Here
is a sample of the 65 titles added to our collection in the past week.
ART + DESIGN
Draplin
Design Co.: pretty much everything / Aaron James Draplin. PRINT
Aaron James
Draplin. is one of the new school of influential graphic designers who combine
the power of design, social media, entrepreneurship, and DIY aesthetic to
create a successful business and way of life. Pretty Much Everything is a mid-career survey of work, case
studies, inspiration, road stories, lists, maps, how-tos, and advice. It
includes examples of his work--posters, record covers, logos--and presents the
process behind his design with projects like Field Notes and the "Things
We Love" State Posters. Draplin also offers valuable advice and hilarious
commentary that illustrates how much more goes into design than just what
appears on the page.
A
manifesto for the digital age, Steal Like an Artist is a guide whose positive message,
graphic look and illustrations, exercises, and examples will put readers
directly in touch with their artistic side.
CHEESE
Cheese
slices STREAMING VIDEO SERIES
Cheese Slices is the world’s only TV series to examine international artisan cheese making. Produced in Australia and aired in nine languages to more than 250 million viewers worldwide, this award-winning show is now in its seventh season and has visited more than two dozen countries to date. Will Studd travels through some of the world’s most beautiful countryside to look at an extraordinary variety of authentic regional cheeses, and meet the tradition-upholders and the innovators who passionately make them. Filmed on location, this series also includes a special look at artisanal cheeses. If you enjoy excellent cheese and want to know more about where it comes from, how it’s made, and what makes some cheeses taste so much better than others, this unique, award-winning series is essential viewing.
COMMUNICATIONS
Spreadable
media: creating value and meaning in a networked culture / Henry Jenkins,
Sam Ford, & Joshua Green. PRINT
Spreadable
Media maps fundamental changes taking place in our contemporary media
environment, a space where corporations no longer tightly control media
distribution and many of us are directly involved in the circulation of
content. It contrasts "stickiness"--aggregating attention in
centralized places--with "spreadability"--dispersing content widely
through both formal and informal networks, some approved, many unauthorized.
Stickiness has been the measure of success in the broadcast era (and has been
carried over to the online world), but "spreadability" describes the
ways content travels through social media.
COMPUTING SCIENCE
Rocket
surgery made easy: the do-it-yourself guide to finding and fixing usability
problems / Steve Krug.
Steve Krug spells
out a streamlined approach to usability testing that anyone can easily apply to
their own Web site, application, or other product.
Professional
git / Brent Laster. PRINT
Professional
Git takes a
professional approach to learning this massively popular software development
tool, and provides an up-to-date guide for new users. More than just a
development manual, this book helps you get into the Git mindset-extensive
discussion of corollaries to traditional systems as well as considerations
unique to Git help you draw upon existing skills while looking out-and planning
for-the differences.
EARTH SCIENCE
The
hidden life of trees: what they feel, how they communicate : discoveries from a
secret world / Peter Wohlleben ; foreword by Tim Flannery. PRINT
Are trees social
beings? In this international bestseller, forester and author Peter Wohlleben
convincingly makes the case that, yes, the forest is a social network. He draws
on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to describe how trees are like human
families: tree parents live together with their children, communicate with
them, support them as they grow, share nutrients with those who are sick or
struggling, and even warn each other of impending dangers. Wohlleben also
shares his deep love of woods and forests, explaining the amazing processes of
life, death, and regeneration he has observed in his woodland. After
learning about the complex life of trees, a walk in the woods will never be the
same again.
EDUCATION
How
we learn: the surprising truth about when, where and why it happens /
Benedict Carey.
Award-winning science reporter Benedict
Carey sifts through decades of education research and landmark studies to
uncover the truth about how our brains absorb and retain information. What he
discovers is that, from the moment we are born, we are all learning quickly,
efficiently, and automatically; but in our zeal to systematize the process we
have ignored valuable, naturally enjoyable learning tools like forgetting,
sleeping, and daydreaming.
Virtuous
minds: intellectual character development for students, educators, &
parents / Philip E. Dow.
