Favourite Books of 2007 from OUP-UK
The staff at OUP-UK tell you about their favourite books of 2007
Charles Dickens and Sweeney Todd
Yesterday, Robert Mack, the editor of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, wrote about the unknown author of Sweeney Todd. Today Mack looks at Dickens’s influence. This post first appeared on Powell’s. The original publisher of Sweeney Todd, Edward Lloyd, in whose journal The People’s Periodical and Family Library first appeared in 1846-7, […]
Favorites: Part Eight
Jaime Morganstern
Jaime Morganstern’s favorite book is Love Story.
Year In, Year Out
Anatoly divulges how seasons make up the year.
Favorites: Part Seven
Bethany Heitman
Bethany Heitman’s favorite book is In Cold Blood.
Favorites: Part Six
Mark Sarvas
To celebrate the holidays we asked some of our favorite people in publishing what their favorite book was. Let us know in the comments what your favorite book is and be sure to check back throughout the week for more “favorites”. Mark Sarvas runs the literary blog The Elegant Variation. His criticism has appeared in […]
Who Wrote Sweeney Todd?
Who wrote Sweeney Todd?
Favorites: Part Five
Andrew DeSio
Andew DeSio’s favorite book is Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe
Ben’s Place of the Week is Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.
Favorites: Part Four
Christine Duplessis
Christine Duplessis’s favorite book is…
Favorites: Part Three
Lauren Cerand
Lauren Cerand tells us about her favorite books.
Lustful Cannibalism
A closer look at Sweeney Todd.
Favorites: Part Two
Randall Klein
Randall Klein’s favorite book is The Phantom Tollbooth.
Liberty is a Gift from God?: Reflecting on Romney
David Domke and Kevin Coe look at Mitt Romney’s speech in historical perspective.
Favorites: Part One
Andrew Goldberg
Andrew Goldberg’s favorite book is…
Friday procrastination: link love – holiday hangovers and creepy cats
What Rebecca has been reading this week.