Books
The Books section is a collection of publications by alumni and books with a link either to the University or to Cambridge. It also includes the books that have been reviewed in CAM magazine. Please use the navigation on the right to browse the subject categories or see all books.
To have your book considered for inclusion please email benefits@alumni.cam.ac.uk. The Alumni office is also pleased to offer CAMCard discounts with chosen book shops.
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After the Great East Japan Earthquake
Concise study of the effects on key domestic policy areas of the triple disaster that struck Japan in March 2011 - politics, economics, energy, climate, agriculture and food safety - describing how the sector has been affected and considers what the implications are for the future. Read more...
Business Behaving Well: social responsibility, from learning to doing
A guide that will enable businesses to integrate social responsibility into their purpose and operations. Read more...
An Unlikely Spanish Don: the life and times of Professor John Brande Trend
John Brande Trend, the first Professor of Spanish in Cambridge in 1933, arrived at his Chair by a circuitous route through a variety of disciplines, encountering a host of prominent people in pre-war political, cultural and intellectual life. It was this wider experience that made his teaching so unique and makes his story central to the period through which he lived. Read more...
Cambridge Computing: the first 75 years
Cambridge Computing: The First 75 Years marks the 75th anniversary of the Computer Laboratory and the centenary of Professor Sir Maurice Wilkes who directed the laboratory for 35 years. Read more...
The Earthquake Observers: Disaster Science from Lisbon to Richter
Earthquakes have taught us much about our planet's hidden structure and the forces that have shaped it. This title explains how observing networks transformed an instant of panic and confusion into a field for scientific research, turning earthquakes into natural experiments at the nexus of the physical and human sciences. Read more...
