{"id":380,"date":"2012-03-16T14:03:56","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T18:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www6b.wittenberg.edu\/lib\/blog\/wordpress\/?p=380"},"modified":"2012-05-30T14:51:55","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T18:51:55","slug":"new-books-on-controversial-topics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wittprojects.net\/library_blog\/?p=380","title":{"rendered":"New Books on Controversial Topics!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sensitive social issues have always sparked attention and controversy.\u00a0 Two books, entered into the library\u2019s collection in the last couple of months, deal with what have been explosive topics in recent years.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www6b.wittenberg.edu\/lib\/blog\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=385\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-385\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www6b.wittenberg.edu\/lib\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ourselves-unborn-112x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Ourselves Unborn\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft\" size-thumbnail wp-image-385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wittprojects.net\/library_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ourselves-unborn-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.wittprojects.net\/library_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ourselves-unborn-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wittprojects.net\/library_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ourselves-unborn-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wittprojects.net\/library_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/ourselves-unborn.jpg 1932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ezra.wittenberg.edu\/record=b1484670~S0\">Ourselves Unborn:\u00a0 A History of the Fetus In Modern America<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This eye-opening book, dealing with a most timely topic, is featured in the library\u2019s new book area.\u00a0 The book was a 2011 winner of the Bancroft Prize, the annual award given by Columbia University for works of American history and diplomacy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ezra.wittenberg.edu\/record=b1484669~S0\">Bioethics Around the Globe<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www6b.wittenberg.edu\/lib\/blog\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=386\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-386\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www6b.wittenberg.edu\/lib\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bioethics-around-the-globe-112x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"bioethics around the globe\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wittprojects.net\/library_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bioethics-around-the-globe-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/www.wittprojects.net\/library_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bioethics-around-the-globe-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.wittprojects.net\/library_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bioethics-around-the-globe-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wittprojects.net\/library_blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/bioethics-around-the-globe.jpg 1932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This book explores the export of the Western sense of bioethics to the global community.\u00a0 This book should provide an interesting and thought-provoking read.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sensitive social issues have always sparked attention and controversy.\u00a0 Two books, entered into the library\u2019s collection in the last couple of months, deal with what have been explosive topics in recent 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