Christianity in Fifteenth-Century Iraq
【作 者】Thomas A. Carlson (Author)
【出版社】Cambridge University Press; 1 (2018年10月18日)
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【索书号】B979.313 /C284 /E
【简 介】Christians in fifteenth-century Iraq and al-Jazīra were socially and culturally home in the Middle East, practicing their distinctive religion despite political instability. This insightful book challenges the normative Eurocentrism of scholarship on Christianity and the Islamic exceptionalism of much Middle Eastern history to reveal the often unexpected ways in which inter-religious interactions were peaceful or violent in this region. The multifaceted communal self-concept of the 'Church of the East' (so-called 'Nestorians') reveals cultural integration, with certain distinctive features. The process of patriarchal succession clearly borrowed ideas from surrounding Christian and Muslim groups, while public rituals and communal history reveal specifically Christian responses to concerns shared with Muslim neighbors. Drawing on sources from various languages, including Arabic, Armenian, Persian, and Syriac, this book opens new possibilities for understanding the rich, diverse, and fascinating society and culture that existed in Iraq during this time.
As the World Ages: Rethinking a Demographic Crisis
【作 者】Kavita Sivaramakrishnan (Author)
【出版社】Harvard University Press (2018年5月7日)
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【索书号】C913.6 /S624 /E
【简 介】People are living longer, creating an unexpected boom in the elderly population. Longevity is increasing not only in wealthy countries but in developing nations as well. In response, many policy makers and scholars are preparing for a global crisis of aging. But for too long, Western experts have conceived of aging as a universal predicament―one that supposedly provokes the same welfare concerns in every context. In the twenty-first century, Kavita Sivaramakrishnan writes, we must embrace a new approach to the problem, one that prioritizes local agendas and values.
As the World Ages is a history of how gerontologists, doctors, social scientists, and activists came to define the issue of global aging. Sivaramakrishnan shows that transnational organizations like the United Nations, private NGOs, and philanthropic foundations embraced programs that reflected prevailing Western ideas about development and modernization. The dominant paradigm often assumed that, because large-scale growth of an aging population happened first in the West, developing societies will experience the issues of aging in the same ways and on the same terms as their Western counterparts. But regional experts are beginning to question this one-size-fits-all model and have chosen instead to recast Western expertise in response to provincial conditions. Focusing on South Asia and Africa, Sivaramakrishnan shows how regional voices have argued for an approach that responds to local needs and concerns. The research presented in As the World Ages will help scholars, policy makers, and advocates appreciate the challenges of this recent shift in global demographics and find solutions sensitive to real life in diverse communities.
The Will of the People: A Modern Myth
【作 者】Albert Weale (Author)
【出版社】Polity; 1 (2018年11月19日)
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【索书号】D082 /W362w1 /E
【简 介】Democracies today are in the grip of a myth: the myth of the will of the people. Populist movements use the idea to challenge elected representatives. Politicians, content to invoke the will of the people, fail in their duty to make responsible and accountable decisions. And public contest over political choices is stifled by fears that opposing the will of the people will be perceived as elitist.
In this book Albert Weale dissects the idea of the will of the people, showing that it relies on a mythical view of participatory democracy. As soon as a choice between more than two simple alternatives is involved, there is often no clear answer to the question of what a majority favours. Moreover, because governments have to interpret the results of referendums, the will of the people becomes a means for strengthening executive control – the exact opposite of what appealing to the people’s will seemed to imply.
Weale argues that it’s time to dispense with the myth of the will of the people. A flourishing democracy requires an open society in which choices can be challenged, parliaments strengthened and populist leaders called to account.
Ocean Law Debates
【作 者】Scheiber Harry N. (Author)
【出版社】Brill | Nijhoff (2018年3月22日)
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【索书号】D993.5 /O15 /E
【简 介】Ocean Law Debates: The 50-Year Legacy and Emerging Issues for the Years Ahead offers historical perspectives on the ocean-law debates of the 1960s and after, leading to the signing of UNCLOS in 1982, along with perceptive analyses of various key current-day issues, including climate change, biodiversity in the Area Beyond National Jurisdiction, seabed mining, genetic prospecting, and the geopolitics of Marine Protected Areas.
Introduction to Public Librarianship
【著 者】Kathleen de La Peña McCook (Author), Jenny S. Bossaller (Author), Felton Thomas Jr. (Author)
【出版社】Neal-Schuman Publishers; 3 (2017年11月24日)
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【索书号】G259.712.52 /M129(3) /E
【简 介】Put simply, there is no text about public librarianship more rigorous or comprehensive than McCook's survey. Now, the REFORMA Lifetime Achievement Award-winning author has teamed up with noted public library scholar and advocate Bossaller to update and expand her work to incorporate the field's renewed emphasis on outcomes and transformation. This essential tool (Library Journal) remains the definitive handbook on this branch of the profession. It covers every aspect of the public library, from its earliest history through its current incarnation on the cutting edge of the information environment, including
statistics, standards, planning, evaluations, and results;
legal issues, funding, and politics;
organization, administration, and staffing;
all aspects of library technology, from structure and infrastructure to websites and makerspaces;
adult services, youth services, and children's services;
associations, state library agencies, and other professional organizations;
global perspectives on public libraries; and
advocacy, outreach, and human rights.
