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Sunday, October 31, 2010

New titles by Creighton authors

Augustine in his own words by Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo; edited by William Harmless, S.J.

The essential spirituality handbook by Wendy M. Wright

The Azheimer's caregiving puzzle : putting together the pieces by Patricia R. Callone

Irma : the legend who touched so many lives by Robert R. Trumbauer, with foreword by Neil Cahill, S.J.






Saturday, October 30, 2010

New titles in Fine and Performing Arts

World Press Photo 2010 by Elsbeth Schouten
Salvador Dalí : the late work by Salvador Dalí
Dial "M" for mother : a Freudian Hitchcock by Paul Gordon
Acting in musical theatre : a comprehensive course by Joe Deer

Bridges by Richard Louis Cleary
Bookworm by Rosamond Wolff Purcell

Greek vase-painting and the origins of visual humour by Alexandre G. Mitchell

Pen and parchment : drawing in the Middle Ages by Melanie Holcomb

Painting for profit : the economic lives of seventeenth-century Italian painters by Richard E. Spear

Baroque, 1620-1800 : style in the age of magnificence by Michael Snodin

Friday, October 29, 2010

New titles in Biology

The shallows : what the Internet is doing to our brains by Nicholas G. Carr

Political ecologies of cattle ranching in northern Mexico: private revolutions by Eric Perramond

The great pheromone myth by Richard L. Doty

Human senescence : evolutionary and biocultural perspectives by Douglas E. Crews

Fountains and water features: from ancient springs to modern marvels by Rosalind Hopwood

New Titles in Theology



Jesus beyond Christianity : the classic texts by Gregory A. Barker

Reasonable perspectives on religion by Richard Curtis

Rethinking Islamic studies : from orientalism to cosmopolitanism by Carl W. Ernst

Feeding the five thousand : studies in the Judaic background of Mark 6:30-44 par. and John 6:1-15 by Roger David Aus

Discovering God : the origins of the great religions and the evolution of belief by Rodney Stark

Sociology of Religion for Generations X & Y by Adam Possamai


Priscilla and Aquila: Paul's coworkers in Christ Jesus by Marie Noel Keller

Nirvana : concept, imagery, narrative by Steven Collins

Cambridge companion to science and religion by Peter Harrison

I & II Peter and Jude : a commentary by Lewis R. Donelson

Thursday, October 28, 2010

New titles in Computer Science

Practical Plone 3: a beginner's guide to building powerful websites by Alex Clark
The new world of wireless: how to compete in the 4G revolution by Scott A. Snyder

Emerging artificial intelligence applications in computer engineering [electronic resource] : real word AI systems with applications in eHealth, HCI, information retrieval and pervasive technologies; edited by Ilias Maglogiannis ... [et al.].

Computer-aided systems in public transport [electronic resource] by Mark Hickman, Pitu Mirchandani, Stefan Voss (editors).

Sams teach yourself Web publishing with HTML and CSS in one hour a day by Laura Lemay

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

New titles in History


Anne Frank: her life in words and pictures from te archives of the Anne Frank House by Menno Metselaar

A conspiracy of kings (a novel) by Megan Whalen Turner

Under siege : inter-ethnic relations in Abkhazia by Tom Trier

Divided borders : essays on Puerto Rican identity by Juan Flores

English is broken here : notes on cultural fusion in the Americas by Coco Fusco

Latino spin : public image and the whitewashing of race by Arlene M. Dávila

The Afro-Latino reader : history and culture in the United States by Miriam Jiménez Román and Arlene M. Dávila

Splendid failure: postwar Reconstruction in the American South by Michael W. Fitzgerald

Civilisation [videorecording] : a personal view by Lord Clark : the complete series by Michael Gill

Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War by James O. Lehman

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

New Titles in English


Guía básica de la crítica literaria y el trabajo de investigación / Blackwell, Frieda Hilda.

Writing for the Internet : a guide to real communication in virtual space / Craig Baehr and Bob Schaller.

The cultural politics of slam poetry : race, identity, and the performance of popular verse in America / Susan B. A. Somers-Willett.

Earth (the book) : a visitor's guide to the human race / written and edited by Jon Stewart-- [et al].

Monday, October 25, 2010

New Titles in Social Work


A dream deferred : how social work education lost its way and what can be done / David Stoesz, Howard Jacob Karger, Terry Carrilio.

