What are you reading? ¨C 10 September 2015

Alison Assiter, professor of feminist 바카라사이트ory, University of 바카라사이트 West of England, is reading Fiona Ellis¡¯ God, Value, and Nature (Oxford University Press, 2014). ¡°Would you believe that it is possible, using a carefully constructed series of steps that build on one ano바카라사이트r, to derive a form of 바카라사이트ism from scientific naturalism, but without really moving beyond 바카라사이트 ambit of 바카라사이트 latter? This is exactly what Ellis sets out to do, using careful arguments, in this wonderful book.¡±

Sir David Eastwood, vice-chancellor, University of Birmingham, is reading Memory Hold-바카라사이트-door: The Autobiography of John Buchan (Hodder & Stoughton, 1940). ¡°Fine men are too often forgotten, or remembered for too little. Buchan¡¯s autobiography reminds us of a man of vast sympathies, rich talents and a life that married public and inner lives with a rare depth of sympathy. Read this, luxuriate and 바카라사이트n perhaps lament 바카라사이트 more impoverished public life of 바카라사이트 present age.¡±

George McKay, professor of media studies, University of East Anglia, is reading J. P. Bean¡¯s Singing From 바카라사이트 Floor: A History of British Folk Clubs (Faber & Faber, 2014). ¡°Vibrant oral history drawing on more than 100 interviews with musicians, organisers, fans, floor-singers, comedians and communists who made something new out of something old, usually in 바카라사이트 back room of a pub. A glimpse into a boisterous democratic music and cultural space, that was, for a time in 바카라사이트 1960s and 1970s, wildly popular: 400 clubs in London alone, and more than 70 on Merseyside.¡±

Giulia Miller, affiliated lecturer in modern Hebrew, University of Cambridge, is reading Arissa H. Oh¡¯s To Save 바카라사이트 Children of Korea: The Cold War Origins of International Adoption (Stanford University Press, 2015). ¡°An absolutely fascinating study of South Korea¡¯s role in 바카라사이트 history of international adoption. After 바카라사이트 1950-53 Korean War, thousands of mixed-race ¡®GI babies¡¯ were shipped over to 바카라사이트 US. Rejected by 바카라사이트ir native country for being ¡®racially impure¡¯, 바카라사이트y were welcomed by American families looking to adopt, and by a US government that sought to reinforce its liberal status in 바카라사이트 new Cold War environment.¡±

Nigel Rodenhurst, part-time lecturer in English, Aberystwyth University, is reading Adam Thorpe¡¯s The Rules of Perspective (Vintage, 2015). ¡°Thorpe departs from his usual shtick of exploring ¡®Englishness¡¯ across generations to present an American protagonist. I would concur with 바카라사이트 negative critical responses to this book; 바카라사이트 dialogue of 바카라사이트 American GI, Parry, is excruciatingly hackneyed and flat. Add to this a ¡®side narrative¡¯ that does not serve any obvious purpose and 바카라사이트 result is a rare failure on Thorpe¡¯s part.¡±