June 2007 Library News

 

 

New Books:

 

Reference 310.5 U58s    UN statistical yearbook. 2006.

                Data on everything that the UN can count, although some nations’ numbers are dated.

 

Reference 910.3 W927    Worldmark encyclopedia of the world. 5 vols. 12th ed.

                Pretty extensive, current information.

 

128 F583p              Owen Flanagan. The problem of the soul. 2002.

                Defends a physicalist understanding of mind, & tries to understand free will and the soul.

 

150 K96m               André Kukla. Mind: a historical & philosophical introduction to major theories. 2006. 

                A history of psychology, psychoanalysis, and the cognitive sciences.

 

214 V258p              Peter van Inwagen. The problem of evil. 2006.

                Sets up and demolishes the argument that the existence of evil disproves God’s existence.

 

220 H148s              Scott Hahn. Scripture matters: essays on reading the Bible from the Heart of the Church. 2003. 

                The popular theologian & commentator offers his views on scriptural study.

 

231.8 W952e          N.T. Wright. Evil & the justice of God. 2006.

                Suggests that Jesus’ death answered evil, which is a very serious problem.

 

236.889 M152p       Ralph McInerny. Præambula fidei: Thomism & the god of the philosophers. 2006.

                Sets out Aquinas’ “preambles of the faith,” & locates many of them in his study of Aristotle.

 

262.52 A331h        Giuseppe Alberigo, ed. History of Vatican II, vol. 5. 2007.

                Covers the Fourth Period & the End of the Council in 1965.

 

264.2309 B954h     Anna M. Burgard. Hallelujah: the poetry of classic hymns. 2005.

                Notes, illustrations, & background for marvelous songs.

 

264.34 L435s          Douglas Leal. Stop reading & start proclaiming! 2006.

                A terrific guide for lay readers in Church.

 

282 L727p              James Likoudis. The Pope, the Council, & the Mass. Rev ed. 2006.

                Counters arguments by “traditionalists” of the LeFebvre-Tridentine Mass bent.

 

282.730905 D194a   William V. D’Antonio. American Catholics today. 2007.

                Based mostly on Gallup surveys, studies what modern Catholics believe & think.

 

305.89712 S839c      Pamela Stern, ed. Critical Inuit studies. 2006.

                Scholarly essays on anthropological studies of Inuit culture.

 

305.906914 M326r   Philip Marfleet. Refugees in a global era. 2006.

                Why there are so many refugees, and what the world can do to help them.

 

306.848 J71t           William S. Johnson. A time to embrace: same-gender relationships in religion, law, & politics. 2006. 

                Presbyterian theologian & lawyer studies the topic within democratic context.

 

609 D412i               Mark Denny. Ingenium: five machines that changed the world. 2007.

                A study & celebration of an interesting list of inventions.

 

639.109 A442r       Thomas T. Allsen. The royal hunt in Eurasian history. 2006.

                Far more than just sport, these were important to conservation, diplomacy, & politics.

 

625.79 S677f          Ed Sobey. A field guide to roadside technology. 2006.

                Cool little handbook describing the “habitat” & “behavior” of items seen along all roads.

 

709.04052 V317p    Kirk Varnedoe. Pictures of nothing: abstract art since Pollock. 2006.

                Illustrated history of where things have been going.

 

808.81 H669p         Edward Hirsch. Poet’s choice. 2006.

                Short studies of 130 poems from around the world.

 

813.6 F711d           Marjorie L. Ford. Do try to speak as we do: the diary of an American au pair. 2001.

                An American trying to cope as a nanny in the household of an MP.

 

814.6 H852n           Thomas Howard. The night is far spent. 2007.

                Essays on religion, literature, music, and fatherhood.

 

819.809287 G126s   Meredith M. Gadsby. Sucking salt: Caribbean women writers, migration, & survival. 2006.  

                How they have overcome suffering & used it in their work.

 

823.912 T649c       J R R Tolkien. The children of Húrin. 2007.

                Expanded version of the story in Silmarilion of Túrin and Nëanor, Morgoth and Glaurung.

 

843.7 H895m V297t   Mario Vargas Llosa. The temptation of the impossible: Victor Hugo & Les Misérables.  2007.

                A study of the importance of the novel.

 

894.23 T877b         Galsan Tschinag. The blue sky: a novel. 2006.

                Mongolian novel about modernization under the USSR.

 

896.08 K14r            Anthonia C. Kalu, ed. Rienner anthology of African literature. 2007.

                Oral, ancient, & recent works from around the continent.

 

932.014 T966 A429t   Tutankhamun’s tomb: the thrill of discovery. 2006.

                An exhibit of Carter’s photographic record, with great narrative.

 

937 L788a               Livy. The history of Rome.  2006.

                New translation, with notes, of books 1-5.

 

937.09 G612b         Walter Goffart. Barbarian tides: the migration age & the later Roman Empire. 2006.

                A study of the complicated but hugely significant period.

 

938.06 X5 W325x   Robin Wakefield. Xenophon’s retreat: Greece, Persia & the end of the Golden Age. 2006. 

                A study of the campaign made so familiar to students of Greek.

 

 

940.5352 G886i      Werner Gruhl. Imperial Japan’s World War Two. 2007.

                Survey’s Japan’s aggression & atrocities, especially in China and Southeast Asia.

 

951.9 P915e            Keith Pratt. Everlasting flower: a history of Korea. 2006.

                Incorporates geography, culture, political & social concerns.

 

951.902 S495c        Michael J. Seth.  A concise history of Korea: from the Neolithic period through the 19th century.  2006.         

                Nice preface to the above history.

 

954.202 K76t          Ebba Koch. The complete Taj Mahal.  2006.

                A stunning look at the building, its history, & its surroundings.

 

967.57204 T915v     Gilbert Tuhabonye. This voice in my heart: a genocide survivor’s story of escape, faith & forgiveness. 2006. 

                How a young Tutsi survived a horrific massacre & is thriving in Austin, Texas.

 

970.3 S618 C911b    Kingsley M. Bray. Crazy Horse: a Lakota life. 2006.

                Scholarly, comprehensive biography of the famous leader.

 

973.73 B368f          Edwin C. Bearss. Fields of honor: pivotal battles of the Civil War. 2006.

                The National Park historian narrates battles as if they are occurring; very dramatic format.

 

973.91 K19o           Michael B. Katz. One nation divisible: what America was & what it is becoming. 2006.

                A history of 20th-century America, showing changes and continuities.

 

 

DVDs

 

808.5 O81i              I have a dream: the nature of great speaking. 1994.

813.54 W257m       Major League. 1989 baseball classic, with lots of extra features.

823.914 A311w        Waiting for God.  1991, the second season of the delightful BBC series.

823.912 W354v     Bright young things. 2002 adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s Vile bodies.

932 D514e              Egypt: beyond the pyramids. 2001. What archæology is teaching about the kingdom.

937 C344r               Rome: engineering an empire. 2005.  The wonderful legacy of Roman engineers.

937.05 G845j          Julius Cæsar’s Rome. 2005.  Studies the man & the Empire.

938.07 A375 L752t    The true story of Alexander the Great. 2005.  2.5 hrs.

944.04 S454f          The French Revolution: liberté, egalité, fraternité. 2005.

944.05 N216 G619n   Napoleon Bonaparte: the glory of France. 2002.

972.018 R847a       The Aztec Empire. 1997.

985.37 T148l          Lost city of the Incas. 1997.  Machu Picchu.