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Yearly Archives: 2013

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  • 22 Oct 2013
    Frances B.

    “It will make some very fine stories some day”

    Hemingway immortalized Pamplona's Fiesta of San Fermín in The Sun Also Rises (1926), but he never would have gone to Spain had it not been for a fortuitous tip from his mentor Gertrude Stein. In Volume 2, we witness the beginning of his lifelong passion for the bullfight.

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  • 21 Oct 2013
    Sarah Coakley

    Into the Intro: God, Sexuality, and the Self

    Get a sneak peek at the long-awaited new book from Sarah Coakley, God, Sexuality, and the Self. Coakley presents a modern rethinking of the way a desire for God can be reconciled with sexual desire.

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  • 20 Oct 2013
    Pascal Lamy being interviewed by Philip Collins at The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival 2013.
    Chris B.

    The Cheltenham Consensus

    Publicist Chris B. joins Pascal Lamy former Director-General of the World Trade Organization, as he attends The Times Cheltenham Literature Festival to talk about his book The Geneva Consensus.

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  • 19 Oct 2013
    painting of a clothing seller

    Dr Vivienne Richmond on Clothing the Poor

    In an exclusive interview here, Dr Vivienne Richmond, author of Clothing the Poor in Nineteenth-Century England, gives readers further insights into her research and demonstrates the power of clothing in the lives of the poor of nineteenth-century England.

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  • 18 Oct 2013
    Brian Koberlein

    The Universe on a Laptop

    It's now possible to delve deeper into the Universe than ever before. Brian Koberlein, author of Astrophysics Through Computation, walks you through the process.

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  • 17 Oct 2013
    George Greenstein

    A Plea To Reform Our Science Textbooks

    George Greenstein, author of the textbook Understanding the Universe, argues that we need to change the way we teach science—and that means rethinking traditional textbooks.

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  • 16 Oct 2013
    Rachel E.

    A Night at the Opera

    Celebrating Verdi's 200th in Austria last week, publicist Rachel took a cue from The Cambridge Verdi Encyclopedia and attended an anniversary production of Aida at the Vienna State Opera.

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  • 15 Oct 2013
    Frances B.

    The Lost Art of Letter Writing

    Letter writing is a dying art form—but a still noble one. We turn to Ernest Hemingway, a master letter writer himself, for tips on how to pen an old-school “screed.”

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