Come meet Charles Bamforth and hear about his new book: Grape vs. Grain at a most fitting venue, Anchor Brewery, San Francisco, CA. The event is free. May 8, 2008 5:30pm 1705 Mariposa Street He’ll...
The Poetry of War is on its way to booksellers. James Winn launched the book at an event on March 4 at Boston University. Be on the lookout! From the time of Homer and before, poets have embraced war...
TIME Magazine sought the, well, expertise of Anders Ericsson, author of The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance for its recent cover article on experience. Ericsson is a professor at...
Weekend Edition Sunday paid a visit to two Cambridge editors to discuss their work in climatology and their new book, Our Changing Planet. Listen here! Michael King and Claire Parkinson gave Liane Hansen...
Harper’s Magazine has just recently posted “Six Questions for Joost Hiltermann.” Hiltermann is the author of our new book A Poisonous Affair: America, Iraq, and the Gassing of Halabja. ...
Do you know when the shopping cart was invented (1937) or which country produces and consumes the most butter? (India) Do you know what the world’s best-selling food is? (sugar) Are you aware that chocolate...
Vera Mackie, author of Feminism in Modern Japan (2003), talks to us about socialist women in early 20th century Japan, the success of modern Japanese women activists, and her reasons for wanting to write about it.