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Rachael Bowlby, author of 'Back to the Shops' @OUPHistory on how the future of shopping was shaped by its past
"This history stretches back to pedlars and weekly markets and runs through small fixed shops in towns and villages to the grand “destination” city department stores of the last part of the 19th century... followed in recent years by the move online."
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Lovely to see The Oxford Companion to Spirits & Cocktails by @DavidWondrich & @NRothbaum on this list: "Rothbaum and Wondrich have marshalled a huge amount of knowledge to provide a pivotal point of reference. They should be lauded and applauded for their fine work.” - @joeldram
From expert guides to food-and-wine pairing to whisky manuals, cocktail compendiums and memoirs from famous foodie faces, we review the best new books for Christmas, all ideal for gifting the food-and-drink lover in your life.
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“Stonebridge is an immensely gifted writer and thinker. Her new book will help to revitalise literary criticism." Bryan Cheyette on @LyndseyStonebri's "Writing and Righting"
“Her readers are asked to enter some of the ‘darkest places’ in a bid to understand what it is to be human during the “conditions of extinction”: @CheyetteBryan on “Writing and Righting: Literature in the Age of Human Rights” by @LyndseyStonebri
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This week's #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek is "Cary Grant, the Making of a Hollywood Legend" by @mark_glancy published by @OUPAcademic this week. “[An] exemplary biography” according to David Thomson for @LRB: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v42/n21/… #CaryGrant
“Glancy’s years of research reveal themselves not just in the exceptionally detailed retelling of the Grant story, but in the scrupulous examination of conflicting sources… first-rate biography” as reviewed by @PamHutch for @SightSoundmag
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I spy @OUPHistory 'The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book' on the list
Holiday Gift Books for Bibliophiles: A Short List finebooksmagazine.com/blog/h… via @finebooks
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Best philosophy books 2020 selected by @philosophybites. It's lovely to see two @OUPPhilosophy books on the list: "The Meaning of Travel" by @emilytwrites and "Frank Ramsey" by @MisakCheryl.
NEW The best philosophy books of the year: @philosophybites talks us through his 2020 selection: fivebooks.com/best-books/phi…
This week's #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek is "Writing and Righting: Literature in the Age of Human Rights" by @LyndseyStonebri published this week. Read Lyndsey's piece on the humanities and the assault on truth for @timeshighered: timeshighereducation.com/blo…
Join @LyndseyStonebri on 3rd Dec at 6pm, w/panelists @ProfSunnySingh @LisaAppignanesi & Thomas Keenan discussing the relationship between literature and human rights, to mark the release of her new book with @OUPAcademic. More info:
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@JoelTscherne Hello! I wonder if you might be interested in seeing a copy of "Cary Grant, the Making of a Hollywood Legend" by Mark Glancy, a new definitive account, and might consider an interview with the author on NBN: global.oup.com/academic/prod…
Was the German Revolution of November 1918 a failure? Robert Gerwarth discusses the fundamental and deep-seated ways in which the November Revolution changed Germany @WW1_Series @OUPHistory anchor.fm/realtimehistory/ep…
This week's #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek is "The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book" edited by James Raven. "[A] brilliant book... illustrated with the most sumptuous photographic images" - as reviewed by Kathryn Hughes in Mail on Sunday @OUPHistory dailymail.co.uk/home/event/a…
This week's #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek is 'The Life and Death of Ancient Cities' by @Woolf_Greg, “a deeply researched and ambitious “natural history” of the origins and growth of urbanism" according to Andrew Robinson for @nature: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
"A magisterial survey of ancient cities... Mr. Woolf makes for an authoritative, readable and thought-provoking guide through a few thousand years of our life as urban animals.’ @Oklahomaharper on 'The Life and Death of Ancient Cities' for @WSJBooks: on.wsj.com/3fqdboK
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This week's #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek is 'November 1918: The German Revolution' by Prof Robert Gerwarth (published this Thursday). In his review for @Lit_Review Alexander Watson describes it as “thought-provoking and readable... invaluable book": literaryreview.co.uk/aflame-…
Huge congratulations to Prashant Kidambi on his shortlisting for the #WolfsonHistoryPrize!
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Congratulations Prashant Kidambi! Cricket Country: An Indian Odyssey in the Age of Empire (@OxUniPress) has been shortlisted for the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2020.
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"a manifesto for the virtues that travel can bestow on the traveller" This week's #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek is "The Meaning of Travel" by @emilytwrites, reviewed by @philip1marsden in @spectator (£): bit.ly/2wgZoQp
Should philosophy of travel be a thing? @emilytwrites explores this question in @ConversationUK: bit.ly/2IbBCbh #TheMeaningofTravel
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This week's #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek is "Antimony, Gold, and Jupiter's Wolf" by Peter Wothers. “[an] enchanting, eccentric book… wickedly entertaining” according to @simonings via @spectator: bit.ly/2RX9oHq
This year’s Oxford Think Festival kicked off today with @JohnRentoul & @JonDavis73 discussing the Blair Government. Some great questions from the audience! @blackwelloxford @OUPPhilosophy #OxThinkFest
