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Jews: nearly everything you wanted to know* *but were too afraid to ask

Peter Cave (King's 1972) and Dan Cohn-Sherbok (Wolfson 1971)

Who are the Jews? What do they believe? Why is Israel so important to them? What’s all this about self-hating Jews? These are just some of the questions that engage a Reform rabbi and a Humanist philosopher in their lively and intriguing conversations.

Complete Babylonian: A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding Babylonian, with Original Texts (Teach Yourself)

Complete Babylonian: A Comprehensive Guide to Reading and Understanding Babylonian, with Original Texts (Teach Yourself)

Dr Martin Worthington (Senior Lecturer in Assyriology at the University of Cambridge)

Designed for complete beginners, and tested for years with real learners, Complete Babylonian offers a bridge from the textbook to the real world, enabling you to learn the grammar, understand the vocabulary and even how to translate the inscriptions and texts from this ancient cradle of civilization.

Structured around authentic material, and introducing cuneiform script for those who wish to take their understanding further, this course also features:

With Honourable Intent - A Natural History of Fauna & Flora International

With Honourable Intent - A Natural History of Fauna & Flora International

Tim Knight (St Catharine's 1980)

With Honourable Intent is the previously untold story of an organisation that has been shaping and influencing conservation practice since its foundation in 1903. Fauna & Flora International (FFI) was the world's first international wildlife conservation organisation and has been instrumental in creating much of today's global conservation infrastructure.

Fan Activism, Protest and Politics:Ultras in Post-Socialist Croatia

Fan Activism, Protest and Politics: Ultras in Post-Socialist Croatia

Andrew Hodges (Clare 2002)

In what sense can organised football fans be understood as political actors or participants in social movements? How do fan struggles link to wider social and political transformations? And what methodological dilemmas arise when researching fan activism? Fan Activism, Protest and Politics seeks ethnographic answers to these questions in a context – Zagreb, Croatia – shaped by the recent Yugoslav wars, nation-state building, post-socialist ‘transition’ and EU accession.

Energy Kingdoms: Oil and Political Survival in the Persian Gulf

Energy Kingdoms: Oil and Political Survival in the Persian Gulf

Jim Krane (Peterhouse 2009)

After the discovery of oil in the 1930s, the Gulf monarchies—Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, and Bahrain—went from being among the world’s poorest and most isolated places to some of its most ostentatiously wealthy. To maintain support, the ruling sheikhs provide their subjects with boundless cheap energy, unwittingly leading to some of the highest consumption rates on earth.

The Irish Garden: A Cultural History

The Irish Garden: A Cultural History

Peter Dale (Selwyn 1969)

Don’t leave yet. Let there be one more piece of magic to remember the place by.

The Dialectics of Post-Soviet Modernity and the Changing Contours of Islamic Discourse in Azerbaijan

The Dialectics of Post-Soviet Modernity and the Changing Contours of Islamic Discourse in Azerbaijan

Murad Ismayilov (Darwin 2007)

This book offers a detailed account of the dynamics behind the religious-secular divide in Azerbaijan over the past two decades of independence and the conditions underlying the ongoing process of normalisation of Islamic discourse and the rising cooperation across the country's secular-religious political landscape and looks into some future dynamics this transformation is set to unleash.

The Spirit of Inquiry

The Spirit of Inquiry

Susannah Gibson (Corpus 2008)

Cambridge is now world-famous as a centre of science, but it wasn't always so. Before the nineteenth century, the sciences were of little importance in the University of Cambridge. But that began to change in 1819 when two young Cambridge fellows took a geological field-trip to the Isle of Wight. Adam Sedgwick and John Stevens Henslow spent their days there exploring, unearthing dazzling fossils, dreaming up elaborate theories about the formation of the earth, and bemoaning the lack of serious science in their ancient university.

Islam: An Illustrated Journey

Islam: An Illustrated Journey

Zulfikar Hirji (Caius 1996)

An Illustrated Journey is a richly illustrated, accessible account of Islamic history that gives the reader an introduction to a faith that is practised today by over a billion people whose traditions and civilisations are rich and diverse.

The Oxford Handbook of John Henry Newman

The Oxford Handbook of John Henry Newman

Benjamin King (Downing 1993)

John Henry Newman (1801-1890) has always inspired devotion. Newman has made disciples as leader of the Catholic revival in the Church of England, an inspiration to fellow converts to Roman Catholicism, a nationally admired preacher and prose-writer, and an internationally recognised saint of the Catholic Church. Nevertheless, he has also provoked criticism. The church authorities, both Anglican and Catholic, were often troubled by his words and deeds, and scholars have disputed his arguments and his honesty.

