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Reading aloud, and books on tape.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
SIR: Frank Devine's reflections on reading aloud (September 2004) with its intimations of domestic bliss with the former Jacqueline Magee over more than forty years made me wonder whether the former Ross Williams and I have been missing out on something over our even longer wedded state. Then it occurred to me that I could perhaps add something to Frank's prescription.
I have not read to my spouse as in the Devine model. But we have recently discovered the increasingly rich resource of taped books which we can listen to while sitting in our ear. A few weeks ago we listened to Owen Harries' Boyer Lectures en route to Brisbane. We found this excellent and it provided material for discussion ...
- In His New Book, Colossus, Hoover Fellow Niall Ferguson Sees the United States...
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 29, 2004 700+ words
...the United States play in the world? Niall Ferguson, Hoover senior fellow, proposes in...Wars and the Rise of American Power. Niall Ferguson is Herzog Professor of Financial History...The Price of America's Empire By Niall Ferguson ISBN: 1-59420-013-0 $25.95...
- Niall Ferguson, NYU Professor and Author, Appointed Hoover Institution Senior...
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 15, 2004 700+ words
...STANFORD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2004 Niall Ferguson, the Herzog Professor of Financial History at the Stern...United States and Oxfordshire. Born in Glasgow in 1964, Niall Ferguson was awarded a Demyship (half-fellowship) for his academic...
- The empire man.(Geopeople: Niall Ferguson)(Interview)
- Magazine article from: Geographical James, Victoria April 1, 2005 700+ words
Rethinking history on a grand scale, Niall Ferguson uses the theory of counterfactualising to interpret the...a normal historian engaging in public debate," says Niall Ferguson, warming to his theme barely minutes into our interview...
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- Magazine article from: Publishers Weekly Nawotka, Ed February 24, 2003 700+ words
...his good looks and mellifluous accent, historian Niall Ferguson has a made a big impression on British housewives...to read about the history of the British Empire? Niall Ferguson: America is a product of the British Empire. People...
- Niall Ferguson to visit UK to promote 'In Colossus: The Rise and Fall of...
- Newspaper article from: M2 Best Books May 4, 2004 700+ words
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- Right man's burden: why empire enthusiast Niall Ferguson won't change his mind.
- Magazine article from: Washington Monthly Wallace-Wells, Benjamin June 1, 2004 700+ words
In early May, Niall Ferguson, the celebrity Scottish historian, looked out at a packed house seething with antagonism. He had come to Washington to deliver...
- `The Pity of War: Explaining World War I,' by Niall Ferguson; Basic Books (563...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Boasberg, Leonard W. July 21, 1999 700+ words
...trenches. The commanders would send men ``over the top'' to be slaughtered en masse. The Germans, who, according to Niall Ferguson in ``The Pity of War,'' fought more skillfully than the British _ but no more courageously _ said of the British soldiers...
- Museum of American Finance Launches Kaufman Series with Talk by Niall Ferguson...
- Press release article from: Business Wire February 19, 2008 700+ words
...Finance will launch its 2008 Henry Kaufman Financial History and Practices Lecture/Symposia Series with a talk by Dr. Niall Ferguson on "Financial Evolution: A Great Dying?" The program will be held from 5:30 - 7:00 pm in the Museum's education...
- Empire's fate: catchy, patchy and, in places, plain wrong, Niall Ferguson's...
- Magazine article from: Arena Magazine Etherington, Norman February 1, 2006 700+ words
Invited by this magazine to check out Niall Ferguson's views on empire, I anticipated an encounter with a sensational academic conman. As an established historian of the British...
- The truth about empire: how empire benefits world order in the 21st century.(AN...
- Magazine article from: Harvard International Review January 1, 2007 700+ words
NIALL FERGUSON is Professor of History at Harvard University and Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He has written...
Source: HighBeam Research, Reading aloud, and books on tape.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)