HISTORY
The letters of Edward Petter [electronic
resource]
The
Letters of Edward Petter are a unique record of the travels of a Victorian
biscuit salesman. They make a fascinating travelogue of cultural and historical
interest for anyone wishing to learn more about travel in the Victorian era. Petter
was not only a salesman, he was also an evangelist, and the letters contain
numerous accounts of his missionary endeavours in countries across the world. The
letters also touch on many Brethren issues, notably the schism of 1890.
A
sisterhood of suffering and service: women and girls of Canada and Newfoundland
during the First World War / edited by Sarah Glassford and Amy Shaw.
Things
seen in northern India [electronic resource] / T.L. Pennell.
Things Seen in… seems to have been a series of
guidebooks aimed at European visitors to foreign parts in the early 20th
Century – roughly the equivalent of today’s Lonely Planet Guides. Who better to
write the entry for Northern Indian than the veteran medical missionary to the
region Theodore Leighton Pennell [1867-1912]. It would provides excellent
background information for anyone studying India in that period.
LEADERSHIP
The
best place to work: the art and science of creating an extraordinary workplace
/ Ron Friedman. PRINT
award-winning
psychologist Ron Friedman, Ph.D., uses the latest research from the fields of
motivation, creativity, behavioural economics, neuroscience and management to
reveal what really makes us successful at work. Combining powerful stories with
cutting-edge findings, Friedman shows leaders at every level how they can
promote smarter thinking, greater innovation and stronger performance.
Closing
the execution gap: how great leaders and their companies get results /
Richard Lepsinger. PRINT
Closing the Execution Gap has excellent information and insights
that are well connected to meaningful bodies of research. Lepsinger hones in on
tangible, real-world problems that many leaders will recognize and then offers
practical solutions.'Line managers and Learning and Development professionals
will find this book of interest because it captures the critical concepts that
make an organization and its people successful.
Stewardship:
choosing service over self-interest / Peter Block. PRINT
In this revised
and updated edition, Block explores what has and has not changed in
organizations and in the world in the twenty years since the first edition was
published. He argues that the concept of stewardship is more relevant and
necessary than ever, and shows how the idea of stewardship can and must be
expanded out from organizations into our communities, societies and nations.
Peter Block is one of our most provocative, original, and iconoclastic
thinkers. Here he extends the scope of his insights to help put us create not
just productive and humane workplaces but vibrant communities, an engaged
democracy, and a healthy planet.
LITERATURE
Catching
the torch: contemporary Canadian literary responses to World War I / Neta
Gordon. PRINT
PHILOSOPHY
An
introduction to medieval philosophy: basic concepts / Joseph W. Koterski.
PRINT
PSYCHOLOGY
Identity
formation, agency, and culture: a social psychological synthesis / James E.
Côté, Charles G. Levine. PRINT
The
memory illusion: remembering, forgetting, and the science of false memory /
Dr Julia Shaw. PRINT
Forensic
psychologist and memory expert Dr Julia Shaw uses the latest research to show
the astonishing variety of ways in which our brains can indeed be led astray.
She shows why we can sometimes misappropriate other people's memories,
subsequently believing them to be our own. She explains how police officers can
imprison an innocent man for life on the basis of many denials and just one
confession. She demonstrates the way radically false memories can be
deliberately implanted, leading people to believe they had tea with Prince
Charles, or committed crimes that never happened. And she reveals how, in spite
of all this, we can improve our memory through simple awareness of its
fallibility.
Play:
how it shapes the brain, opens the imagination, and invigorates the soul /
Stuart Brown with Christopher Vaughan. PRINT
From a leading expert, a groundbreaking book on the science of play, and
its essential role in fueling our happiness and intelligence throughout our
lives. Backed by the latest research, Play explains why play is essential to our
social skills, adaptability, intelligence, creativity, ability to problem solve
and more. A fascinating blend of cutting-edge neuroscience, biology,
psychology, social science, and inspiring human stories of the transformative
power of play, this book proves why play just might be the most important work
we can ever do.
