{"id":1400,"date":"2018-03-27T06:24:28","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T13:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/library\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2018-03-20T10:00:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T17:00:32","slug":"new-titles-tuesday-march-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/library\/2018\/03\/27\/new-titles-tuesday-march-27\/","title":{"rendered":"New Titles Tuesday, March 27"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Here are the 12 items added to the collection in the past week. Click on a title for more information. TWU login may be required.<\/p>\n

The centenary volume of the Church Missionary Society for Africa and the East, 1799-1899<\/a> [electronic resource] <\/strong>The centenary volume of the Church Missionary Society<\/em> covers the years 1799-1899. It lists the many services of commemoration, both in the UK and overseas.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dutch Atlantic connections, 1680-1800: linking empires, bridging borders<\/a> \/edited by Gert Oostindie, Jessica V. Roitman. <\/strong>Dutch Atlantic Connections<\/em> reevaluates the role of the Dutch in the Atlantic between 1680-1800. It shows how pivotal the Dutch were for the functioning of the Atlantic sytem by highlighting both economic and cultural contributions to the Atlantic world.<\/p>\n

\"\"Dutch commerce and Chinese merchants in Java: colonial relationships in trade and finance, 1800-1942<\/a> \/by Alexander Claver. <\/strong>Dutch Commerce and Chinese Merchants in Java<\/em> describes the vanished commercial world of colonial Java. Claver shows the challenges of a demanding business environment by highlighting trade and finance mechanisms, and the relationships between the\"\" participants involved.<\/p>\n

Handbook of research on competency-based education in university settings<\/a> \/Karen Rasmussen, Pamela Northrup, and Robin Colson, editors. <\/strong>This book is a pivotal reference source for the latest academic research on the use of competency-based testing in higher education institutions, focusing on innovative practices, strategies, and real-world scenarios.<\/p>\n

\"\"Julian of Norwich’s legacy: medieval mysticism and post-medieval reception<\/a> \/edited by Sarah Salih and Denise N. Baker. <\/strong>This detailed study is the first to outline Julian of Norwich’s reception throughout history, from the extant manuscripts to the present day.<\/p>\n

\"\"Large-scale land acquisitions: focus on South-East Asia<\/a> \/edited by Christophe Gironde, Christophe Golay, and Peter Messerli. <\/strong>This book focuses on South-East Asia. A series of thematic and in-depth case studies put \u2018land grabbing\u2019 into specific historical and institutional contexts. The volume also offers a human rights analysis of the phenomenon, examining the potential and limits of human rights mechanisms aimed at preventing and mitigating land grabs’ negative consequences.<\/p>\n

\"\"Lucifer’s legacy: the meaning of asymmetry<\/a> \/Frank Close. <\/strong>This thought-provoking work by a physicist and popular science writer explores the origins of asymmetry from the molecular level to that of the universe at large. Close takes the readers on a tour of asymmetry that ranges from the development of human embryos to the mysterious Higgs boson, or God particle, and ongoing research at Switzerland’s CERN laboratory.<\/p>\n

\"\"Performances of peace: Utrecht 171<\/a>3 \/edited by Renger E. de Bruin, Cornelis van der Haven, Lotte Jensen and David Onnekink. <\/strong>Performances of Peace<\/em> aims to rethink the significance of the Peace of Utrecht by exploring the nexus between culture and politics. By studying the political as well as the cultural aspects of this peace (and its concomitant paradoxes) from a broader perspective, this volume aims to shed new light on the relation between diplomacy and performative culture in the public sphere.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\"\"Philo of Alexandria: an annotated bibliography 1997-2006 with addenda for 1987-1996<\/a> \/by David T. Runia ; in collaboration with the International Philo Bibliography Project. <\/strong>This volume is a further continuation of the annotated bibliographies on the writings and thought of the Jewish exegete and philosopher Philo of Alexandria prepared by Roberto Radice and David Runia for the years 1937\u20131986 published in 1988 and by David Runia for the years 1987\u20131996 published in 2000. Prepared with the collaboration of the International Philo Bibliography Project, it contains a complete listing of all scholarly writings on Philo for the period 1997 to 2006.<\/p>\n

\"\"Reliability and availability of cloud computing<\/a> \/Eric Bauer, Randee Adams. <\/strong>The book is intended for IS\/IT system and solution architects, developers and engineers, as well as technical sales, product management, and quality management professionals.<\/p>\n

\"\"A thousand hills: Rwanda’s rebirth and the man who dreamed it<\/a> \/Stephen Kinzer.<\/strong>\u00a0A Thousand Hillst<\/i>\u00a0is the story of Paul Kagame, a refugee who, after a generation of exile, found his way home. Learn about President Kagame, who strives to make Rwanda the first middle-income country in Africa, in a single generation. In this adventurous tale, learn about Kagame’s early fascination with Che Guevara and James Bond, his years as an intelligence agent, his training in Cuba and the United States, the way he built his secret rebel army, his bloody rebellion, and his outsized ambitions for Rwanda.<\/p>\n

\"\"Time distortions in mind: temporal processing in clinical population<\/a>s \/edited by A. Vatakis , M.J. Allman. <\/strong>Time Distortions in Mind<\/em> brings together current research on aspects of temporal processing in clinical populations, in the ultimate hope of elucidating the interdependence between perturbations in timing and disturbances in the mind and brain. This collection of current knowledge on temporal processing in clinical populations is an excellent reference for the student and scientist interested in the topic, but it also serves as the stepping-stone to share ideas and push forward the advancement in understanding how distorted timing can lead to a disturbed brain and mind or vice versa.<\/p>\n

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