Exhaustively researched and expansive in its scope, this benchmark text continues to serve both LIS students and working professionals.
Forlorn in the Rain-Translation and Annotation of Selected Classical Chinese Poetry and Others
【著 者】Ben Wang (Author)
【出版社】Foreign Languages Press; 1st (2018年10月1日)
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【索书号】I207.2 /W246f /E
【简 介】A fine classical Chinese poem serves as a bridge for readers to wander into the mind and heart of the poet who inspires us to marvel at the beauty of a literary genre that blends so perfectly high music and lustrous pictures: the two components that make up the Chinese language. Forlorn in the Rain is to introduce, translate and annotate some of the most memorable and hauntingly beautiful classical Chinese poems and literary works that transcend time and place in how they portray love and life, with all the joys and lamentation in human existence.
Tender is the night
【作 者】F. Scott Fitzgerald. (Author)
【出版社】Scribner; Reissue (1995年7月1日)
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【索书号】I712.45 /F553t10 /E
【简 介】A modern classic, this edition has been restored by Fitzgerald scholar James L.W. West III and features a personal foreword by Fitzgerald’s great-granddaughter Blake Hazard and a new introduction by bestselling Amor Towles.
Set in the south of France in the late 1920s, Tender Is the Night is the tragic tale of a young actress, Rosemary Hoyt, and her complicated relationship with the alluring American couple Dick and Nicole Diver. A brilliant psychiatrist at the time of his marriage, Dick is both husband and doctor to Nicole, whose wealth pushed him into a glamorous lifestyle, and whose growing strength highlights Dick’s decline.
Lyrical, expansive, and hauntingly evocative, Tender Is the Night was one of the most talked-about books of the year when it was originally published in 1934, and is even more beloved by readers today.
Stochastic Processes for Physicists: Understanding Noisy Systems
【作 者】Kurt Jacobs (Author)
【出版社】Cambridge University Press; 1 (2010年3月31日)
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【索书号】O211.6 /J17s1 /E
【简 介】Stochastic processes are an essential part of numerous branches of physics, as well as in biology, chemistry, and finance. This textbook provides a solid understanding of stochastic processes and stochastic calculus in physics, without the need for measure theory. In avoiding measure theory, this textbook gives readers the tools necessary to use stochastic methods in research with a minimum of mathematical background. Coverage of the more exotic Levy processes is included, as is a concise account of numerical methods for simulating stochastic systems driven by Gaussian noise. The book concludes with a non-technical introduction to the concepts and jargon of measure-theoretic probability theory. With over 70 exercises, this textbook is an easily accessible introduction to stochastic processes and their applications, as well as methods for numerical simulation, for graduate students and researchers in physics.
Introductory Quantum Physics And Relativity
【作 者】Dunningham, Jacob (author)
【出版社】Icp (2010年8月27日)
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【索书号】O41 /D924i(2) /E
【简 介】This book is based on the lecture courses taught by Dunningham and Vedral at the University of Leeds. The book contains all the necessary material for quantum physics and relativity in the first two years of a typical physics degree course. The choice of topics complies fully with the Institute of Physics guidelines, but the coverage also includes more interesting and up-to-date applications, such as Bose condensation and quantum teleportation.
Reengineering the Library: Issues in Electronic Resources Management
【编 者】George Stachokas (Author, Editor)
【出版社】Amer Library Assn Editions; 1 (2018年5月11日)
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【索书号】G250.76 /R327 /E
【简 介】In terms of both overall spending and usage, library collections are now primarily electronic. The previously solitary electronic resources librarian has now been joined by other personnel in reorganized technical services departments and units who increasingly share more complex and diverse types of work related to managing electronic resources. In this book, the Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) gathers a variety of perspectives to examine recent developments in electronic resources management (ERM) and how this work fits into the overall mission of the contemporary academic library. Thoroughly grounded in experience and everyday best practices while also considering how ERM can best fulfill the mission of today s academic libraries, this book s contributors discuss issues such as
interdepartmental workflows such as instruction,metadata, and user support that impact electronic resources management;
strategies for controlling costs;
license arrangements to allow text and data mining;
managing the transition from dedicated ERM systems to integration into library service platforms;
new analytics and assessment techniques; and
operational improvements for better usability, troubleshooting, and customer support
Inside this collection, readers will discover a thoughtful consideration of problems and opportunities in electronic resources management that combines the power of new ideas with practical experience.