Wednesday, October 31, 2012

New Books Q - T

Title When Gadgets Betray Us: The Dark Side of our infatuation with New Technologies
Author Robert Vamosi
Publisher Basic Books
Call No.  QA 76.9.C66 V36 2011
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Title The Chemistry Companion
Author A. C. Fischer-Cripps
Publisher CRC Press
Call No. QD33.2.F57 2012
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Title Raising Elijah: Protecting Our Children in an Age of Environmental Crisis
Author Sandra Steingraber
Publisher Da Capo Press
Call No. RA1225.S74 2011
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Title Why Have You Forsaken Me? A Personal Reflection on the Experience of Desolation
Author John E. Colwell
Publisher Cascade Books
Call No. RC455.4.R4 C65 2012
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Title Therapeutic Presence: A Mindful Approach To Effective Therapy
Author Shari M. Geller and Leslie S. Greenberg
Publisher APA
Call No.  RC489.G45 2012
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Title Comes the Darkness, Comes the Light: A Memoir of Cutting, Healing, and Hope
Author Vanessa Vega
Publisher AMACOM
Call No.  RC569.5.S48 V44 2007
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Title Plastic: A Toxic Love Story
Author Susan Freinkel
Publisher HMH
Call No. TP1120.F74 2011
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Title Fear of Food: A History of Why We Worry About What We Eat
Author Harvey Levenstein
Publisher Chicago
Call No. TX360.U6 L47 2012
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

New Books P - Literature

Title The Turn Around Religion in America: Literature, Culture, and the Work of Sacvan Bercovitch
Author Nan Goodman & Michael P. Kramer
Publisher Ashgate
Call No.  PS166.T87 2011
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Title Arthur Miller, 1962-2005
Author Christopher Bigsby
Publisher University of Michigan Press
Call No.  PS3525.I5156 Z5444 2011b
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Title Lorine Niedecker: A Poet's Life
Author Margot Peters
Publisher Wisconsin
Call No.  PS3527.I6 Z855 2011
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Title Larry Brown: A Writer's Life
Author Jean W. Cash
Publisher University Press of Mississippi
Call No. PS3552.R6927 2011
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Title The Friendship Doll
Author Kirby Larson
Publisher Delacorte Press
Call No.  Curr Center PZ7.L32394 Fr 2011
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Title My Family for the War
Author Anne C. Voorhoeve
Publisher Dial
Call No.  Curr Center PZ7.V944 My 2012
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Monday, October 29, 2012

New Library Books J - ML

Title The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas
Author Jonah Goldberg
Publisher Sentinel
Call No. JC572.4.U6 G64 2012
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Title The International Law of Human Trafficking
Author Anne T. Gallagher
Publisher Cambridge
Call No. K5258.G35 2012
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Title Giving Voice to Love
Author Judith A. Paraino
Publisher Oxford
Call No.ML182.P44 2011
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Title Norman Granz: The Man Who Used Jazz for Justice
Author Tad Hershorn
Publisher University of California
Call No. ML429.G696 H47 2011
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Title Christian Music: A Global History
Author Tim Dowley
Publisher Fortress
Call No. ML 3001.D685 2011
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Title Hearts of Darkness: James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Cat Stevens
Author Dave Thompson
Publisher BackBeat Books
Call No. ML3470.T53 2012
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Title Learning in a Musical Key: Insight for Theology in Performative Mode
Author Lisa M. Hess
Publisher Princeton
Call No. ML3921.H48 2011
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Friday, October 26, 2012

