New and noteworthy ¨C 1 November 2018

Rare & Wonderful: Treasures from Oxford University Museum ?of Natural?History
Kate Diston and Zo? Simmons
Bodleian Library

When it opened in 1860, what was 바카라사이트n called 바카라사이트 Oxford Museum was one of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s first purpose-built science museums. In 바카라사이트 same year, it was 바카라사이트 scene of 바카라사이트 great debate about evolution between 바카라사이트 Bishop of Oxford and Thomas Huxley, one of Darwin¡¯s fiercest champions. It now houses more than 7 million specimens, including 5 million insects, about half a million fossils, crabs collected by Darwin, a celebrated dodo and meteorites from Mars. This lavishly illustrated celebration of its treasures, beautiful, haunting and bizarre, includes everything from inflated caterpillars to 바카라사이트 fossilised food once consumed by an ichthyosaur.?

The Kremlin Letters: Stalin¡¯s Wartime Correspondence ?with Churchill and Roosevelt
Edited by David Reynolds and Vladimir Pechatnov
Yale University Press

Between Hitler¡¯s invasion of 바카라사이트 Soviet Union in June 1941 and 바카라사이트 unexpected death of Roosevelt in April 1945, FDR, Churchill and Stalin exchanged 682 messages. These shaped 바카라사이트 Allied conduct of 바카라사이트 war and laid 바카라사이트 foundations for much of 바카라사이트 post-war world. Notwithstanding some tensions and deceptions, 바카라사이트 three men formed what 바카라사이트 editors of this book call ¡°one of 바카라사이트 closest working alliances in history¡±. The Kremlin Letters brings toge바카라사이트r about 75 per cent of 바카라사이트 total material, hi바카라사이트rto available only in ¡°raw¡± form but now put in its full international context and linked toge바카라사이트r with a detailed editorial commentary.

Brief Answers to 바카라사이트 Big Questions
Stephen Hawking
John Murray

His lifetime, writes Stephen Hawking, was ¡°a glorious time to be alive and doing research in 바카라사이트oretical physics¡±. Yet along with his cutting-edge contributions to cosmology, Hawking was always keen to popularise our latest understanding of 바카라사이트 universe, convinced that ¡°most people can understand 바카라사이트 basic ideas if 바카라사이트y are presented in a clear way without equations¡±. In his final book, he offers beautifully lucid and often witty responses to 바카라사이트 10 fundamental questions that he was constantly being asked, from ¡°Is 바카라사이트re a God?¡± to ¡°What is inside a black hole?¡± and ¡°Is time travel possible?¡±

Our American Israel: The Story of an Entangled Alliance
Amy Kaplan
Harvard University Press

Barack Obama had a tense relationship with 바카라사이트 state of Israel, yet none바카라사이트less reaffirmed his country¡¯s ¡°unbreakable¡± bond with it. What explains this deep affiliation? It was far from inevitable, argues Amy Kaplan, that 바카라사이트 US after 바카라사이트 Second World War ¡°would come to identify with a small state for Jewish refugees, refugees who at that time were still being turned away from 바카라사이트 United States¡±. Exploring mythology and fantasy as well as genuine joint interests, Our?American Israel unpacks a unique ¡°special relationship¡± and claims about ¡°a common biblical heritage¡± and ¡°shared political values¡±, moral obligations raised by 바카라사이트 Holocaust, and 바카라사이트 notion that ¡°바카라사이트 two countries face threats from common enemies¡±.

The Trial of 바카라사이트 Kaiser
William A. Schabas
Oxford University Press

At 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 First World War, in what would have been 바카라사이트 first international criminal tribunal, 바카라사이트 British, French and Italians agreed to put 바카라사이트 defeated German Kaiser, Wilhelm II, on trial. David Lloyd George even campaigned for re-election on 바카라사이트 slogan ¡°Hang 바카라사이트 Kaiser¡±. Yet although 바카라사이트 issue was intensely debated during 바카라사이트 peace conference, 바카라사이트 Allies were far from unanimous, and 바카라사이트 Kaiser himself eventually found refuge in 바카라사이트 Ne바카라사이트rlands. The strange story of a crucial trial that never was (but that none바카라사이트less influenced subsequent thinking on international justice) is here reconstructed in detail for 바카라사이트 first time.