November
2007 Library News
New Books:
Ref 307.764 B791p David Savageau. Places rated almanac. 7th ed. 2007.
Interesting guide to American cities, ranked on various bases.
150.82 K62h Shinobu Kintayama, ed. Handbook of cultural psychology. 2007.
Scholarly essays on history, theories, & research in the expanding discipline.
170 M345d Ian S. Markham. Do morals matter? 2007.
Discusses modern applied ethics in changing religious & social conditions.
170.08 S525f Russ Shafer-Landau, ed. Foundations of ethics: an anthology. 2007.
Nice collection of previously-published essays on important topics.
170.951 C548e Kim-chong Chong. Early Confucian ethics. 2007.
Compares writings of Confucius, Mencius, & Xunxi.
171.2 B789s Craig A. Boyd. A shared morality: a natural defense of natural law ethics. 2007.
Sociobiology combined with virtue ethics to combine into a system of morality.
171.3 K91w Richard Kraut. What is good & why; the ethics of well-being. 2007.
Argues that pursuit of doing good helps clarify values & life.
184 A1sym L629p James Lesher, ed. Plato’s Symposium: issues in interpretation & reception. 2006.
Scholarly essays on influences, parts of the work, and the whole.
184 A1tim Proclus. Commentary on Plato’s Timæus. 2007. Vol 3.
Proclus’ introduction to Plato’s view of the natural world & its composition.
190.9032 R975c Donald Rutherford, ed. Cambridge companion to Early Modern philosophy. 2006.
Scholarly essays on important writers & topics of the 17th & 18th centuries.
193 S819 C687p Antonio Calcagno. The philosophy of Edith Stein. 2007.
Nice survey of her work & continuing significance.
201.65 H627n John Hick. New frontier of religion & science. 2006.
Argues that religious experience is more than neurological misfiring.
205.6608 B341f Mark D.Regnerus. Forbidden fruit: sex & religion in the lives of American teenagers. 2007.
Lots of interesting, often disturbing, social research.
220.09 A736b Karen Armstrong. The Bible: a biography. 2007.
The popular writer narrates the origins, composition, and use of the book.
220.7096 A233a Tokunboh Adeyemo, ed. Africa Bible commentary. 2006.
Single-volume combination of commentary & essays by African Protestant scholars.
223.3052
P124p Eileen D. Bertonzetti. Praying the Psalms with Padre
Pio. 2006.
Nice anthology of his writings on each Psalm.
231.765 S365c Christophe Cardinal Schönborn. Chance or purpose? Creation, evolution, & a rational faith. 2007.
Careful discussion of how evolution & meaning can work together.
231.901 B463j Pope Benedict XVI. Jesus of Nazareth. 2007.
His picture of Jesus, from the Baptism to the Transfiguration; beyond the “historical” Jesus.
232.908 E92f Craig A. Evans. Fabricating Jesus: how modern scholars distort the Gospels. 2006.
Argues that the historians are obscuring things that are more important.
232.9170944 F448l Elizabeth Ficocelli. Lourdes: font of faith, hope, & charity. 2007.
A survey of the history, myths, misinformation, & enduring power.
248.32 B396s Sr Wendy Beckett. Sister Wendy on prayer.2006.
The art historian & contemplative muses on her own faith life & experience.
248.34 S752l Adrienne von Speyr. Light & images: elements of contemplation. 1986.
The Light of God’s Love illuminating the Images of our lives.
248.48202 Z82w John Zmirak. The bad Catholic’s guide to wine, whiskey & song. 2007.
Funny recipes, musings, drinking songs.
261.709 K21i Peter I. Kaufman. Incorrectly political: Augustine & Thomas More. 2007.
Surveys the intensely pessimistic views of government by two great thinkers.
261.80882 E92l Bernard F. Evans. Lazarus at the table: Catholics & social justice. 2006.
Summarizes importance of the Church’s social teachings.
261.873 C444p D.S. Chambers. Popes, cardinals & war. 2006.
A history of surprisingly belligerent Church leaders -- & warriors.
262.02 O13f George D. O’Brien. Finding the voice of the Church. 2007.
Seeks to authenticate voices that he claims have been improperly silenced, historically and now.
264.02 M339s Piero Marini. Serving the people of God: remembering the Sacrosanctum Concilium. 2006.
The head of Vatican worship summarizes the significance of the liturgy.
