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DISCOVER Vocation Resources Library

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Making a Life

Albion, Mark S. Making a Life, Making a Living : Reclaiming Your Purpose and Passion in Business and in Life. New York : Warner Books, 2000.

Call Number: DISCOVER HD38.2 .A55 2000

Cultivating the Spirit

Astin, Alexander, Helen Astin, and Jennifer Lindholm. Cultivating the Spirit: How College Can Enhance Students' Inner Lives. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 2010.

Call Number: DISCOVER BV4501.3 .O475 2010

On Our Way

Bass, Dorothy C. and Susan R. Briehl, eds. On Our Way: Christian Practices for Living a Whole LifeNashville, TN : Upper Room Books, 2010.

Call Number: DISCOVER LB3609 .A78 2011

Practicing Our Faith

Bass, Dorothy C. et al., eds. Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching PeopleSan Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass, 2010.

Call Number: DISCOVER BV4501.3 .P72 2010

Soul at Work

Benefiel, Margaret. Soul at Work: Spiritual Leadership in Organizations. New York: Seabury Books, 2005.

Call Number: DISCOVER LB3609 .A78 2011

Quality with Soul

Benne, Robert. Quality with Soul: How Six Premier Colleges and Universities Keep Faith with Their Religious Traditions. Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans, 2001.

Call Number: DISCOVER LC427 .B45 2001

What Color is Your Parachute

Bolles, Richard Nelson. What Color is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career Changers. Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 2013.

Call Number: DISCOVER HF5383 .B56 2013

What Should I Do

Bronson, Po. What Should I Do with My Life? The True Story of People Who Answered the Ultimate Question. New York : Random House, 2002.

Call Number: DISCOVER BF637.S4 B79 2003

 

Carr, Robert Owen. Through the Fires: An American Business Story of Turbulence, Triumph and Giving Back. Self-published. 2014.

Call Number: DISCOVER HC102.5.A2 C37 2016

First Year Out

Clydesdale, Timothy. The First Year Out: Understanding American Teens After High School. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2007.

 

Call Number: DISCOVER LB1695.6 .C58 2007

 

Clydesdale, Timothy. The Purposeful Graduate: Why Colleges Must Talk to Students About Vocation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015.

Call Number: DISCOVER LC1037.5 .C594 2015

Alchemist

Coelho, Paulo. The Alchemist. New York : HarperOne, 1998.

Call Number: DISCOVER PQ9698.13.O3546 A4513 1998

Shop Class

Crawford, Matthew B. Shop Class as Soulcraft : An Inquiry into the Value of Work. New York : Penguin Books, 2010.

Call Number: DISCOVER HD4824 .C73 2010

 

Cunningham, David S., ed. At This Time and In This Place: Vocation and Higher Education. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016.

Call Number: DISCOVER BL629 .A8 2016

 

Cunningham, David S., ed. Vocation Across the Academy: A New Vocabulary for Higher Education. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.

Call Number: DISCOVER LB2322.2 .V64 2017

Creativity

 

Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention. New York: Harper Perennial, 1996.

Call Number: DISCOVER BF408 .C77 1996

Common Fire

Daloz, Laurent A. Parks, et al. Common Fire: Leading Lives of Commitment in a Complex World. Boston, MA: Beacon Press, 1996.

Call Number: DISCOVER HM131 .C74275 1996

Path to Purpose

Damon, William. Path to Purpose: How Young People Find Their Calling in Life. New York : Free Press, 2009.

Call Number: DISCOVER BJ1581.2 .D36 2009

Make Your Job a Calling

Dik, Bryan J. Make Your Job a Calling : How the Psychology of Vocation Can Change Your Life at Work. West Conshohocken, PA : Templeton Press, 2012.

Call Number: DISCOVER HF5549.5.J63 D55 2012

Religion on Our Campuses

Edwards, Mark U. Religion on Our Campuses: A Professor's Guide to Communities, Conflicts, and Promising Conversations. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Call Number: DISCOVER BV1610 .E39 2006

Introducing Religion

Ellwood, Robert. Introducing Religion. Boston : Pearson, 2014.

Call Number: DISCOVER BL48 .E43 2014