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Holiday Gift Guide: Coffee Table Books

These beautiful volumes not only contain the very latest in their fields, but also fabulous illustrations that will look right at home on your coffee table. Let your holiday guests peruse stunning photographs and elaborate drawings in these Cambridge essentials!

23 Dec 2013

Holiday Gift Guide: Drama & Music

Music and drama lovers rejoice! We have the essential books on your favorite genres and composers, and beautiful new volumes of classic plays.

20 Dec 2013

Shakespeare, wooden horses, and leukaemia

Robin Hesketh, author of Introduction to Cancer Biology, turns to Shakespeare and Trojan Horses of Troy, to talk about advances in leukaemia research.

Robin Hesketh | 19 Dec 2013

Holiday Gift Guide: Economics

If you or your loved ones are interested in the modern recession or the history of economic development, check out Cambridge's economics titles for a stocking stuffer!

18 Dec 2013

Hemingway Unedited

Among his closest friends and family, Hemingway often expressed his sardonic sense of humor. Here we share his best zingers from Volume 2.

17 Dec 2013

Holiday Gift Guide: Cambridge Companions

The Cambridge Companion series has titles for everyone, from the baseball fan to the lover of Paradise Lost. There's something for everyone, and so much to learn—pick one of your favorites today!

16 Dec 2013

Paul Cartledge on the legacy of Ancient Greek Theatre

In this video interview, Professor Paul Cartledge, author of Ancient Greek Political Thought in Practice, talks to us about the legacy of Greek Theatre.

13 Dec 2013

Holiday Gift Guide: History & Politics

Are you fascinated by WWII, the Hollywood history of the Republic party, and the legacy of American dissenters from Boston tea partiers to the Occupy movement? You'll love our gift picks in history and politics.

11 Dec 2013

Hemingway’s Guide to Succeeding in Publishing

Hemingway was an iconic American writer not just because of his writing, but also for his savvy business acumen. Here we collect his wisdom on how to make it in the publishing industry.

10 Dec 2013

Holiday Gift Guide: For Science-Lovers

For fans of astronomy, mathematics, computer science, and statistics...there's something for everyone in Cambridge's science gift guide. Stuff your loved ones' stockings with a good book!

9 Dec 2013

Snowed In, Playing with Pieces of an Ancient Puzzle

Douglas Boin, the author of Ostia in Late Antiquity, tells a tale that spans centuries, cultures, and the Atlantic. As you prepare to attend the Archaeological Institute of America's meeting in Chicago this January, take a moment to appreciate the Windy City's fascinating connection to the Roman Empire.

Douglas Boin | 6 Dec 2013

Deep Time Travelling with David Moore

Travel 500 million years back in time to the Age of Giant Fungi. No, this isn't the latest adventure for Doctor Who, it's Earth, and Dr David Moore, author of Fungal Biology in the Origin and Emergence of Life.

David Moore | 5 Dec 2013