New Books:
Ref 951.003 C518b Berkshire encyclopedia of China. 2009. 5 vols.
Modern, scholarly, comprehensive.
153.83 L524h Jonah Lehrer. How we decide. 2009.
The strange mix of logic and intuition, and how we need to be aware of how it works.
170 K51g Andreas Kinneging. The geography of good & evil: philosophical investigations. 2009.
Argues that good & evil are objective realities, & require us to discover and label them.
170.44 K92b Peter Kreeft. Before I go: letters to our children about what really matters. 2007.
Random and vivid comments on morality and ethics.
170.9 D569e Fulvio Di Blasi, ed. Ethics without God? 2008.
170.9 D569v _______. Virtue’s end: God in the moral philosophy of Aristotle & Aquinas. 2008.
Scholarly essays in the Augustinian and Thomistic traditions.
181.11 N525r Robert Cummings Neville. Ritual & deference: extending Chinese philosophy in a comparative context. 2008.
Important themes in modern Chinese philosophy.
182 C975o Patricia Curd, ed. Oxford handbook of Presocratic philosophy. 2008.
Scholarly essays on significant philosophers and topics.
185 A7 A532c Georgios Anagnostopoulos, ed. Companion to Aristotle. 2009.
Scholarly essays on his life, works, and themes.
190.0922 B452t Christopher Belshaw, ed. 12 modern philosophers. 2009.
Biographical essays.
192 H921 C678h Rachel Cohon. Hume’s morality: feeling & fabrication. 2008.
A study of his metaethics & the artificial virtues.
193 W831 Z26w Edoardo Zamuner, ed. Wittgenstein’s Enduring arguments. 2009.
Scholarly essays on language, mind, and the absolute.
212.6 M135k Paul A. MacDonald, Jr. Knowledge & the transcendent: an inquiry into the mind’s relationship to God. 2009.
The role of the mind in a knowledge of God.
232.9170972 A545o Carl Anderson. Our Lady of Guadalupe: mother of the civilization of love. 2009.
Her continuing importance in the life of the American Catholic community.
232.91 S768m Charlene Spretnak. Missing Mary: the Queen of Heaven & her re-emergence in the modern Church. 2004.
Argues that Vatican II’s dethronement is being reversed by a grassroots movement.
232.9170944 B517 M141h Patricia A. McEachern. A holy life: St. Bernadette of Lourdes. 2005.
All of her writings collected & annotated.
234.163 H938e George Hunsinger. The Eucharist & ecumenism. 2008.
A protestant theologian analyzes how the Eucharist can be a source of unity instead of division.
248.3 W637p Robert J. Wicks. Prayerfulness: awakening to the fullness of life. 2009.
Main selection of the Spiritual Book Club, a guide to strengthening prayer.
261.21 R379i Eric Reitan. Is God a delusion? A reply to religion’s cultured despisers. 2009.
A philosopher argues that atheists have defined “religion” too narrowly.
262.142 B463p Pope Benedict XVI. The priesthood. 2009
A collection of excerpts from previous writings and speeches.
274.206 D858f Eamon Duffy. Fires of faith: Catholic England under Mary Tudor. 2009.
Marshals impressive evidence that Mary & Cardinal Pole went far in reversing the Protestant tide.
274.2082 L882m James R. Lothian. The making & unmaking of the English Catholic intellectual community, 1910-1950. 2009.
Discusses the rise of Catholic intelligentsia, led by Belloc, & its demise.
274.505 C286 G226r Edmund G. Gardner. The road to Siena: the essential biography of St. Catherine. 2009.
A reissue and annotated edition of an early and still reliable introduction to the saint.
294.3443 S536i Sarah Shaw. Introduction to Buddhist meditation. 2009.
A survey of meditation and of traditional Buddhist practices and teachings.
294.4 L848j Jeffery D. Long. Jainism: an introduction. 2009.
A guide to the history and beliefs of the religion.
299.936 L674s James R. Lewis, ed. Scientology. 2009.
22 scholarly essays on aspects of the controversial new religion.
362.734092 M676d Asha Miró. Daughter of the Ganges: a memoir. 2006.
A woman, adopted from India, goes back to find her heritage and her history.
363.7 C965o David J. Cuff, ed. Oxford companion to global change. 2009.
Encyclopedia with articles on a wide variety of topics, from climate to health; well illustrated.
371.102 P448m David Perkins. Making learning whole. 2009.
Seven principles that the author suggests will improve teaching.
