Kate Shepherd

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[Kate Shepherd @KateShe01599565]

@onetakewoop How about @DouglasSkelton1, @MarionETodd, @LynneJMcEwan, or debut author, @h_critchlow? Scotland links, all...

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Patricia Fara’s Life After Gravity, Isaac Newton’s London Career is this week's #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek. Described by Vitali Vitaliev @EandTmagazine as “revealing and beautifully written," it explores Newton’s last three decades as a cosmopolitan gentleman https://t.co/JJbZXs9ED0

[Kate Shepherd @KateShe01599565]

#OUPPR #BookoftheWeek is Patricia Fara’s Life After Gravity, Isaac Newton’s London Career. Described by Vitali Vitaliev @EandTmagazine, as "revealing and beautifully written" it explores Newton’s last three decades as cosmopolitan gentleman. https://t.co/SRtf0Jv4cj

[Kate Shepherd @KateShe01599565]

A geometry book “full of pretty surprises”? Must be The Wonder Book of Geometry by David Acheson. Don’t Miss @newscientist #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek https://t.co/5sukpLh5Oz

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Interviewed on @CNN Amanpour @camanpour Archie Brown discussed how it took a certain character to bring about the end of the Cold War. His book The Human Factor, Gorbachev, Reagan, and Thatcher, and the end of the Cold War is #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek https://t.co/lc2ecAL7oD

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In his review for @WSJ, Richard Davenport-Hines describes @MisakCheryl, new book, Frank Ramsey, A Sheer Excess of Powers, as “noble reading… an enthralling and glorious book” ($). #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek. https://t.co/ggnSmPh0IR

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“If you’re thinking about why you choose the books you do, this is a thought-provoking place to start.” @susannahbutter reviews Why Women Read Fiction, #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek, for @EveningStandard Book of the week. https://t.co/yH6ow1md6G

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More convenient, cheaper and faster. In his new book, Online Courts and the Future of Justice, @richardsusskind argues the case for online courts. Discover more in an article by @JoshuaRozenberg in @TheCriticMag. #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek https://t.co/7SG4VGkRNF

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From discovering galaxies to investigating penguin behavior ordinary people are making amazing scientific discoveries! How? By joining the Zooniverse. Read @Nature review of The Crowd & the Cosmos by Chris Lintott #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek, to find out more https://t.co/kKNcMwReMv

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In an article for @TheTLS, Robert Douglas-Fairhurst explores how Peter Pan, the boy who never grew up, grew up. Bringing together five versions of the Peter Pan story in one book, The Collected Peter Pan is #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek (£) https://t.co/If8WtbIkpH

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Did you know almost every sentence we utter is new, to ourselves and to humanity? Described @TheEconomist as "a handy introduction to a vexed debate on the infinite power of the finite mortal mind" David Adger's Language Unlimited is #OUPR #BookoftheWeek https://t.co/ReaGOoCrbA

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Described by @adam_tooze in the FT as “a fast-paced and elegantly constructive narrative… the narrative of 1931 that every decision maker in Europe should read", Tobias Straumann’s book, 1931, Debt, Crisis and the Rise of Hitler is #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek https://t.co/xGxTdDn6ta

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Interest in Norse myth and heroic legend has seen a revival in popularity. In an article written for @TheTLS by Carolyn Larrington @profcarolyne, editor of Oxford World’s Classic, The Poetic Edda, explores why. #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek https://t.co/IHA72tTara

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Useful Enemies: Islam and the Ottoman Empire in Western Political Thought 1450-1750. Noel Malcolm’s “brilliant study” @TheLordWilliams, @NewStatesman, is #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek https://t.co/SphDi0XTwp

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Described by @akennedysmith in @TheTLS as "a richly fascinating history... an excellent example of everything that public outreach should be: accessibly priced, informative, and entertaining" Susannah Gibson’s The Spirit of Inquiry is #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek https://t.co/lWwpGx3wBm

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"Ambitious in scope and easy to read, this book is a small guide to that largest of subject: the physical Universe” @goldipipschmidt @skyatnightmag. The Cosmic Mystery Tour by Nicholas Mee is this week’s #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek, https://t.co/LOujL0bn9M

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Heroes or Villains? The Blair years reconsidered by Jon Davis & John Rentoul is this week’s #OUPPR #BookoftheWeek. To quote Alan Johnson in @spectator, "an account like this is long overdue” https://t.co/XBKd0QU8EL

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“I always have a quotation for everything – it saves original thinking," Dorothy L Sayers. With 2,500+ sayings with “lots of laughs, familiar and unfamiliar, on every page" @MatureTimes, Gyles Brandreth's Messing about in Quotes -
#OUPPR #BookoftheWeek https://t.co/8wrzw6qaKt