Ruskinland: How John Ruskin Shapes Our World

Ruskinland: How John Ruskin Shapes Our World

Andrew Hill (Trinity 1984)

Who was John Ruskin? What did he achieve – and how? Where is he today? One possible answer: almost everywhere.

The Great River Rowed The Mississippi Million

The Great River Rowed: The Mississippi Million

John Pritchard (Robinson 1983)

After a trip to Ghana with Right To Play, John Pritchard, former Olympic rower and self-confessed middle-aged eccentric, set his next formidable challenge: to row the length of the Mississippi River and raise $1,000,000 for the charity.

John and his team would row in a Victorian Thames skiff, a wooden boat with a fixed wooden seats and fixed pins, the design of which has remained almost unchanged for nearly 200 years.

Out of Range

Out of Range

Nick Drake (Magdalene 1980)

This fourth poetry collection from the London-based screenwriter, playwright, poet and Magdalene graduate Nick Drake takes on some of the most pressing issues for the planet in poems about plastic waste, the Whitechapel Fatberg and climate change.

The poems in Out of Range expand on environmental concerns raised in Nick Drake's last collection The Farewell Glacier, his book-length sequence of poems set in the High Arctic. His new book also includes a series of three poems about the Arctic.

Art and Political Thought in Medieval England, c.1150-1350

Art and Political Thought in Medieval England, c.1150-1350

Laura Slater (King's 2008)

Images and imagery played a major role in medieval political thought and culture, but their influence has rarely been explored. This book provides a full assessment of the subject. Starting with an examination of the writings of late twelfth-century courtier-clerics, and their new vision of English political life as a heightened religious drama, it argues that visual images were key to the development and expression of medieval English political ideas and arguments.

Shylock's Advocate

Shylock's Advocate

Angelo Mucci

The protagonists of the dialogue, Mr. Hughes (lawyer) and Mr. Ohayon (economist), compete in an exciting interpretation of Shakespeare's play The Merchant of Venice, through the tools of economic analysis of law.

 

The Treasure of Mad Doc Magee

The Treasure of Mad Doc Magee

Elinor Teele (Corpus 2000)

A rip-roaring puzzle box of an adventure about grit, guts, and gold, from Elinor Teele, the acclaimed author of The Mechanical Mind of John Coggin.

The small, run-down town of Eden is the only place Jenny Burns has ever called home. The roots of the trees are in her bones, the air of the mountains is in her breath, the lakes and rivers are in her blood. And that’s why, when her father loses his job and tells Jenny that they may have to move on from Eden, she knows she can’t let that happen.

Bringing history alive through local people and places

Bringing history alive through local people and places

Lynne Dixon (Girton 1968) Alison Hales

This book is aimed at trainee primary teachers and classroom teachers. It is based on the latest research and practice in the field and supported by appropriate theory. It considers how to develop children's concepts and skills through local history and how to link local, national and global aspects of history. It encourages practitioners and trainees to develop their own historical knowledge, understanding and confidence in the teaching of the subject through a range of activities. Ideas and concepts are supported by a range of practical ideas for classroom teaching.

15-Minute STEM

15-Minute STEM

Emily Hunt (née Hayes, Hughes Hall 2009)

Quick and creative science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities for 5-to 11-year-olds offers an exciting collection of 40 tried-and-tested, easy-to-resource STEM activities designed to engage and inspire young learners. The activities make connections to real-world scenarios, helping children to understand how their learning is relevant to their future, and have been linked to conceptually similar STEM-related careers all of which are individually profiled in a glossary at the back of the book.

The Orchid (Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew)

The Orchid (Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew)

Lauren Gardiner (Christ's 1999) Phillip Cribb (Christ’s 1965)

Produced in association with Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, this collection of 40 orchids tells the many intriguing stories of this beguiling plant. It is enhanced with botanical illustrations by the great orchid artists, 40 of which have also been selected be included as prints and presented in a handsome collector's box.

Symbolism: Reading Storm's Landscapes

Symbolism: Reading Storm's Landscapes

David Artiss (Downing 1969)

For the first time analysis of Theodor Storm's wide use of symbolism, together with his astonishing skills as a wildlife expert and folklorist illuminates what a profound effect these have on his landscapes.

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