In the past week nearly 8,000 print and eBooks were added to the catalogue. We barely scratched the surface in presenting this week’s sample. Click on a title for more information. TWU log in may be required.
BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Bitcoin essentials: gain insights into Bitcoin, a cryptocurrency and a powerful technology, to optimize your Bitcoin mining techniques /Albert Szmigielski.
Getting naked: a business fable about shedding the three fears that sabotage client loyalty /Patrick Lencioni. Another extraordinary business fable from the New York Times bestselling author Patrick Lencioni. He explains the theory of vulnerability in depth and presents concrete steps for putting it to work in any organization.
The globalization of inequality /François Bourguignon. In The Globalization of Inequality, distinguished economist and policymaker Bourguignon examines the complex and paradoxical links between a vibrant world economy that has raised the living standard of over half a billion people in emerging nations and the exponentially increasing inequality within countries. Ultimately, Bourguignon argues that it will be up to countries in the developed and developing world to implement better policies, even though globalization limits the scope for some potential redistributive instruments. An informed and original contribution to the current debates about inequality, this book will be essential reading for anyone who is interested in the future of the world economy.
The innovation illusion: how so
little is created by so many working so hard /by Fredrik Erixon and Björn Weigel.
Just capitalism: a Christian ethic of economic globalization /Brent Waters.
Overcoming the five dysfunctions of a team: a field guide for leaders, managers, and facilitators /Patrick Lencioni. In this book, the author offers specific, practical guidance for overcoming the five dysfunctions using tools, exercises, assessments, and real-world examples. Written concisely and to the point, this guide gives leaders, line managers, and consultants alike the tools they need to get their teams up and running quickly and effectively.
Prosperity without growth: foundations for the economy of tomorrow /Tim Jackson.
EDUCATION
It won’t be easy: an exceedingly honest (and slightly unprofessional) love letter to teaching /Tom Rademacher ; foreword by Dave Eggers.
Marching off the map: inspire students to navigate a brand new world /by Tim Elmore with Andrew McPeak.
HEALTH SCIENCES
Indigenous healing: exploring traditional paths /Rupert Ross.
Neuroimmunity: a new science that will revolutionize how we keep our brains healthy and young Michal Schwartz ; with Anat London ; with a foreword by Olle Lindvall.
Social determinants of health: Canadian perspectives /edited by Dennis Raphael.
HISTORY
The cultural revolution: a very short introduction /Richard Curt Kraus.
Gandhi: a very short introduction /Bhikhu Parekh
Histories of the Holocaust /Dan Stone. The book is not a “history of the history of the Holocaust,” offering simply a description of developments in historiography. Stone critically analyses the literature, discerning major themes and trends and assessing the achievements and shortcomings of the various approaches. He demonstrates that there never can or should be a single history of the Holocaust and facilitates an understanding of the genocide of the Jews from a multiplicity of angles. An understanding of how the Holocaust could have happened can only be achieved by recourse to histories of the Holocaust: detailed day-by-day accounts of high-level decision-making; long-term narratives of the Holocaust’s relationship to European histories of colonialism and warfare; micro-historical studies of Jewish life before, during, and after Nazi occupation; and cultural analyses of Nazi fantasies and fears.
A history of genocide in Africa /Timothy J. Stapleton. Based on a series of detailed case studies, this book presents the history of genocide in Africa within the specific context of African history, examining conflicts in countries such as Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Rwanda, and Sudan. It covers Africa’s most infamous genocides as well as lesser-known cases of large scale atrocities and addresses events that are contested as genocides in Africa in recent history, including the Nigerian Civil War as well as events in Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The liberation of the camps: the end of the Holocaust and its aftermath /Dan Stone.
The restoration of Rome: barbarian popes & imperial pretenders /Peter Heather. Heather shows in dazzling biographical portraits, how each of the three greatest contender for the empire–Theoderic, Justinian, and Charlemagne–operated with a different power base but was astonishingly successful in his own way. Though each in turn managed to put back together enough of the old Roman West to stake a plausible claim to the Western imperial title, none of their empires long outlived their founders’ deaths. Not until the reinvention of the papacy in the eleventh century would Europe’s barbarians find the means to establish a new Roman Empire, one that has lasted a thousand years
The Roman Republic: a very short introduction /David M. Gwynn. Gwynn reflects on the remarkable legacy of the Roman Republic.
LITERATURE
Dot to dot in the sky: stories of the aurora /Joan Marie Galat ; illustrated by Lorna Bennett.
Montaigne: a life /translated by Steven Rendall and Lisa Neal.
