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New Titles Tuesday, August 2

August 2, 2022 /

Here is a selection of titles recently added to the collection

 Change sings: a children’s anthem /Amanda Gorman ; [illustrated by] Loren Long. As a young girl leads a cast of characters on a musical journey, they learn that they have the power to make changes–big or small–in the world, in their communities, and in most importantly, in themselves.

  Shrubs to know in Pacific Northwest forests /Edward C. Jensen, Janet Donnelly, Erik Simmons, David A. Zahler, Alan Dennis. Step into the understory in this companion to the classic Trees to Know in Oregon and Washington. You’ll find complete descriptions of 49 common species, an easy-to-use identification key, notes on shrub names and habitat, range maps and hundreds of color photos.

 The history of me /written by Adrea Theodore ; illustrated by Erin K. Robinson. A mother’s account of her experience as the only Black child in school serves as an empowering message to her daughter.

 Zion unmatched /Zion Clark, James S. Hirsch. This stunning photographic essay showcases Zion Clark’s ferocious athleticism and undaunted spirit and includes pieces of advice that have motivated Zion toward excellence. Clark, subject of an award-winning Netflix short documentary, focuses on his quest for Olympic and Paralympic gold for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games. This book explores his  journey from a childhood lost in the foster care system to his hard-fought rise as a high school wrestler to his current rigorous training to prepare as an elite athlete on the world stage.

 

New Titles Tuesday, May 26

May 26, 2020 /

In the past week 8 e-titles were added to the Norma Marion Alloway Library’s collection; below is a sample.

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Contested fields: a global history of modern football /Alan McDougall.
This title introduces readers to key aspects of the global game, synthesizing research on football’s transnational role in reflecting and shaping political, socio-economic, and cultural developments over the past 150 years. Each chapter uses case studies and cutting-edge scholarship to analyze an important element of football’s international story: migration, money, competition, gender, race, space, spectatorship, and confrontation.

Darwinism as religion: what literature tells us about evolution /Michael Ruse.
This title draws on a deep understanding of both the science and the history, the author surveys the naturalistic thinking about the origins of organisms, including the origins of humankind, as portrayed in novels and in poetry, taking the story from its beginnings in the Age of Enlightenment in the 18th
century right up to the present.

Historical dictionary of Unitarian Universalism /Mark W. Harris.
This second edition contains has over 400 cross-referenced entries on people, places, events and trends in the history of the Unitarian and Universalist faiths including American leaders and luminaries, important writers and social reformers.

Just the arguments: 100 of the most important arguments in Western philosophy /edited by Michael Bruce and Steven Barbone.
This title provides a concise and formally structured summation of 100 of the most important arguments in Western philosophy and offers succinct expositions of key philosophical arguments.

Logic as a liberal art: an introduction to rhetoric and reasoning /R.E. Houser.
This title is designed as part of a minority approach, teaching logic in the “verbal” way, in the student’s “natural” language, the approach invented by Aristotle. The emphasis is on learning logic through doing problems and this title provides an example of problems on multiple levels of learning.

The problem of war: Darwinism, Christianity, and their battle to understand human conflict /Michael Ruse.
This title is an in-depth study of Christians and of Darwinians on the theme of war. The author shows that the dynamic between Darwinians and Christians has not been a straightforward opposition, and complicates as it moves through the 20th century, as some Christian thinkers start to favor the inevitability of war and Darwinians acknowledge the idea of moral progress.

Sketches in the theory of culture /edited by Dariusz Brzezinski; translated by Ktarzyna Bartoszynska.
Now published in English, this title was written by Polish sociologist and philosopher Zygmunt Bauman, who sheds light and illuminates the intellectual climate of Poland in the late 1960s. Bauman’s pursuit of a semiotic theory of culture includes a discussion of processes of individualization and the intensification of global ties, anticipating themes that became central to his later work.

Strategic leadership across cultures:  the GLOBE study of CEO leadership behavior and effectiveness in 24 countries /Robert J. House, Peter W. Dorfman, Mansour Javidan, Paul J. Hanges, Mary F. Sully de Luque.
Reporting on research obtained during the third phase of the ten-year GLOBE project, the book examines strategic leadership effectiveness for executive and top-level management based on data from more than 1,000 CEOs and over 6,000 top management team members in 24 countries.

 

 

 

New Titles Tuesday, February 11

February 11, 2020 /

In the past week 61 titles were added to the Norma Marion Alloway Library’s collection; below is a sample. Click on the link for more information.

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Caring enough to forgive: true forgiveness /David Augsburger.
This title explores that real focus of forgiving not in individualistic release from guilt and proof of goodness, but in inter-personal reconciliation, wholeness and life together in Christian community.

Eric Voegelin today: Voegelin’s political thought in the 21st century /edited by by Scott Robinson, Lee Trepanier and David N. Whitney.
This title analyzes German-American political philosopher Eric Voegelin’s scholarly works from the 1950s and early 1960s and examines the ways in which these works are relevant to the twenty-first century political environment.

Forensic nursing: scope and standards of practice /International Association of Forensic Nurses.
This new edition is the premier resource by forensic nurses for forensic nurses. Working at the intersections of multiple health and legal systems, the forensic nurse practices nationally and globally, providing specialized nursing care and treatment, which focuses on those affected by violence and trauma, be they individuals, families, communities, or populations.

