New Books at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library

Posted on June 2, 2026 by Nikki Tummon

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Wilson, D. H. (2025). *Hole in the sky: A novel*. Doubleday.

De Jonghe, B., & Hunchuck, E. M. (2025). *Arctic practices: Design for a changing world*. Actar Publishers.

Foster, H. (2025). *Fail better: Reckonings with artists and critics*. The MIT Press.

Carmicheal, D. W. (2026). *Organizing archival records: A guide for both physical and digital collections* (Fifth edition). Bloomsbury Academic.

Shanahan, T. (2025). *Leveled reading, leveled lives: How students’ reading achievement has been held back and what we can do about it*. Harvard Education Press.

Cline, E. H. (2024). *After 1177 B. C.: The survival of civilizations*. Princeton University Press.

Carney, N. (2025). *All work is cultural work: Diasporic Haitian women, paid labor, and cultural citizenship*. Rutgers University Press.

Vogel, L., & Varela, P. (2025). *The contested domain : selected writings on Marxism and feminism* (K. Munro, Ed.). Pluto Press.

Hessler, P. (2024). *Other rivers: A Chinese education*. Penguin Press.

Adams, S. (2017). *Ricoeur and Castoriadis in discussion: On human creation, historical novelty, and the social imaginary*. Rowman & Littlefield International.

Raycraft, J. (2025). *Conservation in common : managing wildlife and sustaining community on the Maasai Steppe*. The University of Georgia Press.

Binsbergen, S. v., Allan, L., Gysel, J., & Kaaman, S. (2025). *Love & lightning : a collection of queer and feminist manifestos* . Valiz.

Jaouad, S. (2025). *The book of alchemy : a creative practice for an inspired life*. Random House.

Gillingham, P. (2025). *Mexico : a 500-year history*. First Grove Atlantic.

Barnes, B. A., & Michelangelo Buonarroti. (2017). *Michelangelo and the viewer in his time*. Reaktion Books.

Jäger, A. (2026). *Hyperpolitics : extreme politicization without political consequences*. Verso Books.

Didion, J. (2024). *Joan Didion : memoirs & later writings*. (D. L. Ulin, Ed.). The Library of America.

Osterweil, V. (2020). *In defense of looting : a riotous history of uncivil action*. Bold Type Books.

Holiday, R. (2025). *Wisdom takes work : Learn. Apply. Repeat*. Penguin.

Bell, D., Foster, S. L., & Cone, J. D. (2020). Dissertations and theses from start to finish : Psychology and related fields (Third edition). American Psychological Association.

Deibert, R. (2025). *Chasing shadows : Cyber espionage, subversion, and the global fight for democracy*. Simon & Schuster.

Moss, J. (2025). *Why are we here? Creating a work culture everyone wants*. Harvard Business Review Press.

Yousafzai, M. (2025). *Finding my way : a memoir*. Atria Books.

Vara, V. (2025). *Searches : selfhood in the digital age*. Penguin.

Arts décoratifs & Musée des arts décoratifs. (2025). *1925-2025 : cent ans d’Art déco* (A. Monier Vanryb, Ed.). Musée des arts décoratifs.

High Bear, R., Two Feathers, W., & Wilson, K. (2024). *The seven commandments of the Sacred Buffalo Calf Woman : The biography of Martin High Bear (1919-1995) : Lakota medicine man and spiritual leader*. Trine Day.

New Books at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library

Posted on April 14, 2026 by Nikki Tummon

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Welcome to the first installment of the recurring “New Books at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library” feature. Every few weeks, we will feature a list of new books (new to the library, not necessarily newly published) that have been selected by the liaison librarians at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library. These New Books lists represent only a selection of books acquired by the library in recent months. All new books in print can be found on the main floor of the library, organized by subject area. This is a great collection to browse whether you’re looking for a volume of poetry or the latest deep dive into Big Tech, and everything in between. Come and visit us at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library and enjoy the vast and diverse collection of books selected just for you.

Bates, M., Beal, K., Beal, S., & McLeod, K. (2025). *Queer life, queer love 3* (Third edition). Muswell Press.

Bian, H., & Sderblom Saarela, M. (2025). *The Manchu Mirrors and the knowledge of plants and animals in High Qing China*. Harvard University Asia Center.

Jury, D. (2025). *Type designers of the twentieth century*. Bodleian Library Publishing.

Varese, F. (2025). *Tradecraft: Writers on John le Carre*. Bodleian Library Publishing.