266.02317 B715m Jonathan J. Bonk. Missions & money. Rev ed. 2007
A discussion of the problem of Christian wealth & Christian missions.
271.53097 S382a Raymond A. Schroth, SJ. The American Jesuits: a history. 2007.
Four centuries of missions, martyrdoms, education, and conflict.
271.971092 T274 A285e Gillian T.W. Ahlgren. Entering Teresa of Avila’s Interior Castle. 2007.
A guide to each of the seven stages, for modern readers seeking ancient truth.
275.1 C469c Jean-Pierre Charbonnier. Christians in China: AD600-2000. 2007.
The history of the Church and its cultural relations.
294.548 F423y Georg Feuerstein. Yoga morality: ancient teachings at a time of global crisis. 2007.
The historical bases & current applications.
296.43 O46j Kerry M. Olitzky. Jewish holidays: a brief introduction for Christians. 2007.
Two rabbis explain the history and development, essential for understanding Christianity.
299.512 C748 C539a Annping Chin. The authentic Confucius. 2007.
Attempts to sort through 2,000 years of legends to find the historical man.
302 K94s Arie W. Kruglanski. Social psychology: handbook of basic principles. 2nd ed. 2007.
Updated survey of the topic.
303.48254 K15p MiraKamdar. Planet India. 2007.
Studies India’s rise, its own struggles, & how the world is being changed by the people.
304.2089 M551t Charles R. Menzies, ed. Traditional ecological knowledge & natural resource management. 2006.
Essays on the importance of honoring the wisdom of indigenous people.
306.76808 C837m LeeRay Costa. Male bodies, women’s souls: personal narratives of Thailand’s transgendered youth. 2007.
Their anguish & discrimination.
306.8742096 R535b Linda Richter, ed. Baba: men & fatherhood in South Africa. 2006.
Essays on what fatherhood means to men and children.
321.8 B112d Irving Babbitt. Democracy & leadership. 1924.
Clarion call for humanistic, not materialistic or self-serving, work on behalf of the republic.
321.8 T579d Charles Tilly. Democracy. 2007.
Suggests that we need to reconsider & redefine what we mean by democratization.
330.019 C881s Diane Coyle. The soulful science: what economists really do & why it matters. 2007.
Aims to dispel myths & show how these birds are important.
370.112 G191g Richard M. Gamble, ed. The great tradition. 2007.
Collected writings from 2,500 years of humanistic philosophers of education.
370.1120973 B112l Irving Babbitt. Literature and the American college. 1986.
Essays on the centrality of the humanities in the curriculum.
371.27 M393c Robert J. Marzano. Classroom assessment & grading that work. 2006.
What kind of a system accurately records a student’s knowledge?
378.071273 E77c Joseph Esposito, ed. The Newman guide to choosing a Catholic college. 2007.
Surveys a select number of Catholic colleges & rates their education & Catholic identity.
395 S284e Ron Scapp. Etiquette: reflections on contemporary comportment. 2007.
How manners are important to lived ethics & morality.
400.8 R539f E.M. Rickerson, ed. The 5 minute linguist. 2006.
60 neat little essays on all kinds of topics. Fun browse!
408.903 M898e Christopher Mosely, ed. Encyclopedia of the world’s endangered languages. 2007.
Scholarly essays on thousands of languages in danger of disappearing.
428.2 L482g Geoffrey Leech. A glossary of English grammar. 2006.
Very brief, helpful definitions.
428.24 H424g Judie Haynes. Getting started with English language learners. 2007.
For teachers wanting to help students who are struggling with a new language.
515 S592c George F. Simmons. Calculus gems: brief lives & memorable mathematics. 1992.
Biographies, important formulæ – enthusiastically narrated.
522.2 G142r Michael K. Gainer. Real astronomy with small telescopes. 2007.
What amateurs can do with basic equipment.
523.02 E56r Thérèse Encrenaz. Searching for water in the universe. 2007.
How water has been essential to the development of our solar system.
641.5973 T613c Maria Tisdall. The convent cook. 2002.
Recipes & musings from a chef to a Benedictine convent in New Jersey.
759.949 G613 M152c Marilyn C. McEntyre. The color of light: poems on Van Gogh’s late paintings. 2007.
Marvelous little collection of meditations on wonderful art.
