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Did the Earth Move for Galileo?
Posted on 2010/10/01 in General, tagged as
James Hannam, author of the Royal Society Prize for Science Books 2010-shortlisted God’s Philosophers, writes today in Standpoint magazine on how less opposed Galileo and the Catholic church really were, contrary to what we might think. Read the full piece here.
‘With Delusions of Gender, we welcome a brilliant feminist critic of the neurosciences’
Posted on 2010/09/30 in General, tagged as
Visiting professor of sociology at the London School of Economics Hilary Rose reviews Cordelia Fine’s Delusions of Gender in the Times Higher Education Supplement. ‘In a book that sparkles with wit,’ she says ‘which is easy to read but underpinned by substantial scholarship and a formidable 100-page bibliography, she attacks the ready generalisations on sexual differences made by neuroscientists and their media exegetes.’ Read the full piece here… Read more »
Why Ed Miliband should own the big society
Posted on 2010/09/29 in General, tagged as
Shiv Malik, co-author of Jilted Generation, published by Icon earlier this month, writes on the Prospect website about how the new Labour leader needs to reclaim the natural ideological territory of the left. Read Shiv’s full piece here.
Read Introducing books for free!
Posted on 2010/09/24 in General, tagged as
Well, samples of them, anyway. Extracts from all of the Introducing books currently available in the series’ pocket-sized format are available at Issuu, and on the Introducing website – just click on a title and then on ‘have a sneek peak inside’ to read more. Here’s the sample of Introducing Modernism to get you started: Open publication – Free publishing – More philosophy
Cordelia Fine video interview
Posted on 2010/09/21 in General, tagged as
Cordelia Fine, author of Delusions of Gender, is interviewed about her book for Freedomainradio here: We’re also pleased to see that the book is currently the 8th bestselling title at the Guardian Bookshop.
The man in the white suit
Posted on 2010/09/20 in General, tagged as
We at Castle Icon were all most amused to see the title of the new ‘Stig-of-Top-Gear-tells-all’ book when it was published by HarperCollins recently. Here’s a clip of the previous owner of that moniker, Martin Bell, talking about A Very British Revolution, his last book, published by Icon in 2009:
Icon’s new catalogue for spring 2011 is here!
Posted on 2010/09/20 in General, tagged as
Click the image below to view more closely and if you’d like a hard copy sent to you, please send us your address… Open publication – Free publishing – More non-fiction
‘From an early age, I was incapable of reading Enid Blyton books (which I adored) without offering up a scathing feminist critique to anyone within earshot: “Oh, yes. Of course the boys go first! In case it’s dangerous.”‘
Posted on 2010/09/20 in General, tagged as
Cordelia Fine on ending the ‘great gender lie’ in the Guardian.
The Best Views from the Boundary
Posted on 2010/09/16 in General, tagged as
The Best Views from the Boundary:Test Match Special’s Greatest Interviews by Peter Baxter has just arrived back from the printer. Collecting together the best of the Saturday lunchtime interviews from BBC Radio’s Test Match Special over the years, it features cricketing conversations with luminaries from David Cameron and John Major to Lily Allen and Daniel Radcliffe. It’s published by our sports imprint, Corinthian, next month. See more here.
‘Delusions of Gender includes extensive research and sharp wit’
Posted on 2010/09/15 in General, tagged as
Cordelia Fine’s book is reviewed in the Metro today. ‘This is merely one bullet in a well-stocked armoury that includes extensive research, sharp wit and a probing intelligence, and which refuses to be satisfied with the delusional myth-making that often passes for popular science.’ Read more here.
