August
2008 Library News
This comes with a warm welcome and welcome back to all of the DWC faculty. Throughout the year, we rely on your recommendations and ideas in purchasing items that we want to be of use for the College community. When these items come in, we place them on the New Book Shelf for a few weeks, and then move them to the shelves.
These monthly lists are arranged by call number, since items on similar topics should (in theory) be grouped relatively closely. They are also geared to general disciplines, to avoid overwhelming anyone with too many titles. The complete list, as well as lists for the past twelve months, are provided on our web page, www.dwci.edu/library. Just click on “New Books.”
Thanks this month to Fr Shea for some welcome donations, and thanks to you all for your past and, I’m confident, future support!
New Books:
Ref 200.3 E77i Orlando O. Espín, ed. Introductory dictionary of theology & religious studies. 2007.
Nice guide to terms, figures, writers, ideas from around the world’s faiths.
Ref 973.0928 G259a Henry Louis Gates, ed. African American national biography. 8 vols. 2008.
Massive, definitive biographical resource, with hundreds of scholarly essays.
Window 220.52 J12 S617a v.2 Susan Sink. Art of the Saint John’s Bible: Wisdom books & Prophets. 2008.
Second in a series of small guides to the imagery in the stupendous project.
031 J17k A.J. Jacobs. The know-it-all. 2004.
Riotous narrative of a man’s reading of the Encyclopædia Britannica, start to finish.
181.043 L375i Stephen J. Laumakis. Introduction to Buddhist philosophy. 2008.
Historical survey, from the Buddha to the Dalai Lama.
230.01 B571m Stephen B. Bevans, SVD. Models of contextual theology. 1992.
Argues that theology must be contextual, & gives examples of theologians.
230.09172 A159s K.C. Abraham, ed. Spirituality of the Third World. 1994.
Papers from a conference of theologians in Kenya.
230.096 M994o Gwinyai H. Muzorewa. Origins & development of African theology. 1987.
Short guide to the fascinating story.
235.7 A923w pt I v 12 St Augustine. Responses to miscellaneous questions. 2008.
In the magisterial ongoing translation of his works; enjoyable Q&A.
236.338 G786 St Albertus Magnus. Questions concerning Aristotle’s On Animals. 2008.
Sure to attract lots of attention.
236.9 I73l Gordon L. Isaac. Left behind or left befuddled. 2008.
A study of the background of the popular fiction, and a close look at other theologies.
241 H741c Dennis P. Hollinger. Choosing the good: Christian ethics in a complex world. 2002.
How a Christian worldview plays out in the rough-and-tumble of secular society.
248 R946o Joyce Rupp. The open door: a journey to the true self. 2008.
A six-week guide to discovering the riches available for spiritual seekers. Spir. Book Club.
255.1 S644p Cyprian Smith, OSB. The path of life. 1995.
A novice-master’s guide to Benedict’s Rule, for everyone.
264.0202 U58s USCCB. Sing to the Lord: music in Divine Worship. 2008.
259 instructions on all aspects of worship, from Mass to Liturgy of the Hours to funerals.
266.2 B571m Stephen Bevans, SVD, ed. Mission for the twenty-first century. 2001.
Papers from a conference at Techny.
270 W896c Richard J. Woods. Christian spirituality: God’s presence through the ages. 2006.
A nice little history of Christianity and its deepest beliefs.
270.82092 J66p John Paul II. The place within: the poetry of Pope John Paul II. 1979.
All of his work from 1939 to 1978.
270.83 M148w Daniel C. Maguire. Whose Church? A concise guide to progressive Catholicism. 2008.
The Marquette theologian’s personal guide to what the Church should be.
277.3 Y81a David Yount. America’s spiritual utopias: the quest for heaven on earth. 2008.
Short, crisp histories of the major religious movements, including the Catholic Worker.
300.72 S912q Anselm L. Strauss. Qualitative analysis for social scientists. 1987.
Getting at the more difficult but often more important data in investigations.
303.66 C831p David Cortright. Peace: a history of movements & ideas. 2008.
Excellent survey of varieties of peace activities, their histories, & prospects in a violent world.
362.87 A267o Michel Agier. On the margins of the world: the refugee experience today. 2008.
Conditions that produce and hurt the 50 million refugees.
398.209597 S158v Shoko Kojima. Vietnamese tales of rabbits & watermelons. 2001.
Told for children; includes the story performed at last year’s Lunar New Year.
550 P359e Fred Pearce. Earth then & now: amazing images of our changing world. 2007.
Stunning photographs of changes wrought by humans, nature, & time.
629.283 V228t Tom Vanderbilt. Traffic: why we drive the way we do. 2008.
All sorts of fascinating behavioral stuff for people behind a steering wheel.
781.712 V345s Sacred Congregation of Rites. Sacred music & liturgy. 1958.
Classic instruction.
808.027 F794c Tom Fox. Cite it right. 3rd ed. 2007.
Nice guide to citing materials correctly in any number of styles.
808.027 G422s Modern Language Association. MLA style manual & guide to scholarly publishing. 3rd ed. 2008.
Based on the Chicago Manual of Style, more comprehensive than the Handbook.
813.52 W952 W269r Jerry W. Ward. Richard Wright encyclopedia. 2008.
Helpful guide to the life & writings of this important author.