Ralph Ellison’s invisible theology /M. Cooper Harriss. Harriss argues that religion remains relatively invisible within discussions of race and seeks to correct this through a close study of Ralph Ellison’s work. Harriss examines the religious and theological dimensions of Ellison’s concept of race through his evocative metaphor for the experience of blackness in America, and with an eye to uncovering previously unrecognized religious dynamics in Ellison’s life and work. Blending religious studies and theology, race theory, and fresh readings of African-American culture, Harriss draws on Ellison to create the concept of an “invisible theology,” and uses this concept as a basis for discussing religion and racial identity in contemporary American life. This is the first book to focus on Ellison as a religious figure, and on the religious dynamics of his work. Harriss places Ellison in context with such legendary religious figures as Reinhold and Richard Niebuhr, Paul Tillich and Martin Luther King, Jr. He argues that historical legacies of invisible theology help us make sense of more recent issues like drone warfare and Clint Eastwood’s 2016 “empty chair” speech at the Republican national convention.
Romeo and Juliet: a critical reader /Julia Reinhard Lupton.
The Routledge companion to science fiction /edited by Mark Bould … [et al.].
Shakespeare’s Roman trilogy: the twilight of the ancient world /Paul A. Cantor.
Song of myself: with a complete commentary /Walt Whitman ; introduction and commentary by Ed Folsom and Christopher Merrill. This book offers the most comprehensive and detailed reading to date of Song of Myself. One of the most distinguished critics in Whitman Studies, Folsom, and one of the nation’s most prominent writers and literary figures, Merrill, carry on a dialog with Whitman, and with each other, section by section, as they invite readers to enter into the conversation about how the poem develops, moves, improvises, and surprises. Instead of picking and choosing particular passages to support a reading of the poem, Folsom and Merrill take Whitman at his word and interact with “every atom” of his work.
Women’s writing in English: early modern England /Patricia Demers.
MATHEMATICS
Single digits: in praise of small numbers /Marc Chamberland In Single Digits, Marc Chamberland takes readers on a fascinating exploration of small numbers, from one to nine, looking at their history, applications, and connections to various areas of mathematics, including number theory, geometry, chaos theory, numerical analysis, and mathematical physics. Chamberland covers vast numerical territory, such as illustrating the ways that the number three connects to chaos theory, an unsolved problem involving Egyptian fractions, and problematic election results. The book’s short sections can be read independently and digested in bite-sized chunks–especially good for learning about the Ham Sandwich Theorem and the Pizza Theorem. Appealing to high school and college students, professional mathematicians, and those mesmerized by patterns, this book shows that single digits offer a plethora of possibilities that readers can count on.
Summing it up: from one plus one to modern number theory /Avner Ash and Robert Gross. Summing It Up uses addition as a springboard to look at numbers and number theory, and how we apply beautiful numerical properties to answer math problems. Mathematicians Ash and Gross explore addition’s most basic characteristics as well as the addition of squares and other powers before moving onward to infinite series, modular forms, and issues at the forefront of current mathematical research. They tailor their succinct and engaging investigations for math enthusiasts of all backgrounds. Appropriate for numbers novices as well as college math majors, Summing It Up delves into mathematics that will enlighten anyone fascinated by 
numbers.
POLITICAL STUDIES
China’s ascent: power, security, and the future of international politics /edited by Robert S. Ross and Zhu Feng. This book offers multiple analytical perspectives—constructivist, liberal, neorealist—on the significance of the many dimensions of China’s regional and global influence. Distinguished authors consider the likelihood of conflict and peaceful accommodation as China grows ever stronger. They look at the changing position of China “from the inside.” The authors also address the implications of China’s increasing power for Chinese policymaking and for the foreign policies of Korea, Japan, and the United States.
Crossroads: a meeting of nations : democracy and the modern world : how did the revolutions in England, America, and France lead to modern democracy? /Michael Cranny ; with contributions by Graham Jarvis.
The history of terrorism: from antiquity to ISIS /edited by Gérard Chaliand and Arnaud Blin.
How America got its guns: a history of the gun violence crisis /William Briggs. This book on the history of guns in America examines the Second Amendment and the laws and court cases it has spawned. The author’s thorough and objective account shows the complexities of the issue, which are so often reduced to bumper-sticker slogans, and suggests ways in which gun violence in that country can be reduced. Briggs profiles not only protagonists in the national gun debate but also ordinary people, showing the ways guns have become part of the lives of many Americans. Balanced and painstakingly unbiased, Briggs’s account provides the background needed to follow gun politics in America and to understand the gun culture in which we are likely to live for the foreseeable future.