At home on the street : people, poverty, and a hidden culture of homelessness / Jason Adam Wasserman , Jeffrey Michael Clair.

Breaking night : a memoir of forgiveness, survival, and my journey from homeless to Harvard / Liz Murray.

The watchers : the rise of America's surveillance state / Shane Harris.

The war on terror and American popular culture : September 11 and beyond / edited by Andrew Schopp and Matthew B. Hill.

Women warriors for Allah : an Islamist network in the Netherlands / Janny Groen and Annieke Kranenberg ; translated by Robert Naborn ; foreword by Marc Sageman.

New titles in American Studies

Preserving ethnicity through religion in America: Korean Protestants and Indian Hindus across generations by Pyong Gap Min


Bodies of belief: Baptist community in early America by Janet Moore Lindman

Guadalupe in New York: devotion and the struggle for citizenship rights among Mexican immigrants by Alyshia Galvez

Good game: Christianity and the culture of sports by Shirl J. Hoffman

TransBuddhism: transmission, translation, transformation by Nalini Bhusan

The second disestablishment: church and state in nineteenth-century America

Friday, October 22, 2010

New Titles in African Studies


Critical reflections on the Eritrean War of Independence : social capital, associational life, religion, ethnicity and sowing seeds of dictatorship / Gaim Kibreab.

Gender & genocide in Burundi : the search for spaces of peace in the Great Lakes Region / Patricia O. Daley.

Liberia : the violence of democracy / Mary H. Moran.

Afrikaners in the new South Africa : identity politics in a globalised economy / Rebecca Davies.

Burdened by race : Coloured identities in southern Africa / edited by Mohamed Adhikari.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

New titles in Chemistry

Molecular catalysis of rare-earth elements [electronic resource] by Peter W. Roesky

Computer-based modeling of novel carbon systems and their properties [electronic resource] : beyond nanotubes by Luciano Columbo

Scanning force microscopy of polymers [electronic resource] by Julius G. Vancso

Anion recognition in supramolecular chemistry [electronic resource] by Philip A. Gale

New titles in Fine and Performing Arts


Michelangelo : a tormented life by Antonio Forcellino

East African hip hop : youth culture and globalization by Mwenda Ntarangwi

In pursuit of perfection
: the art of Agnes Martin, Maria Martinez and Florence Pierce by Timothy Robert Rodgers

A familiar strangeness [electronic resource] : American fiction and the language of photography, 1839-1945 by Stuart Burrows

Signed, sealed, and delivered : the soulful journey of Stevie Wonder by Mark Ribowsky

Seven dirty words : the life and crimes of George Carlin by James Sullivan

The blues : a very short introduction by Elijah Wald

Pontius Pilate, anti-semitism, and the Passion in medieval art by Colum Hourihane

Rembrandt's faith: church and temple in the Dutch golden age by Shelley Karen Perlove

Painted palaces: the rise of secular art in early Renaissance Italy by Anne Dunlop

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

New Titles in African Studies


Africa in global politics in the twenty-first century : a pan-African perspective / Olayiwola Abegunrin.

Egypt and the Egyptians / Douglas J. Brewer and Emily Teeter.

Riot in Alexandria : tradition and group dynamics in late antique pagan and Christian communities / Edward J. Watts.

War & the politics of identity in Ethiopia : making enemies & allies in the Horn of Africa / Kjetil Tronvoll.

The having of Negroes is become a burden : the Quaker struggle to free slaves in revolutionary North Carolina / [edited by] Michael J. Crawford.



The Afro-Latin@ reader : history and culture in the United States / Jiménez Román, Miriam

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

New Titles in Theology


Baptists through the centuries : a history of a global people / David W. Bebbington.

The challenge of being Baptist : owning a scandalous past and an uncertain future / Bill J. Leonard.

Religion and violence in early American Methodism : taking the kingdom by force / Jeffrey Williams.

The Cambridge companion to John Wesley / edited by Randy L. Maddox, Jason E. Vickers.

John Calvin : a pilgrim's life / Herman J. Selderhuis ; translated by Albert Gootjes.

Monday, October 18, 2010

New Titles in Theology

The Franciscan tradition / Regis J. Armstrong, Ingrid J. Peterson ; Phyllis Zagano, series editor.

