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Five Questions for Wendy Goldman, Author of Inventing the Enemy

Wendy Goldman is the author of Inventing the Enemy (on sale September 27th), which uses stories of personal relationships to explore the behavior of ordinary people in five Moscow factories during Stalin’s...

8 Sep 2011

Dinner is Served, Hemingway Style

In A Moveable Feast, Hemingway chronicled his Parisian experiences and the many things it had to offer a writer hungry for life, not the least of which was the food itself. But, if you wanted a restaurant recommendation, or asked about his favorite childhood dish, what would Hemingway say?

30 Aug 2011

Interns Blog: Going Out with a Shake, Wobble, and Bang

On what seemed a rare mild August day, my coworker, Catherine, and I decided to take our sandwiches down to this rather luxurious pier we found just off the Hudson River Greenway. The air felt cool as...

Marie C. | 26 Aug 2011

Interns Blog: A Great Summer at Cambridge University Press

My time here as the publicity and rights and permissions intern has ended, but there is so much more to do and learn that I am certainly sad to be leaving such a wonderful work environment. Read More ?

18 Aug 2011

The Cambridge Book Club discusses The Quest for Mental Health

Depression, PTSD, the efficacy of drug treatments—news on mental health seems to dominate the headlines these days, and with good reason. Read More ?

15 Aug 2011

Interview: Ian Dowbiggin on mental health

Ian Dowbiggin is the author of The Quest for Mental Health (2011), and here he takes a few minutes out of his work to answer our questions.

11 Aug 2011

The Origins of Anti-Pornography Feminism

The singer Rihanna rocketed to the top of the pop charts this spring with her single, S&M, which pays homage to sex accompanied by whips, chains and the intentional infliction of pain.  Having just...

Carolyn Bronstein | 10 Aug 2011

Interns Blog: Solar was Golden

I like to consider myself a methodically drifting reader—wandering book shops and libraries, almost aimlessly scanning book cover after book cover until I find something aesthetically pleasing enough...

Marie C. | 9 Aug 2011

A Q&A with Vito Tazi

Check out this interview with former IMF Fiscal Affairs Department director and Governments Versus Markets author Vito Tanzi on the IMF’s Public Financial Management Blog. Read More ?

4 Aug 2011

Interns Blog: Marie Cummings, College Sales and Marketing

It has come to my attention that not only am I a methodically drifting reader, but I am also a musically-inclined reader. You may be saying to yourself, “How does reading have anything to do with being...

Marie C. | 4 Aug 2011

Top Five Ways to Celebrate Charles Dickens’ 200th Birthday

Charles Dickens, born February 7th, 1812, was an English novelist many of us will recall reading at some point in our high school or college years, and his work continues to inspire generations of writers...

2 Aug 2011

Interns Blog: Nancy Chen, Publicity and Rights & Permissions

My third week as a publicity intern at Cambridge has wrapped and it’s sad to think that I’m almost halfway done with the intern program; let’s breeze over that detail for now. Read More ?

26 Jul 2011