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Orgasmology by Annamarie Jagose
A study of la petite mort focuses on cultural views not sociological explorations, finds Sally R. Munt
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America鈥檚 Assembly Line by David E. Nye
Howard Segal pieces together the fascinating history of a key innovation in US manufacturing
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Prospero鈥檚 Son: Life, Books, Love, and Theater by Seth Lerer
Christopher Innes applauds a memoir of tempestuous father-son relationships framed by elements of literature and performance
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The Great Indian Phone Book: How Cheap Mobile Phones Change Business, Politics and Daily Life by Robin Jeffrey and Assa Doron
Jyothsna Latha Belliappa on technology鈥檚 transformative effects
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Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time by Ira Katznelson
Christopher Phelps on a dazzling new look at the US response to the Depression
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Paleofantasy: What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex, Diet and How We Live by Marlene Zuk
Camilla Power enjoys a demolition of prelapsarian pseudoscience
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Openness must be a two-way street
The feature about openness in universities (鈥淪how and tell鈥, 4 April) implicitly makes a point about asymmetry. If institutions are not open, how can they make claims (in the pursuit of knowledge)...
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Wider shores of creativity
Nicholas Royle鈥檚 article on creative writing is facile and fairly indulgent itself (鈥淩eader鈥檚 block鈥, 28 March). If he sat in on my creative writing seminars, he would see students learning the...
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Protest points
Julian Newman accuses me of being unable to 鈥渄istinguish between the justice of a cause and the criminality of resorting to violence in the course of that protest鈥 (Letters, 鈥淛ust cause, unjust...
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Benchmark appropriately
When the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals discussed openness regarding vice-chancellors鈥 salaries (Leader, 鈥淎 clear balance of interests鈥, 4 April), concerns were expressed about the...
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Render unto the public?
The undue haste with which the government is imposing its open access publication regime on the UK鈥檚 research community is the clearest example in years of policy-based evidence rather than evidence-...
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Quiet American cash
With respect to Matthew Feldman鈥檚 review of British Writers and MI5 Surveillance, 1930-1960 by James Smith (4 April), it is useful to have confirmation that Stephen Spender鈥檚 salary while editing...
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Clubbing together
Paul White鈥檚 suggestion that we ban country-specific student societies to ensure that foreign students integrate (鈥淏an country clubs so foreign students mix鈥, 4 April) is a radical idea but futile....
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Avoid that four-letter word
The suggestion that prospectuses should be light on text and long on attractive images (鈥淢essage received: just keep it simple鈥, 4 April) reminded me of a poster that was designed for a college where...