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?
Alice in Wonderland: The Discussion Begins
How many puns can you find in Alice in Wonderland?
My Repository is Bigger Than Yours:
A Response to Book Widgets and Book Selling 2.0
Corey Podolsky has written an excellent essay, Book Widgets and Book Selling 2.0 that clearly explains the thinking behind the large scale repository efforts underway at a few publishing giants. But…
Accolades
I am blushing again! David Rothman over at TeleRead blog wrote a very nice review of our efforts on the OUPblog. Check it out here.
The Hopeless Word Loo
A stream of questions about the origin of loo never dries up…
Inside Oxford: Book Widgets and Book Selling 2.0
Cory Podolsky looks at book widgets.
Ilakaka, Madagascar
Ben’s place of the week is Ilakaka, Madagascar.
A Very Merry Unblogday to You
Get ready for book club discussion day!
National Autism Awareness Month: Stress and Coping
Autism confounds researchers but one way of understanding it is to look through the lense of stress and coping.
National Autism Awareness Month: Helping Children With Autism Learn
Helping Children With Autism Learn: Treatment Approaches for Parents and Professionals, by Bryna Siegel, is a practical guide to treating the learning differences associated with Autism. Siegel, the Director of the Autism Clinic at Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, gives practical guidance for fashioning a unique program for each child’s problem, effectively empowering families. In the excerpt below Siegel explains how to help verbal children use their words.
National Poetry Month: Fashioning Keys For Freedom
An essay for National Poetry Month.
National Poetry Month: An Untitled Poem
We are pleased to bring you another poem by Noah Levin (an OUP employee also!) Feast your eyes below. by Noah Levin
National Poetry Month: A Video
A video for Poetry Month.
National Poetry Month: POEM FOR THE OUP
A poem for Poetry Month by King Otho.
Happy Birthday to The Simpsons!
I’ve been a vegetarian for over a decade and inevitably, when I meet someone new, they end up asking me questions. How and why did I stop eating meat? Do I miss it? Do I cheat? Long ago I stopped telling them the real story (which is dreadfully boring) and started recounting the scene below […]
Books and Buddies
It was a typical law school classroom, long desks, stadium style seating, a whiteboard and a podium in the front, but this was far from a typical class. In fact, it was not a class at all. It was Books and Buddies, a program at the University of Miami School of Law that pairs law […]