You’ve got to ask the question, what caused me to want to win?” George W. Bush, during his oral history for The Last Card: Inside George W. Bush’s Decision to Surge in Iraq How does a pr...
https://cornellpress.wordpress.com/2019/07/08/the-lost-art-of-presidential-decision-making/
In June 2019, I attended the annual International Labour Conference (ILC) convened by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland. This year was particularly special, as it...
The Fourth of July is generally a time for Americans to get together, watch fireworks, and celebrate our nation’s independence. But in the period since 1776, the United States has also repeat...
“…many worlds I’ve come since I first left home.”—Brokedown Palace, The Grateful Dead I stopped by Sage House last Saturday evening to finish packing up some books and pictures. I playe...
https://cornellpress.wordpress.com/2019/06/25/notes-from-an-outgoing-director-by-dean-smith/
I suspect that many avid readers have a special book that becomes inseparable from themselves, part of their existence. Without this special book, what I call a “soul book,” a fulfilling life...
Yet again, the controversial Palestinian leader Hajj Amin al-Husayni is making headlines. In May 2019, in a Washington post op-ed, Middle East studies scholar Dr. Maha Nassar addressed recent cri...
https://cornellpress.wordpress.com/2019/06/12/on-brand-the-fashion-choices-of-hajj-amin-al-husayni/
A few weeks ago, I received an email about the Cornell Library and Press Service and Recognition Awards. This is the first time we’ve participated in an official program like this. A number of ...
https://cornellpress.wordpress.com/2019/06/10/hiking-cascadilla-gorge-with-ange/
We boarded the bus soaking wet. I was clingy tightly to my two bags full of books, catalogs, and other goodies, trying to protect them from the rain. We had just walked several blocks in the pour...
https://cornellpress.wordpress.com/2019/06/07/a-book-lovers-dream-first-time-at-book-expo/
From the emergence of the study of English literature as an academic discipline in Victorian England until the re-emergence of Cornell University Press in 1932, academic publishing had devoted it...
More and more frequently, online dating apps are becoming the answer to the question, “so, how did you two meet?” The widespread appearance of Tinder and other dating apps have changed the wa...