"Timely. . . An accessible, evidence-based and direct account of how these conflicts are reshaping the political world around us" - Matthew Goodwin, Financial Times
The King Is Always above the People by Daniel Alarcón
Call Number: PS.3601.L333.A6.2017
ISBN: 9781594631726
Publication Date: 2017-10-31
"one of the most important modern voices for the countries south of the border." - New Republic Danial Alarcon stories transcend any label. . . By turns gritty and elegant, startling and stunning." - San Anotonio, Express - News
Exit West by Mohsin Hamid
Call Number: PS.3558.a42169.E95.2017
ISBN: 9780735212176
Publication Date: 2017-03-07
"A sly witness to a traditional culture's dizzying trajectory." -Vogue Prose so pure and purposeful it passes straight into the bloodstream. It intoxicates." - The New York Times Book Review
You Play the Girl by Carina Chocano
Call Number: HQ.1206.C5185
ISBN: 9780544648944
Publication Date: 2017-08-08
"In the tradition of Roxane Gay, Rebecca Solnit, and Susan Sontag, Chocano Brilliantly shows that our identities are more fluid than we think and certainly more complex than anything we see on any kind of screen" - A Mariner Original, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray
Call Number: D.2021.M87.2017
ISBN: 9781472942241
Publication Date: 2017-06-20
"Douglas Murray glitters in the gloom. His pessimism about multiculturalism is so well constructed and written it is almost uplifting. Liberals will want to rebut him. I should warn them that they will need to argue harder than they have ever argued before" - Nick Cohen
Free Will and Classical Theism by Hugh J. McCann (Editor)
Call Number: BT.810.3.F68.2017
ISBN: 9780190611200
Publication Date: 2016-12-01
"The articles in the present collection deal with the religious dimension of the problem of free will. Together they provide a historical and contemporary overview of problems in the theology of freedom, along with recent work by some important philosophers in the field aimed at resolving those problems." - Oxford University Press
Women's Activism in Africa by Aili Marie Tripp; Balghis Badri (Editor); Aili Mari Tripp (Editor)
Call Number: HQ.1236.5.A.35. W66.2017
ISBN: 9781783609093
Publication Date: 2017-02-15
"This compact volume on women's activism, by many of the most outstanding scholars in the field, is among the best and most useful I have seen. The editors, bolstered by excellent contributions, turn conventional wisdom about African women on its head" - Sondra Hale, UCLA (emerita)
The International Atlas of Mars Exploration by Philip J. Stooke
Call Number: REF.G.1000.5.M3.A4.S8.2012
ISBN: 9780521765534
Publication Date: 2012-09-24
"For the planetary geologists, like myself, who work on where surface landers and rovers will land, maps and the prism through which we view he planet. . . By turning the pages of this book, you will get a view of how scientists thought about landing sites at different times, the scales of their ambitions, and some of the gritty detail of actually selecting and certifying landing sties. This book is a treat for anyone who loves maps." - Matthew Golombeck, Mars Exploration Program Landing Site Scientist.
Digital Bodies by Susan Broadhurst (Editor); Sara Price (Editor)
Call Number: NX.180.T4.D54.2017
ISBN: 9781349952403
Publication Date: 2017-10-24
"With its broad interdisciplinary perspective on embodiment, this book is most timely and very welcome. The exciting collection of writings here explores a suitably broad swathe of technologies, approaches and perspectives with a particular emphasis on the arts. I congratulate the editors on drawing together the range of perspectives into one impressive volume - there is much to stimulate and provoke the imagination within these pages." - Professor Steve Benford, University of Nottingham, UK
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