New Books:
Ref 610.3 M894m
Mosby’s medical dictionary. 8th ed. 2009.
A very current, very well regarded
reference.
Ref
809.3 R755c Carl Rollyson, ed. Critical survey of long fiction. 4th ed. 10 vols. 2010.
The lives &
works of 678 novelists from around the world.
155.232
E33b Barbara Ehrenreich. Bright-sided: how the relentless promotion
of Positive Thinking has undermined America. 2009.
The constant expectation to be “up”
is leading to serious problems.
194 T264
D935f André Dupleix, OSB. 15 days of prayer with Pierre Teilhard de
Chardin. 1999.
Short guide for a
retreat with the anthropologist/theologian/philosopher.
231.73
D857m Jacalyn Duffin. Medical miracles: doctors, saints, &
healing in the modern world. 2009.
A physician-historian surveys
medical records over four centuries.
236.901
V978f Suzanne Vrai.
15 days of prayer with Saint Thomas
Aquinas. 2000.
Three-week retreat
with the great theologian.
248.47
M978s Charles M. Murphy. The spirituality
of fasting: rediscovering a Christian practice. 2010.
A new look at an old discipline.
261.243
K71w Paul F. Knitter. Without Buddha I could not be a Christian. 2009.
The theologian describes how his
study of Buddhism helped him overcome a crisis of faith.
261.55
A885r Harold W. Attridge,
ed. The religion
& science debate: why does it continue? 2009.
Scholarly essays on the changing
nature of the discussions.
264.0208
M874d Bruce T. Morrill, SJ. Divine worship & human healing: liturgical
theology at the margins of life & death. 2009.
The significance
of wakes, funerals, and anointing.
270.1092
O74hju Origen. Homilies on Judges. 2009.
In the Fathers of the Church series, newly translated.
277.294083
F851h Richard Frechette. Haiti:
the god of tough places, the lord of burnt men. 2010.
Reflections by a priest-physician on
what he has learned here.
285.1092
B928sp Frederick Buechner.
Speak what we feel (not what we ought to
say): reflections on literature and faith. 2001.
A study of four
great writers who wrestled with deep topics in their works.
289.673
R988i James E. Ryan. Imaginary Friends: representing Quakers in
American culture, 1650-1950. 2009.
A history of the
shifting views and images in various media.
297.283
V914c Miroslav
Volf, ed. A
common word: Muslims & Christians on loving God & neighbor.
2010.
Essays by
religious leaders of both faiths on areas of engagement and dialogue.
305.6970918
C421m Jocelyne
Cesari, ed. Muslims
in the West after 9/11: religion, politics & law. 2010.
Scholarly essays on recent trends
and topics.
305.6970973
C978m Edward E. Curtis, IV. Muslims in America: a short history.
2009.
From Colonial
times through the recent tumultuous years.
306.4
F739m Christopher E. Forth. Masculinity in the Modern West: gender,
civilization & the body. 2008.
How the image of masculine physical
prowess has changed and adapted to the changing times.
333.0995
L853k William Kenny Longgar.
Kaugu gunan ma kaugu pia: my village & my
land. 2008.
“The theological significance of
land in the New Guinea islands of Papua New Guinea.”
333.7
D153e Herman E. Daly. Ecological economics: principles and
applications. 2004.
Nice combination of the two
disciplines.
362.8292
C771a Philip W.
Cook. Abused men: the
hidden side of domestic violence. 2d ed. 2009.
A small but
significant problem.
399.22
P132c Benjamin I. Page. Class war? What Americans really think about economic equality. 2009.
A study of
attitudes and ideas on what’s wrong and how to fix it.
615.78
P317t JoEllen
Patterson. The
therapist’s guide to psychopharmacology. Rev ed.
2010.
How to work with medication and
medication concerns.
629.892
P275r Kenneth Partridge, ed. Robotics. 2010.
Essays and
articles from a variety of journals and newspapers.
704.948
R824a Leslie
Ross. Art & architecture of the world’s
religions. 2 vols. 2009.
Begins with prehistory and includes
all major faiths.
726.50949
D429c Balázs Dercsényi. Churches in Hungary.
Marvelously illustrated guide to the
nation’s rich heritage of beautiful churches.
780.956
N818m Laudan Nooshin, ed. Music & the play of power in the Middle East, North Africa and
Central Asia. 2009.
Scholarly essays on how music and
politics are inextricably bound in the area.
813.54
G664p Mary Gordon. Pearl: a novel. 2005.
A young woman, chained to a flagpole
as part of her hunger strike, and what led to this.
851.1
D192d 2000 v3 Dante. Paradiso: a verse translation by Robert
Hollander. 2007.
Completes the set; a new translation
with the Italian and copious notes.
938 C327a Paul
Cartledge. Ancient Greece: a history in eleven cities. 2009.
Focuses on
specific cities over a historical survey, from Knosses to Athens to Thebes.
942.021
H968n Richard Huscroft. The Norman
Conquest: a new introduction. 2009.
Looks at the
traumatic times with a perspective covering all of the British Isles and
France.
969.1
R195m Solofo Randrianja. Madagascar:
a short history. 2009.
Nice general history, the first
we’ve ever owned.
995.04
B465n Judith A. Bennett. Natives & exotics: World War II &
environment in the Southern Pacific. 2009.
How the war changed perceptions and
the ecology of the area.
DVDs
232.9170469 H636t
The 13th day. 2009.
Dramatization of Fatima.
262.142 S738p The priestly vocation: an invitation to
life. 2010. Various priests on their work.
823.914 B369h
Hamish Macbeth. 3rd season. 1997. More from the quirky Scottish
town.
882 S712o Œdipus Rex. 1957. Stage
version, done with masks.
CDs
781.642 C187g Glen
Campbell. Greatest country hits.
1990. Arguably not his greatest at all, but a few.
782.22 G562u
Unto ages of ages: sacred choral
music of Sviridov, Rachmaninoff, & Tchaikovsky. 2009