A matter of confidence: the inside story of the political battle for BC /Rob Shaw and Richard Zussman. A breathtaking behind-the-scenes look at the dramatic rise and fall of Christy Clark’s BC Liberals, the return to power of the NDP, and what it means for British Columbia’s volatile political climate going forward. A Matter of Confidence gives readers an insider’s look at the overconfidence that fuelled the rise and fall of Clark’s premiership and the historic non-confidence vote that defeated her government and ended her political career. Beginning with this pivotal moment, the book goes back and chronicles the downfall of Clark’s predecessor, Gordon Campbell, which led to her unlikely victory in 2013, and traces the events leading up to her defeat at the hands of her NDP and Green opponents. Told by reporters Zussman and Shaw, who covered every moment of the election cycle, and illustrated by candid and extensive interviews with political insiders from both sides of the aisle–including Christy Clark and John Horgan–this book is a must read for anyone who cares about BC politics and the future of the province.
PSYCHOLOGY
Five constraints on predicting behavior /Jerome Kagan. A distinguished psychologist considers five conditions that constrain inferences about the relation between brain activity and psychological processes.
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
An atheist and a Christian walk into a bar…: talking about God, the universe, and everything /Randal Rauser and Justin Schieber.
Captives of the mighty [electronic resource]: Christ and the Japanese enigma /Dorothy Pape. This book seeks to explain many of the peculiar difficulties created by a unique and mystifying culture, which face the missionary and Japanese Christian there. It is written out of a burning desire to further the cause of Christ in a nation which is of the greatest strategic importance in the Far East and which aspires to be the bridge between nations of the East and the West. To divide this book into two parts is logical. One part deals with the general culture and religious background of Japan, while the second tells the story of the outworking of the Christian faith in the lives of the Japanese.
Christian humanism and moral formation in “a world come of age”: an interdisciplinary look at the works of Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Marilynne Robinson /edited by Jens Zimmermann and Natalie Boldt. (TWU AUTHOR)
Culture care: reconnecting with beauty for our common life /Makoto Fujimura ; foreword by Mark Labberton. In Culture Care artist Makoto Fujimura issues a call to cultural stewardship, in which we become generative and feed our culture’s soul with beauty, creativity, and generosity. This book is for anyone with a desire or an artistic gift to reach across boundaries with understanding, reconciliation, and healing. It is a book for anyone with a passion for the arts, for supporters of the arts, and for “creative catalysts” who understand how much the culture we all share affects human thriving today and shapes the generations to come.
Connected toward communion: the church and social communication in the digital age /Daniella Zsupan-Jerome. In Connected toward Communion, Zsupan-Jerome traces the Roman Catholic Church’s contemporary thought and practice of social communication, from Inter Mirifica of the Second Vatican Council to the church’s approach to communicating faith through social networking today. Throughout, a key question forms a common thread: how might we form pastoral ministers today for serving the church in the digital age and beyond?
A field guide to nature as spiritual practice /Steven Chase.
Genesis and the mystery Confucius couldn’t solve /Ethel R. Nelson, Richard E. Broadberry.
God and the green divide: religious environmentalism in black and white /Amanda J. Baugh. Building on scholarship that provides theological and ethical resources to support the ‘greening’ of religion, God and the Green Divide examines religious environmentalism as it actually happens in the daily lives of urban Americans. Baugh demonstrates how complex dynamics related to race, ethnicity, and class factor into decisions to ‘go green.’ By carefully examining negotiations of racial and ethnic identities as central to the history of religious environmentalism, this work complicates assumptions that religious environmentalism is a direct expression of theology, ethics, or religious beliefs.
Heidegger’s confessions: the remains of Saint Augustine in being and time and beyond /Ryan Coyne. Although Martin Heidegger is nearly as notorious as Friedrich Nietzsche for embracing the death of God, the philosopher himself acknowledged that Christianity accompanied him at every stage of his career. In this book, Coyne isolates a crucially important player in this story: Saint Augustine. Uncovering the significance of Saint Augustine in Heidegger’s philosophy, he details the complex and conflicted ways in which Heidegger paradoxically sought to define himself against the Christian tradition while at the same time making use of its resources.