New Library Books HQ - HV

Title Becoming Yellow: A Short History of Racial Thinking
Author Keevak, Michael
Publisher Princeton
Call No. HT 1523.K44 2011
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Title Marital Communication
Author Douglas L. Kelley
Publisher  Polity
Call No. HQ734.K36 2012
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Title Thicker than Water: Siblings and their Relations 1780-1920
Author Leonore Davidoff
Publisher Oxford
Call No. HQ759.96.D38 2012
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Title Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone
Author Eric Kllinenberg
Publisher Penguin
Call No. HQ800.4.U6 K56 2012
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Title Jane Addams and the Practice of Democracy
Author Marilyn Fischer, Carol Nackenoff, & Wendy Chimielewski
Publisher Illinois
Call No. HV28.A35 J36 2009
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Title They Say Cut Back, We Say Fight Back
Author Ellen Reese
Publisher Rissell Sage Foundation
Call No. HV95.R425 2011
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Title Toxic Charity: How Churches and Charities Hurt Those They help
Author Robert D. Lupton
Publisher  Harper One
Call No. HV530.L87 2011
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Monday, October 22, 2012

New Books Oct. 22, 2012

Title The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Rereading of Justification in Paul
Author Doublas A. Campbell
Publisher Eerdmans
Call No. BS2655.J8 C36 2009
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Title Diagonal Advance: Perfection in Christian Theology
Author Anthony D. Baker
Publisher Cascade Books
Call No. BT766.B29 2011
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Title Soul Recreation: The Comtenplative-Mystical Piety of Puritanism
Author Tom Schwanda
Publisher  Pickwick
Call No. BT767.7.S357 2012
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Title Worship & Mission After Christendom
Author Alan Kreider & Eleanor Kreider
Publisher Herald Press
Call No. BV15.K72 2011
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Title From a Mustard Seed: Enlivening Worship and Music in the Small Church
Author Bruce G. Epperly & Daryl Hollinger
Publisher Alban Institute
Call No. BV637.8.E67 2010
Table of Contents:
The small church : beautiful and challenging
Glory and gratitude and praise : theology and worship in the small church
How can we keep from singing?: transforming music in the small church
The work of the people : good singing in the assembly
Sing to God a new song : developing an eclectic repertoire
The pastor and the church musician : friend, foe, or fiasco
Worship planning : design, shape, and flow
Theology for the church musician : partners in spiritual formation
Great is God's faithfulness : music and worship through all the seasons of life
A tale of two churches : small churches with great worship
Waiting : three dramas for Advent / Bonnie Hollinger


Title Baptismal Imagery in Early Christianity
Author Robin M. Jensen
Publisher Baker
Call No. BV803.J45 2010
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Title Members are Ministers: The Vocation of all Believers
Author Paul F. Goetting
Publisher Cascade Books
Call No. BV4011.3.G64 2010
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Saturday, October 20, 2012

New Books Oct 20, 2012

Title Utilitarianism: A Guide for the Perplexed
Author Krister Bykvist
Publisher Continuum
Call No.  B843.B95 2010
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Title The Purpose of Life: A Thesistic Perspective
Author Stewart Goetz
Publisher Continuum
Call No.  BD431.G515 2012
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Title Stoicism in Early Christianity
Author Thomas Rasimus, Troels Engeberg-Pedersen, and Ismo Dunderberg (Eds.)
Publisher Bakere
Call No. BR128.A2 S75 2010b
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Title Translating the New Testament: Text Translation Theology
Author Stanley E. Porter & Mark J. Boda, (Eds.)
Publisher Eerdmans
Call No.  BS449.T7474 2009
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Title Key Questions about Biblical Interpretation: Old Testament Answers
Author John Goldingay
Publisher Baker
Call No.  BS476.G649 2011
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Title Flights of the Soul: Visions, Heavenly Journeys, and Peak Experiences in the Biblical World
Author John J. Pilch
Publisher Eerdmans
Call No.  BS680.V57 P55 2011
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Title The Jesus Survey: What Christian Teens Really Believe and Why
Author Mike Nappa
Publisher Baker
Call No.  BT203.N37 2012
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Thursday, October 18, 2012

