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Ireland's Misfortune: The Turbulent Life of Kitty O'Shea
I recall at postgraduate seminars at Trinity College Dublin, T. W. Moody, a father of modern Irish history, politely but firmly correcting my reference to "Kitty O'Shea" - "Mrs Katherine O'Shea,...
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Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, Manchester
1. Financial Accounting for Decision Makers by Peter Atrill and E.J. McLaney. Pearson Education, £38.99. ISBN 97814058882192. Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation by Steven Penman....
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Teach yourself to be a teacher
Help is at hand to ease you into your new lecturing post, promises Greg Garrard
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When is Discrimination Wrong?
Societies routinely discriminate among people. It is done for public safety (individuals under the age of 17 cannot obtain a driver's licence), because resources are scarce (the University of...
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The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe
Even after 300 years, the Siege of Vienna by the Ottoman army holds a highly symbolic place in popular historical imagination. Recently, opponents of Turkey's bid to join the European Union invoked...
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Book of the week - The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules our Lives
Tony Mann on probably the best book on probability in the world
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The week in books
Everything is Connected by Daniel Barenboim, former Charles Eliot Professor, Harvard University. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, £16.99 ISBN 9780297855446"Many who have listened to Barenboim's jumbled...
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Welcome to a universe of death
Duncan Wu delights in an exhilarating study of Wordsworth's work that may upset traditionalists
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The Ghost of Freedom: A History of the Caucasus
The Caucasus region is known "as a place of both unimaginable beauty and everyday barbarity". This volatile borderland has long been an object of fascination; it was immortalised by Tolstoy and...
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Picture Perfect: Life in the Age of the Photo Op
On Thursday May 1 2003, President George W. Bush soared above the Pacific in a Navy Viking Jet. The Navy pilot then made a dramatic tail-hook landing on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the USS...
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Easy answers and the American way
An airport classic overloaded with acronyms, but as Leslie Gofton concedes, what's not to like?
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The Author Is Not Dead, Merely Somewhere Else: Creative Writing Reconceived
The publishers bill this book as "a searching critique of traditional creative writing pedagogy". Michelene Wandor's wide experience as a writer, critic and teacher certainly qualifies her to offer...
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Jacob's Legacy: A Genetic View of Jewish History
Popular accounts by practitioners of archaeogenetics, and its close relative, genetic history, have a somewhat chequered history. Whether David Goldstein's little book on the genetic history of the...
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Faces from the dust bowl
Anne Hammond reflects on photographs from the Depression that highlighted the plight of the poor