Anne Innis Dagg, the author of Giraffe: Biology, Behaviour, and Conservation, reveals some of the exciting new research on giraffes in her latest book.
Take a sneak peek at The Systems View of Life, the latest title from Fritjof Capra and Pier Luigi Luisi. In this excerpt from the book's introduction, the authors look at the origin of our connected world and how we understand it.
Twenty-five years ago, one of the contributors to the new Cambridge Handbook of Stylistics started a conference paper by declaring that there could not be a handbook for the field of stylistics. Unlike...
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Ioannis Ziogas, the author of Ovid and Hesiod, compares Vergil's story of Dido to the Austrian singer Conchita Wurst's performance last week at the Eurovision song contest in a nuanced reading of classical myth and gender metamorphoses.
John L. Brooke, the author of Climate Change and the Course of Global History, explains the reality of climate change and why changing course in the face of environmental disaster is proving a problem.
The authors of The Golem and The Golem at Large break down the unique format behind their groundbreaking series.
Why do we punish, and why do we forgive? Take an exclusive look inside The Punisher's Brain to understand how our modern systems of punishment are linked to our evolutionary history.
Many today deplore the volume of negativity in political news. However, Stuart Soroka argues that it may not be as problematic as it seems--in fact, it may even be evidence of our generally positive outlook.
John Hedley Brooke, the author of Science and Religion, answers our questions about his latest book, how he writes, and researching the age-old conflict between scientific thought and religious belief.
Tom Ginsburg, the co-author of Constitutions in Authoritarian Regimes , breaks down the concept of "constitutions without constitutionalism" in dictatorships like North Korea and Mubarak's Egypt, outlining the different roles these constitutions can play for authoritarian rulers.
First published as an India in Transition article through the Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania. With the Manmohan Singh Cabinet giving up on its planned ordinance binge,...