Top 10 Academic Bestsellers: Blackwell, Newcastle
1. Macleod's Clinical Examination by Graham Douglas, Fiona Nicol and Colin Robertson. Churchill Livingstone, £33.99. ISBN 97804430740422. Oxford Book of Clinical Medicine by M. Longmore, I. B....
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Second-guessing poll position
The role of class in the American democratic process can surprise, writes Richard Rose
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Grade Inflation: Academic Standards in Higher Education
The term "grade inflation" was coined in the US in the early 1970s against the backdrop of double-digit price inflation. Conventionally, it refers to an upward shift in grades awarded to students in...
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Endnotes: An Intimate Look at the End of Life
I was keen to review this book as a possible addition for reading lists to accompany seminars that examine the sociology of death and dying from the perspective of what C. Wright Mills termed "the...
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Book of the Week - Unmaking the Public University: The Forty-Year Assault on the Middle Class
Alan Ryan reflects on the States we're in
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The week in books
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town by Mary Beard, professor of classics, University of Cambridge. Profile Books, £25.00, ISBN 9781861975164"Mary Beard ... sets out to rehabilitate Pompeii and succeeds...
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Honour, passion and homicide
Robert Shoemaker wonders if the statistics, and the 'civilising process', tell the whole story
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The Man Who Believed He Was King of France: A True Medieval Tale
Identity fraud is not a modern invention. History is rife with impostors claiming to be long-lost members of royal families. One of these "hidden kings" is Giannino di Guccio, an Italian merchant who...
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Termites in the Trading System: How Preferential Agreements Undermine Free Trade
Termites in the Trading System is a seriously weighty little tome. In 110 pithy pages, economist Jagdish Bhagwati marshals a compelling case against Free Trade Areas - the termites eating away at the...
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cf. ibid., op. cit., MLA, APA et al.
Ron Johnston examines the finer points of citation, arguing that only conformists will be published
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The She-Apostle: The Extraordinary Life and Death of Luisa de Carvajal
On Easter Saturday 1605, a middle-aged Spanish lady who spoke no English and was in chronic ill health landed at Dover. Her handicaps were of no especial concern to her because her greatest hope in...
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Shakespeare and Laughter: A Cultural History
Indira Ghose's adroit, engaging study begins with a moment of consternation. When invited by a newspaper to nominate the "funniest Brit of all time", the nation chose not Shakespeare but Eric...
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ARTS AND DESIGN- Architecture by Birds and Insects: A Natural ArtBy Peggy Macnamara, associate professor, School of the Art Institute of ChicagoUniversity of Chicago Press, £13.00ISBN 9780226500973A...
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From where I sit: China's media world is too small
China is becoming increasingly worried about the rising number of students taking journalism and communications courses when it is impossible for all the graduates to find work in a strictly...
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Poppleton students only 'marginally' less satisfied than before
Our Director of Corporate Affairs, Jamie Targett, was quick to find reassurance in the news from the 2008 National Student Survey that student satisfaction at Poppleton had decreased by only 4 per...