Oxford World’s Classics Book Club:
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
This month’s book club pick is Tess of the D’Urbervilles.
BEA Roundup
A look at the bloggers who are talking about BEA.
Live From BEA
Party at BEA!
Sex, Lies, and Petroleum: Lord John Browne
Stuart P. Green looks at the case of Lord John Browne, once hailed as the “Sun King of the oil industry.”
A Few Questions For Geoffrey E. Hill
Geoffrey Hill talks to OUP about an elusive bird.
Rock The Vote: Favorite Fake Culinary Icons
Who is your favorite culinary icon who never lived?
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: The Secret Agent
May’s book is The Secret Agent!
Book Expo America: Party With OUP
Party with OUP at BEA!
Alice in Wonderland: Talking Animals
Why wasn’t Alice more startled at seeing a talking animal? Furthermore, why are all the important characters in Wonderland talking animals?
Inside Oxford: Book Widgets and Book Selling 2.0
Cory Podolsky looks at book widgets.
The ABC’s of GBS: Part 2
Got Discoverability? Now what?
Consumer choice and publisher dilemma in the era of Google Book Search.
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
“Begin at the beginning,”, the King said, very gravely, “and go on till you come to the end: then stop” Today we are launching the Oxford World’s Classics Book Club. The first week of every month we will pick a book and give you a month to read it.
The ABC’s of GBS: Part 1
This week we present the first installment of Evan’s series on “The ABC’s of Google Book Search.” With his help, we hope to untangle the intricacies, and express our excitement, about the future of publishing.
Scooter Libby: A Guilty Verdict in Perspective
A historical look at Scooter Libby’s conviction.
Lincoln’s finest hour
On August 23, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln wrote the following memorandum and asked his Cabinet members to sign it on the back side of the paper without reading it (to forestall leaks): “This morning, as for some days past, it seems exceedingly probable that this Administration will not be re-elected. Then it will be my duty to so co-operate with the President elect, as to save the Union between the election and inauguration; as he will have secured his election on such ground that he cannot possibly save it afterwards.”
A few questions for Stephen Hinshaw
Stephen Hinshaw, author of The Mark of Shame: Stigma of Mental Illness and an Agenda for Change, is a Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of California at Berkeley. His new book questions why the mentally ill in America are still discriminated against and what can be done about this longstanding problem.