Deciding To Die: The Case of Karen Quinlan
An excerpt from The Woman Who Decided to Die: Challenges and Choices at the Edges of Medicine.
Friday procrastination: link love – Iran, New York, and social media
What Cassie has been reading this week.
10 Facts About the Father of Country Music
Ten of the most interesting things about Jimmie Rodgers.
Friday procrastination: link love – 30 Rock, the Muppets, and literary losers
What Rebecca has been reading.
Meet the Author: Nigel Warburton
Nigel Warburton talks about his book Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction.
Slang Words: Not What You Think
Ten slang words so hip they don’t even sound like slang.
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: The Answer
The riddle answer!
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Clue Three
The third and final clue in Gordon Thompson’s riddle.
Book Models
A look at two very personal cover images.
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Clue Two
Gordon Thompson provides clue number two.
Waves of Woolf: 19th Annual Virginia Woolf Conference
Princeton is playing at the 19th Annual Virginia Woolf Conference. What’s it all about?
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That: Clue One
Gordon Thompson’s first riddle clue.
Riddle Me This, Riddle Me That…
Will you be able to solve Gordon Thompson’s riddle?
Fanspeak: The Lingo of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fandom
Jeff Prucher looks at words coined by science fiction and fantasy fans.
How the New York Times (and Almost Everyone Else) Missed the Watergate Scandal
Donald Ritchie looks at the reporting of Watergate.
How Did Your Garden Grow?
Gardening the Seventeenth-Century Way
OUP UK Publicity Manager Juliet Evans snags some bargains at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, and looks to 17th century gardener John Evelyn for some tips on how to make the most of them.