New Books, Oct. 18, 2012

Title No Room of Her Own: Women's Stories of Homelessness, Life, Death, and Resistance
Author Desiree Hellegers
Publisher Palgrave/Macmillan
Call No. HV4505.N56 2011
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Title September 12: Community and Neighborhood Recovery at Ground Zero
Author Gregory Smithsimon
Publisher NYU
Call No. HV6432.7.S65 2011
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Title Joining the Mission: A guide for (mainly) New College Faculty
Author Susan VanZanten
Publisher Eerdman
Call No. LC383.V36 2011
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Title Oil on Water: A Novel
Author Helon Habila
Publisher Norton
Call No. PR9387.9.H26 O35 2011
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Title Swamplandia
Author Karen Russell
Publisher Vintage
Call No. PS3618.U755 2011c
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Monday, October 15, 2012

New Books, Oct. 15, 2012

Title The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
Author Iris Chang
Publisher Basic Books
Call. No. DS796.N2 C44 2011
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Title The Populist Vision
Author Charles Postel
Publisher Oxford
Call. No. E661.P67 2007
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Title Serving God Globally: Finding Your Place in International Development
Author Roland Hoksbergan
Publisher Baker
Call. No. HV530.H63 2012
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Title Practice and Profile: Christian Formation for Vocation
Author Johan Hegeman, Margaret Edgell,  and Henk Jochemsen
PublisherWipe & Stock
Call. No. LC533.H43 2011
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Title Frontier Figures: American Music and the Mythology of the American West
Author Beth E. Levy
Publisher University of California Press
Call. No. ML200.5.L49 2012
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Friday, October 12, 2012

New Books, Oct. 12, 2012

Title Little Princes
Author Grennan, conor
Publisher William Morrow
Call No. HV1285.9.G74 2010
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Title Educating Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Author Erin E. Barton & Beth Harn
Publisher Corwin
Call No.LC4717.B37 2010
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Title Understanding Tolstoy
Author Andrew D. Kauvman
Publisher Ohio State
Call No. PG3410.K376 2011
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Title America's Uninsured Crisis: consequences for Health and Health Care
Author Institute of Medicine
Publisher National Academies Press
Call No. RA413.7.U53 A44 2009
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Title  Entitled to Nothing: The Struggle for Immigrant Health Care in the Age of Welfare Reform
Author Lisa Sun-Hee Park
Publisher NYU
Call No. RA448.5.I44 P66 2011
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

New Books Oct. 10, 2012

Welcome back from Fall Break.

Title Stoicism in Early Christianity
Author Tuomas Rasimus, Trowls Engberg-Pedersen, Ismo Dunderberg, eds.
Publisher Baker
Call. No. BR128.A2 S76 2010b
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Title Jeroboam's Wife: The Enduring Contributions of the Old Testament's Least-Known Women
Author Robin Gallaher Branch
Publisher Hendricksen
Call. No.BS575.B648 2009
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 Title The Christ of the Miracle Stories; Portrait Through Encounter
Author Wendy J. Cotter
Publisher Baker
Call. No. BT366.3.C68 2010
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Title Engaging Exposition
Author Daniel L. Akin, Bill Curtis, and Stephen Rummage
Publisher Broad & Holman
Call. No. BV4211.3.A35 2011
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Title Good to Great in God's Eyes: 10 Practices Great Christians Have in Common updated ed.
Author Chip Ingram
Publisher Baker Books
Call. No. BV4501.3.I53 2010
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Monday, October 8, 2012

New Books October 8, 2012

Title Augustine and the Disciplines: From Cassiciacum to Confessions
Author Karla Pollmann & Mark Vessey, Eds.
Publisher Oxford
Call No.: BR85.A9 A845 2005
Synopsis  This book is also an e-book

Title The Church and New Media: Blogging Converts, Online Activists, and Bishops Who Tweet
Author Brandon Vogt
Publisher Our Sunday Visitor
Call No.: BR99.74.V63 2011
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Title The Space Between: A Christian Engagement with the Built Environment
Author Eric O. Jacobsen
Publisher Baker
Call No.: BR115.C8 J335 2012
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Title Worship & Mission After Christendom
Author Alan Kreider & Eleanor Kreider
Publisher Herald Press
Call No.: BV15.K72 2011
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Title Right Here Right Now: Everyday Mission for Everyday People
Author Alan Hirsch & Lance Ford
Publisher Baker
Call No.: BV2063.H53 2011
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Title Transitions: Leading churches Through Change
Author David N. Mosser, Ed.
Publisher WJK
Call No.: BV4509.5.T693 2011
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Friday, October 5, 2012

