The Ancient Balkans:
The New Oxford World History Series
An excerpt from The Balkans in World History.
An excerpt from The Balkans in World History.
An excerpt from Frances Duberly’s diary of the Crimean War.
Libraries all over the world each have their own individual qualities and sadly, we only got to hint at a couple of them in our library quiz, but please find the answers revealed and don’t forget to show love for your local library.
Owen Davies chooses his Top 10 grimoires.
Finally, the answers to our Library Love 2009: Scavenger Hunt are revealed!
To get Library Week, 2009 started Oxford is granting free access to Oxford Reference Online. Start exploring with this great ORO quiz.
A Q&A with Stefan Aust author of Baader-Meinhof: The Inside Story of the R.A.F.
An excerpt from The Accidental Guerrilla.
What happened to the Yangtzee River Dolphin?
Peter D. McDonald, author of The Literature Police, blogs about what he found in the archives.
Scotland: A Very Short Introduction author Rab Houston talks about the history of Burns Suppers.
Simon Morrison shares the story of the premier of Prokofiev’s ballet “Romeo and Juliet,” in which Romeo and Juliet live happily ever after.
A look at how Islamic culture views the Nobel Prize.
Rab Houston, author of Scotland: A Very Short Introduction, wonders whether Scots really need kilts.
An excerpt from The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction about the rise of public health bureaucracy.
An alternative look at Christmas!