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An Editor’s Perspective on Tested by Zion

In our Q&A with senior editor Lewis Bateman, he reveals what drew him to Elliott Abrams' Tested by Zion and why the controversial topic makes it an important title.

1 Feb 2013

Nuclear Waste —Too Hot to Touch

The authors of Too Hot to Touch: The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste discuss the problem with America's disposal plans for the dangerous substances on our planet.

Rosemarie Alley, William M. Alley | 30 Jan 2013

Happy birthday, Pride and Prejudice!

There’s a whirlwind of activity both on and offline to celebrate the official bicentennial of Austen’s favorite classic, but here at our humble little blog, we just want to say: Thank you, Ms. Austen. Two hundred years later and your story about a gentleman with not a little pride and a woman with lots of prejudice is still a joy to read.

28 Jan 2013

Why I re-read Jane Austen

Our publicist Frances discusses why in a world with so much to read and so little time, Pride & Prejudice is a book worth opening again and again

Frances B. | 25 Jan 2013

Elliott Abrams’ Bookshelf on the Middle East

Elliott Abrams spotlights some of the most important books for understanding the past and current conflicts in the Middle East.

Elliott Abrams | 23 Jan 2013

Into the Intro: The Cambridge Companion to Pride & Prejudice

This week on Into the Intro, we’re celebrating Jane Austen and the bicentennial of her beloved classic Pride & Prejudice. Here’s the introduction to the new edited collection The Cambridge Companion to Pride & Prejudice, with all the information on how Jane Austen wrote a novel that we haven’t been able to put down for 200 years.

Thomas Keymer | 22 Jan 2013

Tested by Zion: An Excerpt

Go into the Bush White House with this exclusive excerpt from National Security Council adviser Elliott Abrams' new book on American policy in the Middle East.

Elliott Abrams | 16 Jan 2013

Into the Intro: Games and Mathematics

This week, go Into the Intro of David Wells’ Games and Mathematics for some fun insights on how math elegantly shapes one of our most enduring cultural institutions. If you missed David Wells’ post last Friday about writing the book, be sure to check it out.

David Wells | 14 Jan 2013

Puzzling Mathematics

The author of Games and Mathematics discusses how he came to recognize the fascinating relationship between the games we play and the math they're built on.

David Wells | 11 Jan 2013

The Many Paths of Resistance in the Middle East

If the consequences were not so terrible, there has always been something faintly comic about the ways in which the powerful respond to those who challenge and defy them. Their indignation, even rage show that they may be the last to give up belief in the myths of power they have woven around themselves. Those they rule, however, may have other ideas. During the past couple of years there has been plenty of evidence for this across the Middle East.

Charles Tripp | 9 Jan 2013

Into the Intro: Congress and the Politics of Problem Solving

If you read the headlines, you probably think that the last few weeks of tax battles and partisan bickering on Capitol Hill make "Congress" and "problem solving" sound like contradictory ideas. But check out this book to understand why the prevailing assessment of the federal legislature as dysfunctional and paralyzed fails to give Congress enough credit for the strides it actually makes.

E. Scott Adler, John D. Wilkerson | 7 Jan 2013

2013: I Resolve to Read

Welcome to 2013 at Cambridge University Press! A new year means new books, which means we are very excited.

4 Jan 2013