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Cambridge University Press publishes the finest academic and educational writing from around the world and is dedicated to advancing knowledge, education, learning and research. Since publishing its first work in 1584, Cambridge now publishes over 2500 titles and 200 journals every year.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Featured Titles

The Chinese People at War

Diana Lary

China's War of Resistance began in 1937 with the Japanese invasion and ended in 1945 after eight long years. Diana Lary, one of the foremost historians of the period, tells the tragic history of China's war and its consequences from the perspective of those who went through it.

Confronting Evils

Claudia Card

In this new contribution to philosophical ethics, Claudia Card revisits the theory of evil developed in her earlier book The Atrocity Paradigm (2002), and expands it to consider collectively perpetrated and collectively suffered atrocities.

 

Throwing Fire

Alfred W. Crosby

In Throwing Fire, historian Alfred W. Crosby looks at hard, accurate throwing and the manipulation of fire as unique human capabilities. Humans began throwing rocks in prehistory and then progressed to javelins, atlatls, bows and arrows.

Global Interactions in the Early Modern Age

Charles H. Parker

Global Interactions in the Early Modern Age is an interdisciplinary introduction to cross-cultural encounters in the early modern age (1400-1800) and their influences on the development of world societies.

 

Sneak Peek

Smart Solutions to Climate Change

Edited by Bjørn Lomborg

The failure of the Copenhagen climate conference in December 2009 revealed major flaws in the way the world's policy makers have attempted to prevent dangerous levels of increases in global temperatures.

Intellectual Capital

Tom Karier

Thomas Karier explores the core ideas of the economic theorists whose work led to their being awarded the Nobel in its first 40 years. He also discusses the assumptions and values that underlie their economic theories, revealing different and controversial features of the content and methods of the discipline.

 

Featured Textbooks

Cognitive Science

Jose Luis Bermudez

This exciting textbook introduces students to the dynamic vibrant area of Cognitive Science – the scientific study of the mind and cognition.

Structural Geology

Haakon Fossen

Lavishly illustrated in color, this textbook takes an applied approach to introduce undergraduate students to the basic principles of structural geology.

 

Featured Journals

The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis

The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis (JFQA) publishes theoretical and empirical research in financial economics.

Artificial Intelligence for Engineering Design, Analysis and Manufacturing

The journal publishes original articles about significant AI theory and applications based on the most up-to-date research in all branches and phases of engineering.

 

Library Picks

Iraq, 1990–2006 Set

Edited by Philip E. Auerswald

The revelatory volumes of Iraq, 1990–2006: A Diplomatic History through Documents detail the diplomatic saga involving Iraq and the international community from 1990 to 2006.

Dictionary of Irish Biography 9 Volume Set

Edited by James McGuire

Published in collaboration with the Royal Irish Academy, the Dictionary of Irish Biography is the most comprehensive and authoritative biographical reference work available both in print and online for Ireland.