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  • 6 Dec 2013
    Douglas Boin

    Snowed In, Playing with Pieces of an Ancient Puzzle

    Douglas Boin, the author of Ostia in Late Antiquity, tells a tale that spans centuries, cultures, and the Atlantic. As you prepare to attend the Archaeological Institute of America's meeting in Chicago this January, take a moment to appreciate the Windy City's fascinating connection to the Roman Empire.

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  • 5 Dec 2013
    a volcano erupting
    David Moore

    Deep Time Travelling with David Moore

    Travel 500 million years back in time to the Age of Giant Fungi. No, this isn't the latest adventure for Doctor Who, it's Earth, and Dr David Moore, author of Fungal Biology in the Origin and Emergence of Life.

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  • 4 Dec 2013

    Holiday Gift Guide: For the Literati

    Got a poetry lover in your life? Family members who can't get enough of classic American fiction? Fans of C.S. Lewis or Shakespeare devotees? We've got suggestions from the Cambridge shelves for you!

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  • 3 Dec 2013

    The Making of an Expatriate

    Paris wasn't the only place Hemingway realized he needed to be an expatriate American writer. (Pictured: This building used to be the Selby Hotel in Toronto, where the Hemingways briefly stayed in the fall of 1923.)

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  • 2 Dec 2013
    A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, alongside a christmas tree, tinsel and mince pies
    Caroline M.

    Carols, jokes, and the Dickensian Christmas

    Caroline M, publisher of our Cambridge Library Collection, unwraps some of our Christmas titles, and puts Charles Dickens in his place.

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  • 28 Nov 2013
    DNA

    Dr Peter Forster on archaeogenetic breakthroughs

    In this exclusive interview with Dr Peter Forster, contributor to The Cambridge World Prehistory, he talks to us about the world of molecular genetics, and his own breakthrough moment in his research.

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  • 27 Nov 2013

    Comet ISON Photo Contest

    Astrophotographers and comet-watchers everywhere are invited to participate in our latest night-sky photo contest. This winter, we're waiting eagerly for Comet ISON to light up the sky—snap a picture, send it in, and you could win!

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  • 26 Nov 2013

    Advice from Hemingway

    The 242 letters in Volume 2 can show Hemingway’s brash, uncouth, unedited self, but they also reveal his thoughtful, generous side, one more than willing to send support and advice. Here we collect pieces of his wisdom sent to his friends, family, and fellow writers.

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