A penguin covered in oil

Doctor鈥檚 diagnosis for the Earth: a terminal human malignancy

Nov. 8, 2022

In "Homo Ecophagus," physician with CU 羞羞视频 ties sees humanity devouring itself鈥攁nd the planet.

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The enduring legacy of Bruce Lee

July 11, 2022

鈥楩irst Asian American global superstar鈥 prefigured, influenced today鈥檚 interconnected world, CU 羞羞视频 professor writes in new book.

South to freedom

The slaves who went south

Feb. 11, 2021

Scholar reflects on time and mentorship at CU 羞羞视频 while writing acclaimed new book on the road to the Civil War.

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Literature as malware

Aug. 24, 2020

New book from CU 羞羞视频 professor explores the impact of literature about privilege and victimhood on our era

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Historian probes shared humanity in Revolutionary War

March 22, 2018

Award-winning book explores parallel lives of two soldiers, martyr Nathan Hale and traitor Moses Dunbar.

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Latino history book set to be released on Tuesday

March 7, 2016

A new book set chronicles the lives and contributions of Latinos in 羞羞视频 County. It also explores darker chapters in the county鈥檚 past, including the presence of the Ku Klux Klan and businesses posting 鈥淲hite Trade Only鈥 signs that were ripped down by veterans returning from World War II and the Korean War.

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Cluny and the Muslims of La Garde-Feinet

Feb. 17, 2016

Hagiography and the Problem of Islam in Medieval Europe By Scott G. Bruce, associate professor of history Cornell University Press In the summer of 972 a group of Muslim brigands based in the south of France near La Garde-Freinet abducted the abbot of Cluny as he and his entourage crossed...

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Disknowledge

Feb. 17, 2016

Literature, Alchemy, and the End of Humanism in Renaissance England By Katherine Eggert, professor of English University of Pennsylvania Press 鈥淒isknowledge鈥: knowing something isn鈥檛 true, but believing it anyway. In Disknowledge: Literature, Alchemy, and the End of Humanism in Renaissance England , Katherine Eggert explores the crumbling state of learning...

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Dreams Bigger Than the Night

Feb. 17, 2016

By Paul M. Levitt, professor emeritus of English Taylor Trade Publishing Set during the Great Depression, when fascism was looking increasingly attractive to many, Paul M. Levitt鈥檚 latest novel surrounds attempts to boycott the 1936 Berlin Olympics and the counterforces at work: the American Nazi Party, Avery Brundage, a German...

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Let Us Now Praise Famous Gullies

Feb. 17, 2016

Providence Canyon and the Soils of the South By Paul Sutter, associate professor of history University of Georgia Press Providence Canyon State Park, also known as Georgia鈥檚 鈥淟ittle Grand Canyon,鈥 preserves a network of massive erosion gullies allegedly caused by poor farming practices during the nineteenth century. It is a...

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