The
power of meaning: crafting a life that matters / Emily Esfahani Smith.
PRINT
This
wise, stirring book argues that the search for meaning can immeasurably deepen
our lives and is far more fulfilling than the pursuit of personal
happiness. Drawing on the latest
research in positive psychology; on insights from George Eliot, Viktor Frankl,
Aristotle, the Buddha, and other great minds; and on interviews with seekers of
meaning, Emily Esfahani Smith lays out the four pillars upon which meaning
rests. To bring those concepts to life, Smith visits a tight-knit fishing
village on the Chesapeake Bay, stargazes in West Texas, attends a dinner where
young people gather to share their experiences of untimely loss, and more. And
she explores how we might begin to build a culture of meaning in our schools,
our workplaces, and our communities.
Inspiring and story-driven, The
Power of Meaning will strike a profound chord in anyone seeking a richer,
more satisfying life.
RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Finally
free: fighting for purity with the power of grace / Heath Lambert. PRINT
Dr. Heath
Lambert, a leader in the biblical counseling movement, lays out eight
gospel-centered strategies for overcoming the deceitful lure of pornography.
Each chapter clearly demonstrates how the gospel applies to this particular
battle and how Jesus can move readers from a life of struggle to a life of
purity.
The
Oxford handbook of the prophets / edited by Carolyn J. Sharp.
Playing
for God: evangelical women and the unintended consequences of sports ministry
/ Annie Blazer. PRINT
In Playing for God, Annie Blazer
offers an exploration of the history and religious lives of Christian athletes,
showing that evangelical engagement with popular culture can carry unintended
consequences. When sport became an avenue for embodied worship, it forced a
reckoning with evangelical teachings about the body. Female Christian athletes
increasingly turned to their own bodies to understand their religious identity,
and in so doing, came to question evangelical mainstays on gender and
sexuality. What was once a male-dominated masculinist project of sports
engagement became a female-dominated movement that challenged evangelical ideas
on femininity, marriage hierarchy, and the sinfulness of homosexuality.
Spiritual
formation in emerging adulthood: a practical theology for college and young
adult ministry / David P. Setran, Chris A. Kiesling.
Surfing
for God: discovering the divine desire beneath sexual struggle / Michael
John Cusick. PRINT
Backed by scripture, Cusick uses
examples from his own life and from his twenty years of counseling experience
to show us how the pursuit of empty pleasure is really a search for our heart's
deepest desire-and the real key to to resistance is discovering and embracing
the joy we truly want. Cusick's insights help readers understand how porn
struggles begin, what to do to prevent them, and most importantly, how to
overcome the compulsion once it begins.
Verbeck
of Japan [electronic resource]: a citizen of no country ; a life story of
foundation work inaugurated by Guido Fridolin Verbeck / by William Elliot
Griffis.
Guido
Herman Fridolin Verbeck was a 19th Century Dutch Reformed Church missionary to
Japan.
SOCIAL SCIENCES
The
app generation: how today's youth navigate identity, intimacy, and imagination
in a digital world / Howard Gardner and Katie Davis.
Let's
talk about culture: how to win the culture wars [Korean] / written by
Kuk-Won Shin. PRINT
WRITING
The
elements of eloquence: secrets of the perfect turn of phrase / Mark
Forsyth. PRINT
From
classic poetry to pop lyrics, from Charles Dickens to Dolly Parton, even from Jesus
to James Bond, Mark Forsyth explains the secrets that make a The Elements of Eloquence proves that
you don't need to have anything important to say--you simply need to say it
well. In an age unhealthily obsessed with the power of substance, this is a
book that highlights the importance of style.phrase--such as "O Captain! My Captain!" or "To be or not to be"--memorable. In his inimitably entertaining and wonderfully witty style, he takes apart famous phrases and shows how you too can write like Shakespeare or quip like Oscar Wilde. Whether you're aiming to achieve literary immortality or just hoping to deliver the perfect one-liner,
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