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Monthly Archives: January 2013

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  • 30 Jan 2013
    Rosemarie Alley, William M. Alley

    Nuclear Waste —Too Hot to Touch

    The authors of Too Hot to Touch: The Problem of High-Level Nuclear Waste discuss the problem with America's disposal plans for the dangerous substances on our planet.

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  • 28 Jan 2013

    Happy birthday, Pride and Prejudice!

    There’s a whirlwind of activity both on and offline to celebrate the official bicentennial of Austen’s favorite classic, but here at our humble little blog, we just want to say: Thank you, Ms. Austen. Two hundred years later and your story about a gentleman with not a little pride and a woman with lots of prejudice is still a joy to read.

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  • 25 Jan 2013
    Frances B.

    Why I re-read Jane Austen

    Our publicist Frances discusses why in a world with so much to read and so little time, Pride & Prejudice is a book worth opening again and again

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  • 23 Jan 2013
    Elliott Abrams

    Elliott Abrams’ Bookshelf on the Middle East

    Elliott Abrams spotlights some of the most important books for understanding the past and current conflicts in the Middle East.

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  • 22 Jan 2013
    Thomas Keymer

    Into the Intro: The Cambridge Companion to Pride & Prejudice

    This week on Into the Intro, we’re celebrating Jane Austen and the bicentennial of her beloved classic Pride & Prejudice. Here’s the introduction to the new edited collection The Cambridge Companion to Pride & Prejudice, with all the information on how Jane Austen wrote a novel that we haven’t been able to put down for 200 years.

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  • 16 Jan 2013
    Elliott Abrams

    Tested by Zion: An Excerpt

    Go into the Bush White House with this exclusive excerpt from National Security Council adviser Elliott Abrams' new book on American policy in the Middle East.

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  • 14 Jan 2013
    David Wells

    Into the Intro: Games and Mathematics

    This week, go Into the Intro of David Wells’ Games and Mathematics for some fun insights on how math elegantly shapes one of our most enduring cultural institutions. If you missed David Wells’ post last Friday about writing the book, be sure to check it out.

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  • 11 Jan 2013
    David Wells

    Puzzling Mathematics

    The author of Games and Mathematics discusses how he came to recognize the fascinating relationship between the games we play and the math they're built on.

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