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Into the Intro: God vs. the Gavel

As the Supreme Court prepares to announce their decision in the controversial Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby, Marci Hamilton has released an updated electronic edition of her constitutional law classic, God vs. the Gavel. In this new edition, she sets the record straight about the move toward extreme religious liberty in America and the dangers of letting religious rights trump our most basic laws.

16 Jun 2014

The Presence of Nietzsche in André Malraux

R. E. Batchelor takes a close look at the links between Nietzsche's ideology and the work of André Malraux in the first of a two-part series.

Ronald Batchelor | 13 Jun 2014

Read All About It: The History of International News

Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb, the author of The International Distribution of News, explains the origins of our news associations, the concept of news as property, and how modern technology is changing the newsman's business model.

Jonathan Silberstein-Loeb | 12 Jun 2014

World War I by the Numbers

The Great War was the first global war and one of the deadliest conflicts in history. The high cost of World War I, which left 10 million soldiers dead, is one of its most enduring legacies.

11 Jun 2014

Don’t Forget to Take a #CantoSelfie

Take a picture of yourself with your favorite Cambridge Canto Classic and you could win a Kindle Fire HD! There’s still time to enter our #CantoSelfie contest. Guidelines for submissions: Contestants...

10 Jun 2014

Into the Intro: The Cambridge Companion to Einstein

Almost one hundred years after he proposed his earth-shattering general theory of relativity, Albert Einstein remains one of the most important innovators in the history of science. With a new complete guide to his work, Cambridge honors the scientist who shaped our understanding of the modern world.

9 Jun 2014

Shakespeare Goes Digital

Since our recreation of Romeo and Juliet through iMessages and tweets was so popular, we're bringing back digital Shakespeare! Here's what happens when some of your favorite Shakespeare moments meet today's technology.

6 Jun 2014

Into the Intro: The Hidden Jane Austen

In this excerpt, get a peek at the latest from leading Jane Austen scholar John Wiltshire. In The Hidden Jane Austen, he offers new interpretations of Austen's six novels and a new approach to criticism when it comes to one of the most celebrated novelists in the English language.

5 Jun 2014

Writing the History of the Great War

Understanding The Great War today, a century after it began, remains a challenge for historians. In his general introduction to the three-volume Cambridge History of the First World War, Jay Winter describes the way scholars understand the war as it recedes further into our global past.

4 Jun 2014

Suez, Lampedusa, Djibouti City: Border Zones of Globalisation

Examining the winner of 2014's World Press Photo of the Year award, Valeska Huber, author of Channelling Mobilities, explores global mobility and border crossing in the modern world.

Valeska Huber | 3 Jun 2014

More Travellers to the Nile

The land and history of Egypt have fascinated Western visitors since the time of Herodotus, and probably earlier. The Greeks allegedly tried to disguise their reaction to the gigantic remains of Egypt’s past by naming them with diminutives: ‘obeliskos’, a little ‘obelos’, or cooking spit; ‘puramis’, a small cake.

2 Jun 2014

The Case of the Missing Quadrillion

From milliseconds to billions of years the atmosphere is highly variable, but thanks to aircraft, satellites and ice and ocean cores and other proxies, it has been quantified to an unprecedented degree;...

Shaun Lovejoy | 2 Jun 2014