Gendered Paradoxes: Educating Jordanian Women in Nation, Faith, and Progress
A close-focus study of Arab schooling calls Western views into question, writes Carine Allaf
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When Pigs Could Fly and Bears Could Dance: A History of the Soviet Circus
The Russian Revolution that launched the world’s first self-proclaimed communist state - the Soviet Union - was billed as a great leap out of the benighted past into a radiant future. The second...
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Governing the World: The History of an Idea
Mark Mazower’s stimulating work analyses how the world was governed (or at least how attempts were made to govern it) in the periods following three “settlementsâ€. First came the Concert of Europe,...
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Odds and quads
Launched during the First World War, Ladybird created probably the UK's most iconic - and now most nostalgic - series of 20th-century children's books.
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Appointments
University of EdinburghJulie TaylorThe head of strategy and development at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children has taken up a new post at the University of Edinburgh. Julie...
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Listing wildly
Weary of cronyism, many in Italy welcomed a metrics-based research evaluation - until they saw the catalogue of approved publications, ‘crazy lists’ that ignored many journals in favour of provincial...
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Fidei defensores
Next week, scholars will launch the Council for the Defence of British Universities. Historian Keith Thomas and astrophysicist Martin Rees, eminent founding members of the independent body, explain...
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For US, recruiting the usual suspects is not enough
US universities should aim to recruit more students from Saudi Arabia if they are to reduce their dependence on students from China, India and South Korea, according to a report.
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8 November 2012
To the ramparts! - Scholarly crusaders launch Council for the Defence of British Universities
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Steep costs deter Brazil's experience seekers
Despite interest, UK too dear for growing middle class. Elizabeth Gibney reports from São Paulo
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The Pilgrim's Progress
John Bunyan’s masterwork, which influenced literature, politics and culture for generations, is startlingly modern in depicting a world of greed and inequality
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Textbook guide - 8 November 2012
 Subjects covered: Chemistry, Education, Languages and linguistics, Psychology and psychiatry, Culture, media and gender studies, Engineering, LawSee the 8 November 2012 textbook guide
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Principles of Polymer Chemistry
Author: Abe RavveEdition: ThirdPublisher: SpringerPages: 801Price: £85.50ISBN: 9781461422112This textbook's title reflects its core focus, and its 800 pages point to the depth and complexity of the...
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Student review: Exploring Chemical Analysis
Author: Daniel C. HarrisEdition: Fifth internationalPublisher: W.H. Freeman/Palgrave MacmillanPages: 640Price: £52.99ISBN: 9781429295765This is the type of textbook not usually found on your typical...
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Student review: Electrochemistry: The Basics, with Examples
Electrochemistry: The Basics, with ExamplesEditors: Christine Lefrou, Pierre Fabry and Jean-Claude PoignetEdition: FirstPublisher: SpringerPages: 352Price: £67.99ISBN: 9783642302497One of the few...