New and noteworthy ¨C 20 September 2018

Taking to 바카라사이트 Air: An Illustrated History of Flight
Lily Ford
British Library

Most books on flight put 바카라사이트 stress on (mainly male) inventors and aviators. Yet flight was also a form of spectacle and popular entertainment, not only for passengers but for spectators, including 바카라사이트 many millions who never got a chance to take to 바카라사이트 air. Lily Ford tells this story largely through 바카라사이트 diverse collection of print imagery held by 바카라사이트 British Library, ¡°from medieval woodcut prototypes to Regency ballooning narratives, from photographic records of aircraft to Biggles¡±. The result is a lavish chronicle of flight¡¯s cultural impact, full of bizarre and unexpected objects, which also gives women a proper place in 바카라사이트 narrative.

The Oxford History of 바카라사이트 Holy Land
Edited by Robert G. Hoyland and H. G. M. Williamson
Oxford University Press

Although 바카라사이트 editors admit that 바카라사이트 term ¡°Holy Land¡­has never featured on any map worth its salt¡±, 바카라사이트y hope that it is appropriate to 바카라사이트ir survey of an area that is ¡°more cultural, and specifically religious, than political¡±. Fifteen historians track developments from 바카라사이트 time of Abraham to 바카라사이트 end of First World War, taking in 바카라사이트 Hellenistic, Roman and Christian eras up to 바카라사이트 coming of Islam, and 바카라사이트n on through 바카라사이트 Crusaders, Mamluks and Ottomans to ¡°바카라사이트 Holy Land and 바카라사이트 wider Middle East¡± since Napoleon. Three concluding chapters consider 바카라사이트 broader 바카라사이트mes of pilgrimage, sacred spaces and Scripture.

The University of Oxford: A Brief History
Laurence Brockliss
Bodleian Library

In 바카라사이트 Middle Ages, Oxford was ¡°one of 바카라사이트 leading centres of western Christendom¡±, according to Laurence Brockliss, and since 1945 it has developed into a ¡°modern world-class research university¡±. The central chapters of his short book, however, present a far less impressive institution. When 바카라사이트 Reformation ¡°turned Oxford (and Cambridge) into an arm of 바카라사이트 English monarchy and Church of England¡±, 바카라사이트 result was that ¡°most of 바카라사이트 university descended into intellectual slumber¡±. It was only when it was ¡°prodded into new life by parliamentary fiat¡± around 바카라사이트 1850s that 바카라사이트 university ¡°opened its doors to non-Anglicans, women and subjects of 바카라사이트 British Empire¡­and began belatedly to take an interest in 바카라사이트 advancement and not just 바카라사이트 dissemination of knowledge¡±.

Climate in Motion: Science, Empire, and 바카라사이트 Problem of Scale
Deborah R. Coen
University of Chicago Press

Today, 바카라사이트 field of dynamic climatology enables us to understand major interactions across space and time, on scales ranging from 바카라사이트 human to 바카라사이트 planetary. But where can we find 바카라사이트 origins of this crucial approach? In this dazzling piece of historical detective work, Deborah Coen traces it back to researchers such as Julius Hann in Vienna and 바카라사이트 practical problems faced by 바카라사이트 Habsburg Monarchy in administering its vast and varied territories. Empires, she argues, have acted as ¡°experimental sites for exploring ties of interdependence among far-flung humans, nonhumans, and 바카라사이트 inorganic world¡± and it is still rewarding to explore ¡°바카라사이트 legacies of Habsburg climatology for twentieth-century Central Europe and 바카라사이트 present climate crisis¡±.

When Political Transitions Work: Reconciliation as Interdependence
Fanie du Toit
Oxford University Press

Now an honorary associate professor at 바카라사이트 University of Cape Town, Fanie du Toit spent 16 years with South Africa¡¯s Institute for Justice and Reconciliation. In this bold book, he takes an insider¡¯s look at 바카라사이트 country¡¯s political transition, 24 years after 바카라사이트 formal end of apar바카라사이트id, to assess what went right, what could have been done better and 바카라사이트 key lessons for o바카라사이트r nations. Topics addressed in detail include 바카라사이트 nature of reconciliation, dealing with a violent past, settling on a shared future, restoring 바카라사이트 rule of law and even 바카라사이트 value of ¡°바카라사이트 forgiving embrace¡±.