New Library Books October 5, 2012

Title Key Questions about Biblical Interpretation: Old Testament Answers
Author John Goldingay
Publisher Baker
Call No. BS476.G649 2011
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Title How to Read the Bible in Changing Times
Author Mark L. Strauss
Publisher Baker
Call No. BS476.S79 2011
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Title The Man Who Knew God: Decoding Jeremiah
Author  Mordecai Schreiber
Publisher Rowman & Littlefield
Call No. BS1525.52.S34 2010
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Title Jesus the Temple
Author Nicholas Perrin
Publisher Baker
Call No. BS2545.T45 P47 2010
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Title  The Didache: A Window on the Earliest Christians
Author Thomas O'Loughlin
Publisher Baker
Call No. BS2940.T5 O46 2010
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Wednesday, October 3, 2012

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New Library Books Oct. 3, 2012

Title Sermon on the Mount
Author Charles Quarles
Publisher B& H
Call no. BT380.3.Q83 2011
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Title Walking with the Poor rev. and expanded ed.
Author Bryant L. Myers
PublisherOrbis
Call no. BX2347.8.P66 M94 2011
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Title John Calvin and Evangelical Theology
Author Sung Wook Chung, Ed.
Publisher WJK
Call no. BX9418.J6134 2009
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Title Long-Term Care for the Elderly
Author Robyn Stone
Publisher Urban Institute Press
Call no. RC954.3.S76 2011
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Title Navigating Teenage Depression: A Guide for Parents and Professionals
Author Gordon Parker  & Kerrie Eyers
Publisher Routledge
Call no. RJ506.D4 P37 2010
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Title Binding Their Wounds: America's Assault on Its Veterans
Author Robert J. Topmiller & T. Kerby Neill
Publisher Paradigm
Call no. UB369.T67 2011
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012

New Library Books in Music and Literature

Title The Life of Schumann
Author Michael Musgrave
Publisher Cambridge
Call No. ML410.S4 M87 2011
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Title Kicking at the Darkness: Bruce Cockburn and the Christian Imagination
Author Brian J. Walsh
Publisher Brazos Press
Call No. ML420.C6116 W35 2011
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Title Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul
Author Mark Bego
Publisher Skyhorse
Call No. ML 420.F778 B4 2012
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Title An Attitude and Approach for Teaching Music to Special Learners
Author Elise S. Sobol
Publisher MENC
Call No. MT17.S63 2008
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 And one book in literature

Title African Love Stories: An Anthology
Author Ama Ata Aidoo, Ed.
Publisher Ayebia
Call No. PR9348 .A328 2006
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Monday, October 1, 2012

New Education Books

Title Year-round schools (At Issue series)
Author
Publisher Greenhaven
Call no.LB3034.Y427 2008
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Title Up Drafts: Case Studies in Teacher Renewal
Author Roy F. Fox, Ed.
PublisherNCTE
Call no. LB1775.2.U63 2000
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Title Insights into Action: Successful School Leaders Share what Works
Author William Sterrett
PublisherASCD
Call no.LB2805.S7457 2011
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Title "But will it work with REAL students?" Scenarios for Teaching Secondary English Language Arts
Author Janet Alsup & Jonathan Bush
Publisher NCTE
Call no. LB1631.A47 2003
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Title Learning to Write for Readeres: Using Brain-Based Strategies
Author John T. Crow
Publisher NCTE
Call no.LB1576.C828 2011
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Title 360 degrees of Text: Using Poetry to Teach Close Reading and Powerful Writing
Author Eileen Murphy Buckley
Publisher NCTE
Call no. LB1576.B8825 2011
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