Holy spokes: the search for urban spirituality on two wheels /Laura Everett ; illustrated by Paul Soupiset. After Laura Everett’s car died on the highway one rainy night, she made the utterly practical decision to start riding her bicycle to work through the streets of Boston. Seven years later, she’s never looked back. Holy Spokes tells the story of Everett’s unlikely conversion to urban cycling. As she pedaled her way into a new way of life, Everett discovered that her year-round bicycle commuting wasn’t just benefiting her body, her wallet, and her environment. It was enriching her soul. Ride along with Everett through Holy Spokes as she explores the history of cycling, makes friends with a diverse and joyful community of fellow cyclists, gets up close and personal with the city she loves–and begins to develop a deep, robust, and distinctly urban spirituality.
The invisible bestseller: searching for the Bible in America /Kenneth A. Briggs. In this book, veteran religion writer Kenneth Briggs asks how, even as the Bible remains the best-selling book of all time, fewer Americans than ever can correctly articulate what it says, much less how it might offer guidance for their lives. In a quest to make sense of the Bible’s relative disappearance from public life, Briggs shares with readers his own two-year cross-country journey to a variety of places. Brigg’s narrative incorporates pertinent interviews throughout with preachers, pollsters, scholars, and ordinary citizens from California to Texas to Florida to Massachusetts. As he probes and reflects on his varied findings, Briggs offers keen insight into why and how the Bible’s place in American public life has shifted and shrunk — and he suggests what role the Bible may play in the US in years to come.
Jesus: evidence and argument or mythicist myths? /Maurice Casey.
Jesus: first-century rabbi /David Zaslow with Joseph A. Lieberman. This bold, fresh look at the historical Jesus and the Jewish roots of Christianity challenges both Jews and Christians to re-examine their understanding of Jesus’ commitment to his Jewish faith. Instead of emphasizing the differences between the two religions, this groundbreaking text explains how the concepts of vicarious atonement, mediation, incarnation, and Trinity are actually rooted in classical Judaism.
A land full of God: Christian perspectives on the Holy Land /Mea Elise Cannon. A Land Full of God gives American Christians an opportunity to promote peace and justice in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It shows them how to understand the enmity with brief, digestible, and comprehensive essays about the historical, political, religious, and geographical tensions that have led to many of the dynamics we see today. All the while, A Land Full of God walks readers through a biblical perspective of God’s heart for Israel and the historic suffering of the Jewish people, while also remaining sensitive to the experience and suffering of Palestinians.
The little book of gratitude: create a life of happiness and wellbeing by giving thanks /Dr. Robert A. Emmons, PhD.
Miracles: an encyclopedia of people, places, and supernatural events from antiquity to the present /Patrick J. Hayes, editor. This encyclopedia provides a unique resource on the philosophical, historical, religious, and cross-cultural conceptions of miracles that cut across denominational lines.
Religion and human enhancement: death, values, and morality /edited by Tracy J. Trothen and Calvin Mercer. This collection vigorously addresses the religious implications of extreme human enhancement technology. Topics covered include cutting edge themes, such as moral enhancement, common ground to both transhumanism and religion, the meaning of death, desire and transcendence, and virtue ethics. Reflecting a range of opinion about the desirability of extreme enhancement, leading scholars in the field join with emerging scholars to foster enhanced conversation on these topics.
Secular Buddhism: imagining the Dharma in an uncertain world /Stephen Batchelor. In this collected volume of his writings Batchelor explores the complex implications of Buddhism’s secularization. Ranging widely-from reincarnation, religious belief, and agnosticism to the role of the arts in Buddhist practice-he offers a detailed picture of contemporary Buddhism and its attempt to find a voice in the modern world.
Who God says you are: a Christian understanding of identity /Klyne R. Snodgrass.
Why Muslim integration fails in Christian-heritage societies /Claire L. Adida, David D. Laitin, and Marie-Anne Valfort. Why Muslim Integration Fails in Christian-Heritage Societies explores the question and concludes that both Muslim and non-Muslim French must share responsibility for the slow progress of integration.
Worship together in your church as in heaven /Josh Davis and Nikki Lerner.
SCIENCES
100 million years of food: what our ancestors ate and why it matters today /Stephen Le.
China Lake: a journey into the contradicted heart of a global climate catastrophe /Barret Baumgart. Baumgart’s literary debut presents a haunting and deeply personal portrait of civilization poised at the precipice, a picture of humanity caught between its deepest past and darkest future. Stalking the fringes of Internet conspiracy, speculative science, and contemporary archaeology, Baumgart weaves memoir, military history, and investigative journalism in a dizzying journey that carries him from the cornfields of Iowa to the caves of prehistoric Europe and eventually to the the sparkling white hallways of the Pentagon, and straight into the contradicted heart of a worldwide climate emergency.
Evolution’s bite: A Story of Teeth, Diet, and Human Origins /Peter S. Ungar.
