Alumni Books Publications
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,…
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…
You Never Know Your Luck: Reflections of a Cockney Campaigner for Education
Fred Jarvis (1949, PPE)
You Never Know Your Luck: Reflections of a Cockney Campaigner for Education (Grosvenor House Publishing, 2014) Fred Jarvis is the…
A Giotto Triptych and Afterwords
W.D. (Bill) Jackson (1965, English)
A Giotto Triptych and Afterwords (Shoestring Press, 2014) Bill Jackson’s recent books are two further selections of poetry from the third part (provisionally…
Boris and the Dumb Skulls
Frank Hinks (1968, Law)
Boris and the Dumb Skulls (Ramion, 2014) Frank Hinks has recently published his sixteenth children’s book in the Ramion collection. …
The Joshua Files
MG Harris (1984, Biochemistry)
The Joshua Files series (Darkwater) The Joshua Files is a thriller book series which follows the story of Joshua Garcia…
Four Acres: A Natural History of Taston.
Glyn Frewer (1952, English)
Four Acres: A Natural History of Taston. (Ridgeway Press, 2014) Glyn Frewer presents his material as a diary of wildlife…
The Status of the Cat
The Status of the Cat
The Status of the Cat. (Playdead Press, 2014) Sean Elliott’s publication is a collection of poems, based on a range…
The Vagabond Spirit of Poetry
Edward Clarke (1995, English)
The Vagabond Spirit of Poetry (Iff Books, 2014) Dr Edward Clarke teaches English literature at Oxford. His latest book demonstrates…
Hazlitt the Dissenter: Religion, Philosophy, and Politics, 1766-1816
Stephen Burley (2001, English Language & Literature)
Hazlitt the Dissenter: Religion, Philosophy, and Politics, 1766-1816 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). Stephen Burley’s recent book is the first multi-disciplinary account…
Cultivating the Nile: The Everyday Politics of Water in Egypt
Jessica Barnes (1997, Geography)
Cultivating the Nile: The Everyday Politics of Water in Egypt (Duke University Press, 2014) Jessica Barnes’ recent book is an ethnographic…
Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: The United States and Iran in the Cold War
Roham Alvandi (2005, Politics & International Relations)
Nixon, Kissinger, and the Shah: The United States and Iran in the Cold War (OUP, 2014). Roham Alvandi’s latest book…
Kick and Run: Memoir with Soccer Ball
Jonathan Wilson (1974, English)
Kick and Run: Memoir with Soccer Ball, (Bloomsbury, 2013) Jonathan Wilson’s book is an account of his life, growing up…
