with an introduction and commentary, including Jules Verne’s sequel Le sphinx des glaces, by Harold Beaver. A stowaway aboard the New England whaler Grampus, young Arthur Gordon Pym finds himself an unwilling passenger on an extraordinary voyage. Edgar Allan Poe’s only novel, first published in 1838, recounts the incredible adventures and discoveries of Pym and his companions as they overcome violent mutineers, are set adrift in an open boat, encounter a corpse-ridden ghost ship, cannibals, and huge polar bears as they approach the icy barriers of the South Pole.
The quest of the Holy Grail. Translated with an introd. by P. M. Matarasso. Composed by an unknown author in early thirteenth-century France, The Quest of the Holy Grail is a fusion of Arthurian legend and Christian symbolism, reinterpreting ancient Celtic myth as a profound spiritual fable. It recounts the quest of the knights of Camelot – the simple Perceval, the thoughtful Bors, the rash Gawain, the weak Lancelot and the saintly Galahad – as they journey through danger and temptation to reach the elusive Holy Grail. But only one of them is judged worthy to see the mysteries within the sacred vessel, and look upon the ineffable. Enfused with tragic grandeur and an aura of mysticism, The Quest is an absorbing and radiant allegory of man’s perilous search for divine grace, and had a profound influence on later Arthurian romances and versions of the Grail legend.
The Wiley Blackwell companion to the study of religion /edited by Robert A. Segal and Nickolas P. Roubekas. Michael Wilkinson TWU AUTHOR The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Study of Religion delivers an expert and insightful analysis of modern perspectives on the study of religion across the humanities and the social sciences. The book includes perspectives from those in fields as diverse as globalization, cognitive science, the study of emotion, law, esotericism, sex and gender, functionalism, terror, the comparative method, modernism, and postmodernism. Many of the topics covered in the book clearly hail from religious studies, while others are grounded in other areas of academia.
This promise of change: one girl’s story in the fight for school equality /Jo Ann Allen Boyce and Debbie Levy. In 1956, Allen was one of twelve African-American students who broke the color barrier and integrated Clinton High School in Little Rock, Tennessee. Jo Ann–clear-eyed, practical, tolerant, and popular among both black and white students—found herself called on as the spokesperson of the group. This is the heartbreaking and relatable story of her four months thrust into the national spotlight and as a trailblazer in history. Based on original research and interviews and featuring backmatter with archival materials and notes from the authors on the co-writing process.
Undertaking capstone projects in education: a practical guide for students /Jolanta Burke and Majella Dempsey. Undertaking Capstone Projects in Education provides students with all of the information required to successfully design and complete a capstone project. Filled with examples and written in a friendly and collaborative style, this key guide uses simple language and easy-to-understand examples to unpack complex research issues.
Unsettling the Great White North: black Canadian history /edited by Michele A. Johnson and Funké Aladejebi. Unsettling the Great White North offers a chronological, regional, and thematic compilation of some of the latest and best scholarship in the field of Black Canadian history.
Unsettling the settler within: Indian residential schools, truth telling, and reconciliation in Canada /Paulette Regan. Unsettling the Settler Within argues that non-Aboriginal Canadians must undergo their own process of decolonization in order to truly participate in the transformative possibilities of reconciliation. Settlers must relinquish the persistent myth of themselves as peacemakers and acknowledge the destructive legacy of a society that has stubbornly ignored and devalued Indigenous experience. A compassionate call to action, this powerful book offers a new and hopeful path toward healing the wounds of the past.
100 activities for teaching research ethics and integrity /Catherine Dawson. These practical, user-friendly original activities have been designed to inspire and support educators of research ethics and integrity at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
1945: the year that made modern Canada /Ken Cuthbertson. Cuthbertson has written a highly readable narrative that commemorates the seventy-fifth anniversary of the end of WWII and chronicles the events and personalities of a critical year that reshaped Canada. 1945: The Year That Made Modern Canada showcases the stories of people–some celebrated, some ordinary–who left their mark on the nation and helped create the Canada of today. The author profiles an eclectic group of Canadians, including eccentric prime minister Mackenzie King, iconic hockey superstar Rocket Richard, business tycoon E. P. Taylor, Soviet defector Igor Gouzenko, the bandits of the Polka Dot Gang, crusading MP Agnes Macphail, and authors Gabrielle Roy and Hugh MacLennan, among many others. The book also covers topics like the Halifax riots, war brides, the birth of Canada’s beloved social safety net, and the remarkable events that sparked the Cold War.
