Holiday Book Bonanza ’09:
Daniel Walker Howe
Daniel Walker Howe’s favorite children’s book is The Little Engine That Could.
Daniel Walker Howe’s favorite children’s book is The Little Engine That Could.
An excerpt from Diabetes and Ocular Disease.
Noralee Frankel shares her favorite books.
What Rebecca has been reading.
Benjamin Moser shares his favorite books.
In memory of John Storm Roberts.
Anatoly Liberman’s favorite book is Martin Eden by Jack London and his favorite children’s book is Karlsson-on-the-Roof by Astrid Lindgren.
It has become a holiday tradition on the OUPblog to ask our favorite people about their favorite books. This year we asked authors to participate (OUP authors and non-OUP authors). For the next two weeks we will be posting their responses which reflect a wide variety of tastes and interests, in fiction, non-fiction and children’s […]
The podictionary word of the week is “rodent”.
Novelist Louise Harwood recommends Restoration by Rose Tremain.
Elvin Lim recommends Rejecting Rights.
Anatoly Liberman discusses the etymology of “wayzgoose.”
David L. Bosco recommends The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, and One Morning in Maine.
Novelist Rupert Thomson chooses his book of 2009.
Simon Winchester explains why Georges Perec’s Life A User’s Manual is his favorite book.
Nigel Young explains why this Nobel Peace Prize marks a major turning point in peace studies and nuclear disarmament.