UDM Libraries Book of the Week

Anthology of world scriptures. Eastern religions by Robert E. Van Voorst Van Voorst’s ANTHOLOGY OF WORLD SCRIPTURES: EASTERN RELIGIONS includes readings on Feng Shui, Engaged Buddhism, and the Falun Gong movement. Included in this concise, affordable reader is coverage of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Confucianism, Taoism and Shinto. Van Voorst’s characteristic clarity makes this an easy-to-understand, dependable guide to the history, doctrines, ethical systems, structures and rituals of these major Eastern religions. Catalog Page...

Spiritual Diversity in Social Work Practice: The Heart of Helping By Edward R. Canada and Leola Dyrud Furman Weaving together interdisciplinary theory and research, as well as the results from a national survey of practitioners, the authors describe a spiritually oriented model for practice that places clients’ challenges and goals within the context of their deepest meanings and highest aspirations. Using richly detailed case examples and thought-provoking activities, this highly accessible text illustrates the professional values and ethical principles that...

Effective Teacher: Classroom Management, an 8 part DVD series By Harry Wong See the most sought speaker in education, Harry K. Wong, deliver a 5 hour inservice workshop that causes teachers to make changes. Filmed in a performing arts center, this production of The Effective Teacher has been honored by the Telly Awards as the best education series in the past twenty years. The information correlates with The First Days of School for a complete staff development package. Each DVD...

The war for wealth: the true story of globalization, or why the flat world is broken By Gabor Steingart In The War for Wealth, leading intellectual and agenda-setting journalist Gabor Steingart examines how globalization has affected the state of the world’s economy and returns with a bleak outlook for the West: our prosperity and wealth are disappearing faster than ever, and with it our political power and our long-held democratic ideals. But all is not lost; we can still stem...