A moon for the misbegotten: a play in four acts /Eugene O’Neill.The last play of O’Neill – recognized as one of his greatest theatrical achievements – a unique blend of comedy, tragedy, autobiography, and imagination.
Blitzed: drugs in Nazi Germany /Norman Ohler ; translated by Shaun Whiteside. Ohler’s gripping bestseller reveals that the entire Third Reich was permeated with drugs: cocaine, heroin, morphine and, most of all, methamphetamines, or crystal meth, used by everyone from factory workers to housewives, and crucial to troops’ resilience – even partly explaining German victory in 1940. The promiscuous use of drugs at the very highest levels also impaired and confused decision-making, with Hitler and his entourage taking refuge in potentially lethal cocktails of stimulants administered by the physician Dr Morell as the war turned against Germany. While drugs cannot on their own explain the events of the Second World War or its outcome, Ohler shows, they change our understanding of it. Blitzed forms a crucial missing piece of the story.
Can I believe?: Christianity for the hesistant /John G. Stackhouse, Jr. This book begins by taking on the initial challenge as it outlines a process. It then clears away a number of misunderstandings from the basic story of the Christian religion. The second half of the book then looks at Christian commitment positively and negatively.
Die aramäischen Texte vom Toten Meer: samt den Inschriften aus Palästina, dem Testament Levis aus der Kairoer Genisa, der Fastenrolle und den alten talmudischen Zitaten : aramaistische Einleitung, Text, Übersetzung, Deutung, Grammatik/Wörterbuch, deutsch-aramäische Wortliste, Register. Ergänzungsband /Klaus Beyer.The Aramaic texts from the Dead Sea : together with the inscriptions from Palestine, the Testament of Levi from the Cairo Genizah, the Lenten Scroll and the ancient Talmudic quotations : Aramaic introduction, text, translation, interpretation, grammar/dictionary, German-Aramaic word list, index. Supplementary volume
Exile : a conversation with N.T. Wright /edited by James M. Scott. (TWU AUTHOR) Wright is well known for his view that the majority of Second Temple Jews saw themselves as living within an ongoing exile. This book engages a lively conversation with this idea, beginning with a lengthy thesis from Wright, responses from eleven New Testament scholars, and a concluding essay from Wright responding to his interlocutors.
Feminisms: a global history /Lucy Delap. Feminism is the ongoing story of the fight against gender injustice. Delap explores an extraordinary range of examples from around the globe-from Japan to Russia, Egypt to Germany. While illustrating the rich diversity of feminism, Delap reveals shared themes-around sexual harassment at work and in the street, or challenges to male violence, impunity, and disrespect for women everywhere. A rousing history that helps us better navigate current debates and controversies will infuse today’s activism with a renewed sense of possibility and common purpose–.
Finding the right hills to die on: the case for theological triage /Gavin Ortlund ; foreward by D.A. Carson. The author uses four basic categories of doctrine to help church leaders consider how and what to prioritize in doctrine and ministry, encouraging humility and grace along the way.
Gentile impurities and Jewish identities: intermarriage and conversion from the Bible to the Talmud /Christine E. Hayes.In ancient Jewish culture the ideas of purity and impurity defined the socio-cultural boundaries between Jews and Gentiles. Hayes argues that different views of the possibility of conversion, based on varying ideas about Gentile impurity, were the key factor in the formation of Jewish sects in the second temple period, and in the separation of the early Christian Church from what later became rabbinic Judaism.
Gott und Belial; traditionsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen zum Dualismus in den Texten aus Qumran. God and Belial; tradition-historical investigations on dualism in the texts from Qumran.
I studied inscriptions from before the flood: ancient Near Eastern, literary, and linguistic approaches to Genesis 1-11 /edited by Richard S. Hess and David Toshio Tsumura. This volume collects the best of recent research and classic essays on the Primeval History, including several articles that have not appeared heretofore in English. The articles provide students and scholars with easy access to significant scholarship illuminating both the world outside the text and the world within the text.
Interpreting basic statistics: a workbook based on excerpts from journal articles /Keith S. Cox and Zealure C. Holcomb. Interpreting Basic Statistics gives students valuable practice in interpreting statistical reporting as it actually appears in peer-reviewed journals. Ancillary materials include data sets with almost two hours of accompanying tutorial videos, which will help students and instructors apply lessons from the book to real life scenarios
Qualitative research in education: a user’s guide /Marilyn Lichtman. The 4th edition of this book offers a reader-friendly and accessible introduction to conducting qualitative research in education. Lichtman outlines the history, context, and traditions of qualitative research, before walking readers through the research process step-by-step, while also covering important issues such as ethics and subjectivity. The fourth edition has been thoroughly revised and updated featuring new examples, an increased focus on virtual and digital data collection, and innovative new approaches to qualitative research. Written in a practical, conversational style and full of real-world examples drawn from across education, this book offers a practical introduction to qualitative research in education.
