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What the veil can hide

Slate spinoff double X started a really fascinating dialogue between Egyptian writer Nawal El Saadawi and our own Janet Afary, author of Sexual Politics in Modern Iran. ~ ~ ~ Dear Janet, I am glad to...

7 Jul 2009

Decoding Russia: David Foglesong

The New York Times quotes David Foglesong on America’s difficulty understanding Russian attitudes: “American have had this expectation that because Russia is white and Christian and had the same...

6 Jul 2009

Bob Dylan’s "Brand" of Christianity

No Faith in the Market: Part III To go back to part I, click here >> In the late seventies, when Dylan turned to evangelical Christianity, outraged fans and critics alike took issue with the music...

Anne Ream | 6 Jul 2009

Happy 4th of July!

To all the American readers out there, Happy 4th of July! Have a great weekend, don’t blow up anything important, and we’ll have more updates on Monday. -Cambridge U.S.A. Read More ?

2 Jul 2009

Interns Blog: The ideal position for reading

Chrstopher Zingaro In an airport terminal on the eve of summer break, I pulled a receipt from my wallet and wrote out a list of books to read before school began in August. Several weeks later, and a few...

2 Jul 2009

Judea Pearl in Forbes

Judea Pearl, author of legendary book Causality (new edition coming soon!) writes about the problem of AI in Forbes. Read More ?

2 Jul 2009

Happy Canada Day!

Happy Canada Day everyone! Here’s an archive of posts by our Canadian sales rep, Pam Robinson. Read More ?

1 Jul 2009

Honduras and the Chances of Turmoil

In his recent book, The Legitimacy Puzzle in Latin America, co-authored with John Booth, Mitchell Seligson dig through massive amounts of data to uncover the many dimensions of popular support for democracy...

Mitchell A. Seligson, John A. Booth | 30 Jun 2009

Steve Sheppard – new FindLaw Column

Steve Sheppard, author of I Do Solemnly Swear: The Moral Obligations of Legal Officials, just kicked his own FindLaw column off with a bang – an analysis of the Supreme Court’s decision on...

29 Jun 2009

Happy Birthday, Shelf Awareness!

Happy Birthday, Shelf Awareness! The book industry newsletter is 4 years old today, but golly, they don’t look a day over two! Their announcement >> Read More ?

29 Jun 2009

Riz Khan interviews Janet Afary

Janet Afary, in a two part interview with Riz Khan on Al-Jazeera, discusses the question: How far could things go in Iran? Afary is author of Sexual Politics in Modern Iran. Read More ?

29 Jun 2009

Abrahamian: Mousavi would shun nuclear weapons

From Haaretz Online, an analysis by one of our top Iran scholars, Ervand Abrahamian, author of A History of Modern Iran. Even if the Iranian authorities succeed in suppressing the large demonstrations,...

29 Jun 2009