October
2009 Library News
New Books:
113.8 C378p Stanely Cavell. Philosophy & animal life. 2008.
Essays on the nature of humanity, especially vis-à-vis animals.
128.5 L965p Steven Luper. The philosophy of death. 2009.
An introduction to the terminology and basic issues in the subject.
130 P275p Kenneth Partridge. The paranormal. 2009.
Essays and articles from a wide variety of journals on all aspects of the topic.
146.4 G562w Hans-Johann Glock. What is analytic philosophy? 2008.
A brief history and a study of how this differs from Continental philosophy.
152.4 F791s Elaine Fox. Emotion science. 2008.
Up-to-date survey of what psychology & neuroscience are finding out.
153.12 S114r Karl Sabbagh. Remembering our childhood: how memory betrays us. 2009.
On the science of memory, and how early memories can be manipulated.
179.3 C673 M956w Stephen Mulhall. The wounded animal: J.M. Coetzee & the difficulty of reality in literature & philosophy. 2009.
Trying to sort out truth in fiction and philosophy and the intersection.
180.937 T774p Michael Trapp. Philosophy in the Roman Empire: ethics, politics & society. 2007.
A survey of the major themes of Roman philosophy.
181.45 C467y Christopher Key Chapple. Yoga & the luminous: Patañjali’s spiritual path to freedom. 2008.
Yoga philosophy & how it can be applied in daily life.
200 S697r C. John Sommerville. Religion in the national agenda: what we mean by religious, spiritual, secular. 2009.
Attempts to define these hot-button terms.
200.19 W365w Eugene Webb. Worldview & mind: religious thought & psychological development. 2009.
Why religious clashes happen and what might be done to head them off.
201 W187r Anthony F. C. Wallace. Religion: an anthropological view. 1966.
Old, but a classical reference for the topic.
202.2 F523w Reuven Firestone. Who are the real chosen people: the meaning of chosenness in Judaism, Christianity & Islam. 2008.
An important part of each of the faiths; what it means to each.
211 A736c Karen Armstrong. The case for God. 2009.
A comparative study of humans and their beliefs, suggesting that there’s something to it all.
230.0464 S677 P826h Stephen J. Pope, ed. Hope & solidarity: Jon Sobrino’s challenge to Christian theology. 2008.
Essays on how his Liberation Theology has worked in various parts of theology.
232.9 M511m John P. Meier. A marginal Jew: rethinking the historical Jesus. Vol 4. 2009.
On the Mosaic Law and what Jesus had to say about it, in the acclaimed series.
232.91 R896m Miri Rubin. Mother of God: a history of the Virgin Mary. 2009.
How teachings and beliefs developed and evolved from the beginnings until about 1600.
241 W845c J. Philip Wogaman. Moral dilemmas: an introduction to Christian ethics. 2009.
Uses modern examples to introduce the subject.
242 R489s Andrea Riccardi. The Sant’ Egidio book of prayer. 2009.
A Spiritual Book Club selection, from a Roman community of activists & worshippers.
242.74 M682m Nathan D. Mitchell. The mystery of the Rosary. 2009.
A study of how the Rosary was emblematic of a very different Church and has developed.
248.482 B463f Benedict XVI. Following Christ. 2009.
Meditations and exhortations culled from his many speeches and writings.
261.2 D277c Gavin D’Costa. Christianity & world religions: disputed questions in the theology of religions. 2009.
Why Christianity is challenged by other faiths, and how Secularism is more of a threat.
261.70882 H615c Kristin E. Heyer, ed. Catholics & politics: the dynamic tension between faith & power. 2008. Essays.
266 S228t Lamin Sanneh. Translating the message; the missionary impact on culture. 2nd ed. 2009.
New edition of his respected work.
266.99 W594m Darrell L. Whiteman. Melanesians & missionaries: an ethnohistorical study of social & religious change in the Southwest Pacific. 1983.
270.1 F855n Charles Freeman. A new history of early Christianity. 2009.
Argues that establishing orthodoxy effectively stymied much creative thought.
