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The History of England..By a partial, prejudiced, & ignorant Historian?, a spoof history written by a teenage Jane Austen.

Holdings of UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library digitized by Google May 20, 2010 By Dolores Davies Approximately 100,000 volumes from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library, t

The Centre for Digital Humanities brings together research from the traditionally separate disciplines of computing and humanities to create new tools that enhance the understanding and study of the humanities and culture heritage.

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy is to unveil an 11-metre high piece of public art at The University of Manchester's world-famous John Rylands Library today (20 May).

The Pasternak family celebrates the English publication of the writer's letters - and its own survival - on the 50th anniversary of the poet's death.

The Bancroft Library's new archival material on William Saroyan includes (left to right) a sketch "from a Turkish admirer," a photo of the author in his youth, and a framed drawing of Saroyan with a passage of his writing on Armenia.

The debates between Europhiles and Eurosceptics will be nothing new to those familiar with the longstanding debate over Spain's role in a modern Europe.

A remarkable archive of antique manuscripts which opens a window on to the experiences, hopes, fears and interests of people who lived during the 15th to 18th centuries has been put online.

Research being conducted along the frontier of fusion science makes the DOE Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) a destination for young scholars and community members interested in the field of fusion energy.

Troilus and Cressida is an oddity in Shakespeare's oeuvre: the wickedly funny play leaves a bad taste in the mouth, unrelieved by a happy ending or any purgative, expiating deaths.

Cambridge, Mass. May 11, 2010 - Martin Puchner, a prolific and wide-ranging author of works on modern drama, philosophy, and world literature, has been named professor of English and comparative literature at Harvard University, effective July 1, 2010.

Robert Ferguson MP (1767?1840), is infamous for having run off with Mary Elgin, the wife of Lord Elgin (of the Elgin Marbles).

An extensive collection of college Silver, tableware, books and manuscripts from the 17th and 18th centuries will be on display tomorrow in the Pembroke College Old Library.

A large and important collection of works by the idiosyncratic illustrator, designer and writer, Edward Gorey (1925-2000), has been donated to Columbia's Rare Book & Manuscript Library by Andrew Alpern.

As part of researching a new children's book Sunetra Gupta of Oxford University's Department of Zoology has been finding out.

Acclaimed actress Maxine Peake is to pay tribute to the working class poets who published hundreds of poems in a Chartist newspaper more than 160 years ago, by performing their work.

At a time when both Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and the U.S. Congress are trying to limit the reach of the Federal Reserve, UCLA economist Roger Farmer wants to expand its portfolio.

One of the most important collections of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts - for centuries kept at Corpus Christi College - has been entirely digitised, making it the first research library to have every page of its collection captured.

One of the earliest originals of Magna Carta in existence, belonging to the Bodleian Library, is the latest object to be caught up in the travel disruption caused by volcanic ash - and New Yorkers are the beneficiaries.