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Essential Books on Modern China on Amazon Kindle
ByCambria Press December 21, 2015December 22, 2015

Here are a few outstanding Cambria Press books you can get (or give) on Amazon Kindle: The Jin Yong Phenomenon: Chinese Martial Arts Fiction and Modern Chinese Literary History by Ann Huss and Jianmei Liu (eds). $27.99 “A successful study of Jin Yong’s literature with valuable and insightful opinions ……

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Victor Mair (Cambria Sinophone World Series Editor) to give Distinguished Lecture at the University of Hong Kong this week
ByCambria Press November 23, 2015November 25, 2015

Victor Mair (UPenn professor and Cambria Sinophone World Series Editor) to give Distinguished Lecture at the University of Hong Kong

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White House Correspondent for The New York Times, Peter Baker, Interviews Cambria Press Author Secretary Ray LaHood About His New Book, “Seeking Bipartisanship”
ByCambria Press November 12, 2015November 12, 2015

Read the article by Peter Baker, White House Correspondent for The New York Times, in which he interviews Cambria Press author Secretary Ray LaHood about his new book, Seeking Bipartisanship, which he coauthored with Dr. Frank H. Mackaman who heads The Dirksen Congressional Center. Learn more about Seeking Bipartisanship. ISBN:…

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Lookit! Ray LaHood’s Speech on Seeking Bipartisanship at the Bloomberg Government Book Launch Party
ByCambria Press November 5, 2015November 5, 2015

At last night’s book launch party held by Bloomberg Government for Secretary Ray LaHood, a Department of Transportation (DOT) alum fondly recalled Secretary LaHood’s trademark “Lookit!” Indeed, Americans–Republicans and Democrats alike–will do well to look at his new book, Seeking Bipartisanship, which Secretary LaHood coauthored with Dr. Frank H. Mackaman…

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Secretary Ray LaHood and IOP Director David Axelrod discuss bipartisanship at the University of Chicago
ByCambria Press November 2, 2015November 2, 2015

Launching his new book, Seeking Bipartisanship (coauthored with Dr. Frank Mackaman who heads The Dirksen Congressional Center), Secretary Ray LaHood will be speaking at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics on the topic that could not be timelier in American politics–bipartisanship. He will be joined by David Axelrod for…

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PBS Newshour Anchor Judy Woodruff Interviews former Secretary Ray LaHood about his new book, Seeking Bipartisanship
ByCambria Press October 27, 2015October 27, 2015

Last night’s event with PBS Newshour anchor Judy Woodruff and former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood went exceedingly well. The interview and book signing took place at the WTVP station in Peoria, Illinois. Learn more about Seeking Bipartisanship which comes recommended by both Republican and Democrat politicians and political scientists….

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Authors to Watch: Minghui Hu and Johan Elverskog
ByCambria Press October 22, 2015October 22, 2015

Cambria Press authors Professors Minghui Hu (University of California Santa Cruz) and Johan Elverskog (Southern Methodist University) are among the group of scholars who are making the bold exploration into historian Joseph Levenson’s observation that China used to be cosmopolitan on account of Confucianism. Levenson’s assertion was made at the…

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Ray LaHood to be Interviewed by PBS NewsHour Anchor Judy Woodruff about his book “Seeking Bipartisanship”
ByCambria Press October 20, 2015October 20, 2015

Ray LaHood, former Secretary of Transportation and the only elected Republican to serve in President Obama’s Cabinet, will be interviewed on October 26 by PBS NewsHour anchor Judy Woodruff at WTVP about his new book Seeking Bipartisanship which he coauthored with Dr. Frank Mackaman who heads The Dirksen Congressional Center….

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The Necessary Evil of Preventive Detention in the War on Terror
ByCambria Press October 16, 2015October 16, 2015

The Chronicle of Higher Education just published an online article “My Student, the ‘Terrorist’” by Jeanne Theoharis, professor of political science at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and co-founder of the group Educators for Civil Liberties. As seen, there are still many questions surrounding the preventive…

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International Day of Rural Women – Villages, Women, and the Success of Dairy Cooperatives in India
ByCambria Press October 15, 2015October 14, 2015

October 15 is the International Day of Rural Women, and so Cambria Press is highlighting Villages, Women, and the Success of Dairy Cooperatives in India: Making Place for Rural Development by Dr. Pratyusha Basu. Cambria Press Publication Excerpt Villages, Women, and the Success of Dairy Cooperatives in India “The constant…

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