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Anthem Book Spotlight | How to Get Into Medical School In Australia

30 May 2013 Uncategorized

We are pleased to announce that we have just released a useful new book entitled ‘How to Get into Medical School in Australia’ by Timothy Shiraev. The book is the definitive guide on how to succeed in your application to medical school – and how to excel once there. It...

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Anthem Library of the Month | NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY

28 April 2013 Uncategorized

© 2012 Melville House The New York Public Library is an oasis in mid-town, a temple dedicated to intellectual pursuits, with wonderful marble staircases, tromp l’oeil ceilings, and those lions that roar every time a virgin walks past.  I’m sitting in the main reading room. Amazingly there is free public access...

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ACRL 2013 | Imagine, Innovate, Inspire

18 April 2013 Uncategorized

This past week, Anthem attended the ACRL 2013 conference in Indianapolis. As an academic press, developing and maintaining our relationships with academic institutions is key. Thus, having this opportunity to meet our valued librarians face-to-face was both an enjoyable and insightful experience. The publishing industry is in constant flux and...

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Anthem Library of the Month | MOORLAND-SPINGARN LIBRARY

Anthem Library of the Month | MOORLAND-SPINGARN LIBRARY

28 March 2013 Uncategorized

© 2012 Ph.D. Octopus I  was recipient of a research grant from the Lilly Foundation that allowed me to work with an African-American scholar at Howard University.  A primary goal of the grant was for me to learn about African-American contributions to my area of study.  During my initial visit...

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Anthem Series Spotlight | Key Issues in Modern Sociology

27 March 2013 Uncategorized

Sociology, as the systematic study of social institutions, inevitably looks at how major institutional areas (the political, the legal and the economic) intersect and mutually shape each other. At the same time, to quote the famous words of American sociologist C. Wright Mills, sociologists concern themselves with the interface between...

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From the Editor’s Desk | How We Choose What to Publish

18 March 2013 Guest Post

The first in a series of short posts designed to give a glimpse into the inner workings of academic publishing at Anthem. Anthem Press is made up of distinct but overlapping divisions (have a look at the structure of our lists), but our bread and butter – and the real backbone...

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Anthem Library of the Month | BIBLIOTHEQUE DES AMIS D’INSTRUCTION

Anthem Library of the Month | BIBLIOTHEQUE DES AMIS D’INSTRUCTION

28 February 2013 Uncategorized

© 2012 ParisRevu The Bibliothèque des Amis d’Instruction (Library of the Friends of Education) was a workers’ self-help library founded in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris in 1861 by a group of artisans led by the lithographer Giraud. It claims to be the first lending library ever established in the...

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Business & Literature: An Unexpected Duo

22 January 2013 Publishing Industry News

Just recently, there was a very interesting article by Maurice Biriotti (founder and chief executive of SHM) in the Guardian about how literature and the humanities can instruct and aid our methods of conducting business. The hardest lesson to learn and the rarest to find in a textbook or a...

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Anthem Library of the Month | SOCIETA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA

Anthem Library of the Month | SOCIETA GEOGRAFICA ITALIANA

14 January 2013 Uncategorized

© 2011 Congresso della Società Italiana di BIOGEOGRAFIA Much as I like large libraries and their never ending collections, I also have a passion for (relatively) small places. It started in the corridors of the British Institute of Florence and it became a habit when the London Library gave me...

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Timeless Writing in an Academic World

9 January 2013 Publishing Industry News

The academic field is always evolving and changing. New ideas and concepts are frequently being introduced and, as a result, textbooks with the most up-to-date information are in demand. The academic publishing industry has responded to this need and new texts are constantly being published. These days, professors and students...

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