Qumran and Apocalyptic: studies on the Aramaic texts from Qumran /by Florentino Garcia Martinez. This volume contains a selection of studies on the Aramaic texts from Qumran, originally published in Spanish but thoroughly revised here, which investigate the contributions made by the Qumran manuscripts to the study of the Apocalyptic Tradition. The book offers a most up-to-date survey of research on these manuscripts and makes a fresh contribution to the understanding of Qumran and of the Apocalyptic Tradition.
Speaking up: understanding language and gender /Allyson Jule. TWU AUTHOR Using the latest academic research, Allyson Jule tackles some of the most pressing issues facing feminism today, including how language use and related ideas about gender play out in the home, workplace and online. It turns out that many popular ideas about gender and language are more complicated than they first appear. This book will change the way you think about language, and give you the tools to challenge the world around you.
The end of the Christian life: how embracing our mortality frees us to truly live /J. Todd Billings. Artfully weaving rich theology and a powerful narrative, a theologian and cancer patient invites you to discover how the surprising, countercultural path of embracing your mortal limits can enliven true Christian hope in a death-denying age.
The heavenly man: the remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun /with Paul Hattaway. This is the intensely dramatic story of how God took a young, half-starved boy from a poor village in Henan Province and used him mightily to preach the gospel, despite horrific opposition. Brother Yun is one of China’s house church leaders, a man who despite his relative youth has suffered prolonged torture and imprisonment for his faith. Instead of focusing on the many miracles or experiences of suffering, however, Yun prefers to emphasise the character and beauty of Jesus. This astonishing book will form a watershed in your spiritual life.
The miracle seed /Martin Lemelman. The thrilling true story of an ancient plant, wonderfully reborn in the modern era through the hard work of two female scientists This graphic novel follows the extinction and rebirth of the Judean date palm, an ancient plant brought back to life through the efforts of Jewish biologists Dr. Sarah Sallon and Dr. Elaine Solowey. Intertwining world history, the scientific process, and colorfully detailed artwork, The Miracle Seed follows the Judean date palm’s journey from tragic extinction to incredible rebirth.
The sky is not the limit /Jérémie Decalf. A poetic odyssey through space with the groundbreaking Voyager 2 probe-past Earth, into deep space and beyond. This lyrical, atmospheric book introduces young readers to a pioneering NASA spacecraft that has spent over forty-five years observing and exploring our galaxy. With stirring poetry, luminous art, and fascinating back matter, The Sky Is Not the Limit will inspire future scientific innovators and foster a sense of wonder at our universe.
The story of Christianity /Justo L. González. The Story of Christianity Volume II: The Reformation to the Present Day is afully revised and updated second volume. Gonzalez’s astute scholarship, lucid prose, and impassioned focus tell the narrative history of Christianity, beginning with the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century and leading all the way up to present day.
The world turned upside down: a history of the Chinese Cultural Revolution /Yang Jisheng ; translated from the Chinese and edited by Stacy Mosher and Guo Jian. Yang Jisheng presents the only history of the Cultural Revolution by an independent scholar based in mainland China, and makes a crucial contribution to understanding those years’ lasting influence today. The World Turned Upside Down puts every political incident, major and minor, of those ten years under extraordinary and withering scrutiny, and concludes at a moment when contemporary Chinese governance is leaning once more toward a highly centralized power structure and a Mao-style cult of personality.
Transforming our nation: empowering the church for a greater harvest /Jacqueline Dugas … [et al.] ; [editor, Murray Moerman]. This was the 2nd of three volumes with a single purpose: “mobilize to the whole church to disciple the whole nation through saturation church planting.” Similar principles apply in every nation globally.
Why business matters to God: (and what still needs to be fixed) /Jeff Van Duzer. This book explores the nature and meaning of doing. business. Van Duzer presents a profoundly Christian approach that integrates biblical studies with the disciplines of business and economics. Looking beyond the place of ethical principles and the character of the individual, Van Duzer displays a vision of business that contributes to the very purposes of God.
Work: a deep history, from the stone age to the age of robots /James Suzman. A revolutionary new history of humankind through the prism of work by leading anthropologist James Suzman.
Jidu tu yu ge ming: Liu Jingan yu zhong shu jian ji qi ta = True Christian as real revolutionist : essays on Paul Liu Ching-an, and his letters from prison
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