Latest Publications

Auger Electron Spectroscopy

John Wolstenholme (1970, Chemistry)

Auger Electron Spectroscopy: Practical Application to Materials Analysis and Characterisation of Surfaces, Interfaces and Thin Films, (Momentum Press, 2015).

From Pitt to Peel 1783-1846

Michael Wells (1968, Modern History)

From Pitt to Peel 1783-1846 (Hodder Educ, 2015) Michael Wells has published a number of textbooks on British History to…

Teaching Secondary Science

Keith Ross (1963, Metallurgy)

Teaching Secondary Science (Routledge, 2015) The book draws on Keith’s experiences in secondary schools, teaching science, and in science teacher…

Headlines from the Holy Land: Reporting the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

James Rodgers (1984, Modern Languages)

Headlines from the Holy Land: Reporting the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Palgrave MacMillan, 2015) James Rodgers draws on his experience as the…

Professor Povey’s Perplexing Problems

Thomas Povey (1996, Physics)

Professor Povey’s Perplexing Problems (Oneworld, 2015) Thomas Povey’s recent book is a collection of over one hundred of his favourite…

Big Data Revolution: What Farmers, Doctors and Insurance Agents Teach Us About Discovering Big Data Patterns

Patrick McSharry (1995, Mathematics)

Big Data Revolution: What Farmers, Doctors and Insurance Agents Teach Us About Discovering Big Data Patterns (Wiley, 2015). Patrick McSharry’s…

Sensational Subjects and Sympathetic Sentiments

John Jervis (1965, PPE)

Sensational Subjects and Sympathetic Sentiments (Bloomsbury, 2015) In John Jervis’ latest books, Sensational Subjects explores the themes that underlie the…

Your Customer Rules!

David Jaffe (1982, Politics, Philosophy & Economics)

Your Customer Rules! (Jossey-Bass, 2015) Co-authored with Bill Price, who set up Amazon’s customer service, David Jaffe’s second book recommends…

Sisters of Fury

Keith Jacobsen (1967, Modern Languages)

Sisters of Fury. (2015, Book Guild Ltd). Keith Jacobsen’s recent book is his fourth novel and it is dedicated to…

Discovery and Measurement of the Higgs Boson in the WW Decay Channel

David Hall (2010, Physics)

Discovery and Measurement of the Higgs Boson in the WW Decay Channel (Springer, 2015) David Hall has won a Springer…

Wasted: How Misunderstanding Young Britain Threatens Our Future

Georgia Gould (2005, History & Politics)

Wasted: How Misunderstanding Young Britain Threatens Our Future (Little, Brown, 2015) Georgia Gould attempted to uncover the values, aspirations and…

In the Wolf’s Mouth

Adam Foulds (1994, English)

In the Wolf’s Mouth (Vintage, 2015) The book follows the lives of four very different men, all navigating the chaos…

It’s Been An Education

Tony Elder (1953, History)

It’s Been An Education, (Brown Dog Books, 2015) Tony Elder’s book is a personal and often humorous account of his…

The Portugese Massacre of Wiriyamu in Colonial Mozambique, 1964-2013

Mustafah Dhada (1977, International Relations)

The Portugese Massacre of Wiriyamu in Colonial Mozambique, 1964-2013. (Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2015). In an in-depth study of perhaps the…

Women, Land and Justice in Tanzania

Helen Dancer (1994, Politics, Philosophy & Economics)

Women, Land and Justice in Tanzania (James Currey, 2015). Drawing on her ethnographic research in Tanzania’s Arusha region, Helen Dancer’s…

Involuntary Heroes: Hurricane Katrina’s Impact on Civil Liberties

Involuntary Heroes: Hurricane Katrina's Impact on Civil Liberties (Carolina Academic Press, 2015)

Involuntary Heroes: Hurricane Katrina’s Impact on Civil Liberties (Carolina Academic Press, 2015) Mitch Crusto’s latest book is about the government’s…

Port Jackson Gentlemen

Richard Cox (1951, English)

Port Jackson Gentlemen (Rosenberg Publishing, 2015) This book is a narrative of the first free settlers – the Exclusives, or…

Plen an Gwari: The Playing Places of Cornwall

Will Coleman (1981, Zoology)

Plen an Gwari: The Playing Places of Cornwall (Golden Tree Productions, 2015) This book aims to open up the undiscovered…

Confronting the Internet’s Dark Side: Moral and Social Responsibility on the Free Highway

Raphael Cohen-Almagor (1997, Politics)

Confronting the Internet’s Dark Side: Moral and Social Responsibility on the Free Highway (Woodrow Wilson Center Press and Cambridge University Press,…

Settled Wanderers

Sam Berkson (2001, English Language & Literature)

Settled Wanderers (Influx Press, 2015) Settled Wanderers features poems Sam Berkson wrote at the refugee camp in Tindouf, Algeria, where…

Cultural DNA: The Psychology of Globalization

Gurnek Bains (1980, Psychology)

Cultural DNA: The Psychology of Globalization (Wiley, 2015) Gurnek Bains’ latest book promotes successful engagement with cultures around the world,…

The Year 2015

Hydrogen production from ammonia using sodium amide

Professor Bill David

David, Makepeace, Callear, Hunter, Taylor, Wood, Jones. ‘Hydrogen production from ammonia using sodium amide’ (Journal of the American Chemical Society,…

Physical properties at emission-line galaxies at z similar to 2 from near infra-red spectroscopy with magellan fire

Professor Andrew Bunker

Masters,McCarthy, Siana, Malkan, Mobasher, Atek, Henry, Crystal, Martin, Rafelski, Hathi, Scarlata, Ross, Bunker, Blanc, Bedregal, Domínguez, Colbert, Teplitz & Dressler….

The interplay of microstructure and magnetism in La3Ni2SbO9

Professor Peter Battle

Battle, Avdeev, Hadermann. ‘The interplay of microstructure and magnetism in La3Ni2SbO9’ (Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 2014)

Tracking sustainable development with a national barometer for South Africa using a downscaled “safe and just space” framework

Dr Richard Bailey

Cole, Bailey, New. ‘Tracking sustainable development with a national barometer for South Africa using a downscaled “safe and just space”…

The erotetic theory of attention: Questions, focus, and distraction

Professor Philipp Koralus

Koralus. “The erotetic theory of attention: Questions, focus, and distraction.”(Mind & Language, 2014).

C-terminal propeptide is required for fibrillin-1 secretion and blocks premature assembly through linkage to domains cbEGF41-43

Professor Penny Handford

Jensen, Aspinall, Handford. ‘C-terminal propeptide is required for fibrillin-1 secretion and blocks premature assembly through linkage to domains cbEGF41-43’. (Proc…

Beats Working For a Living: My Life as a Geologist

Rob Ryan (1951, Geology)

Beats Working For a Living: My Life as a Geologist (Jabiru, 2014) This book covers his early life in Kenya,…

Stuff Matters: The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials that Shape Our Man-made World

Mark Miodownik (1988, Metallurgy)

Stuff Matters: The Strange Stories of the Marvellous Materials that Shape Our Man-made World (Penguin, 2014) Mark Miodownik’s book explores…