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It is strange that there were very few biographical notices of one of the world’s greatest typographer-printers for more than a hundred years after his death. Interest was rekindled in the twentieth century by the 1907 biography by Ralph Straus and Robert K. Dent (printed by Cambridge University Press but published by Chatto and Windus) and Josiah H. Benton’s work, which we have just reissued.
In this video Tim Faley, author of The Entrepreneurial Arch, discusses the concept of ‘the arch’ and how it can help develop entrepreneurial skills. Illustrated with various real-world examples,...
Those of you who enjoyed the list of books Beckett read in his spare time during Volume 2 will be delighted to know he kept up his voracious reading habits from 1957 to 1965. He was reading everything from classics like Dante to the much-discussed authors of the moment like Pasternak. He didn't enjoy them all, but he certainly had an interesting take.
Campbell McLachlan, the author of Foreign Relations Law, discusses the policies of foreign relations law in four Commonwealth nations. Read More ?
Explore the paradox of the unexpected hanging in this exclusive excerpt from Knots and Borromean Rings, Rep-Tiles, and Eight Queens, a new collection of Martin Gardner's writing on classic puzzles and games.
Frederick Toates, the author of How Sexual Desire Works, delves into the "enigmatic urge" that is sexual desire and explains how he gains professional insights into personal life.
Marci A. Hamilton, the author of an updated edition of God vs. the Gavel, explains why religiously motivated violence like the terrorist activities practiced by ISIS are a complicated issue we face even on our home soil.
Dan Gunn, one of the editors of The Letters of Samuel Beckett, is interviewed by Hynd Lalam, who assisted in research for the most recent volume as a student of Comparative Literature at the American University of Paris, and who is about to start an M.Phil. in Modern English Literature at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge.
Joel Cabrita, the author of Text and Authority in the South African Nazaretha Church, explains the Nazaretha Christians of Southern Africa and the eclectic influences that helped them build their church.
In this excerpt from Dirty Entanglements, Louise Shelley explains how the complex interweaving of crime, terrorism, and corruption has set the stage for one of the most complicated moments in international politics.
With Scotland due to vote on a referendum declaring independence from the United Kingdom next week, Mo Moulton, the author of Ireland and the Irish in Interwar England, takes a look back at Irish independence and the culture of the British Isles.
Mark Richardson of Doshisha University and the author of Robert Frost in Context says there will always be a place in this world for poetry as long as humans continue to be their imperfect selves. His research on popular American poet Robert Frost underscores that intentions in life can sometimes have little influence on end results.
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