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'Noble Savages'
Anthropologist Napoleon Chagnon talks to Inside Higher Ed about his new book, Noble Savages, and his lengthy and exceptionally controversial career.
Librarians and Lawyers
A second librarian's blog becomes the target of a potential lawsuit from a disgruntled publisher.
Price of a Bad Review
A university librarian finds himself sued for questioning the quality of an academic press.
Opinion
Catastrophe Theory
Didn't Immanuel Velikovsky's ideas go the way of Chariots of the Gods, bell-bottoms, and the pet rock? Scott McLemee looks at a monograph bringing him back into view.
'History's Babel'
Author discusses new book on history's evolution as a discipline and what that means for the field today.
Unwelcome Intervention?
Supporters of university libraries are worried by the Justice Department's unexpected interest in filing a brief in the battle over e-reserves.
Opinion
Spandex Studies
A monograph on superhero comics and nationalism puts Captain America in a geopolitical context. Scott McLemee reports from his fortress of solitude.
Opinion
Before the E-text
Old-fashioned books take up a lot of space -- both on our shelves and in our heads. Scott McLemee grapples with a new volume on reading.