{"id":3378,"date":"2020-03-03T10:05:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T18:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/library\/?p=3378"},"modified":"2020-02-26T14:29:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T22:29:39","slug":"new-titles-tuesday-march-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/create.twu.ca\/library\/2020\/03\/03\/new-titles-tuesday-march-3\/","title":{"rendered":"New Titles Tuesday, March 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"In the past week 19 titles<\/strong> were added to the Norma Marion Alloway Library’s<\/strong> collection; below is a sample. Click on the link for more information.<\/p>\n

If a print title states that it is “In Storage”,\u00a0 place a “Hold” and the title will be ready during a week day in 24 hours.<\/p>\n

Check out these new titles today!<\/p>\n

\"\"Dinosaurs of the Alberta badlands<\/a> (Curriculum Material) \/ Dr. W. Scott Persons IV;\u00a0\u00a0 with illustrations by Dr. Julius T. Csotonyi.
\n<\/strong>Paleontologist Dr. Persons travels back in time\u00a076\u00a0million years to the Late Cretaceous period, when pterosaurs soared through the skies, prehistoric sea monsters as long as school buses swam in Alberta\u2019s shallow sea, and ankylosaurs and ceratopsians roamed the swamps and flood plains that would eventually become the Albertan badlands of today.<\/p>\n

The grand design<\/a> \/ Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow.
\n<\/strong>This title presents recent scientific thinking about the mysteries of the universe, in nontechnical language. The authors explain that we ourselves are the product of quantum fluctuations in the early universe, and show how quantum theory predicts the \u201cmultiverse\u201d, the idea that ours is just one of many universes that appeared spontaneously out of nothing, each with different laws of nature.<\/p>\n

The great derangement: climate change and the unthinkable<\/a> \/ Amitav Ghosh.
\n<\/strong>Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so.\u00a0 The climate crisis asks us to imagine other forms of human existence\u2014a task to which fiction, Ghosh argues, is the best suited of all cultural forms.<\/p>\n

\"\"Iran: a modern history<\/a> \/ Abbas Amanat.
\n<\/strong>This title offers a revealing look at how events, people, and institutions are shaped by currents that sometimes reach back hundreds of years. The author covers the complex history of the diverse societies and economies of Iran against the background of dynastic changes, revolutions, civil wars, foreign occupation, and the rise of the Islamic Republic.<\/p>\n

The lost words: a spell book<\/a> \/ Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris.
\n<\/strong>This illustrated work seeks to conjure back the near-lost magic and strangeness of the nature that surrounds us through poetry and imagery.<\/p>\n

\u00a0The ultimate guide to video game writing and design<\/a> \/ Flint Dille and John Zuur Platten.
\n<\/strong>Written by game designers, this title focuses on creating games that are an involving, emotional experience for the gamer. Topics include integrating story into the game, writing the game script, putting together the game bible, creating the design document, and working on original intellectual property versus working with licenses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the past week 19 titles were added to the Norma Marion Alloway Library’s collection; below is a sample. Click on the link for more information. If a print title states that it is “In Storage”,\u00a0 place a “Hold” and the title will be ready during a week day in 24 hours. 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