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First shots of China's new wave
Memoirs from the Beijing Film Academy
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All the threads of life united on one loom
Woven Stories
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Post-genomic possibilities
Nature Encyclopedia of the Human Genome
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First impressions
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence, is from a novel for both adults and children: "'Tell us a story, Dandelion!'" The winner receives a half-case...
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Ta, I'll just go buy that braying ass
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages
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An answer to your prayers that raises some searching questions
The Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science
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Cartography and creativity
Atlas of World Art
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Forgotten fronds of the fishes' nursery
World Atlas of Seagrasses
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Why not tickle your taste buds with a fried flamingo tongue?
Food in the Ancient World
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Laurie Taylor column
From: The Office of the Vice-Chancellor To: All Academic Staff Subject: Moral Values As you will know from last week's Times Higher , the Council for Industry and Higher Education has called upon...
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Leader: Seven-year test passed with ease
Anyone who thought that even research as comprehensive as the study published this week by Peter Elias and Kate Purcell would satisfy the critics of higher education growth has not been following the...
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Leader: Keep the bonfire going
The good news is that the cost of red tape in English higher education has fallen by a quarter since 2000. The bad news is that the bill still amounts to £211 million - and the funding council...
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Torture is always an evil option 1
Alan Dershowitz's advocacy of "non-lethal torture warrants in extraordinary cases" ("When torture is the least evil of terrible options", June 11) ignores a whole range of crucial considerations....
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Torture is always an evil option 2
There is only one piece of genetic research that may be relevant to the tortuous attempts of Alan Dershowitz to make torture an option for democratic policy-makers. If there is an "attention-seeking...