Products and services
Congratulations to Prof. Ellen Bialystok and Dr. James Tully, winners of the $100,000 2010 Killam Prize – Canada’s most distinguished annual award for outstanding career achievements in health sciences, engineering, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences. Bialystok and Tully are two of five prominent Canadian researchers recognized for career achievements in advancing understanding in their […]
Read More
The idea of New York looms large over the landscape of American literature - a towering metropolis, a symbol of transience and mobility, of culture, of urbanism, and of change. From Harlem to the East Village, Times Square to Brooklyn, New York neighborhoods are defined by the different eras, enclaves, genres, and ideas that mark the literary and cultural history of the city. On Sunday, May 2, mark your calendars and save the date for the book launch of the Cambridge Companion to the Literature of New York. Editors Cyrus Patell and Bryan Waterman will be in attendance along with some of our favorite local contributors to commemorate the publication of the first large-scale consideration of New York’s legacy of literature. Please join us at the Bowery Poetry Club and Cafe for an evening exploring and celebrating writers in the city and portrayals of New York across more than two centuries of diverse writing and performance. And now, without further ado, I give you two more contributor profiles from Editors Cyrus Patell and Bryan Waterman, featured on Patell and Waterman’s History of New York. Meet Elizabeth (Betsy) Bradley (author of “Dutch New York from Irving to Wharton") and Melissa Bradshaw (author of “Performing Greenwich Village Bohemianism”).
Read More
Win money! Free books! Help us help you: takes literally less than a minute to fill out our survey…
Read More
My. Books. Do. Not. Smell. Like. Anything.
Read MoreHappy April 1st! Kudos to the vaulted halls of higher learning – good to see you’ve still got a sense of humor.
Read MoreBy Stacey Kahn As the marketing associate for life science and engineering titles, I work on a vast array of subjects. From Quirks of Human Anatomy to Compression for Multimedia to A Designer's Guide to Asynchronous VLSI, the scholarship covered in these books can be somewhat overwhelming. And, while general correspondence with an author is normal, I rarely get to put a face to a name or discuss anything beyond the initial marketing of a particular book. That's why attending meetings in my subject areas can be so rewarding. Here, I get to meet many of my authors, learning a lot more about the books themselves and the individuals that write them. I was recently in San Francisco to attend the annual Biophysical Society Meeting with my editor, Katrina Halliday. It's a meeting that does not vary from one year to the next. But on the third day of this year's event, Patrick Dillon - an author who had just signed his contract with Cambridge - came by the booth and offered to take Katrina and myself out to dinner that night. I was worried that it would be uncomfortable and did not want to go but, not to appear rude to a future Cambridge author, I reluctantly accepted the invitation. Patrick, wife and daughter in tow, picked Katrina and I up after the booths closed for the day and the five of us headed down to the Fisherman’s Wharf. Although a little awkward at first, once we ordered our dinners, the conversation began to flow more naturally. I learned about Patrick’s current research and the details of the book he is writing. But I also learned about why Patrick is conducting the research he is doing, why he is a professor at Michigan State, and why he has decided to write a book now. As someone who rarely gets to experience this kind of interaction with an author, it was refreshing to be able to converse with Patrick this way. The opportunity to receive such a vast amount of insight from Patrick made me feel more connected to the future book and to one of my subject areas. It really made me appreciate the work that they do as well as the work that I do in support of them, and I would jump at the chance to go out to dinner with any of my authors in the future. -------- Patrick Dillon is a professor in the College of Natural Science at Michigan State University in the Physiology Department. His research focuses on the physical properties of molecules that bind as complimentary pairs. Patrick also studies the physiological consequences of the binding of the pairs. His intention is to write a biophysics book, based on physiological examples (including at the cell and molecular level), rather than a physiology book with a biophysics slant. Patrick’s book is tentatively called: Biophysics: A Physiological Approach.
Read MoreBest auto-responder I’ve ever received. NB: ESTEEMED CORRESPONDENTS As an indentured bondsman, I am forced away from work yet again, this time in a use-it-or-lose-it situation. I’ll be away in the wilds of Cambridgeshire and points east again. But I’ll be back, I think, on April 5, 2010 — ready, nay eager, to accept your […]
Read More
Word play at The Globe and Mail brings Latin Alive with the help of Joseph Solodow – Busted! From bombs to broncos: And then there is a juggernaut
Read MoreKeep up with the latest from Cambridge University Press on our social media accounts.