813.54 B651hr Lawrence Block. Hit & run. 2008.
Everyone’s favorite hit man, Keller, is stranded in Des Moines & wanted.
813.54 G869a John Grisham. The appeal. 2008.
A billionaire tries to buy a seat on the Mississippi supreme court.
813.54 J61b Francisco Jiménez. Breaking through. 2001.
Autobiographical novel of a family being deported from California.
813.54 R489r Anne Rice. Christ the Lord: the road to Cana. 2008.
Novel of Jesus confronting his vocation.
813.6 C325e Stephen L. Carter. Emperor of Ocean Park. 2002.
Murder & intrigue in New England’s black aristocracy.
813.6 C325n _______. New England white. 2007.
More mayhem, as important aspects of the culture must be confronted.
813.6 C325p _______. Palace council. 2008.
Political intrigue from the 1950s into the 1970s and Watergate.
818.54 H229b Patricia Hampl. Blue Arabesque: a search for the sublime. 2006.
Meditations & investigation of Matisse & his languid women, by this fall’s lecturer.
818.54 H229i _______. I could tell you stories. 1999,
Short stories on the theme of remembering.
818.54 H229r _______. A romantic education. 1981.
After much study of her grandmother’s Czech albums, she travels to Prague & insights.
818.54 H229w ______. Woman before an aquarium. 1978.
Her first book of poems, many based on viewing art.
823.914 H647ch Reginald Hill. Child’s play. 1987.
A particularly nasty murder for our intrepid heroes to solve.
823.914 S642sf Alexander McCall Smith. Friends, lovers, chocolate. 2005.
A mystery, in the series of The Sunday Philosophy Club, on the true nature of the heart.
909 C875w Robert Cowley, ed. What if? Eminent historians imagine what might have been. 2001.
Wonderful speculation on how the world would look had not certain incidents occurred.
941.082 R643h Andrew Roberts. A history of the English-speaking peoples since 1900. 2006.
Picks up where Churchill left off, with the rise of America as well as Canada & Australia.
951.01092 Q7 W875c Frances Wood. China’s first emperor & his terracotta warriors. 2008.
Helps provide an introduction to early Chinese history & that remarkable artistic achievement.
956.94034 K89g Gudrun Krämer. A history of Palestine: from the Ottoman conquest to the founding of the state of Israel. 2008.
An important, but often ignored, period.
DVDs
261.708 U58fm USCCB. Faithful citizenship. 2008. The quadrennial guide to the elections.
364.660973 B642e Exonerated. 2005. Vignettes of individuals sentenced to die, then released.
616.81 B337d The diving bell & the butterfly. 2008. Fashion editor overcomes debilitating stroke.
701.8 E24e Elements & principles of art. 2005. Uses one artist’s work to cover the topic.
813.52 M123g Going my way. 1944. Bing as Father O’Malley.
813.54 K23o On the waterfront. 1954 classic by Elia Kazan.
813.54 T227b Boys Town. 1938. Spencer Tracy & Mickey Rooney.
813.6 H829k The kite runner. 2007 adaptation of the Hosseini novel.
813.6 M781b Bella. 2006. Wonderful, wonderful affirmation of life, despite many problems.
813.6 R192l The life of David Gale. 2003. Capital punishment foe is framed for murder.
843.912 B517d Diary of a country priest. 1950. Robert Bresson adaptation of the Bernanos novel.
917.7703 I64p A promise called Iowa. 2007. IPTV on three decades of Vietnamese in Iowa.
CDs
225.5203 J77b James Earl Jones reads The Bible. In fact, only the New Testament, on 15 CDs.
227.092 P282 W824s Ronald D. Witherup, SS. St Paul: his life, faith, & legacy. 8 disks.
232.91 H842r Caryll Houselander. The reed of God. 5 discs, the beloved meditation on Mary.
781.542 P579v La vie en rose. Soundtrack to the 2007 biographical film about Edith Piaf.
781.629162 W739i Willowgreen. Inland sea. 1999. Irish & Newfoundland folk music.
781.629433 H985l Huun Huur Tu. Live 1. 2001. Tuva folk music.
781.642 H313a Emmylou Harris. All I intended to be. 2008. The latest by the great singer.
781.65 A736h Louis Armstrong. Hot fives & sevens. 4 discs; remastered classics.
781.66 B415a Beatles. Abbey Road. 1969.
781.66 B415s ______. Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. 1967.
782.1 M939n Highlights from Mozart’s Figaro. 2007. Netrebko & D’Arcangelo, with Harnoncourt.
782.23 H415c Haydn. Creation. 2008. With the chorus & orchestra sized as Haydn specified.
782.323 H415t Haydn. Theresa Mass & Mass in time of war. 2008. Helmuth Rilling conducts.
782.8 C233t Cantus. There lies the home. 2006. From the wonderful Minnesota men’s chorus.
784.184 H41583 Haydn. Symphonies 83-85. Thomas Fey conducts the Heidelberger Sinfoniker.
785.28193 D959p Dvorák. Piano trios. 2007. Florestan trio. Also a trio by Joseph Suk.
CD-ROM
305.805
A628 Anthropos: 100 years index, 1906-2005.
