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Genghis Khan, from National Palace Museum in Taipei Post seven in her series on The Horse in Human History Orphaned early in life, the young Genghis was forced to scavenge as an outcast for survival on...
The Japanese Iwakura Embassy of 1871-73 was among the first official contacts that pre-industrial Japan had with the outside world. Here, having visited the US, the Embassy visits Burton-on-Trent in Britain,...
Georg J. Riedel, owner of the fancy wine-glass giant, is down on beer in a recent Baltimore Sun article: “Beer is a very common drink, something served in stadiums in paper cups.” Someone needs...
Pam Robinson: Canada sales Rep Much to my chagrin, after years of school instruction, dual labeling, and signage – from soup cans and cereal boxes to official government documents – I am still not...
This egg was discovered by a volunteer at Cambridge University’s zoology museum. From the BBC: It bears a large crack, caused after the great naturalist put it in a box that was too small for it....
Today, April 13, is Sam Beckett’s birthday (1906). What better gift to have than J. M. Coetzee’s New York Review of Books review of Letters? Read More ?
The sixth post in The Horse in Human History blog series. The ritual sport of buzkashi has traditionally been played by steppe tribes with the carcass of a goat, calf, or sheep. Whereas nowadays this equestrian...
We’re very sorry, but our office is closed tomorrow, Friday the 10th. So Free Book Friday will have to wait until next Friday. See you then! Read More ?
Kepler’s bookstore and Brown University Bookstore have won spots in our company apartment for Book Expo America! Congratulations; hope it helps you bring some extra folks along. Read more about it...
A New York Times Editorial notes a new development in the long-raging debate over when horses were first domesticated, and, more tough to tell, ridden. Pita Kelekna sent this to me. She’s always...
Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams recently made use of Ellen Davis‘ arguments in the Ebor Lecture, the full text of which can be found here. An excerpt: We can’t as humans oblige the...
Ideas are like pizza dough: made to be tossed around. Does intelligence make you less stressed? Are wealthier kids more intelligent? What about healthier kids? How does it all relate? What is Intelligence?...
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