271.7913 H111t Michael Haag. The Templars: the history & the myth. 2009.
Covers the order’s history, legends, & places of interest.
275.1082 T562 B817t Ernest Brandewie. The last shall be first; the life of Thomas Tien Keng-hsin, China’s first cardinal. 2007.
From the Steyler Verlag.
282.092 C319p James Carroll. Practicing Catholic. 2009.
An intensely personal view of the state of and outlook for the Church.
294.35 G653c Charles Goodman. Consequences of compassion: an interpretation & defense of Buddhist ethics. 2009.
The basis for Buddhist ethics & its relation to Western ethical beliefs.
302.23097 J32e Kathleen H. Jamieson. Echo chamber: Rush Limbaugh & the Conservative media establishment. 2008.
How the conservative network of writers & talkers operates.
302.23097 M943p Roger Mudd. The place to be: Washington, CBS, & the glory days of television news. 2008.
Memoirs of the television newscaster.
305.231 M554c Jean Mercer. Child development: myths & misunderstandings. 2010.
51 essays on aspects of child development.
305.800973 N793g Mark A. Noll. God & race in American politics: a short history. 2008.
How religion & the Bible have been used by all sides on all questions since 1776.
305.8946 W712s Rane Willerslev. Soul hunters; hunting, animism, & personhood among the Siberian Yukaghirs. 2007.
Ethnography of a small tribe hunters.
305.89912 B255a John Barker. Ancestral lines: the Maisin of Papua New Guinea & the fate of the rainforest. 2008.
Why this group has rejected commercial logging, & how this is part of their heritage.
306.0981 G819m Thomas Gregor. Mehinaku: the drama of daily life in a Brazilian Indian village. 1977.
A classic study.
306.77 S247p Carmine Sarracino. The porning of America: the rise of porn culture, what it means, & where we go from here. 2008.
The rapidly changing world in advertising, college, and general life.
333.5 E45s J. Harold Ellens. The spirituality of sex. 2009.
How the two pervasive elements of being human, sex and spirituality, are interconnected.
333.783 D911n Dayton Duncan. The National Parks: America’s best idea. 2009.
The book from the Ken Burn’s series. See also the DVD and the soundtrack, below.
338.97307 H586l David J. Hess. Localist movements in a global economy: sustainability, justice, & urban development in the United States. 2009.
As globalization increases, so do local initiatives.
355.003 D626w War: the definitive visual history. 2009.
Stunningly illustrated guide to our long history of organized violence.
355.0201 M466w Larry May, ed. War: essays in political philosophy. 2008.
Recent scholarly essays on aspects of war, from political philosophical perspectives.
363.31 G964e Raiford Guins. Edited clean version: technology & the culture of control. 2009.
How censorship is no longer state-imposed but handled individually with our technology.
364.15097 E33h Howard J. Erlich. Hate crimes & ethnoviolence: the history, current affairs, & future of discrimination in America. 2009.
Essays on prejudice being alive & well.
427.09 A215s Michael Adams. Slang: the people’s poetry. 2009.
A study of modern uses and types of slang.
616.89 E75c Sussie Eshun, ed. Culture & mental health: sociocultural influences, theory, & practice. 2009.
Scholarly essays in general topics & specific diagnoses.
704.948996 D776s Henry J. Drewal, ed. Sacred waters: arts for Mami Wata & other divinities in Africa & the Diaspora. 2008.
Scholarly essays on water spirits & mermaids in Central African cultures.
709.4409 R351v Rolf Reichardt. Visualizing the Revolution: politics & pictorial arts in late Eighteenth-Century France. 2008.
A nicely illustrated history of a time rich in both design and politics.
745.409 C953c David Crowley, ed. Cold War Modern: design, 1945-1970. 2008.
Russian & Western architecture & other design.
781.640981 M146b Chris McGowan, ed. The Brazilian sound: Samba, Bossa Nova, & the popular music of Brazil. 2009.
Illustrated guide to the variety of music around this large nation.