Life through time and space /Wallace Arthur ; Illustrations by Stephen Arthur.
A taste for the beautiful: the evolution of attraction in animals and humans /Michael J. Ryan.
Vanishing bees: science, politics, and honeybee health /Sainath Suryanarayanan and Daniel Lee Kleinman.
What’s so controversial about genetically modified food? /John T. Lang.
Zebra st
ripes /Tim Caro. “Why do zebras have stripes?” There are many explanations, but until now hardly any have been seriously addressed or even tested. In Zebra Stripes, Caro takes readers through a decade of painstaking fieldwork examining the significance of black-and-white striping and, after systematically dismissing every hypothesis for these markings with new data, he arrives at a surprising conclusion: zebra markings are nature’s defense against biting fly annoyance. Not just a tale of one scientist’s quest to solve a classic mystery of biology, Zebra Stripes is also a testament to the tremendous value of longitudinal research in behavioral ecology, demonstrating how observation, experiment, and comparative research can together reshape our understanding of the natural world.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Bad feminist: essays /Roxane Gay. Bad Feminist is a sharp, funny, and spot-on look at the ways in which the culture we consume becomes who we are, and an inspiring call-to-arms of all the ways we still need to do better.
Cultural traditions in Canada /Molly Aloian. This colorful book describes the different holidays and traditions in various parts of Canada and the ways in which Canadians celebrate family occasions.
Delusions of gender: how our minds, society, and neurosexism create difference /Cordelia Fine. Drawing on the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, Fine debunks the myth of hardwired differences between men’s and women’s brains, unraveling the evidence behind such claims as men’s brains aren’t wired for empathy and women’s brains aren’t made to fix cars. She then goes one step further, offering a very different explanation of the dissimilarities between men’s and women’s behavior. Instead of a “male brain” and a “female brain, ” Fine gives us a glimpse of plastic, mutable minds that are continuously influenced by cultural assumptions about gender.
Environmentalism of the rich /Peter Dauvergne. What it means for global sustainability when environmentalism is dominated by the concerns of the affluent — eco-business, eco-consumption, wilderness preservation.
The forgiveness project: stories for a vengeful age /Marina Cantacuzino. Thought-provoking and powerful real life stories from survivors and perpetrators of crime and violence around the world are collected here from a diverse range of situations. They raise the possibility of alternatives to resentment, retaliation and revenge, with each story showing the very real impact of forgiveness within a particular context.
TECHNOLOGY & MEDIA
The attention merchants: the epic scramble to get inside our heads /Tim Wu.
Cognitive surplus: how technology makes consumers into collaborators /Clay Shirky.
Gutenberg’s fingerprint: a book lover bridges the digital divide /Merilyn Simond. An intimate narrative exploring the past, present, and future of books. Simonds — author, literary maven, and early adopter–asks herself: what is lost and what is gained as paper turns to pixel?’ Gutenberg’s Fingerprint trolls the past, present, and evolving future of the book in search of an answer. Part memoir and part philosophical and historical exploration, her assumptions about reading, writing, the nature of creativity, and the value of imperfection are toppled. Gutenberg’s Fingerprint is a timely and fascinating book that explores the myths, inventions, and consequences of the digital shift and how we read today.
Smarter than you think: how technology is changing our minds for the better /Clive Thompson.
Sparks of genius: the thirteen thinking tools of the world’s most creative people /Robert and Michèle Root-Bernstein.
Streampunks: YouTube and the rebels remaking media /Robert Kyncl with Maany Peyvan. An entertainment and tech insider–YouTube’s chief business officer–delivers the first detailed account of the rise of YouTube, the creative minds who have capitalized on it to become pop culture stars, and how streaming video is revolutionizing the media world. Streampunks is a firsthand account of this upstart company, examining how it evolved and where it will take us next. Sharing behind-the-scenes stories of YouTube’s most influential stars and the dealmakers brokering the future of entertainment, Kyncl uses his experiences at three of the most innovative media companies, HBO, Netflix, and YouTube, to tell the story of streaming video and this modern pop culture juggernaut. Collaborating with Google speechwriter Peyvan, Kyncl explains how the new rules of entertainment are being written and how and why the media landscape is radically changing. Kyncl persuasively argues that, despite concerns about technology impoverishing artists or undermining artistic quality, the new media revolution is actually fueling a creative boom and leading to more compelling, diverse, and immersive content.
BUSINESS
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HISTORY
LINGUISTICS
MUSIC
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
EDUCATION
HEALTH SCIENCES
HISTORY
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