Meet us tomorrow in the charming triangular TriBeCa park for Free Book Friday. We’ve got extra ARCs for the taking! Remember, NOT Washington Square. The park is right off the Franklin 1 or Canal...
Biblica Hebraica had only high praise for Bernard Levinson’s Legal Revision and Religious Renewal in Ancient Israel. “This just might be the best book I’ve read in a long time.” Read More ?
We love librarians. My next-door colleague is on the phone with them all the time. According to an article in The New York Times, during this recession, libraries and librarians are now dealing with issues...
Alex Beguin – Washington, DC So we have finally reached the time when we can celebrate that spring is here. The weather is nice (or nicer than previous months), people are spending more time outside,...
Doug Ireland, writing for In These Times, recently published an excellent review of Janet Afary’s Sexual Politics in Modern Iran, offering fascinating long-view account of gender and sexuality, and...
Michael Dirda’s review of The Letters of Samuel Beckett takes notice of many of the things that we’re most proud of in our publishing program; notably our thoroughness. Not sure what Beckett...
Laura drew an awesome poster based on our cover for the Companion to Bob Dylan. I put the full-sized version up for download for anyone who wants it. Get it here >> Read More ?
The LA Times book blog Jacket Copy took a look at our new Companion to Bob Dylan today. Writes Carolynn Kellog: Scholars puzzle over many aspects of Bob Dylan in “The Cambridge Companion to Bob Dylan,”...
We’ll be at it in yet again! Meet us in TriBeCa Park at 12:30 for some ARCs. Last week saw copies of The Letters of Samuel Beckett and Shahn Majid’s On Space and Time. What will this week bring? Hopefully,...
I’m switching over to a new layout! If stuff gets jumbled, worry not… it’s backed up. Read More ?
Yes indeedy. Bob Dylan’s official website posted a free song from his new album. That web address is, oddly enough, www.bobdylan.com. While it downloads, check out our new Companion to Bob Dylan! Read More ?
How horse-borne incursions from the steppes invaded sedentary (agricultural) civilizations, and how horses figuratively shrank the world. Early horse intrusion into the ancient Near East occurred with...