791.4301 M958r John Mullarkey. Refractions of reality: philosophy & the moving image. 2009.
On the uneasy relationship between film theory and the text.
796.334 F165s Paul Fairclough. Soccer strategies. 2009.
Nice guide for basic techniques of attacking, defending, & goalkeeping.
808.025 W956 Writer’s Market. 2010.
Guide for writers looking to sell their work.
813.54 C655t Harlan Coben. Tell no one. 2009.
Suspense novel; is his long-dead wife really alive?
813.54 K27lb Garrison Keillor. Wobegon Boy. 1997.
The last volume in the trilogy about John Tollefson.
813.54 O18 G645f Brad Gooch. Flannery: a life of Flannery O’Connor. 2009.
Acclaimed biography of one of our greatest writers.
813.54 R921m Richard Russo. Mohawk. 1986.
His first novel.
813.54 R921o _______. That old Cape magic. 2009.
His new novel, more New England memories.
813.54 R921w _______. The whore’s child, and other stories. 2002.
Short stories.
818.5203 H474s Jessica Helfand. Scrapbooks: an American history. 2008.
A long history of ways people have retained souvenirs.
821,8 H794 M333g Paul Mariani. Gerard Manley Hopkins: a life. 2008.
Acclaimed literary biography of the great poet.
822.914 S883i Tom Stoppard. The invention of love. 1997.
As he is being ferried across the Styx, the lately deceased A.E. Housman relives his past.
840.911 L827c Michael Löwy. Morning star: surrealism, Marxism, anarchism, situationism, utopia. 2009.
Essays on how surrealism influenced the modern arts.
900 T714w John Tosh. Why history matters. 2008.
Argues that a new emphasis on learning history is critical for understanding our present.
904.5 F151g Brian Fagan. The great warming: climate change and the rise and fall of civilizations. 2008.
Reconstructing weather history and seeing its effects.
936.06 M322 M166m Frank McLynn. Marcus Aurelius: a life. 2009.
A big biography of the emperor & philosopher, whose works still influence many.
944.026 J43 T243v Larissa J. Taylor. The virgin warrior: the life & death of Joan of Arc. 2009.
A new, vivid biography of the truly charismatic young woman.
954.92 S324h Willem van Schendel. A history of Bangladesh. 2009.
The historical background and the nation since 1971.
959.105 C483h Michael W. Charney. A history of modern Burma. 2009.
Important for understanding this unfortunate nation.
972.94 C861d Harold Courlander. The drum & the hoe: life & lore of the Haitian people. 1960.
A classic anthropological study.
973.916 D554d Morris Dickstein. Dancing in the dark: a cultural history of the Great Depression. 2009.
Although economically difficult, the arts were alive in America.
979.8004 F464y Ann Fienup-Riordan. Yuungnaqpiallerput: the way we genuinely live: masterworks of Yup’ik science & survival. 2007.
Remarkable pictorial guide to a Northern culture.
DVDs:
333.783 D911n Ken Burns. The National Parks: America’s best idea. 2009.
781.6291497 D357g Gypsy caravan: when the road bends … 2007. Their music and their world.
813.54 E92f The final season. 2008. Norway (Iowa) High School’s baseball team’s last year.
823.914 S642n The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. 2009. Based on the beloved books.
833.914 S345n The Ninth Day. 2004. Moral choices at Dachau.
962.404 B168 V831t Two suitcases: the story of St Josephine Bakhita.
Compact Discs:
226.24 D674g John R. Donahue, SJ. The Gospel of Mark. 4 discs of commentary.
226.25 R353g Barbara Reid, OP. The Gospel of Luke. 4 CDs.
226.8 H893j John Jay Hughes. A journey through the Parables. 6 CDs.
264.02 B178m John Baldovin, SJ. The Mass. 4 CDs covering the history and action of the Mass.
781.542 D911 The National Parks. 2009. Soundtrack from the Ken Burns series.
781.642 K91r Alison Krauss & Robert Plant. Raising sand. 2007. Well received album.