782.421649 O85a Halifu Osumare. The Africanist æsthetic in global hip-hop: power moves. 2007.
Surveys worldwide hip-hop, arguing that it is more than just derivative of American rap.
813.50992 C874t David Cowart. Trailing clouds: immigrant fiction in contemporary America. 2006.
A guide to the widely varied fiction over recent decades.
813.54 G869pl John Grisham. Playing for pizza. 2007.
Arguably the worst player in NFL history gets a job in Italian football.
813.54 S836c Neal Stephenson. Cryptonomicon. 1999.
Fast-paced novel about cryptographers in WWII London and modern-day Southeast Asia.
813.54 T981d Anne Tyler. Digging to America: a novel. 2006.
Two families, adopting Korean infants, & their intertwined relationships. The All Iowa Reads book for 2008.
813.6 D542b Junot Díaz. The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao: a novel. 2007.
An unlikely hero, a young Dominican, flees the family curse by escaping (?) to New Jersey.
853.912 B219s Anna Banti. The signorina, & other stories. 2001.
Five short stories by an Italian writer who died in 1985.
892.73608 J71a Denys Johnson-Davies. The Anchor book of modern Arabic fiction. 2006.
Excerpts & short stories, some very recent.
895.135 H111f Ha Jin. A free life: a novel. 2007.
A Chinese family in the US struggles with its attachment to China under Communism.
932 B717n Charles Bonnet. The Nubian pharaohs: Black kings on the Nile. 2005.
Large picture book of the archæological evidence for the Nubian dynastic reigns.
933.00942 S528j Hershel Shanks. Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, from Solomon to the Golden Dome. 2007.
Neatly illustrated guide to 4,000 years of sacred buildings on a small area.
944.04 T565 B866a Hugh Brogan. Alexis de Tocqueville: a life. 2007.
Biography of the French official, explorer, historian, & commentator.
948.97 K58c David Kirby. A concise history of Finland. 2006.
From an impoverished region of Sweden to a prosperous nation, after a difficult stretch.
950.2 P778 B499m Laurence Bergreen. Marco Polo: from Venice to Xanadu. 2007.
Nifty biography of the traveler & his adventurous careers.
968.065 T967n Desmond Tutu. No future without forgiveness. 1999.
The great leader’s reflections on the necessity but difficulty of admitting and forgiving.
970.3 S618o B628b John G. Neihardt. Black Elk speaks. 1932.
Autobiography of the Lakota healer, a Catholic, as told to American novelist Neihardt.
972.083 D272f Alexander S. Dawson. First world dreams: Mexico since 1989. 2006.
A tumultuous 20 years of PRI, NAFTA, & other challenges.
972.94001 C861d Harold Courlander. The drum & the hoe: life & lore of the Haitian people. 1960.
Folklore & customs from all around the nation.
973.07 W259h Kyle Ward. History in the making. 2007.
Very entertaining studies of how events have changed in the telling over the years.
DVDs
271.971092 T344 D313t Thérèse. 2006. Biographical film.
637.3 M314 T475c The cheese nun. 2006. Spreads information on making cheese in traditional ways.
704.94855 J68p Picturing Mary. 2006. Surveys 2,000 years of icons, etc, around the world.
782.14 B625p Bizet. Les pêcheurs de perles. 2004 production from Venice.
782.14 D683e Donizetti. L’elisir d’amore. 2006. Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazón, in Vienna.
782.14 V584t Verdi. Traviata. 2006 production with Villazón & Renee Fleming, in Los Angeles.
782.66 Y253k Kiri! 1994. 50th birthday party for the diva at the Royal Albert Hall.
823.912 P866 N817m Miss Potter. The recent Renée Zellweger story, based on Beatrix Potter’s life.
813.54 S182p Peaceful warrior. 2007. A struggling gymnast learns from mysterious strangers.
823.92 W867b Beyond the gates. 2007. Terror & heroism in Rwandan chaos & genocide.
940.5373 B967w The war. Ken Burns’ 2007 survey of America’s involvement.
CDs
781.542 M874y Yo-Yo Ma plays Ennio Morricone. 2004. Film music from many decades.
Videos
Video 780.9 W324m Music & culture. 1992. From around the world.
