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Yearly Archives: 2014

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  • 23 Oct 2014
    Caroline M.

    Things That Go Bump in the Night

    Our Cambridge Library Collection publisher Caroline M. explores the history of everyone's favorite October holiday—it's not just American commercialism, but a celebration steeped in European tradition as the "Eve of All Hallows."

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  • 22 Oct 2014
    Rachel E.

    A Little Spooky Reading

    Celebrate Halloween this year with a good book. Whether you're just a fan of a ghostly film or read, or a complete paranormal sceptic - take a look at our range of books in the Paranormal, ghosts, demons, magic, vampires, witchcraft and wizardry, and Parapsychology. There are no tricks here, just treats!

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  • 21 Oct 2014
    Ayelet Haimson Lushkov

    Kevin Pietersen and the Romans

    If you enjoyed Ayelet Haimson Lushkov's post last week on the English cricket team and rhetoric in the Roman Republic, check out this post on how old narratives like Scipio's defeat of Hannibal resonate with the biographies of modern athletes. Her book, Magistracy and the Historiography of the Roman Republic, is out in January.

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  • 20 Oct 2014

    Into the Intro: How Sexual Desire Works

    In this excerpt from How Sexual Desire Works, step inside the enigma of human desire, a psychological puzzle that stumped even Casanova.

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  • 19 Oct 2014
    Mandy Hill

    Cambridge University Press Celebrate Open Access Week By Announcing A New Open Access Unit

    This week is Open Access week, the ideal time to formally announce a dedicated Open Access unit at the Press. Mandy Hill, Managing Director for Academic at the Press, explains.

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  • 17 Oct 2014

    The New Moon

    Thank you to all of our readers who sent along their lunar photos as part of this summer's "Shoot the Moon" contest! Browse the beautiful submissions below, and don't miss our latest amateur astronomy title The New Moon.

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  • 16 Oct 2014
    Ayelet Haimson Lushkov

    Cricket and Roman Rhetoric

    Ayelet Haimson Lushkov, the author of Magistracy and the Historiography of the Roman Republic, offers an inventive look at the concept of leadership in the Roman Republic: through parallels with the 2014 English cricket team.

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  • 13 Oct 2014

    The Entrepreneurs We Need

    Tim Faley, the author of The Entrepreneurial Arch, explains why we need new entrepreneurs, why a system for building entrepreneurship is missing, and how we can foster one through education.

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