Handmade pixels: independent video games and the quest for authenticity /Jesper Juul.
This title examines the paradoxical claims of developers, players, and festivals that portray independent games as unique and hand-crafted objects in a globally distributed digital medium. The author explains that independent video games are presented not as mass market products, but as cultural works created by people, and are promoted as authentic alternatives to mainstream games. Writing as a game player, scholar, developer, and educator.

Philippi: how Christianity began in Europe: the Epistle to the Philippians and the excavations at Philippi /Eduard Verhoef.
This title guides readers through the key issues of interpretation surrounding Paul’s writings to the Philippians, before covering the key events of the Church at Philippi with careful reference to the archaeological remains present at Philippi.

Poor economics: a radical rethinking of the way to fight global poverty /Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo.
The winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics upend the most common assumptions about how economics works in this gripping and disruptive portrait of how poor people actually live.

Routledge handbook of applied sport psychology: comprehensive guide for students and practitioners /edited by Stephanie Hanrahan and Mark Andersen.
This title is s a definitive guide to the theory and practice of applied sport psychology. Moving beyond the traditional tracks of clinical psychology and performance enhancement, the authors argue that psychologists would benefit from attempting to understand athletes’ social and familial contexts, their health, happiness, and interpersonal dynamics in the broadest sense, if they are to serve their clients’ best interests.

Storm in a teacup: the physics of everyday life /Helen Czerski.
This title provides the tools to alter the way we see everything around us by linking ordinary objects and occurrences, like popcorn popping, coffee stains, and fridge magnets, to big ideas like climate change, the energy crisis, or innovative medical testing. The author guides us through the principles of gases, gravity, size and time.

To know as we are known: education as a spiritual journey /Parker J. Palmer.
This primer on authentic education explores how mind and heart can work together in the learning process. Moving beyond the bankruptcy of our current model of education, Parker Palmer finds the soul of education through a lifelong cultivation of the wisdom each of us possesses and can share to benefit others.

 

New Titles Tuesday, May 14

May 14, 2019 /

In the past week 130 titles added to the library’s collection; below is a sample. Click on a link for more information.

Ancient Israel : what do we know and how do we know it? /Lester L. Grabbe.
The new edition summarizes through new archeological discoveries and theories what is known about ancient Israel. In particular, the book features a comprehensive coverage of David and Solomon, as well as a historicity of the Exodus.

Canadian painters in a modern world, 1925-1955 : writings and reconsiderations /Lora Senechal Carney.
This book showcases artistic production within specific socio-political contexts to shed new light on Canadian art during three decades of conflict and crisis. In addition, the book provides a direct access to a carefully curated selection of writings, artworks, photos, and other documents that help to reconstruct the public spheres in which artists including Paul-Émile Borduas, Emily Carr, Alex Colville, Lawren Harris, David Milne, and Pegi Nicol MacLeod circulated.

Contemporary feminism and women’s short stories /Emma Young.
This book offers a wide-ranging survey of contemporary women’s short stories and introduces a new way of theorising feminism in the genre through the concept of the moment.

Creating trauma-informed schools : a guide for school social workers and educators /Eileen A. Dombo, Christine Anlauf Sabatino.
This book presents an overview of the impact of trauma on children and adolescents, as well as interventions for direct practice and collaboration with teachers, families, and communities. Social work practitioners and students will learn distinct examples of how to implement the ten principles of trauma-informed services in their schools; provide students with trauma-informed care, and develop beneficial skills for self-care in their work. 

Cybersecurity essentials /Charles J. Brooks, Christopher Grow, Philip Craig, Donald Short.
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to cybersecurity concepts and practices with expert coverage of essential topics required for entry-level cybersecurity certifications and a foundation of cybersecurity knowledge.

The homeless person in contemporary society /Cameron Parsell.
Drawing on a program of research spanning ten years, this book provides an empirically grounded account of the lives and identities of people who are homeless. The book illustrates that people with chronic experiences of homelessness have relatively predictable biographies characterized by exclusion, poverty, and trauma from early in life.

Indigenous poetics in Canada /Neal McLeod, editor.
This book embraces a wider sense of poetics, including Indigenous oralities, languages, and understandings of place. The book examines four elements of Indigenous poetics, collective memory and the persistence of Indigenous poetic consciousness, the poetics of performance, the poetics of place and space, and lastly the poetics of medicine.

Navigating ethnicity : segregation, placemaking, and difference /David H. Kaplan.
This book provides a novel perspective on ethnicity, nationality, and race by considering how they are shaped by their geography. The author traces the spatial arrangements that convey such potent meaning to the identity and opportunities of members of any cultural group.

Pay to play : race and the perils of the college sports industrial complex /Lori Latrice Martin, PhD, Kenneth J. Fasching-Varner, PhD, and Nicholas D. Hartlep, PhD.
This book advances the debate about paying student athletes in big-time college sports by directly addressing the red-hot role of race in college sports. The contributors concludes by suggesting a remedy to positively transform college sports.

Walmart in the Global South : workplace culture, labor politics, and supply chains /edited by Carolina Bank Muñoz, Bridget Kenny, Antonio Stecher.
This book presents empirical case studies of Walmart’s labor practices and supply chain operations in a number of countries, including Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Nicaragua, Mexico, South Africa, and Thailand. The book assesses the similarities and differences in Walmart’s acceptance into varying national contexts, and the contributors show how and why foreign workers have successfully, though not uniformly, driven changes in Walmart’s corporate culture.

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