381 S718o Hernando de Soto. The other path: the invisible revolution in the Third World. 1989.
A study of basic economics: how the poor operate, and lessons we can learn.
423.95922 A231o Jayme Adelson-Goldstein. English-Vietnamese Oxford picture dictionary.2nd ed. 2009.
Lots of pictures with Vietnamese labels.
530.092 E35 O36e Hans C. Ohanian. Einstein’s mistakes: the human failings of genius. 2008.
Many of Einstein’s theories were marred by errors; here’s a guide to what happened.
530.1209 J79q Sheilla Jones. The Quantum ten: a story of passion, tragedy, ambition & science. 2008.
The difficult beginnings of modern physics and the personalities who shaped the start.
551.5 w724A Jack Williams. The AMS weather book: the ultimate guide to America’s weather.2009.
American Meteorological Society’s nicely illustrated introduction to what happens out there.
551.578 U58g U.N.E.P. Global outlook for ice & snow. 2007.
Current status & projections, and what will happen under various scenarios.
599.938 T221w Ian Tattersall. The world from beginnings to 4000 BCE. 2008.
A survey of what’s known about human evolution.
611.81 C324h Rita Carter. The human brain book. 2009.
Fantastic illustrated guide to everything that the brain is and does, with current challenges.
617.092 G284b Atul Gawande. Better: a surgeon’s notes on performance. 2007.
More essays on the challenges faced by physicians.
658.4012 M667s Henry Mintzberg. Strategy safari: a guided tour through the wilds of strategic management. 1998.
Irreverent history of the rise of strategic thinking.
700.1 C319o Noël Carroll. On criticism. 2009.
Argues that the business of critics is to decide what is valuable, not to look for meaning or themes.
704.9482094 M688n Mia M. Mochizuki. The Netherlandish image after Iconoclasm, 1566-1672: material religion in the Dutch Golden Age. 2008.
Comprehensive study of an interesting period.
709.021 F663c Jaroslav Folda. Crusader art: the art of the Crusaders in the Holy Land, 1099-1291. 2008.
A study of the development and influence of European art next door to Muslims.
730.9753 G647w James M. Goode. Washington sculpture: a cultural history of outdoor sculpture in the nation’s capital. 2008.
There’s lots and lots of sculpture in the District, & this describes it all.
791.4301 L787r Paisley Livingston, ed. The Routledge companion to philosophy & film. 2009.
Scholarly essays on themes, authors, & other topics.
791.430233 D191c Peter E. Dans. Christians in the movies: a century of saints & sinners. 2009.
A guide to how films have portrayed Christians, by decade and then by specific movie.
792.028 A243a Barbara Adrian. Actor training the Laban way. 2008.
Integrates voice, speech, & movements.
810.99212 W164c John C. Waldmeir. Cathedrals of bone: the role of the body in contemporary Catholic literature. 2009.
Tour-de-force survey of all genres, how writers handle our incarnational faith.
813.54 L579d Donna Leon. Death in a strange country. 1993.
Mystery set in Venice.
813.54 M912f Walter Mosley. 47. 2005.
Life in the Southern slave fields changes when there is extraterrestrial contact. For young adults.
823.92 A235h Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Half of a yellow sun: a novel. 2007.
Set in 1960s Nigeria.
823.92 A235p _______. Purple hibiscus. 2003.
Coming of age in revolutionary and Catholic Nigeria.
823.92 A235t _______. The thing around your neck. 2009.
Short stories.
869.342 S243i José Saramago. Death with interruptions: a novel. 2008.
The Nobel laureate’s story of what happens when there is no more death, only aging.
937.07092 H132 E93h Anthony Everitt. Hadrian and the triumph of Rome. 2009.
Biography of one of Rome’s truly great rulers, in thrilling times.
947.0460922 H893r Lindsey Hughes. The Romanovs: ruling Russia 1613-1917. 2008.
Three centuries of turbulent rule.
955.0542 S253c Marjane Satrapi. The complete Persepolis. 2003.
A young girl’s coming of age in revolutionary Iran, interestingly formatted.
962.404 C712h Robert O. Collins. A history of modern Sudan. 2008.
Helpful guide to difficult years.
968.8302 S428t Robyn Scott. Twenty chickens for a saddle: the story of an African childhood. 2008.
Memoir of growing up in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe, and increasing threats to white farmers.
Compact Disc:
787.192 P126a Arvo Pärt. Alina. 1999. Piano and violin.