McQuaig, L. (2019). *The sport & prey of capitalists: How the rich are stealing Canada’s public wealth*. Dundurn.

Leader, Z. (2025). *Ellmann’s Joyce: The biography of a masterpiece and its maker*. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

Strauss, B. S. (2025). *Jews vs. Rome: Two centuries of rebellion against the world’s mightiest empire*. Simon & Schuster.

Maag, K. (2016). *Lifting hearts to the Lord: Worship with John Calvin in sixteenth-century Geneva*. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company.

Choi, J. Y. (2025). *The politics of South Korea: A comprehensive introduction*. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.

Sheff, D. (2025). *Yoko: A biography*. Simon & Schuster.

Narayanan, S. K. (2025). *Mother tongues of the high Andes: Gender, language, and Indigenous difference in Peru*. The University of Arizona Press.

Pomeroy, S. B., Burstein, S. M., Roberts, J. T., Tandy, D. W., & Tsouvala, G. (2025). *A brief history of ancient Greece: Politics, society, and culture* (Fifth edition). Oxford University Press.

Hamilton, A. J. (2025). *Cerebral entanglements: How the brain shapes our public and private lives*. Post Hill Press.

Fishman, E. (2025). *Chokepoints: American power in the age of economic warfare*. Portfolio/Penguin.

Chen, R. (2025). *Fangirls, youth political participation and nationalism in contemporary China*. Liverpool University Press.

Pocock, J. (2025). *Greyhound: A memoir*. Soft Skull.

Macfarlane, R. (2025). *Is a river alive?* W.W. Norton & Company.

Read, B. (2025). *Little bosses everywhere: How the pyramid scheme shaped America*. Crown.

Rodgers, K., & Einarsen, J. (2025). *Ma: The Japanese secret to contemplation and calm*. Tuttle Publishing.

Bokore, N. (2025). *Trauma-informed, culturally based intervention: Integration of neuroscience and social work in supporting refugees*. Springer Nature.

Stewart, I. B. (2025). *The Celts: A modern history*. Princeton University Press.

Muter, V. (2025). *The teacher’s guide to understanding and supporting children with literacy difficulties in the classroom*. Jessica Kingsley Publishers.

Antonangeli, R. (2025). *The fascist character as enigma in post-World War II Italian literature, cinema, and historiography*. ibidem Verlag.

Bowman, T. M., Zembo, M. A., & Galban, M. (2025). *Clearing Iroquoia: New York’s land grab in the 1779 campaigns of the American Revolution*. Lexington Books.

Lloyd, N. (2024). *The Eastern Front: A history of the Great War, 1914-1918*. W.W. Norton & Company.

Collu, S. (2026). *Into the loop: An ethnography of compulsive repetition*. Duke University Press.

Lechner, J. (2025). *Death is our business: Russian mercenaries and the new era of private warfare*. Bloomsbury Publishing.

Grenier, B. (2025). *Architecture for culture: Rethinking museums*. Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.

Crispin, J. (2025). *What is wrong with men: Patriarchy, the crisis of masculinity, and how (of course) Michael Douglas films explain everything* . Pantheon Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House

Klein, E., & Thompson, D. (2025). *Abundance*. Avid Reader Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

Donnellan, A. (2025). *Off the scales: The inside story of Ozempic and the race to cure obesity*. St. Martin’s Press, an imprint of St. Martin’s Publishing Group.

Selwyn, N. (2025). *Digital degrowth: Radically rethinking our digital futures*. Polity Press.

2023 Beatty Lecturer: Alanis Obomsawin

Posted on September 15, 2023 by Nikki Tummon

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One of the most acclaimed Indigenous filmmakers in the world, Alanis Obomsawin, will deliver the 2023 Beatty Lecture at McGill University on Monday, October 16 from 6-7PM at Pollack Hall in McGill’s Strathcona Music Building. Tickets went on sale last week — $5 for students and $10 for general admission. For details visit www.mcgill.ca/beatty/upcoming-lecture or the Facebook event page.

Obomsawin has been creating documentaries for over five decades. Her extraordinary body of work includes the landmark film, Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance, released in 1993, which documents the 1990 Kanien’kéhaka (Mohawk) uprising in Kanehsatake and Oka. The National Film Board of Canada has archived Obomsawin’s films and they can be streamed for free here. You can also access most of her films through McGill Libraries (e-video and DVD), as well as some secondary sources, including Alanis Obomsawin: Lifework and Alanis Obomsawin: the vision of a native filmmaker.