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The authors of our bestselling telescope guide Turn Left at Orion offer their expert perspectives on where to get the right telescope, what features to look for, and how to use it.
Today marks the 68th anniversary of the end of World War II, when Japan surrendered to the United States. Hatsue Shinohara, the author of US International Lawyers in the Interwar Years, discusses a forgotten crusade to abolish war, and how international law has worked to avoid major wars for the last six decades.
Politics & Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC recently hosted Ron Collins and David Skover for a reading and signing of their new book, On Dissent: Its Meaning in America. In the video of the...
Edward Snowden is still holed up in Russia. Bradley Manning has just dodged a charge of "aiding the enemy." And in America, the debate over secret programs that track phone calls, scan emails, and collect the digital details of American citizens is far from over. Gary Chartier, the author of Anarchy and Legal Order, discusses the problem with power in the age of government surveillance.
Author Sir Patrick Bateson, explains the importance of play in the development of humans and other mammals, and how it can help in later life.
Professor David Walton, editor of Antarctica, talks us through his recent trip to the Ross Ice Shelf with a group of Gateway Antarctica students from the University of Canterbury.
It's what it sounds like—taking pictures of space. And it's not just for the Hubble Telescope, you can do it, too. David J. Eicher, the editor-in-chief of Astronomy magazine and the author of November's COMETS!, knows a thing or two.
Even though forced sterilizations are considered a thing of the past, the repercussions still haunt many today--and where they happened may surprise you.
Dissent is such an intrinsic part of American culture. Our whole society is built around the idea of improving our values to better represent and protect our people. Books, speeches, articles, and essays have long represented dissenting opinions, but perhaps the most widely recognized and distributed form of dissent is music.
Take a peek into On Dissent: Its Meaning in America. "Dissent" rages at the heart of many of today's conflicts: does Snowden's dissent amount to whistleblowing or espionage? How should America respond to the Trayvon Martin verdict? How do we understand the controversial position of standing against one's government, faith, and country for what one believes is right?
Dr Ben Griffin, winner of the coveted Royal Historical Society Whitfield Prize, reveals why he challenged traditional assumptions about the struggle for women's rights in his book, 'The Politics of Gender in Victorian Britain'.
Huw Richards, journalist, and an editor of the new book 'The Cambridge Companion to Football', discusses the culture of the game.
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