The theology of Hugh of St. Victor : an interpretation / Boyd Taylor Coolman.

Sophia : the hidden Christ of Thomas Merton / Christopher Pramuk.

Reinhold Niebuhr on politics, religion, and Christian faith / by Richard Crouter.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

New titles in International Relations

Conflict and peace building in divided societies: responses to ethnic violence by Anthony Oberschall

Moral entrepreneurs and the campaign to ban landmines by Dr. Frank Faulkner

Advancing democracy abroad: why we should and how we can by Michael McFaul

Immigrants and welfare: the impact of welfare reform on America's newcomers by Michael Fix

Friday, October 15, 2010

New titles in Economics and Finance

The big short: inside the doomsday machine by Michael Lewis

Busted : life inside the great mortgage meltdown by Edmund L. Andrews

The culture of property: race, class, and housing landscapes in Atlanta, 1880-1950 by LeeAnn Lands

Understanding the social economy: a Canadian perspective by Jack Quarter

Agricultural trade liberalization and the least developed countries by Niek Koning

Thursday, October 14, 2010

New titles in Education


Responsible classroom management, 6-12 : a schoolwide plan by J. Allen Queen

Writing meaningful teacher evaluations--right now!! : the principal's quick-start reference guide by Cornelius L. Barker

The organized teacher's guide to building character : an encyclopedia of ideas to bring character education into your curriculum by Steve Springer

Childhood in a global perspective by Karen C. Wells

Teaching reading and writing in Spanish and English in bilingual and dual language classrooms by Yvonne S. Freeman

Democracy at the crossroads: international perspectives on critical global citizenship education by Cameron White

Higher education?: how colleges are wasting our money and failing our kids -- and what we can do about it by Andrew Hacker

Executive function in the classroom: practical strategies for improving performance and enhancing skills for all students by Christopher Kaufman

Your first year as a principal: everything you need to know that they do not teach you in school by Tena Green

Teaching in 2 languages: a guide for K-12 bilingual educators by Sharon Adelman Reyes

Wednesday, October 13, 2010

New Titles in Theology


Hitler's pope : the secret history of Pius XII / John Cornwell.

Faith makes us live : surviving and thriving in the Haitian diaspora / Margarita A. Mooney.

What, then, is liturgy? : musings and memoir / Anscar J. Chupungco ; foreword by Mark R. Francis and Keith Pecklers.

At the heart of Christian worship : liturgical essays of Yves Congar / translated and edited by Paul Philibert.

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

New Titles in Psychology


Taking care of youth and the generations / Bernard Stiegler ; translated by Stephen Barker.

The genius in all of us : why everything you've been told about genetics, talent, and IQ is wrong / David Shenk.

Prosocial motives, emotions, and behavior : the better angels of our nature / edited by Mario Mikulincer and Phillip R. Shaver.

Body panic : gender, health, and the selling of fitness / Shari L. Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs.

Saturday, October 9, 2010

New titles in Fine and Performing Arts

Second act trouble : behind the scenes at Broadway's big musical bombs by Steven Suskin

James Turrell: Geometrie des Lichts = geometry of light by James Turrell

Caravaggio by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

The history of Paris in painting by Georges Duby

A history of narrative film by David A. Cook

The playwright as thinker by Eric Bentley

Architecture -- form, space & order by Frank Ching

Friday, October 8, 2010

New Titles in Philosophy


God and evil in the theology of St Thomas Aquinas / Herbert McCabe ; edited and introduced by Brian Davies.

On Aquinas / Herbert McCabe ; edited and introduced by Brian Davies.

Perfection : coming to terms with being human / Michael J. Hyde.

Philodemus, On death / translated with an introduction and notes by W. Benjamin Henry.

The supraconscience of humanity / Edward H. Strauch.

New titles in Physics


Radiation physics for medical physicists by E.B. Podgoršak

A first course in Computational Physics by Paul L. DeVries

An introduction to advanced quantum physics by Hans P. Paar

Cathodoluminescence and photoluminescence : theories and practical applications by Lyuji Ozawa

Nuclear computational science : a century in review by Yousry Azmy

Mathematical horizons for quantum physics by Huzihiro Araki

The dream machine: the untold history of the notorious V-22 Osprey by Rick Whittle

Quantum leaps by Jeremy Bernstein