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Blackwell Oxford
© 2009 Derek Walker

Blackwell Oxford

46-51 Broad Street
Oxford, OX1 3BQ
United Kingdom

+44 1865 792792; oxfordblackwell.co.uk

New/Used: new books, used books

Web site: http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/

Amenities: food/drink

Description: This is a large shop with a deceptively small frontage. It holds a fantastic stock of both new and secondhand books. The largest space here is the Norrington Room, which was dug out from beneath the quadrangle of Trinity College. Needless to say, the shop has appeared in the "Inspector Morse" series.

This shop also has a rare book department.

Added by: devenish.  Contacted: Not contacted.  Venue ID: 3304

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Tim Harford (April 23 at 5:30pm)
Tim Harford discusses The Logic of Life: The Rational Economics of an Irrational World.
Free, but requires registration: register at the shop (telephone 01865 333 623), or with the Said Business School at http://www.sbs.ox.ac.uk.
Event location: Said Business School
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Colin Tudge (November 19 at 7:00pm)
Colin Tudge reads from Consider the Birds.
Ever heard of a tool making crow, the great co-operation of the penguins or birds that navigate by the stars? Believe it or not these are just a few examples of the ways in which the animals, thought by some to be the last remaining dinosaurs, differ. Birds are beautiful, lively, intriguing - and all ... (more)around us. They have minds: they feel, they are aware, they work things out. And so, by considering the birds, asking how and why it is possible for them to be so different, we gain insight into ourselves. All animals are equal - but some, as George Orwell said, are more equal than others, and birds, most people would surely agree, are in the very first rank.

In his new and endlessly absorbing book Colin Tudge explores the life of birds all around the globe. From their secrets of migration and flight to their complicated family lives he discovers how they live, why they matter and whether they are indeed dinosaurs. He shows how birds - who are like us in the general sense but very different in the particulars - live and think. A talk for biologists, ornithologists and bird lovers alike.

This is a free event but entrants must obtain a ticket. These are available from the Customer Service Department, Second Floor, Blackwell bookshop, 48-51 Broad Street, Oxford. Please telephone 01865 333623 for further details.
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Ehsan Masood (January 28 at 7:00pm)
Ehsan Masood reads from Science & Islam.
Come and meet Ehsan Masood who will be talking about his new book Science and Islam at Blackwell bookshop, Broad Street, Oxford. This is a free event, but entrants must obtain a ticket. For further information or to obtain tickets, please visit our Customer Service Department on the Second Floor. Alternatively, ... (more)telephone 01865 333623.
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James Moore (February 10 at 7:00pm)
James Moore promotes Darwin's Sacred Cause.
James Moore will be talking about his new book Darwin's Sacred Cause. Written with the intense scholarship and authority to be expected from Adrian Desmond and James Moore, this gives a completely new explanation of how Darwin came to his shattering views on human origins, by considering his disgust ... (more)for slavery - his 'sacred cause' being abolition. Tickets cost £4 and are available from the Customer Service Department, Second Floor, Blackwell bookshop, Broad Street, Oxford. Telephone 01865 333623.
Event location: The Oxford University Museum of Natural History
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David MacKay (June 29 at 6:30pm)
David MacKay reads from Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air.
On Monday 29th June at 6.30pm, David Mackay will be talking about his book, Sustainable Energy - Without the Hot Air. He will be in conversation with Chris Goodall. Addressing the sustainable energy crisis in an objective manner, this enlightening book analyses the relevant numbers and organizes a plan ... (more)for change on both a personal level and an international scale - for Europe, the United States, and the world. In case study format, this informative work answers questions surrounding nuclear energy, the potential of sustainable fossil fuels, and the possibilities of sharing renewable power with foreign countries. Hailed as a 'game-changer' and written from a 'pro-arithmetic' point of view rather than with any specific bias in mind, David Mackay reframes our understanding of power consumption and production - from the mobile phone-charger to the nuclear power station - by expressing it in a single unit of measurement: kilowatt-hours per day (k/Wh/d). "Energy policy is crucial for the world, and a wide public should be engaged in debate and decisions on these issues. But such debate must be grounded in realistic numbers and good physics. All the key principles are clearly and accessibly explained in this book. David MacKay has performed a great service by writing it." - Prof Martin Rees FRS, President of the Royal Society.
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Ox-Tales Book Launch (July 3 at 5:00pm)
mark haddon reads from Ox-Tales.; joanna trollope reads from Ox-Tales.
Tickets £8.50 Come and celebrate the launch of Ox-Tales, four brilliant collections featuring short stories from a star-studded cast of writers including Kate Atkinson, Sebastian Faulks, Helen Fielding, William Boyd, John le Carré, Ian Rankin and Jeanettte Winterson. The books – and stories – are ... (more)themed very loosely on the four elements highlighting different aspects of Oxfam's work: Earth (from land rights to farming): Air (combating climate change), Fire (campaigning for arms control) and Water (safe water and sanitation). The book launch takes place at The Oxford Playhouse on 3rd July with Ox-Tales authors Mark Haddon, Joanna Trollope and Nicholas Shakespeare all reading from their stories and signing books.
Event location: Oxford Playhouse, www.oxfordplayhouse.com Box office 01865 305305
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