November 11, 2013

Herve This on Note by Note Cuisine and the Food of the Future

A recent segment on the BBC took viewers inside the lab and the mind of Herve This, author of Molecular Gastronomy: Exploring the Science of Flavor and the forthcoming Note-by-Note Cooking. In the segment, This argues and shows that since...

November 8, 2013

University Press Roundup

Welcome to our weekly roundup of the best posts from the blogs of academic publishers! As always, if you particularly enjoy something or think that we missed an important post, please let us know in the comments. Ever wondered what...

November 8, 2013

Wang Renmei and Mao Zedong

We conclude our week-long feature on Wang Renmei: The Wildcat of Shanghai , by Richard J. Meyer with a look not at her film career but her early days living in Hunan Province. Though she later suffered during the Cultural...

November 7, 2013

Wang Renmei, The Wildcat of Shanghai in Photographs

The following images are stills from the films of Wang Renmei, with commentary by Richard J. Meyer author of Wang Renmei: The Wildcat of Shanghai. Wang Renmei plays Black Clown, who is killed at the end of Soaring Aspirations. Her...

November 7, 2013

Judith Butler on Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism

In the following video, Judith Butler discusses some of the themes, arguments, and experiences that shape her book Parting Ways: Jewishness and the Critique of Zionism (now available in paper). Butler considers Israel’s policy in Palestine and the Jewish response...

November 6, 2013

Wang Renmei: The Wildcat of Shanghai

Wang Renmei, the subject of our featured book this week, Wang Renmei: The Wildcat of Shanghai, was on the fast track to become one of China’s leading film stars of the 1930s. Her career and life, however, fell prey to...

November 6, 2013

Drug Smuggling, Nuclear Nightmares, Erich Fromm, and More Author Events in November

Check out our author events coming up in November! November 8, 2013, 7:00 PM Thai Stick: Surfers, Scammers, and the Untold Story of the Marijuana Trade Peter Maguire Chaucer’s Books 3321 State St. Santa Barbara, CA 93105 November 12, 2013,...

November 5, 2013

Interview with Richard J. Meyer, author of "Wang Renmei: The Wildcat of Shanghai"

The following is an interview with Richard J. Meyer, author of Wang Renmei: The Wildcat of Shanghai. In the interview Meyer discusses Wang’s onscreen career as well as her turbulent off-screen life and his own interest in Chinese film: Question:...

November 5, 2013

New Book Tuesday! Nuclear Nightmares, Chinese Food, and More New Titles!

Our weekly list of new titles now available: Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Before It Is Too Late Joseph Cirincione The Land of the Five Flavors: A Cultural History of Chinese Cuisine Thomas O. Höllmann How Finance Is Shaping the...

November 4, 2013

Chang Jae Lee on Book Design and Korean Photography

Chang Jae Lee, of our very talented designers, was recently interviewed by Asian Global Impact. In the interview, Chang Jae revealed the process that goes into selecting the appropriate image and design for a book as well as discussing some...

November 1, 2013

University Press Roundup

Welcome to our weekly roundup of the best posts from the blogs of academic publishers! As always, if you particularly enjoy something or think that we missed an important post, please let us know in the comments. Halloween is over...

November 1, 2013

Philip Kitcher on beauty and love in Death in Venice

This week our featured book is Deaths in Venice: The Cases of Gustav von Aschenbach by Philip Kitcher. Today, we have an excerpt from “Beauty,” the second chapter of Deaths in Venice, in which Kitcher discusses the philosophical concepts of...