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Our Friend Electric

A new Cambridge Introduction to Music charts the evolution and rise of Electronic Music - and so we have put together a Spotify playlist of some of the key tracks.

Andrew Martin | 30 Jul 2013

A Reader’s Guide to Twenty-First-Century Fiction

Our world has changed dramatically in the last fifteen years. With the dawn of a new century, a digital revolution, and new global relationship, we’re plagued by a number of contemporary questions.

29 Jul 2013

A Q&A with Paul Kinzer, Part 2

Paul Kinzer is back! In this installment of our Summer Stargazing Q&As, he answers our questions about the planets we might see tonight and cool deep space phenomena in the sky this summer.

26 Jul 2013

Author Colin Howson on Objecting to God

Author Colin Howson talks to us about writing his latest book Objecting to God, researching probability and logic, his appreciation of Scottish writers, and a flying monk.

25 Jul 2013

The Trayvon Martin Tragedy – An Opportunity for Dissent

Trayvon Martin. The name resonates with tragedy. The tragedy resonates with dissent.

Ronald K. L Collins, David M. Skover | 24 Jul 2013

The Rule of Law in Sudan

July is an important month for the people of Sudan. It marks the country’s 1956 independence from the British, the 2005 start of a transitional government that ended Africa’s longest civil war, and the 2011 secession of South Sudan. Sudan was also recently ranked the third most “failed state” in the world.

Mark Fathi Massoud | 23 Jul 2013

Welcome to fifteeneightyfour!

This Side of the Pond has had a major makeover...check out our new and improved Cambridge blog!

22 Jul 2013

A Q&A with Astronomer Paul Kinzer

This week in our Summer Stargazing series, Paul Kinzer, author of Stargazing Basics, answers our questions about where and when to stargaze and what to look for. And he took all of these fantastic pictures!

19 Jul 2013

Facebook and the Virtual Protest

On February 26, 2012, Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African-American teenager, was fatally shot by 28-year-old George Zimmerman. This past weekend, Zimmerman was found not guilty of second-degree murder and of manslaughter charges--a ruling that has led millions to protest. This month, the Cambridge Book Club discusses On Dissent: Its Meaning in America. America is a nation that values, even protects dissent, but is far from agreeing on what dissent actually means.

Elizabeth K. | 17 Jul 2013

Connected Conflicts

With the anniversary of the Franco-Prussian war approaching this Wednesday, Alison Efford points out the parallels between that war and the War Between the States that was raging back home.

Alison Clark Efford | 15 Jul 2013

Behind the Constellations

The Roman astronomer Ptolemy identified 48 constellations in the Almagest around 150 AD. Today, there are 88 on the official list of the International Astronomical Union. Since the days of ancient civilizations (think Homer, the pyramids, etc.), people have been watching the stars and telling stories about them. As a result, there are many varying and contradictory myths for different clusters of stars.

12 Jul 2013

My kind of town, Chicago is

Our library marketing associate Marie C. just returned from the annual ALA conference. Here's her take on the conference, the librarians, and why she can't wait for the next one.

Marie C. | 10 Jul 2013