The Constant Fire: Beyond the Science vs Religion Debate
Celia Deane-Drummond admires the author's passion, but not his philosophy
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Prodigal Nation: Moral Decline and Divine Punishment from New England to 9/11
This book is the work of an American political scientist at Rutgers University and is clearly written and mercifully free of jargon. The closest it comes to jargon is its focus on the American "...
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Top 10 academic bestsellers: Blackwell, Portsmouth
1. Foundations Spanish 1, Second Edition by Cathy Holden and Maria del Carmen Gil Ortega. Palgrave Macmillan, £19.99. ISBN 97802302172632. Managing Business Relationships by Ray French. Pearson...
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Book of the week - The Opera of Bartolomeo Scappi
Robert Appelbaum savours the genius in a culinary compendium
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The week in books
The Myth of American Exceptionalism by Godfrey Hodgson, associate fellow, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford. Yale University Press, £16.99, ISBN 9780300125702"The book is...
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Six-Legged Soldiers: Using Insects as Weapons of War
Michelle Harvey is fascinated by a historical look at the deployment of insects in battle
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Religion and Revelry in Shakespeare's Festive World
The title of this book alludes to two seminal texts on Shakespeare and festivity, Shakespeare's Festive Comedy by C.L. Barber and Shakespeare's Festive World by Francois Laroque. Phebe Jensen...
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Reframing Social Citizenship
Peter Taylor-Gooby's book is an impressive edifice, but not a stable one. Meticulously planned and plotted though it is, the dry rot of internal contradiction threatens its structure. This book...
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? = Review forthcomingBUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT- The Manager's Tale: Stories of Managerial IdentityBy Patrick Reedy, lecturer in organisational behaviour, University of Nottingham. Ashgate, £55.00....
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Look into our eyes
The mind-reading abilities of monkeys, and what they can teach us about human powers of deduction, were discussed at a public lecture at the University of St Andrews. Juan-Carlos Gomez, a psychology...
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London School of Economics - Robbers pick up a penguin
Students have been leaving flowers, messages and even Penguin chocolate biscuits in tribute to a stolen statue. Thieves ripped out the statue of a penguin, which was a gift to the London School of...
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University of Leeds - Parasite link to schizophrenia
A team at the University of Leeds has discovered how a parasite transmitted via cat faeces may trigger the development of schizophrenia and bipolar disorders. The toxoplasmosis parasite, which can...
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University of Salford - Dame and ex-con share stage
Dame Anne Owers, the chief inspector of prisons, and Mohammed Riaz, a convicted killer, will share the platform at a University of Salford conference. On 1 April, the pair will speak at 21st Century...
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Edinburgh Napier University - Euro cash to spread democracy
Edinburgh Napier University has secured EUR1.5 million (£1.4 million) in European Union funding for its International Teledemocracy Centre. The centre explores how to get young people involved in...
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Bath Spa University - Victual myths explored
A new book on the UK's food has been written by a lecturer at Bath Spa University. Katharine Reeve, who teaches creative writing and English literature, co-wrote The Rough Guide to Food after...